Ding Tai Fung here has a long queue during lunch and dinner times. It seems like the food there is really good, plus all the things that you've heard about Ding Tai Fung, you'd be tempted to go and try the food. Likewise, I was tempted too.
I've been to Ding Tai Fung quite a few times already. I feel that this place is more of a place to go during tea time than for a proper meal, although they do have things like fried rice or noodles. But I would strongly recommend their buns instead, such as the sesame paste and red bean buns. I've not tried their crystal bun, but from what I see, the crystal bun there seems to be better than other place's as it is not too thick but yet it is able to contain the fillings in it well. Of course I won't talk about how it tastes, but from what I see, it is important that crystal buns should have a strong layer of skin so that it does not break easily.
I feel that their Fried Rice is nothing special. In addition, it is really oily (along with quite a few other dishes like their vegetables). Having fried rice anywhere else could be the same..
Apart from the buns, I don't think there's anything special about the place.
I used to think that along East Coast Road near Katong Mall has only restaurants or some other shops that people won't go to unless they have a reason. While waiting for a friend, I was just walking around and saw this shop.
It's a little shop that displays many little accessories such as bracelets, necklaces and earrings. The materials they use consist of sterling silver, semi-precious stones, crystal beads as well as fused art glass (or something like that).
There's a wide variety of choice, with almost every item coming in different colours. Take your time walking, I'm sure anyone would definitely find something to your liking. Furthermore, the things there are of reasonable price! That's what I was quite surprised but really glad about. I would have thought that they'd sell those dangling earrings at an exorbitant price of average $20, but it was around $15. If you look at their designs, it's actually quite a reasonable price.
It's a great place to go gift-shopping for your girlfriends too!
Also, if you're interested in learning how to do your own jewellery or making fused art glass, they actually have lessons conducted there too! Materials all provided. Or if you're looking for materials to make your own accessories, they have it there too!
The attractive exterior design of this restaurant attracted me to give it a try. It was their peak period with quite a large crowd. We were lucky to have a table for two without having to wait even there is a long queue at the door.
After deciding what to order, I looked and waved around hoping to catch the attention of one of the waitresses. But it took a long time before they attend to us. Can't really blame them right, it's the peak hour. Nonetheless, I couldn't wait for my food to be served as the food from neighbouring tables looked really good!
After taking our orders, it was only quite some time later did I realize that my food was taking awfully long to come. Even customers that came later than us had their drinks served already. So I called for the waitress to hurry them. The moment I did so, all my dishes came!
I was quite unhappy with the fact that they almost forgot our order. I understand that it was the peak hour, but if they could remember other people's order, why not mine?
After waiting for so long, I thought "OK! Time to eat!!" But to my disappointment, the food wasn't that good. The famous Peranakan Ayam Bua Kuluak had a distinct sour flavour which covered the original taste of the chicken; the Beef rendang was full of fats and there was virtually only half a pot of meet.
So much for all the "suspension" in there, I don't think I'll go back there again..
This shop sells little pastries/ cake/ chocolate. I don’t know what’s it called but yea, it’s somewhere there. What makes this shop stand out from others is their miniature dessert pieces that are bite size, and extremely creatively designed! One look and you know how much effort has been put in to making the desserts, and it’s “disturbing” to look at those pretty little things and not bear to eat it.. I really compliment them for their creativity.
But it’s quite a different thing after you put it into your mouth. They have very unique-flavoured desserts but I think it’s a little too bold. The over-emphasis on the little nuts in one of their chocolate totally covers the taste of the chocolate itself. Also, the chestnut embedded in the chocolate added to the "unusual" taste of the chocolate. The combination of coconut-based cream between sweet biscuit layers for another of their dessert also has quite a weird taste which kind of caught me of guard.
They do have some chocolates that are quite good though. Coffee or cheese flavoured chocolates. I think the chocolates there are worth a try.
I must say, initially, I had quite a good impression on their desserts, but I think it looks better than it tastes. I guess it’s up to you to decide if it’s “disturbing” or “delightful”.
Lastly, a note to those who intend to buy but are not going home immediately: Do ensure that you or the receiver has access to a fridge or the desserts would melt very quickly (probably because for some items, it’s cream in it and not chocolate. I guess creams tend to melt faster?) and end up looking quite bad.
(or at least mine could not wait till I got home about 40 min later.. :s)
This shop is located at quite a large white building just beside Katong Mall. The interior of the shop gives a very old school feeling with pictures of people from the 70s or so. I didn’t think the environment suited the “hong kong” style very much, you know the kind where they have those couches and stools around round tables. Ok obviously I’ve watched too much tv. Nonetheless, it was not too bad a place. Plain and simple.
Initially, I thought that this place had quite poor service as the staffs seemed quite unfriendly and had this whole I-can’t-care-less attitude. But I changed my opinion about them after an incident.
I ordered a sour plum drink. From the picture on the menu, I thought it would purely be sour plum with soda water or non-carbonated water. However, when the drink was served, I was shocked that it had this herbal medicine taste in it and didn’t like the drink at all. I called for the waitress to clarify with her if they made any mistakes in my order or if I made a mistake myself, and surprisingly, when the waitress heard that I didn’t like my drink, she offered to change the drink for me without hesitation. Such service is something you don’t see in most places in Singapore, especially when the reason for a change was because I didn’t like the drink.
I also tried their Mapo tofu. It was both spicy and sweet, but I really liked it as the taste doesn’t clash and the tofu was not too soft. It was easy to pick up and it had a very soft texture in your mouth that stayed there for awhile, and not melt before you even get to taste it. It did not have a very strong taste as though a lot of MSG was added in either. Plus, it looked good! I think presentation of food is important as it makes it look more appetizing (though of course it’s until you’ve tasted it then do you know whether it’s nice or not.)
