Taste of Shanghai

Desserts+friends= wonderful break from the stress of uni. That is my equations for a happy day :)

During the catch-up with my besties, we decided to visited a modern Chinese restaurant called Taste of Shanghai on the lower ground level of World Square, next to the dollar shop and florist. 

Mango handrolls 

Price: $8.80

Mango hand rolls have been a favourite dessert of mine due to the freshness of the mango, cream and crepe and when i saw it on the menu, i had pointed at it straight away! hahaha

The mango hand rolls turned out to be a big dissapointment as there was no fresh mango in it! ): instead, it was replaced with a jelly-like substance that looked like mango. They may have been made this way because it isn't mango season, but it really gave the whole dessert a different taste and texture of it. 

Usually, the fresh mango provides the sweetness to the fresh cream and thin crepe, balancing out the flavours giving it a sweet creamy texture. Because there was no mango, me and my friends all agreed that not only was it bland due to the absence of the fresh mango but also the jelly substance gave a weird taste to the overall dessert. There was no sweetness to it so i have to give this dessert 3/10 ): 

Red Bean Herbal Jelly with Ice-cream 

Price: $4.50

Ice-cream again? YES! As you may know my love for ice-cream from my father's day blog, when i saw the waitress bring this over, i already had my spoon ready to dig in to that scrumptious bowl of goodness. 

This dessert is similar to the signature herbal jelly i had at Meet Fresh, except instead of tapioca and taro balls, it had red beans! The use of red beans gave the whole dish a new taste and i must say it was delicious! The addition made the dessert chewier and of course - the red bean taste. OH and for the flavour of this dessert to be perfect, your spoon needs to contain ALL the different ingredients of the dish because when you eat it, it just comes together to give you that fresh, sweet, chewy, crunchy taste. 

I would give this 8/10 :) it was wasn't too sweet and was a nice chilled dessert.

Deep Fried Chinese milk dough 

Price: $6.80

Sounds weird right? but omg this is so yummy! This dough is also called mantou or known as chinese steamed bun - in this dessert it is fried, giving a crispy outer layer yet still containing the softer parts inside. The sweet condensed milk is given on the side for dipping. As the bun does not have any strong taste to it, the condensed milk provides the sweetness to the dessert. This dessert is really simple and only has 2 elements to it so it can be made at home too. 

I would give this dessert 9/10 because the condensed milk and the fried dough just work perfectly together and taste really delicious together! Trying the new dessert would have to be one of the yummiest dishes i have eaten this year and I most definitely will be heading back to the restaurant for more!

Taste of Shanghai do not specialise in desserts like the other restaurants i have visited, but i have to say it did give me and my besties some of the tastiest food we have eaten this year. So i do recommend going to try this place out, maybe just don't order the mango handrolls until it is mango season? but definitely try out the unique deep fried chinese milk dough dessert!

Until next time, take care!  ♥