❤ Hoping the work week TROTs along faster!! 😅
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Tried 2 of Le Xiao Chu’s signatures:
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🔹️Signature Pig’s TROTters ($28): Looked promising as the huge pig trotters was perfectly browned from the roast. 😍😍😍 However, I found that it was overly cooked. While I very much enjoyed the crisp exterior, the meat was overly tough & dry - definitely not the moist & tender texture that I was looking forward to. 😔 Things were better for parts where there was more fats as the fats graciously lent some grease to the surrounding meat, making it more succulent. For the chunks of lean meats, I felt like I was eating pork jerky. 🤣
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THE SAUCE THOUGH was a winner for me. 💕 A harmonious blend of lemongrass, garlic, sugar, vinegar/lime, chilli etc., it was like a Thai sweet chilli sauce concoction. 👏🏻 Extremely refreshing & complementary to the meat! 👍🏻
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🔹️Fragrant Spicy Fish Head (金香鱼头, $26): Instead of the usual curry fish head, this rendition was a dry one, stir-fried with turmeric, curry leaves, curry powder, garlic, chilli padi etc. While I enjoyed the robust flavours of the seasoning very much 😋😋😋, the fish chunks seemed overcooked (probably deep-fried too long b4 stir-frying). Wished the meat was more tender & moist.
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So these signatures didn’t leave me impressed. Perhaps one should go for their highly-recommended claypot seafood porridge, or just stick to their normal tze char dishes which are decent too! 😊