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| - We, party of 6, came here for dinner. This is one of the oldest running Asian Legend location. The chef at this location is an OG and trains new chef when there's an expansion.
This place is packed at dinner time. Luckily we had a reservation made before coming here. We were seated immediately while there's long lineup.
We ordered medium Xi-hu Soup with Minced Beef and Egg Whites, along with House Special Twice-cooked Pork & Dried Tofu with Spicy Sauce, Smoked Fish, Crystal Pork Aspic, Stewed Chicken with Three-cup Sauce in Casserole, Steamed Soup Filled Dumplings with Ground Pork, Sautéed Plain Green Beans, Steamed California Sea Bass, and Shanghai Style Soft Noodles with Pork & Shrimp.
Cold plates came first. This Crystal Pork Aspic is an interesting dish. They don't use pork belly, it's shredded pork meat. I can taste the pork stock in the gelatin and a hint of star anise. I would say this is not the best aspic I've had. We had to cancel the Smoke Fish as we felt their portions were off which they oblige.
Xi-hu soup came next. We find that cilantro and sliced spring onions were too overwhelming. If they can cut back on those garnish, the soup would be wonderful.
Steamed Soup Dumplings were not bad. Not the best I've had. Eat the dumplings fast because if it sits out for too long it dries up.
We find the House special dish very delicious. Spicy sauce was not too oily and not overwhelmingly spicy, just the right touch. Then the casserole came to our table. Another tasty dish. Chicken was tender and flavourful. No pink chicken! Big thumbs up!!!
The steam sea bass was alright, they soy sauce really goes well with the fish. Shanghai noodle was good, not the same in Shanghai though.
By the way, the service here was not too bad. They take the empty plates and constantly refill our teapots. Curls to them!
My party ate everything. Like a pack of wolves. Came out stuffed like a hippo. Really enjoy the night. Just wish they could improve on the Smoke fish portion. We will be back.
Food: 4/5
Ambience: 3.5/5
Service: 4/5
Cleanliness: 4/5
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