crispy char siew pao

my OPS bros decided to do dimsum tea at canton paradise starvista on 2.6.2017. ^^

50% discounts dimsum tea weekdays 3pm-5.15pm

there is an ongoing 50% discounts dimsum tea weekdays 3pm-5.15pm. 🙂

promo applies to all dimsum, congee, and also noodles which did not come with roast meats..

one actually took leave & we were going to like do lunch, then tea, then dinner like a JB makan trip in Singapore, but my brother decided a bit last minute to do his & sister’s birthday dinner today, so i could only join them for tea.

we decided to start with coffee at my place, then proceed to canton paradise at starvista.

peanuts & chestnuts

they probably charged S$3 for the nuts, and i usually pay for water rather than tea. the peanuts & chestnut appetizer here quite good though, and we were having 50% discounts for dimsum, so ok to pay a bit for the tea.

crispy char siew pao

the crispy char siew pao was pretty good actually. nicely crisp dough, just a bit sweet char siew but quite tasty…didn’t mind it..

prawn mango crispy pastry

the prawn mango pastry was very 酥or脆 ie very crisp. maybe 酥is the better word.

steamed pork ribs

steamed pork ribs was very good. pork & sauce looked very clear & nice, sauce very tasty & pork quite meaty, not just fat…

steamed chicken feet

chicken feet also very good, tasty, nicely deepfried & fluffy..

yam pastry 芋饺

the yam pastry 芋饺 not my favourite. the fillings were similar to ham shui kok 咸水饺 which i like but i prefer the 咸水饺 pastry & slightly sticky texture.

as i was having birthday dinner with brother & sister afterwards, i shared (took 1/2 each) most of the dumplings with another friend.

spicy dumplings 抄手

spicy dumplings 抄手 i always liked as i like mala stuff…this was good, generally..

innards congee 状元及第粥

the innards congee 状元及第粥 was chokefull of ingredients like 2 large pork balls, lots of intestines & liver etc. ok for S$8.80++. at S$4.40 after 40% discounts, quite a steal leh…

innards congee 状元及第粥

& congee was really smooth & sweet, very much a real good hong kong congee standard.

string beans

string beans

there’s no 50% discounts for string beans, but it was quite ok la…a nice dish & good vegetable item to complement the dimsum.

so the dimsum tea for 4pax was S$57. without the full price string beans, probably around S$42.50 thereabout.

quite a good promotion. don’t mind coming back. good for the restaurant also, enjoying good traffic at this lull period….

c.h.e.f andy

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#1 prawn with passionfruit sauce 

domvs having a UOB cards promotion 1 for 1 set lunch = S$58 &  1 for 1 set dinner = S$128.

i had come here for lunch twice, once with my godsis on 6.4.2017. 

&  another time with my RI friend to celebrate his birthday.

the 4-course lunch at S$58++ for 2pax is really good value.

i asked chef then how’s the dinner? he said it’s a 7-course.

so i decided to come here with wife for dinner & we were looking forward to this evening on 1.6.2017. Not disaapointed! ^^

domvs on a thursday evening 

restaurant was like 1/3 full on a thursday evening, about 4 tables including ours & maybe just 12pax…too few patrons to sustain?

bread 

bread was good standard & came with 3 dips – sundried tomatoes, extar virgin olive oil & balsamic.

#1 prawn with passionfruit sauce 

first was a grilled tiger prawn with passionfruit sauce.

prawn was done well, i guess like any grilled prawns. the passionafruit sauce was good!

#2 braised beef ribs 

next was a braised beef ribs. very well done dish, quite excellent!

#2 braised beef ribs 

meat tender & very flavourful with the sauce.

#3 pan seared scallops 

3rd course was a pan seared scallop.

a nice, competent dish, nothing too special.

#3 pan seared scallops 

not quite the exceptional scallop dish at disgruntled chef at ang siang hill,

#4 iberico pork with cheese 

the iberiaco pork with a slightly melted cheese was an excellent dish.

#4 iberico pork with cheese 

pork was very good, and the cheese was super, truly enhancing the taste of the pork in combination.

#5 ravioli 

5th course was a pasta, a ravioli.

this was very good too, the same as what they served for the set lunch.

#5 ravioli 

an excellent ravioli, light & flavourful.

