Wen Dao Shi

When the topic of Dim Sum comes up, the name 126 always appears.
My friends always exclaimed «you’ve never heard of 126???», making it sound like I’ve lived in some cave for the last 30+ years of my life.
So the mission was on.
To try this much raved about 126 Dim Sum.
It sounded like one of those legendary battles, 328 vs Janggut Laksa, Tian Tian vs Ah Tai chicken rice, Tyson vs Hollyfield…
WEN DAO SHI VS SWEE CHOON!
Unfortunately, this felt more of a Ronda Rousey vs Bethe Correia. Lots of «trash talking», lots of hype, only for it to be rather underwhelming.
Fried Yam Balls
Not bad. The yam was soft and rather tasty. The bit of pork inside added the saltiness to the balls.
Fried Carrot Cake
Interesting. Fried carrot cake at dim sum restaurants are often done on a hot pan. However, the ones here were deep fried. While it was tasty, with the taste of radish very prominent, the serving was rather small.
Fried intestines
This was the highlight of the restaurant!
The intestines were beautifully fried. Juicy, tender while the outside was wonderfully fried and seasoned.
Every bite was a lovely, crunchy, juicy and tasty bite .
A very well executed dish.
Siew Mai & Dim Sum Siew Mai
Highly disappointing.
The meat was tough, over steamed and a little dry. It wasn’t very tasty either. The Tom yum Siew Mai didn’t have much Tom yum taste either. Rather gimmicky.
Har Gow
Sigh…
The skin was starchy, thick, elastic and not very tasty.
The prawn itself was average at best.
Mushroom in Chee Cheong Fun
While the skin of the Chee Cheong Fun was soft, the mushroom was barely present but the sauce that it came with was soooooooooooo salty. Way too salty for my liking.
Steam Pork Ribs
Average. Really average. Nothing spectacular and tasted similar to what you’ll get any where else.
Prawn in Fried Beancurd Skin
Another very average dish.
Nothing too worthy to scream about.
On the whole, the fried items tasted like they were double fried before serving while the steamed items tasted like they have been in the steamer the night before.
While it looked the part, it certainly didn’t deliver. Har Gows and Siew Mais are the basics of any Dim Sum restaurant and with these falling flat and other basic items ranging from $ 4 – 5 each (our bill totaled at $ 54.60), this round easily went to Swee Choon.

We have tried several dim sum joints in Singapore and this is our favorite. The choices are vast from the massive menu, the service is friendly and most importantly the food is excellent.
The only problem with this place is the parking situation, which is a problem everywhere in Geylang, so it’s expected. We have only ordered take away, but the order is always taken with a smile, the good arrives quickly and every item is delicious. We end up parking right in front of the restaurant just before Lor 17 Geylang, with our hazards flashing.
We absolutely love this place!

I have to admit I was sorely disappointed when I eagerly arrived here this afternoon for some long-​awaited dimsum. I don’t think my expectations are particularly high, and I really hope it’s because it is national day and mid afternoon so they were just too busy to cook properly, because the food was terrible. The service was fine, not great; it was as you would expect in any relatively popular crowded cheap hawker-​style place. Prices were not cheap though, averaging at $ 3.80 to $ 5 per dish.
We ordered four dishes, char siew bun, vegetarian beancurd roll, chee cheong fun and herbal chicken bun. To start with, the herbal chicken bun looked nothing like the picture. It was also rather weird tasting. Both bun dishes had really sticky and not particularly fluffy skins (too much water in the dough perhaps) and the only acceptable one of the two was the char siew bun. The beancurd skin rolls were tasteless, and the Chee Cheong fun was neither sweet (like the breakfast ones you get at kopitiams) nor salty (like the ones in the canton region). They were like nothing I’d ever had and were weird to say the least, too sweet and too savoury and really sticky. The grass jelly with honey was alright, a little too sweet but in the grand scheme of things, actually done fairly normally.
If you have a midnight craving, go to Swee Choon. I can honestly say that this place is rather inauthentic compared to dimsum I’ve had in the canton region, and just not really worth the price.

