Food Review: Yam's Kitchen 嚴家小廚 (Jalan Leban)
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Yam's Kitchen: The restaurant sets foot on its humble beginning doing F&B business in 2011 and had since received numerous good reviews for providing quality food at affordable price.
It allows foodies out there to taste the authentic home cooked Zhi Char cuisine. This flagship outlet is helmed by 38 years old Chef Kelvin Yam with more than 20 years of experience in culinary experience & currently the Treasurer at Huo Yow Cooks Association (Singapore) as well.
Chef Kelvin Yam had achieved gold medals in the Asia competitions in recognition of his excellent cooking skill and creativity in Chinese cuisine.
Medal that Yam's Kitchen have achieved:
Gold Medal at the International Youth Chef Competition 2009 in China
(2009 年荣获中国扬州第一界 “国际青年中餐厨师争霸赛”金奖)
Gold Medla at International Chinese Culinary Competition in China Wulumuqi
(2010 年中国乌鲁木齐 “国际中餐名厨邀请赛”金奖 精烹各式中西式菜肴及各式甜点)
Gold Medal at 7th World Championship Chinese Cuisine in 2012
(第七届中国烹饪世界大赛金奖)
Private Rooms:
Private rooms with interesting name. Every room name has it own meaning in it. This is one the biggest private room.
Promotion:
Food:
Braised Nuts
Complimentary dish.
Ah Zhar (soured vegetables)
Complimentary dish.
Sambal Chilli
Sambal is a pungent paste made with chilli and dried prawn paste. The sambal chilli was really good, it was home made by them and it was hot, spicy, and fragrance. They do sell their sambal chilli too.
Salted Egg Fish Skin
This was my favorite dish out of all. I am addicted to this dish. The salted egg fried fish skin was so crispy and freshly fried, I enjoyed every crunch of it. The salted egg sauce was perfect, not too diluted, or over powering. I really liked this dish and I strongly recommend you to order it! You will regret trying it!
Taste: 4.5/5
Smoked Duck Wrapped in Crepe & Fragrant Wine Pork Belly served on a boat -
Lets start off with the smoked duck wrapped in crepe. This dish was really special, as the smoked duck was mashed up along with other ingredients and you won't even know it was a smoked duck. Taste wise, it was unique, soft, tender and flavorful.
Taste: 3.5/5
Fragrant wine pork belly was crisp an tender but it was slightly salty.
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Taste: 3/5
Pork Ball with Double Mushroom in Bean Paste Soup - (Do Not have MSG)
It was an creative and very healthy soup. As the broth was used their homemade soya beancurd and other nutritious ingredients to cook it. Taste wise, it was really creamy,sweet, flavorful, fragrance and it was really addictive. I can simply drink the whole bowl of soup by myself. Another bonus things, there's no MSG added. So that's really healthy. It came with meatballs too. The meatballs was meaty, tender, and fresh.
Taste: 4.5/5
Deep Fried Fish Tail with Coconut Sauce (Chef's Recommendation) - (Red Snapper Fish)
This was quite a huge serving, even though it was small servicing, it was big enough to share with 3 or more person. The whole fish was crispy and some parts was more like a biscuit. The sauce was really strong and soul of the dish. The sauce was thick coconut flavor, creamy, spiciness was just right. The plating was really beautiful too.
Taste: 4/5
3 Treasures Egg with Superior Stock & Daily Vegetables -
The portion of the ingredients was very generous. The three egg was normal egg, salted egg, and century egg. Taste wise, the broth was really yummy, eggy, savory, creamy, and fragrance. The broth my favorite part of this dish. The spinach was cooked till soft but retaining some bite.
Taste: 3.75/5
Prawn in Spicy Milky Sauce accompanied with Fried KangKong
The buttermilk prawn was slightly average. The buttermilk sauce was creamy, a tad spicy and peppery. It tasted similar to black pepper. The prawn was fresh and juicy. But that's is something special in this dish, that's is Fried Kangkong. The kangkong was fried till crispy and crunchy.
Taste: 2.5/5
Braised Sea Cucumber with Pig's Trotter - $20.80 (Small)
The braised sea cucumber with pig trotter was good. The dish was cooked for 6 hours! The pig trotter was soft, tender, flavorful and well braised. The skin was really slippery smooth and chewy. The sea cucumber was like jelly, it tasted good. The broth was savory, flavorful, strong and thick.
Taste: 2.75/5
Tofu with Cai Poh and Meat Floss -
The tofu was very crisp on the outside, and was very soft and tender on the inside. It was well fried and was well combined with the cai poh and meat floss. Every mouth was flavorful. The sauce was thick, savory and a tad sweet.
Taste: 3.5/5
Penang Seafood Fried Kway Tiao -
It was well fried. The penang fried kway tiao were flavourful, slightly spicy and had a lovely smoky flavour due to “wok hei”.“Wok Hei” is a Cantonese term referring to the smoky flavour imparted by cooking food over high heat in a wok, it’s loosely translated to mean “breath of the wok”. The portion of ingredients was very generous too.
Taste: 2.5/5
Honey Lime Juice with Ai-Yu Jelly -
It was refreshing and is the best dessert after a heavy meal.
Taste: 2/5
Food: 4/5
Ambiance: 4.5/5
Service: 4/5
Overall, If you are in the area and want real awesome chinese food that will never go wrong, as opposed to the chain-restaurant variety, Yam's Kitchen is an excellent choice. the food here is great with good service and it costs you a very reasonable price too. Best they are no SERVICE CHARGE!
Yamskitchen Menu
Yam's Kitchen
1 Pasir Ris Close E Hub @Downtown East #04-101
Singapore 519599
Contact: 6584 5884
Opening Hours:
Monday To Thursday: 11.30am – 10pm
Friday To Sunday & Public Holidays: 11.30am – 10.30pm
No. 4 Jalan Leban
Upper Thomson Road
Singapore 577548
Contact: 6836 5020
Opening Hours:
Monday To Thursday: 11.30am – 10pm
Friday To Sunday & Public Holidays: 11.30am – 10.30pm
Do follow their website for latest promotion and updates.
Many thanks to Singapore Food Listings for the invite!
Do follow and check on Singapore Food Listings for latest foodies place update/review.
To enjoy 10% discount off your total bill (Ala Carte Orders), remember to quote "SFBloggerYamsKitchen" when ordering!
Upper Thomson Road
Singapore 577548
Contact: 6836 5020
Opening Hours:
Monday To Thursday: 11.30am – 10pm
Friday To Sunday & Public Holidays: 11.30am – 10.30pm
Do follow their website for latest promotion and updates.
Official website: http://yamskitchen.com.sg/
Many thanks to Singapore Food Listings for the invite!
Do follow and check on Singapore Food Listings for latest foodies place update/review.
To enjoy 10% discount off your total bill (Ala Carte Orders), remember to quote "SFBloggerYamsKitchen" when ordering!
Thanks for reading!
Jthejon
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