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2012-05-22
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Finally it's graduation for my friends and I! And we get to head down to Xiao Long Bao Crystal Jade in Holland Village to fill our empty stomach to begin a new chapter and end off the great story of our previous 'school life'.It's awesome when we get to choose our soup base, especially when you are with friends and some just don't take spicy (like me!). So I can't tell you how awesome the ma la soup is, you've gotta read the other reviews but I thought the sweet corn soup was so-so-. Maybe becau
It's awesome when we get to choose our soup base, especially when you are with friends and some just don't take spicy (like me!). So I can't tell you how awesome the ma la soup is, you've gotta read the other reviews but I thought the sweet corn soup was so-so-. Maybe because I have high expectations of soup you know?
So we grabbed a lot of dishes (the way you order is to tick off a menu and pass off to the waiters/waitresses). We get the very ShangHai/China feel because the crew are mainly from mainland or city China, so you can expect some fiercer tone when they're speaking to you loudly. Anyway, what can we say about buffet? JUST TAKE AND TRY EVERYTHING!!!
But if you are a small eater (thankfully I don't think I am), then go for the best food to fill your stomach. And that's right! XIao Long Bao is definitely the only thing you should fill your tummy with since it cost about $10.80 in other restaurants for 10 xiao long bao. Eat unlimitedly please. Oh don't be so crazy to order 10 cages (shi long in chinese), you'd be sick of it and surely will never touch xiao long bao again. Order the la mian off the buffet menu, that is really good!
They really are up to their standard and reputation, this delicate work of making the icy soup stay within the xiao long bao and the very thin pieces of skin clasped together makes your mouth simply.. remember the taste forever.
If you ask me if they need any further improvements, I'd say about the drinks. Honestly I think it'd be better to have more variety of tea, Chinese tea or green tea rather than soft drinks. In fact they could even strip off all the soft drinks the menu! And also to add some fragrance in the restaurant since it's super squeezy on the second level.. and also very difficult to walk when you are in a big group with friends.All in all, there is sooo much more dishes that you can try here but it also depends on your cooking skills. If you talk too much to your friends, the marinate on the meat will surely drain away into the soup, so if you are confident in your 'steamboat' buffet skills, GO for it!
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