It was pretty interesting to see the menu printed out on the table.
Loved the teacup and chopstick holder
Tomatoes with wasabi sesame sauce. Nice, but very miserable for 6 people!
Next course: spare ribs with tangerine peel - again, this was for 6 people! We had like, 3 to 4 eraser-sized ribs each. When you consider that most of the piece consists of bone, it's a hard thing to swallow.
Fortunately the third course was a huge bowl of noodles- basil prawns in a spicy wine broth. Now this was REALLY yummy - I licked up every drop. The noodles had a really nice texture - soft but not falling apart, similar to mee sua but slighty firmer.
Only two prawns per bowl : (
Dessert - one half pear per person. Fortunately the noodles filled us up, so this was a nice ending to the meal.
Verdict: Good food - very yummy in fact - but go only if you're feeling rich and not too hungry.
My mum just had her retirement lunch there and she said the portions were TINY! The guys didn't have enough to eat and had to go to Tanjong Pagar to buy more food. The serving size was really rather sad and stingy. Which is a pity because the food was good but people are going to swear off revisiting it if they don't get to eat their fill.
ReplyDeleteYeah! Really exhorbitant for the quantity, or lack of. Seriously, if The Line charges $40-odd for a full buffet, then Xi Yan is really ripping people off considering they're not exactly serving beluga caviar or truffles.
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