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Yan Ting 宴庭 @ St. Regis
Primed as one of the more authentic Cantonese restaurants, Yan Ting provides a top notch dining experience in one of Singapore’s luxury 5 star hotels on Orchard Road at the St Regis.
The restaurant located at the corner of the second level of the posh and luxurious hotel has a hardly noticeable entrance but walking through the doors gives one a totally different experience. Greeted by a beautiful chandelier hanging from the middle of the ceiling, the main dining area is not too big but cosy and comfortable. The tables are adequately spaced apart with plush arm chairs for the extra comfort while dining. It’s obvious that Yan Ting strives for quality experience instead of quantity where restaurants try to squeeze as many tables as possible into a given space. Booth seats are also available for couples for that extra privacy which is a nice touch. This is also precisely why reservations are a must given the limited number of seats available.
While Yan Ting is well known for their weekend dim sum brunch buffet at $98++ per person, I personally wanted to spend a little less first and decided to try out their ala-carte dim sum menu on the weekdays instead.
The Steamed Shrimp and Scallop Dumplings $6 were the first to arrive at our table and it was a great first impression to the remaining dishes to come. Both the scallops and prawns were fresh and the portion generous. The translucent starch skin on the outside did a perfect job at holding the ingredients of the dumpling together without being too heavy and thick. With the added parsley leaf and orange roe atop the dumpling as garnishing, this was definitely both an aesthetically and taste pleasing choice.
Next was my dim sum staple- Steamed Crystal Shrimp Dumpling $6 and this was good! Perfect prawn to skin ratio and the dumplings were beautifully wrapped with obvious skill given how fragile thin the skin was. One of my favourite Har Kao places to date. It pleases me when dim sum places get their staples right.
Royal China @ Raffles Hotel
So Ive been back for more than a week already but I was trying to clear my Adelaide posts first before I started blogging about Singapore. But I have now changed my mind and have decided to just started blogging about Singapore because it’s too exciting! I’ll just continue with Adelaide posts next year or something..
ANYWAY! I HAVE FINALLY VISITED ROYAL CHINA!! I have heard so so much about this place but nothing prepared me for how blue it really is. The ‘Tiffany-Blue’ was so striking and pretty! And the place actually turned out smaller than the photos I have seen of the place mainly because the huge mirror in the restaurant makes it look deceptively bigger.
Anyhow, the dim sim were really good. Was pleased with everything especially the Prawn Chang Fen and the Fresh Mango Liu Sha Bao! The egg tarts were a tad disappointing though..because of the size and there was too much pastry and too little filling. But apart from that, first class service and first class food! Total bill between 2 of us was only $40.45 after GST and service charge. Definitely a must try. Visit no. 2 next week with mummy!
Star House
Move over Citi Zen..I think I just found my new favourite Yum Char place in Adelaide! So Ive had a few dim sim scares in Adelaide with really thick chang fen skin, bad har gao and dry custard tarts hence Im a little wary of trying new places for yum char and usually just stick to the safe places like Cafe Kowloon, Citi Zen or Eastern Garden! But I have been hearing some good things about Star House and since mum was up for trying new places, we ventured here for Sunday brunch.
Needless to say, the place was packed (common knowledge in Adelaide that if you do not make a reservation for Yum Char on a Sunday, you can forget about getting a place!) but we were lucky that there were only 3 of us, so they managed to squeeze us into a corner table and simply added a chair. Usually with a corner table in a super crowded restaurant, you’d expect to be neglected and have to keep calling the waitresses/waiters for your orders BUT things were so different here. All the servers were so polite and cheerful despite being so busy and have to cater to all the customers’ requests, we did not feel one bit neglected and service was really much to be commended upon. The dim sim dishes too were really authentic and oh so yummy, I do not really have any complaints about any dish. Star house is now my go to place for Yum Char!
Char Shau Bao and Egg Custards are a MUST TRY here!
Related Yum Char posts:
Yum Char at Citi Zen
Eastern Garden Chinese Restaurant
39 Gouger St
Adelaide, SA 5000
08 8221 6303
Taste Paradise
Currently the best yum char place in Singapore (at least to me) at pretty affordable prices (but then again I have yet to try Royal China at Raffles Hotel which I have been hearing many good things about…). The only problem here is getting a seat because reservations are a MUST and at least a week in advance especially for weekends where there are even 2 rounds of seating..Must try this place if you love dim sum or you’re definitely missing out! :D Didnt manage to get good photos though because everyone was so hungry after waiting 30min even though we made a reservation that they would even allow my camera to focus to take a good shot and just start digging in. Couldnt blame them though, everything smelt and tasted so good! :D
These egg tarts were pretty good too! And 2 plates were definitely not enough because the tarts were so tiny and scarily addictive!
BEST 流沙包 IN SINGAPORE!! (I think..:D)
2 Orchard Turn
#04-07 ION Orchard
Tel: +65 6509 9660
Shang Palace in Shangri-La Hotel
Mummy and my favourite Yum Char place! :) Used to come here a lot more often 3 years ago due to visits to IDP in the RELC building during the Aussie Universities application process. It was nice to revisit this place after such a long time!
Pan-fried Turnip Cake $4.50 and Steamed Four Treasures Rice Roll $6.80
Beancurd Skin Roll with Prawn (steamed and fried) $4.50
Steamed Har Kow $4.80 and Steamed Baby Cabbage and Prawn Dumpling (rabbit shaped) $4.50
Shredded Fish Maw, Seafood Soup Dumpling $9 and
Fresh Sliced Cod Fish with Tomato, Bamboo Pith, Enoki Mushroom and Fish Broth in Stone Pot $16
22 Orange Grove Road
Singapore 258350
(65) 6213 4473
