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2010-04-18
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I picked this restaurant for a family occasion due to its recent press. The Square has a good location and a relatively nice set-up, but I particularly like maxim's grp restaurants because they swear off MSG and always surprise (in a good way), by mixing traditional with new thereby creating unique appealing dishes. Deciding that we did not want their sets, we studied both their original menu + hakka menu, and ordered the following: Steamed prawn w/ egg white & Pumpkin puree $48/eaTasty as it lo
Deciding that we did not want their sets, we studied both their original menu + hakka menu, and ordered the following:
Steamed prawn w/ egg white & Pumpkin puree $48/ea
Tasty as it looked, the pumpkin smelt like the pumpkin pie dessert, but didn't taste as sweet (thank god) and paired very well with the egg white layer and broth on top.
deep-fried gambusia marshi fish
I was sceptical about this at first... but the vinegar sauce went so well with its sweet taste and chewy fried texture! All parts was edible, except I chose not to eat the head of the poor little fish....
Springs rolls ('lung fung guen')
Huge deep fried rolls without oil no where to be seen. Loved the use of shrimps, but could've used more and less..noodle?
Braised Pork Brisket with preserved veg $32
Fatty goodness, but the sauce was surprisingly not oily and is good for mixing with plain rice.
Braised chicken with yellow wine (half) $88
Very well done. The chicken meat (even the breast) was very soft, and i loved the taste of the chinese wine in the sauce - although, i think they shouldn't have cubed their ginger...but shredded it or something.. because at first glance it looks like diced potato (deceptive....).
scrambled egg with shrimps $98
my favourite dish, the scrambled eggs were cooked perfectly and very creamy! If i come again I will order this again but with crab meat.
steamed cod fillets with mini-fish $138
This dish was rather small, but what disappointed was its texture. I didn't expect cod to taste like this - it was rather 'hard'? The mini-fish ('bak-fan yu') on top gave it nice flavour though.
Flavoured rice in mini wooden buckets
Nothing surprising..quite forgettable like soy-sauce rice.
Fried rice cakes with cabbage, pork and squid
This was extremely tasty, I would also recommend this for people who like shanghai fried rice cakes, cos it resembled that except the little ones here were more chewy and rounder.
poached spinach with salted and preserved duck egg $85
Tastes very good without being salty and i noticed an absence of the after-taste which spinach usually has? However it did lack in my favourite fried whole garlic pieces....
Desserts - we decided to go with the fail-proof chinese desserts:-
mango pudding x1 $28
Best of the lot, very creamy texture doesn't remind me of the cheap gelatin-like versions at all! Could use more mango pieces though.
Almond tea x 2 $20
Honestly I think I could've done a better job . Its bitterness was not bad, but the taste is an acquired one so I think people should like bitter almonds before they decide to order this dish.
ginger milk x 3 $20
Ginger milk was good but not as creamy/tasty as ones I've had in dessert shops.
total bill came to about $970 for all the above dishes after 25% off. Very good value indeed!
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