Golden Peony at Conrad Centennial Singapore

"Golden Peony is an award-winning Cantonese restaurant that exudes a sophisticated charm through the use of teak screens and a porcelain display of Chinese mythology. Located on level 3 of the hotel, Golden Peony is a picture of charming elegance and serenity.


Offering a unique Cantonese cuisine, Golden Peony is famous for its extensive East-meets-West menus, delicately prepared by top Hong Kong chefs. Providing a dining experience like no other, the restaurant offers superbly crafted Cantonese dishes prepared from only the choicest ingredients, some of which are specially imported from diverse regions in China. Significantly, the Hong Kong dim sum specialities served at the restaurant are unusual and not commonly available in Singapore."


Think we went there for lunch in May this year. Service level and pricing is what you expect from a restaurant in a 5 star deluxe hotel - high. Food quality, taste and presentation definitely lived up to expectations. Dim sum preparation is definitely authentic Cantonese way and the ingredients were very fresh.

Marutama Ramen

Passed by Marutama Ramen at United Square, decided to pop in for a try. Was surprised by the menu, it is Ramen and nothing else. Ok, there was a special curry rice and a steamboat which is served only in the evening. But otherwise, it is just Ramen and side dishes. Even Ramen has basically 2 choices of soup base - chicken or chicken with 7 kinds of ground nuts mixture. Or, you can have a choice of spicy or non-spicy. That's about all the possible combination.

Ordered a Marutama Ramen (non-spicy) and a Nama Karashi Ramen (spicy) - one is spicy, one is not, other than that, both are exactly the same. A generous serving serving of noodles in a large bowl. Noodles are pretty springy but looks like instant noodles! haha. Served with vegetables and seaweed toppings plus a slice of char siew. The soup was quite tasty but the char siew was a little too salty for me.

Nama Karashi Ramen

The wait staff also recommended the Yaki Char Siew. OMG, it is a must-try. Nicely grilled roast pork, thinnly sliced, succulent and melts in the mouth.

Yaki Char Siu

The Dashimaki which is an omelette was also nicely done.

Dashimaki

Karaage

Overall food is good but a little pricey considering you pay $12 for a bowl of no-frill ramen.

KL Aug 2010 - U-Village Restaurant 又一村

After our event and all official commitment, we have half a day of free time to roam around a little. Andrew brought us to this little Hong Kong Cafe at Sungai Wang Plaza. He highly recommended this place . On arrival, realised I have been here with him before.

A typical Hong Kong cafe with almost all the regular noodles, dim sum, buns, toast and drinks. Price was reasonable. Was surprised we didn't have to wait for a table at around 12.30pm. But within 3 minutes of sitting at our table, there was a queue of almost 15-20 people waiting for tables.
 
 

Island Coffee

 
 

Char Siew and Roast Pork

We ordered a 双拼(double combination roasted item). The char siew was sweet, nicely roasted . Similar for the Roast pork, it was tender, soft to bite. My only gripe was the skin was not crispy enough. Probably the way they store/hang the roasted items, or not enough heating in their display area.
 
 
 

 
  The fried chicken wings were a little on the salty side. Tasted more like 虾酱鸡。
 

Shrimp Dumpling Noodles

 
The shrimp dumpling noodle  水饺面 was the main delight for me. The size of the 3 huge dumplings put a smile on my face and they were really succulent and tasty. The dried noodles were prepared the correct Cantonese/Hong Kong way with black sauce. Instead of char siew, there was a topping of minced meat. So it also felt like eating bak chor noodles with dumplings. ha
 
 
The rest of the guys ordered baked rice, pork ribs rice and peanut butter toast.
 
Great variety, tasty food and reasonable pricing. Definitely worth a return visit the next time I am back in KL.
 
 
U-Village Restaurant

LB, Sungai Wang Plaza,
Jln Sultan Ismail,
50250 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-2148 9686

Food Junction @ Great World City

This is one of the nicer foodcourt within a shopping centre. Nicely decorated, with funky tables and chairs. They even have a family corner which is more kids friendly, no playground though.

Apparently, some inbound agencies bring Japanese tourists to have their lunch here. The tour guides actually brought their guests on an orientation and gave some recommendation before leaving them to figure out what to eat. They have some sort of a pre-purchase coupon system for the tourists.

Char Siew Rice with braised egg

Fried Chicken Chop noodles

Bibimbap