cold crab S$48

my dear OPS friend WT bought me a birthday dinner recently at element @ amara recently though his birthday is in the same month as mine, so i might as well by buying him dinner. haha! 🙂

anyway tonight’s my chance to return the favour. i had a S$100 e-voucher with chui huay lim expiring this month. came in handy la!

we had a great enjoyable dinner including 2 of my close RI friends at chui huay lim on 28.10.2016. ^^

chui huay lim – very crowded

i have not been to chui huay lim for a while. find the food rather expensive here.

still, it is very crowded on this friday night, something not always common even in good makan joints.

chilled pig trotter’s jelly S$10

i ordered the pig trotter’s jelly.

wife found it too porky, too strong. i must be influenced. also thought it was not so great.

strange thing it was not served with serng ni chou (minced garlic vinegar), we had to ask the manager for it.

my own pig head’s terrine 猪头冻 

wife said my own pig head’s terrine 猪头冻 is better la. ^^

prawn rolls S$10

the prawn rolls & achar were ok.

roast suckling pig S$188

there was a suckling pig promotion at S$188.

i was asking about fish thinking to order a treadfin tail, a teochew dish. but was told it’s S$10 per 100g & servings are 1kg. S$100 for treadfin tail? & garoupa is served in portions at S$98??

i think the prices just not right!

so it was easy for me to decide on the S$188 suckling pig la. 🙂

roast suckling pig S$188

& this was very good, among the best i have taken.

certainly far better than the suckling pig we had at ban heng recently!

cold crab S$48

i ordered a cold crab S$48. 🙂

it had good amount of roe. crab was firm & sweet.

cold crab S$48

i was telling my friends somehow teochew cold crab was just much nicer than the cold seafood served at restaurant buffets…

cold crab S$48

the crab was quite enough for 6 of us.

braised duck with tofu S$18

i ordered the braised duck.

duck was good, much better than the goose at ban heng. very pang – tasty!!

they also serve braised goose, of course more expensive.

prawn with yellow chives S$48

everyone loved the yellow chives. every nice veg.

prawn with yellow chives S$48

the king prawns were very big.

prawn with yellow chives S$48

& done well, bouncy, plump, great bite texture & taste.

kailan with tipor S$24

we were very full actually, especially 3 of us had an excellent lunch earlier.

anyway we could not cancel order of the last dish. the kailan at S$24 was kind of expensive (like c/w the S$18 braised duck), but it was an excellent dish. kailan was crunchy & sweet, nicely done! tipor added special flavours, both the veg dish (the yellow chives as well) had ti por for added taste.

6pax dinner was S$302 nett after S$100 discounts. i guess quite ok considering that the suckling pig alone was S$188++.

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#1 1/2 suckling pig ok not the best 

wife bought 6pax family dinner at ban heng harbourfront on 26.10.2016. ^^

we were seated in an inner room that could seat 3 tables. 1 was occupied in addition to ours. & there was a balcony outside overlooking sentosa. 🙂

6pax suckling pig dinner S$298 

we had 1/2 suckling pig.

it was a long menu, many dishes including sharksfin, fish, scallops, braised goose, abalones, so i guess can be said to be a good value set.

#1 1/2 suckling pig ok not the best 

the suckling pig was ok still nice but not the best.

2 days later i had suckling pig at chui huay lim & that was far better.

#2 crabmeat sharksfin soup

#2 crabmeat sharksfin soup – average 

the crabmeat sharksfin soup was average, not the thin gluey tasteless soup, had enough ingredients, ok aste but also not great.

#3 steamed garoupa – sauce excellent fish a bit over 

the hong kong steamed garoupa had very tasty sauce.

#3 steamed garoupa – sauce excellent fish a bit over 

the fish itself though was a bit over.

honestly we do much better ourselves at home every time la…

#4 braised goose – braise was tasty meat so so 

i asked the server if it was duck or goose as stated in the menu.

the server replied duck but i guess it was really impossible to tell. seemed like large sliced pieces.

#4 braised goose – braise was tasty meat so so 

the braising sauce was quite “pang”, but the meat was so so, not so tasty, flavourful.

2 days later we had braised duck at chui huay lim & it was a lot better.

#5 scallops brocoil – brocoli was excellent! 

the brocoli was crunchy & sweet, quite excellent!

scallops were ok good, fresh & sweet.

#6 abalone spinach – usual good restaurant standard 

#6 abalone spinach – usual good restaurant standard 

the abalone spinach was a competent dish, the usual good restaurant standard.

#6 abalone spinach – usual good restaurant standard 

nice big abalone! nicely braised very well done.

#7 cereal king prawns – excellent!

the cereal king prawns was among the best dish this evening!

#7 cereal king prawns – excellent!

king prawns were very large prawns, nicely fried, succulent & tasty. cereal was flavourful, sweet but not like the sickeningly sweet milk powered prawns at 3 chefs.

#8 yeemeen – tapao ‘cos too much food

#8 yeemeen – tapao ‘cos too much food 

we were too full to eat the yeemeen so tapao.

yeemeen was mediocre.

#9 orh nee – poor not good

#9 orh nee – poor not good 

orh nee was poor, quite tasteless, not “pang” at all!

dinner was S$361 for 6pax with 1/2 suckling pig & lots of dishes with good ingredients. but preparation & taste was kind of a bit below par, and really we don’t need to eat so much food, so a few good ones will do la…

daughter bought carrot cake from cake spade 

daughter bought a carrot cake from cake spade.

daughter bought carrot cake from cake spade 

good to try but not my favourite.

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Ban Heng Harbourfront