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I have been suffering from the post world cup blues. Not because I am a fervent soccer fan, rather its because my workload has been exponentially increasing since the games ended. In fact this started when the hot favourites like England, Brazil, Germany failed to make it to the next rounds. *Crap* They must have caused my clients to suffer from insomnia since on the mornings-after, I usually find my mail box being flooded with emails sent at ridiculous times (i.e. coinciding with the finishing times of the matches) and with demands of unrealistic deadlines. Sigh…..

Anyway, to ease my post-Cup depression and to increase productivity, I have been consciously making an effort to extend my lunch hours daily, and so when one of my closer cousins flew back from Sydney for a short visit, I promptly made arrangements for her, my mum, aunt and another cousin to meet me for an early lunch at Raffles Place.

I decided on Jade because of its close proximity to my office, and well because it provided a nice ambience for us to catch-up. The food would have been secondary, although it was a bonus that all the dim sum items we had definitely didn’t disappoint.

The appetiser of the day was a crab ball served in a yam dip and with a slice of cucumber. The small serving was light and refreshing.

After a short wait, all our dim sum were served together. We had (from left to right):

(1) Vegetable Abalone Dumpling (S$7.50);

Each dumpling was stuffed with the fillings. The skin was very thin and the vegetable wasn’t overpowering. As for the abalone, hmm…well i don’t remember tasting it in the dumpling.

(2) Pork Siew Mai (S$7.50):

There was no “porky” smell to the siew mai, and was very firm to the bite.

(3) XO Scallop Dumpling (S$7.50);

The XO in the name of a chinese dish normally refers to a superior item. In this case, I am guessing it must have been referring to the scallop, since it was rather big, and was excellently complemented with the lettuce and the bits of crab roe it was wrapped in.

(4) Beancurd skin wrapped in scallop (S$6.00);

The beancurd skin wasn’t too salty or tough, and teared easily when we bit into it.

(4) Crystal Prawn Dumplings (or Har Gao) (S$7.50);

The prawn filling was crunchy and firm, again a sure sign that it was very fresh, and the skin tasted smooth and wasn’t overly thick. Nice.

(5) Sharksfin Dumpling (S$8.00)

There were a few thin strips of the sharksfin, wrapped in the dumpling but otherwise it didn’t feature very prominently in the taste. Notwithstanding, the prawn filling was still good.

(6) Scallops Cheong Fun (or Rice roll wrapped with scallops) (S$5.00)

We chose scallops instead of prawns as our cheong fun filling, since for the same price all of us felt that scallops would be greater value for money. As with all the items above, this too didn’t disappoint. The plain rice roll tasted flavourful with the gravy and the fried shallots that was generously sprinkled all over.

Not surprisingly, no one had any complains about the quality of food. It is worth mentioning too that as there were 5 of us, the restaurant made sure that every dish was served in 5 individual pieces so that everyone can try all the items. Overall, a very pleasant dining experience.