Hi-Tea

Today is Family Day.
Had wanted to have Dim Sum @ Imperial Treasure
but it was full house up till 2pm.
Blame it on my forgetfulness. *hits head*
I should have made reservations the day before.

So I decided to go to the usual place, Crystal Jade, to eat instead.
However, my mum suggested to go to a place called 'Tang Garden'
Apparently she saw it in today's papers.
The advertisement for the new place called 'The Village' near Jurong Birdpark.

So here we are.

'Feng Zhua' & siew mai. Very average taste, or maybe a little below average.

Mango pancakes. As you can see it's just whipped cream and mango slices wrapped in some kind of crepe. Tastes okay.

Pan-fried water chestnut cakes.

A deviation from the usual steamed version, which I personally prefer the latter more.

It's sticky & sweet, and a little too oily.

Char siew cheong.

It's just so-so to me, though my brother says it's nice.
The 'cheong' is too thick and not consistent enough, which makes it rather hard to bite.
The char siew inside is rather chunky and dry, and it lacks the punch.

I like mine to be more 'wet' (Now, please be mature)

Crispy chicken.

This is my favourite dish today.

Its very soft and tender, the skin is extremely crispy as the name suggests.

Xiao long bao (soup dumplings)

The skin is very hard, and it requires much effort to 'break' it.

The broth inside is rather watery, I like it to be 'richer'.

Didn't really expect much from this place, so the disappointment was not so great.

K, the har gaos earned the 'Worst dish award' here.

The skin is impossibly thick and hard, I think I spent quite a few mins trying to bite it off.

And I spat it out after finally succeeding.

Hard and tasteless skin.

However, the prawns inside are generously served.

Big and chunky prawns with garlic pieces in them.

This is the first time I ate har gao w/o skin.

Some small-scaled magic show and my brother went up.

he is so adorable.

k, what is that pose for?

cute rabbit lady which looks like miffy, my last time favourite cartoon character.

Went to Causeway to shop for grocery shopping while my family bought their New year clothes.

Stocked up the tidbits at home :D

That's all for today.

I'm famished, zi char will be my dinner tonight.

Bye.