Mother decided on The Cathay Restaurant for her birthday lunch as she has never been there. The place was deceptively roomy despite the tiny entrance. There were posters of celebrities of the yesteryears to create the nostalgic mood. 
We ordered mainly dim sum dishes plus the fried rice with chicken and salted fish. The mini egg tarts were the first to arrive. So hmmm....dessert before mains. Nice! The egg tart was not too sweet or eggt and the crust were flakey with hint of butter.
2nd to arrive - bbq pork pastry. This was nice too, not too sweet or dry and the pastry was light.
The dishes started to arrive faster and these were some of the food we had. Didn't manage to take pictures of the others. I love the presentation of the rice rolls. It was served on a long narrow dish and they will slice them up into pieces. I like the xiao long baos too. Juicy inside. Pretty decent dim sum though only the pigs' trotters in vinegar wowed the family. I am not a big fan of it, as I felt the gravy/soup was too sticky thick for me. The rest loved it and lapped it up with steamed rice.What did we have?
xiao long bao, carrot cake, dumplings in sour spicy sauce, shrimp dumplings, bbq pork rice roll, shrimp rice roll, century egg and lean meat porridge, pork ribs, chicken claws, bbq pork bun, egg tarts, bbq pork pastry, beef stew with radish, fried rice with chicken and salted fish, prawns wrapped in beancurd sheet rolls, spring rolls, pigs' trotters with vinegar.
xiao long bao, carrot cake, dumplings in sour spicy sauce, shrimp dumplings, bbq pork rice roll, shrimp rice roll, century egg and lean meat porridge, pork ribs, chicken claws, bbq pork bun, egg tarts, bbq pork pastry, beef stew with radish, fried rice with chicken and salted fish, prawns wrapped in beancurd sheet rolls, spring rolls, pigs' trotters with vinegar.
Wow! It seemed like we ordered quite a fair bit for just 6 adults :p
Location:
Level 2, The Cathay
Tel: 6732 6623
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