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We were at Crystal Jade for a casual family dinner. The overall dining experience was pretty pleasant, with good quality of food and attentive servers.Nanjing Style Salted Duck ($9.50++)A simple cold dish to whet our appetites. The duck meat was well braised as it was really soft and tender. The flavours were just right and not too salty. Chicken Marinated with Chinese Wine and Wolfberries ($9.00++)Another cold dish that’s both nourishing and flavourful. The taste of the Chinese Wine was strong
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We were at Crystal Jade for a casual family dinner. The overall dining experience was pretty pleasant, with good quality of food and attentive servers.

Nanjing Style Salted Duck ($9.50++)
A simple cold dish to whet our appetites. The duck meat was well braised as it was really soft and tender. The flavours were just right and not too salty.
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Chicken Marinated with Chinese Wine and Wolfberries ($9.00++)
Another cold dish that’s both nourishing and flavourful. The taste of the Chinese Wine was strong and rich. I personally enjoyed sipping mouthfuls of the Chinese Wine soup base while mum totally hated the taste. Well, I guess this was probably a “you-like-it-or-you-hate-it” dish, especially with the Chinese Wine soup base. The chicken was smooth and succulent, with a mix of both breast and thigh meat.
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Xiao Long Bao ($5.20++)
A classic signature dish we never fail to order. Their XLB was fat and juicy as ever, with its thin layer of skin encapsulating the meat ball soaked in all its natural juices and essences.
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Carp Fish Soup with Radish ($19.80++)
A definite must order! The carp fish was presented separately from the soup though it was obvious they had been cooked together from the richness in flavours. The fish was very sweet and soft while the soup base was slightly creamy and rich in collagen. The slightly crunchy radish atop the fish adds a contrasting layer of texture, making this dish really delectable and mouth-watering.
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Fried Rice with Conpoy ($13.80++)
A disappointment, sadly. The fried rice was quite blend and a tad too oily. We could neither taste the natural sweetness of the conpoy nor the fragrance of the egg fried rice. At $13.80++, this was totally not worth it.
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2013-12-26 126 views
minced pork with spicy sauce served with wrap $12.80 is a unique dish, best to be shared among 4 people. The minced pork gets a little salty if you eat it on its own but is well complemented with the plain wrap. har gow $4.50. The skin gets a little dry if you don't eat it immediately when served and it will be better if it is more moist inside. shrimp wanton soup $10 has fresh shrimp wantons and the soup is lightly flavoured but the taste doesn't really appeal to me.
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minced pork with spicy sauce served with wrap $12.80 is a unique dish, best to be shared among 4 people. The minced pork gets a little salty if you eat it on its own but is well complemented with the plain wrap.
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har gow $4.50. The skin gets a little dry if you don't eat it immediately when served and it will be better if it is more moist inside.
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shrimp wanton soup $10 has fresh shrimp wantons and the soup is lightly flavoured but the taste doesn't really appeal to me.
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2013-12-24 30 views
Crispy eel $11.50 is very crispy but it gets quite gelat even for 2 persons to share. The sauce is also a little salty. Beancurd skinroll with shrimps $6 has a crispy beancurd skin and shrimps are quite fresh too although this dish is oily.la mian $8.30. This bowl of spicy si chuan la mian has minced meat and peanuts in it. I didn't really like the overwhelming taste of the peanut that covered the si chuan's taste. It is spicy but not overwhelming on the tastebuds. The la mian is very smooth too
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Crispy eel $11.50 is very crispy but it gets quite gelat even for 2 persons to share. The sauce is also a little salty. Beancurd skinroll with shrimps $6 has a crispy beancurd skin and shrimps are quite fresh too although this dish is oily.la mian $8.30. This bowl of spicy si chuan la mian has minced meat and peanuts in it. I didn't really like the overwhelming taste of the peanut that covered the si chuan's taste. It is spicy but not overwhelming on the tastebuds. The la mian is very smooth too. the Xiao long bao ($5.70) has a thicker skin and the soup is also a little salty but if you love Xiao long baos, this will be enough to satisfy your cravings.
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2013-11-25 92 views
My family and I went to Crystal Jade for a family dinner and ended up waiting for close to 30 mintues for seats. I think that is partially because we are a big group (8 pax). It has been a long time since my last visit to Crystal Jade but even then I held high expectations.The outlet practices an open concept kitchen where in the front, at certain timings; you can see the chefs making dumplings. The interior of the restaurant is decorated with a few paintings or panels. The whole restaurant is n
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My family and I went to Crystal Jade for a family dinner and ended up waiting for close to 30 mintues for seats. I think that is partially because we are a big group (8 pax). It has been a long time since my last visit to Crystal Jade but even then I held high expectations.
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The outlet practices an open concept kitchen where in the front, at certain timings; you can see the chefs making dumplings. The interior of the restaurant is decorated with a few paintings or panels. The whole restaurant is not very spacious, but still has room for the waiters/waitresses to move around.
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Once seated, we started looking at the menu and ordering our dishes.
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Top row from left: Fried Rice with Conpoy, Fish and Egg White, Pan-fried Pork Dumplings and Fried Shanghai Noodles
Middle from left: La Mian with Chicken Soup and Xiao Long Baos
Bottom from Left: Spicy Chicken in Sichuan Sauce, Dumplings with Chilli Sauce and Spicy Cucumbers

