Where do you go to when you are beat from a whole day of shopping, laden with shopping bags and famished from all the walking? And you are just beat from the whole day of hubbub that you want nothing but familiar and hearty food to soothe the senses?
Well, if your craving is leaning towards Chinese food, then your answer is TungLok XiHe Peking Duck Restaurant, an outlet that offers a classic menu of modern Beijing cuisine. Conveniently located at Orchard Central and The Grandstand (Turf Club Road), the outlet is one that is clean and spacious, with a modern Chinese décor that is minimalistic and elegant.
There are many Chinese establishments that impressed us and left us good memories, but TungLok XiHe is one that is timeless. We love its concise menu and how it does not differ too much from its origins – nothing but the comforting familiarity of Chinese food at competitive prices. It is the kind of place that you can host your business associates, throw a celebration or to simply gather with your close ones.
When we had our meal, our tummies were so pleased with the quality meal that we were thinking about all the flowery adjectives and phrases to document the experience, but looking back now, we want nothing but to present TungLok XiHe Peking Duck as it is – unpretentious and classy. Here are our picks from the very good meal we had:
[ GIVEAWAY ] We are giving away 5 x TungLok XiHe Peking Duck vouchers (worth S$91.80 each). Leave a comment below, and share this post on your Facebook timeline to win. More details on the giveaway at the end of this post.
The meal began with the Rose Cherry Tomato (S$10). It looks unassuming, but it is going to be a pleasant surprise when you pop your first in your mouth. Lightly marinated with sour plum and chilled to a nice coolness, this is one great snack to whet your appetite for the great meal ahead. We have previously shared about the infinite benefits of consuming tomatoes, and we are sure even non-tomato lovers will be pleased with this appetiser.
Another appetiser that we would recommend is the Deep-fried Huai Shan with Dried Chilli (S$8). Huai Shan, for the uninitiated, is Chinese yam and a type of Chinese medicinal herb that is known to be really beneficial for our health. We cannot stop munching on this!
The Stewed Duck Tongue in X.O. Sauce (S$14) is an acquired taste and not something that everyone will appreciate, but it is finely executed and it makes a good starter while waiting for your Peking duck.
The food at TungLok XiHe can be described as modern Beijing cuisine. While the focus is on its signature peking duck, TungLok XiHe is more than that. It serves a delectable selection of authentic Chinese classic dishes, cooked with recipes that have been refined over years in the kitchen by the chefs from TungLok Group and Beijing’s XiHe Group.
Some of the seafood dishes that you must try include the Smoked Sliced Fish in Sweet Sauce (S$12), Poached Sliced Fish in Chilli Spicy Sauce (S$22), Bamboo Clams (S$10/pc), and the Sichuan-style Steam ‘Soon Hock’ (S$9/100g).
A dish that the chefs at TungLok XiHe have mastered perfectly is Mrs Zhang’s Braised Lion’s Head Meatballs (S$6/pax). For those of you who have no clue, Lion’s Head Meatballs originated from Hangzhou as a banquet dish reserved for royalty. The chefs have improvised on the recipe by adding bits of mantou with the minced pork to add texture to the meatballs.
The Stewed Mushroom with Minced Pork and Chilli (S$18) is quite unlikely to get your attention among the many meat and seafood dishes, and it may seem pricey, but it really isn’t quite like your usual predictable fungi dish. The whole mushrooms are plump and juicy; the lightly stir-fried minced pork and chilli so fragrant. The seemingly simple combination is really quite a party in the mouth and not so simple after all!
And of course, the star of the show and what everyone must order when dining at TungLok XiHe is most definitely the Peking Duck. To maintain the age-old roasting method, the duck is hung and roasted in a traditional oven for 50 minutes at 200 degree Celsius.
What we really love about TungLok XiHe’s Peking Duck (S$78 for a whole duck) is that it not only comes with the usual sweet sauce, but also a specially-blended blueberry sauce which goes really well with the duck, as well as mustard and popping sugar. Yes, the very same popping sugar that we used to have when we were kids!
There are three ways to enjoy TungLok XiHe’s Peking Duck. Start with the highly-prized duck skin. Dip the crispy skin into the blueberry sauce, followed by the popping sugar. Never in our wildest dreams would we have thought of this combination. Yet, the marriage of peking duck, blueberry sauce and popping sugar is so impressively good!
