Donna Chang
Posh choice plating elevated Cantonese & Sichuan fare, plus cocktails & a robust wine list.
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Had a really enjoyable yum cha experience at Donna Chang. The space itself is stunning — set in a heritage building with beautiful natural light & a refined, modern feel that makes it perfect for a long lunch. We tried the $55pp yum cha banquet and it was great value for the quality & variety. The dishes were well-executed with a modern Cantonese twist! The banquet includes: - prawn + scallop hargow - pork xiao long bao - prawn + shiitake siu mai - sesame prawn toast w seaweed mayo - pork + truffle ham siu gok - pan fried cumin lamb bun - bbq lamb ribs w chilli salt - cantonese vanilla sponge w mandarin jam There’s also the option to upgrade to bottomless drinks, which would make it even better for group catch ups or celebrations.
Great from the moment you walk through the door. You are greeted by a lovely, welcoming look & feel. As a group booking we ventured upstairs to our rooms. The banquet was excellent. I was warned that it was spicy. Pleased to say the spice levels where fine and every dish was tasty and eating more than needed was easy to do. Id been impressed tasting Donna's food recently at the Newfarm Night Feast & this was next level for food enjoyment. Recommend it to all.
I had quite mixed feelings after dining here. We were very excited to visit here but came out as disappointment. On the positive side, the service was genuinely lovely! staff were polite, attentive, and made us feel welcomed. The atmosphere was also really nice, with a comfortable and pleasant setting that makes it an easy place to sit and chat over a meal. Unfortunately, the food itself didn’t live up to expectations, especially for the price point. I ordered the mapo tofu, and it was quite misleading compared to what you’d normally expect from the dish. I was expecting a rich, saucy mapo tofu that you can properly mix through rice, with depth of flavour and a bit of warmth and spice. Instead, it felt more like plain tofu with a light amount of sauce poured on top, rather than being cooked through and infused with flavour. The eggplant dish was good and prawn toast was good but all dishes are very overpriced. Because of this, it ended up feeling quite overpriced for what was served. The dish lacked the comfort and richness that usually makes mapo tofu satisfying, and honestly felt like something I could easily make at home. It wasn’t inedible, but it just didn’t justify the cost or match the expectation set by the menu. Overall, while the service and atmosphere were definite highlights, the food itself was underwhelming for me. I might consider returning for a drink or to try something else, but based on this experience, the mapo tofu wouldn’t be something I’d order again.
Great place to taste modern Asian cuisine. Try their softshell crab, it’s delicious and gives a sense of the modern Asian flavors. The pork xiao long bao, the vegetable dim sum, the siomay or the prawn dim sum, they’re good when you eat them with the mushroom fried rice. The chongqing style barbecued whole baby barramundi is such a masterpiece dish, with its delicate and modern taste. You should also try the peking duck with the sauce. They will also give you some fortune cookies at the end of the meal. In fact, their staff is also friendly and helpful.
If you’re here for the atmosphere, you’ll probably enjoy it. But if you’re here for the food… suggest you go somewhere else. At least what we tried so far were quite terrible. Three of us ordered Duck chow mein noodles, Dan Dan noodles, stir fried baby eggplant, Asian greens, steamed dim sum selection, pork truffle ham sui gok, lychee colada bubble tea and passionfruit bubble tea. The chow mien was just super salty noodles; dan dan noodles was not really authentic dan dan noodles but edible; eggplants were tough, not cooked enough; the Asian greens were also too salty, without much taste and lacked any wok hei. It’s rare to find a restaurant that struggles with something as basic as vegetables. The dim sum was especially disappointing. The siu mai, in particular, had an odour like the pig has not bathed for months before it became pork. The only dish that was good was the truffle ham sui gok, which was genuinely good and is the one dish I would recommend trying. Drinks were …also not really to my liking.
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