Restoran Win Yin 容原宮保田雞粥
This is the place where my cousin has always been wanting to bring me to. She claims that the frog porridge here is better than the one I brought her to.
We ordered the frogs in “gong bao” flavour, sliced fish in spring onion and ginger, stir fried lala, peanuts and preserved vegetables, together with 5 servings of porridge. Each frog is RM7.50 and the whole meal cost RM$66.50.
I felt the frogs weren’t as flavourful as that I had here. But the sliced fish were not bad. The lala was not bad too.
Preserved vegetables 咸菜
Shellfish “Lala”
Frogs, sliced fish and porridge
The only bad part is we were really thirsty after our dinner. Probably too much MSG in the food.
Restaurant: Restoran Win Yin 容原宮保田雞粥
Address: 68 Jalan Toman 4, Kemayan Square, 70200 Seremban Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Opening Hours: 630pm – 0430am
U Crab Wang Restaurant 柔蟹皇海鲜饭店
Had supper at this place yesterday at Seremban. We ordered 3 crabs cooked in 2 flavours – mushroom and chilli (辣子). We were quite apprehensive about the mushroom one at first but since the waitress said it is one of their most popular flavour, we decided to give it a try.
We couldn’t really tell how they made the mushroom gravy, but guessed they probably used Campbell’s canned soup and added onions, garlic and cheese. It was quite flavourful.
The chilli one was not bad either, with curry leaves, dried shrimps, garlic and chilli. I felt it was not spicy enough.
The crab was meaty but had a slight tinge of muddy taste. Price – RM$63 per kg.
The restaurant offers 28 types of flavours of crab. Besides this, they also have a “zi char” menu.
Note: Mosquitos are abundant at night. Spray insect repellent first if you are eating supper.
Restaurant: U Crab Wang Restaurant 柔蟹皇海鲜饭店
Address: 259 Jalan Haruan 5/7 Pusat Komersial Oakland 2, 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Tel: 06-632 7833; 016 906 6591
Email: ucrabwangrestaurant@yahoo.com
Opening hours: 11am – 3pm; 6pm – 12am. Closed on Tuesdays.
Ah Yat Seafood
My family and I came here for the first time to celebrate my mum’s birthday. They had this set promotion at the time and we ordered the $198++ set. This was very worth it because the portions were big and they were not stingy on the seafood ingredients. Every dish served onto our table was a “WOW”.
My favourite was the braised e-fu noodles with Boston lobster. I would expect lobster to be tasteless when cooked in this manner. However, it was so sweet and full of the sea flvour on every strand of noodle, sauce and the tender lobster meat itself. Suckling pig did not have the foul “piggy” taste so I could eat it! Shark’s fin was generously seen in every of our bowls. The fish was well accompanied with the fragrant soy sauce. It was the first time I’ve eaten Alaska king crab too. This is where the authentic long crab stick meat come from! We were given a special pair of scissors each and I had fun eating them!
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- baked mini egg tarts
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- braised e-fu noodle with boston lobster
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- braised sharks fin soup in 4 treasures
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- Deep fried banana ball with red bean paste
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- Deep fried scallop in yam paste
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- deep fried soon hock
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- dessert of the day – sweet potato
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- dim sum menu
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- fried alaska king crab with white pepper
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- fried chicken fillet and cuttle fish with celery
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- har gao
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- pan fried turnip cake
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- Promo set menu
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- siew mai
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- steam ricesheet roll with shrimp
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- steamed dumpling with scallop
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- stewed mushroom
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- suckling pig
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- wet towel
As for the dim sum I had with CP on another occasion, there is nothing worth mentioning. Dim sum is obviously not their forte.
Har Gao $4.20
Steamed dumpling with scallop $4.20
Siew Mai $3.80
Deep fried banana ball with red bean paste $4.20
Deep fried scallop in yam paste $3.80
Baked Mini Egg tarts $3.80
Pan-fried turnip cake $3.20
Steam ricesheet roll with shrimp $4.80
Dim sum items at 50% off from Mon to Sat and 40% off on Sundays and PH.
