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Good Dinner Chat @ Moi Lum 梅林 on 26Nov2015
8 treasures duck 八宝鸭
an RI friend organised november G20 dinner at moi lum 梅林 at maxwell road on 26.11.2015. ^^ we had 11pax.
the last one we had here was almost 3 years ago on 16.1.2013.
moi lum梅林
restaurant has several couplets on the wall, a bit of chinese tradition.
restaurant was less than 1/2 full. 🙂
8 treasures duck 八宝鸭
this is their signature dish.
i saw the leg was quite disproportionate, size like a goose leg. later i realized probably the stuffing caused it to look huge.
must say this dish was really excellent!
duck was tender & so very flavourful. this is for me a fine chinese dish. though it was not served as an individual dish, the preparation must be so fine & skillful & the flavour was exquisite. ^^
yam basket
the next dish, yam basket, was rather poor though.
yam basket
the yam has NO fragrance 芋香.
yam basket
this is such a common almost ancient chinese restaurant & now zi char dish. quite surprising.
made me recall what a good yam basket i had at ah orh according to my previous post, though i cannot really remember the taste now.
roast chicken with sticky rice stuffing
my friend seems to be ordering all the birds here – duck & chicken.
but this chicken was again excellent, probably their signature also.
roast chicken with sticky rice stuffing
it came with sticky rice & other tasty stuffing, forgot to take photo.
chicken was deboned. the server confirmed that. we were wondering how that was done. didn’t have the answer. 🙂
this was so different from the usual roast chicken, and also the very processed roast chicken with roast skin & minced meat made into a pancake (some restaurants called it 金龙鸡) which i don’t like.
salted egg prawns
salted egg prawns were competent, ordinary.
salted egg prawns
actually not that great, in my opinion.
hk steamed flower garoupa
hk steamed flower garoupa came with a load of fried garlic & chai poh.
hk steamed flower garoupa
fish was very good, quite expected of a good chinese restaurant. the garlic & especially chai poh gave it some differentiation.
not a wow dish for me, unlike the 8 treasures duck 八宝鸭 & the chicken.
some chives from malaysia
the chives dish i guess was new for us, don’t recall having it previously, but not my favourite at all.
a 3-egg spinach or a good fragrant garlic fried vegetable dish would do better for me.
fruit platter
we had a fruit platter to share.
red beans pancake
& some red beans pancake also.
dinner came to S$31pax nett for 7dishes include dessert. quite doable. the duck & chicken were beyond my expectations. fish was very good & the other dishes so-so. so overall i supposed quite good but a bit incomplete, not in terms of food quantity (we all had a wonderful meal) but in knowing what good dishes the restaurant serve.
another way to look at it-having 2 outstanding dishes is better than having mostly above average dishes.
we all had good chats & a wonderful time together.
c.h.e.f andy
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Moi Lum Restaurant Pte Ltd
Outlet:
38 Maxwell Road
Airview Building #01-01/02
Singapore 069116
Tel: 62262283Email: reservation@moilum.com
38 Maxwell Road
Airview Building #01-01/02
Singapore 069116
Tel: 62262283Email: reservation@moilum.com
Protected: RI G20 15pax Dinner by Peng Ann @ Singapore Polytechnic Food Haven on 22Jul2014
Comfort Food 15pax Dinner @ Singapore Polytechnic Food Haven on 22Jul2014
#1 cereal prawns
we had our monthly get-together at singapore polytechnic food haven on 22.7.2014.
we had 15pax. the place basically served zi char food in an air-con restaurant ambience. we had 20% discount & no service charge as our organiser is a staff at SP. 🙂
#1 cereal prawns
#1 cereal prawns was pretty ok, competent, flavour was good, though batter a bit much.
#2 tofu soup
#2 tofu soup was ordinary like any tofu soup.
#3 steamed seabass
#3 steamed seabass
#3 i liked the presentation of the steamed seabass, like a fish swimming in the water. 🙂 it was done teochew style with mildly sour soup from salted vege & sour plum. fish was fresh & good as a seabass could be. 🙂
#4 beef with ginger & spring onions
#4 beef with ginger & spring onions (姜葱牛肉) was also competent, like a good zi char eating house. beef was tender OR should i say tenderised. 🙂
#5 claypot tofu
#5 claypot tofu
#5 likewise the claypot tofu. a good competent dish. 🙂
#6 sweet sour pork ribs
#6 sweet sour pork ribs
#6 sweet sour pork ribs was good too.
#7 fuyong egg?
& so was the #7 fuyong egg?
#8 sambal kang kong
#8 sambal kang kong was another common, simple, tasty dish i liked.
#9 red beans pancake
a friend commented that the skin of the #9 red beans pancake was too thick. indeed so! the dough flavour was good though so i did not mind the tucker skin. 🙂
#10 mixed fruits
#10 mixed fruits were good like any.
healthy fruits & nuts cookie
healthy fruits & nuts cookie
a friend brought some ‘healthy’ baked cookies. it had nuts (almonds & walnuts), raisins & cranberries, and not too sweet, so healthy indeed, for cookies that is. it was good! haha. 🙂
another very pleasant evening. time passed too quickly. a few friends did not join so often so it was good occasion for catching up. there were few other patrons & we almost had the restuarant to ourselves..haha. 🙂
food was pretty ok, competent. with all the staff discounts the cost was just S$12pax, cheaper than most coffeeshops zi char. 🙂
c.h.e.f andy
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