Three Virtues Vegetarian Restaurant - Hong Kong

During my Hong Kong visit, our home base was Wanchai, which is an awesome place to find vegetarian food.  Eventually though, we ventured out of Wanchai to explore what other vegetarian offerings are available in different parts of Hong Kong.  Three Virtues has gained a formidable reputation for offering, perhaps, the best quality vegetarian dim sum in the entire country.  Admittedly, I am not a huge dim sum fan, so I was hoping my visit to Three Virtues would transform my way of thinking about this popular breakfast/lunch meal.


Three Virtues Vegetarian Restaurant
Location: 1/F , 395 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Contact: (852) 2586-1333
Opening Hours: Daily until 9pm

This restaurant is bustling, but incredibly well run and efficient establishment.  For those who visit Hong Kong restaurants, you will notice the staff uphold a mesmerizing high level of service, with empty plates rarely staying at your table for more than a few seconds.  The staff in Hong Kong definitely earn their service charge - Unlike a lot of eateries in Singapore, where they have service charge, yet the staff barely do anything to assist you.  Pictured is the full menu for the dim sum.  If you can't read or speak Chinese, don't bother coming to Three Virtues, unless you want to blindly point and guess what to order.


There was one 'dim sum' dish that I was looking forward to trying more than any other - Fish Ball Curry.  Thankfully, I was not left feeling disappointed by this wonderfully mild curry.  Considering fish ball curry is one of Hong Kong's well-known dishes, I was surprised that more vegetarian eateries weren't concocting their own version of this dish.  In fact, Three Virtues was the only place I encountered that was offering it.  The fish balls in this dish were sensational - Completely different to those horrible lumps of hard jelly that are sold in Singapore.  They are bouncy, juicy and had an intriguing golden outer skin that enhanced the flavour.  The curry itself was full of flavour.

Price: HK$22.00.     9/10


The Superior Boiled Dumpling Soup was one of the dishes I liked the least from Three Virtues.  The skin of the dumplings were tough and too chewy.  Moreover, the skin had a tendency of sticking together.  The soup base was quite flavourless.

Price: HK$18.00.     5/10
The next dish arrived delicately wrapped in beancurd sheets, and goes roughly by the name Four Treasures Bamboo Shoots Chicken Wraps.  The beancurd sheets were juicy and enjoyable to eat.  However, I found the 'chicken' stuffing inside to be lacking in any imagination.  Inside was diced vegetables and mock soy meat.  The dish was crying out for some kind of dipping sauce, which unfortunately was never provided.

Price: HK$22.00.    6/10


Here is another dim sum delicacy called Five Grains Siew Mai Dumpling.  The skin of this dim sum was quite pleasing.  But ultimately, I found it terribly dry when eaten alone.  Eating it alone is the only option as, once again, there is no dipping sauce.

Price: HK$18.00.     6/10
Next up was the Vegetarian Prawn Dumpling with Abalone Bits.  This dish was a little more juicy, but I found the assortment of vegetables inside to be void of almost any flavour.

Price: HK$22.00.     5/10
One of the most synonymous dim sum dishes is definitely the Maple Sauce Char Siew Bao.  Overally I found this dish to be a little dry.  he char siew stuffing inside was sweet, but didn't have much else to offer.

Price: HK$16.00.     6/10
I was curious to try the Flossed Needle Mushroom Chee Cheong Fan as I've never really had vegetarian chee cheong fan in Singapore.  I was not disappointed by this dish.  The hero of this dish was the sweet dark sauce that is given with it.  I urge you to pour this sauce liberally over the rice rolls and enjoy!

Price: HK$18.00.     8/10


Finally we have the Shanghai Xiao Long Bao, again this falls into the category of lacking any substantial flavour, and being too dry.

Price: HK$18.00.     5/10











Conclusion - Did this restaurant managed to convert me to becoming a dim sum lover?  Definitely not.  Dim sum, honestly, is something that I can't comprehend why it is so popular with most people.  The dim sum on offer at Three Virtues was decent, but often I found them to be too dry, lacking in any significant flavour, and missing dipping sauces.

Overall Rating
Food - 5/10
Ambiance- 7/10
Service - 9/10
Value - 6/10