Dim Joy Restaurant

What do you get if you merge all-day brunch with dim sum? You get all-day dim sum! Yup, thats what it is with Dim Joy, which serves Cantonese dim sum all day, from breakfast, to dinner.

old-school letterbox

Vegetable dumplings ($3)

King Shrimp Har Gao ($4)

Herbal Phoenix Talons ($3)

Pan-fried radish cake ($3)

Custard Bun ($3)

Dried scallop congee ($2)

Savoury Beancurd skin roll ($4.50)

Durian Snow Pearl ($5.50)

As a whole, the dim sum items are average-tasting...the prawns(3 shrimps in each piece, to be exact) used in the har gao are succulent, but the skin gets cold and sticky easily....the phoenix claws(although i only tried the sauce, not the claws) is something different from those traditional red-coloured ones, as it is braised in a herbal-like sauce...the beancurd skin roll was disappointing...but the durian snow pearl was very interesting...imagine pure durian meat (not those processed ones), encassed in a soft and light mousse, before finally wrapped in a think layer of glutinous-like skin...you do not need to have teeth to enjoy this!

I might not come back specially for the dim sum, but i be back to try the congee/noodles with their cooked food items, and definitely their osmanthus green tea jelly, which was sold out when i was there...

Dim Joy Restaurant
80 Neil Road
http://www.dimjoy.com/home.html

Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant

Crystal Jade? Tried. Din Tai Fung? Tried. Nanxiang Steamed Bun? Nope. Finally, i get a chance to try this Shanghai restaurant which is supposed to be popular for their xiao long baos and hand-pulled noodles. However, no xiao long bao this time, as we all weren't that hungry, so we tried their staple dishes instead.

Open concept kitchen

Sour veg

Shanghai wanton noodle soup - Generally not bad, but i still prefer the HK wantons with big prawns inside

Fried rice with braised duck drumstick - duck is a little tough, but sauce is nice to go with the fried rice

Fried rice with chicken cutlet

Zha Jiang noodles

Noodles with Braised pork ribs

Hot and sour Noodles

Didnt try the rest of the dishes, so couldnt comment. But i will definitely make another trip here to try their xiao long baos and shanghai desserts.

Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant

Bugis Junction, level 2

Jackie's Beer Garden

One of the various seafood cze char restaurants in Changi Village which dad was curious to try. It was pretty packed when we got there close to 7pm, which is probably a good sign.

lime juice and sugarcane juice (background)

排骨王

Steamed flower clams

Spinach in 3 eggs

Steamed fish (not sure what is the eng name of it)

Steamed flower crabs

BBQ chicken wings

Generally the food is ok for a cze char place, and seafood is fresh enough, which was why the majority of dishes are steamed. The tender pork ribs is already deboned, so it makes it much easier to eat. The clams goes much better with chilli or sambal. Spinach is not exactly up to standard, as it tends to be a little dry and tasteless without the sauce. Not exactly cheap though, paid around $111 for all of the above dishes.

Jackies Beer Garden

Block 3 Changi Village Road

Imperial Treasure Cantonese Restuarant

This is probably one of the newest branch of the Imperial Treasure group, and specialises in Cantonese cuisine, and of course, dim sum.

Char siew cheong fun

Scallop and spinach dumpling

Shrimp dumpling aka har gow

xiao long bao

you tiao cheong fun aka zhar leong

Phoenix claws aka chicken feet

Spare ribs in black bean sauce

siew mai

scallop cheong fun

baked egg tart

Deep fried Red bean ball with banana

Century egg and pork congee

Steamed custard bun

Deep fried Beancurd skin roll

Durian pudding

Overall, the standard of the dim sum here is pretty satisfactory....comparable to some restaurants in HK (of course not the high class ones lah!)...some items like the har gow (prawn not big & succulent enough), siew mai (too small, texture not as good), xiao long bao (too small, not much soup, skin abit sticky) are a little bit disappointing....and some like the custard bun (interesting salty-sweet taste), beancurd skin roll (not as oily as it looks), spinach and scallop dumpling (for people who do not like chives) and durian pudding (solid durian!) is worth 2nd orders. Service can definitely need more improvement though.

Prices are the average Chinese restaurant prices, ranging from $3+ to $10+ an item, UOB and Amex card members have 10% discount off total food bill. Best to call for reservations, as they have 3 specific seatings for lunch.

Imperial Treasure Cantonese Restaurant

Level 1 Crowne Plaza Hotel

Changi Airport T3