Xin Cuisine at Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium may not be the fanciest Chinese restaurant around, neither does it have a lavishly posh interior to boast. But you know what? We love Xin Cuisine; always have, always will.
Xin Cuisine has a steady following accumulated over the decades, and if you’ve dined there before, you would know how they never disappoint. As for us, we enjoy its relatively quiet environment and how the chefs always upkeep the consistency of the food. No efforts are spared in putting the most tantalizing dishes on your table for your enjoyment.
Whether it is a gathering with family and friends, corporate luncheon with your esteemed business partners, or simply a quiet dinner with your loved one, a meal at Xin Cuisine will be ideal.
There are many dishes to fall in love with, and today, we share with you every reason to love Xin Cuisine. Here are the highlights of our meal.
For the month of May, quote ladyironchef or flash this post on your mobile to get 15% discount off Xin Cuisine’s ala carte menu.
[ Giveaway ] We are giving away 4 X S$50 Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant dining vouchers. 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.
BARBECUED SUCKLING PIG WITH FOIE GRAS, YAM AND JAPANESE CUCUMBER
And this, our friends… this is the bomb! We started our meal with this dish that combines all our favourites into one. Can you imagine the distinct textures of crispy crackling, chewy fats and creamy foie gras altogether? Once you’ve tried this dish, you will never look at suckling pig the same way again. Who would have thought that suckling pig and foie gras would go so well together? But then again, everything tastes better when you add foie gras in it.
For S$35 per portion, it may seem expensive, but think of all the premiums you’re gonna get on one plate. An indulgent treat that will be worth your while, we’d say.
CHEF’S SPECIAL TOMATO SOUP WITH LOTUS SEED
Nothing like the usual Western-style tomato soup that we are all too familiar with. Xin Cuisine’s rendition remains very skewed for Asian palettes, and the Chef’s Special Tomato Soup with Lotus Seed (S$10 per portion) is a creative vegetarian option for those who are seeking a light taste. Nourishing with a tinge of tanginess, this signature soup is boiled over low heat for long hours to produce that natural thickness. This makes a lovely soup dish to whet your appetite.
PAN-FRIED LAMB CHOP AND THREE MUSHROOMS WITH POMMERY MUSTARD SAUCE
There are not many Chinese restaurants in Singapore who do lamb meat well, and we happened to be craving for lamb that evening at Xin Cuisine. Oh God, when the chef presented this Pan-fried Lamb Chop and Three Mushrooms with Pommery Mustard Sauce (S$15 per portion) dish, our eyes lit up and our hearts skipped a beat.
The mustard sauce cuts through the meat so well that there was almost no taste of gaminess. And it is served with lovely onion ring that is homemade with big and fresh onions.
BARBECUED PORK RIB WITH SPECIAL PLUM SAUCE
If lamb is not your thing, try the Barbecued Pork Rib with Special Plum Sauce (S$12 per portion). Also classified as the chef’s signature, we enjoyed the tender pork rib. Plum sauce is just about the perfect complement, and it has a faint spicy note on the aftertaste. We can totally understand why this dish is so popular!
HOME-STYLE ROAST DUCK WITH TEA LEAVES
Chinese roast duck is always a good idea, right? Especially so if it is roasted with tea leaves! That unique fragrance with a woody note will definitely tug your heartstrings, and it is indeed “home-style” – comforting with a touch of elegance. It comes in either a half portion (S$28) or a whole duck (S$52).
BAKED SEA PERCH WITH JAPANESE MISO SAUCE
If we had to pick a single favourite from the entire menu, the Baked Sea Perch with Japanese Miso Sauce (S$16 per portion) is definitely it. A generous slab of sea perch that is baked fresh with no marination or anything funny to change its taste, this is one hearty fish dish that had us scrambling for adjectives to describe it.
We don’t even think ‘heavenly’ is befitting enough! And that Japanese miso sauce that goes with the fish? Yipe, salty yet light; more than perfect.
FRIED FRAGRANT AND BROWN RICE SERVED IN STONE CASSEROLE
Fried Fragrant and Brown Rice with Roasted Pork, Diced Shrimp, Dried Scallop, Peanut and Raisin, served in Stone Casserole. Boy, that was quite a mouthful! But it also means there are heaps of goodness in that stone casserole! It is not your ordinary carbs dish; it is a carbs dish that is earthy, so flavourful, and it will be worth the calorie count. Good for sharing, and it comes in three sizes – S$20 for the small, S$30 for the medium, and S$40 for the large.
BRAISED LIVE LOBSTER EE-FU NOODLE
The Lobster Noodle is nothing fancy; just well-cooked noodles paired with lobster. At S$22 per portion, it is an absolute steal for a decadent bowl of happiness. And you read that right; live lobsters mean you get nothing but the freshest treasure of the sea.
DIM SUM
Dim Sum is another reason why you should head to Xin Cuisine. Most of the dim sum are reasonably priced at S$4.50 per basket. The dim sum menu is available daily, and on Sundays and Public Holidays, the menu features additional items.
The classic offerings – including Siew Mai, Xiaolongbao, Har Gau – are all nicely executed, but if you are there for yum cha with your family on Sundays, you can look forward to other noteworthy creations that include Steamed Melon Ring with Shrimp, Pork Paste in Abalone Sauce (S$4.50 for 3 pcs), Steamed Cuttlefish with Spicy Sauce (S$4.50), Baked Chocolate and Custard Bun ($ 6.00 for 3 pcs) and Deep-fried Bacon and Crab Claw with Salad Sauce ($9.00 for 3 pcs).