One of my favourite dishes was the Spicy Chicken in Sichuan Style ($8.80). The chicken was served cold so when you take the first bite, it was a little surprising. The chicken was so tender and the spicy and yet tangy sauce complements the chicken very well.

When you dine at a Chinese restaurant, one of the things you must order has to be the Xiao Long Bao ($5.20) right? Well the Xiao Long Baos were nice. That’s about it.

As one of our starters we also ordered the spicy cucumbers ($6.50). The cucumber didn’t taste like it soaked up much of the sauce or the sauce itself wasn’t very strong. I do love to munch on these for the crunch factor but otherwise it tasted quite average.

The Pancake with Scallops and Pork Floss ($4.50) looked and tasted very much like the roti prata you buy from hawker centres. This is kind of ironic. Nevertheless it’s one of the nicest dishes after the spicy chicken.

I was keen to try out the Dumplings with Chilli Sauce ($7.50) but I find that the sauce wasn’t as nice as the one used in the Spicy Chicken so my siblings and I ended up dipping the dumplings with the sauce for the chicken. It has an added kick as compared to the one the dumplings came in. Not one of the best dumplings in Crystal Jade in my opinion.

I find that the Pan-fried Pork Dumplings ($4.80) fared much better than the Xiao Long Baos. The soup was salty and thus flavoured the dumpling very well. Thumbs up for this one!

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($13.80). When the dish came, my jaw nearly dropped. The portion was so big that I doubted I could have finished the entire serving myself unless of course I am feeling starved. I liked the presentation of the dish which was served in a mini-wok. The fried rice tasted quite normal which was disappointing as I used to like their fried rice a lot previously.

The same goes for the Fried Rice with XO sauce and seafood. Instead of XO sauce, I think it tasted more like sambal sauce. It was a little bit spicy.

The Fried Shanghai Noodles ($12.50) were tasty with a slightly burnt taste, but I think that’s because of the way it is cooked. It tastes great in my opinion.

My brother ordered this
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($10.80). Whilst the chicken itself and the soup were nice, the accompanying la mian was a bit bland. I feel it’s best to order the Chicken Soup itself and spare the noodles.

My siblings ordered the Spicy and Sour La Mian ($9.50) and that was the first to arrive. True to its name, the soup base tastes quite spicy and sour at the same time. I like that the chopped onion and celery are not directly placed atop the noodles. For people who do not really like these two vegetables, it makes removing them a much easier task. Still I have the celery does make the noodles nicer with its slightly tangy flavour.

The staffs made frequent attempts to refill our drinks (Chinese tea) and were polite.

Overall I felt that the standard of their food wasn’t up to par and only enjoyed some of their dishes.
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The pau here is very unique. This pau is not steamed like other paus, instead it is pan fried. This means that the bun is crispy on the base while being soft and fluffy on the upper half. The inside is pork filling which is juicy and succulent with a lot of yummy juice. The pau comes with ginger and vinegar like xiao long bao and you can consume it with the condiments for extra flavour.
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The pau here is very unique. This pau is not steamed like other paus, instead it is pan fried. This means that the bun is crispy on the base while being soft and fluffy on the upper half. The inside is pork filling which is juicy and succulent with a lot of yummy juice. The pau comes with ginger and vinegar like xiao long bao and you can consume it with the condiments for extra flavour.
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2013-07-06 61 views
Together, me and my other 5 friends ordered the xiao long baos and it was so tasty that we ate at least 5 baskets, one each. I just love the feeling when you sink your teeth into the xiao long bao and the juice in it will came oozing out It tastes even more superb when it was piping hot but be careful not to scald your tongue. I am still amazed by how the juice inside the skin of the bao will not leak out.
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Together, me and my other 5 friends ordered the xiao long baos and it was so tasty that we ate at least 5 baskets, one each. I just love the feeling when you sink your teeth into the xiao long bao and the juice in it will came oozing out
It tastes even more superb when it was piping hot but be careful not to scald your tongue. I am still amazed by how the juice inside the skin of the bao will not leak out.
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2013-06-30 20 views
As we were craving for some dim sum dishes and was surprise that crystal jade not only have their usual xiao long bao and la mian, they also included some dim sum dishes in their menu. We decided to check that out and ordered my favorite har gow and siew mai. Oh well. Both dim sum tasted very normal and at the price of it selling in the restaurant, I could have something which taste similar at the nearby kopitiam and it's 50% cheaper. Not going to order their dim sum anymore and shall just stick
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As we were craving for some dim sum dishes and was surprise that crystal jade not only have their usual xiao long bao and la mian, they also included some dim sum dishes in their menu. We decided to check that out and ordered my favorite har gow and siew mai. Oh well. Both dim sum tasted very normal and at the price of it selling in the restaurant, I could have something which taste similar at the nearby kopitiam and it's 50% cheaper. Not going to order their dim sum anymore and shall just stick to their la mian next time.
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2013-05-14 28 views
FoodMy weeks of craving of Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao has finally came into reality tonight!Zha Jiang La Mian is one of the chef recommended dish and is also the classic as stated on the menu. The sauced with minced meat tastes a little spicy and great! I managed to to cleared 95% of the food in such a big bowl. Cost: S$9.50A ladle full of spring onions is given. For those who dislike them can put them away. While spring onions is my favourite, i dont mind having extras.Xiao Long Baos a
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My weeks of craving of Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao has finally came into reality tonight!

