Yum Cha Garden Restaurant – Kurobuta Pork Sake Tapino

Maureen
Maureen
January 09, 2012

Following the success of Tapino series, Yum Cha has rolled out a new variation of their specialty hot pot: Sake Tapino (清酒黑豚打边炉). With sake as its soup base, diners can now enjoy the hot pot with Kurobuta pork from America, tiger prawns, Yum Cha’s homemade tofu, as well as Japanese udon. When I was there for work a month back, I felt in love with the Sake Tapino and was telling my friends about it. So last Saturday, 6 of us were there for dinner.

The pork bones soup was laced with sake, poured from a traditional tokkuri. The first bowl, we had all the Kurobuta pork cooked to perfection, and the soup had a strong sake flavour. Then comes the second bowl, where we has cabbage, prawns and homemade tofu. The broth was so much sweeter. Lastly, we had a bowl of ramen and we were all sipping the soup away!
We actually ordered a Set Menu for 6 at $218++, it comes with their Signature Pomfret Tapino but the waitress has kindly allowed us to change to Sake Tapino. If you aren’t ordering a set meal like us, the Sake Tapino comes in 2 sizes, regular for 2 to 4 persons ($78) and a large for 6 to 8 persons ($156). This will only be available at Yum Cha Garden, their Serangoon Garden outlet.

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Besides the Sake Tapino, other dishes in the set menu includes the Prawn and Beancurd Skin Pancake (鲜虾天妇锅饼) which is fresh prawn paste wrapped in beancurd skin and fried till golden brown.

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Next, we had Wine Sauce Chicken served in Hot Stone (石锅百叶酸醋鸡). It arrives with a strong coffee flavour and we thought it was coffee pork ribs. We find the chicken too tough for our liking.

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However, we enjoyed Tofu with Mushroom and Vegetables (百菌皇汤双层楼). I guess Yum Cha is really good with their homemade tofu. The silken tofu were soft and delicate and it is topped with ginger crisps and golden mushrooms.

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Black pepper crab (驰名黑胡椒) is one of the two most popular ways that crab is served in Singapore. This is a scrumptious dish that combines butter with lots of garlic, oyster sauce, ginger and fragrant, crushed black pepper to create this delicacy.

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By this time, I was already filling to the brim. The last dish before dessert was Braised Eefu Noodle with Mushrooms and Conpoy (金菰尧柱焖伊面).

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Dessert for the day was chilled Mango Sago Pomelo which was thick and creamy and had generous toppings of cubed mangoes and sago. It is absolutely essential for hot summer like here.

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And that’s us, satisfied after a heavy meal!
Yum Cha Garden is actually in Serangoon Gardens Country Club but it is opened to public. So if you are nearby, do drop by for some dim sum or their signature Tapino!
Yum Cha Garden Restaurant
Address: 22 Kensington Park Road (Serangoon Gardens Country Club)
Tel: +65 6343 1717
Website: www.yumcha.com.sg