[Singapore Restaurant] Dim Sum @ Bosses Restaurant (黑社会), Vivocity

What's your favourite dim sum?  For me, it has to be liushabao (流沙饱 aka Lava Bun or salted egg yolk custard bun).  And we typically can judge the standard of the restaurant's dim sum from the quality of liushabao because this is one difficult recipe to master - in order to achieve the right consistency and flow of the filling.  The liushabao has certainly created a deep impression on me.  It is far better than those from other renown chinese restaurants serving dim sum.

If you're looking for a place for afternoon tea / dim sum, consider going to Bosses.  There are close to 50 items on their menu and they offer 30% off for their dim for orders between 2.30pm and 5pm.  Here's a list of what I like in order of my preference.

 

Signature Custard Lava Bun - soft bun skin filling with warm salted egg yolk custard

 

Fish Skin - Fresh and Crispy (Highly Recommended)

 

Ace Durian Mochi -  Filled with D24 durian.  It is beat eaten when chilled (Highly Recommended)

 

Famous Chilli Crab Tart - Bite-size crab meat that's fresh and springy.

 

Har Gow (Prawn Dumpling) - Fresh prawn dumpling in 3 different coloured skin.

 

Pan-fried Carrot Cake with XO Sauce - Not bad, not bad.

 Crispy Sesame Mango Prawn Salad Roll

 Shanghai Xiao Long Bao - Minced pork steamed bun.  There are better ones than these.

 

Premium Fish Maw steamed dumpling - I am not a fan of fish maw, that explains why it is on my low priority list.

Here's the full menu for the dim sum.  Prices range from $4.50 to $9.50 before taxes.  I will be back for more!

Bosses Restaurant
1 HarbourFront Walk, Vivocity #02-156/157, Singapore 098585
Tel: 6376 9740
Website: www.bosses.sg
Operating Hours:  11am to 9.30pm

Getting there:  Walk to Vivocity from HarbourFront Station



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Food Republic (Vivocity) - Fried Hokkien Mee

Food Republic

1 HarbourFront Walk,

#03-01 VivoCity

Singapore 098585

I always wonder why there are long queues at the fried hokkien mee stalls, especially those with crews dressing up with straw hats. Can anyone tell me what is the relation between straw hats and fried hokkien mee and... banana leaves? Does banana leaves really enhance the fragrance of the fried noodles?

For $4.50 (not cheap!), the portion was rather huge. However, I must say that I am quite disappointed with the food quality. The "essence from the prawn stock" hasn't been fully absorbed into the noodles...What I could taste was ordinary yellow noodles and thick rice noodles garnished with a couple of big prawns. Even the sambal chilli, which I asked for extra portion, was a let down.

Bakerzin

Even if you're not a fan of cakes, sweet stuff or desserts. This is something that one must try at least once in your entire life.

Bakerzin Classic - The Warm Chocolate Cake.

Obviously, the cake is warm but it is the dark chocolate that oozes from within that will warm your heart... the vanilla ice-cream adds to the perfection.

$9.80 per cake.

No Signboard Seafood @ Vivocity

Ever wondered why No Signboard Seafood is known as such? Well, according to info on its website, it started out as a hawker stall and it did not have a signboard. That was in the 1970s. That was how it got started.

From hawker stall to a popular medium-high end restaurant for mainly family gatherings, it now has several outlets. The recent one I went is at Vivocity, 3rd level. I must say I like the interior deco very much. It is a hybrid of modern western and chinese. Just imagine black chandeliers with golden pillars. Thought it was quite cool...

A word of caution, reservations are necessary if you do not like to wait...

One of their signature dishes is chilli crab. Sri Lanka crabs are popular and most 'economical', costing $40/kg. We ordered 2 small crabs and it costs us $92. The most expensive range of crab costs $180/kg... er, don't ask me why. Probably, atas crabs are probably meant for atas people, which I am not.

If you like to dip mantous in those chilli gravy, you may replace mantous with rice. Each mantou is only about 3cm x 3cm x 2cm. Each serving is only 6. The mantous are quite yummy. Crispy and golden brown on the outside and soft in the inside...

Salad Youtiao - pretty normal standard.... as usual, mayo comes along with it.

Coffee Pork Ribs - coated with sweetened coffee (probably with honey) on fatty ribs. A few pieces will be sufficient. Too much of it will become jerlat cos of the fatty ribs.

Garlic Doumiao - it was expecting those thin doumiao and only realised that they use leafy ones when I was eating half way through. Pretty normal standard.

Total damage was $165 incl tax... would i return again? Probably for the crabs =)

Spicy Chicken Soup from Food Republic Vivocity

This Spicy Chicken Soup is the chicken version for Yuk Gae Jang (Spicy Beef Soup) found at Vivocity Food Republic. My craving for chicken yuk gae jang was due to a korean movie Le Grand Chef which I had watched before dinner.

The main ingredients were chicken strips, glass noodles, bean curd and vegetables in spicy soup. No complaints about the dish except that it could be spicer and... a little more generous with the side dish.

That's a promotion sticker stuck on the dining tables to promote the movie Le Grand Chef as well as the Korean stall in the food court.