Crystal Jade Dining Place (IMM Building)

Ok it must be weird for a regular dim sum eater to review dim sum.

Went to Crystal Jade Dining Place (翡翠饭店) at IMM today. It looks a bit higher class than the normal Crystal Jade Kitchen, with huge fish tanks at the entrance and nice decor. Service was a bit weird, took them 15 minutes before the food was delivered. Ok we ordered puer tea (普洱), but instead they gave us a pot of shoumei (寿眉). Chinese tea drinkers should know their difference.

Decided to try something new, so we had a coconut black chicken soup (椰青竹丝鸡炖三宝, $9.80). The taste of black chicken and the sweet coconut juice together with Chinese herbs is fantastic combination. Quite nourishing for the lungs too.

The 虾饺 ($4.20) and 烧卖 ($4) are quite up to standard. You could taste the sweetness in the prawn, proving that they aren't the deep-frozen dead-for-a-week type.

Ah ha, the 小笼包 ($5) is a bit disappointing. There was no soup inside the xiaolongbao itself, really dry! But the sweet minced meat covered some of the lost ground.

The 咸水角 ($3) wasn't simple. After leaving aside for close to half an hour, its skin was still crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.

Then last but not least, 珍珠瑶柱糯米鸡 ($4.20). The glutinous rice wasn't too dry, and the mixture of dried scallop and mushroom was just nice.

By the way, I just have to comment on their peanuts. It's not ordinary peanuts, I suspect they soak them in cinnamon.

Oh we waited quite a while for the bill too, after seeing the cashier idling and we asking the captain. *shrug*