We've eaten at Long Ji Zi Char (253 Outram Road, tel : +65 9790 5682) once previously and tried the crab bee hoon. It was superb. Did not order that this time round but what we had today were definitely mention worthy.
They have buah long long juice with preserved plum (酸梅) which was astringently refreshing for both before and after the meal. The before whetted appetite while the after allowed you to make believe that you've succeeded in cleansing some of that grease from the food off your system. 😂
This was a dish called golden corn. Appetizer of sorts. They're fried sweet corn battered in flour with salted egg yolk. So they're both sweet and salty. Initially I thought it was a little greasy but I couldn't stop after that. It's still greasy but it was also addictive.
Stir fried romaine lettuce with fermented bean curd sauce. The sauce was awesome because of both the fermented bean curd flavour and that they've also spruced that up with some fragrant sesame oil. Will have to remember to ask them to omit the ginger the next time.
We had the deep fried tofu with pumpkin sauce and cereal previously and liked it enough to get them again. Nicely fried tofu there. The star was the sweet creamy pumpkin sauce.
Very competent dish of braised fish head with black bean sauce and bitter gourd. I don't know if it's because the kitchen is skilled at chopping up the fish head but we didn't get small bone fragments which meant it was relatively easy to eat. I had expected the black bean sauce to taste like....well, black bean sauce. It didn't. There were dried black beans in it though and if you're looking for that flavour, you gotta get some of the beans in the bite. Otherwise this was delicious and a potential repeat order.
Love their kong bao chicken (宫保鸡丁). The flavour reminded me of those from the distant past. For now, I'm ranking this no. 2 just behind Claypot & Cooked Food Kitchen until I've discovered enough good ones to be confused by my own rankings. 😂
Dessert was orh nee. Not bad tasting. Their rendition is...unusual. Lots of thinner coconut milk which made me think of bubur cha cha.
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