Next is the tender and succulent duck breast meat which you can eat with the wheat wrap, together with other ingredients from TungLok XiHe’s ‘Eight Treasures Box’ – a variety of condiments and sweet sauce. Last but not least is the duck thigh which you can eat it directly by dipping it in the sweet sauce. But if we had to pick, we would prefer the aforementioned blueberry sauce which goes unbelievably well with the savoury duck meat. Actually, the blueberry sauce is really a miraculous invention and we believe it goes well with anything!
For the second dish of the Peking Duck, there are three options – cereal, ginger and onion, and TungLok XiHe’s signature salt & pepper.
If you need another reason to visit TungLok XiHe Peking Duck, they are having special promotions at 50% off different signature dishes every day from now till 30 September 2014. On Mondays, TungLok XiHe’s whole Peking Duck is available at half the price for just a whopping S$39++. What a steal!
On Tuesdays, you can sample the Wok-fried Australian Wagyu Beef at S$19++, while Crispy Pork Shank (S$14++) will make a special appearance on Wednesdays. How about having Sautéed Honey Glazed Prawns for just S$13++? Make a reservation for a table on Saturdays! With so many irresistible daily deals, you will be seeing us at TungLok XiHe regularly.
As with the other TungLok restaurants, there is no extra charge for booking of the private dining room. The only condition is to fulfil the minimum number of 10 people, so if you are planning a birthday celebration or to celebrate a special occasion, make a booking at TungLok XiHe!
TUNGLOK XIHE PEKING DUCK GIVEAWAY
1. TungLok XiHe Peking Duck is giving away 5 x Peking Duck vouchers (worth S$91.80 each).
2. Leave a comment in this post and tell us why you want to try TungLok XiHe’s Peking Duck.
3. ‘Like’ TungLok Group on Facebook.
4. Share the link of this post on your Facebook timeline.
5. The contest starts from now till 10 September 2014, 2359 hrs.
6. Winners will be notified by email.
Updated // The five winners are Lim Li Ting, Wenyi, Zoe, Sheryl Teo, and Kathryn.
TungLok XiHe Peking Duck
Orchard Central
181 Orchard Road, #07-07/09
Tel: +65 6736 0006
Daily: 11.30am – 3pm, 6pm – 10.30pm
Nearest Station: Somerset
The Grandstand
200 Turf Club Road, #01-23/26
Tel: +65 6466 3363
Daily: 11.30am – 3pm, 6pm – 10.30pm
Nearest Station: Botanic Gardens
This feature is brought to you by TungLok Group.
Love reading your blog!
Peking duck is definitely one of the top in the list of Chinese dishes to try. This happens to be the first time I’ve heard of dipping peking duck into blueberry sauce, mustard and popping sugar! The specially blended blueberry sauce by TungLok has gotten my tastebuds very excited and I would love to have a taste of it! (:
Just got back after a year in the US and my family and I are absolutely craving and missing local delicacies like these. Hopefully we could be one of the lucky ones to sink our teeth into the sumptuous crispy Peking duck which definitely has to be delicious having been skillfully slow roasted in a traditional oven. Also being huge fans of the traditional Peking duck, we are extremely intrigued and hope that we can get a chance to tease our tastebuds with the novel combination of Peking duck dipped in blueberry sauce and popping sugar! And now that my toddler is approaching her 3rd birthday this October, this would be an awesome treat for her birthday celebration and her very first taste of Peking duck (what’s more dipped in popping sugar!).
Unfortunately, i had one of the worst (if not the worst) experiences here at XiHe (Turf City) when they first opened. The duck was both tasteless and had the ducky smell to boot, that no amount of sauce could save. I have not and dont think i will ever return to TungLok Xihe. Hopefully things have changed since my dining experience there and all is better now.
I’ve always loved Peking Duck and this is one real good deal too! It’s my birthday and can’t wait to try it out!!
can’t wait to try the peking duck skin, the crackling sound it makes when i sink my teeth on it and the juiciness of the meat. making me hungry while thinking about it at my office right now~
Have been loving Peking Duck for all my life, yearning to tryout Peking Duck from reputable restaurants and coincidentally saw this post of Tung Lok Group.
Just by looking at the photo makes my mouth watery, can’t wait to taste the heavenly Peking Duck!
I would love to find out how magical the duck will taste with blueberry sauce. Pick me !
I always love how the whole peking duck doesn’t go too waste at all with the wonderful crispy skin which is already a delight to enjoy! Morever there are three ways to enjoy TungLok XiHe’s Peking Duck which is sure to please everyone regardless how you like to eat it.
It be awesome to win this and go for a nice meal with my family since Orchard Central is also one of our favourite dining venue =)
Highly recommended by family’s member!
