Ming Xuan | Authentic Hunan & Xiangxi Cooking at City Gate茗轩 · 正宗湘西家常菜
Chopped-chilli fish head, the dish Hunan is known for剁椒鱼头
湘西私房菜Xiangxi home kitchen
No pre-made dishes. Everything wok-fired over a fierce flame.没有预制菜，全靠猛火炒
Ming Xuan cooks the food of Xiangxi, the mountainous west of Hunan: smoked pork, chopped chillies, sour long beans, and rice that soaks up every drop of sauce. Each plate is cooked when you order it, never reheated from a bag.
Tell us the day, the time and how many are coming, and we will hold your table. Bringing a crowd? We seat families and office lunches of nine and more.
“A hidden gem and a rare find in Singapore! This is the real deal for authentic Hunan cuisine (湘菜)… the commitment to authenticity is evident in every detail.”
Yong Kit H. · Google Local Guide
“Excellent lunch at Ming Xuan! The pork liver with cucumber and rice was a standout: tender, well-cooked and not gamey at all… Generous portion, attentive service and a calm, comfortable setting.”
Lina O. · Google review
“Day-one regulars, still our fave lunch hide-out for authentic Xiang Xi dishes that never bore… Must try their 青椒炒肉!”
Jac L. · Google review
“Particularly liked that the chef was able to customise dish according to personal preference while still maintaining the cuisine’s unique flavour.”
Sleep Dot · Google review
“Food was really great, very fresh and tasty. Owner is very nice, very polite. Prices were reasonable. Highly recommended.”
Manny R. · Google Local Guide
“Chicken gizzard and beef 鸡杂和牛腩 both are great. The restaurant use good grade rice, appreciate for the small details.”
Riley Z. · Google review
Quoted from public Google reviews of 茗轩 Ming Xuan, City Gate.
Menu菜单 · 湘西特色
108 dishes and drinks 菜品饮料
From a $6 rice bowl to a hot pot for the whole table从盖码饭到招牌火锅
Every dish is listed in English and Chinese. Rice bowls keep the numbers printed on our placemat, so you can order by number.
All prices are in Singapore dollars and subject to a 10% service charge. 所有价格以新元计，另收10%服务费。
Xiangxi Rice Bowls湘西特色盖码饭
Xiangxi set lunches: a stir-fry over rice, ordered by number.
No. 1
Spicy and Sour Kidney Slices
酸辣腰花
$11
No. 2
Lao Gan Ma Stir-Fried Bacon
老干妈炒腊肉
$12
No. 3
Ants Climbing Trees
蚂蚁上树
$9
No. 4
Braised Pork with Preserved Vegetables
梅菜扣肉
$10
No. 5
Stir-Fried Pork with Chilli Peppers
辣椒炒肉
$11
No. 6
Fragrant Farmhouse Stir-Fry
农家一碗香
$12
No. 7
Stir-Fried Beef
小炒黄牛肉
$11
No. 8
Stir-Fried Cured Beef
小炒腊牛肉
$12
No. 9
Xiangxi Spicy Chicken
湘西辣子鸡
$11
No. 10
Braised Beef Brisket
红烧牛腩
$11
No. 11
Stir-Fried Lettuce with Bacon
莴笋炒腊肉
$12
No. 12
Shredded Pork with Green Peppers
青椒肉丝
$10
No. 13
Hot and Sour Pork Intestines
酸辣肥肠
$10
No. 14
Stir-Fry Green Chillies with Egg
辣椒炒蛋
$7
No. 15
Stir-Fry Cauliflower with Pork
花菜炒肉
$8
No. 16
Stir-Fried Bitter Gourd
苦瓜炒蛋
$7
No. 17
Stir-Fry Black Fungus with Pork
木耳炒肉
$8
No. 18
Hand Torn Cabbage
手撕包菜
$6
No. 19
Stir-Fry Sour Beans with Minced Meat
酸豆角肉沫
$9
No. 20
Stir-Fry Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes
西红柿炒鸡蛋
$7
No. 21
Stir-Fry Pickles with Scrambled Eggs
外婆菜炒蛋
$9
No. 22
Stir-Fry Spicy and Sour Chicken Offal
酸辣鸡杂
$9
No. 23
Fish-Fragrant Shredded Pork
鱼香肉丝
$10
No. 24
Eggplant and Long Beans
茄子豆角
$7
No. 25
Minced Pork Eggplant
肉沫茄子
$8
No. 26
Cucumber and Sliced Pork
黄瓜肉片
$8
No. 27
Sour and Spicy Pork Liver
酸辣猪肝
$8
No. 28
Celery Stir-Fry with Pork
芹菜炒肉
$8
Xiangxi Special Braised Rice湘西特色卤饭
No. 29
Braised Pork Knuckle Rice
猪蹄卤肉饭
$12
No. 30
Braised Pork Belly Rice
五花卤肉饭
$9
No. 35
Braised Pork Ear Rice
耳朵卤肉饭
$9
No. 36
Braised Pork Rice with Chicken Leg
鸡腿卤肉饭
$11
Western Hunan Specialty Snacks湘西特色小吃
（粉） means you can swap the noodles for rice noodles.
