i’ve read about this restaurant previously. besides the good food, the 2 lady bosses are known to be very service-oriented and will even remember their regular customers’ preferences.
something interesting about the restaurant’s service staff here, there’re a few malay staff among them so please look carefully before you start asking for things in mandarin.
it’s not that i’m racist or anything. i’m all for equal employment opportunities but it’s a non-halal chinese restaurant here that we’re talking about… i wonder what’s the business reason for such an arrangement.
reservations are a must for saturday dinners, since it’s not a very big restaurant to begin with. and if you’re johann, you’ll reserve the roast pork too.
dainty but sinfully good cubes of very crispy skin, lard and meat made even better with the mustard sauce. give this a miss if you’re on a diet or you simply can’t stomach the layer of fat. however, your fellow dinners will probably be more than happy to help you out of your “suffering”.
next was the recommended dish of wasabi prawns. fresh, succulent prawns were served coated in an unappetising pastel green wasabi sauce. not very pretty i must say but 1 bite of the crunchy prawn meat later, i don’t think you’ll mind what colour it is. it’s that good, trust me.
depending on your tolerance for the green japanese root, you might find it a trifle “hot” like diane did. or plain mild like i did.
the sea perch were lightly fried fillets dressed simply with raw onion rings and a light sauce. rather thai-influenced, the only thing missing was the chilli padi. good for those who don’t like to meddle around with fish bones.
the tofu with crabmeat may be too bland for those with more robust palates but i like it the way it is. the only complaint i have is that the crabmeat is rather tasteless but i guess the tofu is the star here.
the sweet and sour pork, a chinese restaurant standard fare was ok, no surprises there. the asparagus in oyster sauce, was just that, asparagus with oyster sauce. not very easy to botch such a simple dish i guess. and now i know janelle loves her asparagus. :)
fried udon, another recommendation by diane, was a good choice. the thick noodles were al dente and exuded black pepper fragrance and spiciness. it was cooked simply with diced shrimp meat and omelette.
dessert for me was the very “in” dessert of the moment at most Chinese restaurants now – black glutinous rice with vanilla ice-cream. the version here is served in a coconut so you can eat the coconut flesh together with the dessert. thumbs-up for the dessert.
overall, a good place for quality chinese cuisine but expect to pay for it. our bill came to about $37 per person before discount, a bit on the high side. so if you’re interested in the shark’s fin soup and beijing duck, be prepared to pay even more.
okay, i’m done with the restaurant review now… let's talk about the little ones.
janelle is still painfully shy when she first arrived at the restaurant, clinging onto johann and burying her face, refusing to see us. here, she’s pretending that we don’t exist. haha…cayden is starting to recognise faces/people so he may start bawling if he doesn’t like you. johann took revenge for janelle by making cayden cry. just kidding! :P i think he only likes female company. hehe…
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