Tin Hau at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Besides boasting about its exceptional services, Mandarin Oriental is known for its restaurants, namely Paseo Uno and Tin Hau. My family recently ate at Tin Hau while we were checked in at the hotel. All I can say is that this is one of the best, if not the best Chinese restaurant in town.

Jason and I got the Set Menu 1, while my parents and shobe got the Set Menu 2. Their Privilege Club Set Menus are Php 850+++ per person and are good for 2. (exclusive of government taxes, local taxes and service charge)

For starters they served us with one of the best "service peanuts" (if you get what I mean). Then followed by our Sio Mai and Scallop dimsum. Heavenly!

Then came the Braised Fish Soup, Auntie Song style.

I didn't know what was the Auntie Song style all about when I was sipping the hot yummy soup. It was until I researched later did I know that Auntie Song is supposedly a famous cook in Hang Zhou, from the Nan Song Dynasty, 800 years back up to the present. (talk about recipe perfection).

Poached green vegetables with seafood and egg white in superior consomme followed.

Wok fried fragrant rice with roasted pork,

the Chicken stewed with eggplant, Szechuan Style,

and then the Crisp fried shrimp with sliced almonds and mayonnaise.

Lychee with almonds came for dessert. The best lychee and almonds ever.

Later that evening, we came back again for the Dimsum Platter. I tell you, their dimsum's to die for. It's a MUST TRY when you eat at Tin Hau.

Tin Hau at Mandarin Oriental is located at the 2nd Floor of the hotel. Open for Lunch/Dim sum: 11:30am-2:30pm and Dinner: 6:30pm-10pm (Monday-Sunday). You can contact them at (02) 750-8888 loc. 2424 or 2422 for reservations. Manager: Ernest Lau Chef: Hann Furn Chen. Dress code is Smart Casual.

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