Tao China Bistro Dim Sum — Restaurant in Dusseldorf

Staff was very welcoming and the fact that you can hear Cantonese conversations between aunties in the background makes it feel like you are transported to Hong Kong.

The rice rolls with prawns were soft, succulent and smooth. They just melted in our mouths. The pan fried taro cake was crispy and had the right taro to flour ratio (they could certainly put in a little more dried shrimps though).

The custard buns were a disappointment though. They were yellow though it’s supposed to be white (I’m not racist) and the custard filling was not viscous as it should be. The sesame balls (ha) did not have the correct filling inside. The authentic ones usually come with yellow mung bean paste rather than brown lotus paste (again, not racist).

That said, if you are craving for Dim Sum in the middle of Germany in the NRDub…100,647km away from Hong Kong, this would...

Went here for the second time a few days ago because I was craving for dim sums, fried rice and chinese noodles. It did not disappoint! Everything that we ordered tasted delicious and authentic. My personal fave is the siu mai and chinese noodles with mixed meat. My friend is a vegetarian and she also got options for her which tasted great! The noodles serving is pretty big so it can be shared by two people. We ordered one each for ourselves and ended up having some of it for takeaway since it is a lot. And chinese takeaways are the best! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The service is pretty fast and you will be given a tablet where you can order from. You can pay both but card or cash.

I will definitely come back and I will try their...

Limited space inside: make sure to reserve a table in advance!! This restaurant is very authentic, even the menu on the wall and in the tablet are in Chinese, but English is included as well. The menu on the tablet is amazing because every meal has pictures plus a little description.

We ordered a bunch of different Dimsum and they were brought to the table one after the other. So we didn't sit there with a mountain of food :)

Service quickly cleared away empty plates.

The lemonade ice tea is a definite new favorite.

And most importantly: clean tables, clean floors,...