Tim Ho Wan opens at The Boulevard

Tim Ho Wan offers 25 award-worthy, Hong Kong-style dim sum minus the frills. - Photos ONG SOON HIN/The Star

RAGS to riches and zero to hero stories are the stuff that legends are made of. Like the story of a hole-in-the-wall dim sum eatery in Mongkok earning a Michelin star in its first year of operations.

It bills itself as “Hong Kong’s most famous Michelin star dim sum restaurant” and others have billed it “the cheapest Michelin starred restaurant in the world.”