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Nice xiao long baos, onion pancakes and har gao (shrimp dumplings)

Very unique and delicious. The pork was quite tender and juicy. One of my favorite dish!

Relaxing through the day with a dim sum buffet at Swatow, renowned for its Teochew cuisine. The experience had its hits and misses.

The braised pork belly stood out for its soft, tender, and fatty goodness. The chili crab meat was scarce, but its sauce paired well with mantou. Duck popiah and shark fin soup added a banquet touch. Mini lotus rice and paper-wrapped chicken are worth trying. The rice roll skin was thick, affecting the mouthfeel, but the sauce was redeeming. The egg tart was a miss, while desserts featured a fruit jelly drink, cakes, and surprisingly sweet macarons. The royal raisin ice cream was a rare find, resembling rum and raisin without the rum.

Despite the modest variety, the buffet left us feeling surprisingly full. Overall, it was satisfactory, with excellent service.

Pricing:
High-Tea Dim Sum Buffet (3pm - 5pm)
Weekday/Weekend & PH
Adult - $28.80++/$31.80++
Child - $18.80++/$21.80++
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🚩Swatow Seafood, 181 Lor 4 Toa Payoh, 02-602, Singapore 310181
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($1.20) I wanted to try their egg tart (probably I used to try it out previously). But the egg crust was quite thick and egg custard filling was not much tbh.

The puff pastry is buttery with slightly thick texture. This body type is holding the filling (honeyed BBQ pork) well when you take the bite. The filling is quite sweet. It goes well with hot tea as a snack.

Curiosity kicks in when glancing on their Pau counter. Round, plump and inviting, this Phoenix egg is a should-try.😋 There is not much grease despite it being a deep fried item. Chicken, pork & boiled egg as fillings are flavourful and complementing each other.

Sautéed egg white with conpoy and fish meat. Very good dish to have if you’re on a protein diet! Breaking the egg yolk and eating it with the rest of the dish added a more silky texture. Overall a good dish.

Ordered some other dim sum items and found them rather pedestrian. Has CJ standard dropped? I remembered they used to do pretty good dim sum…

Still one of my fav place to go for dimsum, old style comfort dimsum, nothing fancy but I always like the feel to choose my own dimsum from push cart.
Feature their limited dimsum item for this CNY , rabbit bao and siu mai with abalone
📍Swatow Seafood Restaurant.
181 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh #02-602.

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》$20 / Small

Jing Tai Lan (the Chinese forcloisonné) is a unique art form featuring a combination of sculpture, painting, coppersmith work and porcelain craft. Lee Kwang Kee Teochew Cuisine brings this form of art to diners in the form of their fish head steamboat, with the cloisonné decorated on the steamboat.

Served with a platter of vegetables, egg floss, enoki and sliced red grouper. The steamboat is packed with ingredients such as red grouper fish head, Chinese cabbage, beancurd and taro. The initial broth was slightly bland but it gets flavourful after throwing in those ingredients on the platter. The sliced fish was thickly sliced, fresh and succulent. I always remember this place when I feel like having authentic Teochew fish porridge or steamboat back in my old hood 》$85 / Medium

Confirmed and chopped! Authentic push cart dim sum! Besides Red Star, this is the only other place with old style push cart service that I know of. And I have been looking for these on both sides of the border for some time now.

The dim sum still taste good after all these years. Not mind-blowing good but comfortably adhering to the taste you are used to and familiar with. The selection is somewhat limited and this is understandable due to manpower constraints. But they do have all the popular items like Siew Mai, Har Gao, Braised Chicken Feet, Steamed Pork Ribs, Char Siew Buns, Beancurd Skin Wraps, Chee Cheong Fun and Century Egg / Sliced Pork Porridge. Notably missing were Radish Cake and Lotus Leaf Wrapped Glutinous Rice. The one complain I have would be their rule for 90 mins service limit for each table, although I don’t really see them enforcing it.

Opens from 8am daily so yes, this is the one place in Singapore where you can enjoy a yum cha culture closest to that of Hong Kong. Call it nostalgia but the push cart system is a huge winner for me.

Feature :
💕 Chinese Lettuce Salad in Szechuan.
A re-inspired Northern Chinese, the lettuce was crunchy served in tingly numbing sauce.
💰$9.9.
💕 Small Bowl La Mian with Picked Mustard Green Soup
💰$7.9
Chilled Crab Meat Crystal Jelly.
Jelly with filling of crab meat set in a superior stock and served with a tangy black vinegar dip
💰$10.9 for 6 pieces
💕 Shredded Crispy Duck served with Pancake.
Little boss fav, crispy meaty duck fillets served with homemade crepe with julienne cucumber and Chef’s special sauce.
💰$18.9
💕 Mala Grilled Patin Fish.
Fresh Patin fish served in mala-based broth, not too numbing, and with ingredients like beancurd knot, black fungus, lotus root, preserved vegetables, flat mung bean noodles and deep-fried garlic chips.
💰$52.9
💕Steamed Prawn and Cheese Xiao Long Bao.
combines flavours of fresh prawns and mozzarella cheese, finely-balanced.
💰&15.9 for 6 pieces, $24.9 for 10 pieces.
💕 Purple Sweet Potato & Cheese Pastry.
sesame studded mochi ball with a not-too-sweet purple sweet potato and mozzarella cheese filling
💰$5.9 for 4 pieces.
📍Crystal Jade.
Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, #01-70