A Proper PROOOOPER Post
Ahha, ladies and genteelmen… how long have you been waiting for this moment? The moment where I, Rebecca Ng Pey Shin, update my blog with a proper post… instead of posts that are just… well, short. Here goes!
21 Aug
GOLD LEAF, HARBOUR TOWN
Saturday seems to be a day where food hunt seems to be a routine now. We would search restaurants after restaurants on urbanspoon, which will rank them and then we search and read up on the reviews. This will take prolly, a few hours, minimum and stretch right up till a few days.
So, a recommendation coupled with research brought us to Gold Leaf, a dim sum restaurant in Harbour Town Shopping Centre, on Saturday.
The ‘brilliant’ directory at the shopping centre brought us around and around the open air shopping centre. We are not to be played with, especially when our stomachs are literally empty! Anyway, end of misery, we found the restaurant! Finally! And here goes.
This is … simply awesome right at the first bite. It is a fried prawn thing wrapped in bean curd sheets with mayonnaise dipping. The first thing that came into mind when I took a bite was… OOOOOFFFF. Nice!!! Love the crispy skin and the juicy filling!
Congee with preserved egg. This was… not brilliant and rather bland with not much meat or egg.
Siu mai! Not the most awesome-st ones around. But still pretty good. The wonton skin could be less stiff though.
Chee Cheong Fun with prawn filling. Erm… i find that the chee cheong fun was pretty soggy and soft. But, it was alright. Nothing to shout about.
OOOOOOOMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGG!!!!! So so wonderful!!! The puff pastry was awesome, and the egg custard was soft and nice. Just the right touch. Loved it =DDDD
This loh-mai-kai was pretty good as well. I don’t order it back in Malaysia as I didn’t like the sticky feeling and it was a bit too heavy. But boy oh boy was this good. This was aromatic, non sticky and not too salty. Likee
Lau sar pau (Golden sand bun). The filling is basically sweetened egg yolk. This was NICE. The egg yolk was hot and runny, as though just melted.
Custard pau. Quite the disappointment after the previous pau. Filling not runny!!!!
Ooh… didn’t take the picture of the tau foo fah we had for dessert. But… no! Don’t order it if you go next time! Twas bland, and no taste. It wasn’t bad… it just wasn’t brilliant.
Overall!!!! LIKE ITTTT!!!!! The bad wasn’t bad but the good were awesome =D
By the time we finished our ‘lunch’, we were so stuffed and full we decided to skip dinner completely! But… we headed over for dessert at Teh Ren.
Teh Ren
This was milk tea (pot) with yam and pearls (cup). Yum Yum Yum! Absolutely loveeee the combination!!!! Love the yam! Love the pearls!
But… it is nice if you have the first 4 cups. Afterwards, it all seems to be just a little TOOOOOO sweet and you find yourself not enjoying quite as much anymore. (Think moderation next time, Rebecca)
I know it looks gooey and unappetizing, but I assure you, it is pretty good as well. It is basically the above, except it had red beans instead of pearls! So milk tea + yam + red beans! Awesomeeee
Verdict: Twas a wonderful Saturday outing =D
