Crytal Jade Steamboat Kitchen (Plaza Singapura)

Date: 01-Aug-2008 Timing: abt 9pm

FoOd>> Was not bad at all. NicE~ All first-time tries...

1) Fresh Scallop Congee - $10.80 The bowl on the bottom right. I wld say there ain't many "ingredients" as it's Scallop congee but there's 4 big pcs of it, and overall the congee I felt tasted just right as there's a sweet & refreshing (probably the scallop) taste to it so I think it's worth a try. Rather than always having the sliced fish/ chicken etc congees... & oh, there's also the fried "you tiao"s which I left out. I dun fancy it actually (on the norm), but these look abit too "chao-tah" to me though. Pretty dark brown & shrinked in size... Quite a fair bit of pcs though. My bf ate a few, & there weren't any complaints... So I assume it's ok...

2) Fried Hor Fun with Beef (Wet) - $12.80 The plate on the top left. This is not my order but I did try a couple of mouths & it's pretty nice! It's neither too dry or too "watery", just nice. The pieces is smooth & doesn't stick together... Beef pieces there're quite a fair amt of it as well, pretty big pieces, and they taste tender & yummy! It's not too saltish & doesn't make you feel tired of the taste even after eating a fair bit... But din see this on the menu though, the waiter verbally introduced... So, take note if you wanna try.

3) Season Vegetable/ Crab Roe - $15.50 The plate in the middle. This is nice, especially the crab roe... Quite a fair bit of the crab meat, & there's also its eggs, together with e gravy compliments the broccolli!! The brocolli is big & fresh, not overcooked. This serving is pretty big by the way... It was shared by 2 of us (with our order of main) & we sorta can't finish everything. But 1 thing though, when the dish's a little cold, it doesn't taste as nice (especially the crab roe).

Service: So-so. (Average) Just normal... Come in, get served, but still alright... (Cleaned up the dirty booth table seats as we requested for that table while we were first seated at a 2 seater table.) Fairly "courteous" except for 1 male staff whom I'm not sure if I'm being over-sensitive. We have actually decided our order on a set meal but it was unavailable, so we wanted to look through the menu again for the order. But he seemed a little fierce/ stern shocked/ weird why we didn't want to order... Haha.

Overall: Food is pretty yummy, svc is fairly acceptable.