Sorry if I make it sound sullen and morbid, but thatโs how itโs been for numerous hospitality establishments. Metropol is just one of the latest to announce their sorry fate. After 35 years, they will shuffle off their mortal coil in September to make way for an education facility.
I wouldnโt say Metropol was a regular haunt but it is the most classic of Cantonese restaurants in Admiralty. It offers quality dim sum and banqueting, in a modest yet comfortable setting, and is far more reasonably priced than the districtโs posher outlets.
For weekend dim sum, we could rely on it for decent fare and a short wait since the venue is so massive โ taking up the entire fourth floor of the United Centre.
Its other main attraction is that they still use trolleys to carry the bamboo baskets around, although that practice has been minimised by diners lining up at the central cooking stations and ordering directly from the aunties there.