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Sumptuous CNY Specials Menu
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This is a media invite attended by the representatives of OpenRice Singapore, our hosts Joanne and her male colleague from Dian Xiao Er , as well as some of us bloggers / reviewers. We got to sample their Chinese New Year specials this evening - thank you OpenRice and Dian Xiao Er for the sumptuous pre-CNY feast!So... we started with the Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng, a mandatory Chinese New Year dish - complete with salmon (raw in most cases, but here they use smoked salmon), crackers, slivers of
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 This is a media invite attended by the representatives of OpenRice Singapore, our hosts Joanne and her male colleague from Dian Xiao Er , as well as some of us bloggers / reviewers. We got to sample their Chinese New Year specials this evening - thank you OpenRice and Dian Xiao Er for the sumptuous pre-CNY feast!
Salmon Prosperity Yusheng
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 So... we started with the Prosperity Salmon Yu Sheng, a mandatory Chinese New Year dish - complete with salmon (raw in most cases, but here they use smoked salmon), crackers, slivers of carrot, veg, melon etc as well as oil, fresh lime juice and plum sauce. The fish was fresh, of course, and the crackers were very crispy. The vegetable strands were crunchy and sweet in their freshness as well.
Signature Herbal Roast Duck
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 Now, comes the Signature Herbal Roast Duck. For tasting purpose, we tried 3 flavors of the sauce. The roast duck itself is stuffed with herbs when being roasted, to give it a lovely aroma; in this case the one we tried was infused with Ten Wonders Herbs. The skin was crispy and the meat was tender and juicy.
The sauces we had were (from left to right) - Ten Wonder Herbs, Angelica Herbs and Wild Ginseng, in order of lightest flavor to the strongest flavor. My personal flavor was Angelica Herb, because the Ten Wonder was too light for me, and I found the Wild Ginseng too sweet for my liking.
Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
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 Following that, we had Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce - note that this a spicy dish. The sauce comprises of chilli, salted egg, pumpkin and curry leaves, so one can imagine the wondrous burst of flavors, a connoisseur upon the tongue. The flesh was prepared in such a way that it came off easily, without being difficult to eat at all; and it was succulent.
Prosperous Pork Trotter
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 Then we tried the Prosperous Pork Trotter - a wonderful dish if one doesnt mind eating the skin of the trotter, because that was the best part of it - soft, trembly, delicious, flanking tender flesh within. The brocooli was cooked soft and infused with the lovely sauce of the dish, enhanced by the piquant taste of dried oysters. The French beans had a strong raw-greens taste though.
Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot
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 Next, we had the Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot - usually served in a claypot, but for our sampling / photography, it is spread out on a large plate for visual effects. Comprising of nothing but goodness all the way, this luxurious dish gave us all the goodness of abalones, fish maw, sea cucumber, mushrooms and some vegetables to balance. The tiny abalones were succulent and easy to chew; infused richly with flavor of its gravy; the shiitake mushrooms, likewise. The sea cucumber straddled the line between firmness and wobbly textures - I liked it that way, though some of the other reviewers preferred it to be a softer texture; the fish maw was sponge soft and scrumptious in its natural saccharine-savoury flavor.

For full review and more photographs, please feel free to visit:
http://thearcticstar.blogspot.sg/2015/01/media-invite-dinner-at-dian-xiao-er.html
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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Date of Visit
2015-01-26
Dining Method
Dine In
Recommended Dishes
Salmon Prosperity Yusheng
Signature Herbal Roast Duck
Sauteed Baby Lobsters with Pumpkin Sauce
Prosperous Pork Trotter
Luxurious Abalone Treasure Pot
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