The Place Located in Grand Mercure Singapore Roxy hotel, Jia Wei Chinese Restaurant is quite an underrated restaurant in the east, given its location right behind the buzzing Katong district and opposite Parkway Parade. The interior of the Chinese restaurant is contemporary, after a revamp few years back in a bid to draw in the younger crowd. Fairly spacious setting, ideal for small or big family sizes. The Food The menu is quite an extensive option and for a start, I had the Crispy Local Farm Soft Shell Crab (S$20/Per serving) with crystal ice plant, plum infused tomato and yuzu dressing. It is an interesting combination of soft-shell crab with crystal ice plant, where the crab is crispy and delicious. A noteworthy mention of using local produce! For meats, the Jia Wei Peking Duck (S$42/half, S$80/whole) is quite reasonably priced. Crispy Peking duck skin, though there is nothing fancy (no caviar, colourful crepes to wrap around or sugar condiment) about this version as well. It is a basic yet relatively delicious Peking duck. There is also the option of having the Wok Fried Minced Duck Meat with Romaine Leaf Cup for the rest of the duck meat. You can’t go wrong with one of the signature dishes, the Jia Wei Ocean Gems Vermicelli in Opeh Leaf (S$28). Texture of the vermicelli is [...]
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