Paradise Pavilion

A greedy university friend decided to get the whole group together to try the peking duck at Paradise Pavilion, upon hearing that they had basically got the Quanjude chefs+recipe+oven lock stock and barrel over to Singapore. This was the same guy who got me to tar pau Da Dong peking duck from Beijing, and who had to rescue his peking duck in the toaster after his domestic helper took the initiative to steam it.

The har kau was good - solid firm prawns, and very tasty.

The roast pork platter consisting of char siew, suckling pig and siew yok.

The siew yok was the most outstanding, although the rest were pretty good too

This was to die for - great with the mustard

Some prawn/fish dim sum dish. I didn't do the ordering so had no idea what it was.

I think this was 水晶包.

Ooh the cheong fun was good, I remember. Soft and supple.

I didn't try the pies.

I can't recall how these tasted, but they must have been all right.

Bolo buns. Can't really remember how they tasted (yup the meal was that long ago).

This was good - some shrimp stuffing wrapped with long noodley strands - I had no idea what this was called.

And finally, the duck arrived. First, the skin - best dipped in sugar.

We pretty much had the full array of condiments on our plates.

The lean meat + skin

About to be wrapped

Slightly more fatty meat

For dessert, there was 莲蓉包.

My verdict on the duck is that it's probably the best peking duck I've had in Singapore. Definitely worth a repeat visit - after getting the 13th month or performance bonus.

Paradise Pavilion 乐天阁

#02-01 Marina Bay Financial Centre Ground Plaza

8A Marina Boulevard

Tel: +65 6509 9308

Website: www.paradisegroup.com.sg

Lunch: 11:30am - 3:00pm (Mon - Fri) / 11:00am - 3:30pm (Sat/Sun/PH)

Dinner: 6:00pm - 11:00pm (Daily)