20 Mar 2012 - Dian Xiao Er

They had the Set A the last time they visited Dian Xiao Er. This time round, he picked Set B ($38++) - consisting of Steamed Rice, Roasted Duck with Ten Wonder Herbs, Stir-fried Chinese Yam and Black Fungus, Mongolian Spare Ribs, and Soup of the Day was corn and carrot soup. He found the soup a little too oily, but that could have been contributed by the spare ribs in the soup.


The pork ribs were succulent, slathered generously with sauce. Tasted a little like satay sauce, except that it was a little spicy and saltier.


Chinese yam was refreshingly crunchy, the mom usually cooks this in soup until it has a soft texture.


Roast duck, one of his favourite meats. Preferred the Angelica herb sauce to this "Ten Wonder Herb" sauce. Meat was tender and skin was crispy, perfect duck meat.

09 August 2011 - Dian Xiao Er

Slept in until around 1pm, had some porridge at home before heading out. She's not one who can stay at home. In contrast, he's probably someone who can be bred in captivity.

Had always wanted to try Dian Xiao Er, but it always had long queues. This time, they went around 4pm and it was relatively empty.

Menu in the form of some Chinese martial arts manual...


Had the "Family" set for 2, $38++. That consisted of rice, winter melon soup, roast duck with angelica sauce, DongPo pork and stir-fried kailan.

The duck leg was probably rid of fats from the roasting, and the savoury herbal sauce went well with the meat. This was the first time he's eating duck this way.


They opted for DongPo pork over Mongolian pork ribs. Check out the fats... this actually helped soothe this throat somehow.


All in...