Qian Xi Restaurant

I visited the restaurant w my family on Hari Raya Haji PH after purchasing groupon vouchers for 6 adults. The menu featured 12-head abalone and Bird's Nest dessert which was the attraction. Most dishes are allowed repeat orders up to 3 times except some delicacies such as poached prawns (fresh!), herbal roast duck (adequately seasoned w a tinge of wine), steamed seabass (i did not get to taste it as it was gone by the time i cleared my plate for fish), salmon sashimi (reasonabley fresh)..There are some dim sum like siew mai, pork ribs, crystal dumplings and fried prawn dumpling quite palactably done. The free flow durian pudding is worth mentioning besides the bird's nest as it contain fresh durian pulp while strands of bird's nest can be lifted using chopsticks. Other dishes are only average except Heng Hua Fried Bee Hoon as the variety included some Hakka dishes (Hakka stewed pork and Abacus seeds), Thai (papaya salad, fried prawn cake) andHainanese pork cutlet.Service was alright but the dishes all came almost together, and we got too busy whacking the dishes to clear space so we did not have time to take photos.Cost for 7 adults, 2 children (one eats free coz below 3 yrs) amts close to $250 which is very good considering the variety and quality of food offered.…Read More