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Pleasurable Food-TastingExperience at Dian Xiao Er
2015-02-02 221 views
It is indeed a pleasurable and welcoming experience being invited to food tasting at one of the better known Dian Xiao Er Restaurants at Bishan. They have 10 outlets and each have similar but uniquely differing décor and ambience. I heard they would customize the dish to the customers based on what they learnt from them … This differentiates them from just any other restaurants like most Chinese always do … Relationship building.Last week’s dinner menu was a variation of Set-B, with the replacem
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 It is indeed a pleasurable and welcoming experience being invited to food tasting at one of the better known Dian Xiao Er Restaurants at Bishan. They have 10 outlets and each have similar but uniquely differing décor and ambience. I heard they would customize the dish to the customers based on what they learnt from them … This differentiates them from just any other restaurants like most Chinese always do … Relationship building.

Last week’s dinner menu was a variation of Set-B, with the replacement of Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot, ending with a treat of dessert. The Cold Double-Boiled Hashima brings the pre-festive meal to a close and it was a beautifully crafted suggestion.Last week’s dinner menu was a variation of Set-B, with the replacement of Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot, ending with a treat of dessert. The Cold Double-Boiled Hashima brings the pre-festive meal to a close and it was a beautifully crafted suggestion.
Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng
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 Simple as it is a lot of preparation goes into this appetizer. After pouring in the ingridients and sauces, normally by the diners themselves, the dish need to be toss and as high as possible.
Finale
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 Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng
This Teochew-Style raw fish salad popular amongst Chinese during Chinese New Year (CNY) is supposed to be served on the 7th day of the Lunar Year but nowadays, people just love to savor the dish even before CNY. The tossing of ingredients symbolizes prosperity and longevity and what a way to begin the year of the Sheep / Goat at Dian Xiao Er.
Shark’s Fin with Crab Meat and Conpoy
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 Shark’s Fin with Crab Meat and Conpoy
I thought I never get to taste Shark Fin again in a restaurant … In fact I felt a little guilty as I believe in conservation but the taste lure me away. The delicately prepared double boiled broth with crab and conpoy just brings out the flavorfulness of the soup.
Signature Herbal Roast Duck with Ten Wonders Sauce
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 Signature Herbal Roast Duck with Ten Wonders Sauce
Not exactly like roasted goose I tasted in Hong Kong but definitely more than a substitute, in fact a must try. This tender succulent duck is roasted with Ten Wonders Sauce. We also get to try out the other 2 sauces: Angelica Herb and Wild Ginseng. My personal choice of sauce to go with the Ten Wonder roasted duck: Wild Ginseng. I give this dish 5-star
Sautéed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
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 Sautéed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
Pumpkin Sauce to go with Baby Lobster … What a choice! I love the taste of the unique blend coconut with salted eggs and the infusion of spices simply goes very well with pumpkin sauce. This dish would have gotten better rating if not for other better dishes ahead … I would give this a 4-star for now.
Prosperous Braised Trotters
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 Prosperous Braised Trotters

Among all the dishes, this dish brings out the best of the best from Dian Xiao Er …The Braised Trotters just melts in your mouth. The dish is beautifully presented with greens and goes very well with green broccoli, peas and mushrooms.
Hong Kong Style Chinese Pomfret
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 Chinese dish should never goes without fish and I must say the size of the Pomfret certainly raise eye brows and gives everyone more than a fair share. This Pomfret steamed in Cantonese style together with thinly sliced spring onions, carrots, ginger, onion and chives truly brings out the aroma of the fish.
Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot
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 Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot
I would have placed this as my number one dish, had the mushroom and pea also been used in the Braised Trotter but its certainly makes one feels rich, enjoying the luxury of high society dishes ... No wonder this dish is a treasure pot. The wholesome sauce goes very well with black moss and the tasty and crunchy sea cucumber, simply compliment with the tender succulent abalone.
Double-Boiled Chilled Hashima
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 Double-Boiled Chilled Hashima
Last but not least, our dessert was the Double-Boiled Chilled Hashima … What a refreshing ending. The idea of this dessert originates from the term “Hasma”, related to frogs … but the extra smooth, refreshing and sweet Hashima, just makes one forget the origin instead one feel heavenly and completely fulfill after a sumptuous dinner at Dian Xiao Er.

