You Peng Noodle Dumpling House @ Beauty World Food Centre - Value For Money Xiao Long Bao, $7 For 10 Pieces

You Peng Noodle Dumpling House is located on the fourth floor of Beauty World Food Centre. The stall sells a variety of dumplings and noodles here. In my recent visit, I decided to patron the stall and try their Shanghai Fresh Meat Juicy Steamed Bun or more commonly just known as Xiao Long Bao.

Shanghai Fresh Meat Juicy Steamed Bun 3.5/5

A set of the Shanghai Fresh Meat Juicy Steamed Bun ($7 for 1 set) comes with 10 pieces of the piping hot xiao long bao.

Shanghai Fresh Meat Juicy Steamed Bun 3.5/5

The first thing I did is to pick up the xiao long bao on its tip using my pair of chopsticks. The skin was rather thick but resilient. You probably can tell from the picture. It could also be the reason why the xiao long bao was able to hold quite a lot of the soup it in.

Shanghai Fresh Meat Juicy Steamed Bun 3.5/5

While the pork filling is quite substantial, it had a porky taste which threw the experience off. I ended up dunking the xiao long bao in the dipping vinegar sauce to mask the porky taste.

For a mere $7 to get 10 pieces of xiao long bao is quite a bargain. If care is taken in the preparation to better remove the porky taste of the filling, I would have enjoyed it more. Nevertheless, I would like to go back and try their other dumpling and noodle dishes on the menu for a more complete review of the stall.


You Peng Noodle Dumpling House
Beauty World Food Centre
144 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Level 4, #04-23
Singapore 588177
Nearest MRT: Beauty World (DT Line)

Opening Hours:
Daily: 1030am - 9pm

Direction:
1) Alight at Beauty World MRT station. Take Exit A. Walk to destination. Journey time about 3 minutes. [Map]

Fish & Chicks @ Cathay Cineleisure Orchard - Salted Egg Yolk Fish & Chips Comes to Orchard

Fish & Chicks is a Western food stall started at a coffeeshop in Ang Mo Kio. Known for its popular salted egg yolk and chilli sauce fish & chips, it soon gained popularity on social media and crowd started to flock to the humble stall. Don't undermine the power of social media, diners need to queue up to 2 hours just to have a taste of their fish & chips once it went viral on social media. With the success, Fish & Chicks soon opens its second outlet in the food court at the basement of Cathay Cineleisure Orchard.

Salted Egg Yolk Fish & Chips 4/5

I have a meeting in town a couple of weeks ago and I took the opportunity to check out their second outlet at the basement of Cineleisure. I was surprised but glad that there wasn't a long queue like their Ang Mo Kio outlet. I placed my order and have my lunch served in less than 10 minutes.

After having a bite of the Salted Egg Yolk Sauce Fish & Chips ($10.90), I can understand why the hype. The batter was deep fried to a crackling crispiness and dressed in a rich salted egg yolk sauce. The salted egg yolk sauce is the creamy type instead of the more robust grainy version. Not what I prefer but still decent. The fish itself is moist and provided the nice contrast against the batter. Doubt they are using fresh fish since it is a fast food style business concept but the quality used is good enough.

Overall I find the Salted Egg Yolk Fish & Chips above average and it is worth trying, provided you do not need to queue for hours for it. If you want to skip the queue, I would advise going to the Orchard outlet as it seems that not many people is aware of it. Furthermore it is inside a mall which is air conditioned.


Fish & Chicks
Cathay Cineleisure Orchard
8 Grange Road
Singapore 239695
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Nearest MRT: Somerset (NS Line)

Opening Hours:
Daily: 11am - 10pm

Direction: 
1) Alight at Somerset MRT station. Take Exit B. Go all the way to the ground level. Turn left and walk to the junction of Orchard Road and Grange Road. Cross the road and turn left onto Grange Road. Walk to destination. Journey time about 8 minutes. [Map]