Bouncy Golden Sweet Potato Balls

The snack part doesn't end just there, before rounding up with a cutesy plate of these Bouncy Golden Sweet Potato Balls. Don’t let its appearance fools you for this fritters is not the usual sweet potato fried balls that you see elsewhere. This Taiwanese version is much lighter in composition where the interior of the balls is rather very, very porous but yet, still remain very elastically crispy on the outside. Yes, it still uses flour to prepare this snack but the texture is totally surprisingly different. I could actually liken it to the weight of ping pong ball Personally, I still enjoy a more solid kind of dough, like the common ones.

Red Braised Beef with Ramen

It is not long before the first noodle dish comes to join our table; Red Braised Beef with Ramen. There is a thin layer of red oil accompanying this bowl of noodle. According to one of the foodie on our rectangular table, the soup is pretty intense with the beef flavor and not spicy at all. So, don’t be intimidated by the reddish oil then Meat wise is still agreeably juicy and tender whilst the ramen is pleasantly springy.

Taiwanese Stewed Bean Curd

Ensue soon is the lighter sides of Taiwanese Stewed Bean Curd. Basically, the bean curd is sliced and then deep fried till golden brown with slight crispiness on the outer skin. It is then doused with some braised minced pork meat to help flavours the otherwise rather plain bean curd. As it is a produce from soya bean, you would still taste some slight sourness in it but very fast gets complemented with the savoury sauce.

Three Cup Phoenix with Rice

Coming up next is the Three Cup Phoenix that is best paired with a plate of white rice. At first glance, it really looks like the homey dish that my mom often cooks, whereby the chicken cutlets are stewed in dark soya sauce over slow flame. The chicken meat by then would be tender enough to the taste bud whilst thoroughly infused with the aroma from the gravy. Good thing about it is that this recipe served here is not too oily and would taste better if the gravy is to made more concentrated, with some added star anise to further accentuate the fragrance of the soya sauce. By the way, this is also one special dish that my brother could cook up pretty scrumptiously.

Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice

Not only the pinky Arale is greeting us with its big and warm smile, even there is this cutesy Doraemon fishcakes to accompany us on the dining table. Together with the wilted Siu Pak Choy as well as the minced meat in dark sauce, and these all make up for the special Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice by D’Dream Café. Besides the savory braised pork meat, the rice itself is also a specialty that comprises of three types of rice, namely glutinous rice, double-A rice grain and also the normal rice, with the former being the least portion. This seemingly common white rice has indeed got its usual texture bettered up with this combination of grains that shares a close resemblance to Japanese rice. Quite a fresh and unique idea.