Crystal Jade Versus Ding Tai Feng

Whatever Crystal Jade offers, Ding Tai Feng seems to offer it too. And it's same vice versa. So, which is better? Haha. Well, I actually went Ding Tai Feng a few days before I went over to Crystal Jade for almost the same thing. So, I can do a little comparison here! Ha!

(But I'm sorry that I did not have any photos for the Ding Tai Feng version. I take photos according to who I dine with. Ha!)

So first. Dan Dan Mian. Ha! This was introduced to me by Newsha and I think I have to try it because she seem to use her whole life to recommend it. Ha. I'm serious. Please look at her lighted face when she talk about this. Hahahaha!

So, I tried it. And, I was reallllllly happy about it. Thanks for the recommendation!

Well, basically, Dan Dan Mian is a peanut soup based noodles. The soup is a little spicy. But when I had it over at Ding Tai Feng (Let's just say DTF), it wasn't spicy at all! So, for the people who hates spicy stuffs, you can (1) have it at DTF (2) skip it (3) bear with the spiciness and eat it at Crystal Jade (CJ).

And, I chose option number 3. Hahahaha! Seriously, I wasn't prepared for the spiciness at all. But then, why did I continued eating was because of the rich rich peanut taste from the soup. My goodness. I was like "Ding!" when I drank the first spoonful. Haha. And the very next reaction was "OMG! Lai lai lai!" (That means spicy in Chinese.) LOL!

I prefer the CJ version for the peanut taste. Seriously, Dan dan mian is all for the peanut taste, no?

I never had this Hong You Chao Shou in my entire life until someone ordered for me for my dinner at Taiwan. (Thank you for the great choice! Haha!) From then on, I decided that this is a really nice thing and I have to order this whenever possible. And so I did. Haha.

I thought the ones at DTF were really good. But my man told me that the ones at CJ were better. I do not believe entirely. Ha! Come on, it was really good there! Haha. But okay, I swallowed my words when I tried the ones at CJ. I totally accepted the phrase "I told you so!". Haha.

Not only that it is bigger, the sauce was better, the meat was juicer. My goodness. This is good. But spicy of course. Ha! And oh, oily? It's the chili oil.

And, the biggest battle and the biggest selling product of both. Xiao. Long. Bao...!

Haha. I always had the ones at CJ. I had it at DTF long time ago but I have already forgot the taste. I just rmb that I said that it's not very nice. Well, tried it again recently and still, I think, it's just pretty normal. Hehs.

BUT!!!! When we had it at CJ. WoooooHOOOOOO! Yummy. The soup, the filling, the skin texture was so much better! And the ginger they gave was finer and I like it that way.

 

My man always order this cha jiang mian. So of course, it's on our must order list. Lol. Urm, nothing too special over at DTF, but I see that he enjoyed this over at CJ. Haha. Need I say anymore?

The biggest difference between the 2 is definitely the portion size. Everything. From noodles to the xiao long bao. CJ is so much bigger. We were not full from the noodles from DTF but we cannot finish our noodles over at CJ. And you know, somethings are better when it's bigger. I need my mouth full of them. Haha.

So, I guess, I still prefer CJ over DTF. =D

(Oh, maybe it's because of the different branches? I had my DTF outside Universal Studio while I had my CJ at Ngee Ann City.)

So, what's your verdict?