Red Star is pretty much like an old guard of the Hong Kong Yum Cha culture in Singapore with the waitresses pushing carts loaded with dim sum dishes aplenty.

I have to say that this review is probably biased thanks to these factors:

1. My friends and I went arrived early at about 8.30am, so we didn't have to queue up for our tables.


2. We were prepared for an extravagant session of yum cha, so that bill of $64 for 3 hungry guys wasn't too rude a shock.


3. We ordered Red Star's big pau for a friend who horlanded while trying to find his way over and realised how good a joke it could get. (Godzilla pau would be a more appropriate name.)


4. Not a lot of shouting across the place, despite it being somewhat of an old school yum cha place. (I readily stand corrected if I made a wrong assumption)


5. The lack of menus sort of added to the surprise of what the kitchen could offer and allowed for interaction with the wait staff.


6. They had a lot of interesting items coming from the kitchen, like banana and prawn fritters.


7. Other minor surprises came in the form of somewhat unconventional yum cha items like paper-wrapped chicken.


8. The quintessential yum cha items like har gow, siew mai, chicken feet, pork ribs and century egg porridge were perfectly made and tasted perfect.


9. It is gratifying to make people envious by retelling how good the food and experience was at Red Star.

1. The billing process was rather slow.