Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant

Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant is a Cantonese restaurant on Level 4 of Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium on Outram Road. It has served Cantonese cooking and handmade dim sum since 1990. Locals use it for business lunches, family meals and celebrations.

Executive Chinese Chef Kwan Yiu Kan leads the kitchen. He started as a 13-year-old apprentice in a Hong Kong dim sum restaurant and went on to cook in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Dim sum chef Cheung Kin Nam and chef Dennis Teo complete the senior team.

What to order

The best-known dish is the home-style roast duck with tea leaves. The duck is smoked with tea, then roasted for crisp skin and tender meat. You can order a half or a whole bird.

Other signature dishes include:

• Baked sea perch with miso sauce
• Stir-fried wagyu beef cubes with black pepper and longan
• Kurobuta pork chop
• Braised ee-fu noodles with lobster

Dim sum is a large part of the menu. Good choices include steamed barbecued pork buns, custard buns with salted egg yolk and shrimp dumplings. For dessert, try the deep-fried sesame balls with a red bean and chocolate filling.

Set menus make ordering easy for groups. There are options built around the signature dishes, a vegetarian set and a set that includes Peking duck. Seasonal menus also bring in regional Cantonese dishes, such as food from Shunde.

The setting

The dining room is spacious and comfortable, and it suits family gatherings. Five private dining rooms are available for birthdays, business meals and other events, with a minimum spend per person. The restaurant also hosts Chinese wedding banquets.

Good to know before you go

• Smart casual dress is the norm. Avoid flip-flops, tank tops and beachwear.
• Vegetarian dishes are available, and the kitchen can work around allergies if you ask.
• Corkage is free for the first sealed bottle of wine or champagne you bring.
• Book through the official website, by phone or on WhatsApp.
• Parking is in the mall car park and is not free.

Getting there

The nearest MRT station is Havelock on the Thomson-East Coast Line. From Exit 5, the hotel is about a three-minute walk. Tiong Bahru and Outram Park stations are about ten minutes away on foot.

Nearby

The hotel is within walking distance of Tiong Bahru Estate, with its pre-war flats and small shops. Pair a morning at Tiong Bahru Market with dim sum here another day. For more ideas, see our Chinese and dim sum guide and our list of restaurants in Tiong Bahru and Alexandra.