Ping Pong

Do you like dim sum? That is the question to make, before I start talking about my experience in this restaurant. Ping Pong is a dim sum restaurant in the heart of São Paulo – and I think I can say I have summed up this restaurant value proposition in this sentence. But the fact is this is a very nice restaurant (especially if you like this Chinese specialty) and it is not as overpriced as many of São Paulo’s places (just don’t compare it with dim sum prices in China or Macao).

Ping Pong is located in Itaim Bibi, in a small and quiet street. The room is large and clean, with black and sober walls and lines, and a big vertical garden wall in one end. Small tables and stools complete the picture that unfolds in front of your eyes. In each one of them, a small menu awaits.

And then the dim sum adventure begins. The menu is nothing more than a small piece of paper, with small boxes that you can tick – indicating your choices. There is an all you can eat menu, comprising almost all of the choices in the menu – and you can order as mucu as you want (if you still eat below the menu price, you will need to pay the price of what you have eaten – not the full price). The options are many and all of them are great – ranging from duck to shrimp, white fish, crabs, dumplings, cream, less or more spicy, no spicy at all,… all of them delicious. And, to complement all of this – just have a look at the teas menu, you will find some good choices there for an immersion in Chinese food in São Paulo.

Ping Pong is great place for a different dinner in São Paulo – a relaxed one, where conversations can be prompted by “what are we eating” questions. And enjoy your dim sums!

Where: São Paulo - Brazil

Address: Rua Lopes Neto, 15 - Itaim Bibi

Phone: +55 11 3078 5808

Website: http://www.br.pingpongdimsum.com.br

Expensive: The all you can eat menu is around €35.

Last visit: November 2011