GOLDEN PEONY @ CONRAD,Singapore - "Re-Visited & YUM CHA" On May 17,2010

My good friend called & invited me for Yum Cha & he requested for "very good & fine Dim Sum Eats" !!! And since i know he & his family well & they liked all my recent recommendations liked LI BAI @ Sheraton Towers & SUMMER PALACE @ Regent Hotel,of course i couldn't disappoint them in terms of the top food quality standards,excellent service & posh decor,so i immediately suggested the above ( it was good timing because i have been thinking of re-visiting the above since i am on the hotel mailing list with their latest Eats promotions ! ) because it was one of my top Fav Yum Cha Eats many years ago for business entertainment and with my parents ! And i was so glad that it turned out to a wonderful idea for to re-visit the above ! Even though several of the senior staffs i knew before were no longer there,i was very sure the service will be still very good ! And the Management's good selection for Head Chef is always the best ! And our timing was great because there was a special menu created by the Chef - cooking several dishes with chinese tea ! And of course we were keen to order a few "must try" interresting Dim Sums !!! :-)

And these days at most fine dining Chinese Restaurants,it's the trend to feature gourmet or premium chinese tea ! And since i luv chinese tea,it's great !!! ;-)

Actually i really wanted to taste several of their special Dim Sums but my good friend told me that he would liked to order some main courses too so here are the few Dim Sums that we ordered :

- "Steamed "Live" Prawn In Golden-Fried Beancurd,Topped With Crab Roe" - $3.80 per person

- "Sea Perch and Avocado,golden fried in crispy thin batter" - $3.80 per person

- "Steamed Spinach Dumpling With Prawn,Water Chestnut and Garlic" - $5.40 per portion

And here was our Daily Soup ( Yellow Cucumber With Pork Ribs ) :

My good friend suggested that we order their Steamed Fish & Vegetables ( to check their standards - "which cooked almost perfectly !" ) :

And we also tasted their "Baked Spare Rib marinated with "Jin Jun Mei" Tea ( which we enjoyed very much !!! ) -

And after this,we agreed that we were almost done,so there was really no more capacity to enjoy their "Stewed "River" Prawn with Ginger and Spring Onion accompanied with Crispy Egg Noodles" - $20.00 per person ( actually i was looking forward to this to compared it with my Fav - Lei Garden ! but we had to cancel this for future re-visit ! )

Finally i always love a sweet finale to an enjoyable meal but i couldn't decide on which dessert to order,so it was really great that the Chef can arrange a combination especially for me !!! ;-)

- "Chilled Cream Of Avocado with Movenpick Vanilla Ice Cream" and "Chilled Sour Plum Jelly With Jasmine Tea"

Address : 3/F Conrad Centennial Singapore, 2 Temasek Boulevard
Contact : +65 6432 7482

My personal thoughts on the above :
- Definitely the standards and service is still one of the Best !
- The Chef is very innovative by introduction of cooking with Chinese Tea !

Looking forward to more re-visits to the above soon !!!

Cheers & Enjoy !!!
Andrew ;-)