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Food Delivery - MacPherson Barbecue Seafood

Friday, May 03, 2019

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Food Delivery - Hiang Ji Roasted Meat and Noodle House

Saturday, April 20, 2019

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Food Delivery - Yocha Tea and Desserts - Desserts, anyone?

Saturday, April 20, 2019

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Yocha Tea & Desserts |⭐⭐⭐
238 Thomson Rd, #01-07, Singapore 307683

With a hunger for convenience driving demand, the food delivery markets have become increasingly competitive. With the entrants like GrabFood, Foodpanda, Deliveroo, Startaster and Honestbee, consumers cheered of having food on the table without setting food out of the house.

I am one of the frequent users of such food deliveries due to heavy work schedules. The food deliveries provide convenience and put food on the table when I reach home after working for long hours.

For my first entry, I like to share about the dessert shop called Yocha Tea and Desserts. Located at Velocity Novena Square, Yocha is the recommended shop to have desserts. Yes, yes yes. There are many other dessert outlets that delivers to my home. Somehow, this is the best one I have ever had, compared to Blackball, and other Hong Kong desserts.

Yocha Tea & Desserts offers a variety of handcrafted tea, coffee, smoothies and Asian desserts with wide selection of toppings to complement the taste experience. Consumers can opt for healthier sweetener for beverages as they claimed to use pure natural honey instead of artificial flavoured honey syrup.

There are two types of dessert - Dessert Set 3 or Mix & Match your own Dessert. Priced at S4.20, Dessert Set 3 comprises of mixed grass jelly and honey aiyu jelly with taro Q balls, aloe vera, red beans and lychee coconut jelly. You can choose the liquid toppings for dessert and other toppings like ice cream, rainbow jelly at a cost. What I loved most about this dessert is the Taro Q balls were very chewy and flavourful. The honey aiyu jelly was equally great and chewy.

As for the liquid toppings, I recommend the lemon juice. The lemon juice gave that added zest to the dulcified dessert. It made the dessert very refreshing.The black sugar milk and wintermelon juice were saccharine. As for the liquid creamer, it was too heavy to taste.

Back to the types of desserts, I also customised my very own dessert and added all my favourite items, such as taro Q balls, honeyed aiyu jelly, red beans and aloe vera. With that, my total damages is about $4.80 as I added two servings of Q balls.

Finally, though the desserts were great, the delivery charge of S$5.29 was more expensive than a bowl of desserts. This will be a major push factor for consumers like myself to order for this dessert too often.

Beside having desserts, the Earl Grey Milk Tea was commonly nice. The delivery app allows consumers to choose the level of sweetness from 0% to 100%, and beverage toppings like pearls, grass jelly, etc. I chose 30%. The regular cup of milk tea is $3.30, more expensive than LiHO.

How about smoothies? I had vanilla and cookies smoothie and it was normal. The smoothie lacked the vanilla fragrance that I did not feel the need to shout out. Priced at $5.30, I rather go for Dessert Set 3.

Yocha is available for delivery via foodpanda or deliveroo.

Yocha Tea & Desserts |⭐⭐⭐
238 Thomson Rd, #01-07, Singapore 307683

Atmosphere: A takeaway dessert outlet at Velocity Novena Square
Noise Level: The noise level was reasonable as the store is located at Level 1 in the mall.
Recommended: Dessert Set 3, Mix & Match your own Dessert, Earl Grey Milk Tea
Price: $ (cheap eats)
Reservations: No

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Having a Crabby Feast at Shanghai's Xie Wang Fu (成隆行蟹王府)

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Chen Long Hang Xie Wang Fu (成隆行蟹王府) is one of Shanghai's popular restaurants famous for its crab dishes, especially hairy crabs during the autumn season.

Last year, when I went to the restaurant without reservations, I was turned away. The receptionist said, "No reservation, No table." This year, I made sure that reservations was made in advance. Booked two days prior, we finally had a table.

The interior was decorated as if one was back in the ancient city era where the restaurant (客站) had a very nice feel. There were two musicians on stage - one was playing a zither and the other a erhu. It was beautiful and the dining experience was memorable.

We ordered many dishes in small serving so that we can try the different ways of cooking crab from steamed to pan-fried to savoury and so on.

The interior was decorated like in ancient China.

