Birds of a Feather

^thats the name of the dish because be prepared to really hunt for the chicken pieces! That said, at $19, I think the portion is okay. I would have appreciated if there was more chicken just because of how good it was. The chicken is fried perfectly. It’s crispy, tender, not oily, and leaves a slight tingly numbing feeling in your mouth from the mala spices. It’s only a little so non-spicy eaters would be able to try this as well - just avoid the chillies!

Burratine & Tomato ($26):
Something about burratine paired with sichuan sesame dressing just didn’t work for me. The dressing was overpowering and just an odd combination. Birds of a Feather has done really well with their fusion concept for other dishes but this was a miss!

Pork dumplings with Sichuan dressing, sage foam, butternut purée, almond bits, and fried sage ($17):
You can literally taste everything at once if you scoop up everything and put the whole dumpling in your mouth with all the sauce. It’s juicy, salty, spicy, sweet, sour… I could go on and on. So many flavours and textures happening together like a symphony! Best dumpling I’ve had.

This is a delicate and refreshing dessert.
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And with good reason, the blend of gelatinous ice jelly / aiyu jelly, juicy osmanthus flower poached pear, juicy marinated kumquat, wobbly white fungus, crisp marinated cucumber, and crumbly pistachio soil, is delicious.
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You get a complex but soulful layer of fruity vegetal floral sweet tangy sour earthy herbal nutty flavours, yum.
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A treat for the senses, so delightful.
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Birds Of A Feather
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/12/birds-of-feather-2022.html

This visually impressive plate features juicy pan-seared dumplings filled with minced pork, on a bed of creamy smooth butternut squash puree, surrounded by sage foam and fried sage leaves, dressed with almonds and Sichuan chili oil and spices.
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The pork dumplings yield gently to a bite, releasing a beautiful meaty savoury salty spice flavour.
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Then you get the layered taste profile of the other ingredients, being vegetal earthy sweet herbal spice nutty in flavour. Yum.
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Birds Of A Feather
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/12/birds-of-feather-2022.html

This premium beverage is a riff on that iconic Mandopop rock song "One Night In Beijing" by Xin Yue Tuan (Shin), with equal parts punchy and flowery, just like the song.
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A blend of either Lang Jiu baijiu or Mou Tai baijiu, with tanqueray gin, egg white, yuzu, peppermint, and lemon, this has a distinctive sea green blue colour, with strong boozy floral tangy sour sweet fruity flavour.
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Pleasant yet robust, I loved this tipple.
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Birds Of A Feather
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/12/birds-of-feather-2022.html