Long Beach Seafood

This is where the originator of black pepper crabs came from.

Visited Long Beach at East Coast for father's day and my papa's real Bday.

There are 2 branches located at ECP.



The father's day set menu that we avoided because normally they have weird combinations. Plus the cheaper sets don't come with crabs.

We went to the one at UDMC. Which is near all the rest of the other seafood restaurants. There is another near Burger King.

First dish for the dinner is Deep fried baby squid.

The Baby squid is fried till crispy and stirred with a sweet sauce.

A pity is the over fried squid. The sauce taste good but after chewing you feel the rough and dry squid in your mouth with a slight burnt taste.

The chef recommendation dish

With a slight resemblance of salted egg crab, this dish is passable because its a tad too salty.

Prawns are fried till crispy and you can easily bite of any part without difficulty.

Can see some salted egg yolks in it but the rest i really have no idea.

It was fragrant and went well with rice. Portion of large came with about 30 prawns which is quite worth it.

Vegetables selection was pathetic. No special effort to design some more creative vegetables. Just the usual kangkong, kailan. We order 奶白 stir fry in garlic. Nothing special just to get our daily fibre intake.

Finally the crabs. My family can't really take spicy food so we wanted salted eggs but they didn't have it.

Thus this is butter crab.

Crabs at $38/Kg

The sauce is sweet and smelt good. Something i felt out of place was an artificial after taste that was similar to mango flavourings. The sauce weren't exactly enough for us to dip our mantous in.

Steamed crab with chinese wine and chicken stock.

This is a more chinese way of eating. The wine gave a pleasant aroma and brought out the fresh seafood taste. There was a layer of egg white similar stuff at the bottom of the plate to keep the crab in place. Good idea.

The crabs for the day was ok. Not too big because we wanted 2 to be cooked in different sauces.

The meat was sweet, texture also fine. However i think not meaty enough. But it is already lucky given that this Long Beach don't seem to serve very delicious food.

We had some dessert after dinner. During dinner we saw some amazing looking dessert and thought we might want to give it a try because the dry ice is so attention grabbing.

Desserts at $4.50 each.

We ordered and realise the dry ice is only for decorative purpose. Doesn't contribute to the taste at all. It was simply placed in a bowl of coloured water with your dessert on top.

We had 3, Black glutinous rice with ice cream, mango pudding and durian paste.

The best was the black glutinous rice. I had eaten it with loads of coconut milk but never will you ever discover that it taste best with vanilla ice cream. Creamy and smooth, the cold dessert melts in your mouth and gives a special texture of the rice husk. Perfect.

The other two was normal. Even when the durian is the specialty it failed to make it worth mentioning.

Overall dinner was bad, the restaurant was obviously understaffed. Servers and waiter, even the Manager had no smiles on their face. We had to wave vigourously before they took notice of us. Had to ask 3 times before they pack our left over. Had to wait for the baby chair. Some waiters even turned away upon seeing your hands (its very obvious they saw me)

Auntie note: no credit card discount, no seats even after you reserve, no smiles, no service, no delicious food, no free parking. Have to pay for tea, have to pay for towels, have to pay for peanuts, have to pay for GST, have to pay for service charge (even though its bad service).

I suggest you visit their neighbours.

Kuishinbo

My treat, because i was in a good mood and felt that a full stomach will be comfortable.


And the best place to satisfy the never ending appetite will be to fill it up with snow crabs. Where the hell to get them in Singapore? I think Isetan sells frozen ones. But why go thru the hassle when you can get them at KUISHINBO at half the price?????








Snow crabs wait first because i have to eat some sashimi as appetizer.


Sashimi will always be the first on the list in any buffet because if you have it with a full stomach you no longer can taste the light, fresh and fishyness of the sashimi. Kuishinbo has a variety of fresh sashimi that is cut right in front of you. The fish was tender yet still QQ, look at the picture and you can see the gloss over the fish. They not only have salmon, but also maguro and hamachi. Plus some fresh scallops, and also cold prawns( sorry no pics). All these tasted sweet and as thou right from the ocean.





The exciting part comes. Snow crab the length of your chop sticks. Eat with scissors and cut it right open. Pulling out the flesh in one whole chunk and popping it right into your mouth. Luxury? yes, it sure is.


The snow crabs melts in your mouth, with the texture of a sharkfins but in a solid piece. The sweetness of seafood jus ooze out when you bite thru it. Plus the crab meat is juicy and smooth.


Kuishinbo surprises their customers and continued with their tradition of the hourly special to make you remain alert thru out the meal. Hourly specials are for the first 20 on first come first serve basis. The specials are not dishes you find in the buffet spread.





The auntie spirit motivated me to get 3 out of 4 hourly specials. The first and third is lobster with garlic and white wine sauce. Lobster was very meaty, sweet and fresh, very bouncy, plus the garlic brought out the taste with the help of italian spices. Lobster was crunchy with juice spurting out every mouth you bite thru it.








