Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Imperial Herbal Restaurant @ Vivocity

This is a super early Chinese New Year dinner at Imperial Herbal Restaurant in Vivocity. It used to be at the Metropole Hotel but has since moved to Vivo.

Menu of the 9 course dinner



The food was pretty good, not really fantastic. Or at least not really my cup of tea. I didn't take pictures of all the food, but the important ones are there.

The first Yu-Sheng of the year. Fresh vegetables, crunchy. It was fun to watch them toss the veggies and mix the sauces and fish slices. The mixed platter - I have no idea what was the crispy thing but it tasted good. Lol. The spring roll was not the usual turnips, I think they stuffed it with yam or something. The prawn was huge but a bit overcooked.

The fish was a bit tough too. The surprise was the duck. It was crispy and nicely done. I like it, and I am a non-duck lover. The other dessert - Candied Yam/Sweet potatoes - was fun. The pieces were warm and sticky with molasses. So you had to "pluck" the pieces out immediately and dunked them in iced water, else all of them will stick together. See the clear strands of sugar in the picture. That was nice.

Not into the veggie dish and soup noodles. The other stuff were quite ok.

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