Xiao Ya Tou

Those who understand Chinese might find this name Xiao Ya Tou (小丫头) a catchy and unique name and it's not hard to guess what cuisine they are serving if you understand the chinese word. According to their tagline, it's a restaurant that served naughty modern Asian cuisine. I first heard of this restaurant from my friend and decided to give it a try with Chappy. Lucky us managed to buy the $100 voucher with just $70 on Chope.sg (Yes auntie mode on). I think the promotion has ended but they do have this 10% promo going on, you can check it out here!

The restaurant is full with retro decors and it gives u a quirky retro feel from the interior to the menu, I honestly feel like taking the menu home..lol~ We went there on a weekday night and thus only dinner menu is available. Greedy us ordered 5 dishes to share. Our favorite and 'your must try' has got to be the twice cooked angus short ribs (两次熟牛仔骨) that served with smashed cucumber and sesame butter. The ribs are really soft and tender, literally just melt in your mouth. Another signature is their XYT Lu Rou Fan (卤肉饭), not the usual braised pork rice but braised wagyu beef on rice (bonus point: it comes with poached egg!). Being greedy as always, we also order the ngoh hiang, dumplings and charred eggplant to share. For their drinks menu, they have pretty interesting cocktails, im so gonna try their milo dinosaur next time haha!

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves that night although the bill came up exceeding our budget..hahaha! Overall it's a really nice place to chill with your friends over interesting cocktails and their modern Asian cuisine with a little twist~ I am definitely going back again to try their brunch menu!

Xiao Ya Tou
6 Duxton Hill
Singapore 089592
Tel: +65 6226 1965