Business trips, FOOD, Food reviews, Hong Kong, Uncategorized HONG KONG: CRYSTAL JADE 6 April 2009


Crystal Jade
Shop 2018-2020
2/F IFC Mall, Central
Hong Kong
$$$–

Crystal Jade is ubiquitous in Hong Kong (and abroad), where you’re guaranteed to get some fantastic, authentic food at decent prices. Established in Singaporean, it boasts a fantastic menu featuring Xiao Long Bao and La Mian (aka hand-pulled noodles) as their star dishes. It’s constantly packed out with a long line, and it was for dinner that I decided to get in the queue and waited 30mins to score a table alongside other diners eagerly slurping at their noodles and picking at their dumplings.

They waste no time getting your order once you’re seated and they plonk a big glass of steaming hot tea in front of you. I selected the Fresh hand-pulled noodles with mince pork and mushrooms in spicy gravy, one of their specialities. The noodles are hand-pulled there and have a soft yet slightly springy texture. They come slathered in a rich, thick spicy gravy with mince pork and mushrooms – incredibly tasty and so filling you don’t need much more. It’s served with a small bowl of plain broth which I like to scoop a little onto the noodles before slurping everything up.

I also ordered the Wontons in chilli oil because a trip to Crystal Jade just ain’t complete without their noodles AND their dumplings 😉 It turned out way way bigger than it looked in the menu – 6 HUGE dumplings wallowing in a super-spicy chilly oil. The dumpling ‘skin’ was one of the best I’ve ever had – ultra silky and smooth, all slippery and encasing a generous portion of mince meat. Incredibly tasty, almost too tasty and spicy when paired with my noodles. Should probably have gone with the non-spicy Xiao Long Bao but I don’t regret it because these little wonton babies were amazing!

Really wished the noodles were half-portion and the wontons too, because I was staggeringly full between that, the bowl of soup, and 2 glasses of tea. Had to walk around the shops for half an hour afterwards to make all the food go down.. but well worth it, Crystal Jade is fantastic!


Blurb inside Crystal Jade’s menu

Pictorial menu, woohoo!

Fresh hand-pulled noodles with mince pork and mushrooms in spicy gravy
(served with bowl of soup)

Wontons in chilli oil

Massive and so luscious!

The brightly lit interior


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the menu looks exactly like the one in sg!

and scarily, when i first started eating CJ’s la mian, i couldnt finish the entire bowl of noodles on my own, we’ll usually share. nowadays, i can easily finish the entire bowl! :\ SCARY!

yah, i tot the menus sound the same too.

i love CJ la mian kitchen here and the 抄手 (the wontons) are one of my fave. the way u described make it sound 10X nicer. XD well, hope to make it to HK and try it one day.

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