Halal Dim Sum @ Restaurant MinMax PNB Darby Park

2 Apr

Restaurant MinMax @ PNB Darby Park

Posted by kampungboycitygal in Chinese Food, Dim Sum, KLCC, Kuala Lumpur. 50 Comments

I admit, I was skeptical towards halal dim sum, why would anyone want to pay so much for halal dim sum when the real thing is easily available? However, everyone, including our Muslim acquaintances deserves a fair opportunity to enjoy these tantalizing and dainty little goods that “touch your heart”, literally.

I was so glad that I tagged along for lunch at Restaurant MinMax, a halal Chinese place that comes highly recommended by my boss. A glance through its extensive menu offering various Chinese dishes and dim sums was enough to my salivary glands into overdrive.

The dim sum was decent, a somewhat hit and miss to be exact, but it is definitely a restaurant to return to again, considering the price that we paid for (approximately RM 17 per head) because a halal dim sum affair at hotels would cost a boom anytime.

Minmax Restaurant
PNB Darby Park
Jalan Binjai
50450 Kuala Lumpur
03 – 7490 3333

50 Responses to this post.

Posted by kennis on April 2, 2008 at 2:15 pm

i hate the photos you took, they make me feel so hungry!!

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Posted by Mama BoK on April 2, 2008 at 7:21 pm

I’m sure they are more common and edible these days. The last time .. i went for any chinese food.. that was halal.. i kinda hated it. But that was more than 10 yrs ago.

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Posted by foodcrazee on April 3, 2008 at 3:09 am

now I need to go find this place and satisfy my hunger . . . .

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Posted by Nic (KHKL) on April 3, 2008 at 5:15 am

love the collage….love the food…no babi but still ok lar cos dim sum is always about msg right, hehehe…RM17 for a nice setting is ok la.

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Posted by Big Boys Oven on April 3, 2008 at 6:11 am

I guess Dim Sum these days are very very expensive to indulge with! lol! I guess must find those good buffet Dim Sum!

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Posted by foods hunting on April 3, 2008 at 9:27 am

OMG!!!!
what a great meal u had! u like those photo, very clear n nice!

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Posted by Kenny Mah on April 3, 2008 at 9:33 am

Dunno about the non-pork versions, but generally, I stick with good ol’ traditional dim sum, babi and everything…

Lovely collage by the way!

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Posted by Hazza on April 3, 2008 at 1:29 pm

I think halah dim sum can be just as good. Maybe even hard to tell the difference in not mentioned beforehand, especially those dishes mainly based on fish or prawns.

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Posted by lotsofcravings on April 4, 2008 at 12:59 am

well..you can always stick with seafood based dim sum only..like har kau!

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Posted by breadpitt on April 4, 2008 at 3:47 am

just starting to explore local food blog, nice title u both have there. btw
those dimsum look tempting .

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Posted by kampungboycitygal on April 4, 2008 at 6:49 am

kennis: you should love them..i spend a lot of time on my pictures

mamabok: yeah guess they improvised a long the way, i wont say that its bad, or very good

foodcrazee: hahaha its a proper place for lunch actually

nic: haha ’still ok’ for me too..no complains on the food and ambiance

bbo: haha where to find good ol dim sum non other than our hometown IPOH?

foodshunting: thx for ur comment..hope that u’ll like the food too

kenny mah: same here..haha but it does make a good palce for business luncheon

hazza: ur so right..seafood based dim sum was not bad at all

lotsofcravings: haha good idea

breadpitt: what a cute nick that u have there..hehe

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Posted by breadpitt on April 4, 2008 at 5:47 pm

haha, u are the second want who said so after fbb , thanks!perhaps im to in love with pastry

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Posted by jason on April 4, 2008 at 5:47 pm

Previously, there was also a place call MinMax in Bercham, Ipoh but they’re closed already. No idea whether it’s under the same group of company though.

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Posted by ai wei on April 5, 2008 at 3:18 am

hehehe, will u bring us there?!?!?!

those dim sum real good! hungry hungryyyy~

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Posted by kennis on April 6, 2008 at 11:27 am

haha, sure i know u hv spent a lot of time on the pics..coz they looked like so real until i felt hungry

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Posted by team bsg on April 6, 2008 at 3:38 pm

Halal or not is a state of mind and we never believe this thing at all !

that fella in tanjung malim makes good halal pau ! god knows what he putted in
hahaha

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Posted by wmw on April 6, 2008 at 8:41 pm

Alamak…the dim sum looks very good, especially at this hour!

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Posted by daphne on April 7, 2008 at 2:18 am

Halal Dimsum? Great idea. even better when it tastes good.

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Posted by Sugar Bean on April 7, 2008 at 7:41 am

Yeah, we hardly eat halal dim sum too. But since it’s good, it’s worth a try!

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Posted by Precious Pea on April 7, 2008 at 9:26 am

Another good place for halal dim sum is China Treasures at Sime Darby Convention Centre. I just couldn’t believe the melt-in-your-mouth char siu bao is made of chicken.

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Posted by mei on April 8, 2008 at 12:52 am

thx. good to know an affordable place 2bring my muslim frenz. cheers

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Posted by mei on April 8, 2008 at 1:26 am

halal and cheap! fantastic place to take my muslim frenz. thx for the tip. cheers

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Posted by Tummythoz on April 8, 2008 at 8:55 am

*tabik* Another one who can take pictures when dining with boss! Impressed.

