my mum did not believe me when i told her that peach garden had opened their second outlet at thomson plaza. now i do not really blame her since we have seen only too many popular-in-town retailers arrive-in-gusto, only to leave with their sorry tails caught between their legs when business fails- starbucks was a classic example.
but any.oh.how, having been to the outlets at now-defunct-bedok and still-thriving-novena, we decided to give peach garden "tp" (jimmy's cool acronym for thomson plaza) our fullest support! and boy did they NOT disappoint.
jimmy eagerly anticipating while mum decides to pay tribute to her evergreen pose.
my failing impressionist of a dory fish. very unpretty. i should use this photo on some lovematch website.. haha.
democracy was in full swing as each of us got to choose a dish of our desire. writer's note: dad was in perth. -wink. and i got to choose two! well, basically because they were both appetizers.
presenting crispy eggplant with pork floss and deep-fried beancurd with diced garlic. the beancurd was predictably good but forgettable. t-o-f-u wad... but the pork floss and eggplant combination was simply my-oh-my! we all know the abusal rate of pork floss in the use of pastries but with eggplant?! seconds please~
hot and sour soup (h&ss) was delightful and very possibly one of the better h&ss thay i have tasted in chinese resturants. here you are thankfully spared the agony of overstarchiness preexisting in unethical chinese resturants. hmph.
mum went for the wasabi-prawns. the prawns were pan-fried and generously coated with a layer of what-esle-but-wasabi. i cannot really comment on this since i am no-fan of wasabi (having been through too many nose-churning sensations) but this was pleasantly executed and i believe fang liked it alot which says alot for someone who is high on fuss on what she eats.
a dish ever present on our peach garden dining table would have to be the braised beef in claypot. the beef was unapologetically tender and just imagine a spoonful of smeared gravy all over your rice ..irressistable! fang's choice was this 3-egg with vegetable dish which cost the same as the wasabi prawns?! health-food. period.
feeling adventurous, we ordered this "fish noodle with kung-pao venison" dish off the menu. now there seemed to be so many things wrong with the name of the dish 'fish' 'kung-pao' 'venison' along same line? i almost had to heave a sigh of relief when it entered our dining premises. ok so the texture of the 'fish noodles' felt like spagetti, which i strongly suspect is, but i really enjoyed this dish. out of relief? out of pure enjoyment? still trying to figure it out. order this if you ain't no fan of bambi. yeeks, did i just say that?
on the whole, peach garden lives up to its name and c'mon if it is good enough for the guy who used to sign our dollar bills (yes, we saw richard hu and family!), it practically is good enough for you.
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