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2011-06-03
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Well, for a store which includes la mian and xiao long bao in its name, these two dishes are not bad. But thats almost about it.Ordered the soup wantons, which was a real disappointment. I would say the wantons have too much "skin" (dough) and too few meat, so the ratio makes you can feel like you are eating any meat but just the wanton skin. Plus, it is rather tasteless.Ate some stir-fried vegetables, nothing particularly special but is a bit pricey.The crispy noodles are just alright, not fant
Well, for a store which includes la mian and xiao long bao in its name, these two dishes are not bad. But thats almost about it.
Ordered the soup wantons, which was a real disappointment. I would say the wantons have too much "skin" (dough) and too few meat, so the ratio makes you can feel like you are eating any meat but just the wanton skin. Plus, it is rather tasteless.
Ate some stir-fried vegetables, nothing particularly special but is a bit pricey.
The crispy noodles are just alright, not fantastic and I would even go as far as suggesting that you might get a better one at your nearby hawker centre stir-fry stall.
The only thing I would recommend you to try is the Kou Shui Chicken, which literally means "saliva" chicken in chinese, but I think it is tranlasted as Sichuan spicy chicken on their menu. It is actually a cold dish, so it is rather unique and not common in Singapore. Be warned, it is rather spicy! You can have the Kou Shui Chicken La Mian (dry) as well, a rather different combination from the usual soup based la mian we would be familiar with.
The environment is not good and the service is slow. This is because the two-storey restaurant is separated into buffet section (level 2) and ala carte section (level 1). So usually most people go there for the buffet, but the buffet section is too packed, especially at the condiments station where there seems to be a never ending queue. The level 1 is also very crowded so you can hear the next table's customers talking even they are speaking softly. The level 1 is also designed in such a way that if you sit near or in the corner, the waitresses can never see you, and you can only hope that someone else outside waves for the waitress and she can see you after she comes over. So in conclusion it is crowded, noisy and slow.
All in all, the crystal jade la mian xiao long bao is nowhere near its counterpart crystal jade kitchen or its competitor ding tai fung. So I guess its ok if you want to eat some xiao long bao, but the rest of their dishes are rather so-so.
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