This seafood restaurant located along MacPherson Road serves great crabs. Chilli, Black Pepper, Salted Egg, with Bee Hoon. Promotion now at S$38 for 2 X 400g mud crabs. I ordered Chilli Crabs of course. The meat is firm and succulent even for such small crabs and the gravy is thick and spicy. Goes well with Deep Fried Man Tou.
The other house specialty is their Steamed Baby Squids with Garlic. Must order a bowl of rice to enjoy the steamed squid sauce. Heavenly.
Special mention for their belachan chilli. Not for the faint hearted, this one packs a punch in terms of the heat. Great with clams and prawns.
Definitely my new go to place for chilli crabs. Do remember to book and be patient for your food. Even on a Monday night, it was full and we had to wait 25 mins for our seafood. Service is also stretched as they have only two staff serving and taking orders. They are very polite though. Just drink your beer and munch on edamame and pickled guava.
We also tried the ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ($18/M), ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ง ($14/S), and ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ ($12/S) (all 4 โญ๏ธ) which were well-executed but not particularly memorable. The kind of dishes that we wouldnโt mind ordering again, but might prefer to try others amidst its vast menu.
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Among the dishes we tried, the dishes we would return for would be:
1. ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ ($24/S) (4.5 โญ๏ธ): fresh and juicy mini squid perfectly cooked, smothered with a blanket of chopped garlic, and doused with an addictive soy concoction. So addictive!
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๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ ($12) (4.5 โญ๏ธ): excellently crisp. Some places over or under fry which would result in an overly tough or chewy squid. This was not the case, and was perfect.
3. ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง ($10) (4.5 โญ๏ธ): again freshly fried to perfection and generous in portion.
4. ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ($18) - Well braised and flavourful eggplant with crisp skin and soft gooey flesh. Paired with well fried tofu for extra textural contrast.
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not sure what the inventor was thinking when he/she first cooked it but man, kudos to him/her for this unlikely combination โบ๏ธ where else has good coffee ribs, lmk! โข
A chilli crab meal is not complete without mantous that are fried to a crisp golden brown โบ๏ธ
Drowned in potent garlic butter sauce, the baby squid was real juicy and chewy and you could easily demolish this dish if paired with a bowl of rice.
You might have known that Ming Kee is famous for their crab beehoon, and I was told that all of Ming Kee chefs had followed a co-partner of Ming Kee to this new restaurant just a few stores away from Ming Kee.
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Just like how I like my crab beehoon to be, the beehoon was soaked with crustacean flavor of the crab.. So this was unlike many other crab beehoon which was simply beehoon mixed with crab gravy. The crabs were also huge 1.5kg Sri Lankan crab which was really fresh.. That even the claws had flesh as tender as it's body, and the juices within were characteristically sweet.
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Just a comparison with Long Ji's which I earlier posted, I prefer this for the better crab infused beehoon and deeper crustacean flavour in the gravy, although Long Qing's gravy were thicker and heavier in garlic and lard fragrance.
Loaded with a potent garlic butter sauce, the clam was also sweet and juicy. With a bowl of rice, you can mop up all the sauce with ease.
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