Tea/Water/Nut/Towel at $2 per pax.
Prices exclude 7% GST and 10% service charges.
Restaurant: Ah Yat Seafood
Address: 200 Turf Club Road, #03-01, Main Grandstand, Turf City, Singapore 287994
Tel: 68832112 (reservations recommended)
Fax: 68832022
Westlake Restaurant
This has always been one of my favourite places since young. My dad used to drive the family from the east to the west just for their kong ba bao. But over the recent past 10 years, we only went back once. Dad explained it was too far away. CP stays in the west and one very fine weekend, we were all at his house for majong. However, I wasn’t one of the majong kaki since I had alot of work to complete. Hence, while they were having their majong fun, I was sadly working away at his dining table. After they finished one round, I suggested Westlake for dinner! So we drove down and had a little trouble finding the place because Google’s search results didn’t indicate that it was a BLOCK. We ended up driving around Crown Centre along Queen’s Road. Westlake is wrongly mapped on Google Maps, so please ignore that!
Eventually I called up the place to ask for more specific directions. So readers, drive all the way down Queen’s Road to the housing blocks (towards Empress Road). Westlake is located on the second floor of the carpark Block 4.
JH loved the Yam basket the most while CP and I devoured the fish maw soup delightfully. Von’s bf enjoyed the kong ba bao the most. They even went back there twice without us after that! CP also went back for their fish maw soup without us!!
The yam was so “yammy” and tender! Frog legs were so full of ginger and onion flavour that none of the ginger or onion (besides the frog legs) were spared. Fish maw soup was generous with prawns, crab meat and thick fish maw. The soup was well divided into 6 portions for each of us. The beancurd was also very good, the red garnish that came with was very appetizing and went very well with rice.
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- beancurd $10
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- Fried Chicken Wings $8
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- Ginger and Spring Onion Frog Legs $12
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- Pork and Pau $12 (5 pcs)
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- Sambal Kangkong $8
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- Yam Basket $16
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- Fish Maw Soup $20
Chinese Tea – $0.70 per pax
Towel – $1 per pax
Peanuts – $2
Plain rice – $0.80 per bowl
On previous occassions, I have tried their hor fun and fried rice which my Dad and I deemed the best in Singapore! Can’t wait to go back for more satisfying food!
Prices exclude 10% services charges and 7% GST.
Restaurant: Westlake Restaurant
Address: Block 4, #02-139, Queen’s Road, Singapore 260004
Tel: 64747283 / 64752982
Website: http://www.westlake.com.sg/
Seng Kee Black Herbal Chicken Soup
Ooohooo!! Alas a good pig’s kidney mee sua that is in herbal soup! If you don’t like pig’s kidney ($5) or is afraid of the “smell”, you can choose it with plain pork ($4). Really good to eat this when the weather is cold.
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- deep-fried ngoh hiang
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- pig kidney mee sua
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- sambal kangkong
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- sweet and sour pork ribs
Seng Kee is also famous for its seafood, especially steam fish. Other popular dishes include Clay pot Sesame Chicken, Clams La La, Golden Threaded Balls and Fried Pepper Crab Bee Hoon. It was featured in one of MediaCorp’s food program before.
Just be mindful of the China waitresses there who can be quite indifferent and straightforward. You have to order the food yourself at the counter.
Stall: Seng Kee Black Herbal Chicken Soup 成基黑鸡补品
Address: 467 Changi Road Singapore 419887
Tel: 9001 4000
Opening Hours: 5 pm to 4 am, daily
Por Kee Eating House
We went to this place for my Dad’s 60th birthday. Situated near many famous eating places in Tiong Bahru, this restaurant rests in a quiet corner with humble interiors. You can see big tanks with live seafood.
