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2013-01-22
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Three of us decided to check out the new Paradise Dynasty Restaurant on Level 5 of Causeway Point to beat the Monday blues. We were given a queue no but our table was ready in 5 minutes so I guess it is their procedure. I recalled there was a resident tea master at their flagship restaurant at Ion Orchard Level 5 when we dined there last year who would serve tea using a copper kettle with a very long spout. There is no tea master at work here in Causeway Point. It was just as well since we didn'
Everything in the glossy menu looked temptingly delicious so we decided to stick to their signature rainbow dumplings which has one of each of their 8 types of soupy dumplings served in a wicker basket ($13.80++). We ordered three portions ~ one for each of us, plus one portion of their LaMian with Preserved Vegetables & Shredded Pork in Pork Bone Soup ($8.00++) for sharing. The noodles arrived first in a huge bowl; the serving is easily double the size of the portions served at Din Tai Fung. The hand pulled La Mian was freshly made in the show kitchen and its texture was excellent, smooth & absorbent of the flavoursome pork bone stock that it had been immersed in. I must say the kitchen crew here has been really generous with the toppings - we had plenty of shredded vegetables, shredded bamboo shoots and strips of lean pork floating in the broth, plus half an onsen egg. Great value. We slurped up the noodles and soup happily & half way through, a chef emerged from the kitchen with our piping hot wicker baskets of soupy dumplings.
Every morsel of the soupy dumplings was pure pleasure. The dumpling skin was thin & elastic so it did not break when lifted with chopsticks. Each dumpling was bursting with meat juices & robust tasting soup. Start with the original flavour (off white colour) and leave the dumplings with the strongest flavours till the last ( the grey coloured garlic flavour & the pink coloured xxx spicy szechuan chilli flavour). My favourite ones are the truffle (black coloured dumpling), fois grais (beige dumpling) & ginseng dumpling (pale green coloured dumpling). I prefer Paradise Dynasty's soupy dumplings to those served at Din Tai Fung's restaurants in Singapore partly because the dumplings here contain more soup per mouthful & partly because the minced pork filling is leaner without any greasy aftertaste. I think Crystal Jade & Din Tai Fung both use a larger proportion of fatty pork in their dumpling filling so there is a strong porky aftertaste whenever I eat their soupy dumplings.
We ordered the Egg White Souffle Balls ($4.80++ for 3 pcs) which were quite good, but not the best to be found locally. The souffle was light as it should be but there was too little mashed red bean filling inside so the souffle ball tasted rather bland. Besides a light fluffy texture, an A version of this dessert should strike a fine balance between the unsweetened egg white & the sweetened red bean filling. Our bill of $68 works out to $22.70 per person which is a fair price to pay for innovative gourmet soupy dumplings whose taste & texture are comparable & imho superior to those served at Din Tai Fung in Singapore (I think there is a big gap in taste & service quality between DTF outlets here & those in Taipei). Great food & affable service will beckon us back to Paradise Dynasty 2 at Causeway Point which does not have the patience-testing waiting time at its flagship restaurant in Ion.
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