15 October 2009 (Thurs): Today is hanamoku- meaning 'blossoming Thursday' -and I am looking forward to the long weekend!
I recall going to this Cantonese restaurant located in a public housing estate (with supposedly cheap rents since it's for the masses);but I realised after several visits that this restaurant-Chin Huat Seafood- is not cheap at all. You'll have to order at least 500 grams of shrimp- if you order a shrimp dish- and if you order a fish going by seasonal prices- then beware. Your bill for two may come up to S$100 for two diners with two other cheap dishes such as a green veg and a noodle dish.
Price aside, the quality of the food is good. The hor fun is not the dried flat rice noodle dish (what is known as sar hor fun in Cantonese) but the fresh flat noodle- each strand separated with oil. That's how the Cantonese like it - I don't mind either variety.
The greens is not as tasty as that of Hong Kong Street Bukit Timah,
but its bamboo clam ranks very high in terms of taste, at a very reasonable price of S$8 a piece (see top picture). The clam comes with a delicious consomme - not available at restaurants such as Seafood 1960s at Turf Club, or Jumbo Seafood (East Coast). It is not overpowered with minced garlic either.
The fruit we enjoyed at home after one of our dinners there the previous trip was kyoho grapes. These were given by Y. san after his trip back home:
