Joy’s Secret Munchiez

Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant (百龄麦旋转酒楼)

September 24, 2009 at 3:06 pm | Posted in Chinese | Leave a comment
Tags: peking duck, Prima Tower, Revolving Restaurant

Website : http://www.pfs.com.sg/restaurants/prima_tower/
Location : 201 Keppel Road Singapore 099419

Mummy wanted to give me a birthday treat and told me to go think of what I would like to have.

After shortlisting a few restaurants, I decided to have some simple Chinese dishes at Prima Tower – a revolving restaurant.

Not sure if it was due to the public holiday, they only accept reservations before 12pm. So I did make a reservation for 4 of us but we arrived quite early at 11.15am. Surprisingly, by 12.30pm, the restaurant was full and there was a queue outside. Though it’s hidden in a factory site, it seems pretty well-known to food lovers.

Pretty old-fashioned kind of restaurant…
That’s what I like about it… brings back memories too

 

Pickles & Peanuts…

 

老火例汤
The soup of the day is 火腿冬瓜汤
It looks pretty plain but the soup is refreshing yet flavoursome.
The winter melon cubes are surprisingly crunchy!

 

铁板红鱼
Steamed Red Tilapia on Hot Plate
Extremely fresh fish that seems to melt in your mouth!

 

炒沙律虾球
Sautéed Salad Prawn Balls
The prawn balls are pretty huge but too few for us…
I want more!

 

Peking Duck!

Seemed to have constant cravings for Peking duck after the ones I tried at ION.
On hindsight, although they tasted very good… but they weren’t that authentic.

 

烤北京填鸭
Authentic Barbecued Peking Duck

I was very pleased that this signature dish was included in the set meal.
This is much more authentic than the ones at ION.
See, this has only the skin of the duck while the ones at ION included meat too.
And of course, you have to add in the spring onions and cucumber!

Yummy x 100 !

 

红烧海参鲜菇
Braised Sea Cucumber with Shiitake
The sea cucumber was very clean and ‘Q’…
Dad said these were of good quality…

 

蟹扒时蔬
Sautéed Seasonal Vegetables with Crab Meat
I didn’t expect that there would be so much crab meat
(some restaurants stinge on the gravy)

 

We asked for the leftover duck meat from the Peking duck to be cooked with noodles.
This is pretty average actually… But we had to ‘use up’ the duck meat anyway…

 

豆沙锅饼
Red Bean Pancakes
Dad insisted that we should order this as desserts…
Supposed to be one of their signatures I think

What we had above was from their set menu for 4 persons – excluding the noodles & desserts.

It was a really fantastic meal and I’m so glad I made a right choice.

Don’t forget this is a revolving restaurant, so we were constantly turning (at a slow speed of course) and enjoying the view outside.

Overlooking St James & Vivo…

Thanks Daddy & Mummy for the wonderful meal!