4/5 Alan T. 1 year ago on Google
One
of
our
family’s
public
holiday’s
rituals
-
Breakfast
at
RED
STAR
Restaurant.
We’re
back
there
as
a
family
after
more
than
2
years
(COVID
restrictions).
The
younger
ones
had
to
be
exposed
to
this
tradition
of
“breakfast
fun”
at
Red
Star.
I
cannot
say
the
dim
sum
here
is
superb
but
it’s
more
nostalgia
that
we
visit
Red
Star
periodically.
And
I
think
we
are
not
the
only
family.
Just
see
the
long
queue
waiting
to
go
into
the
restaurant
at
8:15am.
Mind
you,
restaurant
opens
at
7:30am.
The
oldest
folk
would
wash
the
tea
cups
first
(and
that’s
me!)
-
this
was
how
it
was
done
in
the
days
of
大东
and
南堂,
the
old
Teahouse
of
yesteryears,
when
my
late
father
brought
my
siblings
and
I.
And
then
we
would
wait
for
the
Dim
Sum
Carts
to
be
pushed
to
us
for
our
selections.
BUT
at
Red
Star,
if
you
wait
for
the
push
cart,
you
probably
got
to
wait
very
long,
or
never
get
what
you
want.
The
restaurant
is
quite
big.
That
also
the
reason
why
we
always
try
to
get
table
just
outside
the
kitchen.😂
Regular
visitors
would
rush
to
the
dim
sum
trollies
to
grab
their
selections
instead
of
waiting
at
their
tables.
The
dim
sum
trolley
aunties
(mostly
long
time
employees)
often
commented
that
diners
rushed
for
the
dim
sum
as
if
they
were
free!
They
laughed
out
that
it’s
stressful
for
them
really.
Some
people
might
say
that
it’s
ridiculous
to
have
to
rush
to
get
their
dim
sum
but
I
supposed
most
people
treated
that
as
another
“fun
experience”
at
Red
Star.
To
qualify,
this
situation
doesn’t
happen
on
ordinary
days
(week
day
or
week
ends)
-
happens
only
during
Public
Holidays.
Apparently,
bigger
range
of
Dim
Sum
is
served
during
Public
Holidays.
Well,
we
enjoyed
the
Siew
Mai,
Har
Gau,
Char
Siew
Pau,
Wu
Kok,
Ham
Sui
Kok,
San
Chau
Lor
Mai
Fan,
Yong
Lat
Jui,
steamed
pork
ribs,
Fung
Jau,
Heung
Jui
Tung,
and
so
on.
In
the
past,
when
we
arrived
restaurant
at
8:15am,
we
could
get
a
table
without
waiting.
Today,
we
had
to
queue.
Actually,
there
were
empty
tables
but
because
employees
started
to
stream
in
around
8am,
there’s
insufficient
staff
to
lead
diners
to
their
table
and
to
“open”
table
(issuance
of
dim
sum
card
and
serving
of
tea
-
without
the
yellow
card,
one
can’t
get
the
food).
When
we
left
at
about
10:10am,
the
queue
had
“snaked”
two
floors
down
and
into
the
car
park.
😱😱😱First
time
we
saw
this
situation.
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