Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant

Wah Lok's another one of our favourites to have a languid weekend dim sum brunch. Admittedly, the quality of the food has gone down over the years but I still like this place for its memories (I used to come here for dim sum with my extended family when I was very young) and warm friendly vibe. As with most Cantonese restaurants, Wah Lok is unstuffy, bustling with activity and relatively noisy. You'll occasionally have to raise your voice to be heard over the din. Most customers come here in large groups, whether with their extended families or friends, so you'll usually get a table faster if it's just the 2 of you.

I've always liked eating Jellyfish, it's springy, chewy and usually served refreshingly chilled. I like its clean palate-cleansing flavours, simply seasoned with a little chili and soy.That said, this could have been more chilly, it was a little tepid and limp.


The Fried Beancurd Skin with Prawns is plump, juicy and succulent. I love the interplay of the crisp beancurd skin and firm turgid prawns.


This Mushroom Dumpling is a lot better than the Lei Garden one, simply because there are no coriander leaves! I love this dumpling for its clean fresh taste, the thin chewy translucent skin, the earthy mushrooms and the crunchy vegetables and radish.


The Steamed BBQ Pork Bun ($4.80) is quite exceptional here, the bun is fluffy, moist and soft, while the barbecued pork filling is sticky, sweet and yet savoury.


I also like their Siew Mai ($5.60) here, it's fairly huge, sweet and juicy, fresh pork is used so there's no frozen meat aftertaste.


The Appetizer ($3) here is quite unique, chilled seasoned long beans and mock barbecued pork make for a refreshing appetite-whetting starter.




Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant
Carlton Hotel Singapore
76 Bras Basah Road
Singapore 189558
Tel: 6311 8188/9
Email: restaurants@carltonhotel.sg
Open from 11.30am to 2.30pm for lunch (Mondays to Saturdays);
11am to 2.30pm (Sundays and Public Holidays); and
6.30pm to 10pm for dinner daily

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Anonymous said…
Oink!
28.2.11
Bern said…
It's not really that much, is it?
3.3.11
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