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One fine Sunday morning, the Tan Family with Outsider Wong decided to head for a Dim Sum breakfast with Papa Tan already having a place in his mind. But then, Eldest Tan butted-in and suggested somewhere else instead! Being someone who has a high level of influence on decision making in Tan Family, Papa Tan eventually agreed to it.

Papa Tan, being an adventurous person himself felt that there's no harm in trying new things. And so, Tan Family with Outsider Wong made their way to Flower Drum @ Jalan Bukit Bintang, much to the dismay of Middle Tan and Youngest Tan because they were craving for some "Kun Tong Kau".

The Interior. I think there's gonna be a wedding dinner that night since some decorations were up and all the seats were nicely wrapped. So, how it looks like normally, I have no idea as well. The lighting reminded me of my own venue a little.

Upon entering, Outsider Wong felt that the place was pretty grand and thus, had a bad feeling about the whole thing. And true enough, upon setting his sights on the menu, he was presented with overpriced limited choices, it was like dim sum, fine dining style. There's like 10 steamed choices, 10 fried choices, some desserts, soups, porridge and that's like, all of it.

Outsider Wong frowned, he felt like strangling Eldest Tan for ruining his beautiful Sunday morning.

Orders were placed and just a few minutes later, they had to switch tables as their section was not smoking prohibited, which is just weird since Outsider Wong thought its illegal to smoke in closed air-conditioned area. Anyway, the waitress should have enquired beforehand, bad service, ish.

The few dishes ordered and that almost covered everything from the Steamed section, lols. See the repetition in orders, that explains it all. The orange coloured bun was filled with something milky and creamy, yucks. The Har Kaws, not bad, fresh and tangy prawns and there's some filling of mushrooms in the Siu Mais, enhancing its taste.

Xiao Loong Baos (Mini Dragon Dumplings). Presentation 99, Taste so-so only. The Char Siew Baos (Pork Buns) were quite good, fluffy on the outside with sweet and juicy fillings yums.

Fried Loh Bak or something. The capsicums were still sweet and crunchy, hence, tastier than the squarish cube things. The only fried dish ordered.

The dessert, pudding of unknown flavour and ice-cream, ordered by Youngest Tan. Kids nowadays, they really know how to eat. It also shows that menu plays an important role in selling your grubs, since kids are more attracted to the images and parents comply to their kid's demands.

The total damage came to about RM140, to which Outsider Wong nearly fainted as the quantity of items ordered were just a handful. He felt that although in the Taste section, it was considerably above average but still, the price was a little over the norm. Great for business meetings and such, not for family outings or gatherings.

Its'll be a long, long time before Outsider Wong returns to this place. BTW, charges for parking is RM2 per entrance, as Papa Tan puts in, not yet eat already need to pay.