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- Abalone
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- Braised Toufu
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- Cereal Prawns
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- Deep-fried baby squids
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- Longevity noodles
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- Pork
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- Roasted Chicken (Half)
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- Spinach
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- Steamed Soon Hock
The food is not bad. I liked the fish, prawns and beancurd. The prawns were big, the soon hock was chewy and the beancurd was tender and flavourful. This was also the first time I see longevity noodles cooked in such a style. The ones I have eaten uses egg noodles cooked in dark sauce, then topped with quail’s eggs.
Abalone: $40 each per piece
Steamed Soon Hock in Cantonese style: $49
Cereal Prawns: $20
Half roasted chicken: $15
Braised beancurd: $15
Deep-fried baby squids: $14
Pork: $21
Longevity noodles: $15
Spinach: $12
Towels: $1.50 each
Peanuts and Pickles: $2.50 each
Plain rice: 80 cents
Prices excludes 7% GST. No 10% service charges.
Our total bill: $218.20
Restaurant: Por Kee Eating House
Address: Block 69, Seng Poh Lane, Singapore 160069
Tel: 62210582
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 2.30pm, 5.30pm – 12.30am
P.J. Seafood Restaurant 人打靈興旺钓鱼场餐馆
Big Prawn Sheng Mian
Like the big prawns and taste. As I always believed, 煮炒/大炒 is always better in Malaysia.
Stir-fried Vegetables
Cheese Crab
This is the crab you have to try!! It is butter cheese crab served in a claypot. The cheese doesn’t get hard after a while, and the flavour is rich. A pity the crab is not Sri Lanka crab, otherwise it would be better.
La-la Mee Hoon
I have only eaten the soup version of la-la bee hoon. This one is the 煮炒/大炒 style. Love it!! Especially eaten together with green chilli-padi!
The place is not air-conditioned, and the roof was old. So you could see long planks of wood running all over the roof, and hiding lots of lizards. We were a little afraid that the lizards would add some unwanted “seasonings” to our food. Also, because the place is located beside a big pond, there were mosquitos. It got quite uncomfortable there. They should do up the place, and probably could attract more customers.
Restaurant: P.J. Seafood Restaurant 人打靈興旺钓鱼场餐馆
Address: Plot A, Kampung Chempaka, Petaling Jaya, 47410 Selangor
Tel: 03 7883 0177
HP: 016 3382 222 / 017 6214 707 / 012 9277 162
Big Eater 大食家海鲜
Introducing you the favourite restaurant near my neighbourhood that serves great seafood and zi-cha! My colleagues and I will go there for birthday celebrations. The price is also affordable and the portions are filling.
Some must eat items are:
1. Crab bee hoon soup 螃蟹米粉
2. Black Hokkien Noodles 福建炒面
3. Stir-fry “lala” (subject to availability)
4. Yang Chow Fried Rice 扬州炒饭
5. Crab with Salted Egg 咸蛋炒螃蟹
6. Black pepper crab 黑胡椒螃蟹
7. Deep-fried fish (Soon-Hock)
8. Beancurd skin rolls 腐皮卷
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- 三杯鸡
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- 黑胡椒螃蟹
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- 螃蟹米粉
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- 咸蛋炒螃蟹
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- 铁板鹿肉
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- 扬州炒饭
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- 腐皮卷
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- “啦啦”
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- Seafood glass noodles
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- 苋菜
Hokkien Noodles (Small) – $4.80
Salted Fish Fried Rice (Small) – $4
Hot Plate Deer Meat (Small) – $15
Crab – $38 per kg
Spinach in soup – $14
Beancurd with Pumpkin (S) – $12
Sweet and Sour Pork (M) – $15
Crispy Roll (M) – $15
Green Apple with Sour Plum juice – $4.50
Ice Honey Lemon – $2.50
Chinese Tea – $1.50
Sour plum – $2
Coral Grouper – $60
Rice – $0.80
Peanuts – $1
Towel – $0.30
Exclusive of 7% GST. No service charge.
