Dim Sum @ Canton Paradise (Bedok Mall)

Went over to Canton Paradise at Bedok Mall yesterday for Mum's birthday feast part II...

The food we ordered...


First to be served is the Mango Prawn Roll... Not sure if the kitchen staff just take the frozen food out and immediately dump into slightly overheated oil, this dish looks a little too brownish.. and the inside fillings is ... at room temperature... which I eat about 1 minute after the dish was served... a bit disappointed... but looking forward to the rest... Taste wise is still not too bad...


The rest of the dishes came pretty fast... Clockwise from top: Mini Egg Tarts, Dry Wanton Mee, Crispy Char Siew Buns, Prawns Chee Cheong Fun... The mini egg tarts taste quite ok, nothing super special but relatively stable... The other 3 are amazingly good. The sauce for the wanton mee is above average from those typical sold in other places, very flavourful and savoury. The noodles are cooked to quite bouncy. Wanton is a bit small but nice. The crispy char siew buns have a '菠萝包' top skin and the inner char siew taste good too, though a little on the dry side. The prawns chee cheong fun is amazing, with a super nice and fragrance sauce. Dad says they use the light soy sauce mix with sugar and did not cook it, hence the fragrance of the sou sauce is not lost...


From top: Siew Mai, Pork Innards Porridge, Har Kaw. Again quite wonderful. Though not the best har kaw and siew mai we had tasted, these are certainly way above average compared to many. The porridge is amazing. The texture of the porridge itself is smooth and creamy, with the rice grains almost grind-ed/cut to tiny bits, and this type of porridge is my favourite... I remember my first time having this type of porridge is at Crystal Jade in Parkway Parade... This is the equivalent... Nice... Will love to return for more in the future, hahahaha....

Brunch @ Koufu Changi City Point

Long overdue post... Went over to a R&R early brunch in end August with parents at Changi City Point... We went to Koufu at 2nd Level and decided to order 1 dish each to share and then get 1 more to share... My mum decided to get the Hakka Grinded Tea Rice, which is also the first dish we tuck in, thinking that the flavour should be the lightest... but we were wrong... The 九层塔leaves might have been added a little too much, and it snatches away the flavours of the other ingredients... Else, it taste quite good... My mum also side-dished a plate of Hakka Tau Foo and Hakka fried egg, which taste ok, normal...


Next is the Bibimbap which I ordered. Quite nice, but felt the sea kelp (???) can be cut to thinner slices... Will definitely order again next time... The side dishes are typically small-portioned and so-so...


The 3rd dish we makan is the Nasi Briyani that my dad gotten. Again, taste is quite ok but nothing super outstanding...


We also ordered a 笼 of Har Kau and Siew Mai each... The Har Kau is good!!! At least to my liking... The prawns are of reasonable size and surprisingly crisp... sorry, succulent... The Siew Mai is not as good though... Maybe we are too pampered by the dim-sum stall "Neptune" in Marine Parade... Hahaha...



After a couple of hours of walking and window shopping, we decided to have a short break before heading back home. We went to Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert and gotten some snacks, including the Fried Fish Skin, which is surprisingly GOOD... Crispy and 酥, it is so nice to go with drinks during chit-chats with family or friends... The topping seem to be like meat floss with 酸梅 or 金桔 sauce, which helps to relieve the heaviness taste of fried food... Only complain will be the slight hint of slightly overly-reused oil used to fry the fish skin...


My own dessert is the black sesame paste with glutinous rice balls... Quite nice... Of course, it can't beat the one in Chinatown, hahaha....