Pan Fried Bun, Mitcham

Tucked away at the back of the Mitcham train station and no signs with the restaurant's name on the facade of the shop, this is not a place where people would just walk off the street to try out the food.

Luckily it is located at the ground floor of an apartment building where it has a pool of thousands of customers at it's doorstep as well as regular commuters who embark or disembark at the Mitcham station.

It does seem that most of their clintele are residents of the apartment building and commuters who stop in for a quick takeaway before they head home.

We ordered the xiao long bao since it is one of Gaz's favorite.  I really liked the XLB. It was not greasy and there were plenty of clear tasting soup in the bun. One of the better XLB I have tasted.



We ordered a dish of pan fried meat buns, the restaurant's namesake. We found it was a little too oily for our liking but the meat filling was very tasty.

There is some skill required to cook these buns. Because it is big (roughly the size of a child's knuckle) and it is pan fried without pre steaming, the chef needs to make sure the meat and dough is cooked without burning the bottom.

The buns were cooked very well but there was a little too much dough so we were starting to get too full for other food.

The last dish was a plate of seafood fried noodles which was also a little too oily for us.

If I was a resident in the apartment block above the restaurant, this would be my regular joint whenever I have a craving for XLB.

P.s/ This restaurant is now closed. There is a new restaurant by the name of Elate Kitchen in its place.