Hua Ting @ Orchard Hotel

It was my dear birthday, at first I thought of bring him for buffet but he would prefer chinese food so after some research I decided to go Hua Ting Restaurant at Orchard Hotel.

Hua Ting an authentic cantonese and fine dining restaurant is located at Orchard hotel level 2. Their Roast Duck are very popular here which is something that cannot be miss. Service are really good, staff are very friendly also and if you need any recommendation do ask them because some of the food they recommended to us are not on the menu. For your info it will take them quite some time to serve the food, I actually wanted to ordered dessert but we are running late for our movie so end up I give it a miss. I am puzzled why our Crabmeat fried rice was served last it make me feel like dining at a wedding dinner lolz...

And so we ordered 1/4 of Roast Duck with Roast Pork, Prawn prepare in 2 ways, Prawn in Scallop Sauce, Asparagus and Crab meat fried rice. Total bills for 2 person cost $125, for that price and quality of food I felt is worth it :)

Appetizer - This fried beancurd was served to us once we are seated. Taste quite nice, a little salty and a little sweet 

Pu Er Cha, my dear said that when this 2 cups place together it looked like a heart shape lolz

Roast Duck  - The skin was crispy and lightly sweet from the gravy while the meat was tender. Thumbs up for this no wonder it is so popular here.

Roast Pork - The skin of the pork was crackling crispy followed by a bite of the juicy fat and the tender savoury of the meat, yummylicious. The roast pork is 肥而不腻 I doubt I can find this kind of roast pork outside.

Prawn prepare in 2 ways - The prawn is fresh and big but when it said prepare in 2 ways sorry I really can't taste any different but it is still very nice :P

Prawn in Scallop Sauce - Hello!!! Where is my Prawn? Lolz

The prawn is buried inside the scallop sauce with hidden vegetable below, the scallop sauce is sweet but I felt like I am drinking 'thick' creamy scallop soup.

Asparagus - I love this dish, the fine and fragrant of the garlic is well spread around the asparagus which makes this dish very tasty.

Crabmeat Fried Rice - Our fried rice which came last... it was stated in the menu it is meant for one person but I share it with my dear. I guess I have no more space for the rice after all the dishes I ate earlier lolz. One think I liked about the fried rice that sells at the zi char stall or restaurant is the fluffy egg, the golden hue of the rice, the smooth texture and aromatic fragrance from the rice which we are not able to get it from home cooked fried rice.  

You can find them at:

Address: 442 Orchard Road, Orchard Hotel

Tel: +65 6739 6666

Opening Hours

Daily: 11.30am–2.30pm, 6.30pm–10.30pm

Por Kee Eating House

It was a gathering for my dear birthday with a group of friends so I went google for nice zi char place and found this Por Kee Eating House behind Tiong Bahru market. Por Kee is situated in a carpark at tiong bahru, is a old style chinese restaurant. They have both outdoor and indoor which is their so called 'aircon' place and there is another aircon place beside the main restaurant. Luckily I have made the reservation if not I doubt we can find any seat. They are already packed by 630pm, all outdoor seats are filled up and the indoor are mainly for reservation only.

We ordered their specialist dish Champagne Pork Rib, Cereal Prawn, Dou Miao and Baby Squid. At first I wanted their deep fried sotong but the auntie told us not to ordered because is not nice and so she suggested the baby squid. Peanut and wet tissue is a must even we have tried to return it lolz... Total bill is about $105 for 6 person. I would said their price range is slightly higher than those normal zi char we ate at coffeeshop maybe is due to their popularity I guess.

Champagne Pork Rib ~ I never tried this dish due to my allergy to alcohol but the smell of the champagne is strong and fragrant and sweet. My friends who tried said they can't taste any champagne but all of those who tired said they quite like this champagne pork rib.

Cereal Prawn ~I love the cereal which looks like pork floss to me lolz. The cereal taste very buttery but the prawn are a bit tough if not this dish will be perfect.

Dou Miao ~ Their dou miao here is very different from what I ate outside. It is bigger and not those tiny dou miao than I usually ate. Overall this dou miao is not too bad, at least it is soft and don't taste 'old'.

Baby Squid ~ Sweet and crunchy baby squid with a touch of spiciness, good recommendation from the auntie.

