Min Jiang

Min Jiang
22 Scotts Road
Level 1, Goodwood Park Hotel

7A & 7B Dempsey Road

https://www.goodwoodparkhotel.com/dining/min-jiang

Fortune Horse Nian Gao With Anko Red Bean Filling (SGD $20)

Exquisite Chinese Sichuan And Cantonese Dining

(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 9
Ambience & Setting: 9
Food & Beverage: 9
Service: 9
Value for Money: 8
Spent about SGD $111 per person.

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Named after the Min River in China and thus reflecting its Cantonese and Sichuan culinary influences, Min Jiang was established in 1982 as the Asian fine-dining restaurant concept operated by Goodwood Park Hotel. Min Jiang has built a strong reputation as one of Singapore's most reliable destinations for refined Chinese cuisine, reflected in its numerous awards.

Ambience at Min Jiang exudes a serene, contemporary elegance. The restaurant’s chinoiserie‑inspired space blends honey, silver‑grey, and teal colour tones with polished marble tabletops, illuminated onyx panels, and custom pendant lights shaped like traditional fishing baskets. The hand‑woven jute carpets feel luxurious, while the circular mirrors echo traditional Chinese architectural motifs.

Service at Min Jiang is professional and polished. Staff are warm and efficient, demonstrating good product knowledge as they talk you through menu recommendations, and they clean up quickly when diners leave. They anticipate diners needs, paying attention to the small details and fulfilling requests graciously. Notably unobtrusive and discreet, yet warm when they engage customers.

Food at Min Jiang is focused on refined Chinese Cantonese and Chinese Sichuan cuisine. Dishes are consistently and precisely executed using good quality ingredients, boast robust depth of flavour, and are presented beautifully. Portions are large for individuals, and is best shared. Prices at Min Jiang are firmly premium tier but feels commensurate particularly for special occasions, budget about SGD $111 per person.

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Goodwood Park Hotel Heritage Ad

Min Jiang Signage

Min Jiang Entrance

Min Jiang Layout

Min Jiang Decor

Min Jiang Seating

Little Chairs

Cushion Calligraphy

Elephant Orange Decor

Horse Flowers Decorative Porcelain

Butter Cream Horse With Gold Ingots Cake

The Rose Aged Pu'Er Tea (SGD $9 Per Person) features an aged black tea perfumed with fragrant rose petals, thin and warm with earthy floral sweet flavour. Said to have revitalising and slimming effects.

Rose Aged Pu'Er Tea (SGD $9 Per Person)

Rose Aged Pu'Er Tea

The Minced Chicken Coin Bak Kwa (SGD $8.80) has a gentle tender chew to texture, with mild meaty savoury sweet salty flavour. While staff proactively offer to serve this Lunar New Year 2026 appetizer, diners are able to decline it. Good!

Minced Chicken Coin Bak Kwa (SGD $8.80)

Minced Chicken Coin Bak Kwa

The Dim Sum Symphony (SGD $16.80) is almost too-pretty-to-eat. The Steamed Phoenix Prawn Siew Mai With Chicken has a tender juicy springy texture, with lovely meaty sweet savoury briny salty shrimpy flavour. The Deep-Fried Pumpkin Pastry With Chicken, Preserved Turnip, And Mushroom has a soft grainy spongy saucy texture, with robust meaty savoury salty earthy flavour. The Pan-Fried Leaf Bun With Mushroom, Asparagus, And Agricola Dofra has a chewy crunchy texture, with bready sweet vegetal earthy herbal savoury flavour. Highly recommended!

Dim Sum Symphony (SGD $16.80)

Steamed Phoenix Prawn Siew Mai With Chicken

Deep-Fried Pumpkin Pastry With Chicken, Preserved Turnip, And Mushroom

Deep-Fried Pumpkin Pastry With Chicken, Preserved Turnip, And Mushroom

Pan-Fried Leaf Bun With Mushroom, Asparagus, And Agricola Dofra

Pan-Fried Leaf Bun With Mushroom, Asparagus, And Agricola Dofra

The Steamed Crystal Prawn Dumpling Har Gau (SGD $13.25) has a soft chewy exterior, a juicy tender interior, and bursts with pleasant shrimpy sweet savoury flavour. Highly recommended!