#6 lamb rack 

the lamb rack had quite  a robust taste, not like some including my own which have mild gamey taste.

this one was strong but it was good, flavourful.

#6 lamb rack 

not a dish for wife, but i thoroughly enjoyed it.

#6 beed steak 

wife ordered the steak.

it was very good too. not quite comparable to say prime portico steak but nevertheless a very good steak good restaurant standard.

#7 trio of dessert 

the trio of dessert was i guess a quick introduction to the restaurant’s dessert.

tiramisu 

the tiramisu was very good.

wife said it was same as my own tiramisu, and indeed it was, very similar to texture & taste & liquor content.

chocolate cake 

chocolate cake was good.

panna cotta 

panna cotta was average, nowhere near the excellent panna cotta at lake como.

we had a truly wonderful 7-course celebration dinner, good food & gooder value. not quite the fine dining standard, but the dishes were very tasty & that’s what counts.

c.h.e.f andy

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Domvs by Gabriel Fratini

Address:

39 Scotts Rd, Sheraton Towers Singapore, Singapore 228230

adam road selara rasa nasi lemak

a good friend loan us a face netting for my wife to protect against midges for our upcoming trip to isles of skye this morning.

she is busy unpacking, having just returned form a >1 month trip herself.

adam road selara rasa nasi lemak

so I went to get her some selara rasa nasi lemak from adam road..and of course a packet for me la..

No queue basically at 10am, 2pax ahead of me just buying a plate for themselves not 10packets!

After giving me my S$3.90 fish set + chicken wing, the boss told me no more fish so i had to change the other order from S$5.90 royal rumble (everything)to S$5.40 royal flush (same, no fish)..

to prove? he showed me empty shelve & my packet has the last 3 broken fish. he added he not going to charge me..i told him charge la..anyway he still charged just $3.90 chicken set for mine + one royal flush. good chappie!

Really shiok this nasi lemak!

i still chilli better than their crave @ tanjong pagar outlet & for today the chicken wing also better maybe because of chilli

benson salted duck 盐水鸭 S$32

my OPS friend arranged for early 5pax lunch at benson salted duck 盐水鸭 on 30.5.2017.

we arrived at 11.30am. he was early at 11am to chope the bigger table.

benson salted duck 盐水鸭

benson salted duck 盐水鸭 is located at kim seng coffeeshop at blk 168, toa payoh lor 1.

my friend ordered 4 dishes. actually they were quite large even for 5pax.

we had whole duck for S$32. that was undeniably the best dish=duck was flavourful, not salty, tender enough with some slight toughness which one friend commented he liked the this kind of texture. me too, like in the case of pork ribs in bakuteh, prefer having the bite than totally fork tender.

a friend had one experience with salted duck 盐水鸭 & only remembered it as salty. he enjoyed it today too.

i enjoyed salted duck 盐水鸭 in shanghai & jiangsu restaurants when i was travelling & also in singapore at (say) imperial treasures & at shin yeh taiwanese restaurant, but very seldom la, rare & far in between..

my own 盐水鸭 spiced duck on 6.2.2015 

my own 盐水鸭 spiced duck on 6.2.2015

my own 盐水鸭 spiced duck on 6.2.2015

& in fact i did make my own 盐水鸭 on couple occasion some time back.

my best 盐水鸭 spicy duck was when i did a 12-course buffet dinner for 22pax RI friends on 6.2.2015. i think mine was as good or comparable to what we had for lunch today la… 

it’s basically a poached duck (can be steamed too), and nothing to do with salty at least in my marinade recipe, but uses some mala dry rub, so i called it spiced duck.

pig innard soup with fishmaw

the other dishes were good too.

the pig innard soup came chokeful with ingredients, with lots of fish maw too.

tasty soup, just nice, not too strong flaouring, & good ingredients.

lor items 鲁味

the lor items 鲁味 were ok though not stand outs, competent i guess.

they forgot the pigskin order, so my friend went to get. pig skin also average, not like some places eg ng ah sio where it was really good.

smoked duck

the smoked duck seem an odd dish to serve in this coffeeshop place.

it was ok musked by the sauces. wonder if it was the ntuc type…quite ok dish did not really stand out.

my friend who paid for lunch said it was S$50+ (i guess means closed to S$60), quite good price for 5pax…

c.h.e.f andy

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Benson Salted Duck 盐水鸭