No. 31
Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Eggs
蛋炒粉
$6
No. 32
Egg Fried Rice
蛋炒饭
$6
No. 33
Stir-Fried Rice with Preserved Pork and Pickled Vegetables
腊肉外婆菜炒饭
$8
No. 34
Egg Noodles (or Rice Noodles)
鸡蛋面（粉）
$6
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Wonton
馄饨
$6
No. 38
Dumplings
水饺
$7
No. 39
Pork Intestine Noodles (or Rice Noodles)
肥肠面（粉）
$9
No. 40
Braised Beef Brisket Noodles (or Rice Noodles)
红烧牛腩面（粉）
$10
Signature Hot Pots招牌特色火锅
Made for sharing, brought to the table bubbling.
Spicy Perfume Fish
麻辣香水鱼
$38
Abalone Nourishing Chicken
鲍鱼养生鸡
$68
Stewed Eel with Cured Pork
腊肉炖鳝鱼
$62
Stewed Loach with Poached Eggs
泥鳅炖荷包蛋
$35
Garlic Braised Pork Trotters Pot
蒜香猪蹄煲
$35
Pork Bone and Corn Pot
筒子骨玉米煲
$38
Chopped Chilli Fish Head$42剁椒鱼头
Braised Yellow Catfish$55红烧黄骨鱼
Xiangxi Spicy Chicken$35湘西辣子鸡
Clay Pot Cured Pork Knuckle$58砂锅腊猪蹄
Fish Head Tofu Soup$35鱼头豆腐汤
Braised Beef Brisket with Radish$45牛腩萝卜煲
Classic Flavours经典味道
Dry Fried Rice Flour Pork
干煸粉蒸肉
$28
Salt and Pepper Shrimp
椒盐虾
$32
Sour Spicy Fish Slices
酸辣鱼片
$35
Sliced Chicken with Shiitake Mushrooms
香菇滑鸡
$25
Braised Abalone Slices with Broccoli
西兰花烧汁鲍鱼片
$32
Braised Baby Ribs with Corn$28玉米烧仔排
Stir-Fried Bamboo Shoots with Cured Pork$26山笋炒腊肉
Spicy Boiled Frog$28水煮田鸡
Stir-Fried Pork with Green Pepper$20辣椒小炒肉
Hot and Sour Chicken Offal$13酸辣鸡杂
Stir-Fried Beef with Peppers$22小炒黄牛肉
Braised Bacon with Tea Tree Mushrooms$38茶树菇烧腊肉
Stir-Fried Pork with King Oyster Mushrooms$22杏鲍菇炒肉
Lao Tan Pickles$16老坛下饭菜
Classic Stir-Fries经典热炒
Country-Style Bamboo Shoots
乡村竹笋
$12
Stir-Fried Tomato with Luffa
西红柿炒丝瓜
$12
Eggplant with String Beans
茄子豆角
$10
Green Pepper Omelette$12青椒煎蛋饼
Large Bowl Lotus Root Strips$13大碗藕条
Simmered Pumpkin$12水煮老南瓜
Dry-Fried Green Beans$12干煸四季豆
Organic Cauliflower$14有机花菜
Stir-Fried Eggs with Green Peppers$10青椒炒蛋
Home-Style Tofu$10家常豆腐
Hand-Shredded Cabbage$10手撕包菜
Sour and Spicy Shredded Potatoes$10酸辣土豆丝
Garden Vegetables田园时蔬
Stir-Fried Spinach$12清炒菠菜
Garlic Stir-Fried Romaine Lettuce$10蒜蓉油麦菜
Braised Choy Sum with Shiitake$12香菇焖菜心
Stir-Fried Chinese Cabbage with Vinegar$10醋溜大白菜
Steamed Dishes蒸蒸日上
Steamed Golden Pomfret
清蒸金昌鱼
Market price 时价
Steamed Minced Pork with Egg$18肉饼水蒸蛋
Braised Pork with Preserved Vegetables$26梅菜扣肉
Hunan Soups湘味靓汤
Corn Sparerib Soup
玉米排骨汤
$22
Sour Soup Meatballs$18酸汤肉丸
Tomato and Tofu Soup$12西红柿豆腐汤
Loofah Ground Pork Soup$16丝瓜肉沫汤
Cold Appetisers开胃凉菜
Roasted Chilli with Preserved Egg
烧辣椒皮蛋
$12
Shredded Cucumber Salad$10凉拌黄瓜
Cold Okra Salad$12凉拌秋葵
Snacks and Dim Sum甜美点心
Brown Sugar Steamed Cake
红糖发糕
$13
Osmanthus Cake
桂花糕
$13
