大上海 D'Shanghai (KSL City Mall)

Review Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Highly Recommended)

Address: L2-132 KSL City Mall Branch, 33, Jalan Seladang, Taman Abad, 80250 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
(Located within KSL City Mall)
Google Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tUgfiN3AAAC9AKrn7
(Please refer to the Timings provided in the Google Map Link for the Operating Hours.)

海底叶子 Sea Coconut Cold = RM6.60
皇朝流沙包 Steamed Creamy Custard Bun = RM8.90
鱼子干燕烧卖 Siew Mai with Fish Roe = RM8.70
大上海虾饺皇 Shrimp Dumpling = RM9.70

10% Service Charge = RM3.39
6% Service Tax = RM2.03

 Here is the Full Menu of the Eatery/Restaurant.
Prices are Accurate as of the Date of the Post.



This is a Very Commonly Seen Dim Sum Restaurant that you can find in Malaysia JB. Its one of the Popular Restaurants in KSL City Mall as you can see in my Photos. Although not Full House, it was quite crowded even at 11.30am on a Thursday Morning. 🌞 

The Place is Beautifully Renovated and looks quite Atas as a Chinese Restaurant. Bright and Comfortably Spacious. 👍

I find it interesting that this is also one of the Few Restaurants in JB that actually have their own Branded Chopsticks. 🥢😅




That said, I felt the Aircon was not working as it felt quite Warm and Stuffy. 🥵 Staffs are Polite and Welcoming and behaves how you expect them to behave in a Chinese Restaurant. 👍 There is something Amazing they did which gave me the reason to give this place my Highest Top Score. 👍 I will describe this in detail later.

海底叶子 Sea Coconut Cold = RM6.60

Nothing much to say about this one. Its a Not very Sweet Drink with Generous Amounts of Sea Coconut Pulp. 🥥 Refreshing Taste.






鱼子干燕烧卖 Siew Mai with Fish Roe = RM8.70

The Siew Mai here has a Nice Balance of Pork and Shrimp, neither Too Porky 🐷 nor Too Shrimpy 🦐 and its Juicy too. This is a Good Siew Mai that doesn't just taste like a Simple Ball of Meat. Appearance wise though, I thought the Meat Part feels a little Over-Exposed. 😅 But otherwise, I have no issues with this.


大上海虾饺皇 Shrimp Dumpling = RM9.70

Har Kow is Beautifully Wrapped, Skin doesn't taste Doughy and the Filling is different from Siew Mai. 👍 Some Dim Sum Shops cheat by using the Same Siew Mai filling for Harkow. Not this one. The Harkow filling here is distinctly different from Siew Mai. 👍 Shrimp taste is Subtle and is Juicy with a bit of Tease of a Savoury Soup Taste. 🦐 Very Nice.


皇朝流沙包 Steamed Creamy Custard Bun = RM8.90

THIS is the one I really like. While I've eaten 流沙包 before, the one here Literally Explosively Burst right open the moment I tore into it! 💥😳 No Kidding, there is so much Inner Pressure within the Bun, I actually had the Beautiful Molten Hot Liquid Yolk Filling SQUIRT OUT VIOLENTLY! 💥😳 WOW! This is the 1st time I had a 流沙包 do this to me!

The Hot Salted Egg Filling is VERY RICH TASTING and so Amazingly Savoury! 😋 The Bun itself is Soft and Smooth like a Baby's Butt. Dough feels abit Dry but still Acceptable. But Star of the Show is really that Lovely Liquid Salted Egg Filling. 😋 This is a MUST-TRY if you are here, but do be careful though, this thing REALLY WILL SQUIRT! 💦😅


Remember I mentioned that the Customer Service was Amazing here?

So there are no Restrooms within the Restaurant itself. 🚻 As a Solo Diner in an Overseas Situation, there is always this Dilemma because you are Solo Dining. 🤔 You have no friends to help take care of your belongings while you go to the Restroom and because of this, you are also afraid of leaving your Belongings behind. 🤔 Furthermore, some Eateries don't trust Diners and would usually get a Diner to leave something behind or record their Contact Number so they won't Dine and Dash.

In this Restaurant, all I needed to do was to go up to a Staff Member and told them I needed to go to the Restroom and I will be back later. All they did was politely acknowledge it, went over to my table and just put a "Reserved" sign and I could take all my belongings to go to the Restroom outside of the Restaurant. 😳 All I needed to do was come back to the Restaurant, and I was guided back to my Original Table and they just took away the "Reserved" Sign and I just simply resumed eating. 😳

Wow the Amount of Trust displayed here! I never needed to surrender anything to them or give any phone number. They just simply let me go to the Restroom with all my Belongings! 😳 An Unscrupulous Diner could just simply run away and escape without paying since they have all their Belongings with them anyway! 😳

I don't know if this is Standard Practice for Restaurants for a Solo Diner because I have had similar situations in Singapore where the Eatery at least asked me for my Contact Number if I needed to go to the Restroom. 🤔 I know this may feel like a very Minor Thing, but because of past experiences I have Solo Dining, I love how this Restaurant has this Trust with their Customers. ♥️

This is Top Quality Customer Service that is based on Mutual Trust. Very Impressive. 👍 And with the Overall Affordable Prices and that Super Explosive Beautiful Molten Salted Egg 流沙包, how can I not Highly Recommended this? 💦😅