We headed back to Xu Jun Sheng one weeknight with a very old friend who was deeply interested in trying this old favourite family haunt, especially the cold crabs. They didn't disappoint us - but just in case, I decided to ring up to reserve 3 crabs, which worked out to 1 crab per person : )
Check out the vermillion-hued roe
We ordered a pork trotter with more meat less fat
Their hae chor is probably one of the best in Singapore
Otak was really good too - the right combination of lemak + spiciness, and not too soft and soggy.
Minced pork with salted fish - terrific with white porridge
We ordered tua tow which was slightly too fishy. Otherwise the black bean sauce was great
Sweet potato leaves with sambal - this was fairly ordinary, but still good
The lala was outstanding - the clams were fresh, and the sambal+taucheo+garlic+chinese wine sauce was so good we were drinking it straight
All that, for 3 people plus 1 bowl of muay each, came up to just over $100. And we managed to finish everything, down to the last clam. We did extremely well, I reckon.
And we headed off to One Twenty Six for peach lambic and dessert.
Post publish edit: Their closure was reported in Apr 2014 - a very sad day for all fans of real Teochew food and Joo Chiat residents.
that is alot of food for 3 pax!
ReplyDeleteYes. But we used to be able to manage even more, before old age set in.
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