Author: Misty Dian

I cannot remember why I picked a Chinese restaurant at a five-star hotel as my dinner destination, but I am sure it was not for the amazing buffet selection, the trendy novelty nor the sky-rocketing recommendations. Let’s face it, don’t we all go to a hotel restaurant because we cannot avoid certain formal meetings or because we cannot be seen having certain (informal) meetings? Tucked in at the second floor of the Mandarin Oriental, the space called Xin Hwa actually feels like a hotel function hall with dashes of Chinese ornaments. The decorative birdcages on the table try to...