Quick dinner stop: Imperial Treasure Teochew Kitchen

Having formed fairly good impressions of the Imperial Treasure Nan Bei restaurant at Takashimaya, we decided to give its sister outlet at Suntec, the Imperial Treasure Teochew Kitchen, a shot.

Style and execution are hauntingly similar to Crystal Jade Kitchen (for good reasons, I am told). The menu is on one sheet of paper that doubles as your placemat. Your orders are printed out neatly on a slip of paper that is placed on your table for the waitress to check off against as she delivers your food.

We ordered braised goose meat, preserved vegetables with braised pork, and some hong kong kai lan. There was a bit of a mix-up with the goose meat - the wrong dish had been delivered to our table - but they changed it to the right one with minimal fuss.

The mui choi kou yoke was gooood, I'd recommend it.

I also tried the honey-and-watercress drink just for the fun of it. It didn't look at all like what I'd expected - it was clear and light yellow-green, not cloudy and deep green. It tasted a little bit like sugarcane, although the watercress taste was still distinguishable. A novelty drink; not something I'd want to order again.

Did I say that the mui choi kou yoke was good? J likes it too. Yummy.

It's pretty amazing how successful the Imperial Treasure restaurants have been in the short span of time that they've been open. Good food delivered in good time with good service at reasonable prices; a great forumla that's hard to beat.