We had another family gathering at Chinese Box recently. The restaurant is owned by the same group of people who operate Black Angus. So the restaurant is situated on the ground floor of Blk 1D. Besides set menus, the restaurant also offer simple meals like dumpling noodles, fried rice and porridge. Since we have 10pax, we ordered the set menu. The place is nicely decorated with a small private room.
The salad prawn is nicely prepared with a dash of salad cream.. It's not over-fried and the prawns are really fresh.
Salad prawns
The next dish is the prawn rolls. It is very tasty and crispy. They go well with the sweet sauce. Yummy!
Prawn rolls
This is actually a banned food item in our family but we make an exception this time. The Shark Fins Soup is not too salty and starchy. The texture is just nice with plenty pieces of shark fins.
This is the restaurant signature dish. The Roast Duck is roasted to perfection. The skin is really crispy and the meat very tender. Another signature dish is the Beijing Duck.Will try next time.
Chinese Box Signature Roast Duck
The next dish is the Fried Crispy Chicken in special sauce. The kids enjoyed this dish as it is very tasty. However, I find the special saude a bit too sweet for my liking.
The next dish is Poached spinach with Conpoy (dried scallops). Maybe they should reduce the oyster sauce, this dish is also very salty. Sound the alarm! We better request for the chef to reduce or cut down on the salt.
The next dish is Deep Fried Soon Hock Fish. The fish is very fresh so it should be steamed instead of fried. The chef sliced up the fish so it actually curved up when it's fried. "Look! The fish is dancing!" exclaimed the kids!
The Seafood Fried Rice is very tasty and fragrant. This is the Cantonese-style fried rice with kai lang and plenty of spring onions. My daughter even had second helping!
The dessert is actually Mango with Sago but my family changed it to Teochew Oh Nee (yam paste dessert). The paste is not so sweet and very smooth. We enjoyed the food and the quiet ambience there.
Food: Excellent
Ambiance: Good
Service: Good
Price: $35/pax
Blk 1D Cluny Road, Inside NUS Bukit Timah Campus,
Singapore 259600Tel: 6219 7877
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