Chock full of liquid gold, Xin Cuisine’s Custard Bun gets our vote. The skin of the bun is so airy and thin, and the filling explodes with a strong tinge of salted egg yolk goodness.
Need to sin more? The Roast Pork was SO. BLOODY. DIVINE. It is miraculous how our minds caved in to the sin and we just ate away – a piece after another, without a care in the world, like diet didn’t matter anymore.
CHILLED MANGO COULIS AND HASHIMA SERVED IN MINI PUMPKIN
This pretty little dessert (S$15 per portion) shall pamper you with some sweetness and to “cleanse your palate” after all that savoury moments. It is a chef’s signature, and an evergreen favourite among regulars. Well, it is ours too!
FRIED SESAME BALL WITH RED BEAN AND LIQUEUR CHOCOLATE FILLING
Beyond the ubiquitous Mango Sago and Mango Pudding, Xin Cuisine presents the Fried Sesame Ball with Red Bean (S$8 per portion of 4pcs). It looks like the usual fried Chinese pastry that you get at most Chinese restaurants. However, tear apart the sesame ball and you will find liqueur chocolate filling oozing out. How’s that for a Chinese dessert? Sheer brilliance.
As mentioned at the start, remember to quote ladyironchef or flash this post on your mobile to get 15% discount off Xin Cuisine’s ala carte menu during the month of May,
XIN CUISINE CHINESE RESTAURANT GIVEAWAY
1. Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant is giving away 4 X S$50 dining vouchers.
2. Leave a comment in this post to tell us which dish you would like to try at Xin Cuisine, and why we should choose you.
3. ‘Like’ Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium on Facebook
4. Share the link of this post on your Facebook timeline.
5. The contest starts from now till 6 May 2015, 2359 hrs.
6. Winners will be notified by email.
For the latest updates, head over to Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium website and like Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium on Facebook.
UPDATE: The four winners are Jason Chew, Goh Yee Ping, Jolynn, and Doreen Yau Siok Ching.
Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant
#04-00 Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium
317 Outram Road
Tel: +65 6731 7173
Mon to Sat: 12pm – 2.30pm, 6.30pm – 10.30pm
Sun: 10.30am – 2.30pm, 6.30pm – 10pm
Nearest Station: Outram
This post is brought to you by Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium.
I have never eaten there before and would like to try their food some day after your recommendation!
try the dim sum!
Everything looks so nice and makes me drool. Feeling so hungry that i can eat a whole cow. Choose me!
FRIED FRAGRANT AND BROWN RICE SERVED IN STONE CASSEROLE.
Dinner with family to enjoy the fabulous dishes
Would like to try the dimsum!!
wanted to bring my family to try those dishes????
It has to be the irresistible Xin Cuisine’s custard bun that sends my mouth bursting with flowing golden lava! I want to bring Mummy dearest for a hearty dim sum feast at Xin Cuisine for her enjoyment.
I love dim sum but yet to find one that satisfied me. Looking at the pics and recommendation,it make me savory!
LIKED AND SHARED! I would LOVE to try the fine looking and mouth-watering dim sum as my family members are all dim sum lovers!
THE ROAST PORK. I WOULD LOVEEEEE TO TRY THE ROAST PORK! Really, how can anyone resist that?!? Truth be told, I don’t even eat roast pork that much because it had never appealed to me BUT it just looked so freaking amazing and WONDERFULLY CRISPY here I wish I could grab it out from my computer screen and devour it all by myself!! I really hope that I can get the voucher so that I can head down and get my roast pork plus share this delicious goodness with my family (and of course, how can I not try the other dishes right?!? the sesame ball with red bean and liqueur chocolate sounds like a freaking DREAM and the chilled mango coulis and hashima served in mini pumpkin looks wayyyy to darn cool and cute – I’ve never seen any dessert like this!) . Thank you so much for sharing this post with us and having this giveaway! I’ve also shared the link on Facebook and Liked Holiday Inn’s page (:
I would love to try BRAISED LIVE LOBSTER EE-FU NOODLE as I am noodles lover.
I should be choose to win as I love to share & recommend good food with family, friends & colleagues just like LadyIronChef !
Mummy: The roast duck I cooked is the best.
Me: But Mummy, you gotta try the roast duck at Xin Cuisine! And this is not to mention the duck is roasted with tea leaves that leaves a unique fragrance with a woody note and “home-style” feel. And I must not foget to mention their chilled mango coulis and hashima in mini pumpkin will leave you screaming for more pleasssssssssssse…. And their sea perch, your favourite hearty brown rice.. (and yes im drooling alreeeady)
Mummy: ya ya outside food is the best for you lah.
Me: But Mummy Mummy you really gotta try it…
Sad! I really hope I can prove Mummy wrong and bring her to Xin Cuisine raost duck one fine day!~
Roast Duck is my mum’s favorite food. Xin Cuisine serves great roast duck and it is definitely a great choice to bring our beloved mother for a delicious Mother’s Day dinner!
Choose me I want to try the roast pork and roast duck! A good feast with my family and especially my mum is always the best.