Tim Ho Wan
#01-29A, Plaza Singapura, 68 Orchard Road
62512000
Daily: 10:00 – 22:00
If you hear someone telling you that the best roast duck can be found in London instead of Hong Kong, remember that they are not kidding. I was skeptical at first, despite the non-stop raves of a roast duck loving sister who has the fortune of traveling frequently. I bite my words with hopefully a fresh piece of roast duck. I was sold on my first mouthful.
It’s funny how just across the road from a bustling 313@somerset sits a pretty quiet Triple One Somerset. I don’t understand why people have not really discovered it as a dinner location, since there are lots of choices over there like Applebee’s, Sanomaru Sapporo Ramen, Bilbao Spanish restaurant, Black cafe, Italiannies, Imperial Treasure Steamboat and a nicely open and spacious Imperial Treasure Hong Kong Cafe. This place kind of dispels the all-hk-cafes-will-be-noisy-crowded-and-cramped image!
Crystal Jade (CJ) probably needs little introduction, our home grown chain of restaurants that has both upmarket and mid range Chinese eateries as well as specialty outlets such as Crystal Jade Korean ginseng chicken (which I personally like a lot for their ginseng chicken soup) as well as La Mian Xiao Long Bao. I used to like CJ a lot for their congee, noodles and dim sum, but that was probably 4 years ago. Before their menu shrank and Imperial Treasure caught up and over took them in terms of service and food. Nonetheless, it’s still a fairly consistent restaurant and more convenient due to more outlets. Their ongoing double deal promo interested us so we settled for dinner there one night.