Monday, January 07, 2019

Crystal Jade Kitchen, Holland Village

Crystal Jade Kitchen, Holland Village

We haven't been to this Crystal Jade Kitchen for many years. In fact, we haven't been to any Crystal Jade anythings for a long time - not since Imperial Treasure happened in our lives. This outlet (2 Lorong Mambong, tel : +65  6469 0300) had just been overhauled and happened to be pretty convenient for a family weekend lunch/dim sum thingy.

Crystal Jade Kitchen, olive fried rice

I was pretty surprised by their olive fried rice. Not the most memorable I've had but still pretty tasty.  There was sufficient flavour coming from the preserved olive/leaves while the beady texture of the rice marked a skilled hand behind the wok. Something I wouldn't mind having again.

Crystal Jade Kitchen, zha leong

These guys have a rendition of zha leong (炸兩) made with charcoal dough fritters that's drizzled with sweet sauce. Those fritters were very crispy. No chew. All crisp.

Crystal Jade Kitchen, osmanthus soya sauce chicken

There's a osmanthus soya sauce chicken which was outstanding. The chicken was smooth, slurp off the bone tender and there was definitely a hint of that osmanthus honey sweetness with the soya sauce marinade. I'd come back here just for this alone. 

Crystal Jade Kitchen, har gao

Har gows were okay. 

Crystal Jade Kitchen, char siew bao

Char siew baos were okay. There are no in between the lines to be read here. Okay simply meant that.

Crystal Jade Kitchen, truffle siew mai

Truffle siew mais were also okay.

Crystal Jade Kitchen, prawn mozzarella rolls

These rolls with prawn and mozzarella cheese were also passable. What ruined them for me were the bits of coriander in them. Why?!

Crystal Jade Kitchen, prawn paste chicken wings

We had an order of prawn paste mid wings. Like the zha leong, the exterior of these were pretty crispy. Made good snacking though.

Crystal Jade Kitchen, fried fish skin salted egg

That's deep fried fish skin with salted egg paste. Most places never screw this up.

Crystal Jade Kitchen, Holland Village

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