Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao (Closed)

I walked into Crystal Jade looking for a not-so-filling dinner one day. Famed for serving good chinese (cantonese) dishes, this is surely a good place to satisfy the foodie soul. It's amazing how I wasn't even hungry to begin with, but still managed to squeeze in some good dumplings and found the experience enjoyable.And dumplings was what I had!A dumpling meal is never complete without Xiao Long Bao! The thin layer of dumpling skin keeps all the soup and tender meat together. I challenge myself to never ever tear the skin of any Xiao Long Bao while picking it up so that no drop of the succulent soup is wasted.Mixed dumplings and Spicy dumplings!All flavours of dumpling goodness entangled together. It's ironical how all of them are the same kind of food but yet so different it feels like I'm eating a wide array of dishes. Sweet and Sour soupI love how this texture reminds me of shark's fins soup. Albeit less luxurious but never lacks satisfaction.…Read More

Surely every singaporean would have at a whiff of Crystal Jade's!Its' meals always look so simple, and simple meals always mean lovely family gatherings :)Bought some stir-fried veg and it wasn't too oily, extremely fresh and delicious!Felt i was a bit unhealthy by eating a lot of deep fried stuffs, but this is really crispy and it kind of melts in your mouth! The after taste is not as good as smelly tofu though, *grins widely*The congee is soooo smooth and delicious, Crystal Jade is extremely well-known for it's congee! It costs about $8 (starting price) and I felt it was really worth it though! :) …Read More

I went to Crystal Jade for lunch last Tuesday. I selected from the la mians section and choose the spicy beef la mian. Although I went in at around 2pm where the lunch crowd is gone, it still took them quite long to serve my order. The beef la mian looks very spicy from the photo with all the chilli oil. The spicyness is just right for me after I scooped out some of the chilli oil. The beef slices are tender and I enjoyed eating it. The only thing is that I thought the serving of beef can be more. Do note that iced water is chargeable at 30cents per glass, so if you feel against paying for normal water, the best option is to carry a bottle of water with you.…Read More

I went for a group outing to crystal jade la mian xiao long bao. I browsed through the menu and could not decide what to have so I settled from the zha jiang mian. The waitress was kind enough to offer to cut the noodles for me. When my bowl of noodles arrived, the noodles were neatly and nicely cut. They added quite a lot of gravy for the noodles. The gravy was very tasty, it was not too salty and was actually rather sweetish. The noodles were very springy and chewy. Luckily they cut the noodles or else I will have a hard time eating it. they were very generous with the minced meat. I like it that they added shredded cucumber to the dish as it gave it a crunch effect as compared to the tender minced meat and chewy noodles.…Read More

Unfortunately, this place does not have many options for the vegetarians as compared to Imperial Kitchen or their outlets at the airport but they were happy to accommodate to my order of vegetarian fried rice which was not the menu. The portion was also huge and I had trouble finishing my food! We also ordered the spinach with minced garlic which turned out to be pretty good but a tad oily. Overall, the meal was satisfying but I guess in Singapore, it is pretty hard to find good restaurants that have a vast selection of dishes for both the vegetarians and non vegetarians hence food options seem to be pretty limited. I would not say these restaurants are bad but food is acceptable and tastes pretty average most of the time.Some sources also mentioned that this outlet had a vegetarian menu but it was unavailable and does not seem to exist when I payed them a visit.…Read More