Qi Lin Xuan Kitchen first opened at Bt Batok Central has drawn many favourable feedback on their delicious tze char dishes. With its stable crowd of customers, it has opened its 2nd branch at Vision Exchange Jurong East which offers tze char in a more comfortable air conditioning environment. There is also very affordable ala-carte lunch/dinner buffet at very reasonable price.
The JE branch is located at the ground floor of the building at a corner. The restaurant isn't too big, housing about 3 large tables of 10 persons and 8 small tables of 4 to 6 persons. The servers are all Chinese and very friendly and prompt in their services. We opted for their $98 set for 4 persons where we can choose any 5 ala-carte dishes from the menu. We opted for the below:
1. Curry fish head - 1/2 steamed red grouper fish head simmered in thick curry gravy with lots of brinjal, ladysfinger and taupok. The fish is very fresh and it goes very well with a bowl of white rice. Rating: 3.9/5
2. Marmite pork ribs - doesn't have a very strong marmite flavour but the rib was very tender. Rating: 3.5/5
3. Salted egg sotong - deep fried sotong pcs fried with salted egg gravy. Deliciously sinful. Rating: 3.7/5
4. Yam ring - very fresh homemade yam ring that is very well done and filled with lots of ingredients. We love the crispness of the yam. Rating: 4/5
5. Fried you tiao with pork floss - sotong you tiao topped with mayo and floss. Though it's a very simple dish, but it tasted very good. Rating: 3.8/5
6. Fried kailan with oyster sauce - we ordered this as an extra dish. Simple garlic and oyster sauce sauteed with baby kailan. Rating: 3.8/5
For the $98 set, the strategy would be to choose the more expensive dishes from the menu, else its cheaper going for the ala-carte. Qi Lin Xuan Kitchen definitely offers delicious and affordable tze char in a very comfortable environment. For large eaters, going for the ala-carte buffet would be a good choice.
A summary of what we had:
Curry fish head
Marmite pork ribs
Salted egg sotong
Yam ring
Fried you tiao with pork floss
Fried kailan with oyster sauce
My overall ratings:
Food: 3.9/5
Price: 4/5
Service: 3.8/5
Ambience: 3.8/5
You can locate them here:
Qi Lin Xuan Kitchen
2 Venture Dr, #01-18/21/22 Vision Exchange, Singapore 608526
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