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2014-02-03
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My family wanted a simple reunion dinner among ourselves, so we settled for Paradise Dynasty. While waiting for my sister to arrive, we ordered the Chilled Sliced Pork Belly with Minced Garlic and Soya Sauce as I was really hungry. This was basically sliced pork belly rolled up with julienne cucumbers inside, topped with minced chilli garlic with chilli oil. This was okay, a little spicy for me. For the set menu itself, we got CNY Set A, which is $148 for 3-4 pax. There were 5 of us actually but
While waiting for my sister to arrive, we ordered the Chilled Sliced Pork Belly with Minced Garlic and Soya Sauce as I was really hungry. This was basically sliced pork belly rolled up with julienne cucumbers inside, topped with minced chilli garlic with chilli oil. This was okay, a little spicy for me. For the set menu itself, we got CNY Set A, which is $148 for 3-4 pax. There were 5 of us actually but the portions were just right for us. The set consists of the following 6 items.
1) Salmon Yu Sheng
This was pretty good! The sauce was pretty light on the palate and all the vegetables were cut thinly and smooth (some other places have their vegetables roughly cut, which doesn't taste as nice). All of us were also provided with long chopsticks for the tossing of the yusheng, I was quite amused by it heh.
2) Double-boiled Chicken SoupI've always been a fan of double-boiled chicken soup at Chinese restaurants like Crystal Jade and Din Tai Fung. This one from Paradise Dynasty was also nice, slightly lighter in taste but still flavourful and you could clearly taste the essence of the chicken. Just thinking about this again is making me salivate! There were 2 huge chunks of chicken meat with the soup. Usually the meat that comes with Chinese soups can be quite dry and tasteless after the long hours of boiling and simmering, but these 2 pieces of chicken were still pretty tender, much to my delight. I ate up all the meat
3) Steamed Marble Gobyin Supreme Soya Sauce
Also known as Soon Hock, this fish was pretty yummy as it was very smooth and the meat came off the bones easily. However, the meat seemed just a wee bit soft. I've also always liked the soya sauce that does with the fish.
4) Braised White Cabbage with Dried Scallop
As the name goes, this dish consisted of braised cabbage with shredded dried scallops. The cabbage had been braised till it was really soft and it had absorbed the flavours of the gravy. The dried scallops tasted a little salty, as though it had not been washed sufficiently (You know how some dried seafood naturally has sea salt taste? This is what I'm referring to).
5) Stir-fried Noodles with Minced Pork and Shredded Black FungusThe noodles were pretty good, with the taste of wok hei. I could not taste nor see the minced pork but there were bean sprouts, shredded cabbage and black fungus, which was good enough for me.
6) Chilled Aloe Vera with Osmanthus in Honey Lemon Juice
This was more like a honey lemon drink with aloe vera cubes, wolfberries and some osmanthus flowers in it. This was really nice and refreshing, feels great when you have it after a filling meal.
There's also something else that I'd like to mention... The restaurant was quite crowded on the day we were there and it seemed like the restaurant was short on staff. However the lady who served us was very cheerful and friendly the whole time she served us Good service!
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