Tang Dian Wang Shanghai Restaurant

Tang Dian Wang Shanghai Restaurant, from the name you should have somehow guess that they serve Shanghai cuisine. What is the commonly found in Shanghai cuisine? XLBs!
They used to have another outlet in Bukit Panjang Plaza but now replaced by Xing Wang Hongkong Cafe. Thus, there's only one main restaurant in Suntec city.

The Ambience

Very classical and contemporary setting. The restaurant is very spacious and the lightings liven up the atomsphere. I think they want to create a relaxing and romantic feel.

The Food

The menu is printed on a pc of paper laid on the table. Choices are quite a variety-dim sums, main dishes, appetitizers.

I ordered :

1X steamed mushrooms dumplings
1X pan-fried pumpkin cake
1X cabbage roll with mushrooms

The steamed mushrooms dumplings come in set of 3. The skin is crystal clear, sticky and chewy. The fillings were so little- some cubes of carrots, mushrooms and chestnuts. I really dislike the skin as it is too sticky and chewy and almost taste-less. I feek that the skin plays an important role in a good dim sum.

Pan-fried pumpkin cake

The outer layer is a little crispy but i would prefer it to be a little charred. The sweetness of the pumpkin is there and i could see some small pumpkin cubes. However, the proportion of flour to the pumpkin cubes seems to be 70 : 30. I think they also added sugar to balance off the taste.

Cabbage roll with mushrooms

This is one of the popular item listed on the menu and it's recommended. There were 4 cabbage rolls, fully wrapped with generous of chinese mushrooms, button and other types of mushrooms. The cabbage rolls were lightly steamed and served with their broth. I was take aback by the ''enormous-looking'' cabbage rolls and each roll is filled with so much mushrooms. They taste good with the broth. For those who loves chinese mushrooms would love this dish.

Service

The service is good, efficent and the staffs are very polite.

Lingzhi Vegetarian Restaurant, Freddie's burger

Lingzhi Vegetarian Restaurant

Lingzhi Vegetarian Restaurant, part of the Tunglok group have serving innovative and quality dishes which have kept many coming back for more since 1991. Lingzhi is one of the high-end vegetarian restuarant in Singapore.

Each dish is meticulously prepared to ensure that it is well-represented and the cooking methods used allow maximum retention of the original taste and nutritional values. The range of dishes are filled with wholesome goodness and tonifying fare prepared from the finest, freshest natural as well as organic ingredients.

The menu itself is filled with pictures of food. They focus more on the presentation thus the food itself is a piece of art. The serving here is small.

Home-made beancurd ($7++/pc)

The beancurd is made from japanese Edamame beans which are best known as a snack with a nutritional punch. The beans are being processed in the blender to exact the juice. Thus, the beancurd looks a little greenish in colour. It is very smooth and almost melts in your mouth. It requires lots of preparation time, skills, effort and edamame beans to make this beancurd. I have to savour it slowly.

Deep-fried pumpkin floss ($7++/pc)

An equisite pc of art! Sweet pumpkin puree is being in dried vermecelli and deep-fried till crispy. The outer layer is very crispy and when you cut open the pastry, you can taste the goodness and sweetness of pumpkin puree. The puree is very sweet and the pumpkin skin is left intact. ( Pumpkin skin is rich in fibre). I simply love this!

8 treasures spring roll($1.50++/roll)

Available at the counter for take-away. The beancurd skin is not crispy but soggy thus it fails to impress. The fillings were okay but too bland(vermicelli, cabbage, carrots..etc).

The dishes that are worth recommending are the Home-made beancurd and Deep-fried pumpkin roll. I would definately order them when i visit them again.



Freddie's burger

The freddie's(Signature)

Grilled Australian beef burger with premium turkey bacon,
cheddar cheese, caramelised onions, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes and
grilled pineapple.

The ‘Melbourne’ (Signature)

Smoked turkey bacon burger with cheddar cheese, iceberg
lettuce, tomatoes and grilled pineapple.

Currently they are having promotion. Choose any burgers for only $3! Only available on 30th and 31st january. Hurry and grab one!

Fu Lin Xuan VegetariAn Restaurant

BLOGGER is not working yesterday thus the posting on Fo you yuan vegetarian is done today instead.