Crabmeat with Shark Fins (王府蟹肉翅) was amazing. Unlike the regular shark fin soup, this is unique and I love to have this again. (Food rating: 4.5/5)

The steamed crab pincers over steamed egg (清蒸蟹钳) was priced at RMB126 per one serving. The egg was like silken tofu and the crab pincers were freshly steamed. The portion looked small but it was just right. (Food rating: 4.5/5)

Crabmeat Tofu (蟹粉豆腐) was amazing. It was the first time I had this dish and I enjoyed this immensely. The tofu was very soft and crab meat gravy was curry-like. (Food rating: 4.5/5)

The lionhead meatball (四季蟹粉狮子头) mixed with pork and crab meat was a simple dish. The crab meat sauce was drizzled over the tender pork meat ball. The pork was very minced to perfection that it was soft and melted into the mouth. Together, they became a formidable combination. (Food rating: 5/5)

Crabmeat in Orange (蟹粉酿橙) was refreshing. More importantly, it is very addictive. I could not stop eating it until everything was gone. (Food rating: 5/5)

The Sauteed Crab Meat (清炒蟹粉) was amazing. Cooked together with crab coe, the crab meat was not served miserably but chunks. Priced at RMB158, it was a serving for one.

Crab Roe with Glass Flat Noodles (蟹膏银皮) was extremely rich. The glass flat noodles were very chewy. The crab roe has a beautiful golden yellow colour and the thick roe gravy needs time to savour and appreciate. (Food rating: 4.5/5)

Savoury Crab meat and roe over rice (禿黄油捞饭) is similar to Chirashi (Sashimi over rice bowl). Instead of sashimi, the crab meat and roe mixed with the chewy rice was awesome. The taste was rich but not queasy. This was one of my favourites. (Food rating: 5/5)

Crab meat (蟹粉小笼包) and Crab Roe Dumplings (活拆蟹黄小笼包) were beautiful. The dumpling master had superb skills where the dumpling was thin, yet chewy. The crab meat with rich broth was light yet flavourful. You can just eat it on its own. Food rating: 4.5/5

Tomato Thick Soup (番茄酸汤花胶羹). This is the best tomato soup I have ever eaten. It was savoury and sweet at the same time. Like Hot & Sour Soup, you will find fungus, and other ingredients in the awesome soup. (Food rating: 5/5)

Address: 上海市黄浦区九江路216号(河南中路口)
Price: $$
Rating: 5/5
Ambience: I love the interiors as if I've returned to ancient China. The service was great and the servers were very attentive and know their stuff very well. The overall experience was marvellous.
Recommendation dishes: To be frank, all of them are recommended. They were very delicious and I will come back for more.

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T'ang Court - Living the Michelin Lifestyle, Shanghai with Over-rated Food

Thursday, December 27, 2018

T'ang Court was first awarded three Michelin stars in the 2018 Shanghai Michelin Guide. In the 2019 guide, the restaurant has dropped from three stars to two stars. Is T'ang Court worth this many stars?

A Cantonese restaurant, T'ang Court, is housed under Langham Hotel in the famous Xintiandi. The restaurant has a elegant interior and the service was excellent. However, the food was tasted ordinary that food from household brands like Imperial Treasure or Canton Paradise tasted better.

We were first served with specials from the Chef. Dumplings as starters.

Jizong mushroom marinated in homemade sauce (凉拌鸡枞菌), priced at RMB100, was refreshing and amazingly deliciously. The mushrooms were beautiful and the sauce was light. The sauce tasted like the sauce in the Hainanese Chicken Rice - soy sauce with sesame oil. (Food rating: 3/5)

BBQ Combination (烧味双拼) of BBQ Pork and Suckling Pork skin, priced at RMB330, was delicious. The crackling sound from the pork skin confirms that the skin was roasted to crisp. The BBQ pork, on the other hand, was overly sweet. (Food rating: 3/5)

Red Lobster sauteed with spring red onion and shallot (三葱爆龙虾) was acclaimed with the "Best of the Best Culinary Award" and "Gold with Distinction Award". Priced at RMB1,500, the dish was over-rated. The lobster was freshly prepared but the taste was a mere ordinary. It was the worst choice made by ordering based on the awards this dish received. I was utterly disappointed. (Food rating: 2/5)

Wagyu Beef Sauteed with onions (香葱爆和牛), priced at RMB580, tasted good. The beef cubes were cooked to perfection. The meat was tender and easy to chew. The vegetable flower made from Bok Choi was soft and easy to eat. The taste was ordinary and I expected better. (Food rating: 2.5/5)

Assorted Imperial Mushrooms with vegetables (珍菌炒翠绿), priced at RMB110, was interesting. This dish was sauteed with minced garlic, in superior soup and oyster sauce. The imperial mushrooms looked very much like Shimeiji mushrooms. As for the greens, it was very interesting and I was not able to identify it. Overall, this dish is so-so. (Food rating: 2.5/5)