Zha Jiang La Mian is one of the chef recommended dish and is also the classic as stated on the menu. The sauced with minced meat tastes a little spicy and great! I managed to to cleared 95% of the food in such a big bowl.

Cost: S$9.50
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A ladle full of spring onions is given. For those who dislike them can put them away. While spring onions is my favourite, i dont mind having extras.
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Xiao Long Baos are one of crystal jade's specialties. However as compared Crystal jade similar dish to their competitors, I will preferred the latter.
Costs: S$5.20
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A closer outlook of the xiao long bao. One must be careful and to handle the xiao long bao tactically for the bite of it may burst the scalding soup wrapped under the bao's skin.
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Shrimp and wanton Soup La mian are the simplest food and may seems bland. However with the freshly made la mian and the shrimps wanton, everything goes well with the stock.
Cost: S$10.00
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The shrimp wanton is fresh with meat springy.
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Service
I have no issues with waiting time. However they mixed up next table's order and gave to me. No wonder I requested not to cut the noodles but they were served cut into smaller portions. Moreover even though I had returned the wet tissue to them, they still charge me for it.

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Quite crowded for a weekday night. However the queue waiting time is still manageable. The seatings are quite squeezing with no room for us to place our bags.

Price
Pricing is quite standard.

Recommendations / Tips
Wet tissues and pickles are placed on the table. To avoid paying additional, customers may return this to the staff.
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2013-03-11 19 views
As I have a craving to eat at Crystal Jade, went to dine by myself at their Jurong Point outlet and ordered their double boiled chicken soup ($8.80) and Spicy dumplings ($6.90). The double boiled chicken soup was very tasty and I simply love the soup and tender chicken meat. The soup taste so smooth and delicious and I would recommend this herbal tasting dish to any chicken soup lover.I also ordered my all-time favourite spicy dumpling, where they steamed the dumplings before immersing it in a p
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As I have a craving to eat at Crystal Jade, went to dine by myself at their Jurong Point outlet and ordered their double boiled chicken soup ($8.80) and Spicy dumplings ($6.90). The double boiled chicken soup was very tasty and I simply love the soup and tender chicken meat. The soup taste so smooth and delicious and I would recommend this herbal tasting dish to any chicken soup lover.

I also ordered my all-time favourite spicy dumpling, where they steamed the dumplings before immersing it in a plate of spicy chilli oil. This dish comes with 8 dumplings and each dumpling was huge. I simply love the way they blend the spicy chilli oil together with the dumpling. Not forgetting the spicy chilli oil is also nice enough for me to pour onto my bowl of rice.

My total meal cost around $18.30 and it was certainly valued for money and delicious.

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2013-01-31 19 views
Been going to this outlet for a very long time.Somehow I feel that the Sour and Spicy la mian is exceptionally delicious here, as compared to all the other Crystal Jade outlets.The restaurant is usually packed and sometimes the queue is extra long.Service is good and fast, even during peak periods, which I feel is very important.Food is also reasonably priced!#NTUDAC
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Been going to this outlet for a very long time.

Somehow I feel that the Sour and Spicy la mian is exceptionally delicious here, as compared to all the other Crystal Jade outlets.

The restaurant is usually packed and sometimes the queue is extra long.

Service is good and fast, even during peak periods, which I feel is very important.

Food is also reasonably priced!