The food was like no dim sum I’d ever eaten before and not in a good way.
On the walk up to 126 eating house there are only good signs to be read. Outside tables bustling with patrons, waitresses milling around delivering the precious dim sum fare, the inner dining area busy with people eating and chatting, a sufficiently plentiful menu and responsive table service.
After placing our order, my grass jelly and honey drink arrived promptly and, for the record, it was delicious. However, a long wait ensued before all our dimsum items arrived simultaneously.
Our items comprised of (obligatory) char siew Bao, herbal chicken Bao, vegetables wrapped in beancurd skin, and Chee chong fun.
Generally, because this an overarching trait, the food was bland, indecisive of whether it was sweet or salty, with nondescript sauces. The steamed bread of the Bao was too sticky and melded quickly to the chopsticks and even its paper base. Sadly the Bao fillings were also bland and the char siew bought back no sentiments of Hong Kong or the Guangdong region at all.
Overall, I felt that this venue was expensive for no reason and that I’ve had much better, much tastier, and muCH more considered (as in balanced flavours) from much smaller independent hawker stalls at a much better price.

I went here at 3am before my flight back to USA.
My friend recommended this place because it’s open ²⁴⁄₇. It’s definitely a hidden gem because the neighborhood is run downed. Despite the location, they are perfect for dim sum cravings at any time! This place is popular with various HK style dim sum.
They have outdoor and indoor seating. I recommend you sit indoors.

Preferred this dim sum place for supper over swee choon. The place is small and can get crowded, but it’s worth it. The menu is huge! All of the items come with a photo which is nice for those who might not be familiar. The fried prawns, har gow, and char siu bao are great. I would not recommend the chili crab and mantou though, as the sauce was way too sweet.

According to some website, this place is must go place so here I am.
I was there past 9pm but place was packed.
Good sign.
Because menu has picture of all dish, easy to decide. Another point.
I ordered chashu bau (Hong Kong style bbq bun $ 3.50)and king shaw Mai (big shrimp, mushroom and pork $ 4.50)
They were so good.
Chashu bau was just a perfect.
Shaw Mai was juicy.
Some people said that their service was not good. If you are expecting welcoming environment, DO NOT expect that. Just enjoy your food. You will be smile once you have your first bite.

They have great variety of HK style Dim Sum. Unique and tasty — highly recommended. (But can skip the mini crustard bun)

Remember the movie Liar Liar when the truth always explosively erupts out of Jim Carrey’s mouth, often to devastating effect? Similarly, when I see all the favourable ratings, the needle of my inner food-​o-​meter will swing violently leading me to burst, «NICE MEH?»
I’ve had 126 many times, and have usually been left underwhelmed. The siew mai is edible, and the fried items like carrot cake and curry puff can definitely be missed with no love lost. My favourite item is probably the chilli sauce, which packs some heat. Heh.
This morning I had the big bao and mai kai — nice meh? The big bao has generous filling, I’ll give you that. But it’s mostly made of minced meat rather than whole chicken chunks so the mouthfeel is missing. The other problem with minced meat is that I tend to wonder if I’m eating ground chicken eyeballs and other spare parts… Mai kai is essentially glutinous rice atop chicken chunks, and today’s version had two mid joints instead. And equipped with a short plastic soup spoon, it takes much dexterity to peel the meat off the bones if you don’t want to get your fingers dirty.
Breakfast today was rather meh so in the words of my beloved Carol Beer, «Computer says no».

Great place for late night bites especially since they are open 24 hours. This shop never sleeps.
The dim sum has its hits and misses. My personal favorites are not the usual dim sum items but more creative ones that are in there menu like the deep fried frog legs with thai sauce and panfried minced pork cheong fun. In fact, I find that some of the misses are the usual items like the siew mai and har gows.
The store is relative small but at night, they extended their territory to the pavements and walkways of their neighbors. Its a no frills eatery but the food can get kinda of pricey depending on the dishes you other.