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Posted by kampungboycitygal on April 8, 2008 at 3:01 pm

breadpitt: haha feed us with more breads and cakes plz

jason: whoa really? halal dim sum as well?

aiwei: halal one wo..u wana eat meh? hehe

team bsg: yeap agree with u..been there and tried it..its one hell of a good bao

wmw: my stomach is growling too

daphne: hits and misses but still its worth trying

sugar bean: i think its the culture of chinese family, but sometimes its good to indulge in something halal with our muslim frenz

precious pea: i remembered reading the revieww at boo’s blog..will suggest it to my colleague

mei: hehe hope that they’ll like it

tummythoz: hohoho coz my boss read my blog too

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Posted by Jackson Kah on April 10, 2008 at 1:11 am

what?? buffet dim sum?? i want!!

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Posted by smartmike on May 21, 2008 at 5:20 am

The direct line to Minmax Restaurant is 03-21668669

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Posted by anna on July 14, 2008 at 5:01 am

i’ll def go there to eat next month.
thanks 4 sharing the info.

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Posted by Ashley on August 29, 2008 at 6:09 am

Went for halal buffet dim sum last month at Oriental Spoon… another option for muslim…

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Posted by eileen on October 8, 2008 at 11:04 am

are you very sure that its halal, i went there last month, and found out that the waitress didnt even know whether its a halal restaurant or not…

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Posted by kampungboycitygal on October 9, 2008 at 3:32 am

hi dear yes it is halal

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Posted by dimsumlover on November 18, 2008 at 3:39 am

i went there in July 2008.The food was horrible! Not going there anymore!

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Posted by Pat on January 8, 2009 at 10:21 am

was wondering if they serve ala-carte or buffet and how much is the price?

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Posted by has on April 8, 2009 at 10:30 am

went there, the chi cheong fun was heaven!

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Posted by diana yussof on May 17, 2009 at 3:37 pm

hi…just wandering if you know a chinese muslim restaurant that sells halal dim sum in KL. i came accross it in RTM1 recently but did not mention where the restaurant is located. hope you can help me if you know the restaurant.

TQ

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kampungboycitygal Reply:
May 17th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
hi diana, i do know of another 2 – china treasures at sime darby convention centre, oriental spoon at kl sentral. hope it helps ya

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Posted by khoo thean wai on June 16, 2009 at 12:50 pm

good morning n evening sir..im mr wai from ipoh got a vancancy job for a dim sum assistant…call me my tis numbers 0185796629..coz im interested…dim sum working

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Posted by Nur Huzaimah on August 7, 2009 at 3:07 pm

Hi…
I’m Nur,
hailing frm good ol S’pore..
I were in KL recently,catching the Reds,and went shopping for good measure.
Found this perfect food court on the 6th flr of Sogo at Jln TAR.And guess what?
They sell really good n yummy HALAL dim sums for less than RM15 for 3 sets of ‘yr pick’
dim sums.There’s 3 pcs to a set.I will be coming back there,just for their prawn dim sum.
Check it out

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Posted by aida on April 2, 2010 at 1:10 pm

hi! i’ve been craving for dimsum for few days but u knwlaa…u hv to pay a bit more to get a good ones. Right after i read your review yesterday, I made my way to MinMax all d way frm Kelana Jaya w my sis.

You were right! It tastes so heavenly good and surprisingly cheap. We enjoyed it very much! The dimsum comes in big size, so so yummy & the food made us happy (flavanoid in dim sum!! Naaah…) Not a single word can describe how good the dim sum was. Anyway we were there quite late, the waiter turned down our request for second order. .

I’ve tried meisan sczechuan @ quality htl, shang, sheraton, westin, eden, concorde sh alm & few others, sorry to say this, but to me, min max is d best!

Planning to go again in near time w my whole family.

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Posted by jemin on May 22, 2010 at 2:40 pm

dim sum halal at islamic canteen inside masjid osman ramju in HK is da best.
duck rice near the masjid area also very2 gooooddd. not like halal malaysia
duck rice.

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ais Reply:
August 28th, 2011 at 12:17 am
Agree with u..I have been training in Islamic Union of Hong Kong for two months..WONDERFUL!

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Posted by sara on August 30, 2010 at 3:57 pm

i am so going tomorrow!!!!!
thanx frens!

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Posted by Food Lover on October 9, 2010 at 5:02 pm

This is the worst dim sum i had in KL, the service was suck!
I brought my HK frens there, the waitress/captains’s service suck! When we cal them for drink, they all pretend deaf or blind…no next time…no wonder offer RM2.90 but nobody eating there except those group of tourists from China or Indonesia who cheated by tourguide to eating there…
Min Max Retaurant worst in KL town..

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Posted by Agnes on August 30, 2011 at 11:39 am

Very very bad service here…..

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Posted by Agnes on August 30, 2011 at 11:47 am

But very very bad service here…..

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Posted by VegeMonster on September 8, 2011 at 1:31 pm

Thank you thank you… Been looking for a halal dim sum (non-hotel) for awhile. Yes, I’ll check out this place real soon thanks again

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kampungboycitygal Reply:
September 12th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
no problem vegemonster

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Posted by Ellen on January 13, 2012 at 12:06 am

Another restaurant offering Halal Dim Sum buffet is The Inn of Four Seasons at Holiday Villa Subang, taste good and RM38 ++ per head only.

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