Fu Lin Xuan Vegetarian (174, Jalan Sri Pelangi, JB)

I came across several food blogs introducing Vegetarian food and it prompted me to try all the vegetarian restaurants in Sinagpore. At least i do not feel guilty when eating vegetarian food as they are normally made from soy protein, mock meat or mushrooms.

Fu Lin Xuan Vegetarian

Today is the chinese lunar 15th day and many of us who are buddhist/ taoist who at least have a vegetarian meal. I decided to try Fu Lin Xuan Vegetarian which is one of the few vegetarian restaurant in JB.

As CNY is around the corner, they decorate the place to have the new yr ''feel''.
They serve quite alot of dishes and i had a hard time deciding what to order thus i seek help from the young boss. He recommended quite a number of dishes that are popular with the patrons.

I ordered the Cereal Abalone mushrooms and Stir-fried Kangkong.

Stir-fried Kangkong

Tad too oily and greasy. My mouth & lips turn gloosy after a few mouthful. I just merely took a few mouthful.

Cereal Abalone mushrooms.

Clear winner! Just like the typical cereal prawns, which is replaced by deep-fried abalone mushrooms. The cereals taste a little sweet, salty and a hint of spiciness(chilli padi). It was so addictive and i finished the whole plate of it.

Service

The service here is really good. The young boss did everything himself-take orders, serve, collect $$$. I feedback abt the oily kangkong to him and he promised to reduced the oil used. I found a good vegetarian restaurant in JB and i would visit them occasionally!

Fo You Yuan Vegetarian

surviving strong
This traditonal vegetarian restaurant had been serving Vegetarian Food for many years. Previously they are located at Geylang but now shifted to Kitchener Road. They are still renovating the shop but u can still have ur food here.

I am not sure whether their new location is ideal for biz. Located just adjacent to the new shopping mall, city square mall. There are several restuarants surrounding- Hillman, Putien, New Zen Fut Kai. They must face some competition. Being around for so many years and still surviving strong, it means they are doing the right thing.

The restaurant is quite small(still renovating it). The interior is clean and simple.
The menu is simple and easy to read but there are just too many choices. They provided some pictures of the food for easy reference. This made ordering easier!
Appetitizer: Some fried seaweed crispy. Very crispy but there's a little fishy taste. You can buy it at $4/box if u like them.

The boss recommended the Lychee Ham ball ( a.k.a Gulao rou). The ''ham ball'' is actually made from mushrooms and not gluten. It is lightly deep-fried and stir-fry with capsicums, lychee meat and some shoots in honey sauce. Simple yet addictive. I like the sweetness of the lychee meat and the ''ham ball'' goes well with the honey sauce.

Sugar cane Flowers($10)- Seasonal

This is a seasonal dish(indicated in the menu). I have not seen or heard of sugar cane flowers. Sugar cane, maybe....pretty common but the flowers, uncommon. The sugar cane flowers resembles deep-fried fish roe. It is lighly blanched and topped with some sauce to preserve it's natural flavour. It looks and taste like cooked fish roe. The boss joked and asked me whether is there any fishy taste/smell. Definately not! Surprisely, it was good, crunchy and naturally sweet.

This vegetarian restaurant is worth visitng again as there are many choices available. Who says vegetarian are boring? U can find ''suckling pig'', ''french escagots'', ''pork knuckles'' here!

Deli-vege

Deli-vege Restaurant(South Bridge Road)

Who says that man vegetarian food are boring? Most of us are meat-lovers and seldom would want to eat vegetarian food. We thought that vegetarian food are made from gluten, plain and tasteless. Actually we could have at least eat a vegetarian meal in a week to clear our digestive system.

Deli-vege Restaurant serve some innovative vegetarian food. They do not use any MSG, Preservatives or gluten in their food. Most of the vegetarian food uses Gluten but they replace the ''meat'' by using soy protein(which is healthier).

The food

The menu is thick and is classified into different sections- Western, Asian & Japanese. Well, many choices indeed and you can enjoy different types of cuisine in a meal. It was rather difficult to choose what i want to order. I saw some reviews on HGW that the DFC is worth mentioning. DFC is actually fried chicken, which is fried chicken served with colslow and french fries. I didnt think much of that as it seems a little unhealthy and pretty 'normal''.

