Wednesday, February 25, 2004
24 Feb 2004
Tue 24 Feb
Going to talk abt food (again!)...
afternoon, went with a few colleagues to Crystal Jade Restaurant in Toa Payoh for lunch as boss coming back from her leave tomorrow. Hence grabbed the last chance for a longer lunch break. (we ate at canteens nearby for the past few days)
Though Crystal Jade is a Chinese restaurant, the interiors of the Toa payoh branch reminds me of Japanese homes.
Service: Depending on which waiter/ waitress serving you. We were served by more than 4 different people through out the meal. The first 3 were satisfactory, the last waitress was very attentive. She noticed that my colleague was drinking her medicine at the end of the meal, and as we were drinking Chinese Tea, she asked my colleague if she need a glass of plain water.
We also didn't expect that the Chinese tea we ordered is free flow as it is only $0.80 per cup ( the soft drinks are $1.50 and not free-flow)
and the waitress kept on refilling them everytime it is half-empty
Food: We ate dumpling noodles,pork rib noodles, steam xiao long bao and a few dishes of dim sum. Servings were rather small . We felt that that the dim sum at Geylang are of better value as the prices there are cheaper and their fried dumplings are much tastier.
But Crystal Jade has nice desserts. The durian pudding which I ate, although cost $4 for a small cup, is really value for money. Cos often, the puddings served in restaurants are "artificial durian pudding" which has a jelly-like texture. Here, you can see large pieces the durian flesh in the pudding, and it's texture is like durian mousse . My colleague had a bowl of Herbal Jelly and had no complains abt it.
By the way, Yummy Guide (a food guide published by SPH Magazines in collaboration with Channel U) is out on the shelves. Am contemplating to buy this $2 food guide...
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