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Imperial Treasures La Mian Xiao Long Bao

Imperial Treasures La Mian Xiao Long Bao at the newly renovated Marina Square was Friday's dinner venue with my ex-classmates from junior college.

The place was very crowded by the time we got there and we were lucky to get seats for the eight of us. Anyway, let's get straight to the important part--the nosh!

1) Xiao Long Bao
- not bad. Skin was thin and there was enough soup in it.

2) Beijing pork dumplings
- Basically the same filling as the Xiao Long Bao sans the soup.

3) Spicky pork dumplings
- more dumplings but dipped in chilli sauce. This was pretty good as well.

4) Guo tie (pan-fried dumplings)
- nicely fried and not too oily.

5) Sheng Jian Bao
- the skin wasn't too thick and the meat filling was tasty.

My friends also had the pork ribs noodles and pan-fried noodles. According to them, both were pretty good. But I had a bite of the pan-fried noodles and found it too oily.

One letdown was the service. The extra plate of shredded ginger that we asked for never came. Tea wasn't promptly refilled and they were slow to take our orders. They were very shorthanded.

Overall, the food was OK. Let's just say I wasn't blown away by it. The place is like another Crystal Jade and we can see why because the owner, Alfred Leung, was the one who built up the Crystal Jade Chinese restaurant group and then decided to strike out on his own.

Anyway, I'm going to the country where Xiao Long Baos and all these dumplings originated. Am off to Beijing tomorrow!

Posted by DSD at November 2, 2005 1:49 PM