whole peking duck – S$52 

silk is kind a newly discovered joint for me, only becos i had to spend S$89 by end jun quarter or would be charged the levy.

i did have a nice 3pax dinner here with my sis & bil few days back on 26.6.2016.

wife & family have not tried the restaurant so we went today for 5pax family lunch on 3.7.2016.

i ordered one whole peking duck. as it turned out, we ordered quite a bit of dimsum but managed to cancel one dish as we had too much food.

crispy char siew pao 

overall dimsum here not really up to good restaurant standard.

the crispy char siew pao was ok, not the best but quite accpetable, something i would order again.

har gao虾饺 

har gao虾饺 not too great, both prawn & skin.

glutinous rice chicken糯米鸡 

the glutinous rice chicken糯米鸡 was quite ok, i would say pretty competent. 🙂

xiaolongbao小笼包 

xiaolongbao小笼包  was poor. skin, fillings both poor & not much soup at all (& that is failure of the most important ingredient)!

prawn fun cheong虾肠 

prawn fun cheong虾肠 was poor, rubbery skin, prawns not great, sauce, passable.

crispy fupeiquin腐皮卷 

crispy fupeiquin腐皮卷was good.

soup dumpling汤饺 

i did not try the soup dumpling汤饺.

both wife & daughter said it was very good, so it must be good la…

steamed prok ribs 

steamed pork ribs quite good, a bit fatty, but tender & tasty.

steamed chicken feet 

steamed chicken feet ok, passable.

whole peking duck 

the peking duck was ok.

peking duck 

quite nice with wrap etc.

chinese rice wine frog米酒田鸡 – S$24

i ordered a medium portion of the chinese rice wine frog米酒田鸡. everyone liked it, fresh frog & nice rice wine flavours.

duck meat crispy noodles san meen – complumentary 

the duck meat crispy noodles san meen was complimentary (second eat for peking duck). it was a really huge helping good for 10pax.

everyone liked it. i think it was a really good standard san meen, crispy & tasty with the duck & sauce.

we were just too full though, took only about 1/3 & decided not to ta pao since we were having some other dinner & no one would be taking this.

we had another medium order of garoupa fillet (S$24), but managed to cancel it as we really could not take any more food. would have to ta pao the entire dish if we did not manage to cancel la…

the 5pax lunch was S$114 after 15% discount. there is GST but no service charge.

dimsum was overall poor & the food was not like super. but the dishes we ordered (other than dimsum) were i think well better than average & S$114 for 5pax lunch was a fairly good makan.

c.h.e.f andy

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Silk

Address:

180 Island Club Road, SICC Island location level 3

Singapore 578774

Contact:

6431 8426

Operating Hours:

garlic steamed razor clams – S$8.80ea after 40% discounts

had a really delicious meal at ah yat seafood @ grandstand with wife on 1.7.2016. ^^

ah yat seafood @ grandstand 

my brother hosted a 2-tables birthday dinner here recently on 13.6.2016.

wife & i craving for the claypot alaskan crab tanhoon since. 🙂

actually, ah yat turf city was 1 of our favourite makan stops many many moons ago when children were young. that time prices were a lot lower. they had 50% discounts weekdays & 40% weekends. bamboo clams were S$4.80 & frogs S$3.50, pating fish S$30/kg & crabs like S$20/kg. i guess that was eons ago…haha! prices increased a lot so we hardly come here except for some set meals during birthdays.

but prices have gone up everywhere. crabs are like S$78/kg at red house, S$68/kg at uncle leong jurong, S$55/kg at yi jia, so i guess ah yat prices actually ok….

claypot alaskan crab tanhoon – S$32

we had to order the claypot alaskan crab tanhoon!

it was so very good!!!!!

claypot alaskan crab tanhoon – $32

the tanhoon was just so, so tasty, flavourful, excellent stock, pepper, garlic, coriander.

claypot alaskan crab tanhoon – S$32

there were lots of crab legs. at S$32 i think it was a lot more worthwhile than lobster, crabs or prawns.

garlic steamed razor clams – S$8.80ea after 40% discounts

we had always like the steamed razor clams here, even at S$8.80 each now. we were greedy so ordered 3 razor clams for 2pax. ^^

garlic steamed razor clams – S$8.80ea after 40% discounts

many seafood restaurants here like jumno, long beach etc made good razor clams. still ah yat’s is one of the best!

garlic steamed razor clams – S$8.80ea after 40% discounts

even c/w say (below) which were 1/2 the size & fraction the taste –

• steamed razor clams at red house
• steamed razor clams at tunglok signature orchard parade

HK steamed tua tau – about S$11 after 40% discounts

usually we take chilli or sambal fried tua tau at zi char stalls or restaurants.

but recently i had very good hk steamed tau tau at yi jia seafood.

HK steamed tua tau – about S$11 after 40% discounts

so wife & i decided to have it steamed this time.

it was excellent, very well done same as yi jia. also had either a but of sand or tiny broken shells (more like sand) just like yi jia…

bill 

it was an excellent meal, really enjoyed it!

c.h.e.f andy

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teochew muay dishes 

went with sis & bil to 光明山 this morning on 1.7.2016.

supposed to go earlier, anyway today is good! 🙂

i prefer to go at this hour, 11am+ no crowd, no people basically, still the open lots were taken up. i had to park at the multi-storey. very smooyh, pay respects then off.

after 光明山 we went nearby to gimtim at amk ave 4. were there about 11.50am.

teochew muay dishes 

they have a simple buffet at S$13.80nett pax.

last time i came was with my RI friend on 9.5.2016.

teochew muay dishes 

it’s a small buffet. there’s no duck, mullet etc, kongbak (kuay chap kind stuff) also quite limited.

only simple small dishes.

teochew muay dishes 

& not many dishes.

the dishes they have were quite ok though.

teochew muay dishes 

my sis think that it was passable, not cheap not expensive.

she thought ye shanghai is much better. have to agree with her.

for our recent lunch at ye shanghai, we had 8 dishes including 1 mullet & 2 pek tor (rabbit fish) for 3pax was just S$24. this c/w S$41.40 here.

still, can’t just eat at ye shanghai everytime, ok to do this once in a while.

c.h.e.f andy

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GIMTIM

Four Seasons GCT Chendol

after lunch at sicc bukit 19th hole, we went in one car to toa payoh lor 8 to take the four seasons chendol on 30.6.2016.^^

this the stall frequented by mr goh chok tong & quite a few ministers.

Four Seasons Chendol

this four seasons chendol only sells chendol.

however a friend told me later that there is another four seasons stall at the other end that sells cheng teng.

Four Seasons GCT Chendol

the first time i had this four seasons chendol was on 30.4.2016.

& i have been quite keen to come here again.

2 days back, we went to JB. there were 11 of us. we had chendol at this teochew chendol place at city square. it was pretty good too, but i was quite sure this toa payoh lor 8 FC stall’s is better.

today just happened that my OPS friend suggested having this GCT chendol. it was quite convenient to get here from sicc bukit clubhouse, so after lunch we came by in one car.

& the chendol was better much better, coconut milk was thicker & the gula malaka was really intense & flavourful, & there were lots of kidney beans which i like….

i enjoyed this chendol thoroughly.

c.h.e.f andy

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Four Seasons Chendol @ Toa Payoh Lor 8 Food Centre (FC)

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