Xin Cuisine - Nice and Interesting Dim Sum

This year, I do not intend to write lots of posts for this site since I had kind of foreseen that I will not be visiting new restaurants within the year plus the plan to focus on my other writing projects. But guess what, here I am writing about another restaurant! This is where those vouchers get me to: checking out new restaurants. And when the food at the restaurant is good, I feel obliged to write about it.

While the interior is of nice modern Chinese theme, Xin Cuisine mainly wins me over with its selection of interesting and unique dim sum items, especially those under Sunday Special.

One of the highlights is Seafood Dumpling with Pumpkin Paste. This is a very interesting dim sum in which the tasty meat filling, completed with juices like what is found in Xiao Long Bao, is wrapped within a thin layer of deep fried pumpkin paste. The exterior of the pumpkin paste is very crispy, contrasting so well with the moist filling. And the earthly sweetness of pumkpin adds dimension to the saltiness of the meat. I like this creation a lot.

Highly recommend the Steamed Shrimp Paste Ball with Marinated Glutinous Rice and Chinese Wine. Yes, this is one of the Sunday Specials. I like the unique texture of the glutinous rice coating the shrimp ball. And one bite into this, one can immediately catch whiffs of the light floral aroma of Chinese wine. The shrimp is fresh, tasty and springy in texture. This is my favourite among Xin’s offerings because it is so unique.

Shrimp Dumping with Fish Roe, more commonly known as Siew Mai, is packed with lots of ingredients such as fish roe and prawns, so this staple dim sum is a good choice to consider. I am expecting Xin’s Sweet, Sour and Spicy Dumpings to be like those spicy dumplings soaked in vinegar and served with chopped spring onion and chillies. Alas, I am wrong. But smooth texture of the dumping skin and generous meat filling make this a pretty nice treat.

Pan-fried Pork Bun aka Gou Bu Li is another must order. The bun is so fluffy and its surface is slightly pan-fried to bring out the flavour of the dough. The meat filling is very flavourful and juicy.

Stir-fried Radish Cake in X.O sauce here is spicer than its counterparts in other restaurants, and I like it, surprisingly as I am generally not really into real spicy food.

Yam Dumpling with Chicken and Mushroom looks really pretty and I enjoy savouring the crispy exterior that shatters at a light bite. But I will like it more if the yam coating is thinner since too much sticky yam eclipses the taste of the filling.

Service is pretty much the same as the standard of most Chinese restaurants, efficient and the aunties are friendly.

With so many interesting dim sum items that I have yet tried, I am really looking forward to go back and check them out.

My Thoughts: Nice!

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