Yum cha restaurants in Wellington
Fortitudo Dei
one
> > is now known as the Eastern Sunrise, and as the New Dynasty it was done
> for
> > unhygenic practises around a year of so ago... :)
> >
>
> err - I hope that was not early last year! :)
2001 (my how time flies...). Have a bucket on hand before you read this
below. Apparently the new place (Eastern Sunrise) is A-OK and the food is
great. An acquaintance of mine walked unannounced and uninvited into the
kitchen and declared the place to be absolutely spotless. Not a scientific
test admittedly, but she was pretty confident in the place (she was a former
chef).
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From STUFF, 12 JUL 2001
One of Wellington's top Chinese restaurants - fined yesterday after council
inspectors found mouse droppings and urine smells there in May - had been
warned about poor hygiene for five years.
The New Dynasty in Tory St, rated by food critics as Wellington's best yum
char restaurant, was yesterday fined $1100 for food hygiene breaches.
Wellington City Council prosecutor Celia Haden told Wellington District
Court judge Carolyn Henwood that conditions at the restaurant in May were
the worst inspectors had seen there since 1996.
The restaurant pleaded guilty to preparing food for sale that was not
protected from mice, using appliances and receptacles that were not kept
clean, stacking food so it was liable to be contaminated, using a place that
was not kept clean of creatures likely to contaminate food and not keeping
it clear of mice.
Similar charges against the owner Kai Wang Tai were withdrawn.
Ms Haden said inspectors went to the restaurant on May 8 for a routine
follow-up inspection. It was open and was serving customers.
She said large quantities of rodent droppings and nesting material smelling
strongly of urine were found in the food storeroom.
Cooking utensils in the area also contained nesting materials and droppings.
A bag of beans was found open with droppings on the inside, food exceeded
the storage capacity of the storeroom, walk-in chiller and freezer, there
was spilt waste on shelving and the floor, and caked-on food waste on
cooking equipment, a meat slicer and chopping block as well as pipework,
wiring, benches and ovens.
Ms Haden said floors, walls and the ceiling were splashed with food waste,
tinfoil was used as a floor and shelf cover, dirty teatowels covered exposed
cooked food and the sink was stained with waste.
She also said uncovered raw and cooked food was found in the walk-in
chiller, uncovered meat in the chiller and freezer, and cardboard boxes
stained with food were reused for the storage of food and rubbish.
Raw and defrosting food, including seafood, was found at room temperature.
Personal items, including a bicycle and a can of motor oil, were in the food
areas.
New Dynasty was closed that day, May 8, and re-inspected on May 9 but was
not in a state to be reopened, Ms Haden said.
It re-opened on May 10.
She said the restaurant had been warned since 1996 about the need to improve
food hygiene, but any improvements had been temporary.
She also told the judge that conditions had deteriorated since the
restaurant had re-opened.
Ms Haden said the council was now "more or less" satisfied with the current
state of the restaurant.
Judge Henwood also ordered the restaurant to pay costs of $690.
She said the public was entitled to know the restaurants they used were kept
clean and impeccable.
Defence counsel Jonathan Williams said that at the time the owner's wife was
away having a baby and there were new staff, resulting in communication
problems.
Mr Williams showed the judge photos of the restaurant looking better.
John Hornblow
<Fortit...@hotmail.com.remove> wrote:
what is Yum Cha?
How does it compare with Chinese?
David McLoughlin
> what is Yum Cha?
> How does it compare with Chinese?
Yum cha *is* Chinese.
The term literally means "drink tea" and you drink Chinese tea with
it. It's a lunch thing. At a yum cha restaurant, waitpeople bring
trolley loads of little steamer dishes contained a huge variety of
little dumplings and many other things, and you select what you want.
The more people at your table, the more dishes you can sample.
We even had the chickn feet at King Wah on Saturday.
Dany P. Wu
news:1053898147.447946@muldoon...
> > > Thanks RK, but no thanks; I should have said that I'm aware that that
> one
> > > is now known as the Eastern Sunrise, and as the New Dynasty it was
done
> > for
> > > unhygenic practises around a year of so ago... :)
> > >
> >
> > err - I hope that was not early last year! :)
>
> 2001 (my how time flies...). Have a bucket on hand before you read this
> below. Apparently the new place (Eastern Sunrise) is A-OK and the food is
> great. An acquaintance of mine walked unannounced and uninvited into the
> kitchen and declared the place to be absolutely spotless. Not a scientific
> test admittedly, but she was pretty confident in the place (she was a
former
> chef).
IIRC I might've started this thread some time last year, since we were new
to Wellington. After listening to various people we decided to give Eastern
Sunrise a try. We were very happy with the place.
Food was good and, although I didn't inspect the kitchen announced, invited
or otherwise, we certainly didn't have any problems. The Yum Cha was good
but I think next time we might try their steamboat.
Cheers,
Dany.
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Stephen Judd
I had Yum Cha for the first time in Wellington at Big Thumb this last
weekend. We left full and happy.
Stephen
Gordon
> to Wellington.
(snip)
Yeah my newsreader / provider is doing strange things in how it orders
posts with stuff from the distant past hitting the top of list as if new. I
should have checked the date before resurrecting an old topic. Never mind -
it seems to have pricked up peoples ears.
And seeing as we are on the topic, has anyone eaten at the new big Chinese
restaurant which has opened recently - also in Tory St, but on the other
side and south of the Courtenay Place intersection (just up from the Lone
Star and opposite the Asiana Indian food emporium)? It looks nice inside,
but I prefer personal recommendations!
Kerry
Well I went there for Chinese New Year. The service was bad, took
hours to get the meal, I had to leave 10 mins after it arrived and
they were completely unrepentant. The barman didn't know what a gin
and tonic was, and when explained to him, they had no tonic. I have
had better Peking Duck
But my companions thought it was good. I was too annoyed at having to
pay $25 for a banquet that arrived on the table at 2150 when I had to
leave at 2200. So I won't go there again
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zy8zy8
The owner of the new restaruant is the ower of the New Dynasty. I wish she
won't do the same thing again. Personally, I prefer to go to the King Wah.
It's more tradtional in terms of the enrionment and taste of food. By the
way, I am a Chinese.
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