- Authentic Dim Sum food.
- Wide variety of desserts.
- Signature dishes in every course.
- Service is very pleasant.
- Ambience is quite welcoming.
- Yet to offer wine. (Soon to be addressed).
- Ambience could be improved in some places.
- P!ng Restaurant and Dessert Bay, No 130, 1st Cross, 5th Block, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560095. (Behind Sukh Sagar).
- Phone: +91 8041521773.
- Restaurant open daily, noon to 3.30 p.m., and 7.00 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. The Dessert Bay is open daily from 10 a.m. to midnight.
- Unique Dim Sum lunch offered. Choose five types of Dim Sum from a daily choice of 16, and eat to your heart's content.
I got to know of P!ng during one of my in-flight readings within India. I went there out of interest since I have always rated Dim Sum eating as a very unique experience.
Bangalore does have some Dim Sum restaurants like in the Leela, but nothing stands out as such. This is where P!ng comes in. I feel that their food is definitely on par with some of the best in Singapore and Shanghai. And frankly, it is high time that Bangalore got one of this kind. There's a lot of "Indianization" of Chinese cuisine, which invariably is bad for the palate.
P!ng is located conveniently in Koramangala, which is not too near or far from most places of interest in Bangalore. So, getting there is thankfully not much of a pain.
Some must-tries on their menu are the Bubble Ice Tea (quite refreshing and fun to drink), The Dim Sum Platters (a huge variety of all types of Dim Sum, and well priced), some of the sea-food based stir fries like the Tamarind Fish, and almost any of the desserts are pretty nice.
Interestingly, they have an outdoor Dessert Bay. While it's not Chinese and while the desserts are not indigenous, what they offer is more varied than what any stand-alone restaurant offers in Bangalore.
