The main reason why I chose this place to have a family lunch was its PEKING DUCK,a real must try.

Other dishes on the top of my list are;

Coffee pork ribs - the smell is the first thing that hits you but when it comes down to the actual eating, you dont really taste the coffee that much so its abit like honey glazed pork ribs with a tinge of coffee. Worth trying if you want something different.

Wasabi prawns - huge and very fresh prawns swimming in wasabi mayo. The only downside is that its not actually 'hot' at all; was hoping for the wasabi to hit me but it never happened so its more mayo than wasabi. Great for those who cannot take normal wasabi.

Deer meat with bittergourd - my mom's favourite and we all know mom knows best. The meat is really tender but i stayed away from the bittergourd as im not a fan of vegetables but the adults generally liked it.

Black pepper beef (chunks) - it was so so only. Abit on the salty side and it took somw chewing to get the dish down. So i be choosing the deer meat over this next time.

Other dishes i tried was the claypot tofu with seafood & the fried noodles with whats left of our duck meat & the usual dimsum lunch.

Would def be going there again for another family lunch/dinner next year. There's also a Japanese restaurant in the same building which I would check out real soon.

Second visit to Asia Grand on 23rd Nov. Brought my Mum along to try their Dim Sum.

We tried something extras that day with the usual suspect :-

1. Pork Trotter with Black Vinegar SGD 7.00 [rate 4 out of 5]

Powerful gravy. Traditional Hakka dish. Being a pure Hakka plus a good cook herself, Mother commented their 猪脚醋is good! The dish appears to be only available for weekend lunch.

2. XO sauce with Carrot Cake SGD 7.00 [rate 2 out 5]

This is an expensive and disastrous dish. Its your typical hawker fare, Fried Carrot Cake. Fried together with bean sprout and egg, we cannot taste the XO sauce. Plus, the carrot cake is mushy. It is quite a turn-off dish.

3. Stir Fry Spinach with Garlic [2.5 out of 5] SGD 12.00

This slightly pricey vege was ordinary.

4. Cha Siew Bao SGD 3.50 for 3 [rate 3 out of 5]

The bun is soft and filling is moist and full.

Service is good as usual. Prompt clearing of side plates.

Wanted Dim Sum and a posh place to pamper ourselves but we were not in our best weekend clothes. Hb was hesitated to go in our "beach wear" So we decided to try our luck. Luckily they did not turn us away.

They have a fairly wide range of dim sum available. I have initially ordered 14 different items for two of us. The waitress told us it can too much for us. Ok so we amend the items to the following :-

1. Shrimp Rice Roll - SGD 4.50
Prawns are fresh and the soya is not overly salty. - rate 3.5 out of 5

2. Shrimp Dumpling - SGD 4.50 for 4
Big prawns in translucent skin. Crunchy, piping hot - rate 4 out of 5

3. Pork Dumpling - SGD 4.50 for 4
Roughly chopped pieces of pork, mushroom and prawns filed this piping hot dim sum. Each dumpling is BIG but after having two you thought of asking for more - rate 4 out of 5

4.Fried Cod Fish Cod - SGD 4.50 for 6 pcs
Suppose to be cod fish in beancurd sheet and rice paper but we couldnt find any fleshes. The beancurd sheet was deep fried till crispy and it was wrapped around a rice paper. Surprisingly the beancurd sking remained crispy. - rate 3.5 out of 5

5. Beefball with Seasonal Vege - SGD 3.50 for 3 balls
Minced beef meat with chinese parsley and chestnut. This is the first we came across this dim sum, we tried and concluded that it was not bad but if the balls are made much smaller, maybe it will be better. - rate 3 out of 5

6. Chicken Feet - SGD 3.50
Quite a lot of pieces of chicken feet at this price. Too much garlic for my liking and i find the chicken feet is not marinated enough? - rate 3 out of 5

7. Pork Rib with Black Bean
Another dish with too much garlic. - rate out of 5

8. Pork Belly with Preserved Vegetables Bun - SGD 3.50 for 2
The buns were lightly fried and has a not of filling mostly with fats, will prefer to more lean meat and preserved vege. But it is quite savourly. - rate 3.5 out of 5

9. Egg tarts - SGD 3.50 for 3
Crispy pastries.- rate 3.5 out of 5

10. Shrimp Beancurd Sheet SGD 4.50
This is an average dish.

Ambience is good with classic chinese restaurant setting. Waitress and prompt to clear your plates and empty dishes.

Overall I think this is a good place for Dim Sum with reasonable value.

To start of, I'm not a great fan of Chinese food. I thought they taste almost the same everywhere,with not much novelty. My mum can cook as well leh! But Asia Grand is one of the few that I think scores well in service, food and presentation.

My fav is their "Double Boiled Whole Winter Melon Soup" with ingredients like winter melon ( obviously), prawn, scallops, vege etc. The soup was superb sweet lor and the melon would just melted in your mouth! The melon was so big that we could each have 3-4 bowls. Yum Yum!!

One thing to complement was their service => Thumbs up!! The staff would refill the soup for us almost immediately, and also helped us to scrap the melon. One of them was humorous too. He actually told us dun waste food, kept asking us to refill which was unlike other places, who tried to clear your plates even before you finished your food.

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Went to Asia Grand Restaurant Nth time and the food had never fails my expectations to date.

Last Sat (23rd Aug), we went to grab a quick dinner there before heading to the fireworks festival.

We were promptly brought to nice cosy coridoor with 3 tables (back to back) away from the main dining hall. The main dining hall ambience is more like a typical Chinese restaurant (full of vibrance and chatter), while the VIP rooms and where we seated were away from most of the action.

As there's only 2 of us, we ordered their Peiking duck (which is always on offer). The price had increased slightly from $28 to $30 per whole duck. With a top up of $10, they stir fry the duck meat with Ee-fu mee.

We also ordered two soup - Winter Melon with Seafood ($8 per pax) and Thick Beancurd Seafood Soup.


Food was served promptly. The skin of the duck was crispy, fragrant and not soaked with oil. The winter melon soup that I'd was full of seafood ingredients and was fantastic. The only slight dissappointment this time round is that the ee-fu mee is a bit dry compared to the past ones we'd tried.


Service was good, and our requests were all met (e.g wrapping the Peiking duck skin w/o the spring onion and celery, frying the mee w/o any veggies).


In an hour's time we finished our meal and left the restaurant feeling satisfied.