Ala Carte Dim Sum Buffet at Peach Blossoms (6 Raffles Boulevard - Marina Mandarin Singapore, Singapore 039594) Reservations: 6845 1118

Visited on 10 Aug 2015 (Mon - Public Holiday). Peach Blossoms is one of the longest established chinese restaurant that has reopened after a S$1 million renovation in 2011. They serve traditional Cantonese fare and dim sum with a modern twist in contemporary interiors.

Weekend Ala Carte Dim Sum Buffet: 

$58++ per adult/ $38++ per child (6-11 years) - Excluding Beverages
Time: 11am to 3pm (Sat, Sun & Public Holidays)

Weekday Ala Carte Dim Sum Buffet: 

$48++ per adult/ $38++ per child (6-11 years) - Excluding Beverages
Time: 12pm to 3pm (Mon - Fri)

This is the beautiful waiting area with oriental seats!

I love restaurants that are bright with abundance of natural daylight from the glass windows!

Pickles: 
Keropok served in a small cute basket
($3++)

                         

The prices for premium tea selection are on the high side, so we just go for normal chrysanthemum tea at $3++ per person.

The staff will push a dim sum trolley around to ask if you want any of their available dim sum selection from their trolley though we can order through the menu! I thought this was quite extra cos we might have already ordered through the menu earlier and if the trolley have the dim sum we want, of course we would rather get from the trolley immediately rather than waiting and will need to cancel our previous order. It will be quite troublesome.

Mini Buddha Jumps Over The Wall

(Limited To One Serving)

How can we missed the most premium soup here? With so many high quality ingredients that were simmered for hours, you can expect the broth to be rich and tasty!!

Braised Shark's Fin Soup with Crab Meat
(Limited To One Serving)

The soup was robust ,flavourful and was full of crabmeat! I enjoyed this soup so much! Yummy!!!

Pan-fried Foie Gras with Smoked Duck served on Mantou
(Limited To One Serving)

Usually we had mantou with chilli crab so I felt foie gras with mantou was quite extraordinary! The combination was great and the sauce complemented so well with the melt-in-your-mouth foie gras! 

Crispy Scallop coated with Filo String topped with Fish Roe
(Limited To One Serving)

This was so exquisite.. It would be fantastic if this can be unlimited serving. But we all know premium items are usually served once...

Steamed Honey Glazed Pork Bun

I would like to highly recommend this! So far Peach Blossoms has the BEST Char Siew Bao as the skin was so so fluffy that no other hotel chinese restaurants can do it. And the filling was not too sweet. Overall it's melt in the mouth!

Baked Egg Tarts

The egg tarts here were melted in the mouth except the fragrance in the custard was quite mild, otherwise it would be perfect.

Steamed Chicken Dumpling with Black Mushroom 

(Siew Mai)

The siew mai was decent as it was not juicy and too meaty..

Steamed Custard Bun with Salted Egg Yolk

The bun was not fluffy and the custard was overfull till the extent of even I just had a small bite, all the custard flow out till very messy. And I don't really like the custard taste, somehow had a strong smell of something that I don't really like...

Stir-fried Radish Cake with Bean Sprouts in XO Chilli Sauce

The radish cake were too soggy and the XO chilli sauce was very dull. I expected the sauce to excite my palate but it did not...

Deep-Fried Crispy Salmon Fish Skin with Spices Salt

The spices were spicy and a little salty which were quite shiok!

Roasted Duck served with Plum Sauce

The skin was super crispy with delicate aroma of lychee wood! But the meat was quite tough. Hope the chef can improve in the tenderness of the meat and it will be perfect.

Stir-fried Diced Chicken with Dried Chilli in "Szechuan" Style

The Gong Bao chicken here were quite different from others as it was fried with flour and there was a layer of crispy exterior before you can taste the tender diced chicken. The sauce was not too sour as well. I enjoyed this dish very much!

Steamed Fillet of Fish with Fragrant & Raw Minced Garlic

I thought the minced garlic was a little too much and the fillet could be more tender. 

Chilled Mango Puree with Sago & Pomelo

Ice-Cream of the day: Chocolate

Chilled lemongrass Jelly with Mixed Fruits

Chilled Mango Pudding

Double-boiled Luo Han Guo with Winter Melon

As usual, dessert is not their specialty in most chinese restaurants, so don't expect great desserts. All the above 5 desserts were lacklustre...

They still have this menu that we did not order 

Overall Impression: The service here was not so good. No one attended to us to take our drinks order after we were seated for around 5-10 mins - We have to call for them. There were quite a few times we couldn't find any staff nearby us to place our food order whereby the restaurant was only half-filled. As this restaurant has 3 sections, they should assign 1 or 2 staff at each section to standby since this is a 5 star hotel. Most of the staff were not with any smile too except one of them was good.

Food quality was slightly higher than other 5 star hotel chinese restaurants that I've visited, except some of the dim sum and their dessert really needs much improvements! If only the service can be warm and better, this place will be perfect. 

*Recommended*

Ala Carte Dim Sum Buffet at Jade Restaurant (1 Fullerton Square, The Fullerton Hotel, Lobby Level) Reservation: 6877 8188

It's such a hassle to make reservation through phone - Book now through Chope for Instant Reservations!

