I ordered several dim sum dishes last Sunday and the siew mai meat smelled bad and didn't taste much. The century egg in the lean pork and century egg congee was smelly and I could eat it. The congee was more like watery rice soup and looked like they had forgotten to add the rice in. Worse porridge I've ever eaten.

The mango pudding was too sweet. Watch out ladies! Portions of food were small hence it's ideal for ladies on a diet. However, the quality of the dim sum did not match the price. (Twice the price of your usual dim sum place)

The best thing I ate was the har gow or prawn dumplings. The skin was tasty, not too thick and the dumpling was oozing with prawn juice.

The service was appalling. Not only did they forget about 3 dishes that we ordered, they had lied to us when we asked them if they had forgotten about our dishes. The waiter had re-ordered the dishes behind our back!

Never dining here again.

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We had a special 7 course set designed to give us a preview of the 10 CNY set menus that Yan Ting has this Snake year. Think of this as a best of dishes list. 

Yan Ting has switched the radish for snow pear to give their Yu Sheng its subtle sweetness. I like that the sauce is lot less sweet than the usual Yu Sheng because pomelo juice is added. Abalone and Salmon are also included in this dish.

Yan Ting's Pun Choy is the luxe version with abalone, dried scallops, dace fish, pork belly, fish maw, prawns, roasted duck and soya sauce chicken, layered on a bed of white radish and cabbage. This is no doubt one of my favorite dishes of the night. You could also take this away for reunion dinner at home. Each takeaway order receives a complimentary Salmon "Yu Sheng" with Fish Roe, and Fried Glutinous Rice with Preserved Meat, all stellar dishes. This is a great leftover dish because the flavors are more intense overnight and the ingredients more tender. Definitely my favorite leftover CNY dish. :)


More dishes in btn...

Till that point in the dinner, I had been sampling all the dishes in an effort not to overeat. But when the Wok Fried Glutinous rice with Wind Dried Sausages was served, i finished every single grain. The dish is very simple but it tastes like home, very heart (and tummy) warming. I guess i tasted the effort Chef put into bringing in the special wind dried Chinese sausages from Hong Kong.

Summarising the entire experience, YT makes pretty darn good classic dim sum dishes like the char siew sou, har gau, rice rolls and char siew baos. They also dish up several novel and interesting dishes like their salted egg yolk prawns (which are served atop a bed of egg whites in a filo pastry cup) and the sesame ball with malt balls chocolate.

However their prices tend to be a little steep for several dishes like their custard buns, xiao long bao and steamed cake with egg custard. The quality of these items did not justidy the hefty price tag. They also have a pretty limited range of steamed dim sums. 

On the overall there were more hits than misses, so it's definitely worth a visit. Do concentrate on the basics though cause the others might prove to be a disappointment.

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