Other Info. : They have ongoing promotions such as for 2 or more pax at reasonable prices. The privilege card is also worth exploring ... For more information refer to http://www.dianxiaoer.com.sg/promotions/
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Date of Visit
2015-01-26
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Celebration
Chinese New Year
Recommended Dishes
Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng
Finale
Shark’s Fin with Crab Meat and Conpoy
Signature Herbal Roast Duck with Ten Wonders Sauce
Sautéed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
Prosperous Braised Trotters
Hong Kong Style Chinese Pomfret
Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot
Double-Boiled Chilled Hashima
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Chinese New Year Menu
2015-01-27 167 views
If you are taking a train to Junction 8, Dian Xiao Er is located in B1, which is linked to the MRT line heading towards Marina Bay. It is in a small corner near the tonic shop and NTUC. Diao Xiao Er first had it's first outlet in Chinatown and 10 years ago, it expanded to Marina Square and since then, Dian Xiao Er has focused on expanding in shopping centres, such as Junction 8. Dian Xiao Er has private rooms like this, which I had the tasting session in, it provides a lot of privacy. Additional
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 If you are taking a train to Junction 8, Dian Xiao Er is located in B1, which is linked to the MRT line heading towards Marina Bay. It is in a small corner near the tonic shop and NTUC. Diao Xiao Er first had it's first outlet in Chinatown and 10 years ago, it expanded to Marina Square and since then, Dian Xiao Er has focused on expanding in shopping centres, such as Junction 8. 
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 Dian Xiao Er has private rooms like this, which I had the tasting session in, it provides a lot of privacy. Additionally, they have rooms to accommodate up to 40pax, so be sure that Dian Xiao Er can accommodate your extended family.

1. Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng
Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng
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 The first dish of the food tasting was the yu sheng, along with oil and plum sauce, it was a very savoury dish. It can be purchased at an ala carte price of $42.80++. 
Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng
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 Lou Hei! The salmon in this dish was Norwegian smoked salmon, as such, it adds a salty touch to the sweetness of the plum sauce. 

2. Shark's Fin Broth with Crab Meat & Conpoy
Shark's Fin Broth with Crab Meat & Conpoy
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 The Shark's fin was very flavourful and yet not salty. Customers can also request this dish to be switched to a more environmentally friendly fish maw. You can definitely taste the shreds of crab meat in this broth, and even without vinegar, it was a very hearty dish.

3. Signature Herbal Roast Duck with 3 Flavours (Angelica Herb, Ten Wonders, Wild Ginseng)
Signature Herbal Roast Duck with 3 Flavours (Angelica Herb, Ten Wonders, Wild Ginseng)
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 I had never seen a more shiny roast duck skin before, I could tell immediately that this was going to be the best roast duck I have ever eaten. The skin was so crispy, almost like a flaky croissant and the meat was succulent and juicy!
Signature Herbal Roast Duck with 3 Flavours (Angelica Herb, Ten Wonders, Wild Ginseng)
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 The duck was roasted with the herbs inside the duck and the herbs are then extracted and used to brew the herbal sauces. So if you order a ten wonders duck, it would be stuffed with ten wonders spices and then served with the ten wonders sauce. Typically, the sauce is poured over the duck, which might result with crispy duck skin becoming soggy. Joanne, the Dian Xiao Er representative also mentioned that you can request for the duck and sauce to be served separately.

The Angelica Herb was said to be the least "strongest" herb, so I tried it and indeed it wasn't as strong as the other two sauces. The ten wonders herb was the next sauce I tried next and I liked it the best. The wild ginseng sauce definitely was pure ginseng with wolfberries. I didn't quite like the ginseng sauce as it really washed out the taste of the duck. I would recommend first timers to try the ten wonders duck with the ten wonders sauce.

4. Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
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 This was a new dish to my taste buds. I love lobsters and these baby lobsters definitely met my expectations of freshness. They came right off the shell with my chopsticks, so it's pretty easy to eat them. Do note, that this dish is cooked with curry leaves, coconut and chilli padi, so it can be a abit spicy. You can however request for the spiciness to be toned down to suit your taste.
Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
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 The sauce itself tasted strongly of salted egg, I couldn't actually taste the pumpkin in the sauce. It is a sweet and tangy sauce with a tinge of spiciness. But as I ate my second baby lobster, I started to realize that the spiciness increases exponentially. For this dish, Dian Xiao Er will serve the number of baby lobster of 2-3 pieces per pax.

5. Prosperous Braised Trotters
Prosperous Braised Trotters
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 The braised trotters were very soft and tender, pretty sure you don't need teeth for this dish. There are also fried oysters in this dish, which I found very generous of them. The brocolli wasn't hard as I had expected it to be, it was pretty soft. For most dishes with oyster sauces, I usually feel quite thirsty after eating it, but it wasn't the case with this dish. 

Apparently braised pig trotters is a very common Chinese New Year dish in Malaysia, so one of their Chefs decided to introduce this dish to Dian Xiao Er's Chinese New Year menu this year. Should this prove popular, it will remain as a main dish on their regular menu. It is always good to know that the chefs have a strong say in the menu, that shows that they take pride in what they serve up.

