Riyadh’s popular Chinese restaurant celebrated its second anniversary in the Kingdom with an exclusive menu featuring many new must-try creations.
Yauatcha is a traditional Chinese dim sum and teahouse with a modern twist. It has expanded globally, opening branches in Mumbai and Bengaluru.
We began the dinner with a starter called Hao yùn lucky dim sum that featured three delicious dim sums, a smoked duck shui mai, a Chilean sea bass dumpling and the black pepper chicken puff.
The waiters served a drink called the Hu Highball Botan that blended kumquat, jasmine tea, and passion fruit. The drink provided a sweet and citrus kick that paired well with the dim sum starters.
For our second course, we had the marinated chicken and prawn wonton that contained sesame and cashew nuts and the Szechuan-style rib eye beef pan-seared with green chili pepper, which was one of the highlights of the menu. Another dish worth mentioning was the wok-fried long bean with spicy ginger and garlic.
Our crab meat and pineapple fried rice with yam bean was more average and didn’t offer any unique twist to the classic Chinese fried rice dish.
The desserts were Instagram-worthy: Mandarin curd, compote, ginger cream, cheese and orange mousse topped with a crumble. The dish looked beautiful but the sour flavor was rather overpowering.
The staff were extremely accommodating and hospitable. The waiters, Miko and Mehbub, provided excellent service and recommendations based on guests’ dietary restrictions.
We recommend ending any meal at Yauatcha with their selection of imported teas such as the Oolong tea.
Yauatcha often offers special menus to mark celebrations in the Kingdom. To mark women’s month, Yauatcha launched the “Women at Cha” campaign, giving a 25-percent discount to women every Monday during March.
