Me not being a fan of Chinese/Asian (sans Japanese) cuisine, I think I’ve finally found a Chinese restaurant that I can truly like. I approve of Restaurant Ten‘s concept of dishing out holistic herbal cuisine that doesn’t turn off diners with any strong medicinal taste whatsoever. To me, it’s always a huge plus if the food turns out to taste good and is beneficial to the body too.
While browsing through the menu, we were served a shooter of icy lemongrass+honey that perked up my mood right away cuz it’s so invigorating and a small appetiser of crunchy sliced lotus roots soaked in sweet orange juice (standard charge of $1++ per pax).
We had the 4 course set lunch ($28++) which I thought was very good value for money.
My first starter of soft pure egg white topped with dried scallop on a bed of fried crispy potato nest was absolutely delish! Love the whole combination and interplay of different textures. I also added a few drops of black or apple vinegar to spruce up the flavours.
This was followed by an aromatic double-boiled black chicken soup which tasted like my grandma’s homecooked soup.
The main course is a trio of braised cod fish, golden fried rice and a stuffed chicken wing. I changed the chicken wing to deep-fried dace fish skin instead and this reminds me of the fabulous fish skin I had in Hong Kong. So crispy and non-oily.
Fresh fish that’s perfectly cooked always seal the deal for me and this cod was especially tasty paired with the salty-tangy sauce of celery and parsley. If I have to nitpick, it’s that the rice would be even nicer if it wasn’t so hard and tough.
Dessert was a bowl of chilled (or hot) double-boiled pear that’s so light and refreshing that it doesn’t even feel like dessert.
From start to end, the service was top-notch. Very attentive and the waitress took care to explain each dish to us after serving it. I guess this is it, Restaurant Ten will be my first choice when the loving-Chinese-food parents wanna have Chinese for family meals!
$28++ for a 4 course set lunch is very reasonable!
What are the other choices for dessert anyway?
Haha, I just posted and you are super fast to comment! Anyway, there’s only one choice for dessert. The set lunch is fixed, i.e. no choices for the 4 courses. But service is so darn good that if you don’t like the boiled pear and want to change to something else, I’m sure they will be more than willing to make you happy! They offered to change the chicken wing to smoked duck for me but I chose fish skin instead =) I like how flexible they are.
Lovely presentation!
I think I develop bias tendencies when things are artistically presented to me. Makes me feel like it was specially made for me.
crunchy lotus roots sound yummy (:
The dishes were so unique and sounded very healthy. 🙂 It’s always nice for a restaurant to cater to the diners’ preferences.
Thank you for your warm reviews. We’ve recently launched our new website a month or so ago to let you people understand more of our cuisine along with various promotions that we hold from time to time. Thanks!