Xian Ding Wei @ the Spring

Recently during one of our weekend lunches, we went to try out a new dining outlet which is located inside our most happening shopping mall in Kuching, the Spring. The dining outlet is opened not long ago, if not mistaken only a few months back.

It serves taiwanese cuisines so if you happened to be a fan of taiwanese foods, can consider giving it a try. The name of the shop? It is called Xian Ding Wei, which is the pinyin for the shop's name in chinese characters 鲜定味.

We glanced through the menu outside the waiting area before entering the restaurant to have a rough idea what is served and the pricing. But judging from the appearance and decoration of the restaurant, it seemed quite high class so the pricing one can guess that it is more or less reflected by that.


There are quite a large selection of dishes to order from but we decided to just give the set menu a try first as it is served with soup and appetizers. We too have trouble choosing which set menu to order as there are around 20 plus set menu to choose from. In the end, we ordered the menu with the recommended sign.

Side Dish of the Day

Salt ordered the Deep Fried Pork Chop Marinated with Wine's Grain. He was curious about the taste of wine's grain so give it a try. When the meal was served, both of us smelled something of strong odor, something smelly!!! Anyhow, the meal was served and Salt made his own decision to order this dish, there was no other choices but just to eat it. However upon eating the first piece into the mouth, it tasted not that bad. The smell was gone, directly opposite as when before it was in the mouth. This reminds me of stinky tofu (smelly beancurd), another popular delicacy found in places like Hong Kong which has this characteristic, smells bad but tastes nice.

Deep Fried Pork Chop Marinated with Wine's Grain

Meanwhile, Pepper ordered the Taiwanese Supreme Chicken in 3 variety of sauces (三杯鸡). It smelled nice and the meal was served in a claypot. This dish is one of the highly recommended and signature dish. As the name suggests, the dish is cooked using three (3) different kinds of sauces. To the exact details, we have no idea what are those sauces.

Taiwanese Supreme Chicken in 3 variety of sauces

This restaurant is not only available in Kuching but also available at Penang and KL. Do drop by if you happen to come across one around you. The place is not really only for heavy meals but you can try out their varieties of desserts and drinks as well.