This place is known as 126 in cantonese. It is definitely a good place if you have craving for dim sum even at wee hours. They are open for 24 hours. So no matter what time your craving for dim sum is, just head down to 126. I usually order chee cheong fun, scallop porridge and chicken wing for their dim sum.
Their chicken wing is marinated perfectly. Dip it with their home made chili sauce, heavenly taste. Their chee cheong fun is totally different from the normal one we find elsewhere. I cant really describe the taste of the sauce. You will just have to try it your own.
Last but not least, scallop porridge is definitely a must to order. They are always generous in the portion of scallop. However, one negative part about 126 will be their environment. The restaurant may look kind of dirty and crowded due to the small constraint of area. But who cares so much if they serve really really yummy food here.

Commonly known as 126, this place serves great dim sum ! It is certainly a great place to visit if you are looking for a supper place. Even in the wee hours, this place is pretty packed, be it the outdoor or the indoor with air conditioning.
What you should order is the chicken wing, their chee cheong fun, scallop porridge and char siew pao. Their menu is very extensive and you can order them as well if you are feeling adventurous.
Oh if you are a fan of custard bun or liu sa bao, they serve them too in a mini cute version which tastes just as good as the other dishes on the menu.

126 or Wan Dou Sek, as its more commonly known is one of the most popular dim sum places in Singapore that serves authentic Cantonese dim sum.
Located on the fringe areas of Geylang, there’s a choice of indoor and outdoor sitting — indoor being very cramped and outdoor being close to the roads and dusty!
While the location and ambience might not be the best, the food they have been serving for so long is and doesn’t disappoint. A good place to go to for supper with decent prices and fairly okay waiting times, the portions of the dim sum might be a tad small for those who are used to bigger portions, so it might be wiser to order two of each to save on waiting times.

126 — Such an interesting and creative name! I was attracted both to the name and the promise of good dim sum. Besides, it’s located at one of the good food spots — Geylang. Couldn’t give this place a miss.
The set-​up is in a small coffee-​shop and the staff, though not the cheery smiley kind, all spoke Cantonese. That is a GO! ticket to gruff-​y service, as most good eateries in Hong Kong are known for.
We ordered the fu pi xia juan — fried beancurd skin with prawns. It was crispy with springy prawns inside, not bad. The drinks were served in takeaway containers and you could tell they were home-​made. The rest of the dishes like the xiao long bao and har gow weren’t so impressive and the custard bun FAILED.
I can’t help but feel the dim sum at the place has been over-​rated, perhaps due to the old-​school environment and late night hours.

Whatever this place is called, I just know where it is and how to get there! I’ve been here many times, after long big nights on the town, evening suppers and lunch times, each time I walk away my dim sum cravings satisfied with some tasty treats.
The selection of dim sum here is broad and interesting, the majority of which I’ve had have been rather forfilling. Service here though is terrible, maybe it’s a cultural indifference, though I’ve often found the staff here terribly rude and unhelpful, not the sort of place I would go to with a bunch of my touristy visiting mates. Though I wish I could, because the experience of sitting on crappy little plastic chairs in the middle of geylang feasting on a bunch of tasty dim sum treats is fantastic. It is one of those places that really makes you feel like you’re sitting in SE Asia.

Craving for dim sum in the middle of the night??? Fret not! 126 is here to save your tummy!
Wen dao shi (or in Cantonese, wen dou sek), simply translates to ‘found something to eat’! This little shop located along Sims Avenue, Geylang, is probably one of the hidden gems and the less heard of. People probably won’t want to share with you this favorite hangout, not because they’re being ridiculously selfish, but the shop is really kinda small! It’s pretty cramped, so it’s tricky to find a table.
Although I would say the food is really good, I feel that 126 is much much better than the other late night dim sum spot (hint: located somewhere at Jalan Besar), you can’t expect to chill and relax after eating. It’s just eat and go, eat and go! There are always people waiting to get in at those wee hours. You can see it as a good thing or a bad thing, is that they occasionally update their menu (meaning you are even more spoilt for choice!). The menu is full of pictures, and a little disorganized. But if you really cannot decide what to order, just peep over to the next table and I’m sure that will give you a good idea what to order (personal advice: go for the siew mai and century egg porridge; avoid the chee cheong fun!).
126 it’s tasty and value for money, hence worth the trip!