Imperial Treasure

dim sum!!! :D this has to be one of the most difficult meals i've ever planned in my life. it was so difficult to arrange :( but i'm glad that it turned out pretty good in the end! :)) and the recommendation for this place was super good! actually i made reservations at the wrong imperial treasure. apparently there are two in takashimaya? i reserved the one on the 4th floor  which was the imperial treasure teochew cuisine, when there was supposed to be a 'better' one on level 5 which is imperial treasure nan bei restaurant. but the one we went to was damn awesome already!!!! :) can't imagine how much better the other one could be. both are good la!!

hehe the first thing i ordered ;) char siew sou ($3.60). what else?! haha it was SUPER GOOD. one of the best char siew sous i've eaten really! we only ordered one plate -.- and it was so funny. cos it was the first dish that arrived, so no one touched it initially. but i totally couldnt resist. i mean, c'mon, it's my favourite! so after sitting there for 2mins, i couldnt take it and grabbed one for myself xD after i exclaimed that it was SO YUMMY, everyone started to want it haha. and they had to share :P haha. the pastry was crumbly just-so, slightly sweet, crispy, enclosing a sweet juicy mash of char siew. oh gosh. it was just soooooo good :)

the roasted pork ($9 per plate) came highly recommended by one of my friends. and boy, it was good!!!! haha i really can't stop exclaiming at the dishes here. the portion was tiny, but it was just super awesome. i would say, worth the money despite its size haha. the layers of meat nicely balanced between fat that melted in the mouth, with a crispy crackly skin on top. mmm :)

the pan fried carrot cake ($3.50) was nicely fried till it was fragrant. crispy top with a tender underside.

fluffy char siew baos ($3.30)! :) loved how the bun was so soft. but so much carbo, none of us could stomach it towards the end when all the food started piling up.

the xiao long bao ($4) was very well received! the skin was of a good thickness, and the soup inside was yummy!

usual dim sum items - siew mai ($4.40), chee cheong fun ($4.80) and har gow($4.80) - all done wonderfully. the prawns were so fresh! :)

i loved how the egg tarts were served piping hot!!!! they were absolutely delicious, so fresh that the liquid yolks had barely solidified and they wobbled precariously as i popped them in my mouth. haha so yummy :D

ohmyohmyohmy. *drools*. haha another of the highly recommended items - the custard bun ($3.60) was so yummy :D take a mouthful of the fluffy bun, be careful!, and get ready for the oozy custard to squirt into your mouth xD it was absolutely delicious.

and i have no idea why we were so greedy (how could we think that the dim sum we ordered wasn't enough?! we were stuffed..) but we ordered the fried rice with bbq pork & prawn in yang zhou style ($14 small - which turned out to be not so small after all!). yes, i repeat, we were stuffed already by that time. but when the dish arrived, it smelled so mouth-watering that no one could resist it! every mouthful was so fragrant, it ended off our meal with a bang.

this place is here to stay on my list of dim sum places :)

Imperial Treasure Teochew Cuisine

Ngee Ann City #04-20A

Tel.: +65 65 6736 2118

Lunch 11.30am-2pm

Dinner 6pm-10.30pm