Yeh Ting is a newly opened restaurant specialized in Hainanese cuisine. When you think of Hainan, what would come to your mind? Coconut? Wenchang chicken? That's right. And Yeh Ting's signature dish is coconut chicken pot.
We arrived there at around 7.40pm on a Thursday evening. The restaurant was crowded but still got a few vacant tables. The staff informed us that tables were available, but the wait time for our food to come might take up to 30 minutes.
The restaurant was only opened on 26 August 2017, I think. Everything was new, including the crew. Everybody was quite busy. We quickly ordered our food, and indeed waited for around half an hour before our first dish came.
Coconut, Bamboo Fungus, Mushroom Chicken Pot, $33.00
We ordered one of their signature dishes, which is the coconut, bamboo fungus and mushroom chicken pot. What is worth mentioning here is the bamboo fungus. It is quite a new and popular ingredient on the dining scene in China. Benefits of bamboo fungus include helping to reduce the bad cholesterol (LDL), increase the good cholesterol (HDL) and reduce excessive acid in the body fluid. It is also an expensive ingredient. In the past, it was only possible to collect bamboo fungus in the wild, which was very rare. During Qing Dynasty, this was something only for the Emperors. In recent years, the experts figured out a way of cultivating this rare fungus, that is why we ordinary people can also have a taste of this delicacy.
You will need to first boil the soup base, which consists of onion, water chestnut and coconut, then pour all the ingredients in, then boil for another 5 minutes.
A timer preset to 5 minutes was available at every table for you to get the perfect timing.
First impression of the soup: It was very fresh, sweet and fragrant. Coconut brings the fragrance, water chest for the sweetness, and the chicken, mushroom and bamboo fungus for the freshness. In Chinese, it is 鲜甜. It was a chicken soup with a fruity flavor, a feast to the palates. By the way, if you are ordering the coconut chicken pot, you may not need to order drinks. The soup is more than enough and it is healthier, fresher than the drinks. The essence of all the ingredients go into the soup!
Glass Noodle with Mixed Vegetables, $10.00
Signature Pork Collar, $12.00
We also ordered glass noodle with mixed vegetable and their signature pork collar. The glass noodle was average, but the pork collar was not bad. Somehow I have a soft spot for pork collars. It was tender, at the same time firm. Your teeth had to exercise a bit, yet not so much that you will hate it. And pork collar is mostly lean meat, no worry about the unhealthy fat.
Besides all these dishes, we also ordered a pot of chrysanthemum tea, and two bowls of rice. For two persons, I think it was a bit too much. We could have just ordered the chicken pot, plus one of the two dishes and rice. No tea or other drinks.
The staff there were friendly, but as the restaurant was just opened for two weeks, they still had quite a bit to fine tune and to improve their efficiency.
Overall, I greatly enjoyed the food. The dining environment was comfortable too. In grand total, I spent $66.00 for two persons. The price is reasonably in my opinion.
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