Mouthing OffHow classic Hong Kong dim sum restaurant Metropol is an authentic snapshot of the city
It might be messy and chaotic, but the Admiralty restaurant – which closes in September – offers a Hong Kong experience Andrew Sun will miss
Sorry if I make it sound sullen and morbid, but that’s how it’s been for numerous hospitality establishments. Metropol is just one of the latest to announce their sorry fate. After 35 years, they will shuffle off their mortal coil in September to make way for an education facility.
I wouldn’t say Metropol was a regular haunt but it is the most classic of Cantonese restaurants in Admiralty. It offers quality dim sum and banqueting, in a modest yet comfortable setting, and is far more reasonably priced than the district’s posher outlets.
For weekend dim sum, we could rely on it for decent fare and a short wait since the venue is so massive – taking up the entire fourth floor of the United Centre.
Its other main attraction is that they still use trolleys to carry the bamboo baskets around, although that practice has been minimised by diners lining up at the central cooking stations and ordering directly from the aunties there.