6. HongKong Style Chinese Pomfret
HongKong Style Chinese Pomfret
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 Probably the biggest pomfret I have ever seen, but even though I couldn't taste the fishiness at the begining, I realized that I could smell the fishiness of this fish at the end. Nonetheless for a group of 10, we managed to conquer one side of the fish and then, for second helpings, we flipped the fish over. This should give you an understanding of how big the fish is, since my photo does no justice to it. Joanne explained that this was a top grade pomfret that is steamed with shallots, ginger and spring onion.

7. Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot
Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot
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 When this dish was served up to our table, everyone pretty much was amazed, at the "treasure" in this dish! This dish is normally served in a claypot, but to show the extent of the treasure, for this food tasting session, Dian Xiao Er served it on a plate. The sea cucumber was slightly harder than expected, the fish maw was very soft and almost gelatinous in texture. 

8. D-Boiled Hashima 
It was a subtly sweet cold dessert which was a very refreshing end to the hearty family style meal. The hashima was boiled with rock sugar and red dates.
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Date of Visit
2015-01-26
Dining Method
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Celebration
Chinese New Year
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Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng
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Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng
$ 42.8
Shark's Fin Broth with Crab Meat & Conpoy
Signature Herbal Roast Duck with 3 Flavours (Angelica Herb, Ten Wonders, Wild Ginseng)
Signature Herbal Roast Duck with 3 Flavours (Angelica Herb, Ten Wonders, Wild Ginseng)
Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
Prosperous Braised Trotters
HongKong Style Chinese Pomfret
Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot
  • Signature Herbal Roast Duck with 3 Flavours
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Sumptuous CNY Specials Menu
2015-01-27 76 views
This is a media invite attended by the representatives of OpenRice Singapore, our hosts Joanne and her male colleague from Dian Xiao Er , as well as some of us bloggers / reviewers. We got to sample their Chinese New Year specials this evening - thank you OpenRice and Dian Xiao Er for the sumptuous pre-CNY feast!So... we started with the Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng, a mandatory Chinese New Year dish - complete with salmon (raw in most cases, but here they use smoked salmon), crackers, slivers of
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 This is a media invite attended by the representatives of OpenRice Singapore, our hosts Joanne and her male colleague from Dian Xiao Er , as well as some of us bloggers / reviewers. We got to sample their Chinese New Year specials this evening - thank you OpenRice and Dian Xiao Er for the sumptuous pre-CNY feast!
Salmon Prosperity Yusheng
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 So... we started with the Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng, a mandatory Chinese New Year dish - complete with salmon (raw in most cases, but here they use smoked salmon), crackers, slivers of carrot, veg, melon etc as well as oil, fresh lime juice and plum sauce. The fish was fresh, of course, and the crackers were very crispy. The vegetable strands were crunchy and sweet in their freshness as well.
Signature Herbal Roast Duck
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 Now, comes the Signature Herbal Roast Duck. For tasting purpose, we tried 3 flavors of the sauce. The roast duck itself is stuffed with herbs when being roasted, to give it a lovely aroma; in this case the one we tried was infused with Ten Wonders Herbs. The skin was crispy and the meat was tender and juicy.
The sauces we had were (from left to right) - Ten Wonder Herbs, Angelica Herbs and Wild Ginseng, in order of lightest flavor to the strongest flavor. My personal flavor was Angelica Herb, because the Ten Wonder was too light for me, and I found the Wild Ginseng too sweet for my liking.
Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
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 Following that, we had Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce - note that this a spicy dish. The sauce comprises of chilli, salted egg, pumpkin and curry leaves, so one can imagine the wondrous burst of flavors, a connoisseur upon the tongue. The flesh was prepared in such a way that it came off easily, without being difficult to eat at all; and it was succulent.
Prosperous Pork Trotter
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 Then we tried the Prosperous Pork Trotter - a wonderful dish if one doesnt mind eating the skin of the trotter, because that was the best part of it - soft, trembly, delicious, flanking tender flesh within. The brocooli was cooked soft and infused with the lovely sauce of the dish, enhanced by the piquant taste of dried oysters. The French beans had a strong raw-greens taste though.
Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot
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 Next, we had the Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot - usually served in a claypot, but for our sampling / photography, it is spread out on a large plate for visual effects. Comprising of nothing but goodness all the way, this luxurious dish gave us all the goodness of abalones, fish maw, sea cucumber, mushrooms and some vegetables to balance. The tiny abalones were succulent and easy to chew; infused richly with flavor of its gravy; the shiitake mushrooms, likewise. The sea cucumber straddled the line between firmness and wobbly textures - I liked it that way, though some of the other reviewers preferred it to be a softer texture; the fish maw was sponge soft and scrumptious in its natural saccharine-savoury flavor.

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Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
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  • Prosperous Pork Trotters
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