2nd was this. Frozen strawberry with white chocolate. Yummy. This particular desert is sold in mos burger, quite exp k.... the icy frozen strawberry gives you a brain freeze. Sour on the outside, sweet on the inside.

i am moving on to the cakes section now. My fav part of the buffet is always on the cakes. however, kuishinbo's emphasis is more on seafood and not on pastries!

Cakes clockwise:

Mango cake: taste ok, mango taste not artificial but seems like too much gelatine, the cake's density was more like jelly.

Pistacio cake: very fragrant. Had a little after taste of macha.

Oreo cheesecake: very salty, covered the sweetness of the cake. Saved by the mini oreo on top.

Blackforest cake: very disappointing. The base or rather the whole cake was dry and rough. Not a little bit of moisture in the cake. I had a bite and left the rest.

Overly dense strawberry cake: the whole cake was like a piece of solid with little taste. You need like 3 mouths to tell u that you give up trying to guess what flavour it is.

Tiramisu: Taste like chocolate cake.

Blueberry cake: Good. not too sweet, the topping on top is like blueberry jam.

Newyork cheese cake: Not too salty unlike the oreo cheese cake. The cake was not very dense so you can finish it up easily.

The rest of them here:

The black cup: its choco shavings, with mint in the 2nd tier and choco syrup as the base. Best desert. The mint was refreshing and a perfect combi with the choco shavings. Sweet yet not over powering.

Danish with blueberry jam: pastry is not crispy but quite xiang.

Strawberry cake again: the base is actually some nuts. but not cruchy. so wads the point?

Fruit tart: the filling is custard. But again too much gelatine. The fruit on top too small to make any difference to the taste.

Strawberry cup: another thumbs up. Rich and creamy milky substance over strawberry essence. The cream and strawberry on top also makes the desert attractive and oh-so-love-it.

Alright, back to food. This is pipping hot soup. Tts actually some japanese soup with chicken meat balls. I took it cos it resembles shark's fin. I have to say it does, they even add imitation shark's fin in it but the ginger taste was too over powering i gave up.

They are currently having a seafood feast special so they have more special stuff such as black pepper mud crab and steamed promfet. But so sorry, it ended the day i went.

I didn't eat the black pepper crab cos my braces can't really bite. But boy said it was good. He had 5 of the gong.

This is also another special item. its another kind of snow crab i think. The meat is slightly more salty but it was tender and juicy.

Yakitori. Sweet and soft. Well marinated and juicy. the yakitori sauce was good and it blends well with the chicken. The meat can be easily detached from the stick.

A whole plate of tempura, breaded prawn and soft shell crab.

Tempura was good, prawns were crunchy and well marinated. The batter used was fragrant and stuck well to the prawn not falling off when you bite. Plus tempura sauce was dispensed from a hot water flask so it was pipping hot.

Breaded prawn on the other hand lost the fight. Prawns were barely seen. Tiny and most probaby mashed up. The breaded batter was normal not very tasty.

Soft shell crab was not crispy, i had one cos the crab was a bit soft already.

Chawamushi, right from the steamer. Goodness smooth and the dashi stock used was perfect. The presentation is good and if you do notice, there is a hidden piece of hotate! Plus a prawn! that's like scoring 101 over 100!

The deep fried prawns were not crispy enough for you to chomp down the whole prawn. Nothing special with the batter.

The drumlets on the other hand was good. Comparable to mcwings. It was fragrant, only regret was that it wasn't served hot.

Auntie note for the day is:

Prices vary daily so you can check out their website for the pricing.

Tea bags selection is huge, i think perhaps 30 kinds to choose from. Drink to your fill.

3 Temasek Boulevard#03-002 Suntec City Tower 1

Tel: +65 6238 7088

Lunch11.30am – 3.00pm Dinner5.30pm – 10.00pm

girls day out is jus snacking, one after another.... we had lunch den ice cream den deep fried chicken.... anyway, I love taimei is a small snack shop located at bugis street exit, the side facing the market.
we had the set called 蔡伊林. i nv write wrongly k, tis is the exact name for the set....


it is inclusive of the chicken cutlet, and a cup of milk tea. choice of chicken cutlet can be bbq or honey. chicken was well fried, not dry, juicy and taste sweet. the taste deviates from shilin and ximen as they do not use chilli powder and sour plum powder but they own special powder. plus, the sesame added is extra fragrant.



something not as delicious will be the bubble tea. bitter and not sweet enough, not cold enough, plus the cup so small not enough leh....... how to compare with KOI?

unglam me eating chickennnnnnnn.....

up next will be tom's palette..... home made goodnesss.....

this is not advertorial la, so u won see very pretty looking girls. hahaha.