I ordered the Stir-fried kangkong and Sweet and Sour chicken.

Stir-fried kangkong

A simple vegetable dish which they stir-fry it with some oyster sauce. I find it a little weird. Kangkong would taste better with sambal.

Sweet and Sour Chicken

It was simply some sweet and sour sauce poured over deep-fried ''chicken'' and served with pineapple cubes and cucumbers. The sweet and sour sauce is quite ok, but on the sweet side. It would be better if they stir-fry the deep-fried ''chicken'' with the sauce rather than pouring over it. It makes the dish a little dry.

Generally the food is ok but nothing to rave about. The Good thing about this restaurant is the variety of food that is served. However, there would just too many fried stuffs. At least 90% of the food here is deep-fried. Not too healthy if you want healthy vegetarian food.

Good Morning Nanyang Cafe (Level 3 Chinatown Point)

Again HGW brought me to this little cafe tucked in level 3 of chinatown point. From the reviews, the orange ciabatta toastw ith kaya butter seemed to be very popular. Thus, i decided to get one to try it for myself.

They made the orange ciabatta bread themselves so you would not find it elsewhere. However, u can also opt for normal white bread/wholemeal. The ornage ciabatta bread is lightly toasted and spread with generous amount of butter and their home-made kaya. The auntie is really generous with the kaya as she wants the customer to taste the fragrance of kaya rather than eating the plain bread.

Verdict

The orange ciabatta bread is really soft even after toasting. The outer layer is crispy and the interior is soft and fluffy. The kaya and butter taste really good with the bread. Remember to eat it warm, it would not be as good if u leave it for too long. Recomended as the bread is rather unique.

Pattaya Restaurant & Coffee House(Jalan Sulam, TAMAN SENTOSA)

One wouldnt miss it's prominent signboard when you board the bus towards Taman Sentosa. I was captivated by it's beautifully designed exterior and the fascinating signboard. Sometimes, a signboard would help attract customers. There are very few ''high class'' and Thailand Restaurants in Johor. Thus, this restaurant is highly recommended for Thai Cuisine.

The Ambience

The exterior of the restaurant is beautifully decorated. There are few statues of Thai goddess and mural painting. The inteior of the restaurant is dimly lit with That style lanterns, making me feel relaxed and peaceful. The tables and chairs, made from contemporary and classic wood, provides a ''traditional'' touch.
The restaurant is divided into 2, dining & massage. One wouldnt miss the Authenic Thai massage.

The Food

The menu is beautifully printed with pictures of thai food, culture and people. The high-lighted would mean chef's recomendation. The starters, consists of different types of that salads-ranging from mango, papaya, chicken feets with various combinations of seafood and meat.

Some ''must-try'' thai food including Tom Yum Goong, Green curry chicken, Thai fishcake/prawn cakes, pandan leaf chicken..many to mention. I would have to visit them often to try all. The downside, there were no desserts provided. I would love to try the Thai red ruby, Mango glutinous rice.

My Food

The pickles provided reek of strong vinegar. But, it was addictive. There were pcs of carrots, papaya and cucumbers. I couldnt resist finishing all of them

Thai Papaya Salad(RM 15.90)

The thai green papaya is sliced thinly into strips, served with dried shrimps,chilli padi and cashew nuts in thai lime dressing. There were some cabbage leaves provided but i think that was redundant (in fact, it was icy cold). The salad was quite spicy and i could not resist sneezing and wipping tears. However, i felt that the salad was medicore.

Thai beancurd with green mangoes(RM 20.90)

This is basically deep-fried beancurd serving with green mango salad and thai chilli. There were 6 small pcs of beancurd, lighly deep-fried and topped with their special mango salad. I actually forgot to request for ''no peanuts''. The girl who served me actually made the effort to replace it for me.

I like the tinge of sourness from the green mangoes. I felt that the mango salad fare better than the papaya salad. It goes well with the deep-fried beancurd too.
I recommend the green mango salad.

The service

Polite, prompt and efficent. The girl who served me offered tissue paper when she saw me weeping away(due to the spiciness).

Verdict

It was rather difficult to locate a reputable or ''high -class'' restaurant in Johor, Pattaya restaurant is recommended for thai cuisine.