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This cosy restaurant is a popular place for diners seeking a tasteful yet convivial atmosphere to indulge in Cantonese fare. The menu is concise, spanning roasts, soups and live seafood, as well as delicacies such as Australian green-lip abalone, with an emphasis on familiar, authentic dishes. Mainstays are well executed—but as this is a museum restaurant after all, dishes are presented with artistic flair. Cases in point include the fried live prawn with a ball of crisp noodles, which the server douses tableside with a flavourful broth; and the steamed thousand-layer tofu, skilfully cut into slices of equal thickness and arranged in a circular fan-like arrangement around a colourful medley of barbecued pork cubes, ginkgo, conpoy and mushroom. As if continuing the gallery experience, the food here is like art on a plate—but it’s done tastefully and certainly with none of the pretentions one might expect from a museum restaurant.