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2013-01-28
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It was a special occasion so my treat to my family and friends to a high tea buffet! it's about $22++ per pax. Since there's 10 of us, the food portion is multiplied 10 fold, I'll go by each image left to right...1) rice wine white chicken - cold styled, so some people may not accept it as a delicacy. the alcohol taste was strong, but beauty food conscious consumers will like the collagen from the skin.2) goose web - another collagen food, but personally I didn't like how it looks like it was ki
1) rice wine white chicken - cold styled, so some people may not accept it as a delicacy. the alcohol taste was strong, but beauty food conscious consumers will like the collagen from the skin.2) goose web - another collagen food, but personally I didn't like how it looks like it was killed, defeathered and served immediately. It'll probably be a favourite among the elderly.
3) fried carrot cake - very crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. nicely seasoned and cooked, not too oily.
4) braised "lion head" - gigantic scrumptious meatball topped with delectable oyster sauce.
5) black bean steamed pork ribs - tender and juicy. I didn't eat too much of it cos there's more "ho liao" to come..6) spring roll - crispy jam packed with shredded vegetables. we ordered more than one plate of this cos it was so good.
7) sweet and sour pork - saucy goodness with tender (hope i'm not over using this description, just speaking my mind here) juicy meat paired off with the tanginess of the pineapple.
8) spring onion omelette - only had a bit of it, it was alright.
9) steamed yam cake - I'm not a fan of yam, but from what I heard, it was so so, and there were many of it left after we were done eating.10) chicken feet - it was soft and chewy. the sauce is sweet and spicy.
11) Charsiew Pau - the ratio of the filling was just right, buns was soft and fluffy.It was piping hot when they served it and that kodak moment when you see smoke flow out of the buns when you tear them open under the light
12) Century Egg Congee - The combination of creamy/jelly century eggs and the smooth liquid paste of "rice" melting in your mouth is really pleasant. careful hot! don't burn your tongue and ruin the rest of the buffet.
13) Shen Jian Pau - Base is fried crispy and top is steamed soft! Unique!14) Gyoza/Guo Tie - Crispy and nice charred texture on the outside and fulfilling filling inside. Wolfed it down in one big bite!
15) Har Gaw / Steamed Shrimp Dumpling - soft and sticky skin nicely folded/wrapped with precision. Prawns inside are big,soft-crunchy and fresh.
16) Fried Seafood Dumpling - Crunchy skin , it's not stale like some places. inside again, generous filling.17) Sichuan Brinjal - saucy spicy sichuan with soft well cooked brinjal that doesn't melt/"rot" (from overcooking). still holds it's beautiful shape and colour.
18) Golden Pumpkin Cake - it was so so. alot left over.
19) Fishroe Siu Mai - Tasty and perfectly cooked and not all hard/chewy like you get with some places. One firm bite seals the deal. 20) Mango Fried Chicken - Again, tender tasty chicken that's paired off well with diced mangos. Appetite restarted!
21) Seafood Fried Beancurd Skin - very oily. soaked by the beancurd skin , oozes upon first bite
22) Xiao Long Bao - Eat with care, because the "soup" inside the soft and thin "skin" is piping hot. Once you bite and slurp at the same time, it's heaven, once you burn your tongue, it's hell.It tastes really really good.We wished we could order more as there was a limit.
23) Fried Siu Mai - yuck. it was burnt and cold (as if it was left on the server shelf) not worth mentioning. basically a combination of #19. without the fishroe and #16.24) Spinach - bland. but gotta have some vege to balance with all the meat.
25) San Lou Horfun - There's fish in here, but i personally feel that the whole thing lacks wok hei. making it taste plain.26) Rojiak Porkrib - Unique but in my opinion, it's either not properly fused or the sauce was done wrong.
27) Shanghai Fried Rice - fragrant, BUT! where's the salted fish when you need it!? could have worked.
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Overall dining experience, it was fun to have the variety, but service was poor and staff were disorganised, food came in slow at times and came in one shot couldn't fit on the table.
P.S : sorry the images are small when uploaded to OpenRice. the full resolution you can see the images individually but there're too many dishes as you can upload only 8 photos.
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