After shifting to my new house, I’ve yet to explore the food areas in the North.
My parents and sister had the privileged of going to Peach Garden at Thomson Plaza for several times before they actually took me there this weekend. They all said that the food was pretty good so I'm quite excited to try it. We went there for a quick dim sum lunch because I had work to do.
The place is packed with the dim sum family-goers( you know how Singaporean families enjoy going for dim sum on a weekend). You wouldn’t be able to get a table without a reservation.
I do think that the dim sum here is not bad; they have a few interesting dishes. Though in some instances, they do err in certain dishes- like the har gau and char siew bao. Har gau is one of my favourite dim sum dishes; I just have to order it everytime I eat dim sum. The one at Peach Garden disappointed me because the “skin” was a tad too dry and the prawn slipped out of its skin the moment I picked it up with my chopsticks.
Even though I’m no char siew bao expert, the one here wasn’t that fantastic. My sis and I still think that the ones from East Ocean are the best. =)
Crispy prawn with sesame on toast
One of the better dim sums they have here is the crispy prawn on a deep fried toast. The prawn was rather big and it had sesame on it which made it more fragrant. The toast was really crunchy and it didn’t feel too sinful for me.
Deep fried yam puff
Another good dim sum dish is the deep fried yam puff. This one was particularly good because the puff around the yam was so crispy, light and soft. It makes the yam puff melts in your mouth the moment it touches your tongue.
The desserts here are rather unique- or rather they make a twist to an old favourite. My dad recommended us to try two of the desserts: the black glutinous rice served in coconut with vanilla ice cream, and sago like dessert with mango and pomelo bits, though it felt a little like a “deconstructed mango pudding”. Anyway, I wasn’t bought over by these two desserts.
The former had coconut milk which I particularly detest, plus, I am not a big fan of the tasteless black glutinous rice. The latter was disappointing as well but it reminded me of my favourite childhood dessert, mango pudding- something that I’ve not eaten in a long, long time.
After this meal, I realized that I’m not a big fan of dim sum because it makes you feel so full during the meal but you get hungry real fast too. I would be eating a lot more after I eat dim sum which shouldn’t be the case, don’t you think?
