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.