ONE DIM SUM 一㸃心 — Restaurant in Negeri Sembilan

For most shops, operating just 7 hours each day and charging more than the competition, it’s a recipe for disaster. Yet, One Dim Sum continues to do well among dim sum outfits in Seremban. Why?

Let’s start with the obvious — the menu. Nothing to scream about here: One Dim sum serves up the usual staples. But look a little harder and notice how the menu is smaller - just 40 food items - compared to more ambitious eateries that offer nearly 100 and stir-fry mains on top of all that. Perhaps this clear focus is what allows them to keep quality consistent. The RM7 unit price may seem a tad steep but look at the size and meatiness of their prawn dumplings, minced pork dumplings and buns - all satisfying and filling servings of my childhood tastes, textures and aromas, freshly prepared. The century egg porridge was particularly fulfilling. There is a 10-15 minute wait from the time you place your orders but it was well worth. Less successful were their steamed pork ribs and rice flour rolls; bathing them in the same stock but with less sugar would definitely improve the balance of flavours.

From their deep-fried menu, only the bean curd skin and yam fritters shone brilliantly. Saturday night’s carrot cake felt stodgy in the mouth and was encased in a disturbingly thick crust, slightly stale and rancid, probably from sitting on the shelf for too long and drying out. Their 菊保tea blend made the perfect companion, lightly floral with chrysanthemum and with just enough astringency to cleanse the palate in between treats.

This eatery functions on a shoestring staff with very clear roles, each skilfully and efficiently carrying out their respective cooking or service stations and an attentive manager who calls out where help may be needed. The place is clean and spacious, and their respective diners seem to have gravitated towards different areas — the eaters inside air conditioned comfort while the drinkers and chatters stay in the open outside.

My late dinner for two came up to RM75 because I was hungry, got greedy, overate and had to take away 2 dishes’ worth. A typical meal for two would more likely cost RM60. I’m curious about their sticky rice and unusual items like the bacon wrapped dumpling, so I will be back to try...

I've been buying Pau and sticky rice chicken from here lately. Their chilie sauce tastes so delicious and goes very well with the BBQ pau, Char siew pau, Tai pau as well as with their sticky rice chicken.

Sadly. My total and biggest disappointment is with their sticky rice chicken. On my 1st purchase there was a big bone (rib with skin) inside the rice. Thinking it's just my bad luck, I decided to buy again about a week later. Once again I came across the same rib with skin piece. I don't mind bone with flesh but not just a skinny chicken rib cage. The same happened with my 3rd purchase as well. 😡😡👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

I suggest the restaurant to look into this matter seriously. It's totally disappointing. I now decided not to buy this dish again from this restaurant....

We were thinking finally having night dim sum in Seremban. So we having our dinner after we knew it.

We order the portion as below the picture, and thinking wanna addon later or not. One more reason not order much its because lack variety of dimsum that lack of stock. And we waited 30 minutes after we ordered

The Lo Mai Gai(Steam Glutinous Rice with Chicken) that some rice is not cooked well, still raw. The dumpling's skin is thick and not cooked well too, its like just took out from the fridge hard to bite. The Siew Mai and Fried Shrimp Cracker still tasty (above average).

We quickly finished them and...