Dim Sum for Breakfast!

Woke up very early for a breakfast date with my in-laws.

I still looked like a sleepy head. =p

Gal wanted a shot of her OOTD.

Red Star, also known as 红星酒家 is quite well known among the older generation of the Singapore locals. It is located on the outskirt of Chinatown, on 7th storey of the HDB Carpark! I did not know how popular it was until we have reached the restaurant. A long queue was spotted, even at 10.30am on a Sunday morning!

There were lots of newspaper articles and awards about its dim sum, and we were hoping that the dim sum will be really good.

It has a nostalgic atmosphere of being in a yum cha house of the 60s, with the dim sum being served on trolleys. 

Overall, the dim sum was pretty average. It was not worth the wait and the prices are not exactly much cheaper than the better dim sum restaurants like Royal China or Taste Paradise.

Dim Sum date at Yu Cuisine

We have always wanted to try the dim sum at Bosses (黑社会), which is located in Vivo City. Gal came across a deal in Groupon for dinning at Yu Cuisine and quickly snapped up the coupons.

 

Yu Cuisine, loosely translated as fish Cuisine, is located in Marina Bay Sands and is managed by the same group as Bosses. There was an incident and we almost call off this brunch session.

 

Initially, we were told by the manager that we were unable to use the coupons for dinning until further notice from Groupon. 3 other couples present were told the same thing and we were asked to fill up a form so that they will either refund us the money, or inform us on the dates where we can used the coupons.

Shortly after we filled up the form and about to leave the restaurant, we were told by the manager that they have resolved the issue with Groupon, and we can proceed to use the vouchers purchased.

Phew!

Crispy Fried Salmon Skin was served as soon as we took our seats. This was something different from the peanuts that most Chinese restaurant would serve. The Salmon Skin was very crispy but not oily at all, one of the best salmon skin that i have tried so far.

First on the order list was the Snow Mountain Char Siew Bun. It resemble Tim Ho Wan's famous char siew buns. The char siew fillings was quite decent, but the bun was quite dry.

Yu's Signature Golden Lava Custard Bun.

This is one of the muz try!

The size of the custard bun was quite big too.

The pipping hot salt egg york just oozed out non-stop after the first bite!

It had a rich taste, something which i like.

Finally a shot of the 2 of us together! =)

This is the Birdnest Scallops, and the scallops were really fresh. However, it turn out to be not something that we had hoped for. The birdnest actually refers to the mashed yam with fried flour, which resembles a BIRD NEST! Wahaha, we were hoping for the expensive bird nest!

This is one of the most popular dim sum, the Dinosaur Rice Roll. This is one big chee cheong fun wrapped around crispy fried batter and turnips and meat floss on top. Though it was deep fried, it did not appear to be greasy and goes well with the unique sauce.

Queen Siew Mai.

Does the Queen come from the prawn with its tail sticking upwards?

Fresh prawns, otherwise an ordinary siew mai. 

We can eat a lot!!!! =x

Forgot the name of the dish.

Seems like Layered Custard Cake?

This was quite disappointing as it was pretty bland and dry.

Super Dumpling. Just like its name, it is a super dumpling with mock shark fins and crab meat. The skin of the dumpling was very thing and the soup was very light and tasty! slurp slurp!!

And we ended the meal with a dessert, Mango Pomelo Sago. This is one of the best mango pomelo that we have tried. It is thick and smooth, and it has aloe vera cubes in it.

We had quite a satisfying meal. We will be back if we have cravings for dim sum and such deal is available again in the future.

Dim Sum Feast @ Rui Chun

It's Friday nite and Gal was craving for dim sum. Usually we would go to Wan Dou Sek to satisfy our cravings, but this time round, we decide to give Rui Chun a try.

 

Armed with my LX3, we began our Dim Sum exploration. We have been hearing positive things about Rui Chun, and hoped it would be nice.

They have a wide variety of dim sum compared to Wan Dou Sek.

Spoiled for choice and everything looks nice!

I am not taking photo of ya .... =x

Personally, I prefer Wan Dou Sek's than Rui Chun's. This was pretty dry, and the fillings were not fragrant as well.

This is one of their signature dish.

Not too bad and quite creative!

The mee suan on top goes well with the carrot cake.

The Drunken Chicken. I would have given a few more points if the chicken was boneless. It had a strong wine taste and the chicken meat was quite tough too.

Xiao Long Bao! Not having high expectation for this. It was pipping hot and the portion of the fillings were quite generous. The dumplings did contain some soup, but it wasn't tasty.

where's my char siew????

Har Gow taste pretty normal too

This was one of my favorite dish for the night, Layer Pancake with Egg & Meat Floss!

I think i had 6 pieces in total! =p

Crispy Egg Plant with Meat Floss. I do not like Egg Plant but this totally changed me. The egg plant was fried and lightly salted, and together with the meat floss, it was delicious!

The custard was pipping hot and it was in semi-liquid state.

Would be nicer if the taste is richer.

Or was it me who prefer strong taste? =x

The dinner was damn full! We had actually ordered 9 different dishes for the night! Despite having more variety of dim sum, I would still prefer to go to Wan Dou Sek. Probably would not be back anytime soon as there are more dim sum places that we would like to try!

And I still love my LX3, the photos still look great! =)