A Shanghainese Experience, Dragon-I at 1 Utama

31Mar/063

A Shanghainese Experience, Dragon-I at 1 Utama

This is what you would see before you enter Dragon-i. The bigger four chinese characters written on the left side of the sign board reads "Long de chuan ren". If I may translate it to English, it would means the descendent of dragon. On the right hand side, the smaller chinese characters read "La mien xiao long pao" (i.e., literally means "pull noodle small dragon bun"??).

Stewed Beef La Mien in Soup. The big chunks of lean beef was not tender so the meat texture was kinda hard when you chew on it. I was hoping for the meat to be very tender, like it could simply melt in your mouth instead of the teeth-abusing, rough and dry texture. Usually, stewed beef that are very tender would consist of beef that has some layer of fats to achieve that tenderness. So on the positive side, lean beef is less fattenning and would be more appealing to those who are health-conscious. The broth was tasty, very much to my liking.

The Shanghai Pork Rib La Mien comes with a generous serving of pork chop which was crispy yet juicy and well marinated. The noodle was a bit soggy though and the soup was those plain soup "ching tong". No complains on the pork chop but I was hoping for the noodle to have a richer texture, like very QQ (springy) since it's hand-made.

The La Mien with fried chicken taste pretty much the same as the pork chop noodle cause it was served with the same type of noodles. But personally I would prefer the pork chop over the chicken chop simply because I prefer to eat pork.

The open kitchen concept next to the entrance displays how the chefs prepare the xiao long pao, steam dumpling with soup/gravy in it.

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Overall, I would say that you can pop by if you are shopping around in 1U and suddenly feel like having some decent chinese food to fill your tummy. Other than that, I personally will not purposely make a trip to 1U just to savour their food cause I can definitely get much tastier and cheaper chinese food outside. However, the xiao long pao is definitely worth a try since it's something you don't get like everywhere and anywhere.

Dragon-i
Lot S313A, New Wing
1 Utama Shopping Centre
03-7725 8822

Ratings:
Food: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Cleanliness:4/5
Value for money: 3/5