It hasn’t been too long since the first outlet of Berempah Bros had opened at Beauty World Food Centre, but it does seem like these folks are definitely quite enthusiastic about the venture to open second outlet — this time at Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre that is within walking distance from Sembawang MRT Station. These folks should be relatively easy to find considering how they are quite in the view of those walking in to the hawker centre from the main road; they occupy the stall unit that is located beside Twenty6 Gusto House that serves up western fare there. Berempah Bros had pretty much stuck with the formula behind the workings of their first store at Beauty World Food Centre with this new location; the menu surrounding around fried meat / fish options that comes with their signature typhoon shelter (i.e. Hong Kong-style Bi Feng Tang) crumbs and served with fragrant coconut rice, housemade achar and Sambal Belachan.

Having tried their Pork Berempah previously when we had went to their Beauty World Food Centre outlet, we found ourselves going for the Unagi Berempah this time round to give another dish a go this time round at Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre — we are pretty surprised that our order did come with Begedil by default especially since we did note that it wasn’t the case with the Pork Berempah previously. One notable improvement we did notice about the Unagi Berempah against the Pork Berempah that we have had previously would be in the fragrant coconut rice — whilst the flavours are still pretty light especially when had with the other elements on the plate, it did carry a more Nasi Lemak-like fragrance with a light whiff of coconut milk aroma that was more evident than it was previously. The Unagi is interestingly deep-fried here much like the other meat options — the batter comes rather similar to that of beer-battered fish & chips with a darker hue. Whilst the Unagi is actually pretty moist and fresh (also pretty plump and meaty in terms of portion size), we didn’t really like the soggy batter on the underside; we were also not too sure if the moisture of the Unagi did affect the flavours of the signature typhoon shelter crumbs to pull through — the crumbs did feel less flavoursome than before. The Sambal Belachan carried a hint of savouriness and a tang; the level of spice being pretty manageable for those whom are tolerable to moderate levels of spiciness, while the inclusion of housemade achar gave a tang and a crunch that helps resets the tastebuds from the meat and carbs on the plate.