Lunching at Lei Garden

This is another backdated review as can be seen in the picture below, my family went there during the New Year but I only got to review in late March. Been very busy.

Anyway, this was a treat that my father decided to give for the whole family. He decided to bring us to the Lei Garden Branch at CHIJMES. He heard that people said that the dim sum was excellent so thought of bringing us there to try. This branch has been there for at least two years but we have never been there before. As can be seen from the photo below, the tables are neatly laid out and the setting was quite spacious.

For the dishes that were ordered, it was a mixture of dim sum items and some main dishes to try a variety of their dishes.

The above was an appetiser. It was pork which was deep fried on the outside and then stirred fried with a sweet sauce. I found it a bit too sweet for my liking but people who like sweet should enjoy this dish. With regard to the texture of the meat, it was not too bad.

The next dish is a staple dim sum item which is the chee cheong fun. We had the prawn version. For this item, the taste as well as the fillings were excellent. Nothing to complaint this dish.

The above is another staple item which is the har kow. The filling was full of prawns and it maintains the moisture in the translucent rice flour skin. From appearance, it was very well done. For the taste portion, it was excellent.

The next dish name I forgot as too long ago!! Anyway if remembered roughly, it was some prawn wrapped and deep fried. ( Must remember not to drag too long before writing hehe)

The last of the dim sum item is shown above. The design look cute right. The design is actually made out of deep fried rice flour ( My guess? as it does not taste like wanton skin). The center was minced prawns that was mould into the shape then deep fried.

It looks interesting but the taste was so so in my opinion.

The dish above is the braised duck with special sauce. This was very very good which was a bit unexpected. The flavour of the special sauce complimented very well with the tender duck meat. It was so well received that this dish was cleared very quickly. I wonder what was the sauce used.

The above is the shark fin soup in superior soup. Again another excellent dish. The soup came separately from the shark fin. The shark fin was on a separate plate. Only before the soup is served then the shark fin is placed into the soup. The soup was clear as can be seen above.
The soup based was chicken and my guess is chinese ham and dried scallop may be used as well.

Next, is the fish cooked in two style. Part of the fish was used to stir fried and the other part was used for deep frying and a sweet sauce was applied over it. The stirred fired fish was incredible. The texture was solid and it was just right. It really has a firm texture and when you bite into it, you can taste the freshness of the fish and the flavouring did not overpower the flavour of the fish. The deep fried fish was also good as well. My personal preference is for the stirred fired style.

The last dish was salad prawns. It was quite good but nothing outstanding.

Overall the dishes were very good.