Imperial Treasure Nan Bei Restaurant (Takashimaya)

Yes, it's a definite must-try.

But each time you go there, your wallet goes bonkers!

I visited Imperial Treasure once last year when it was the hairy crab season.

I missed the starters as I was late and the first dish I had was Pig's Stomach Soup. It wasn't really the best of start to have such a heavy soup but it turned out that the soup was very mild but soothing for the thoart. The taste, the portion, the ingredients were in the right proportion... in short, PERFECT!

Next came the scallop in egg white. One look at it you will know it's good food. I have not tried the steam egg molemole mentioned, but the egg white looks exactly the same for this dish. It's super soft and super sweet! When you eat with the scallop, the soft sweet egg white mix together with the chewy scallop... HEAVENLY!

The third dish was fried bak kut. Which has similar taste to prawn paste chicken, just that it's pork that is being fried. What's special is the meat is still tender even though it's deep fried.

Finally is the hairy crab , I have heard many people saying about it. But it's nothing special, not because the way imperial treasure cook... generally i still prefer normal crabs. There isn't much meat inside a hairy crab and the paste (yellow) where everyone goes for is just so-so. Probably I can't appreciate hairy crab and I don't think it's worth $60 - 70 per piece. In fact, I prefer the ginger tea that comes after it to remove the coolness of the hairy crab. haha!

One thing to mention is the service provided by the waitress. It was dedicated and when we first did not order any desserts, she remembered and asked us several times to make sure she did not miss out on helping us to order. Excellent service!

At the end, when the bill came.... it's $530 for 6 people....