King Chef Dimsum Kitchen Baguio is the Summer Capital's outpost of the well-loved King Chef group, a Cantonese institution that began as a Banawe (Manila Chinatown) seafood restaurant and grew into a multi-branch dim sum specialist (with branches in Binondo's Lucky Chinatown, Shaw, Makati, Ayala Manila Bay, and more). The Baguio branch sits inside The Orchard Hotel — a 66-room hotel on Legarda Road, a short walk from Burnham Park and Session Road — with a separate entrance connected to the lobby, and it is frequently named the best Chinese and dim sum restaurant in the city. The kitchen, led by executive chef Joel (Joey) Aroy (a bronze awardee at the 2018 Lee Kum Kee International Young Chef Chinese Culinary Challenge), turns out honest, freshly made Cantonese dim sum: the signature hakaw (crystal shrimp dumplings), pork-and-shrimp siomai, xiao long bao, King's Fin dumplings, taosi spareribs, crispy duck wanton, fried prawn dumplings, salted egg bombs, buchi, and more, served the traditional way via roving cart service. Beyond dim sum there is congee, noodle soups (the beef brisket noodles are a standout), stir-fried noodles, yang chow fried rice and rice toppings, HK-style roasted meats, and a deep roster of house specials — King's-style fried chicken, spareribs with 8 spices, French beans with salted egg, seafood with spinach soup, salt-and-pepper squid, sweet-and-sour pork, braised pork knuckles — plus a famously good HK-style hot milk tea that regulars rate above the city's milk-tea shops. The big draw for value-seekers is the daily dim sum happy hour — discounted dim sum (commonly cited around 30%) roughly from 2 to 5 PM — and the restaurant is spacious (around 100 seats) with both indoor and al fresco seating to enjoy Baguio's cool breeze. Service is consistently praised as fast and friendly, and it is a reliable, comforting go-to for families and groups. From the Central Business District it is a short taxi ride — just ask for The Orchard Hotel on Legarda Road.
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Landmark: Inside The Orchard Hotel, 49 Legarda Rd — short walk from Burnham Park & Session Rd
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