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http://www.chubbybotakkoala.com/2013/04/yu-cuisine-creative-modern-dim-sum.html


Yu Cuisine is one of the elegant Chinese restaurant that grace Marina Bay Sands with its presence. The restaurant itself served Cantonese cuisine with modern innovations in its dishes and also presentation. We actually only come to know about this place from a friend of a friend that is not Singaporean. Although I have been to Marina Bay Sands for a few times, I always try to avoid this place whenever possible.
 
The decoration of Yu Cuisine is modern with aquatic theme. Considering they named the restaurant after the word fish in Chinese, it is not surprising that the decoration of the restaurant follow the same theme. Quite cool and impressive actually.
 
So how is the food? There were more than 10 adults, so we manage to order quite a few dishes. However, there are a few dishes that really catch our eyes, such as:
 
Queen Shumai, it is a combination of pork and prawn. For a twist, they left the tail of the prawn still intact. The pork is tender and juicy, while the prawn is fresh and springy.
 
Signature Golden Lava Custard Bun, the bun soft with egg golden colour. When you break the bun, the custard just ooze out from the bun inviting you to savour the excellent combination of salty sweetness of the fillings. Two thumbs up!!
 
Crispy aromatic duck. The whole duck was well-seasoned, the deep frying resulted in a crispy texture on the skin but still giving you meat that is very moist, tender and juicy. COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHEF FOR HIS EXCELLENT FRYING TECHNIQUE!
 
Stir fry beef with black pepper, the beef nicely coated with fragrant black pepper. It is tender, juicy and close to melting in your mouth.
 
A notable mention is the Dinosaur Rice Roll, named due to sheer gigantic size and audacious creativity. Fried dough (You Tiao) is filled with vegetables that are similar to popiah fillings, wrapping it around with cheong fun. It is then topped with pork floss, spring onion and drizzle with light soya sauce. A definite must-try dish!
 
If you need something to really fill your stomach, the fried rice or noodle here is quite good. Their fried rice with seafood and XO sauce, have a good wok hei. Each grain of the rice firm and loose, and the XO sauce has that kick that really open up your appetite. Their dan dan noodle have thin, loose, springy texture which nicely absorb the broth.


Service here is excellent. The staff is friendly and efficient. They top up you tea and clear the plates when they needed to. If you need something, you can easily get their attention.
 
Overall, we have a good experience dining in Yu Cuisine. The price of the food here is targeted towards the patrons of MBS, so expect to pay a little bit more then the Five Star Chinese Restaurant. We will not purposely make a trip there to dine, however we won't mind stopping by in Yu Cuisine if we are at MBS one of this day. Cheers!!! 

I have always walked past this blue restaurant but never had a chance to enter.   I like the idea that they changed their dimsum menu every season. Even though some may find the choices rather limited, but well there is still the ala carte lunch/dinner menu which has many tempting offerings. For details : http://dairycream.blogspot.sg/2012/10/yu-cuisine.html
 
Must Try-Signature chilli crab tart.

Don't be deceive by the looks. The spicy warm sg chilli crab filling just flows once you take a bite. The tart shell is crispy but not oily and there is no trace of any sogginess.

Trio Eggs Rabbit dumpling
A savoury dish filled with century egg and some mixed vegetables. The skin is too thick so even though it may be cute looking but this is not worth ordering.

Steam spare ribs and glass noodle basket.

Traditional chicken feet in BBQ sauce.

Shredded roast duck sesame pastry
A dark horse of the day.

Spicy duck meat filling with crispy Chinese pastry skin. The skin has many layers but not oily. A good alternative to our usual char siew puff or char siew bao( they are on the menu too)

Mango with prawns black sesame roll
Crispy deep fried prawn drizzled with some green mayonnaise that is definitely not wasabi mayo.

Dinosaur rice roll that is drizzled with some special sauce with spring onions

As highly recommended by other bloggers, this one is indeed another star by its huge dinosaur size. Good value for $$.The interior consists of deep fried fritter and turnips. Do not shy away from ordering this even though it is deep fried as they are not greasy at all. The diff textures of this dish paired with the sauce makes it taste heavenly.

Actually, I was really impressed by the bold, non conventional and modern decor of this restuarant, featuring sliver plush chairs, crystals lining the dark granite walls which contrasts so well the the bright blue sections of the wall.  I do expect the food and service to be on par with the standard of the ambience.  However, things fall short a bit of my expectations (I kind of expected that this may be the case when I realized that the restaurant does not serve Shou Mei tea, my personal litmus test for the standard of a Chinese restaurant).  Food wise, the dishes like roasted pork, char siew and mee sua are quite good but other dishes like cod fish with beehoon (has a fishy smell), sea cucumber with abalone mushroom (I could not finish the abalone mushroom since it was so tough and tasteless) and roasted chicken are mediocre.  Maybe I had been spoiled by the wonderful, creative dishes in set menu of Summer Palace and Li Bai, that I find it unacceptable that very generic roast chicken (which was too salty) was included in the set menu of a restaurant of such calibre.  The ingredients used are fresh but the dishes were quite boring without any twist or specialty, thus giving me no motivation to want to go there just to enjoy them again.  Savory dishes aside, the desserts here are actually quite good.  The custard buns were filled to the brim with salted egg custard goodness and the aloe vera with coconut is very refreshing and fragrant (though could do better by cutting the jelly into smaller pieces).  How I wish the chef can be more creative with the main dishes as he had with the desserts.  Service wise, is quite okay, no major hiccups and professional, but lacking in a certain warmth and passion for service.  I'll recommend this restaurant for gatherings (for those who don't frequent Chinese restaurants), since the standard is still there, and should be good enough to impress most people.  But for personal indulgence, maybe not, unless I'm going for the desserts only.