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Nested along Balestier Road is Le Xiao Chu, a restaurant offering seafood & tze char dishes at a relatively affordable price. Bright, spacious, clean & air-conditioned - this sure is a comfy place for a meal. 😊 It opens till 4.30am so this makes yet another potential supper spot!
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Here are some of the dishes that we tried:
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🔹️Cai Po Beancurd 菜脯豆腐 ($10/$18) - Preserved radish was fried to the perfect golden brown & lay in abundance atop the soft & silky smooth tofu. 🤩 Glad that the soy sauce wasn’t too salty as the cai po added some savoury flavours besides a nice crunch! My favourite dish! 💕
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🔹️Sambal Lady’s Finger ($10/$16) - the ladyfingers were well-prepared with less slime flowing all over. Sambal chilli gave a nice spicy kick & was extremely fragrant after stir-frying with dried shrimps & onions etc. Went very well with rice! 😍😍😍 This was a close fight for my top spot.
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🔹️Prawn Omelette ($10/$14) - pretty light & fluffy, liked that it was not overly greasy. 👍🏻 However, there weren’t many prawns so not really value-for-money IMO.
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🔹️Baby Kai Lan ($10/$16) - liked this too! A simple dish of baby kai lan stir-fried with savoury salted fish & fragrant garlic. 😋
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🔹️Ginger Chicken Cube ($12/$24) - tasted surprisingly sweet instead of savoury. Texture of the chicken cubes were quite tough too. Coupled with the fact that I’m not a fan of ginger, I didn’t really like this. 😔
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I think the best part would be the ambience & comfort - u can safely sit here & catch up with family & friends over decent fuss-free & homely dishes. They have a 10% discount from 11am-5pm (for dine-in only, excludes set meals & crabs), which is not a bad deal! ✌🏻
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More info on 3 other signatures in the next posts! 😉