Opened by a former chef who had worked in Crystal Jade and Paradise Group, with over 25 years experience.
This is one of my regular stalls I frequent at Smith Street Food Center.
They have relocated to their new stall, and regulars have been beating a path to savor their delicious food.
On this occasion, I had:
- Sheng Jian Bao: This is one of their specialties. Think juicy meat-filled Baos and pan fried. Burst each Bao with your chopsticks first instead of biting into them, as the juices within and hot and may burst out.
- Onion oil la mian: This was a little disappointing, as I taste more soy sauce than onion oil.
- Xiao Long Bao: I had the original version, though they have truffle ones too. Dip it in black vinegar and sliced ginger to enjoy it more!
Do come early to avoid the crowds.
Highly recommended! 👍🏻👍🏻😋
Bella
3
Came here on a 8 days eat recommendation and learned my lesson. Google reviews don't lie. Queued at 10.54 am on a Saturday. This was definitely not worth a 40-min queue. We waited 40 mins to order and another 15 minutes for our zha Jiang mian and original sheng jian Bao. The chili crab sheng jian Bao was not available. The long wait did not match the food quality. Truffle Xiao long BAO ($7) was bland and under seasoned, skin was thick. The zha Jiang mian ($4.50) was decent but when we got our order, the noodles were all clumped together as though they had been sitting there for a long time. Was hard to get the noodles evenly coated with the sauce and ingredients despite much tossing. Sparse cucumber, carrots. The sheng jian Bao was best. Would order that again if there was a short queue. There is a shop back payment option. 5% Cashback. Owners were nice but service was slow.
Chermaine Gan
1
im so annoyed that im actly writing this review on the spot — queued for 15 mins, stood in front of tmr cashier for 5-10 mins just to order our food with ZERO hoots given by the staff. staff told us that we had to wait 30-40 mins. waited for approx 45 mins so we went to find them and they said they called us many times…… apparently we were seated too far from their shop hence the system
could not locate our buzzer??? they didn’t bother saying that to us when we ordered??? so we had our food cold omg so annoyed if i could give a 0 i would. + the food was legit below avg ugh gross.
Star Carter
2
This place specialises in panfried pork bun (not xiao long bao). Because actual Shanghai panfried xiao long bao has thin skin like actual xiao long bao. Despite that, the fluffy pillowy pan fried buns are good snacks. The filling is juicy and there are two options: with prawn and without. However, their actual xiao long Bao are disappointing, the skin is thick and meat soup is not tasty. The noodle is also bad, overcooked and flat taste, single dimension, no special sauce to dress the noodle so it tasted pretty flat just flavour of salt and chilli. The wantons are let down too, very little meat and tough. Overall, I would order their pan fried bun but I would not queue more than 10mins for them. Save my stomach space for the other better stall on the next row - zhong guo la mian xiao long Bao, amazing xiao long Bao and wantons.
Sen Sui
5
Food is supreme, sticks to the origin of my hometown taste, from ingredients to final products are hand made - so plan your visit and be patient with the wait. The pan fried bun is a MUST TRY. You know the food is good when it shows up in your dream during the shop closure period. Snuggled in a corner of the food hall of Chinatown Complex. It can be very crowded and hot during weekend.