Westlake 西湖小吃

i love zi char because home cooking defintely cant win their culinary. though i know they spam a lot of artificial seasoning in the food. but once in a while trying outside food with family is not a bad idea isnt it. the vegetable in the photo above is what i always love, the "small white vege" xiao bai cai! i love my vegetable to be fried with garlic and some gravy below. the vege is crunchy and fresh. I seriously cant understand why people dont like this vege.

this is one of the delicious dishes in this zi cha shop. the menu is quite extensive and i have patronized thrice with friends and family as this is very nice. the yam is steamed, mashed and shaped into a container shape, then deep fried so the outer layer of this yam container is very crispy. the inner holes of the yam are stuffed with fried vegetables with oyster sauce, very delicious!

What are the greatest pleasures in your life? It can be a piece of delicious Kong Bak Pau for me. An enjoyment can be so simple.

I have gotten a Voucher for 10 pieces of these famous Kong Bak Pau. It stated in the Voucher to call 2 days in advance for redemption. I decided to try my luck to call in the afternoon and exploring the possibilities of collecting it in that evening. My request was granted. That is a sign of good service.

The restaurant was located amidst other shop houses. Everything is seemingly unchanged. The place looks like it has stood still in time. The ambience, the decoration, the furniture and even the people are still those of the yesteryear. I really love the nostalgic feel.

Most of the waiters and waitresses are elderly Aunties and Uncles. I presented my voucher for their signature Kong Bak Bao and asked to wait for a bit while they packed it. It was served to me by a friendly Auntie. They packed the steamed buns and braised meat separately.

The well-braised meat has got a good balance of fat and lean meat to give it the sinful yet extremely delicious taste. Every piece of them was about the same thickness and size to be inserted into the steamed buns and to be eaten together. Life is too short to worry about the calories of those fatty braised meat so i ended up had 4 pieces of the Kong Bak Pau for dinner on that day.

They have a few take-away outlets in some major shopping centres for Kong Bak Pau and other snacks.

This would be the place to be when i have a crazing for Kong Bak Pau next time. And, i will definitely be back for some of their highly recommended signature dishes too.

The pork belly are braised for several hours before they can be obtained the really juicy and tender version of this braised pork belly. The taste of it is abit of sweetness with lots of fragrant pork belly and chinese spices smell in it. The steamed buns are also very soft, moist and slightly compact. The combination of the pork belly and the steamed buns are really well and with some crunchy big slices lettuces in between it which has added that extra flavour to this finger snacks as well.

2012-05-02

SGD 10(Lunch)