Crystal Jade Steamboat Restaurant @ Zhong Shan Mall
Recently, we have been quite addicted to steamboat. To our joy, we found that Crystal Jade had also joined in on the recent Steamboat craze! There is a Crystal Jade Steamboat Restaurant outlet at Zhong Shan Mall which is one of my favourite hideouts as the mall is very quiet and it is really easy to find a parking space.
The steamboat here is in a set and ala-cart style. The price is quite reasonable, starting at around $28.90++ per set for two. Soup is inclusive.
There were also other side dishes if you preferred to try something else.
The comprehensive sauce section. There were so many sauces to choose from and best of all, the sauces were absolutely FOC!
Arrival of our food...
Instant noodles go really well with the Ma La Soup. The Mala soup here was more towards the "numb" side rather than spicy. The herbal soup was average.
The fried bean curd skin on the top left hand of the photo went very very well with the soup. We ordered 3 plates of this. They only had one selection for the fish which was carp. I really dislike the taste of carp..it is way too fishy for my liking. 4 of us could not finish this one small plate of fish. That alone can probably give you an idea about how fishy it was. We were glad that we did not order the carp fish set steamboat....Phew!!
At 10pm, they have a supper dim sum menu that you can order from. The restaurant is open till late, and it is a really good place to hang out at night if you feel like having supper.
Overall: The total bill was $178.65 for 4 pax which worked out to be around SGD 45 per pax. Even though the food was quite average, the service was good. The price ranges around the same as Hai Di Lao per pax. However, if I was to compare the two restaurants, I would definitely choose Hai Di Lao over Crystal Jade Steamboat. The only bad thing about eating at Hai Di Lao is that there is always such a long queue. Sigh...
Rating: 3.5/5
Crystal Jade Steamboat Restaurant
Zhong Shan Mall #01-18
Tel : 63390283
