Food Reviewer - JC ~ � ~'s Review Comments

Eng Seng Restaurant
Overall - 6.8 Food and Beverage - 8 Ambience / Setting - 5 Value - 7 Service - 7	Will you return to this place? Definitely I spent about S$33 per person Review Date: 10 Nov 2007

247/249 Joo Chiat Place, Singapore

A surprise for the sweat shop peasants!~

9 November 2007 : Well... the peasants at the sweatshop got a surprise outing to Changi Airport T3 for a tour of the place. So, after all that excitment, the ever-ready-to-eat gang of peasants - YH, LL, ML, S, BC, PY, KL & JC - zoomed all the way to this feeding place to ATTACK the famed black pepper crabs. This place is usually super crowded and you have to be prepared to queue up to the busstop further down the road. Sometimes, by 5pm on a weekend, they have already run out of crabs!~ We parked along the road and arrived at this place at 5:45PM. It was already crowded but we managed to secure a nice big table with the no-nonsense matronly service staff assisting us. This was my 1st visit to this feeding place.

We ordered :
12 black pepper crabs (7 crabs to be eaten, 5 crabs to be packed & brought home)
2 plates of Hokkien Mee
1 plate of You-Tiao
1 plate of steamed fish
1 plate of sambal stingray
TOTAL : $261.80

The main attraction was the crabs....so the side dishes were basically to take the edge off our hunger while we wait for the black pepper crabs to be served.

The hokkien mee was very tasty and the prawns inside were very fresh. The consistency of the mee goreng was just right - not too dry & not too soggy. We were all very pleased with the you-tiao. It was piping hot and so crispy! Yummy yum yum ... !~~~ The steamed fish was very fragrant and tasty too. The meat was fresh and soft. The soya sauce gravy enhanced the taste of the fish and it was not overly salty. Although im not much of a fan of fish, i really enjoyed eating this steamed fish. The sambal stingray was alright... it did not blow me away.

The black pepper crabs - all 7 of them - arrived in a big plastic dish...piping hot and so very enticing. We all ATTACKED the crab without ceremony.(though the male peasants did allow the female peasants to attack the crabs & every other dish 1st)

The black pepper was so very good. It was not a dry paste sticking to the crabs. It was slightly moist and just the way i like it. We were very satisfied peasants.... and we will definitely return one fine day...perhaps when one of the senior peasants recieves a decisive pay-raise and decides to feed the hungry hoi polloi.

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Must Tries: The crabs of cos!!~