Paradise Dynasty (Closed)

This was my first time dining at Paradise Dynasty!
I decided to order the signature xiao long bao, which comes in 8 different colours and flavours!

The distinct flavours are: Original, ginseng, foie gras, black truffle, crab roe, cheese, garlic and sze chuan.

For these 8 xiao long bao, the skin is delicate and soft, filled with a generous amount of pork filling and not forgetting the fragrant broth In the xiao long bao. I love the original and crab roe the most. The crab roe has a unique taste to it.

For some flavours such as the cheese and black truffle, there wasnt much of a distinct taste to it, instead it tasted quite original, except for the colour.

Overall, this dish is great and thumbs up for the creativity in the Colourful xiao long baos!

(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)

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Date of Visit

2014-12-08

Waiting Time

10 Minutes (Dine In)

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To cut the story short: the service staff standards definitely do not match to its interior grandeur. No smiles and we constantly felt like they were rushing us to finish our meal so that they can close for the day (it wasn't even time for last order yet). Moreover, billing took a really long time - far longer than the duration we took to finish our meal. What's more, they missed out one of our orders for the Coloured XLBs - without apologies. For me, it's quite disastrous service... needs much more improvement to even be considered as a respectable Chinese dimsum restaurant.

The Sweet and Sour Soup was much spicier and piquant than DTF's. Sorry for the comparison but had no idea how to give you a better picture. The pepper was overkill and I choked on it on the first mouthful - nah, I kid. I forgot to mix it in during my excitement. After a while it gets really tasty and I couldn't get enough of it. Recommended. Their signature Xiaolongbaos are really very juicy, they packed it to its maximum potential and yet the soup isn't unbearably hot. Recommended too. Pork La-mian was forgettable, the soup was fragrant, simmered with pork and rich enough, but nothing too special. My favourite dish of the night was their Spicy Zha Jiang Mian. It wasn't too spicy like the sweet and sour soup, but the sauce was very thick with copious amounts of pork.The cucumber was also very fresh and packed with juice, which makes the perfect complementary sauce to the noodles. Easily my favourite Zha Jiang Mian anywhere. The Pork Buns were quite a surprise as they packed soup inside its skin, but it got a little soggy after a while. I might endure their service for the good food, but then again I'll gladly give my money to somewhere else that has the best of both worlds.

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