Crystal Jade Kitchen @ Gardens, Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur

Crystal Jade is actually a huge chain of Shanghainese themed restaurants that have outlets all over South East Asia and China. They started off with the first restaurant in Kuala Lumpur years back out of Lot 10 and has since grown to a few around the Klang Valley. I happened to be in the Gardens on Sunday and was looking around for food. Walked past the so-called fast food outlet of Crystal Jade called Crystal Jade Kitchen and the set lunch menu kinda looked good.


I reckon for the set lunch menu, I will do a photo by photo analysis. (Easier to read right?)

3 Combination BBQ Meat rice. Chicken, Char Siew and BBQ Sausages. Check out the amounts given. Just 2 pieces of chicken, another couple of pieces of the other meat. Damn! Plus a salted duck's egg. If you're really hungry, I really don't know where this things will be in my stomach. Not good value! 

Is this Char Siew? More like red colored meat. Look at the coloring! Char Siew needs to be a little fatty and not entirely lean in order for it to have that Char Siew taste. This does not even look BBQ-ed! BAD! OUT!! 

BBQ Sausages - The way they cut this..amateurs! Who the hell cuts their sausages in angles like that. Not only does it not taste good, it looks terrible. OUT!

Shanghainese Siao Loong Pao. Two tiny pao's in one big bamboo steamer case. Presentation!! Fail! The dumplings are not too bad. Only thing is that the skin is too thick.

Now this is the only thing that is worth mentioning. Their soup that came together with the set. Great soup, a bit like the one mum does (minus the MSG lol). Peanuts, pork ribs and I think I saw some chicken feet. Good Soup.

Waterchestnut dessert. (Ma Tai Lou) It is meant to be a cold dessert but not cold enough. Almost room temperature and in this heat, we all prefer it to be colder. Not too sweet but have tasted better.

Szechuan Hot and Sour Soup. Bloody hell!! For 10 freaking bucks a bowl, can't these buggers not spill some on the side. Are the cooks blind? Please at least wipe the damn bowl before serving it. Presentation again!!! Tasted like those pre-pack ones you get at the super markets. OUT!

This place actually looks like a fast food corner. Only has about 8-9 tables. I wonder how are they going to cope and survive. They are not a fast food restaurant and I do not see anyone taking out. 


Food - Mediocre. You would expect an international food chain to have better quality but nope..Not here.


Service - Average. At least the bill and food came pretty fast.


Price - Not cheap. The set is not too bad for price considering you get four small dishes. 


Would I go again? Don't think so.