I have never tried Peking duck before other than those from food fairs and would really like to give XiHe a good since I have read loads of raves reviews about it! Plus this is my birthday month so I hope to be able to give myself a treat!
My friends who came back from Beijing used to brag about having the best Peking duck when they were over there, and how crispy and delicious the skin were, but I never had the chance to fly to China just to have it. Hopefully I’ll be able to get a taste of it at Xihe while enjoying the other dishes that TungLok has to offer too!
I want to spend time having meal together!
I would want to try TungLok XiHe’s Peking Duck as my grandmother enjoys and loves to dine at Tunglok chain of restaurants. In addition, the tender and succulent duck breast meat would definitely be soft enough for my grandmother to chew on and as her 90th birthday is approaching in end September, I hope to bring her and family to TungLok XiHe Peking Duck to celebrate her 90th birthday and try out the dishes there! Thanks for the giveaway!
Peking Duck has always been the all time fav dish for my whole family.
We seldom have the chance to eat out at a nice restaurant as a family. If I win this, it would be a mini reunion for my family.
I LOVE TungLok XiHe’s Peking Duck because it is recommended by my friends that is it the best peking duck in town. I hope to win these contest and have the opportunity to celebrate my birthday with TungLok XiHe’s mouth-watering Peking Duck!
I’m a great fan of roast duck. I can’t claim to have had all the roast duck in the world, but from the Beijing number one Quanjude to Michelin star Hutong in Hong Kong, even the Taiwanese street cart stir-fry, I certainly have had quite a few roast ducks down my tummy.
TungLok XiHe’s modern expression of the Peking Duck is most provocative. Never once have I thought of pairing it with a fruity blueberry sauce or the magnificent Chinese mustard, least of all popping sugar! How local, and very quaint. I can’t wait to visit TungLok now.
Oh, crispy duck skin… wait for me!
I want to win the vouchers for TungLok XiHe’s Peking Duck because it looks absolutely amazing, this will also give me an opportunity to have a reunion with my family which we normally only eat out once every few months, and whenever we do, we’ll hit up those Chinese restaurants and have a grand feast. My father LOVES these Chinese cuisines! I hope to try not only their peking duck but the other dishes that they have at XiHe, like Mrs Zhang’s braised lion’s head meatballs and smoked sliced fish in sweet sauce looks really mouth-watering and tasty!
I haven’t got the chance to try their signature Peking duck but reading all the positive reviews, I’m sure this artisan preparation is an assault of richness and flavor that will leave you wanting more ….
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I want to try it because from the way you describe it, how can one not want to try?
I want to try this as the last time I went Tunglok, the last duck was burnt. I should get another chance to eat it.
I want to receive the royal treatment, Once a duck is ready to be serve, someone will sound the GONG!! and you know there is Peking Duck on the way to a table. A chef will carved the duck in front of the table and divided into three plates. The breast skin, or I prefer to say it is the prime cut that normally eaten with sugar; the dark meat (from the thigh) and the breast meat. The condiments such as spring onions, sugar, Peking duck sauce and the wrap/pancake are served on a partition platter with bowl of hot water in the centre to maintain the moisture in the pancakhe breast skin is crispy and melts in your mouth.
The food reviews gives high praises on the XiHe Peking Duck The only to experience it is by winning to support the food review. it comes with a specially-blended blueberry sauce which goes really well with the crispy skinned duck and mustard and popping sugar
I want to try out TungLok XiHe’s Peking Duck as my mother loves dining at TungLok and I want to bring her to enjoy during her upcoming birthday! Hope to win this to bring my whole family to have this feast
My family and I loves Peking Duck! My father birthday is on 16 Sept and I hope to surprise him with a dinner with his favorite food! Please please, hope you will let me have it!
Just want to bring my mum to eat all the nice food especially Peking duck with special berry sauce .. I believe she will love it !
HOW CAN ANYONE NOT LOVE PEKING DUCK? Peking Duck is a Chinese Delicacy that requires exquisite skills to perfect this meat, not every restaurant that sells Peking Duck is able to achieve a perfect one. The 2 most important component of a Peking Duck would be the texture of the skin, how the Chef is able to roast it to a crispy and unforgettable crunch. Second, it would be the sauce, however many of which are too sweet, which in turns overpower the salty-fragrance of the Peking Duck, it has to strike a perfect combination.
Tung Lok is an established Chinese Restaurant that has held pride for its excellent culinary delicacies. I know I will be able to gain a memorable Peking experience at Tung Lok, because its dishes have never failed its loyal diners. It would be a privilege to dine in Tung Lok and I would hope to bring my family to savour this dish!
