Cheng Li Yuan

Our dinner was supposed to be at harbour cafe (meina wanted to intro that place coz its cheap and food is not bad) but we walked past Cheng Li Yuan and this place has been at the back of my mind to try. meina has tried it before and said its pretty good as well so we decided to switch and try cheng li yuan...



Their menu...



the place appears to be operated mainly by china chinese.

We ordered a fried large intestines ($10)..



it was smelly in my view. We tried to feedback it to the lady but right after we commented that, the initally friendly side of her suddenly just disappeared and she got very defensive and her tone totally changed. She appeared angry and said things like this is pig intestine and its supposed to have this taste. They have washed it already and this is what authentic chinese people would eat not like people here. We didnt want to bother arguing with her but seriously i thought she was very rude.

the marinated duck tongue ($8)...



this is probably the first time im having duck tongue. Its pretty good. The flavour is good, the texture is great.

Xiao long bao ($5)...



seriously, i duno if its $5 or did they give us 2 orders of this.. but if its $5 for so many its very worth it (their bill doesnt show a break down in price, this u gotta be careful coz i later checked and i realised they forgot one of our preserved egg and spinach order but we were probably still charged.. but i believe its not done deliberately, probably just an isolated case).

The xiao long bao may look all crumpled but it was full of juices...



skin was rather thin.. the meat was not alot but it was ok. Overall it was pretty alright.

and den Fried Mao's Spicy Pork ($8)...



Meina and Aloy's favourite. I generally dun like sam cham bak. I did try this dish.. was pretty alright. Meina and Aloy quite liked it.

and after reading fatpig's blog, i was craving for this maggot like fried pork coz i had previously had something similiar years ago at Allson Hotel's chinese restaurant (not sure of the name, not sure if its still around either) and i loved it. This item here at Cheng Li Yuan is called Pork with Special Sauce and Popiah Skin ($10)...



you gotta wrap the pork together with the .. hmm.. i duno if its called onion vege.. some cong like vege la... together and wrap it into popiah... i quite like this dish... the cong like vege goes well with the pork.

a close up of the popiah....



next was the fish, dried scallop and egg white ($12). Meina said this item is very good. I remember fatpig also said its really good, better den crystal jade's. The person mixed it with vinegar for us....



a closer up view...



found it pretty alright. I think loh gong zai will like this coz i rem he loved crystal jade's one. But according to meina, the one we had tonight is not as smooth. Overall was alright in my view.

The red bean snow bun ($8) ....



the inside view...



According to meina, many of her colleagues love this as well. They said it melts in their mouth. But not sure if its inconsistency in the standard or if its me. It didnt really taste like i imagined it to be (maybe its me). It was just alright in my view.. didnt find it exceptional. Meina said its quite special. Jianhe and Aloy werent exactly impressed either.

the whole meal came up to about $69. Pricing wise i guess its considered pretty reasonable. Overall a pretty decent meal which i'll wana bring my family back to try.

We were heading over to Broth coz its lil bee's birthday and we ta bao 2 of the red bean snow bun that we couldnt finish over. Jules and lil bee found it pretty good (so maybe its really me.. haha).