A new kid in the mall - honestly didn't expect much but at least one item was surprisingly good.
First, I think this was their soft opening and there were many people in the kitchen that didn't seem to know what they were doing and was a bit chaotic. They also have a lot of items on the menu besides just dumplings... they also have Chinese noodle soups and I believe some popular south Asian stuff too, which is never a good sign.
We ordered two things of dumplings and a roast duck noodle soup, and while dumplings came out soon enough (literally just pick up and serve- but other orders were in front of us and they were confused), the noodle soup took forever to come out.
Turns out they got orders mixed up and didn't even began making ... and when it finally came out it was printed on receipt as roast pork noodle soup. But whatever - we were hungry so show us what you got!
Steamed Beancurd Skin Roll 3 Pcs (App, 4/5) - Pretty decent! Good filling & mouth feel.
Spicy Beef Dumpling (App, 3/5) - A bit thick on the skin but made up for it with quantity and filling wasn't too bad and had a kick which was interesting.
Roast Duck Noodle Soup (MAIN, 5/5) - Now this was the BIG surprise. I think they overdid it with duck quantity, and I'm not complaining! Since it's a soft launch, I think they really wanted to dish it out and there was so much roasted duck that we had trouble maintaining meat-to-noodle ratio. It was almost 1-for-1. The duck was well-roasted and full of flavor, and surprisingly not overly greasy from a mall place. Broth was hearty and deep, very satisfying, again, at a MALL food court. We were pleasantly impressed with this bowl. Great quantity of noodles and broth, too, served in a smart double-container that keeps noodles separate until you wanna commence dunking. Only improvement would be to add a bit more bokchoy as the soup was crowded out by duck(!)
Overall, we enjoyed our first meal here - not sure how long they can serve at this level though due to proliferation of SKUs (too many different foods) and the general chaos I witnessed in the very-visible kitchen. We will see! read more