Dim Sum Buffet at Swatow Restaurant

This week, I took my parents to Swatow Seafood restaurant for high tea dim sum buffet at Toa Payoh because when I took them to other Chinese restaurant, they always commented that Swatow seafood restaurant has more dim sum varieties and taste better. Also with their promotion in Today newspapers, I cut out the $5.00 discount coupons. By the way, if you have three people, you can use 3 coupons, thus you can save $15.00. We only had two coupons so I saved $10.00. 

Dims sum buffet is from 3.00pm to 5.00pm. But at about 4.10pm, they will ask you to sign the bill already. I didn't eat much for lunch. So this high tea covered both lunch and dinner. There are over 30 different dim sum and dessert. Frankly by 3.45pm, we already felt full from trying all the dim sum. But overall, we were quite happy with the meal. You can ask for as many dim sum you want, but you can only have one serving of small bowl of shark fin and crab soup and cup of abalone kueh pie tee. Also if you can't finish the food, you need to pay for the waste too. For some of the dim sum, we only asked for one to share. 

On weekdays, it costs $19.80++ per adult and $22.80 on weekends for adult. 
From now till October, you can enjoy $5 discount per person by bringing the discount coupon from Today newspapers. 

How to get there?
The nearest MRT station is Toa Payoh MRT. The restaurant is near the public library. 

Swatow Restaurant Pte Ltd
Blk 181 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh
#02-602
Singapore 310181
Tel: 6363 1717 
Website: http://www.swatow.com.sg/DimSum.html

Business Hours
8 am to 10.30pm Daily

Scallops in this chee cheong fun or rice noodle roll with scallops.

Swatow restaurant

Servers will serve Chinese tea when you arrive. You have to get your own ice peach drink at a corner.

Small egg tarts which I took two.

                               Fried prawn inside this crispy dish

From left to right: Prawn and pork wrapped , chicken feets and sparerib.  I didn't eat the chicken feets but my mum said it is good. 

Each person get a bowl of shark fin and crab meat soup.

A plate of vegetable. I think it is spinach. 

Glutinous rice wrapped lotus leaf (Lo Mai Gai) 

Glutinous rice wrapped with lotus leaf is fragrant and the well marinated chicken really complement the rice. 

A small bowl of laksa with sliced egg, cockles to sample. The laksa is not so fantastic.

Guotie or pork dumpling us best when dipped in black vinegar sauce.

Siewmai another types of pork dumpling

If you visit on Friday, you get to watch former television star Nick Shen perform Teochew opera. Not sure of the time of the performance.

One of my favourite is fried prawn dumpling.

You can only get one serving of this abalone with wasabi sauce filled in this crispy cup and the peking duck roll.

This teriyaki stick comes with prawn and pork.

Make your own peking duck roll. It will be great if the meat is hot.

Black sesame filled bun, curry bun (orange) and pork bun. Good to share. 

Beautiful enoki mushroom with prawn dumpling

Pumpkin crystal dumpling mixed with chopped pork meat

Har gow or Prawn dumpling

Crispy durian and shrimp roll

Custard and egg yolk buns comes with generous custard. 

Oozing hot custard filled bun. Be careful when you bite.

 Paper wrapped chicken

The paper wrapped chicken is really tasty and tender

 Xiaolong bao dumpling

A variety of cold dessert like guiling gao, black sesame, almond cubes and mango pudding 

I like this hot and crispy banana and red bean dessert