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by Chen Jingwen
Singapore, February 29, 2012 Runners-up were Fu Shi Traditional Roasted Wanton Mee, which is famous for its crispy, lipsmacking Char Siew, and Katong Keah Kee Oyster Omelette in Singapore Food Trail at Singapore Flyer.
Tung Lok Chinese group was a big winner at AsiaOne People's Choice awards 2011/2012.
Tung Lok Signatures won the best Chinese restaurant title, while Tung Lok Classics was runner-up. Tung Lok Seafood was a Top 3 buffet restaurant, as a runner-up in its category.
Tung Lok Signatures and Classics have continued to showcase well-received creations in their repertoire, catering to diners' demand for items that satisfied their palates as well as new dishes.
Ms Candy Cha (right in cover photo), Senior General Manager for Tung Lok Signatures, collected the Best Chinese Restaurant award from Mr Felix Soh, Digital Media Editor of The Straits Times, who also oversees AsiaOne.com.
AsiaOne readers polled for their favourite restaurants in addition to other categories, ranging from beauty products to cars when voting was held late last year online.
Tung Lok restaurants such as Signatures and Classics have also continued to roll out award-winning, creative dishes to excite diners' tastebuds last year after winning culinary contests.
Last year's champ, Crystal Jade Golden Palace in Paragon, was a runner-up in the Chinese Restaurant category this year.
Tung Lok Seafood outlets were a worthy winner in the buffet category with their value-for-money ala carte buffet, which uses good ingredients for its dishes, from dimsum to seafood.
It lost out to a formidable champ - Carousel, which has kept its winning streak in past three consecutive years.
Carousel's buffet still wildly popular
The popular buffet restaurant in Royal Plaza On Scotts has never rested on its laurels. It continued to delight diners with new creations at its pastry corner as well as in its bountiful buffet spreads.
It introduced intriguing creations of molecular cuisine to pique the interest of regulars and gigantic paellas in Spanish buffet by a top guest chef.
The halal restaurant, which is popular with many Singaporeans celebrating special occasions like birthdays, is also ingenious in recreating authentic cuisines, from Asian to French and Mediterranean, without alcohol in them, even when some of their recipes called for wine.
The other runner-up in the buffet category is Straits Kitchen of the Grand Hyatt Singapore, which enhanced its buffet with authentic Peranakan fare by local celebrity chef Nonya Shirley.
Other winners
In the Japanese restaurant category, Kuriya Dining was voted the No. 1 restaurant with sister-restaurant Kuriya Penthouse and Tatsuya as runners-up. Tatsuya was the top winner last year.
Popular microbrewey Brewerkz took the top spot in the Western restaurant category. Les Amis restaurant and Mortons the Steakhouse were runners-up.
In the hawker category, which celebrated Singapore street food, Mr Teh Tarik took top honours. Its outlets in the CBD are very popular with the office crowds for its milk tea, coffee and simple Malay dishes and kuehs.
The People's Choice awards were presented at a dinner at News Centre Auditorium.
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