Ms Skinnyfat

I'm pretty skeptical about marketing gimmicks such as labels like 'Top Restaurant in X" and "Best Y cuisine..". You can so imagine this cynical one rolling her eyes when she receive the invitation to taste the "Best Peking Duck in Singapore". BUT seriously, newly opened Kai Garden at Marina Square really lives up to that label. Consider me impressed with Chef-Owner and Executive Chef Fung Chi Keung's traditional Peking Duck when i tasted it. It was indeed the best that i've had. 

So the glistening Peking Duck ($88/duck) is definitely the star here. The crispy skin was simply amazing (and i don't even really enjoy skin). The layer of fats under the naturally colored, browned crust simply renders beautifully in one's mouth. It doesn't taste too oily even.

Accompanying the duck is an interesting selection of wraps- Original, Pumpkin, Green(Spinach), Bamboo Charcoal, and Beetroot.

While the wraps didn't taste much of their stated ingredient, they added pretty colors, plus a great texture and balance to each bite. It's fairly thin, with just a light amount of chewiness, and it remained fairly moist even as the baskets made their rounds around the huge dining table. There are also 5 sauces that come with the dish (Duck, Black Pepper, Sesame, Seafood, or Special Mixed). Well i was happy with the regular sweet salty original duck sauce. 

While i'm not exactly sure if serving crispy food on ice helps to maintain the crunchy texture, i enjoyed the Sweet and Sour Pork on The Rocks ($22/serving). I was afraid that the balls would be cold but thankfully they were warm still. The light crunch batter encased the juicy roughly minced pork and the sauce was balanced with the right amount of acidity and sweetness. 

Deep Fried Vegetarian Roll ($22) is a beautiful web of bamboo fungus that holds a juicy mix of vegetables and mushroom with tofu. The texture is amazing and the layers picked up the delicious pumpkin and chicken stock which was an intense reduction that i couldn't stop spooning. But other than that, the filling was pretty standard. 

The meal concludes perfectly with the Chilled Fresh Coconut Puree ($6.80). This is such a great dessert! I would come back just for desserts alone. 

Kai Garden definitely has my vote for Best Peking Duck in town and I'm looking forward to sampling their Dimsum as well. For all you know, they may bag the Best Dimsum in Singapore title too.