Dining Experience: Tao Yuan Restaurant

Last Saturday, my friends and I visited the Newport Mall at Resorts World Manila.

As I was craving for Hainanese Chicken and Chili Crab even days before, we decided to dine at Tao Yuan Restaurnt.

Good thing we had reservations, since the place was full the whole time we were there.

The place was ok, like your usual Chinese Restaurant.

The servers were welcoming and warm as well.

Tao Yuan Restaurant offers traditional Chinese cuisine, as well as Singaporean Cuisine.

Since we already have eaten in so many Chinese restaurants for so long and our taste buds have been craving for something new, we decided to try out their Singaporean offerings.

These are what we ordered:

Chicken Hainanese

This was the first course served along with the Cereal Prawns.

The chicken was soft, tender, and flavorful.

It's really good, but I can't say it's the best that I've tried.

The taste, I must say is similar as the Hainanese Chicken I've tried in Hong Kong and Singapore. I liked it with the chili sauce they served it with rather than with hoisin sauce.

I suggest ordering the rice that goes with the Chicken Hainanese, because it will enhance the flavor. The rice (not pictured) was flavored just right, unlike the other ones I've tried which were overly flavored with the chicken oil.

Cereal Prawns

This is an interesting take on prawns.

The prawns were huge!

What I loved about this dish was that the breading of the prawns were not too thick. Though some of the prawns were a bit overcooked, but some were cooked perfectly, must be the residual heat? The prawns were seasoned nicely too. Overall this is a nice dish.

Laksa

This was the star of the evening!

It's so delicious! So flavorful! It's spot on authentic Singaporeans Laksa!

The Laksa was exceptionally good, because of how creamy this was and it's not too spicy.

Every time I took a spoonful of this, it's like party on my mouth!

Everybody must try this.

Singaporean Spareribs

This taste like barbequed spareribs with a Singaporean flare.

The meat was tender and the sauce was rich, as what would you expect with Singaporean cuisine. The dish is actually our second favorite dish.

Mango Lapu-Lapu

This dish was so-so.

The fish was perfectly cooked, but I was expecting much more for the hefty price.

This taste just like an ordinary Sweet and Sour Lapu-Lapu, but with sliced mangoes.

Plus, the parsley was way too overpowering!

It's not bad, but our housecook can make a better Sweet and Sour Lapu-Lapu.

Chili Crab

Another so-so dish.

Though the crab was cooked nicely, the sauce was bland and lacks the kick we were looking for.

Plus this dish has a ridiculous price.

Not particularly bad, but the price was so steep!

The dish was mediocre for our taste.

This dish was served with Kua Pao, which was good.

Our friendly servers of the night, serving our complimentary dessert.

Almond Jelly

This was a complementary dessert.

It taste like your usual almond jelly, nothing special.

But hey it's free, so no right to complain, right?

Overall, we had a good experience thanks to the accommodating waiters and their awesome Laksa!

I'd definitely be back for more Laksa and Singaporean Spareribs!