Steamed Crystal Prawn Dumpling Har Gau (SGD $13.25)

Steamed Crystal Prawn Dumpling Har Gau

A Lunar New Year 2026 special, the Steamed Abalone Siew Mai With Chicken (SGD $25.40) is served piping hot and decorate with gold leaf. Has a juicy tender chewy texture, bursting with briny salty savoury meaty sweet herbal flavour. Highly recommended!

Steamed Abalone Siew Mai With Chicken (SGD $25.40)

Steamed Abalone Siew Mai With Chicken

Steamed Abalone Siew Mai With Chicken

The Deep-Fried Yam Pastry With Chicken (SGD $11.90) looks beautifully delicate and fragile. Bite in through the soft yet crisp shell, and you get a warm juicy tender texture to the filling, with lovely meaty salty savoury sweet earthy flavour. Highly recommended!

Deep-Fried Yam Pastry With Chicken (SGD $11.90)

Deep-Fried Yam Pastry With Chicken

Deep-Fried Yam Pastry With Chicken

The Steamed Xiao Long Bao (SGD $8.80) is springy and juicy and tender, with mild meaty savoury sweet flavour, yum. Good!

Steamed Xiao Long Bao (SGD $8.80)

Steamed Xiao Long Bao

The Sliced Sea Perch Fish Congee (SGD $11.80) feels like a fusion congee and porridge, with gloopy sticky yet loose watery texture in balance. Very mild in taste, being grainy sweet savoury. Worth ordering!

Sliced Sea Perch Fish Congee (SGD $11.80)

Sliced Sea Perch Fish Congee

Sliced Sea Perch Fish Congee

The Wok-Fried Carrot Cake With Special XO Sauce (SGD $20.80) is delicious, with the tender soft cubes of steamed daikon radish cake, wispy chicken egg, crisp bean sprouts, and crisp spring onions, all coated in the sticky X.O. sauce (xtra-ordinary sauce, comprising stir-fried dried scallops, dried shrimp, Chinese Jin Hua pork ham, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, shallots, and red chili). Carries smoky vegetal eggy sweet salty savoury spice shrimpy flavour. Good!

Wok-Fried Carrot Cake With Special XO Sauce (SGD $20.80)

Wok-Fried Carrot Cake With Special XO Sauce

The Hot And Sour Soup (SGD $16) is thick and gloopy with grainy texture. Surprised us with the fiery spice savoury sour kick, enticing us to reach for more. Highly recommended!

Hot And Sour Soup (SGD $16)

Hot And Sour Soup

The Braised Sweet Corn Soup With Crab Meat And Dried Fish Maw (SGD $28) had a medium-thin texture with a pleasant visual appeal and gentle mouthfeel, carrying eggy vegetal sweet briny salty savoury flavour. Warm and drinkable. Good!

Braised Sweet Corn Soup With Crab Meat And Dried Fish Maw (SGD $28)

Braised Sweet Corn Soup With Crab Meat And Dried Fish Maw

Braised Sweet Corn Soup With Crab Meat And Dried Fish Maw

Loved the Double-Boiled Chicken Soup With Prawn Dumpling And Tientsin Cabbage (SGD $28). The ingredients within were all well-executed, tender and juicy with vegetal sweet meaty savoury herbal flavour. The cloudy and thin soup / broth is soulful and comforting, carrying meaty sweet herbal savoury flavour. Highly recommended!

Double-Boiled Chicken Soup With Prawn Dumpling And Tientsin Cabbage (SGD $28)

Double-Boiled Chicken Soup With Prawn Dumpling And Tientsin Cabbage

Double-Boiled Chicken Soup With Prawn Dumpling And Tientsin Cabbage

Loved the Deep-Fried Sea Perch Fish Fillet With Kumquat Sauce And Lychee (SGD $28). The deep-fried sea perch fish fillet crunches lightly to reveal the flaky meat within, and has mild sweet savoury flavour. The thick kumquat sauce lends a zesty tangy sour fruity flavour kick, while the juicy lychee contrasts with fruity sweet flavour. There's a bit of spicy heat from the red chili too. Highly recommended!

