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So it is real. Finally a plot of land situated strategically at the stomach of the cockerel cut-out mass of map of China, Jiang Nan, also taking Crystal Jade by storm. Crystal Jade Jiang Nan is new at VivoCity.
To stop having illusions about how Jiang Nan will be composed, look out for the dim sum in the menu. If it is not cantonese dim sum; then you have made your way to the correct province of China, you have not gone to Crystal Jade Kitchen! Until the menu's tailoring one also realised that dim sum eating has compartments, it is semi-leavened xiao long bao, sheng jian bao and flour-dropped jiao zi here. Less flowery with frills from cantonese dim sum. Flour seems to sum up the Jiang Nan.
Follow down the Yangtze River in black, red and silver. The details are nice to be inspected as part of the collection of Crystal Jade having regional cuisines.
Steamed Beancurd with Egg Yolk, French Bean, Carrot & Black Fungus Served in Cup (SGD 8.00)
One of the appetisers, or salad. The vegetables are cool and refreshing, and the cold tofu is almost like a savoury pudding or sweet which serves as an appetite stimulator. Eaten on its own for the layers, the yellow is fragrant, and one also detects peanuts and pickled vegetables at the top.
Crystal Jade Multi-coloured Xiao Long Bao (SGD 14.50)
In the opening of Crystal Jade Jiang Nan at VivoCity, a basket of dumplings also include the xiao long bao. This signals a new quarter for Singapore, where exclusivity will not be reserved for Paradise Dynasty, Venice of the East will be new landing for Paradise on earth.
P.S. And Paradise for this Dynasty, the bejeweled globe in the center, a yellow custard bun. Made of glutinous rice flour and not flour skin, a trademark of desserts of Jiang Nan. Sense of a bun in a chewy sturdy skin, the stuffing a steamed, solidified paste of milk custard, like a non-flowy creamy custard bun of cantonese dim sum. Ending off the indigo-violet in the rainbow.