Thank you Ladyironchef, Brad for the oppportunity to take part in this contest!
I would want to try TungLok XiHe’s Peking Duck as my family love it very much.
I hope to win this so that I can bring my parents and grandparents for some mouth watering Peking duck !!! And at the same time, make my sister/bro in law who are further studying overseas, jealous in a good way though!!! Hahahahaha. ???????????????????? the pictures are already making me droooool. Hahahah
To try the famous duck in Beijing in Sunny Singapore with my family and friends.
I want to try TungLok XiHe’s Peking Duck as it looks really so crispy and aromatic!
Hi ladyironchef! Im always fond of chinese food and this tunglok xihe peking duck is too good to be missed! PEKING DUCK FTW! Hehe
THANKYOU!
I love the Peking duck at Imperial Treasures, Paragon, level 5. That’s why, I really need to try Tung Lok’s version too.
Still craving for the Peking duck I had in Beijing 2 years ago, can’t seem to find the same in Singapore, love to try TungLok Xihe Peking Duck Restaurant and reminisced my happy belly moments in Beijing. ????
I love biting into the crispiness of the Peking duck skin and the burst of the juiciness of fats in the mouth, pure heaven. And this time with blueberry and pop sugar surprise and indulgent hopefully with the family
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I was living in Beijing for a year, and loved the Beijing Duck.
Since I moved to Singapore about half year ago I didn´t have the chance to eat it. I really miss it, and I would like to taste how good it is the one at TungLok XiHe Peking Duck Restaurant, because in the pictures looks amazing!
For all u have mention, I would like to try TungLok XiHe Peking duck because it’s authentic. would love to have the crispyness that melt in the mouth, and seafood is so fresh that it does not need much preparation. Lots of new dish that I’m looking forward. As I believe TungLok have never fail to serve great food for this Bejing Peking duck is with new invention I would like to bring my family esp my granny who is 85 years old to have a taste of it. as I believe we all will love it.
A place where we could gather our love ones and enjoy the great food together what’s else to ask for?
That’s why reason I hope to share with people I love.
I need to bring my dad here….he absolutely loves duck…(even has an email address roastduck in it). I’m sure he’s already smiling and salivating when he sees these pictures…We Need DUCK!
LOVE peking duck and LOVE tunglok! Would love the chance to try tunglok’s peking duck! Please pick meeeeee!
Tried before Peking Duck in Beijing, but never in Singapore. Hence i would like to find out the difference in Singapore and in beijing. Even best if can recall back my enjoyable moments in beijing 3 years back.
I used to work at a restaurant that sell Peking Duck and I always think theirs is the best as I tried other place not as good as that.
I never know that Tung Lok has a place that sell too. I would like to try out as I always trust the review from ladyironchef. Please let me have the voucher.
I love peking duck!! Especially the crispy skin and i am lured in with the fact that they dont only serve my favourite sweet sauce but also other cool sauces that unique. I wonder it tastes like… *already drooling*
Peking duck’s known as ???? is one of the dishes that you will be willing to die for. The meat, the taste and the texture of skin slowly melts into your mouth and the fragrance of the food still lingers even after you finish your food. Hope that u can choose me. Side note: my name rhymes with the food name too. Hahahaha.
I am a student from Canada, and I am currently on exchange with a university in Singapore. Back home, my family and I always go out for peking duck to celebrate birthdays and festivals. Peking duck is a family favourite of ours. I will be away from home for a year, and would love nothing more than to have some comfort food to remind me of my loved and dearest ones from home.
thank you ladyironchef for your detailed food reviews! i love peking duck!
i love delicacies and so i should try! It would be lovely if i could try the food during my birthday and have the fragrance and crispiness to last me the year through.
It’s hard to find authentic Peking duck in Singapore that taste close to the one in Beijing. I want to bring my family to try the new invention of peking duck with blueberry sauce and popping sugar.
First of all, I love to read your blog and follow your food adventures on Instagram. Awesome-looking food can always be found in your feed. Secondly, Peking Duck is a well-known dish from China. I remembered only tasting it at Jumbo, so I would love to try this famous dish from TungLok.
Cheers!
Love all the photos you shared on your instagram! Gonna be awesome if I can try the food.
HOW TO NOT LOVE PEKING DUCK?! I have been always wondering where to get the best Peking duck until I read your post here, thank God I’m following your Instagram Ladyironchef!! Please let me win the voucher!!! *drooling~~~*