dad and mum decided to bring us kids to the famous Min Jiang @ One North to try their legendary peking duck...let's find out what so legendary about this fowl!!
mum ordered the 6pax dinner course so that we could try abit of everything from minjiang. it was a boisterous nite as the table sat beside us housed 10 burly men who brought the roof down; had to shout to my sister when i had to say something. painful conversation. and i even tried to tell her a joke. failed attempt. whole nite tine just went: 'huh?'....'huh?'
that's the appetiser (very colourful), our rubber (crepe) duckie and of cos the chef who helped us cut our duckie but we paid no attention to him...poor guy.
For starters, i ordered the appetiser platter which comprised of crispy deep-fried eel with sesame seeds, a lobster medallion fried in salted egg yolk crust, deep-fried diced chicken with Sichuan peppercorn and a salad prawn.
pretty presentation.
The lobster medallion was cradled in one of those kueh pie ti cups while the diced chicken nestled in a wired mesh yam basket. The lobster was covered with salted egg yolk, which gave the natural flavour of the lobster a local twist,it has this salty crusty tingle to the tongue. The fried eel strips were coated with the sesame seeds, creating a fusion of tangy and nutty flavours... i donated my eels and chicken all over the table to let everyone enjoy...hehe no use keeping all the good stuff to myself! so although the appetiser was for one, it served 5! everyone had a bite!
The highlight is Beijing duck ($80) that is roasted in a wood-fired oven by a chef from Beijing. The crispiest slices of skin just below the neck are eaten dipped in sugar. i didnt know how to enjoy, gave most of my peking duck skin to wj (who lurves lurves lurves it!!!!)... The rest of the bird is sliced with plenty of meat attached to the skin, unlike the Hong Kong practice of just slicing off the skin. These slices are eaten with various condiments, including a a choice of hoisin sauce, chopped garlic, cucumbers, shredded leeks, sweet-sour radish strips and lightly sweetened daikon strips (spicy cos my sis was grumbling). - all wrapped up in a flour crepe (quite rubbery).
that's our sweet and spicy scampi....
followed by sea cucumber with Lingzhi mushrooms and veggies; freshly steamed fish...fried ee-fu noodles which i didnt take any photos cos it wasnt very pretty or memorable.
dessert was something very local yet had a touch of western fusion.
Black glutinous rice with a scoop of ice cool vanilla ice-cream. hot and cold combi! NICE!!! too bad i was aredi filled to the brim so couldnt really enjoy the dessert. it was weird that they used pasley instead of mint leaf as a decoration...
To Cap it all........
Rochester Park is one-north’s latest dining and lifestyle destination. This heritage area consisting of colonial black-and-white bungalows has been given a new lease of life as they now home to wonderful restaurants and chill-out places.
die lah, my blog becoming a foodie blog.
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