had dinner with my OPS friends at beng thin hoon kee on 31.10.2016. ^^

we had 11pax. i ordered 8 dishes.

food was quite delicious. all my friends enjoyed the dishes. 🙂 i have not dined here for a while, and i was enjoying the food also. ^^

i asked for large duck salad. the server who took orders said medium was enough. that was good service.

& indeed salad was enough for 11pax.

this duck salad very refreshing & delicious. enjoyed it every time.

if you just looked at the ingredients – cucumber, melon, mango, a fed shreds of duck, it was very expensive at S$35 c/w say a far more substantive 4-appetizer starter at a teochew restaurant. but really what is enjoyable for the palate is all that counts. so i am very happy with this salad dish as starter.

the fish maw soup is always good here, literally choke a block with ingredients.

a very tasty soup because of the stock & crabmeat, great texture & intense goodness.

the price of the oyster egg is a bit off the charts! large is S$38! oyster egg for $38???

but eating here must order oyster egg leh. so i ordered medium S$28.

oysters were huge, fresh & tasty & quite good serving. the egg were like thin sheets, really well done. i guess i need to apply the duck salad psychology here. just that duck salad is uncommon & a delight, oyster egg is great here but not so special dish.

overall i must say it was a very good dish, even if it was S$28. 🙂

sea cucumber duck is another excellent dish here at beng thin.

i ordered large, which had a whole duck.

this dish was superbly done. duck was excellent, tender & sweet, sea cucumber added great texture, gravy was tasty, natural.

very enjoyable dish. ^^

for me, the cereal prawns was below par.

it was passable i guess, not sure if could be considered competent.

prawns were not the very fresh, or it was over-fried or was left out too long & the shell softened not so crispy.

a complete world of difference from the excellent cereal king prawns i had at ban heng harbourfront recently.

i thought that it was not as good as the cereal prawns by my friend’s son at his house on 6.6.2016.

the worst dish though had to be the brocoli.

brocoli is always a nice vegetable dish to have, no thanks to the cooking.

but this was tasteless, no wok hae, & texture not crunchy enough. most likely blanched not garlic fried & imperfect timing.

also, i was deciding between medium S$18 & large $24 & decided on large, so i am quite certain it was S$24 & not S$28. i did not notice till i got home.

at S$24 it was excessive for me. at S$28, it was like “rolling my eyes” la!

kong bak pao was excellent! 🙂

server told me there were 12 slices, anyway enough for 11pax. my piece was very tasty, the broth was excellent, & went very well with the bun.

the orh nee was i guess average.

not too sweet which was a plus, good texture & ok taste, just not “pang” enough. becos no lard? also no coconut milk on top.

better than some, and not among the best la! 🙂

we had a great fun time together. food was delicious & very enjoyable overall. & as old friends we shared a lot of jokes & banters.

restaurant was empty, like 3 tables included our own. service was good actually, kept changing plates, new towels, filling up tea pot, taking photos. quite cheerful too. nothing to complain la…

cost of dinner was S$384 for 11pax. i think quite ok for the delicious dishes we had. a friend brought a red wine & they charged S$5 per bottle corkage. that was quite good too.

it has been a while. the last time i was here was 2+ yrs ago on 1.6.2014.

i will probably come back here with my family.

c.h.e.f andy

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