- Operating Hours: 10 AM - 10 PM
- Operating Days: Daily
- Address:
- KSL - Taman Century, 80250, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
- Sutera Mall - 1, Jalan Sutera Tanjung 8/4, Taman Sutera Utama, 81300, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
- Permas Jaya - 56, Jalan Permas 15/1, Bandar Baru Permas Jaya, 81750 Masai, Malaysia
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Trying to look for good dim sum restaurants in Johor Bahru? D'Shanghai is definitely one of the top choices. D'Shanghai is also available in KSL City and Permas Jaya. We went to the one at Sutera Mall.
The Oriental exterior in red with big Chinese words "大上海" on the top (a translation of "Big Shanghai" in Mandarin) can be easily spotted from far.
The place was quite crowded but there were enough seats for us in the waiting area. It was a busy restaurant so you might have to wait for 20 mins to be seated. Typically, the environment will make you feel like you are dining at Crystal Jade or Tim Ho Wan.
There are a lot of varieties of dim sum offered. Besides dim sum, this restaurant also offered fried rice, noodles etc.
There were quite a number of varieties on the menu. You will be spoilt for choice.
They recommend D'Shanghai special Dried Shrimp Chili which they sell it in bottle format too. I'm sure anyone will enjoy the Dim Sum dip with this.
The first item that came was the XO fried carrot cake. This is one of my favorite here, it was fried with bean sprouts, spring onions, eggs and Taiwan sausage.
The exterior of the carrot cake was very springy and chewy, while the interior was soft and tasteful! It was something I have not tasted before, a good dish to start off with.
Next item brought to us was the dry Wanton Char Siew Mee.
The dry version was really really dry, till all the noodle were in a pile together. We had to use the spoon to separate it up. Overall the noodle was a bit too soft for me as I like my wanton noodle to be cooked slightly harder. The char siew and the wanton were also pretty normal, but it was a good portion for one.
Their next chef recommendation, fried prawn dumpling with wasabi mayonnaise sauce was very crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. The wasabi mayonnaise adds another novelty taste to the fried dumpling but it tastes good on its own as well.
Liu Sha Bao 流沙包 is a mixture of egg custard with salted egg's yolk, which the mixture will usually flow out of the bun like golden sand. But it was not hot at all, so not that much of the 'lava' flow, but it is still good to have it if you visit.
Their Prawn dumpling 蝦餃 was plump and juicy with shrimps just barely visible through its translucent dumpling skin. When you take the first bite, the elasticity of the minced shrimp and meat mixture has a nice contrast to the skin. The skin was neither soft nor feeling plastic-y, definitely, a must have!
The Xiao Long Bao 小笼包 here is their highlight dish. It is often referred as soup dumplings. The skin is extremely thin and we can easily see through the content in each dumpling. The broth in the dumplings was really good that we finished it all three clean just within minutes!
Siew Mai was also one of the chef recommendation here. Each of it was filled with at least one shrimp, with a generous amount of pork given. The meat was tender and does not split into pieces when you take the first bite.
Steamed rice rolls 猪肠粉 is another dish which we will usually order whenever we eat dim sum. We ordered the one filled with You Tiao, and they came with the sauce separated.
The skin was thin, soft and chewy. As for the You Tiao, it is crispy to our mouth, but it was too oily for our liking. Be sure to share with three or more people for one portion.
The food served was relatively fast but they were all warm, none of the dishes were steaming hot, the temperature of the food was acceptable so do make sure you finish your's food ASAP so not to get them cold.
Price is definitely not cheap for the locals, however, their Dim Sum is one of the best I have eaten in Johor Bahru (though still not comparable to Din Tai Feng or Tim Ho Wan).
Overall, the environment was good, spacious and cozy with friendly services. If you want to dine in an air-conditioned place and in big groups, D'Shanghai is one of the places for your consideration.
