Nanjing Impressions (Plaza Singapura)

Step into Nanjing Impressions, and you’ll feel transported to ancient China. The meticulously designed interiors, adorned with wooden panels and glowing red lanterns, create an ambiance that immerses you in tradition and elegance.

The meal begins with the Osmanthus Scented Sponge Cake, a light and airy dessert infused with a subtle floral sweetness that is both refreshing and delightful. The Celestial Duck Dumplings are beautifully crafted, with silky wrappers encasing a rich and savory duck filling that melts in your mouth. The Steamed Glutinous Rice with Pork is a standout Jiangnan dish, featuring hand-picked glutinous rice layered with slices of premium belly pork. After three hours in the steamer, the flavors meld into an aromatic, tender dish that is as comforting as it is flavorful.

The Sesame Beancurd Julienne offers a unique balance of textures, pairing soft strands of beancurd with a nutty sesame dressing for a light yet satisfying option. For those who enjoy bolder flavors, the Palace Chicken with Pickled Chilli delivers tender chicken pieces coated in a tangy, fiery marinade that leaves a memorable kick.

A highlight of the menu is Mdm Chiang's Beauty Porridge, a dessert-like dish with a rich history. Known as Meiling Congee, it originated during the Republic of China era, combining fragrant rice and soy milk into a velvety, lightly sweet porridge. It’s an elegant and soothing finish to a rich meal. The Signature Salted Duck, another must-try, is expertly seasoned and tender, showcasing the beauty of simple, traditional flavors. Finally, the Chrysanthemum Tea ties everything together with its floral aroma, offering a refreshing conclusion to the feast.

9 Feb’22, Wed🌧
📍Nanjing Impressions (Plaza Singapura)
- Madam Chiang’s Nutritious Beauty Porridge🥣
- Jinling Roast Duck🍗
- Sesame-scented Beancurd Julienne🍮
- Osmanthus-scented Steamed Sponge🌼
- Nanjing Chilled Vegetarian Delights🥗
- Steamed Shrimp & Silky Gourd Dumpling🥟
- Fa Cai Abalone Yu Sheng (not in pic)🥢
- Nanjing Yuhua Tea (not in pic)🍵

Impressed by the sesame beancurd julienne! The beancurd was so thinly sliced, the fragrance of the sesame smell and the savoury sauce, as well as the dried shrimps, all of these went very well with the beancurd, not too salty, what a nice combi, yum!

Unlike the usual savoury porridge that I expected, the beauty porridge was something like sweet (but not too sweet) soya bean soup base with lily and water chestnut, the rice was almost not visible to eyes, quite a surprise dish eh!

The xlb was unlike the usual pork meat xlb, the shrimp with silky gourd filling was quite on point, natural sweetness from the shrimp and moist silky gourd, something different for a change!

The veg cold dish was quite decent, various veg mixed together with sesame oil and not too salty, feeling healthy eating this~

The roast duck was quite decent, quite tender, no gamey smell, just that find the sauce a little diluted, else it will be perfect…

The osmanthus steam sponge was a little too sticky and chewy to my likings, but taste wise, it’s pretty good, not too sweet and each mouthful was filled with osmanthus smell…

Overall, the taste of each dishes was quite well balanced, not too sweet/ salty, wouldn’t mind coming back again, it would be perfect if each dish’s portion could be a little bigger…

Damage: $121.35

Every time I am in Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu province, I will go to a restaurant that offers Nanjing street food at reasonable prices - Nanjing Da Pai Dang. This chain of restaurant has many outlets and they offer exactly the same food, taste, decor, service, with the leading staff who wears ancient Chinese costume with a funny Mandarin hat and waitresses in ancient Chinese clothes.

Imagine my surprise when I heard they opened a branch in Singapore. And they have replicated the decor and uniforms, even down to the leading staff with the Mandarin hat.

Okay so the menu is very much reduced in terms of items compared with their cousins in Nanjing but the ubiquitous Salty Braised Duck, Smoked Duck, LionHead Meatball, Bean Curd in Brine, Pork Trotters in Dark Sauce, these are all available. And the taste did not disappoint.

I think I will come again whenever I miss Nanjing food or introduce this novelty to friends.

It is kind of handmade noodle put on sesame oil sauce.

If you are looking for some snack over the meal, go fo this which generous in the size and definitely chewy and tasty.

Beside the chicken was juicy, the broth given was vinegar. Giving the interesting flavour to the chicken.