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2013-01-25
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This restaurant has been at Bugis for quite some time and I've been wanting to try it, however, not much raves about it.Since there was a deal available, I purchased the voucher and went for it!Sheng Jian Bao (Pan-fried bun)Pork RibsMing Xia Jiao (Deep fried prawn dumpling)Sweet and sour pork.Drunken chickenStir-fried duck meat (forgot the exact name)Of course, we ordered other food as well.. Siew Mai, Har Gow, Xiao Long Bao etc..The food came in pretty big portion for two for a buffet (My expec
Since there was a deal available, I purchased the voucher and went for it!
Sheng Jian Bao (Pan-fried bun)
Pork Ribs
Ming Xia Jiao (Deep fried prawn dumpling)
Sweet and sour pork.
Drunken chicken
Stir-fried duck meat (forgot the exact name)Of course, we ordered other food as well.. Siew Mai, Har Gow, Xiao Long Bao etc..
The food came in pretty big portion for two for a buffet (My expectation for buffet ala carte supposed to be sample size). Sweet and sour pork and pork ribs were starchy and sticky. It's very "gor gor", I have no idea why..
Alot of the steamed dim sum like har gow and xiao long bao have quite thick skin and the prawns tasted like crystal prawns.
The two dishes that won us over was the duck meat and this Shanghai stir fried noodle.
We ordered these two dishes twice despite being damn full.
The duck meat was tasty and well-cooked, and the meat doesn't get stucked in your teeth when bitten.
The fried noodle uses la mian, which gives a chewy texture. If i'm not wrong, they fried it with XO sauce. However, the standard was not consistent. Our 2nd round order (when the crowd came in) was way lousier tasting as compared to the first round's.
Dim sum wasn't fantastic although they specialise in it (I think?). I feel that the ala carte dishes were better.
The voucher cost $17.40 per person for weekday high tea, 3-5pm, excluding GST.
Our bill was about $23 per person after including GST and I would say for the variety, it was worth it.
The service was not very good though there were many staff around. Some of our dishes took way too long to arrive and some orders were missed out.
One bad experience with a staff. I called in to make a reservation a day before. It was the longest time I've ever taken to get my reservation done.
A woman with China accent picked up. I said I wanted to make a reservation, she said hold on. Okay, so in the background I heard her settling bill with a customer. I'm fine with it..
After about 3-4 mins, she came back and said in Mandarin "you want to make a reservation? wait a while".
So I waited again and this time round, I heard her talking and laughing to her colleague in the background. Waited for another 2-3 mins and she finally came back to take down my reservation.
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