Cinnabar

A rather different experience compared to other Chinese restaurants. For a high end restaurant, the food quality and quantity do not justify the high price. Also the choice for plates and no bowls is not so suitable for rice. Food was decent although would not recommend the John Dory fish dish which was a single fillet and had chewy skin which was not edible.

A lovely lunch here today! Limited menu so each dish can be cooked well. We took recommendations from our waiter in order to try things we don't usually order: House made tofu with spicy pork mince was beautiful and the Chinese Broccoli dish was a very pleasant surprise. Mushroom dumplings and duck pancakes for entrees were also very tasty. Accompanying Jasmine rice was fluffy without a hint of stodge. We're going back!

I went here on a quiet Thursday evening and sat in a beautiful semi private both. Overall, a lovely experience but can't quite recommend to others as there are better options in Dickson. The decor and plating is very nice, but the standard of food falls short. I ordered 3 dishs: pork ribs, mushrooms ( there were 4 varieties) and bok choi with rice. The double fried Chinese greens was the most interesting. Most of the dish was stir fried with a large amount of coarsely chopped garlic. Another layer of julienned and deep fried leaves were piled on top ( see pic). The pork ribs were very sweet, the mushrooms very salty and the bok choy neutral tasting but oily. But together with rice, it all worked and tasted nice. I would not think much of the taste as individual dishes. The service was very prompt and the waitstaff pleasant and helpful. I liked my mojito, very fresh and nice. The cinnamon drink was not that great tasting for me, but there might be others who like it. It was very sweet.