All was good, but the baked rice with fish fillet was kind of below expectations. I felt that there weren’t enough cheese and the fish fillet was really tough and hard to chew. However, there definitely are many more popular recommended dishes that I didn’t get a chance to try in a day. Thus, this place should not be judged just because of this dish.
After a meal, there’s always the DESSERT! Try their dessert! The famous hong kong Yang Zhi Gan Lu (kind of like mango sago dessert, but it has pomelo bits too.) tastes really good with the smooth mango juice base and sweet mango cubes and pomelo bits. It tastes much better than one that I tried in hong kong before!
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I've been to Ding Tai Fung quite a few times already. I feel that this place is more of a place to go during tea time than for a proper meal, although they do have things like fried rice or noodles. But I would strongly recommend their buns instead, such as the sesame paste and red bean buns. I've not tried their crystal bun, but from what I see, the crystal bun there seems to be better than other place's as it is not too thick but yet it is able to contain the fillings in it well. Of course I won't talk about how it tastes, but from what I see, it is important that crystal buns should have a strong layer of skin so that it does not break easily.
I feel that their Fried Rice is nothing special. In addition, it is really oily (along with quite a few other dishes like their vegetables). Having fried rice anywhere else could be the same..
Apart from the buns, I don't think there's anything special about the place.
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It's a little shop that displays many little accessories such as bracelets, necklaces and earrings. The materials they use consist of sterling silver, semi-precious stones, crystal beads as well as fused art glass (or something like that).
There's a wide variety of choice, with almost every item coming in different colours. Take your time walking, I'm sure anyone would definitely find something to your liking. Furthermore, the things there are of reasonable price! That's what I was quite surprised but really glad about. I would have thought that they'd sell those dangling earrings at an exorbitant price of average $20, but it was around $15. If you look at their designs, it's actually quite a reasonable price.
It's a great place to go gift-shopping for your girlfriends too!
Also, if you're interested in learning how to do your own jewellery or making fused art glass, they actually have lessons conducted there too! Materials all provided. Or if you're looking for materials to make your own accessories, they have it there too!
Go take a look if you like these stuff! :)
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After deciding what to order, I looked and waved around hoping to catch the attention of one of the waitresses. But it took a long time before they attend to us. Can't really blame them right, it's the peak hour. Nonetheless, I couldn't wait for my food to be served as the food from neighbouring tables looked really good!
After taking our orders, it was only quite some time later did I realize that my food was taking awfully long to come. Even customers that came later than us had their drinks served already. So I called for the waitress to hurry them. The moment I did so, all my dishes came!
I was quite unhappy with the fact that they almost forgot our order. I understand that it was the peak hour, but if they could remember other people's order, why not mine?
After waiting for so long, I thought "OK! Time to eat!!" But to my disappointment, the food wasn't that good. The famous Peranakan Ayam Bua Kuluak had a distinct sour flavour which covered the original taste of the chicken; the Beef rendang was full of fats and there was virtually only half a pot of meet.
So much for all the "suspension" in there, I don't think I'll go back there again..
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But it’s quite a different thing after you put it into your mouth. They have very unique-flavoured desserts but I think it’s a little too bold. The over-emphasis on the little nuts in one of their chocolate totally covers the taste of the chocolate itself. Also, the chestnut embedded in the chocolate added to the "unusual" taste of the chocolate. The combination of coconut-based cream between sweet biscuit layers for another of their dessert also has quite a weird taste which kind of caught me of guard.
They do have some chocolates that are quite good though. Coffee or cheese flavoured chocolates. I think the chocolates there are worth a try.
I must say, initially, I had quite a good impression on their desserts, but I think it looks better than it tastes. I guess it’s up to you to decide if it’s “disturbing” or “delightful”.
Lastly, a note to those who intend to buy but are not going home immediately: Do ensure that you or the receiver has access to a fridge or the desserts would melt very quickly (probably because for some items, it’s cream in it and not chocolate. I guess creams tend to melt faster?) and end up looking quite bad.
(or at least mine could not wait till I got home about 40 min later.. :s)
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Initially, I thought that this place had quite poor service as the staffs seemed quite unfriendly and had this whole I-can’t-care-less attitude. But I changed my opinion about them after an incident.
I ordered a sour plum drink. From the picture on the menu, I thought it would purely be sour plum with soda water or non-carbonated water. However, when the drink was served, I was shocked that it had this herbal medicine taste in it and didn’t like the drink at all. I called for the waitress to clarify with her if they made any mistakes in my order or if I made a mistake myself, and surprisingly, when the waitress heard that I didn’t like my drink, she offered to change the drink for me without hesitation. Such service is something you don’t see in most places in Singapore, especially when the reason for a change was because I didn’t like the drink.
I also tried their Mapo tofu. It was both spicy and sweet, but I really liked it as the taste doesn’t clash and the tofu was not too soft. It was easy to pick up and it had a very soft texture in your mouth that stayed there for awhile, and not melt before you even get to taste it. It did not have a very strong taste as though a lot of MSG was added in either. Plus, it looked good! I think presentation of food is important as it makes it look more appetizing (though of course it’s until you’ve tasted it then do you know whether it’s nice or not.)
All was good, but the baked rice with fish fillet was kind of below expectations. I felt that there weren’t enough cheese and the fish fillet was really tough and hard to chew. However, there definitely are many more popular recommended dishes that I didn’t get a chance to try in a day. Thus, this place should not be judged just because of this dish.
After a meal, there’s always the DESSERT! Try their dessert! The famous hong kong Yang Zhi Gan Lu (kind of like mango sago dessert, but it has pomelo bits too.) tastes really good with the smooth mango juice base and sweet mango cubes and pomelo bits. It tastes much better than one that I tried in hong kong before!
Worth a try!
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