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391 Orchard Road
#B2-36 Ngee Ann CitySingapore
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Telephone: 6238 1411
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Still a good family spot~ Came to realise Crystal Jade is still one of the safest bet for a family dinner, it can never go too wrong~ These dishes may be very familiar but I'll still run through some of them la:
Deep fried beancurd with pepper and salt ($6) - very delectable squares of fresh toufu coated in a cripsy batter with salt & pepper, served with the insides still soft and hot. Yum~~
Fried rice with dried canpoy and carb meat ($11.50) - tastes much better than it looks, with obvious crab meat pieces and plenty of wok hei.
Stew Chicken Claypot ($13.80) - thisis called San Bai Ji on the menu, and my favourite dish here :D Fragrant pieces of fresh chicken stired fried with onions and sitting in a deelish dark brown sauce. Quite a waste of the sauce if you dun have rice to mop it up though.
Deep fried garlic prawns ($18) - the pricest thing we had. Think cereal prawns but substitute the cereal for garlic. Nice initially but the rawness of the garlic gets to you after a while. Prawns were less fragrant than I thought as well, maybe I was distracted by the mountain of garlic on the plate.
Baby Kailan stir fried with garlic ($9.80) - Disappoiting especially for crystal jade standard. Although crunchy, the greens were absolutely tasteless :(
There were other stuff which was run of the mill like dumpling noodies and congee with preserved egg & meat. No ambience to speak of, because its afetrall a family place. Noisy family chatter with avergae service, but if you're like us seated right in a corner it can sometimes be hard to catch the staff's attention.
Oh, and their 'pickles' served when you are seated has been changed to endamame :D
The bill came to about $133 for the 7 of us, which was quite reasonable for the variety we had.
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Traumatizing Experience!
Whatever you do, do not order the Portuguese style Beef Brisket Noodle.
Despite the fact that the Portuguese style beef brisket noodle was a chef recommendation, it tasted like a expressway to a heart attack. Beef brisket served with a thick, coconut-based gravy and noodles deep-fried till crispy, there is nothing about this dish worth recommending, but yet it is labelled a Chef's Recommendation. It was a traumatic experience having to shove that dish down my throat. I finally gave up after finishing the meat and half the noodles.
To simply describe how I felt - I was beyond consolation. It was appalling that a brand like Crystal Jade even serves such a horrendous dish. Especially so when everyone else ordered something better tasting than mine. Now I know what horrible food is and what a torture it is to eat it.
Redeeming factors: fast efficient service, pleasant aunties and uncles as wait staff, cozy ambience and the other dishes.
Must Tries: Anything but the Portuguese style Beef Brisket Noodle
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Crystal Jade is my all time favourite! I visit Crystal Jade at least once fornightly....
I love the hongkong tea-time menu... (from 2:30 pm - 5:30pm) and each set cost around $6 which include a dan dan noodle and a drink... My favourite dish from the tea time menu is the French Toast Set! The bread soak in egg and fried! It smell so good! The thought of it makes me hungry!
Apart from the tea time menu, they also have their normal menu... or should I say the all day menu....
My favourite dish is the HUA DAN HOR FUN (Egg and Prawn Hor Fun). The prawn is crystal clear and it's very fresh and sweet!
Sometimes together with my girlfriend... we will juz order a bowl of soup plus sweet sour pork together with white rice... WONDERFUL!!!
I love their sweet sour pork! There's really the sour taste... alot of the sweet sour pork doesn't have the sour taste... mainly sweet only...
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