Dinner at Lu Gang Xiao Zhen – the Asian Kitchen @ Ion Orchard

Had dinner with my family at Lu Gang Xiao Zhen (Asian Kitchen) @ Ion Orchard yesterday evening. Been there once on a weekday lunch with my colleagues and I remembered we queued for quite a while then. So this time round I went there earlier (around 6.30 pm) to queue for a table for dinner. However, when I reached there, I was pleasantly surprised that there wasn’t any queue and I was able to get a table immediately.

Ordered the Herbal Guitar Duck – Small Serving ($11.70). Duck meat was tender and there is a slight herbal taste. But if you compare this to the ones sold at Dian Xiao Er, I would prefer the ones at the latter as the herbal taste is much stronger.

Soup of the Day – Lotus with pork ribs soup – $7.70. It serves approx 2-3 pax. Tasted ok. Would be better if some red dates were added to enhance the taste of the soup.

You Tiao with Pineapple cubes Salad – $5.90. The You Tiao wasn’t that crispy anymore and tasted a bit soft. Perhaps it had been left mixed with the salad dressing for quite a while.

Their famous Eggy Rice with braised meat and chestnut. Tasted like what my grandma would cook. Yum yum yum. $5.90 per serving

Another of their speciality – Stir fried Four Seasons Beans with Salt Egg Yolk. Very nice and crunchy. I really loved this dish.

Total bill for the dinner came up to approx $62 (inclusive of 3 Eggy rice + 1 bowl of white rice + 1 soy bean drink with pearls) for 4 pax. Pretty reasonable.

The soy bean drink doesn’t taste that great. Don’t think would be getting that again the next time I am there. I noticed that the queues started forming at around 7 pm and I am glad that I came earlier to queue.

At the mmoment this restaurant do not accept reservations. It’s on a first come first serve basis. However, I checked with the restaurant manager, he said that perhaps they would accept reservations later on.

Lu Gang Xiao Zhen – the Asian Kitchen
Ion Orchard
#B3-22
Tel: 65091128

Delicious Dumplings @ Fong Kee

It’s one of our colleague’s last day and we decided to have lunch @ Fong Kee before they moved to their new location at North Bridge Road. They used to be located at Murray Terrace and are not in the midst of moving over to their new location in Jun 2008.

Decor in the old restaurant @ Murray Terrace

We ordered quite a lot of food and we had a hard time finishing them.

Pan-fried gyozas. You dip the gyoza in the vinegar to enhance its taste. Take a bit of ginger shred to complement it. Tasted really great.

See how thin the skin is and the gyozas have so much meat filling in them.

We also ordered Boiled Dumplings and Xiao Long Bao (Steamed Meat Dumplings) too.

Also ordered their honey pork chops. Very very nice and tender. Really love the pork chops.

We also ordered Braised Bean Sauce Noodles. The noodles were very springy and delicious. Just that we were too full to finish it. Really should had ordered so much food.

We round up the meal with these delicious pan-fried red bean paste pancake topped with roasted sesame. Simply yummy.

Fong Kee also has a delivery service. Details taken from the website, no number given at the website though, you’ll have to refer to the namecard below I think; the delivery tel no is 62203318

They have a few outlets and one of them is at People’s Park.

Blk 32 New Market Road #01-1148
People’s Park Centre Singapore 050032
Tel: 6532 3318

@ Murray Terrace is closed and would be moving to 787 North Bridge Road in Jun 2008.

Lunch @ Kia Hiang

Had lunch with my colleagues at Kia Hiang located at International Plaza. We ordered their signature Claypot Chicken, Pork Chop, Stir-fried Kai Lan with Garlic and Hot plate tofu omelette.

The claypot chicken was wrapped in cabbage and stewed for hours. The meat was so soft and tender that it simply melted in your mouth.

The pork chop was also very tender and it was easy to eat it. However, I find that it was too marinated with plum sauce that it overpowered the original taste of the pork chop.

The stir-fried kailan was pretty well done. It wasn’t too oily or salty.

The hotplate tofu with chopped prawns were wrapped in an egg omelette. Quite nice but I find it a bit oily though.

We also ordered homemade barley water and rice to go with the ordered dishes. Total bill for 3 of us is $47.08. Quite reasonable.