Dim Sum at Yan Ting St Regis Singapore Restaurant

August 30, 2010 | 16 Comments

Dim Sum at Yan Ting

“Where’s the best dim sum in Singapore?”

Even though this is the 12469th time that I’m blogging about Yan Ting Restaurant at St Regis Hotel, I get this question from my readers all the time. If you have not heard of Yan Ting before, I’m sorry to say that you are missing out on some of the best things in life.

Most people has the misconception that Yan Ting is expensive since it is located within St Regis Singapore. I usually spend around $20ish per person for a good dim sum lunch, and the prices are similar to other reputable dim sum restaurants like Cherry Garden, Royal China, and Taste Paradise.

Prawn Dumpling

Both the Steamed Shrimp Dumpling ($3.80) and the Pork Dumpling ($3.80) were top-notched. I enjoyed the former for its crunchy and fresh shrimp in the semi-translucent skin, and the latter for its right proportion of shrimp and pork.

There simply are not enough superlatives in this world to properly describe Yan Ting’s Char Siew Sou ($4.20). Good? Superb? Fantastic? My dear, go down to Yan Ting and take a bite of the char siew pastry, and you will know what I mean.

Char Siew Bao

Sweet and succulent bits of char siew were carefully hidden within the soft and warm Char Siew Buns ($3.80). They were like fluffy white clouds in the sky, screaming at us: GRAB ME!

From Yan Ting’s dim sum menu, we also ordered the mushy-but-delicious Yam Croquette ($4.20), the fluffy Radish Pastry ($4.20) that was deep-fried but not too oily, and the popular Radish Cake ($3.80) that I had every time.

Yan Ting Dim Sum

Accompanied by the mayo sauce, the Deep-Fried Shrimp Dumplings ($4.20 for 3 pcs) were fried to a gorgeous golden brown, with the surrounding crust of the dumpling being incredibly crispy. Beneath, the shrimp filling was fresh and sweet. It’s really difficult not to like this, unless you do not eat prawns.

Yan Ting St Regis

I will definitely be going back to Yan Ting Restaurant whenever I’m craving for dim sum, but this is probably the last time I will blog about them unless there’s new addition to their dim sum menu. At $98++ per person, Yan Ting’s weekend dim sum brunch buffet is priced out of my league, but do let us know if you have tried it before.

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Yan Ting Restaurant
29 Tanglin Road
The St Regis Singapore
Tel: +65 6506 6888

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16 Responses to “Dim Sum at Yan Ting St Regis Singapore Restaurant”

  1. jinghong
    August 30th, 2010 @ 12:39 pm

    You need to go hua ting (orchard hotel) and peach blossoms (marina mandarin).

    I went yan ting and honestly its not so so only at such a hefty price.

  2. Joyce
    August 30th, 2010 @ 5:48 pm

    Good quality and value for money dim sum is at Imperial Treasure Paragon and Great World City.

  3. Life for Beginners
    August 30th, 2010 @ 7:01 pm

    You truly are the Prince of Dim Sum, bro… No one else I know blogs as much about dim sum… Not that we’re complaining, hehe. :)

  4. xiix
    August 30th, 2010 @ 11:43 pm

    I went there again recently and was unimpressed. We ordered some more har gaw after the first round and thought, well, put in the order for deserts as well for the ????? The waiter brought out both orders but served the har gaw first and left the desert out at room temperature for around 15mins after we finished and they clear the table before serving. It was lukewarm and not cold so very disappointing. Also, there was alot of spillage on the plate and down the martini glass it was served in.

    5 Star hotel, St Regis, really girlfriend? really?

  5. Eat and Eat
    August 31st, 2010 @ 7:25 am

    My current favourite dim summy place is Summer Pavilion and Lei Gardens. Hmmm, may want to try out Yan Ting then

  6. Timothy Tang
    August 31st, 2010 @ 10:10 pm

    Summer Pavilion’s dim sum looks more Hong Kong style in appearance.

  7. Eat and Eat
    September 1st, 2010 @ 9:58 am

    Has anyone tried Cathay’s dim sum? heard they now roll out dim sum trolleys….

  8. Eat and Eat
    September 1st, 2010 @ 10:00 am

    @ Timothy => i think Summer P spends alot of $ on flowers too, cos every dish is decorated with 1 small flower *lol*

    After seeing LIC’s pix, am very tempted to try Yan Ying :)

  9. ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
    September 1st, 2010 @ 10:33 am

    jinghong: Hello i have been to Hua Ting, i feel that their dim sum is pretty decent but I still prefer Yan Ting/royal china/taste paradise. Will check out Peach Blossom next!

    Joyce: I know man, it’s such a shame I haven been to the Imperial Treasure at GWC/Paragon, they are supposedly the “better” ones representing Imperial Treasure right?

    LFB: HAHAHA! i just happen to crave for dim sum (more than normal people) :p

    xiix: wau such a shame! Maybe it’s a bad hair day? But for a 5 star hotel, that isn’t acceptable too. Hmm.. i have been there a couple of times, the services are usually impeccable, and I feel that the prices are pretty reasonable too.

    Eat and Eat: I have been to Summer Pavilion and Lei Garden. The former has good dim sum but nothing particular make a strong impression (to me), while the latter has really good roast pork! lol

    Timothy Tang: Yep that i have to agree with. Summer Pavilion is more Hong-kong style, while Yan Ting is more refined.

  10. Raine
    September 1st, 2010 @ 12:40 pm

    LOOKS YUMMY! But I am very stingy.. since you are such a Dim Sum lover, you should go to KL’s Jing Xuan. SUPER GOOD!! I’m sure you will love it!

  11. Missyglutton
    September 1st, 2010 @ 10:05 pm

    I had always thought that Yan Ting had the best dim sum in Singapore. The only reason why I think they are still the best is because I had found another one.

    I think the standards of it had dipped though, from my experience last sat.

  12. your lawyer kaki
    September 2nd, 2010 @ 10:59 am

    haiyah. saw that you have blogged so many times about it, i’ve been brainwashed and i’ve made a reservation to go for their weekend dimsum buffet.

    quite excited about it! whee!

    on a side note, they have the most excellento customer service. i made a booking on the web for it and they sent me this super phwoar professional letter confirming my booking! zomg!

  13. ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
    September 5th, 2010 @ 4:47 pm

    raine: HAHAHA you stingy girl! aiya it’s about 20+ per pax, next time u take long lunch break den we go together ok? :D

    missyglutton: Oh really? where’s the one that u found?

    tar: let me know after u go yeah! i usually call to make reservation, never tried booking through website before.

  14. Truffe
    September 6th, 2010 @ 1:25 am

    i have tried many restaurants and Jade Palace at forum is still my favorite! it’s really good. give it a try everyone.

  15. your lawyer kaki
    September 6th, 2010 @ 12:01 pm

    went on saturday! quite shiok! but one thing that spoilt it for me was that the warm towels they give you had a huge brown spot when you unfold it.

    liked the hargow as the skin was very translucent…

  16. yen
    November 29th, 2010 @ 1:22 pm

    Please continue to blog about timsum. I appreciate ur reviews & the timsum photos u posted never fail to make me drool.

    The only issue I have is that very few of my friends appreciate timsum so should you need a makan kaki please feel free to ask me along, thank you.

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