Yauatcha

An 'all-day grazing experience' is how Yauatcha describes its operation, and, given the popularity of the place, that's just what the public wants. Take a seat on the ground floor or make your way down to the main restaurant in the basement, where atmospheric (i.e. dim) lighting and a glitzy modern décor create the feel of a nightclub. Superbly made dim sum are what you graze on, steamed, grilled, baked or fried in the open-to-view kitchen. The lengthy menu encompasses humble chicken feet with chillies and black beans and top-end Wagyu beef cheung fun, and Dover sole with black bean sauce. Dumplings come every which way (crab with caviar, lobster with spinach among them), sticky rice goes into a lotus leaf with chicken and shrimps, and spicy duck is wrapped with bean curd. Creatively Western puddings are not to be missed: perhaps coconut mousse with raspberry sorbet, mango jelly and mint and basil sponge.