Royal China - Top 3 Dimsum Restaurants in Singapore

I have been neglecting this space for quite some time because I was so so so busy! I went for a short getaway to Bangkok earlier this month, it was such a last minute trip planned 3 weeks ago with Singapore Airlines & Glow Pratunam. I'm glad that I have such a super ON travelling buddy who said OK the moment I asked her!

Thank you girl, travelling has always been so steady with you!

Back to the Dim Sum post, I have been wanting to try Royal China after I heard how good it was. The colleagues went in January this year when I was in Amsterdam, so when they know I wanted to go try the dimsum, they accompanied me there again this time round! I have super nice colleagues :)

The restaurant is located on the 3rd level of Raffles Hotel Shopping Arcade.

 

I fall in love with the Tiffany blue deco at first sight with the calming Chinese song in the background! It was raining and I was so hungry, all I had in mind was Liu Sha Bao! 

I think we ordered a number of dimsum which we liked, Liu Sha Bao is a MUST for me to those who know me well. :)

After seeing the above photos, I'm drooling now! I really really loveeeee the Liu Sha Bao so much, it won Taste Paradise both hands down. There's mango in the Liu Sha Bao but you can't really feel that strong taste, it mingles well with the custard. Another thing to praise is the Cheong Fun - it is stir-fried instead of the usual steamed type. It is pretty unique but it tastes really good! For the Har Gao, I'm not a fan usually because I don't like Har Gao skin which are too thick. The ones at Royal China were really good & tasty, skin is just nice with the freshness of the prawn filling inside. Yum yum! The 3 of us finished all the dimsum ordered! There were still room for desserts, I ordered the Mango Pomelo which was too sweet to my liking. :( Gab's dessert taste pretty good and refreshing, I can't remember the name but I know there's apple, aloe vera if I'm not wrong.

I can't remember the price, but we paid less than $30 per pax for 3 of us. I really love the dimsum here and would love ot bring my family to try one day. :)

Royal China

Raffles Hotel Arcade

1 Beach Road

#03-09

Tel: 6338 3363

Mon - Sun: 12:00 - 15:00

                   18:00 - 22:30

Taste Paradise - One of the TOP 3 Dim Sum in Singapore

I haven't had dimsum for so long, ever since I'm addicted to weekend brunch + cappuccino. :p We initially decided on brunch but change to dimsum since it's so difficult for the 3 of us to meet up together - we wanted to treat Jia for her birthday too!

We had 2 choices - one was Taste Paradise and the other was Imperial Treasure - Nanbei, I had eaten at both restaurants before and the most number of times I visited was Taste Paradise! It was voted as one of the TOP 3 restaurants for dimsum together with Royal China at Raffles Hotel & YanTing at St Regis.

I'm no stranger to this place as I have been there with friends, colleagues gathering, for the ex's mum birthday treat. The dimsum were of average price but it seems that the price increases this time round! 

The table setup

Menu

 
The interior of the restaurant is a little dim, and they do have rooms available too which are a little brighter. I remembered the first time I went there with 2 gfs, we ordered a lot and cost $100, I also treated the ex's family for his mum's birthday and it cost $200 because I ordered a Peking duck too. We ordered some items (not considered less) this time round and it cost quite worth-it for the 4 of us (including Grace's bf). 

This 叉烧酥 $4.80 is a must!

Har-gao $5.80, I'm not a fan of it but the har-gao here taste pretty good.

One of the top liu sha bao $5.80 in Singapore, really da best!

XO carrot cake $7.80

Mango prawn roll $5.60 - mango & prawn makes a good combination

Charsiew Bun $4.50

Century Egg Lean Meat Congee $4.50

Steamed Spareribs $4.20

Egg Tarts $4.20

Xiao Long Bao $4.80

Cheong Fun with Shrimps $6.20

I really love the dimsum here a lot, especially the custard bun (liu sha bao). We only paid $81.68 for the 4 of us, which is considered ok. I want to go try the Royal China at Raffles hotel next time round, the colleagues went ahead when I was in Amsterdam earlier in January this year, so they are going to arrange another session again. Yay, I can't wait! :)

Taste Paradise

No. 2 Orchard Turn

#04-07 Ion Orchard

Singapore 238801

Tel: 6509 9660

Mon – Fri:
11.30am – 3.00pm (last order 2.30pm)
6.00pm – 11.00pm (last order 10pm)

Sat, Sun & PH:
11.00am – 4.30pm (last order 3.30pm)
6.00pm – 11.00pm (last order 10pm)

Swee Choon Dim Sum (瑞春點心) @ Jalan Besar

Mummy has been raving about Swee Choon dim sum ever since she went to my uncle's hardware store near Swee Choon one of the days and keep psycho-ing me to go there one day for dinner. I have only been to Swee Choon on a Sunday morning in the past and decided to meet mum there after we knocked off from work on a Friday! 

I took bus 65 from the office and alighted at a bus stop in Little India and walk through the small lane over to Jalan Besar side (desker road). 

I dropped by the Uncle's store for a while before walking over to Swee Choon to meet Mum. There was already a long queue outside the shop. I was wondering is it really that nice? Because the best dimsum I had especially the custard bun is at Taste Paradise at Ion Orchard!

Mum let me decide what dimsum to order - I chose custard bun (liushabao) and yam paste (orh ni) and let her decide the rest.

Wide selection of dim sum

They have cooked food too

Here are the food which we ordered:

Lime Juice with Sour Plum

Portugese Egg Tarts

Century Egg Lean Meat Porridge

Hot & Sour Soup

Carrot Cake

Fried vermicelli cake

Liu Sha Bao

Fried Prawn Wanton

Yam Paste

The food was not bad overall, but I feel that the fried vermicelli cake was overrated. :( It doesn't taste as nice as people said it. The custard bun was ok, not the best but still acceptable for me. The congee was so-so and so was the hot & sour soup. The best I liked was the orh-ni (yam paste), not too sweet and I don't get sick of eating it. The taste is just nice to my liking. 

I feel Swee Choon is a little overrated but the price is still acceptable. $32.10 for the 2 of us, slightly cheaper than restaurant. 

Swee Choon Dim Sum Restaurant

183/185/187/189/191 Jalan Besar

Tel: 6225 7788

Mon-Sun: 6pm-6am

Closed on Tuesday