You can find them at:

Address: 69 Seng Poh Lane, #01-02

Tel: +65 6221 0582

Opening Hours

Daily: 11.30am – 2.30pm, 5.30pm – 12.30am



Albert Street Hokkien Prawn Mee (Lavender Food Centre)

Was at Lavender Food Centre for supper and decide to order the famous Prawn Noodle here. Wonder why are they called Hokkien Prawn Mee because to me Hokkien Prawn Mee are those stir fried thick vermicelli with yellow noodle. Okay never mind, whenever I saw the prawn noodle stall that will sell pig intestine with prawn noodle I will definitely order this. A bowl of prawn noodle soup with pig intestine cost $5 and it was serve in a claypot with a spoon of chilli powder if you like to add some spicyness in your soup. For your info they only sell noodle soup only.

Tasty prawn soup with lots of msg inside which make me thristhy after finish drinking the soup lolz... The soup is very sweet but the prawn taste are not strong enough. Prawn are fresh but pig intestine are little 'rubbery' kinda of difficult to chew. Overall the prawn noodle are not bad, worth trying I will order it again :)

Prawn Noodle Soup

You can find them at:

380 Jalan Besar
Lavender Food Square #01-10

Opening hours:
10am - 3am
Closed alt thursday

Swatow Seafood Restaurant (Dim Sum)

At first I thought of going back to Excelsior hotel for their dim sum buffet but sadly they have close down already so we went over to Swatow Seafood Restaurant for Dim Sum lunch with my colleague last week. Previously it was called Xin Fu Yum Cha than it was took over by Fortune and now change to Swatow I wonder what next lolz...

The dim sum here was average to me, nothing much to shout about and I find that the price here was kinda of expensive total for 7 person is about $20 each. If you love Yam Paste dessert you may give a try their Yum Paste dessert they serve here was quite nice. The Fried Durian was a disappointment, strong smell of durian but the taste of it was bland.

Like
Char Siew Pau, soft and fluffy
Har Gow, Skin is thin and not sticky
Paper Wrap Chicken, tender but  a little too salty
Yam Paste Dessert ( I never took picture of this)

From top left hand side Char Siew Pau, Colourful Pau with Vegetable filling

Glutinous Rice wrapped in Lotus leaf, Paper Wrap Chicken

Goldfish dim sum, Har Gow, Egg Tart & Yam Paste Tart

Pork Trotter, Century Egg Porridge, Deep Fried Durian & Deep Fried Wanton

You can find them at:

Address: Blk 181 Toa Payoh Lorong 4, #02-602

Tel: +65 6363 1717

 

Opening Hours

Mon–Fri: 8am–3pm (Dim Sum) Sat–Sun & PH: 8am–6pm (Dim Sum) Daily: 11am–3pm, 6pm–10pm (Ala carte)

Shutters @ Amara Sanctuary Sentosa

Came here for dinner on my birthday, the ambiance here is really nice, quiet and not crowded. This place is quite huge and you can see chef cooking at the open concept kitchen. Their service here is excellent, thumbs up for their service :D

We had this 1 for 1 set dinner at $58. On the set menu there is 2 choices for you to choose from either Chicken or Fish so we choose one each. Their variety on their menu isn't much but surprisingly they serve local food here, I guess is meant for the tourist who is staying at the resorts.

We had their complimentary bread while waiting for our appetizer to come. Appetizer was Salad with Tuna, the Tuna was thick and tender and it was raw inside and slightly cooked from the outside. The first few pieces was still nice to eat but after that I feel sick of eating it maybe is due to the raw taste of the fish.

Next is the main course, mine was the fish set and his choice was the chicken set. This time round the inside of the fish was a little raw, I wonder why all the fish here was cooked this way LoL... Fish was great, it was fresh, juicy, soft and goes well with the sauce and the mash potato and best of all it does not have any fishy smelly. Took a bite from the chicken, it was tender and it taste great too but I still prefer my fish LoL :P Last but not least was the dessert, I love their Chempedak Creme Brulee if you guys doesn't know what is chempedak is it jack fruit. This dessert was serve warm with a little crust on top of the dessert I wish I had another one. The sweetness was perfect not too heavy or light and the taste of the jack fruit was really good.

I will come back here for dinner again, if you planning for a birthday or anniversary for your love one you may consider coming here.

Soft crusty bread

Tuna Salad

Fish set

Chicken set

Chempedak Creme Brulee

You can find them at:

Address: 1 Larkhill Road, Amara Sanctuary @ Sentosa

Tel: +65 6825 3866

Opening Hours

7am – 10.30am, 12pm – 3pm, 6pm – 11pm

Website

http://sentosa.amarahotels.com/dining