In a typical setting, lunch or dinner, a full course usually comprises of 8 mains and 1 dessert.
Cold Dish
Cold Dish usually comprises of 5-6 small bites like the above. At Qian Xi Lou, we had mini spring rolls, Taro Samosa, Taro Roll, Ba Kwa, Seaweed Roll and Taro Wu Xiang. Aint too bad if you do not mind eating Taro (aka Yam). However, what I did not really like about it is that most of these dishes are deep fried. It is therefore recommended to drink chinese tea to remove some excess oil.
Shark's Fin
Usually after the 1st dish, we will be served with shark's fin or soups. The veg version of shark's fin comprises of mainly mushrooms and enoki mushrooms. The "shark's Fins" here are actually Tang Hun (glass noodles). Aint too bad as the "soup" is stewed for some time and has a strong mushrom aroma. Some places use the Konnyaku jelly Stripes in replacement.
Cereal Prawns
I love the cereal here, frangrantly pan-fried and added with sugar for the sweet after-taste! However, it would have been better if the prawns are fried in batter.
Fish in Sauce
This was my fav. dish of the day. The Fish is made of tau kee (豆支) and the fried. Lastly Served with Veg. Oyster sauce. I like the texture as it is chewy. Definitely differnt from the real one. Tasted like Bai Ye Tofu.
Monkeyhead Mushroom
I've always like monkeyhead mushrooms as it is a really difficult dish to cook well. So far i think only Lingzhi is done the perfect job. The moneyhead mushroom has to be soaked before marinating and fried, then to cook into sauce. Sadly, the chef was not able to deliver this dish. The mushrooms were way too hard.
Yam Ring
Just as I thought we had enough of Yam (from the first dish), we were served with this Yam Ring. It is deep fried and then served with some mixed veg in the middle. Not too bad as the yam was crispy on the outside, and really soft inside, but I did not fancy the mixed veg in the middle.
Abalone & Mushrooms with Spinach
Was sharing with my mum the chef had an easy way out as most of the dishes uses the same sauce! Spinach was not fresh as I had a hard time chewing it. The mushrooms are of good quality!
Braised Noodles
Normal thin noodles cooked with lots of mushrooms and carrots. A little salty.
The Dessert - Yam Paste (Or Nee)
Again its yam! This dessert is a very common and popular Teochew dish and most people would use this as dessert as it is very difficult to make it well. First you heve got to steam the Yam, mash then fry with "lard" till fragrant. Of cos, the veg version omits lard! it is then served with Ginko Nuts and Coconut Milk. A really sinful and fattening dessert. The texture here was really well done. Very smooth but a little too sweet for me perhaps due to the rich coconut milk.
Recommended Items: 
Im not exactly a fan of Claypot noodles, but wanted something hot and a little soupy so tried this. I liked this kind of noodles and not the yellow fat noodles. Full of vegetables and mushrooms. The taste is not too bad as well. Other than this, the stall also sell your usual mixed vegetables rice.
I took this a couple of months back when he was still located opposite geylang library. I heard he has since moved. Anyway, Fried Carrot Cake and Oyster are local delicacies that I adore. Although Im trying hard to go vegan, I find it hard to resist this still. Carrot Cake is actually fried using Rice Cake, Lots of Eggs and preserved raddish. It can be fried with or without dark sweet soya sauce.
They do not serve ala-carte items when gweenie visited that day so they ordered 3 different set meals.
Each set comprises of 6 little dishes, 5 of which are the same while 1 main is different. You may see that they have something like our vietnamese Roll whereby they include veg and mint leaves in the wrap. In addition, there is a seaweed salad available. Then a vegetable soup that is similar to our sharks fin soup. All of these dishes are either steamed or raw, making it really differnt from the fried items we see in Singapore. I guess its also due to the diet in Japan.
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