![The restaurant's entrance The restaurant's entrance](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5216/5502525654_feb56e4955_z.jpg)
![Inside Silk Road Restaurant Inside Silk Road Restaurant](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5053/5502525890_ac80db5ec9_z.jpg)
I got to dine at Silk Road Restaurant (丝绸之路) at The Amara during the Chinese New Year period, thanks to my generous aunt and uncle who invited our family for a CNY dinner gathering.
The restaurant belongs to the Amara group and serves Chinese fares hailing from the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Liaoning and Beijing.
I am not a Chinese food connoisseur, but the dishes we had seemed to lean towards Sichuan flavours, generous with spices and oil. Mushrooms seem to appear in every dishes as well.
The Sichuan-style Yu Sheng, mixed with a spicy paste and an assortment of raw seafood seems promising, but turns out rather disappointing as the spicy sauce dilute the flavours of the other ingredients.
I am not a fan of strong, heavy flavours, hence most of the spicy dishes didn’t quite cut it for me. Nonetheless, the food was still good overall.
Oddly, what I particularly enjoyed was the dessert and the tea served, which are not really the focus of the meal.
![Instead of the usual nuts, picked vegetable and beancurd were served as table snacks Instead of the usual nuts, picked vegetable and beancurd were served as table snacks](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5219/5501933589_3ccde3354b_z.jpg)
![The restaurant's unique Yu Sheng comes with a spicy sauce and an assortment of fresh seafood The restaurant's unique Yu Sheng comes with a spicy sauce and an assortment of fresh seafood](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5174/5502526110_23fc0d7d01_z.jpg)
![The assorted Yu Sheng, ready for tossing The assorted Yu Sheng, ready for tossing](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/5501933861_52078b9543_z.jpg)
![Tossing the Yu Sheng Tossing the Yu Sheng](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5257/5501932933_df3debdcf0_z.jpg)
![Cold platter Cold platter](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5017/5502525208_346f8789db_z.jpg)
![Dried and fresh scallops on fish cakes Dried and fresh scallops on fish cakes](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5502526466_7cf25f18a1_z.jpg)
![Abalone noodle Abalone noodle](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/5501932635_23c5c31d9b_z.jpg)
![Mushrooms and sea cucumbers Mushrooms and sea cucumbers](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5140/5502524634_3f35a9b2cd_z.jpg)
![Fried cod fish Fried cod fish](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5259/5502524158_2f41957d43_z.jpg)
![I like the tea served which had an assortment of nuts, raisins and various goodies in it I like the tea served which had an assortment of nuts, raisins and various goodies in it](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5220/5501931949_1063b430d2_z.jpg)
![Mushroom soup Mushroom soup](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5502524294_0177983c72_z.jpg)
![Xue Ge or Hashima, boiled in papaya for dessert Xue Ge or Hashima, boiled in papaya for dessert](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5013/5501932725_6aa25c8a28_z.jpg)
Address: 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, 2F The Amara, Singapore
Tel: +65 6879 2655
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 3pm, 6pm – 10.30pm
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