THE renowned Crystal Jade Culinary Concepts Holdings restaurant group will open two Crystal Jade Lamian Xiaolongbao brand restaurants at Sands Resorts Macao, with an outlet at The Parisian Macao and another at Sands Cotai Central. The 24-hour Parisian Macao restaurant opened last week while the Sands Cotai Central restaurant will open later this year. Originating from Singapore, Crystal Jade Lamian Xiaolongbao brings a contemporary twist to classic Beijing, Sichuan and Shanghai cuisines. Offering quality cuisine at reasonable prices, the brand operates more than 120 restaurants across 30 cities, including Singapore, Bangkok, Seoul, Manila, Shanghai, Beijing and San Francisco. In addition to classic dishes such as shredded chicken and bean starch sheets in sesame sauce, sautéed prawns in chili sauce and braised minced pork balls, the brand is renowned, as its name suggests, for its signature Lanzhou “lamian” noodles and xiaolongbao dumplings. A firm favorite with diners, the silky noodles are handmade to order and served with a rich soup simmered down from pork bones and Jinhua ham for at least eight hours, while each mouthwatering xiaolongbao is folded with 18-22 pleats, filled with aromatic broth and steamed for exactly seven minutes.(Tang Li) | 