Legend of Xiao Long Bao – Paradise Dynasty

On a sunny Sunday morning my friend and I have a random appetite for Chinese cuisine, last time I already went to the Dragon-I, so today my friend suggested we go for a Chinese restaurant name the PARADISE DYNASTY (樂天皇朝) – LEGENG OF XIAO LONG BAO which is located inside Paradigm Mall, Kelana Jaya. So off we go!

When we arrived, the time is around 11.30am, so there are not so many customers yet and I got the chance to take some photos of the restaurant’s environment without being awkward with some of my unintentionally weird pose while attempting to shoot a photo.

The reflection and the water

I kind of like the environment of the restaurant, as far as I know this is the only restaurant which has a huge Buddha statue at the center of the restaurant and it’s beautifully placed.

Alright for the food we had ordered:

Main dish

Wok-fried Rice with Egg (蛋炒饭) – RM 12.90

Side dish

Scrambled Egg White with Fish and Dried Scallop (瑶柱芙蓉赛螃蟹) – RM 20.90

Glutinous Rice Dumplings in Fermented Rice Wine (桂花酒酿丸子) – RM 6.90

Pan-fried Shanghai Pork Bun (上海生煎包) (3pcs) – RM 9.90

Signature Dynasty Xiao Long Bao (皇朝小籠包) (8 pcs) – RM 25.80

We decided to order only one main dish is because we wanted to try the signature dumplings and their main dish has only few selection of rice and “La mian”, hand-pulled noodles; and we did not order drinks because in my opinion, when going to Chinese restaurant, always go for their soup because it is much more worth it.

So after we ordered the first dish was served:

Glutinous Rice Dumplings in Fermented Rice Wine (桂花酒酿丸子) 

This dish is made out of Osmanthus (type of flower), some small dumplings, rice wine, and yellow sugar. The taste is sour because as the menu state it is a fermented rice wine, the way of making it is kind of like making a yogurt, you put some rice in a container with some ingredient together and store it for a certain amount of time to have that “sour” taste, besides the smell of the dish is sour too so for those who are sensitive in smell and dislike the fermented taste you may not like this as it might remind you slightly about the smell of spoiled food, however to those who are not, you will enjoy the mouth-smoothing soup accompany with some of the slight sticky dumpling.

After a while the second dish came:

Scrambled Egg White with Fish and Dried Scallop (瑶柱芙蓉赛螃蟹)

Firstly I have to point out a thing is, the menu in English did not mention any word of “Crab” but in the Chinese words it shows, I think this might be a typo, so I make a quick stir to even the egg York with the rest of the ingredient, and as I was tasting it, the taste of crab and the scallop came right after the taste of the egg, it is delicious and it aroused one’s appetite but we did not finish it first because we thought we need to consume it with the fried rice with will be coming in a moment.

But nop, the fried rice did not came first it is the 8 signature Chinese dumplings

Signature Dynasty Xiao Long Bao (皇朝小籠包) 

I must say it is quite nice to see it all neatly arranged (you may order separately), I shall name it according in the menu:

• Steamed Original Xiao Long Bao (原味小籠包)
• Steamed Foie Gras Xiao Long Bao (鹅肝小籠包)
• Steamed Black Truffle Xiao Long Bao (黑松露小籠包)
• Steamed Crab Roe Xiao Long Bao (蟹粉小籠包)
• Steamed Ginseng Xiao Long Bao (人参小籠包)
• Steamed Cheesy Xiao Long Bao (芝士小籠包)
• Steamed Garlic Xiao Long Bao (蒜香小籠包)
• Steamed Szechuan Xiao Long Bao (麻辣小籠包) 

Alright before you start to eat, you may need look around the table, there is a card which specially made for this dish titled “THE RIGHT WAY OF EATING XIAO LONG BAO” it stated the steps of which dumplings should you consume first until the last to have a “succulent journey”; you may follow the steps but as for us, we only ordered one set so we did not follow the sequence given. We divided 4 by 4 (2 persons) what I had was:

• Steamed Original Xiao Long Bao
• Steamed Foie Gras Xiao Long Bao
• Steamed Crab Roe Xiao Long Bao
• Steamed Szechuan Xiao Long Bao 

Overall like the usual dumplings, the filling has hot and juicy soup inside so be careful when consuming it. These dumplings have slight thicker skin than the one in Dragon-I, but they have the 8 special flavoring instead of one. Out of 4 dumplings, the one that caught my attention is the Szechuan one, for your information most of the dish with the word “Szechuan” are usually spicy, so at first I did not expect a spicy dumpling until I taste it on my own, the spicy taste came in fast, (during that time make sure you won’t choke because if you do, you might have a bad time) but did not last long, however it leaves your tongue numb for a while, you have to try it yourself because the taste is like no other. Meanwhile a comment from my friend who have the other four dumplings said that the Steamed Cheesy flavor is the best out of 4 and the taste is quite unique for my friend.

After we finish the 8 dumplings, we waited for about 2 minutes and the fried rice came:

Wok-fried Rice with Egg (蛋炒饭)

Nothing much about this dish though but it still taste good when we mixed it with the scrambled egg, it smoothen the texture of the hot fried rice.

At last the final dish:

Pan-fried Shanghai Pork Bun 

So these buns are not halal because it used pork as filling, the filling has some pork-essence soup as well, it is not hard to bite and it will tear off easily due to a not so thick bun skin, a good sign of a bun, even the pork is easy to chew, oh and the smell is nice too, those who like meat bun especially pork must try this dish.

So this restaurant’s signature dish is dumplings, which also same with Dragon-I’s signature dish, since I had tried both, the only differences is that the portion of the dumplings in Dragon-I is larger than the Paradise Dynasty and the dumpling skin is thinner so the feeling as a whole feels better, but as for Paradise Dynasty, the nice 8 flavors of dumplings brings new experience for customers like me yet the taste is not that bad just that the portion is a little smaller. Well the similarities is that both restaurants has shown great skills in demonstrating the art of a Chinese cuisine, for me if you ask me which to choose I will answer “Why not both?”

Paradise Dynasty is located at:

Lot 1F-15

Operating hour is from 11am to 10PM daily

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