I must say Lao Beijing never fails to disappoint me in terms of food quality-- humble chinese food that is cooked well. Even for their buffet, quality remains. =) We ordered so many dishes because it was ala-carte buffet and I was unable to capture the pictures of all dishes, but I will highlight to you what's good in the menu. And oh btw, its only $18.80 ++

I was very happy to find one of my favourite Chinese appetizer on the menu - beancurd skin! However, the one here wasn't tasty and was too oily. They had other appetizers such as pickled cucumbers, braised peanuts and garlic pork. The noodles came in small portions so its a good size to keep your stomach for the huge variety of food. I really liked the spinach tofu because the tofu was very soft and the fried part outside was not dry at all. The other highly recommended dish will be the prawn paste chicken. It was very crispy and didn't felt oily, and you could really taste the aroma of the prawn paste, not like some other places which taste more like fried wings. A must-order if you go I say! And don't miss the soupy Xiao Long Bao too! Other lovely dishes was the fried fish fillet and braised eggplant.



One of the signature dishes of Lao Bei Jing is their DIY Popiah. They actually sell them as a set and for buffet, they limit it to one set per 4 person. The popiah skin was very soft (most tore when we tried to separate them) and came with many ingredients for you to customise your own. For instance, if you don't eat certain ingredients like beansprouts of garlic then you will love the flexibility to make your own. The turnips was also well braised and dry, with large pieces of beancurd in them.

Lastly, the desserts were only limited to 3 choices - mango sago, sesame paste and ice cream puff. I would say skip the last.

Overall a very value-for-money place with decent food and good service. Thumbs up!

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With many people being more health conscious these days, I wouldn't be surprised when SunMoon jumped on the DIY salad wagon. The company has been known for selling fruits and having their shops in the CBD was probably a very useful tactic at targeting the well-heeled PMETs.

There are quite number of places in Tanjong Pagar selling salads and you can always see the long queue of people during lunch time. I have tried the famous salad corner which is located in hawker centres and came across SunMoon. For a start, price is affordable at $5.90 without premium. Selection of ingredients is normal, and I had mushrooms, carrots, chickpeas, gherkins and boiled eggs. All these on a bed of lettuce which is a good size. The only thing I didn't like was probably of my own doing - choosing the sesame dressing. I usually choose these because they are not creamy but still give a very flavourful taste to boring leaves. However, the one from SunMoon could actually disappoint me! I think they try to do their own dressing, which looks more like a lot of sesame seed in oil... which means u don't taste the roasted flavour we get from our usual sesame oil.

Having said that, i would probably still try other dressings.. maybe the safer ones like balsamic.

Another coffee place but seriously, Just Want Coffee take their latte art seriously. Having been to so many cafes around and being such a ‘kopi-gui’, I must say I would even return just to come for their latte art. No im kidding, but their coffee is good too, and affordable at $4.50 per cup.Lovely isnt it? And the details of the bear… is just.. impressive! Anyway, I have the cappuccino blended because it was just too hot, and I must say its great because its not sweet at all. I love it that way, especially with some chocolate powder on top. =P And the blend was thick and the coffee taste and aroma was not thinned out by the ice at all. Lovely job guys!

People come here for the charsiew, but I would say the one that rocks me more was the roast pork. I was a little on the dry side, but less fat and the layer of crispy skin was just the right thickness. We had also requested leaner charsiew and this request will be my order each time i come here from now on. Heh. The chicken was quite passable though.

Some greens to balance it out, and i loved the dumpling soup! With the haze these days its really killing my appetite (especially when you struggle to breathe) so sometimes i just wan a soup. The one here is really good with smooth skin and succulent prawn. Yumz.

Be careful of the lunch crowd and get ready to sweat!

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I had eaten here before and was particularly impressed with the quality of the food even though it is a casual restaurant with no service charge (you need to order at the counter). I love the smoothness of the dumplings here and the portion is just right for me. Try it with their special chilli too!

I also had the Sheng Kee Bao-- which is a bit like a big chicken bao with egg and meat. I would say.. at $2.90 a bao, just stick to the other dimsum such as the egg custard bun. I think you may even find better chicken baos at coffee shops. =P