Stall name: Big Eater 大食家海鲜
Location: No. 34 Jalan Pari Burong (Upper Changi Road) Singapore 488700
Tel: 62457268
Other branches:
1. Big Eater Restaurant Pte Ltd 大食家海鲜
Blk 964 Jurong West St 91, #01-342 Singapore 640964 Tel: 63970480
Blk 155 #01-324 Bukit Batok St. 11 Singapore 650155 Tel: 65614836
Blk 524A Jelapang Road #01-01/02 Singapore 671524 Tel: 67649819
2. Grand Eater Seafood Restaurant Pte Ltd 大食家海鲜
Blk 279 #01-337 Bukit Batok East Ave 3 Singapore 650279 Tel: 65691272
Blk 273 #01-78 Bukit Batok East Ave 4 Singapore 650243 Tel: 64252372
3. Master Crab Seafood Restaurant Pte Ltd 螃蟹师傅
Blk 108 Punggol Field #01-01 Singapore 820108 Tel: 64258079
Blk 475 Choa Chu Kang Ave 3 #01-31 Singapore 680475 Tel: 67649487
Blk 639 Punggol Drive #01-07 Singapore 820639 Tel: 64259435
Blk 19 Ghim Moh Road #01-229 Singapore 270019 Tel: 63141868
Blk 227C Compassvale Link #01-13 (Unit 03) Singapore 544277 Tel: 65556515
The restaurant must thank me for typing out all their branches!
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Chin Lee Restaurant
My family went to this restaurant to celebrate my Dad’s birthday. The food is not that fantastic and being located in the neighbourhood, the price is not cheap. Their salted fish fried rice is good, got the “wok-hei”. On top of this, I must must must recommend their Or-ni or yam paste dessert which is one of the best I’ve tasted. The portion is small though, but really worth trying. I’m thinking of just going down to eat their or-ni!
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- Fish Maw Soup
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- Sambal Kang Kong
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- Or-Ni (Yam Paste)
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- Roast Chicken
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- Salty Fish Fried Rice
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- Steamed Promfret
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- Wasabi Prawns
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- Sea Cucumber Braised Duck
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- Fried Vermicillin
Stall name: Chin Lee Restaurant 深利美食馆
Address: Blk 115, #01-285, Bedok North Road, Singapore 460115
Tel: 64495454
Opening Hours: Mon – Fri (lunch) 1130 am to 230 pm, (dinner) 6 pm to 1030 pm
Sat, Sun and PH (lunch) 1130 am to 230 pm, (dinner) 530 pm to 1030 pm
大食家 (Big Eater)
This a place you cannot miss!! This place sells fantastic crabs and zi-cha. My favourite is their crab bee hoon in XO soup! No place sells this taste this good. The soup is really fragrant with the freshness of crab as well as the XO they poured in.
Next is their black pepper crab. Spicy black pepper together with curry leaves and crab’s roe – HEAVENLY. Their chilli crab with mini buns is ok. Not fantastic. If you’re not craving for chilli crabs, you should order something else on the menu like cereal oats crab or butter crabs.
Another of their restaurant must-eat dishes is their black Hokkien Mee. This restaurant uses udon, unlike others using flat mee (like those in lor mee). Fragrant with deep fried pork fats (猪油炸) ensures you leave the place with guilt. Very few places can serve such nice black hokkien mee.
I would also recommend you their “la-la”. Very different taste here. Not the hawker centre taste. They fried it with lots of mini shrimps (虾米). Another one will be their deep fried prawn meat in beancurd skin. Their fried rice is good too. The hor fun is not that great.
1 kg of crab for $38. Usually their crabs are big (more than 1 kg each)
No service charge in this restaurant. This gives you really affordable meals with such good tasting food.
Stall name: 大食家 (Big Eater)
Location: Upper Changi Road (Near Simpang Bedok, Changi Fire Station)
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