South China Dim Sum Bar

The bar serves a selection of favourite street food from Southeast Asia and its surrounds. A daily-updated blackboard lists the relatively short menu. The ingredients are fresh, and the soy sauce homemade. We knew our potstickers were prepared onsite because we’d seen them being moulded by one of the chefs. There is a range of dim sum to choose from, including steamed buns, wontons, and summer rolls. We started with beef and vegetarian potstickers: fried dumplings stuffed with crunchy vegetables and thinly sliced beef, and served splashed with the Bar’s outrageously tasty soy sauce. At around R30 for three substantial dumplings, this is seriously well priced food. In fact, you could easily stick to a selection of dim sum – particularly for lunch – but we were keen to try their other offerings. A cold sesame noodle salad with peanut sauce came with thin noodles coated in a rich, silky-smooth sauce with just-cooked vegetables. My laksa lemak was absolutely delicious: a spicy coconut noodle broth containing half a hardboiled egg, steamed greens and bean sprouts, and a plump, juicy prawn.