Crystal Jade HK Cafe

Back and now with more food and food and food to share just with all of you. :P

As we all know, monther's day is coming real soon (yes, mother's day will be here in 2 weeks time). Have you decided where to bring your special mother out for a nice meal? If you have no particular place in mind or you are on a tight budget constraint, i do have a place to recommend.

And this place is non other than the Crystal jade one and only hongkong cafe in singapore and the rest of the world. As we all know, the craze of hongkong cafe is getting hotter nowadays, and one will really need to have some skills (in terms of cooking) as well as some creativity (in terms of specialty).

Personally, i do find that this cafe indeed has both of the criteria. Beside the normal hongkong specialty stuffs like 'maggie mee'and toast bread, this cafe offers something extra with a not bad taste too. ;)

Have already been there more than once, and will recommend just free dishes that you (my friend) should really go and try them out.

1. The crispy beancurd (with some pork floss and spicy sauce) Ok, basically thats the name that i remember from the menu, but some how the pork floss got loss (haha). Basically is just some beancurb with 'chai por'. But, the taste is really fanastic, with slight spicy taste surrounding the crispy coating of the bean curb, the chef somehow managed to make it so nicely crispy on the outer layer and super silky small in the inner portion. Thumbs up!

2. Baked cauliflowers with cheeseeeee Well, this is really my first time ordering vegetables in a cafe, but this preety creative way of creating this dish makes me want to order them anyway. :) With melted cheese and some cheese powder sprinked on top of this cauliflowers, it make the whole dish so much nicer and cheesier. On the other hand, i do find the cheese abit too dilut, would definitely be better if the cheese is thicker.

3. Shark Fins in 'bowl' Ok, i was very surprised to find some sharkfins in a hongkong cafe. And, even surprise to find it costing less than 5 bucks. While wondering if this could be some plot, i decided to order them out. Ok, as you all might have guessed, this 'sharkfin' is not really authentic, using some mushrooms and chicken shreds to replace the 'shark fin'. The whole product do looks authentic and even taste really like the real stuff, just that the ingredient is slightly different. Great for people who do not eat sharks?

4. Pork chop rice Using fried rice plus nicely baked pork chop, this dish is simply good (minus the tasteless fried rice and the small size pork chop). Everything is good.

5. Dessert time, their red bean with homemade bean curb They have many many interesting desserts available, and if i have the luxury, i would definitely loved to taste all of them. Tried this particular dessert, and realize that red bean can actually taste so good when combined with bean curb. Loved their not so sweet bean curb and the strong soya smell (which keep lingering in my mouth).

Overall, its really a worth to try it out place and very suitable for family and friends to have gatherings there too. Not forgetting, they have some kind of promotion every different day. Thus, if you happen to drop by on monday, then you get to purchase a red bean ice at a much lower price. Pretty worth, i can say.

P/S: will upload the pictures real soon, stay tuned. :)