Mei Mei

  

Went to Mei Mei in town for dim sum with Holly. The last time we went there was for my birthday last year. We got there just before 1pm and there was a bit of a wait for a table but luckily we didn't have to wait long. We just ordered a load of dim sum and not any mains.

Holly got a bowl of Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup.

Char Siu Cheung Fan - Roasted Pork in steamed Vermicelli Rolls

Don't know what the top left is because we didn't order it and when we asked the waitress we don't have a clue what she said!

Chicken Feet - Chicken Feet in Satay Sauce

(This is what it says on the menu but it's defo not satay sauce and it's black bean sauce!)

Steamed Egg Custard Layer Cake - Has coconut

Har Gau - Prawn Dumplings

Lap Cheung Bao - Steam Bun with Chinese Sausage

We also ordered char siu bao but ordered it 4x before it actually came! So we ordered it with our main order, then when we said we didn't order the random dumplings we told her that we were ordered char siu bao, then we asked the same person again and ordered the Chinese sausage bun - which came but no chair siu bao. Then ended up telling what looked like the manager woman and it eventually came. Service was absolutely crap. Couldn't believe how we just didn't get this char siu bao. I was happy to leave it but Holly was adamant that she wanted them. 

Got charged 10% service fee but cos Holly paid too soon didn't get the chance to get it taken off. Because there was no service and we shouldn't have to pay it. When they seated us they just presumed we were having English and gave us a spoon and fork rather than the Chinese set up with a bowl and chopsticks. Didn't offer us any Chinese tea. Just wasn't a great experience but one of them annoying things where we could complain and I write this awful blogpost and nothing will happen or change.

On the way home I went to Maccies and got a Biscoff Mcflurry on the new summer menu

It was nice but I didn't enjoy it because I was so full - probably the most food I've eaten in the past 2 weeks as I've just lost my appetite - I think because of the heat. I thought the sauce was Biscoff but apparently it's caramel. I couldn't even tell you what it was because everything is blurring into one and I clearly wasn't paying attention. I only got it because I knew if I didn't then I probably would miss out. Hopefully I do get my appetite back soon.

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Mr Lau's

Went to Mr Lau's in Warrington with Holly for lunch today. An unusual place for us to go to but Holly went a few years ago and the food looked alright on their Instagram so decided to give it a try. It was a half an hour drive away from Liverpool and isn't far from Warrington city centre. It was a lot smaller than I thought it was and is upstairs.

We had a table booked for 1:45pm and there was one big table with a family and a lady sat on her own. It was dead in there. We were there for a while and it didn't get busier only another family group, a couple and a man on his own but did see them prepare quite a few take outs.

On Sunday's they do an offer Dim Sum Yam Cha Sundays - Any 5 dim sum or cheung fan £20 all day Sunday. Usually it's Any any 4 dim sum for £20 at the dim sum bar.

For our first lot we got..

Char Siu Cheung Fan - £6

Got free prawn crackers

From top left to right:

Siu Long Bao - Juicy Shanghainese pork dumplings - £5

Duck & Hoi Sin Bao - in sweet sourdough bun - £6

Pak Choi Gau - Scallop and pak choi dumplings - £6

Har Gau - Prawn dumplings in glutinous rice pastry - £6 

This was our first lot of 5 just to see how we were feeling and Holly got a bowl of chicken and sweetcorn soup which we shared. We then got another 5.

King Prawn Cheung Fan - £8

This is ridiculously extortionate price £8 when you got about 4 prawns that weren't even that big! But the cheung fan was made really well and thick. Was better than the char siu we got in our first lot.

From top left to right:

Pot Stickers - Pan fried pork + chive dumplings - £6

Chicken Feet - in black bean sauce and chilli - £5 

(Don't know why this was in a bowl and not in a steamer)

Custard Bao - in sweet sourdough bun - £6

Bor Choi Gau - Spinach + dumplings - £6

The chicken feet weren't nice and don't know why there were presented like that.

I enjoyed the food it was good and better than I expected. The kitchen is open and you can see the chefs which there was a few of them and they were Chinese men so that's a good sign at least it is made by Chinese people. The waiters weren't Chinese though. The offer wasn't too bad considering how expensive everything is if you don't get it with the deal. I think in a proper Chinese restaurant dim sum is usually priced from £3 for smaller dishes and £4 for the bigger ones. Not been to one in a while so not sure if that is still the case.

It definitely is more of an English Chinese as it has a big bar and from their Instagram gets busy on a Friday and Saturday night. The food is good and something like this would do well in Liverpool.

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