Xian De Lai | Dinner with Loh & Fen

Meeting Loh & Qiufen (for the first time!) for dinner at Bugis

As both their birthdays are near, I bought them some macarons cos I will not be able to meet them on actual day

Chit-chat at Malaysia Boleh while killing some time.Goodies from Loh who just came back from MalaysiaShe also reminded me that the "black gold (charcoal)" must put in walletDecided on Xian De Lai cos there's option for both hotpot & bbqBak kut teh is pretty good.Looks like a little too ambitious 😂The braised meat is very good!Thanks Qiufen for dinner 💋Walked to Bugis street for a shot or two cos it's the first time Qiufen came out with us. Chatted for awhile more at my work place before they both went back. 

Happy Birthday, Loh & Qiufen 🎉

 

XianDeLai & Smile Dessert | Dinner & Dessert w/Ivy

Impromptu dinner with Ivy cos I was craving for hotpot/ bbq/ dessert and she happened to be available

Hotpot/ bbq at Xian De Lai

After dinner, we went over to Smile Dessert for dessertsMessy Chocolate Souffle for me & Mango sago cake for IvyThanks Ivy for helping me satisfy my cravings 

Xian De Lai

18 Liang Seah St

Singapore 189039

6336 7505

Smile Desserts

534 North Bridge Road, 

Singapore 188749

 

Xian De Lai 鲜得来| Dinner w/Ex-Colleagues

It's been awhile since we last met and since May is currently stuck in Singapore due to the current situation, we arranged for a dinner meet up

We settled for Xian De Lai 鲜得来 cos a lots of hotpot places are full house alreadyGreat catching up and hopefully we can meet up again soon.

Xian De Lai 鲜得来

18 Liang Seah Street, 189039

Tel: 63367505

Daily 11:30am - 2:30pm / 4:30pm - 3am

Xian De Lai 鲜得来, JEM

An impromptu dinner with Angel, Ivy & Whye Wan. I was craving for steamboat few days ago, so Ivy suggested Xian De Lai 鲜得来, JEM

We were there on Tuesday evening & it wasn't crowded

Upon ordering, we were served a portion of appetizer. It was fried chicken cubes with lots of dried chilli

There is an option of Set meal or Ala Carte Buffet (can't remember the price, but it was aout $25), so we opt for the buffet. There are 5 soup bases to choose from, namely: Irresistible Sichuan Spicy; HealthyTonkotsu Soup; Bak Kut Teh Soup; Secret Recipe Duck Soup & Thai-style Tom Yum Soup

All of them choose the Healthy Tonkotsu Soup while I had Tom Yum. No complains from them, so I reckon it's passable. Tom Yum is mild sour & spicy.

Variety of sauces were available at the center of table of the restaurant. Of which, only 4 catches my eye. Sesame Peanut Sauce (dilute & no sesame taste.. a little salty also); Spicy Peanut Sauce (not spicy & no peanut fragrant); Spicy Chilly w/bean (Not spicy & it's sweet cos of the bean) & Thai-style Chilli (not spicy; has a hint of sourness). Of the 4 sauces I tried, Thai-style Chilli proves to be the best dip for the night.

There were more than 50 dishes to choose from, but... ... the portion were very small, so I suggest you order more if you;re a big eater. How small is the portion? Eg. 2 portions of prawns turn out to be only 8pcs (for 4 pax)! However, the ingredients were all very fresh.

Apart from the fresh/ raw ingredients, there are also more than 15 side dishes to choose from. Braised Pork Belly in Tea Sauce is very flavorful & the pork is very soft. However, it is so fat you see a layer of oil on the pork belly when it has cool down!

Braised Beancurd is also very flavorful

Come fried stuffs we ordered

The buffet also comes with a dessert of the day. 

Most of the staffs here were from China & they were pretty friendly & attentive. 

Xian De Lai 鲜得来

#B1-09 Jem, 

50 Jurong Gateway Road, 

Jurong East, 608549

Tel: 6339 4366