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Zi Yean Restuarant

A little gem in Bukit Merah.
This restaurant is owned by Chef Fook Wing Tin who specialised in Cantonese Cuisine.
There are 2 Zi Yean Restaurant there- one caters to dim sum and the other, Zi-char.
They are opened 7 in the morning, serving dim sums & u r entitled to 50% off dim sum if u order between 7-11am(excl. take away). The zi-char dishes are only served from 11am onwards.

I chose to dine at the dim sum place which is not air-conditioned as i can save on the 7% GST & 10% svc charge. I find it a hassle to choose seats as the interior is very warm and stuffy. I was served by a guy who took my orders. The guy speak cantonese which i could not understand. I tried pointing the dishes name to him but he doesnt seem to understand. There were a communication barrier between 2 of us. I took quite a while to order the dishes.

I ordered:

1x House Tofu
1x stir-fried caixin with dace and balck beans

I saw the auntie bring the food from the restaurant next door to my table. I realised that the ci-zhar dishes are cooked in the air-conditioned restaurant and brought to ur table if u chose to dine at the dim-sum place. It's a little troublesome and unhygienic.

House tofu

This is really very smooth and good. There were 5 tofu squares, being deep-fried and cooked in light oyster sauce. Though the tofu were deep-fried, the outer layer is not very thick and in fact it's juicy. The tofus were big pcs and not like other places which have very thick batter and small serving of tofu. The tofus were then garnished with some dried shrimps. When u eat it together, the taste is shiok and marvellous!

Stir-fried caixin with dace and black beans

I think they used the whole can of black beans with dace. There were just too much and it seems a little unproportionate for the serving of caixin. Neverthless, the veggies were not too oily and salty.

Though there were some communication barrier here, the food is generally delicious and price is quite reasonable. It's quite having tim sum or cantonese cuisine here. U r also entitled to discounts if u r celebrating ur birthday month.