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Telephone: (65) 6221-3822
Website: http://www.dadong.biz/
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Restaurants » Chinese (Traditional)
"The birth of Da Dong Restaurant in 1928 illuminated Chinatown. It was fondly etched in people’s hearts for its distinguished reception, congenial services: not forgetting their delectable and exquisite traditional Cantonese fare. "
Business Hour:
Mon to Fri 11:00AM to 10:45PM
Sat,Sun and Public Holiday 9:00AM to 10:45PM
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Fatty Weng famous delicious soon hock recipe just didn't taste the same here in da dong compared to the old restaurant at Guillemard.
The once upon a time famous, mouth watering dishes at the old Fatty Weng, Badminton hall at Guillemard road seem to be a thing of the past.
Da dong famous well known signature dishes also cannot be compared to the old shop when the old chef 'ah fei' was still around. Lost recipe... totally different taste now.
Perhaps merging the 2 restaurants makes all the famous memorable mouth watering dishes taste just different.
The expensive bill, the lost recipe, especially for me who is looking for the old taste, really make me stay away.
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Da Dong is a traditional Cantonese Restaurant suitably situated in the heart of Chinatown. A part of the Fatty Weng group, this restaurant has been operating for many decades.
There was some attempt to design the place like a old teahouse but I do think it looks like they are on a tight budget. They also tried to maximize seating space by having the tables quite close to each other. Occasionally when you stand your seat might just bump into the guy behind you which was quite irritating at times.
Food we ordered:
Raw Fish Salad extra fish ($28)
Quite obviously this is a seasonal dish – the Yu Sheng. It wasn’t very special, tasted the same, though it wasn’t overly sweet which was good. The staff said all the well wishes while preparing the dish which was a nice gesture. The additional plate of fish was quite pathetic (in terms of quantity).
Soon Hock Fish ($42 – seasonal)
According to my dad, the fish-lover, it’s about 600g which is pretty small but reasonable for 5 people who have other dishes also. It was fried so I couldn’t really tell the freshness. The sauce it was doused in was regular. Nothing special and doesn’t quite justify the price.
Salad Prawns ($20 – s)
There were only a few. It was quite nice but there was too much mayo on some which made it disgustingly sweet.
Peking Duck ($33)
It was very small. They cut it up in front of us and served us the skin wrapped in the Popiah skin. There were only 7 pieces of those and there weren’t very big. The plate of duck meat that came after that was quite substantial tough.
Har Gao – Prawn dumpling ($2.50)
The skin was a little too thick and dry. The prawn was quite fresh though. Reasonably good I guess.
Chicken feet ($3.20)
I didn’t taste this dish so I can’t say for sure. But my mom enjoyed it very much.
Including Chinese tea, rice, peanuts and towels, the total came up to $165 for the 5 of us. I think it was a tad ex, considering we didn’t eat much at all.
Unless necessary I don’t think I will be back at all.
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