Overwhelmed with all the crazy FYP poster, thesis, projects, presentations, essay and whatnots, I decided that I shall self-declare a short break and have a random class outing with the six11peeps. Six11, a.k.a. 6/11, is my primary six class and it has been my favourite class since then. Most of us are still in contact and a group of us are particularly close. Loves my class :)
Coming back to the food, an immense craving for dimsum got me searching on the web for good dimsum places in Singapore and I got led to this restaurant without much hestitation - it was in town, seems atas, very good food reviews, reasonably priced and the main attraction: they have good salted egg custard buns there!
.Royal China at Raffles Hotel.
.Steamed minced pork dumpling with wolfberry. $4.80.
The idea of an addition of a wolfberry is new and it gives that tinge of refreshing sweet taste when combined with the minced meat.
.Royal China Specialty Pork Bun. $4.80.
This is only available on Sundays and PH. The glazed yellow surface of the bun looks tempting at first sight but perhaps it was already cold when I finally got to eat it, it tasted a little average. If you are gonna order this, eat while its warm!
.Interior of the bun with its charsiew.
.Steamed glutinous rice in lotus leaf. $4.80.
This dish bursts with the fragrance of the chicken and the lotus leaf.
.Steamed prawn dumpling. $4.80.
Arguably one of the best that I have tasted honestly. The translucent skin of the har kau inconspicuously reveals the fresh prawns wrapped in it. The skin was of the right consistency and thickness while the prawns were sweet with freshness. Yums!
.Salted egg yolk and mango custard bun. $4.00.
The main character of my dimsum visit to Royal China.
.Interior of the custard bun.
The bright yellow contents ooze out of the bun as soon as you open the bun up. Overflowing with the fragrance of salted egg yolk, the mango (though not very distinct) adds a tinge of sweetness to the already flavourful bun. Custard buns never fails to get me indulging in them.
.Royal China Special Cheong Fun. $4.80.
Worth it for three huge rolls of cheongfun. Basically the "special" part was just that they combined three types of cheongfun: prawn, scallop and charsiew. Nevertheless prawn cheongfun was still the best out of the three. We ordered another two plates of prawn cheongfun after that.
.Baked egg custard tartlet. $3.60.
Considering that you can buy a normal sized egg tart with $1.20, this price of this little tart seems a little steep with its average standard.
.Pan-fried bean curd skin roll with minced prawn. $4.80.
The thin and crispy beancurd skin was a good choice of wrapping for the sweet prawn with the shreds of vegetables that combine synergistically to give it that flavourful bite. The portion is small but the taste makes it worth a try.
.Steamed prawn and chives dumpling. $4.00.
This dimsum was all eaten before I could lay my chopsticks on it. I guess it should be quite tasty? :)
.Steamed layered cake with salted egg yolk. $4.00.
Honestly, I still prefer my custard bun. The original fragrance of the salted egg yolk was not brought out to its optimum and the texture of the cake was just average in my opinion.
.Steamed chicken claws in spicy sauce. $3.60.
I am not a fan of spicy food, didn't get to taste this dish. Looks good though.
.Deep fried prawn dumplings served with mayonaise. $4.80.
The only thing exceptionally good about this dimsum was the freshness of the prawns, fried food kind of taste the same to me altogether.
.Freshly roasted suckling pig. $14.
This dish was small and yet critical to the overall high rating of our trip to this restaurant. We were almost done with our meal when the waitress came over to our table asking if we would like to have this as an additional dish. All of us were fine with it and yes, we all loved it. The sound of the biting of the suckling pig skin resonated in your mouth with every bite and the sweet and sour taste of the dipping sauce was to perfection. We cleared the dish in less than 5 minutes.
.Complimentary small gift from the restaurant.
.The six11 peeps who came: (from left) Jelvin, Edwin, Wen Hui, Jian Zhi, Rachel, me, Yi Lang.
The bill came up to approximately $18 per pax with all of us filled but not overly stuffed. We enjoyed the ambience and the hearteningly prompt service. If you intend to visit the place, it's recommended that you make a reservation before hand as this restaurant is quite popular, especially for their dimsum.
03-09 Raffles Hotel Arcade, Raffles Hotel
1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673
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