Deep-Fried Sea Perch Fish Fillet With Kumquat Sauce And Lychee (SGD $28)

Deep-Fried Sea Perch Fish Fillet With Kumquat Sauce And Lychee

Deep-Fried Sea Perch Fish Fillet With Kumquat Sauce And Lychee

Loved the Steamed Sea Perch Fish Fillet With Crispy Bean Crumbs (SGD $28). The steamed sea perch fish fillet is tender and flaky, picking up the premium soy sauce well. Combined with the crispy garnish of fried bean crumbs, this carries sweet savoury salty grainy earthy spice flavour, yum. Highly recommended!

Steamed Sea Perch Fish Fillet With Crispy Bean Crumbs (SGD $28)

Steamed Sea Perch Fish Fillet With Crispy Bean Crumbs

Steamed Sea Perch Fish Fillet With Crispy Bean Crumbs

The Sauteed Asparagus With Hon Shimeji Mushrooms (SGD $38) features crunchy tender asparagus shoots with vegetal grassy sweet flavour, stir-fried with bouncy hon shimeji mushroom with vegetal earthy salty flavour, and crunchy sliced carrots with vegetal sweet flavour. Feels wholesome, tastes delicious. Good!

Sauteed Asparagus With Hon Shimeji Mushrooms (SGD $38)

Sauteed Asparagus With Hon Shimeji Mushrooms

The Barbecue Combination (SGD $58) features a trio of roast meats. The Honey-Glazed Barbecued Iberico Pork Char Siew is tender and soft, with lovely meaty honeyed sweet salty savoury flavour. The Roasted Pork Belly is crisp crunchy, with meaty savoury sweet flavour. The Roasted Silver Hill Irish Duck is tender and juicy and succulent, with smoky meaty salty savoury fatty flavour that is so addictive. Highly recommended!

Barbecue Combination (SGD $58)

Honey-Glazed Barbecued Iberico Pork Char Siew

Roasted Pork Belly

Roasted Silver Hill Irish Duck

Barbecue Combination

The Camphor Tea Smoked Duck Fillet (Half) (SGD $40) was excellent, with the tender juicy duck meat carrying deep smoky meaty earthy salty fatty flavour. A portion is served within chewy flour wraps, lending a bready sweet flavour. Highly recommended!

Camphor Tea Smoked Duck Fillet (Half) (SGD $40)

Camphor Tea Smoked Duck Fillet (Half)

Camphor Tea Smoked Duck Fillet (Half)

Camphor Tea Smoked Duck Fillet (Half)

Camphor Tea Smoked Duck Fillet (Half)

The Chilled Hasma, Red Dragonfruit, And Lemongrass Jelly With Honey Sea Coconut (SGD $16) is nicely refreshing. The slippery smooth gelatinous soft textures and bright fruity herbal honeyed sweet sour flavours are nicely palate-cleansing, satisfying finish to a meal. Highly recommended!

Chilled Hasma, Red Dragonfruit, And Lemongrass Jelly With Honey Sea Coconut (SGD $16)

Chilled Hasma, Red Dragonfruit, And Lemongrass Jelly With Honey Sea Coconut

Chilled Hasma, Red Dragonfruit, And Lemongrass Jelly With Honey Sea Coconut

The Red Date Soup With Dried Longans And Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls (SGD $18) has a thin texture to the warm soup / broth, while the ingredients are tender and chewy. Carries fruity earthy sweet herbal nutty grainy flavour. A classic comforting dessert to round off a meal. Highly recommended!

Red Date Soup With Dried Longans And Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls (SGD $18)

Red Date Soup With Dried Longans And Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Balls

The Fortune Horse Nian Gao With Anko Red Bean Filling (SGD $20) is artfully tasteful, and so cute. With a sticky chunky chewy texture, this Lunar New Year 2026 dessert carries earthy candied sweet flavour. Good!