THE RECOGNISED “JU XIANG LOU” CHINESE DIM SUM RESTAURANT RUNNING ON THE NORTHERN NATION @ KEDAH
“Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant” is all the while a kind of the chinese-based dining house or eating restaurant that carrying the chinese traditional authentic bite-sized eatery (commonly known dim sum) which being practised since a century ago on our nation with respective home recipes on the ground. Here on the northern nation, we found and being successfully recognised among the best recommended new established Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant “Ju Xiang Lou” running at Alor Setar, Kedah having great positive response from the market recently.
The Kedah local originated Mr. Yang Hooi Khoon (born 1972), was the initial founder and also the recent immediate sole-owner of this best recognised Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant “Ju Xiang Lou” right in the Alor Setar township running in a team with his restaurant’s manager/person in-charge Ms. Shirley Ching Siew Li (Kedah, born 1984) and the restaurant’s dim sum chef Mr. Chan Kwai Ching (Kuala Lumpur, born 1963) presenting all their very homemade chinese bite-sized dim sum eateries in signature menus to the locals & visitors in an environmental dining condition on the northern ground at Kedah.
The founder cum owner Yang Hooi Khoon, who at his age of 54 years old currently, was formerly decade in the Automobile Accessory Industry all the while having interest in eatery being stepped into the f&b field at his early 50s of age began his very first partnership food court at Alor Setar in the year of 2023 where Hooi Khoon practically experienced the field thoroughly with his patience.
With vision to have his very own eating house locally, added wishing to further his exposure in the field and foreseeing the market opportunity in the f&b industry especially the chinese dim sum eating house enabled Hooi Khoon decided then bodied-up with Shirley Ching and their in-house dim sum Chef Chan (who having nearly 20 years experiences in the field) then successfully established their very first team-running Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant officially named the “Ju Xiang Lou Restaurant” along the Jalan Pintu Sepuluh, Alor Setar in the mid of year 2025 serving all their signatures to the public. And finally being recognised among the best in town by the Malaysian F&B E-Media for the year of 2025 on the northern nation at Kedah.
In this Ju Xiang Lou Dim Sum Restaurant, the owner’s very first top recommended in menus will be their “Steamed Dumpling with Caterpillar Fungus” which most wanted by the visitors here. Hand-wrapped shrimp dumpling with homemade rice flour wrapper, served after about 7 minutes home-steamed toppings of caterpillar fungus in their hourly long home-boiled pork soup base will brings the wonderful soup’s freshness swallowed with shrimp dumpling’s texturing bites kind of steamed dim sum eatery that you must have a try when reached Alor Setar, Kedah.
Secondly will be their famous “Signature Char Siew Bao”, always among the local’s favourite selection in the chinese steamed bun selections here. Handmade chinese bun/bao fillings with their home-roasted pork (char siew), then finally served hot after about 5 minutes home-steamed will brings the excellent soft bun’s bites with exotic salted sweet tasty kind of roasted pork/char siew bun eatery that you will never regret after tasted here.
Another will be their special “Chives Shrimp Dumpling”, which also always wanted by the locals from the beginning here. Handmade cristal clear rice flour wrapper, hand-wrapped fillings with fresh shrimps and fresh chopped chives into home seasonings mixture, served after 5 minutes steamed will brings another nice shrimp’s with chive’s freshness texturing bites kind of their steamed shrimp chives dumpling eatery that you will neither found the same elsewhere in town here.
Moreover, their handmade “Siew Mai” which prepared in combination of local fresh pork with shrimp into home seasonings mixture taken after 7 minutes steamed will brings the meat’s juicy bites with pork’s & shrimp’s freshness swallowed in matching that you cannot aside here. Also their “Cristal Shrimp Dumpling” or commonly known the Har Kao among the steamed chinese bite-sized dim sum eatery that you should comes along here.
Nonetheless, the owner and chef also introduced their all time favourite recommended “Steamed Homemade Fish Ball with Chinese Cabbage” which like by most of their customers here. Handmade fish ball with local fresh red fish (ikan bagan) steamed for minutes with chinese cabbage/white cabbage, and finally served hot on table will always bring the unbelievable soft chewing bites kind of their handmade fish ball eatery that you really cannot missed when stepped into this best recognised Chinese Dim Sum Restaurant “Ju Xiang Lou Restaurant” at Alor Setar, Kedah.
JU XIANG LOU RESTAURANT
Address: No. 15 & 17,
Ground & First Floor,
Jalan Pintu Sepuluh,
05100 Alor Setar,
Kedah.
Business Hours: 7:00am to 3:00pm (Daily)