Tung Lok Signature

My mum is a Cantonese. So there is some Cantonese pride when it comes to Chinese cuisine as she believes that it is the best style of all Chinese cuisine. That says something considering there are quite a lot out there. All these various styles and traditions involved. But recently, I could not help but actually coming close to an agreement with my mum.

We went to Tung Lok Signature at VivoCity because my adopted mum from the U.S. (imagine a small petite lady probably half my height but packs 3 times the authority) who took care of me while I was there, was in town. She wanted to eat Chinese food, so I thought what better place than to bring her to this nice restaurant that my principal company regional sales manager recommended.

The deco is gaudy. Very unlike any typical Chinese restaurants. The service was the best, 2nd best next to Lei Garden at Chijmes. But still excellent. There was about 6 of us and the menu sets were only for 4 or 8 people. So after making my mum decide what she wanted to eat (which she didn't for some reason and instead asked me to order,) my limited Chinese and the great help by the server gave me a set menu with a price that I was comfortable. It was a set menu without any traces of fish head, because Americans were on the table and away from crazy stuff like chicken head or drunken prawns. So what I got, which I honestly did not even know what I ordered, was fantastic.

I got roasted pork ribs with Chinese vegetables, a salt-based crab for each person, Peking duck, duck noodles, special tofu with vegetables, twice boiled pork rib and black chicken soup, and two more dishes that just skipped my mind. I haven't had such good Chinese food in a long time. The crab was unusual as we were given scissors to cut the crab shell, and the server even showed us how to do it. Cool. The Peking duck was de-lish, and the soup was fantastic. Our desert was specially done for our table, a durian style ice cream with durian puff and durian pastry, with fresh mint and strawberry, the guests that couldn't eat durian had honey dew sago with herbal jelly served in a martini glass. Cool.

Without a doubt, I would return to the restaurant. Total bill was about $400 FOR 6 people.