Meng's Foodie Review 1

Just came back from a good dinner at this snazzy place called the "Grand Shanghai", which is located somewhere along havelock rd near Grand Copthorne hotel. The decor and feel of the place makes u feel as if u were in 1930s Shanghai, e most impressive of these is the live singing of chinese oldie songs with a live band at e front of the place. I have to say tat e singers were all pretty good too! n yes u can request songs to be sung( but pls dun request stuff by jay chou etc), and yes u can request bday songs too (in english, chinese n cantonese - i know cause i heard all of them, with a total of 5 bday cakes coming out on seperate occassions!!). Thus for ambience and service i would say that tis is one of e best i;ve been too so far.

Now on to e food! First up was a cold dish, with jellyfish, shanghai drunken chicken and sweet deep fried baby eel. I tot e dish was excellent, and e 3 kinds of dishes complemented each other very well. Next was the sharks fin (yes i noe some ppl dun approve of tis dish, but i did not have a say in e dishes since i was not e one paying!), n i have to say it tasted different from e others tat i have tried before. This one had a hmm, how to put it,.. slighty "roasted" kinda taste tat i loved, and gave e broth much body n flavour! After tat we had a veggie dish with mushroom n chicken, which is well.. normal.. but also tasty. Fourth dish was steamed Partin fish, which to me was steamed just nice, and e fish meat was fresh, soft n succulent! yummy.. but i tot e garnishing was a tad too salty though...

next up was e salted egg prawns! yummy.. just like e peach garden ones, these were delicious, except that they came with their shells on unlike those in peach garden. Nonetheless they were still savoury! High in cholestrol though..:(.. after e prawns came e "Wuxi pork ribs", which were very well done.. e most tender pork ribs i ever tasted, though in terms of taste fer e sauce i still prefer e western BBQ style! But still, e ribs were soft, fatty and juicy..so 2 thumbs up fer it too!
Afterwards was prob e most disappointing dish, tofu with spinach, also similar to peach garden.. cept tat i feel e peach garden one tasted much better! e tofu was not as soft n tasty as compared to tat.. e last dish was Crab meat xiao long bao. which was not bad.. but then again i would not say tat its better than those at ding tai fung..

last but not least was e dessert! it was "mi gua xi mi lu", or mango with sago.. sweet, cooling n refreshing.. e perfect way to end e dinner n to cool down after all e heavy n rich foods served beforehand! oishii ne!~~~

Overall, e meal was great, e ambience was great n e food mostly was great too! e only downside is e price, so unless i feel rich or i kanna 4D, e chances of me going back there fer a meal are quite low..:(.. but will wanna bring my dear there one of these days! think she will enjoy it as much as i did! Thanks to my sis-in-law Erica fer treating e dinner too~~