Dim Sum Buffet at Cherry Garden, Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Plate was not so impressive

SGD57 nett price

Drunken chicken. Crisp wasabi prawn

Fresh prawns with mild wasabi sauce, mango and roe (This was nice)

Char siew pao, shark's fin dumpling, har gaw

Crispy squid. Yum.

Gyoza. Erm.. on to the next dim sum

Netted crispy prawn. It was just okay, the prawns were big and fresh, but nothing spectacular.

Fish broth with fish maw. It was quite nice, and the best among the 3 soups we ordered: Hot and sour soup (too starchy), dumpling soup (too ordinary).

Close-up of the netter crispy prawn.

Shark's fin dumpling. Looks good.. but I really couldn't remember how it tasted. So it only means it's ordinary.

Spinach dumpling (their har gaw)

Prawn salad

Fried potato dumpling with crab and cheese

Quite okay. My friends, Ms. Gorgeous(self-given name)/greedy and forgetful (we gave her these names) and Ms. Bottomless Pit (Ms. Gorgeous gave this name to our other friend), liked this potato dumplings.

On the far left is the carrot cake (hawker quality), and being picked up by the chopstick is the pork ribs (so-so).

Crystal dumplings with spinach and egg yolk (I wonder where the egg yolk was. We didn't taste it).

Cute presentation though.

Steamed fish. Not nice. To bland, and didn't taste fresh.

Lovely presentation

Ms. Gorgeous's hand.

Mango sago with pomelo and lemon sorbet (so-so. the sherbet was tooo sour)

Watermelon with jelly (skip this please)

Avocado cream with walnut ice cream (the best from the lot)

Dry ice was used to create that foggy effect.

After-binging break.

Overall verdict: Just so-so. If you have spare cash, you can try this place. If not, go somewhere else to get better food.

The service was good because the wait staff were attentive. The taste however, was pretty mediocre, considering the price. I believe they did use the best quality ingredients (at least the prawns), but the taste was just lacking that special quality.

I still prefer the dim sum at Taste Paradise. Exciting, different and satisfying.