Lei Garden Cantonese Restaurant, Chijmes, Singapore

March 26, 2010 | 23 Comments

Best Roast Pork in Singapore

I’m eating at a much faster rate than I blog, and this is a problem when there are so many food places in Singapore that I want to blog about.

In the Singapore food scene, Lei Gardens Restaurant is known to be one of the best Cantonese restaurants, and it has been on my list of must try restaurants in Singapore.

They have recently undergo a makeover to freshen up the image of the restaurant. Having never visited Lei Gardens at Chijmes previously, I cannot comment on the changes, but the new interior is classy and contemporary, while retaining the touch of a Chinese restaurant. On my two visits, services were flawless, the staff members were polite and friendly, conscious of diners need yet not overly intruding.

Best Roast pork in Singapore

Friends who have been to Lei Garden always raved about their to-die-for roast pork, and now I finally understand why. Especially if the Roast Pork in question happens to be this one in the picture; succulent and tender pork with a crispy top that’s roasted to a perfect shade of golden-brown. Every bite was so good that I hated the fact that there’s only nine tiny cubes. Oh no, there’s only eight pieces left.. five.. three.. last cube! Seriously, this is the best roast pork ever!

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I’m a big fan of dim sum and having been to many Dim Sum restaurants in Singapore, I was keen to try out Lei Garden to see how their dim sum would fare against the best dim sum that I’ve before.

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Lei Garden’s menu has the standard dim sum items like Har Gau, Siew Mai, Cheong Fun, but unfortunately they do not have  my favorite Custard buns and Char Siew Sou.

Anyway, we ordered Steamed Pork Dumpling ($5.80), Steamed Shrimp Dumpling ($5.80), Panfried Carrot Cake ($4.80), Steamed BBQ Honey Pork Bun ($4.30), Baked Mini Egg Tarts ($4,30), Steamed Cheong Fun ($5.80) and Steamed Shanghai xiaolongbao ($5.80).

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Most of the dim sums were fairly competent, but there wasn’t any particular one that stood out. In my opinion, Lei Garden’s dim sum are well-executed, they are definitely above average but personally, they probably are not among my top 5 dim sum restaurants in Singapore.

Tell me, which is your favorite Cantonese restaurant?

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Lei Garden Restaurant
30 Victoria Street
#01-24 Chijmes
Tel: +65 6339 3822

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23 Responses to “Lei Garden Cantonese Restaurant, Chijmes, Singapore”

  1. ciki
    March 26th, 2010 @ 10:17 am

    so what happens when one is blogging at a much faster rate than they are eating.. they should eat FASTER?! LOL

    yea, i also hate the idea of 9 measly pieces of anything. try 19, or 90. Now we’re talking.

  2. Camemberu
    March 26th, 2010 @ 10:25 am

    I love Lei Garden but I think their dishes are better than the dim sum.

  3. Life for Beginners
    March 26th, 2010 @ 10:36 am

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: All Hail the Dim Sum King of Singapore! :D

  4. chelle
    March 26th, 2010 @ 1:55 pm

    Oh nice. I just went Lei Garden last weekend with my family and I thought the dim sum was pretty decent! The crispy pork was nice, and also, there was this yummy pork soup thing that I was too busy drinking to ask the name. I’m still in search of the perfect egg tart in Singapore, but I reckon the Lei Garden ones were not too bad. (:

  5. missyeley
    March 26th, 2010 @ 3:37 pm

    would you say Lei Garden is better than Imperial Treasure? i’m a fan of Imperial Treasure’s food and Crystal Jade’s roasted pork is DELICIOUS!

    will try Lei Garden when I’m at Chijmes tho. :)

  6. missyeley
    March 26th, 2010 @ 3:37 pm

    i mean.. roast pork.

  7. felicia
    March 26th, 2010 @ 3:52 pm

    victor’s kitchen @ sunshine plaza!
    cheap and good dim sum :D

  8. Ju (The Little Teochew)
    March 26th, 2010 @ 7:37 pm

    I still can’t forget Cherry Garden at Mandarin Oriental. Dunno if it’s still good … been a while since I went. Lei Garden is definitely above average. :)

  9. caibao
    March 26th, 2010 @ 10:00 pm

    IM HEREERE

  10. ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
    March 27th, 2010 @ 1:01 am

    ciki: are you blogging faster than you eat? In that case, you are hereby given permission to EAT FASTER! hahahaha

    camemberu: yeah man, i will definitely go back for dinner next time

    LFB: haha i’m on a mission to try out all the dim sum places in Singapore

    chelle: yeah they are pretty decent, but only problem is i had tried better ones before. go yanting, their egg tarts and char siew sou are seriously very good :p

    missyeley: hello there! i haven been to imperial treasure! is it really good? the best dim sum is at yanting! my other favorites are royal china and taste paradise!

    felicia: I went there once, but it wasn’t very good. the custard buns were cold, maybe i should drop by again soon to give them a second chance

    Ju: ooh cherry garden is good, definitely in my top 5! are we meeting for a dim sum feast soon?

    caibao: Hello you! go to prive! haha

  11. missyeley
    March 27th, 2010 @ 5:06 pm

    i recommend you to check out imperial treasure super peking duck at paragon. had tried their lobster noodles, peking duck and other delights for dinner.

    imperial treasure’s regular dimsum is pretty good.

  12. PJ
    March 27th, 2010 @ 8:55 pm

    I would recommend Summer Pavillion @ Ritz Carlton, and Chef Chan’s at the Museum… they are definitely the best I’ve had :)

  13. ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
    March 29th, 2010 @ 1:26 am

    missyeley: Okay dokie! i will check out imperial treasure soon! : )

    PJ: oh yea i always heard abt Summer Pavillion, my friend has been raving about it for a while already. thanks for the heads-up

  14. Anne
    March 29th, 2010 @ 1:37 pm

    I thought Lei gardens was quite good, until i went to royal china, which is slightly better due to their competitive pricing and their generous portion, and of coz their roast meat is good!

    havent been to yan ting though.

  15. ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
    March 29th, 2010 @ 8:54 pm

    Anne: OH YES. And the best part? they are just 5 minutes away from each other. with royal china in that area, i will probably never go back to Lei garden/Wah Lok/Asia Grand :D

    You MUST go to yanting, promise me that ok? hee

  16. V
    April 18th, 2010 @ 5:40 pm

    Oh no…. you made their truly evil roast pork the centre piece. You’ve accomplished your target of making ppl hungry :D

  17. ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
    April 19th, 2010 @ 9:02 am

    V: YAY! mission accomplished! hahaa

  18. Carolyn Jung
    May 3rd, 2010 @ 11:42 pm

    Whenever I go out for dim sum, I always save the custard tart for my very last bite. My favorite thing in the world — a bit of rich, flaky pastry with a center of warm, jiggly, eggy custard.

  19. ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
    May 6th, 2010 @ 10:34 am

    Carolyn: it is SO GOOD right? can we just order that and nothing else? haha

  20. Yin
    August 3rd, 2010 @ 8:21 pm

    Do they serve dim sum at night ah?

  21. ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
    August 6th, 2010 @ 12:54 am

    Yin: Nope, the dim sum is only available during lunch. For dim sum at night, check out Dim Joy
    http://www.ladyironchef.com/2010/02/19/dim-joy-restaurant/

  22. Joanna
    February 1st, 2012 @ 7:51 pm

    hi, i just want to know, what are their prices like for a dinner menu?

  23. ladyironchef
    February 1st, 2012 @ 9:02 pm

    @joanna dinner is definitely more expensive, expect at least $60-80/head (depending on what you order.)

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