Saigon Saigon Restaurant @ Edinburgh

Part of being an foreign student in a strange land is you tend to miss food from home occasionally, and in my case all the time. Saigon Saigon is one of the first restaurants I've heard about while being here in Edinburgh and was told that they serve pretty good dim sum. And we also get cheeky little discounts using our Edinburgh Malaysian Society Association (EMSA) membership cards.

So yeah, one week I was particularly itching for some dim sum and managed to summon the other KTJ homies for this culinary adventure. Looks like we're consistently meeting every other week and I think that's pretty cool. This restaurant is located right on Princes Street so it's quite central and I guess is quite a convenient spot for us to meet. And Kah Jun literally lives right next to Princes Street, the convenience! It's like living next to Pavilion back in KL.

I thought the food was really good, and do take into account cravings and desperation related bias. I would avoid though anything that has dumpling wrappers on it because those things are so thick it's like stuffing flour in your face. I think from the pictures you can already judge how thick some of the wrappers are. Their chee cheong fun, which I tried on a previous occasion is also disgustingly thick and is not something I would order again.

Things like the siu mai was nice, as you get a really generous portion of it. Stew pork was good albeit a little gamey. Friend noodles also good but they could lay off the msg. The thing is after being used to dim sums the standard of Foh San, things stick out like a sore thumb when you get anything less than that. 

But living overseas you can't be too picky and have to live with what you get. Some of the dishes I had were actually really good. Will definitely go back again when I'm feeling particularly rich. 

Saigon Saigon Restaurant

14 South St Andrew Street, 

Edinburgh EH2 2AZ  

Tel: 0131 5573737

Open from Monday to Sundy 

12am - 11pm

Lunch buffet 

12am-4pm