Peking Duck House, Bentleigh East

Yumcha lovers will be pleased to find there is a AYCE yum cha at Peking Duck House, Centre Road Bentleigh East. It is available every weekend for $38.80 pp plus $2.50 pp for hot tea. There is credit card payment surcharge and no discount on cash payments. Yum cha is available from 12 to 3pm and there is no time limit. Enter through the imposing chinese doors and be prepared for a bursting stomach! There are over 40 items on the menu, too many to count on your fingers (pun intended).

Ordering is easy, just mark what you like to eat and how many serves, on the piece of menu and pencil provided. You can request for the menu again once you are ready for the next round of orders.

Some serves are kept small, like this fried calamari. There is only 6 pieces per serve which is good if you want to try other dishes.

Each order is steamed at request so it takes some time before they are served. I find the lag time annoying but probably no different to ordinary ala carte yum cha restaurants.

Quality is on par with other yum cha restaurants and worth trying out. Just a little too thick with the steamed dimsum dough. Not much msg was used, because I did not feel thirsty after the meal. That was refreshing!

The price is a few dollars cheaper than China Bar and the attraction would be the made to order format (which is also the biggest annoyance if you have the AYCE game plan in your head) and the large selection of authentic Cantonese yumcha dishes.