Note: Jade Restaurant no longer serves Dim Sum Buffet from Oct 2017 onwards! :(

Visited on 7 Aug 2015 (Fri - Public Holiday) and Revisited on 5 Sep 2015 (Sat).
Revisited on 29 July 2017 (Sat).

Price: $41++ per person (New Updated Price from July 2017)

(Only Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays - Inclusive of Free Flow Chinese Tea)

1st seating: 11.00am - 12.45pm (Last Order: 12.15pm)

2nd seating: 1.15pm - 3.00pm (Last Order: 2.30pm)

Do note that you won't be able to order anymore after the last order. If you're going for the first seating, the staff will go to each table slightly before 12.45pm to inform you that they need this table now for the next seating and you have to be automatic to go otherwise they will come and chase you again. Haha! So remember to manage your time well, eat more talk less here!

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Jade restaurant also offer:

Ala Carte Dinner Buffet daily

Time: 6.30pm to 11.00pm
Price: $68++ per person.

More than 38 dishes with signature creations that will please every palate. Highlights include Deep-fried Prawns Coated with Chocolate Mayonnaise and Oatmeal, Crispy Sliced Chilean Sea Bass in Honey Vinaigrette, Sautéed Prawns with Truffles and Silken Egg and Wok-fried Sliced Beef in Pepper Sauce. Choose from a lavish assortment of appetizers, soups, signature dishes, desserts and enjoy a glass of wine at an additional S$10++ for a memorable gourmet experience.

Old Deco

Old Deco

There are 2 private dining rooms for big groups.

Old Deco

 I love the abundance of natural light from the glass window. Very cosy restaurant!

New Image

Newly refurbished interior made the whole restaurant much brighter & calm. 
Jade is a modern Chinese restaurant that serves Cantonese cuisine of exceptional quality, setting an exquisite air of elegance.



Pickles Included Now (Free Of Charge)

  

Braised Bird Nest with Truffle Egg White In Superior Broth  (One Serving Per Diner)

This is their popular signature soup here! An exquisite broth with premium ingredients that was well balanced, not too starchy broth with a hint of truffle, egg white and some bird nest on it. This is the best premium quality soup option among other soup offered here. Must Order!

Golden "Mantou" stuffed with Spicy Crab Meat (One Piece Per Diner)

The exterior was very crispy and the crab meat was indeed quite spicy, eat it while it's hot - Very Shiok! One of my favourites here! Additional $2.80++ per piece!

Crispy Honey Vnaigrette Sliced Sea Bass

This is a very great appetizer here! Must Try!

Steamed Green Tea Flavoured Custard Bun

Love green tea custard bun!

Baked Fresh Milk Bun

I like this dim sum! Flaky exterior snow bun with not too sweet smooth milk custard. A very healthy and nice dim sum!

Steamed Osmanthus Flavoured Barbecued Pork Bun

I thought this was creative, first time trying char siew bao with osmanthus! Overall the main char siew taste was still there, not too sweet, added a touch of mild osmanthus in it to make the overall taste a little more aromatic. Nice bun but It would be good if the bun can be more fluffy.

Pan-fried Seafood Bean Curd Roll

I realised that Jade restaurant is not good in fried bean curd roll. It has never been nice since few years back till now. Very dry and decent taste.

Sautéed Diced Chicken with Lemongrass and Dried Chilli Vinaigrette

The diced chicken was quite tender with a tad sour lemongrass sauce... Nice dish!

Steamed Pork Siew Mai with Abalone

Juicy siew mai topped with tasty mini abalone! 

Crispy Prawn Dumpling

Steamed Crystal Shrimp Dumplings

Deep-fried Taro Paste wrapped with Truffle and Mushroom

Love the crispy flaky exterior with juicy, aromatic truffle and mushroom combination! Yummy!!

Braised Rice Noodles with Seafood In Silken Egg Gravy

They have very nice hor fun here with fresh slices of fish!

Oven Baked Egg Tart

Their egg tart was not good as usual. The custard was not that fragrant and the tart was not crisp.

Signature Cold Dessert: Pomelo Mango Sago
Strawberry Jelly

Hot Dessert of the day on 29 July 2017: 

Water Chestnut

Love their water chestnut!

Hot Dessert of the day on 7 Aug 2015: 
Yam Paste Sago

It was not too sweet with very aromatic yam paste taste!

Overall Impression in 2015: 1 thing I don't really understand.. Usually we were either the first or 2nd to enter the restaurant and the first or 2nd to place our order for 2 pax. But the initial waiting time for the food was still very long everytime (Standard Initial Waiting Time of 20-25 mins) I would say the waiting time was quite ridiculous. 

Note: When we revisited on 29 July 2017 (Sat), their waiting time for the food now was much shorter compared to the past few years with so much people complaining about it. Our waiting time was only about 10mins which we were very satisfied! I hope they can continue with this great improvement!

Service was inconsistent -  Some days were very good while some days were average, so don't expect them to refill your cup of tea promptly. Most of the food quality here were really good while some still needs improvement. Though it's quite stressful to dine + food waiting + talking, everything to be done within 1hr and 45mins, overall it's still quite a Value for Money dim sum buffet with 5 star hotel elegant ambience! 

*Recommended*