This was YY's hazelnut and salted caramel cheesecake. in comparison, the hazelnut lost its appeal. the salted caramel cheesecake was fantastic, it tasted like the real thing. with the slightly salted flavour, it enhances the sweetness of the creamy ice cream and brings out the unique flavour. hazelnut on the other hand failed to produce the creamy flavour but this dry dry feeling like as thou u popped too many nuts without drinking water.

I had rum and raisin and apple pie. apple pie was good but lost to island creamery. it was fragrant but didn;t contain some pieces of crust but i found a rather hard piece of apple in it instead. rum and raisin was good, but a bit high on alcohol. other than that it was rich and addictive.

auntie note: good place to chill but only a few chair available. free flow of drinks, so drink up. can try the flavours before buying, so do try to be satisfied w ur purchase.

Tom's Palette

100 Beach Road level 1

Shaw Tower, Singapore 189702

another siglap

an incidental find. although siglap and katong area has been fully combed by me, i didn't notice it till i found it on hungrygowhere. had to even look at the streetdirectory and googlemap so as to double confirm its existence.

shall start from my favourite part of the meal.

dessert.

hot brownie and chocolate ice cream served with whipped cream and brandied cherry.

brownie was fine, i guess its my personal pref that i don like brownie with nuts (of all sorts). i reckoned that ppl will think tht brownies are cheapo stuff if they don have nuts in it.

chocolate syrup (if thats wad it is supposed to be called) is thick and rich.





the all time favourite. i will travel miles for this. sorry when i took this it was alr half eaten.

creme brulee. warm on the surface as its charred till the sugar becomes caramelly-like. the rich taste of milk and vanilla is superb, soft and smooth. melts in your mouth not in your hands. something which leaves me hanging was the slightly burnt sugar which still had a bit of crunch to it.


this is part of the set dinner that was served and we had no idea wad it is. i presumed it's tako wraps? but the sauces that comes with it was kind of sour and the tomatos weren't exactly tasty.

hot plate chicken with black pepper sauce. served with sweet onions. average. the meat was alr cut up this way when it was served. for efficiency? but the overall appearance was sacrificed.

this was mine, the name i forgot cos it was spelled kind of weirdly. till today i am unsure wad kind of cuisine does this restaurant serve. anyway, chicken breast fried till crispy, topped with thick cheese and baked till perfectness. the baked potato was the most disappointing (esp when you compare it with jack's place's) but overall the dish was captivating. its not hard to have the preconception that breast meat will be tough and dry, but the dish was hardly difficult to swallow, smooth to the throat and no problems with chewing.

auntie note: jus a simple meal will do. set lunch and set dinner (if i am not wrong $28 for a main, drinks, dessert) was jus nice to let u have a heavy dinner. burps out loud.

Sidewalk Tavern
924 East Coast Road (S)459115

desert time ^^

this shop has got its own distinct form of identification.


smell


smell of durian.

tucked away in a small corner of serangoon garden. the interiors of this place attracted me.
its a very "hongkong like" concept to have shops on the second floor. even though u have to climb the stairs its still worth the effort.
the decorations are simple yet bring u back to the 1980s. with old recorders, hong kong movie posters and little decorations put up to teleport u back into the old teahouse. this place is 24/7 smelling fragrant. even the MTV is lee hom, idol. hehehe....

the picture above is a mix of strawberry, and mango with vanilla ice cream.
i should say satisfactory.
the sugar syrup used should be high quality brown sugar and its leaves the scent of sweetness we get just like when we eat ondeh ondeh. not too sweet. however, i felt that it lacked a bit of flavour as i expected more mango or fruity taste to it.
the fruits are fresh but i guess in singapore we can't get to eat sweet fruits as they are often plucked before they turn ripe.



next up, the jackfruit desert. unique.
not overpowering, and out of the 3 desert ordered i liked this the most.
there are real jackfruit flesh in it.
the sago in the desert is quite a match and gives it the "kou gan" or should we call it the bite.
however, i was hoping that the texture or should we say the density could have been thicker.




this is the source of the frangrance.
durian.
this is moist, with real durian flesh, is smooth and given the taste of coconut milk to enhance the flavour giving it a lift. the durian taste lingers in your mouth but manage to go down smoothly without leaving a stench. which will make u continue having more.
a real gem in the place and i will strongly encourage u to give it a try.
but, it is too much for 1 person to finish as the taste is really like eating durian cream. so pls try to share. but don't give it a miss k.






these are the other special desert that i am interested to try but is too full to order so many, the mango de creme gives me the impression of creme brulee^ which i love to the max. other more innovative desert include durian pancake which is rather pricey (4.90) for a slice if i remembered correctly.







this is a real find. will be back again probably with the gfs.
address 80A Serangoon Garden Way
on the second floor, a lan shop and a bar on the first floor.


auntie note: there is free flow self serve ice water. so keep drinking.
magazines are also available. so keep urself occupied at this place, read for free! jap magazines, hong kong magazines. plus free music. lady serving is very frendly but only speaks mandarin.