Crystal Jade celebrates its Michelin nod
This year marks the 25th anniversary for Crystal Jade, a chain of Chinese restaurants founded in Singapore. It is doubly significant as Crystal Jade Golden Palace (290 Orchard Road, Singapore)—one
This year marks the 25th anniversary for Crystal Jade, a chain of Chinese restaurants founded in Singapore. It is doubly significant as Crystal Jade Golden Palace (290 Orchard Road, Singapore)—one
This is uncomfortable food at its best, challenging everything, from your taste buds to the limits of language barrier.
The hype gets in the way of what Tim Ho Wan is–a reasonably priced canteen serving Cantonese food to the same exacting standards of HK locals.
To welcome the Year of the Sheep, dear friend Sofia Co gifted me with Choi Garden’s Poon Choi, also known as the Big Bowl Feast—a Cantonese celebratory dish often served on Chinese New Year and consisting of delectable ingredients.
In Chinese cuisine, the pickings are so diverse and interesting that there seems to be a dish to match my every craving. This week, I had Chinese food three times and not once was there a flavor that was even remotely similar.
Years of graduate school research on Fujianese cuisine, followed by visits to homes of Chinese matriarchs to sample, recreate and photograph dozens of dishes, have resulted in the book “My Angkong’s Noodles,” by author and Inquirer Lifestyle food reviewer Clinton Huang Palanca.
For many Filipinos, Hong Kong is the gateway to the world. Its proximity and reasonable foreign exchange rates make it the perfect initiation for any wannabe traveler.
Only a year into the food scene, Crystal Jade Dining In in Bonifacio Global City has earned a loyal clientele (predominantly Filipinos, Singaporeans, Koreans and Chinese from mainland China) who just can’t get enough of its Crispy Duck Sandwich (slivers of tender and juicy duck meat and cucumber in between slices of fried wrapper and crispy duck skin drizzled with hoisin sauce); and Double-Boiled Crab Claw Soup (a lone crab claw swimming in clear tasty broth along with shiitake and enoki mushrooms served on fresh coconut).
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