We had a good time chatting and discuss about the idea of opening a coffee shop. It's cash business and if it works out, it will provide some nice additional income for my retirement.
"Feeling" is going to give up his current vocation and wants to do something different. I think his idea to open a coffee shop is a viable one ( but we must do our home work). He is hard working and intelligent and I'm sure he will do his best. I promised to invest some money for this venture.
Anyway, I've been driving past this restaurant for the last couple of years and wanted to go there.
But my wife and I are just 2 persons it's just too difficult to order crabs. So I've been putting off coming here. Since "feeling" and his girlfriend are here, that made 4 of us. Good enough. We decided to check it out.
Finally I get to have some crabs.
Started with some fruit rojak.
The crabs was cooked in "Kam Heong" style. Each crab is less than 500g. That's way too small. The right size of mud crab must be 800g to 1kg. Then the claws will be about the size of a child's hand.
These salt & pepper prawns were superb.
The others were so so. My wife can't take MSG so we asked the restaurant not to put any. As a result, most of the dishes tasted flat. It's the litmus test for Chinese restaurants. If you need MSG for your dishes to taste good, then you ain't such a good chef/cook. Am I right or am I right??
This one was totally flat. You market it as "Superior Soup" i.e. "Siong Thong" but it's not!! On this account alone I will not come back. Because they revealed themselves as an imposter.
The Yam Ring. The sweet sour pork inside was covered with so much flour you wonder if there's any pork inside. Ptui.
No point showing the other dishes.
I would recommend you AVOID this place.
Anyway, back to the title. Why is there no large mud crabs in Malaysia??
Because they all get sold to Singapore. And the crabs there are huge.
Singaporeans are very passionate about crabs, much much more than Malaysian. And their restaurants pay a premium for the supply of crabs.
(Read about Mud Crab aquaculture here. They are typically fatten in mangrove swamp in Australia, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, and Malaysia. But I think Malaysia produces less than the other countries.)
Of course, the Singapore Chilli Crab is my fav. Dip the "mun tou" in the sauce.... yummmm.
I lived in Singapore for a long time and I can guarantee you if you go to crab restaurants like Jumbo or Master Crab you will find much larger crabs.
Master crabs allows you to select the live crabs which are placed in a basket next to the ordering counter. Each crab is labeled with price and you just have to select and tell them how to cook it. I find that to be a much more pleasurable way to eat crabs.
See those styrofoam boxes in the lower right corner of the above picture? The crabs are all inside.
They have lots of branches but my usual place is the one at Ghim Moh Road.
Address: Blk 19, Ghim Moh Road, Singapore 270019
Phone: +65 6314 1868
The other place to eat crabs is Jumbo Seafood. Go to the one at Dempsey Hill. Much more classy. Bring money because you gonna pay. Hahahaha.
Block 11 Dempsey Road #01-16
Dempsey Hill, Singapore 249673
Tel : 6479-3435 | Fax : 6476-6329
Lunch :
12pm – 3pm (last order at 2.15pm)
Dinner :
5.30pm – 11.30pm (last order at 10.30pm)
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