Birthday Lunch @ Restaurant Xiang Man Lou

This post has been long overdue...we held two of our cg members ( Ron and Sandra ) birthday celebration last month. This time the venue was at Restaurant Xiang Man Lou, a place where they served Sichuan dishes...hot, oily and spicy dishes .  This restaurant is just opposite Festival Walk (opp Sushi Zento )  I am speaking for myself, the food is not bad for a change.....something different from the other chinese restaurants.  The cooking is authentic sichuan cooking...oily , spicy with lots of different peppercorns used in most of their dishes.  I kinda like the flavor and it agrees with my gastro :)   Have a peep at what was ordered for the birthday lunch :)  Drool as much as you like...I would fine you for that :p

I like this hot spicy cucumber side dish and 

I even googled for the recipe online and found one good one.  

Will post up this hot spicy cucumber salad on my next post...stay tuned for it.

wood fungus sides with lots of  pickled garlic,pickled hot chilli and vinegar

special beef sides...love this dish to bits

if not for the cholesterol factor, I would have tucked in more :p

this is another appetising seaweed and vermicelli salad

packed with lots of chopped garlic, chillies and sweet black vinegar

eggplant and long beans stir fry...delicious but a bit salty for me

this is the most pricey dish for the day.....the expensive Garoupa ( lou foo pan )

cooked in hot spicy oil...you eat only the fish...coz the whole pot consist of hot spicy oil but

I would say this is the best dish...very flavorful...lots of sichuan peppercorns and dried chillies

and this the awesome prawn dish ...deep fried prawns with 

lots of spice ingredients..

we had a great time digging out and trying to guess 

what are the crispy spicy ingredients in this dish...

they have peppercorns, dried seaweed, peanuts and maybe

mint leaves....hahaha but this is definitely a MUST ORDER  dish

steamed free range chicken...flavorful...I guess they have steamed 

and soaked in rice wine...delectable comes with ginger dippings

I forgot the address of this restaurant

it is opposite Sushi Zento , Festival Walk

Have a great day.! :)