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2013-01-22 8 views
Visited Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao on a Saturday evening and there was a looming queue at the entrance of the restaurant. Regardless, props to their highly efficient numbered queue system.We ordered their Zha Jiang Mian as well as their Xiao Long Baos.Their Xiao Long Bao was a tad larger than regular XLBs present in other restaurants but I ain't complaining! The soup was flavoursome and for some reason carried the distinct taste of the XLB's wrapping and the combination was oddly satisfy
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Visited Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao on a Saturday evening and there was a looming queue at the entrance of the restaurant. Regardless, props to their highly efficient numbered queue system.

We ordered their Zha Jiang Mian as well as their Xiao Long Baos.
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Their Xiao Long Bao was a tad larger than regular XLBs present in other restaurants but I ain't complaining! The soup was flavoursome and for some reason carried the distinct taste of the XLB's wrapping and the combination was oddly satisfying to the palate. The ball of meat in the XLB was also proportionally larger and tender. Two thumbs up for the XLBs.
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As for Zha Jiang Mian, the serving was also large and came garnished with julienned cucumbers. The sauce was a mixture of minced meat, vegetables and tofu. One would expect an entire bowl of zha jiang mian to get cloying after a while but this definitely was not the case. The cucumbers added a refreshing crunch to the rich zha jiang sauce present in the noodles.

Overall, Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao is an extremely affordable place for quality Cantonese noodles and dimsum.
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2012-12-19 9 views
Crystal Jade @ JP is our frequent dinner place. We totally love the food there! Everything is nice! Dishes which we usually order:1. Fried Carrot Cake (Note: This is only available before dinner time) - Crispy and fluffy inside. 2. Siew Mai - Big and fresh.3. Hong You Chao Shou (8 pieces dumpling in special chili sauce with vinegar) - Delicious! I like the sour sauce! 4. Fried Beancurd Prawn Wrap ($5.50 for 3 pieces) - Though its a bit expensive, the wrap tasted so good that you will want more!
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Crystal Jade @ JP is our frequent dinner place. We totally love the food there! Everything is nice!

Dishes which we usually order:

1. Fried Carrot Cake (Note: This is only available before dinner time) - Crispy and fluffy inside.
2. Siew Mai - Big and fresh.
3. Hong You Chao Shou (8 pieces dumpling in special chili sauce with vinegar) - Delicious! I like the sour sauce!
4. Fried Beancurd Prawn Wrap ($5.50 for 3 pieces) - Though its a bit expensive, the wrap tasted so good that you will want more!
5. Staple food - we usually good for sweet and spicy noodles, spicy beef noodles or their fried rice - HUGE and GENEROUS serving! You can share with another person!

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2012-04-25 7 views
I like to eat Hongkong's style chee cheong fun.They use soy sauce instead of tomato or chilli sauce.The those chee cheong fun is thinner and smoother.It is translucent so i can see the ingredients inside,it is so attractive.It is really nice to eat,especially with some sambal.The ingredient inside is so juicy.I like it.
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I like to eat Hongkong's style chee cheong fun.
They use soy sauce instead of tomato or chilli sauce.
The those chee cheong fun is thinner and smoother.
It is translucent so i can see the ingredients inside,it is so attractive.
It is really nice to eat,especially with some sambal.
The ingredient inside is so juicy.
I like it.
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The overall dining experience is ok; no wow factor. The ingredients are fresh and up to quality; well they have to be of quality at the slightly hefty price charged.The meat are generally tender and well-marinated..pork belly is the best among all ... The side dish is nice, i like the kimchi a lot.Kimchi soup is ok too..
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The overall dining experience is ok; no wow factor.
The ingredients are fresh and up to quality;
well they have to be of quality at the slightly hefty price charged.
The meat are generally tender and well-marinated..
pork belly is the best among all ...
The side dish is nice, i like the kimchi a lot.
Kimchi soup is ok too..
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Crystal jade's spicy beef noodles is quite famous.It is very tasty, and got savory chilli broth with sliced beef and noodles! The 'dao xiao mian' which means hand cut noodles,it is quite special. The uneven and thicker texture is really nice..!The beef is also very tender.The soup was really tasty, and the spiciness is just right. Crystal jade's zha jiang mian is nice too.The menu stated that it was spicy but it wasn't spicy at all.It was a bit sweet and salty.Not very like it,but it is quite ni
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Crystal jade's spicy beef noodles is quite famous.
It is very tasty, and got savory chilli broth with sliced beef and noodles!
The 'dao xiao mian' which means hand cut noodles,it is quite special. The uneven and thicker texture is really nice..!
The beef is also very tender.

The soup was really tasty, and the spiciness is just right.
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Crystal jade's zha jiang mian is nice too.
The menu stated that it was spicy but it wasn't spicy at all.
It was a bit sweet and salty.Not very like it,but it is quite nice.
My friend ordered la mian,hers one is more tasty,the mee is very Q and the soup is nice.
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