Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine 湘香湖南菜 Chinatown

Enjoyable meal with some unique dishes and with free ice cream (not pictured). Only downside is the dishes are still abit too oily for my liking (even after requesting for less oil), hence will only come as an occasional indulgence.

Had dinner recently at Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine on our first visit to this chain. We ordered three dishes: Pickled Vegetable with Fish in Soup, Bamboo Shoot Stir-fried with Bacon Pork, and Hunan Stir-fried Pork. All were delicious, well-prepared, and full of authentic flavor. Service was also on point, with the added bonus of free-flow snacks and ice cream, which made the meal even more enjoyable. Looking forward to coming back again!

Service is very good. I wanted to ask about the snow beer ( had a lovely one in Beijing) and one server noted that I had issues speaking Mandarin so he quickly jumped (literally) to my assistance. Then offered to bring a bottle to my table (even if I wanted just to look) but when I declined and said I would stand and wait, he ran (literally) to the kitchen to get a bottle ( unfortunately it wasn’t what I expected). Went to the Chinatown location which wasn’t too crowded around 1pm on a Saturday ( but it is the school holidays). Food is tasty - loved the pounded eggplant as it wasn’t spicy hot but it had nice fragrant spiced. The pork stir fry is the signature but not as delicious as the one I tried in Beijing (at another restaurant). The tables are a little close to each other ch other.

This is probably my first time trying real Chinese food and I loved this place. All dishes were very good and fresh. Also, food was served hot and quickly. Would return definitely.