Hua Ting

This is my first time at Hua Ting after reading countless of reviews on it, both good and bad. I am eager to know how the dim sum taste like and have also ordered some of the more popular dishes.

Hua Ting Signature baked chicken and mango tarts

I love eating tarts. All kinds of tarts but am also afraid of the overly rich butter taste if it is not done properly. There are some tarts that the crust is just overly rich with butter and I will not be able to finish everything and it will sometimes makes me feel nauseous. These chicken tarts are real good stuffs. It does have the buttery taste (which is important to have), but not too rich. So it is fine to even eat 2 or 3 of them. The flaky crust taste just as good by itself even without the filling.

Price: $4.50

Steamed Seafood and Abalone Dumpling

I feel that the skin for this dumpling is a little too thick. will be better if it is thinner. It really does come with a tiny slice of abalone which basically is not really important. But if you would like to have a substitute for the usual har kow and siew mai, no harm giving it a try.

Price: $6.00


Steamed custard bun with salted egg yolk

This seems to be a MUST order dish whenever I'm out having dim sum. I love the feeling when I take the first bite and the watery custard oozes out into my mouth. I like those with salted egg yolk as it will  have this sweet and salted taste. The one at Hua Ting is worth ordering. Great texture and great taste!

Price: $4.20


Steamed Beancurd stuffed with fish paste

I was craving for all the steamed dishes that day. Thus I have ordered this to try. Actually I do like ordering different types of dim sum and try not to stick to the usual ones everytime. Well I guess this is a little normal. It's just like any yong tau foo that you can find outside.

Price: $4.20


Steamed beancurd skin roll with minced pork in oyster sauce

 

Minced pork, carrot, vegetables are wrapped in the beancurd skin then soaked with oyster sauce. As you can see, they are not stingy with the filling at all.

Price: $4.20


Steamed carrot cake with conpoy

This is basically the usual carrot cake that people order when they have dim sum. But I guessed most people will order the pan fried one. This is not exactly the steam carrot cake I am looking for.

Price: $4.20


I would say that the overall taste for the food is pretty alright and I will come back again to Hua Ting for  dim sum. The price is really reasonable too considering the fact that this is a restaurant in a hotel.

Address: 442 Orchard Road, Orchard Hotel Level 2

Food: 4/5 Burps 
Service: 3.5/5 Burps
Price: 4/5 Burps

The Line

2nd time been to The Line and each time I visit, I will not be able to finish trying the wide varieties of food they have.

The food is always that fresh especially for the oysters and crab legs. Had quite a couple of osyters and they tasted so sweet and fresh. However I do prefer the way that Oscar's at Conrad serve their oysters. They do not place the oysters on the plate while the customers can pick up freely and quickly. They will open the number of oysters on the spot according to your request. And I feel that it is much fresher in this way.


Crabs, mussels, scallops

Mini lobsters and Alaska crab legs

Oysters

They have about 5-6 varieties of sashimi to choose from. I've tried the salmon, maguro and tako.

Sushi, Soba

there was no chawamushi which was quite a big disappointment to me.

Mini Burgers, Hash Brown, Pizza

Roasted Prime Rib

Tempura

I was surprised  that they do not have any prawn tempura that day. Am not sure if they serve that normally.

Cooked Asian Food

Dim sum and Ginseng root chicken soup

Indian Cuisine (Naan, vegetable curry, chick tikka, papadum)

Local cusine (Prawn noodle, fishballl noodle, lor mee, laksa, wanton mee)

Dessert!

Nonya kueh

Chocolate Fondue

Fresh fruits 

We had lunch on a Sunday afternoon. The normal price is $98++ per person. We made a booking online via Shangri La website and got a 25% discount. So the total bill for 5 adults and 1 senior citizen after discount was about $510. I have to say that the price is indeed a little too steep for lunch when it is not totally perfect. Examples liked the lack of chawamushi and praw tempura is already a minus point. You have to request from the service staffs for dessert spoons, they do not display them outside for you. They have entertainment such as a friendly lady balloon maker who walks around to offer making balloons of any shapes that you request for. And its totally free! It is not only applicable to the kids. It can be done for anybody.


Address: 22 Orange Grove Road, Shangri La Hotel

Food: 3/5 Burps
Service: 3/5 Burps
Price: 3/5 Burps