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2010-11-19
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Date: Monday 11th october 2010 9.30pmOrdered: 擔擔麵, 金牌小籠包, 糯米燒賣Taste: 擔擔麵 was the best out of all the dishes we order. It also came first. I really liked the texture of the noodles, was quite thick and very smooth. It wasn't too soft for being in the hot soup for too long. I have never tasted a 擔擔麵 like this before. the soup is not watery but quite thick. Before you even get to taste it, it smells quite spicey and INDEED it is so spicey. You can taste a faint taste of peanut butter and what
Ordered: 擔擔麵, 金牌小籠包, 糯米燒賣
Taste: 擔擔麵 was the best out of all the dishes we order. It also came first. I really liked the texture of the noodles, was quite thick and very smooth. It wasn't too soft for being in the hot soup for too long. I have never tasted a 擔擔麵 like this before. the soup is not watery but quite thick. Before you even get to taste it, it smells quite spicey and INDEED it is so spicey. You can taste a faint taste of peanut butter and what I really love about this noodles is there are slices of chinese mushroom, and funny enough, the taste actually matches and taste good. I can not eat spicey food, I would rate this 5 out of 5 for spiciness, But it is definately one of the best and would come back for just this noodle.
金牌小籠包 came in a 6. Two already broke as soon as i went to get it with my chopsticks so I expected the outer layer is very thin. But instead it was quite thick. I did not like how thick it was and the meat was a small portion. It was real hot I nearly burnt my lips with the soup. you can taste sesame oil and soem wine in the soup inside the pork bun. Overall it was okay,but not the best and I don't think this could be good enough to be their signature dish.
糯米燒賣 was something I was really looking foward to. i have had 糯米燒賣 at 鼎泰豐 before and it was rather good. But this was rather disappointing. It was hard and dry. usually the rice inside would be quite moist and chewy. But this was just VERY dry and hard. I had to keep dipping it into soy sauce. There was no taste to it. it was like eating a dry lump of rice. i really hope they could improve on this dish
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I was disappointed with this restaurant. there were lots of people queuing up here evreytime I go pass here. Their menu look very tempting and delicious. But it looks better than it taste. I have definately taste better with this same price!
BUT I did quite like the interior. all white and very simple design. with alot of seats. The service was So So. The reception seemed very dreamy and when we requested a seat by window, she promised us to give the seat to us. But instead we waited for another 20mins because she gave it to someone else. And when we chased her up, she could not even say sorry and explain to us, but avoided us. It was very rude. the waitress who took our orders seem like she was in arush and half way through they took away our sauces/salt/pepper etc without asking. The service could really improve.
ONE MORE THING, the tea was from tea bags. Majority of these restaurant usually uses Tea leaves which give more of their vibrant taste. But using tea bags, the taste was faint. rather cheap.
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