Taro and Sweet Potato Balls
香芋地瓜丸
$12
Shanghai Pan-Fried Soup Buns$15上海灌汤生煎包
Red Bean Paste Bun$13红豆沙包
Mai Xiang Steamed Bun$13麦香馒头
Northeast Chinese DumplingsLarge$15 · Small$10东北水饺
Chosen from our menu and from the dishes our guests write about after they visit.
Hot pot 火锅
Chopped Chilli Fish Head剁椒鱼头
$42
Hunan’s best-known dish: a whole fish head steamed under a thick blanket of salted chopped chillies. Order a side of plain noodles to soak up the juices.
Hot pot 火锅
Spicy Perfume Fish麻辣香水鱼
$38
Silky fish slices in a broth of dried chillies and fragrant herbs, brought to the table still bubbling.
Classic 经典味道
Braised Bacon with Tea Tree Mushrooms茶树菇烧腊肉
$38
Smoked Hunan pork belly with slender tea tree mushrooms and fresh chillies. One guest wrote that it went so fast there was no time to photograph it.
Hot pot 火锅
Stewed Eel with Cured Pork腊肉炖鳝鱼
$62
Eel and smoked Hunan pork stewed together until the smoke of the pork runs through the broth.
Classic 经典味道
Sour Spicy Fish Slices酸辣鱼片
$35
Tender fish in a sour golden broth, sharpened with pickled chillies.
Cold starter 开胃凉菜
Roasted Chilli with Preserved Egg烧辣椒皮蛋
$12
Green chillies charred over the flame and pounded in a clay mortar with century egg. The Hunan way to start a meal.
Dessert 甜美点心
Brown Sugar Steamed Cake红糖发糕
$13
Soft steamed cake sweetened with brown sugar and dotted with red dates, made in-house every day.
Dessert 甜美点心
Taro and Sweet Potato Balls香芋地瓜丸
$12
Golden sweet potato balls with a soft taro centre, crisp outside and tender within, also made fresh daily.
Xiangxi is the mountainous west of Hunan, where food is smoked, pickled and fired with chillies to see a family through the winter. At Ming Xuan that cooking comes to City Gate: sour long beans, smoked pork, chopped chillies, and the rice bowls Hunan calls 盖码饭.
Our kitchen is led by a chef from Hunan who cooks every plate to order. Tell us how hot you like it and we will adjust it, without losing what makes it Hunan.
How we cook 我们的坚持
Three things we will not change三个不变
No pre-made dishes没有预制菜
Nothing arrives in a bag to be reheated. Every plate is cut, seasoned and wok-fired when you order it.
Fresh from the market新鲜食材
Meat and vegetables are bought fresh every day from local markets, and the rice is a good grade our regulars notice.
Seasoned from Hunan湘味调料
Chopped chillies, dried goods and pickles are brought in from China, because the taste of Hunan starts in the jar.
“The behind-the-scenes effort to recreate the true taste of Hunan here in Singapore is genuinely impressive.”
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