Xing Hua Restaurant

The name of the restaurant is Xing Hua. Two friends and I dined at the place in February this year. It was a festive occasion then. They had a festive menu which we tried. We were happy with the quality of the food. That is why we decided to go back to try their a la carte menu this time and see how they fare.

There were four of us this time. Here are the dishes that we ordered. It seemed like a lot. But we finished every bit of the food and nothing went to waste.

The Chinese way of dining is called communal dining. We order a number of dishes, and we all partake in the meal. In this way, we get to taste many dishes. If we order small portions of each dish, we get to taste even more dishes. A nibble of this and a nibble of that. We can then keep in mind what is good and what not to order for our next visit.

If there were more people in the group, and we had a bigger table, the restaurant would set a ‘Lazy Susan’ on the table. No, ‘Lazy Susan’ is not a lazy waitress. ‘Lazy Susan’ is what they called a turntable or rotating table. It is where you put the dishes. If someone from across the table wants the dish in front of you, instead of having to pass the dish halfway around the table, he or she just needs to turn the ‘Lazy Susan’ and the dish will go to him/her.

A very useful invention - the 'Lazy Susan'. If you want to know how 'Lazy Susan' came about, have a look 👉 HERE Unfortunately, the bit of trivia about how the name came about seemed to be lost in history.

We didn’t have a 'Lazy Susan'. There were only four of us, and we are all old friends, so we could simply stretch across the table for the dish. Maybe if it were a formal dinner with dignitaries, we would ask for a 'Lazy Susan'. It will be more refined and dignified.

Anyway, these were what we had at the restaurant the other evening.

Cockles. One of my friends love cockles. He had the dish to himself.

Duck with tomato and salted vegetable soup. A bowl of soup for each of us.

We shared the rest of the dishes. Chilled tofu with century egg

Claypot vegetables

Xin Hua drunken chicken

Stir fried kailan with beancurd skin

Stir fried vegetables with prawns and scallops

All the dishes went nicely with a bowl of rice – rice being our staple.

A glass of chrysanthemum tea to wash it all down and also to help with the digestion.

The quality of the food on the a la carte menu was good. Price wise, they are reasonable for that class of restaurant in town. It’s certainly an alternative when considering dining out at a reasonably posh restaurant.

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