Orchid Live Seafood from Orchid Country Club has opened a branch at Jalan Kelulut recently, taking over the premises of the old Spice and Wine. If you're not living in or visiting the neighbourhood, you wouldn't happen to pass by and notice "Oh look, there's a restaurant here!". You have to come here knowing that you're looking for it. Yet Sunday night at 8.30pm was met with a full house.

Inside was totally rowdy like a Chinese restaurant. Outside, a few tables are placed on the corridor, spilling over to the front of adjoining shops. Only those tables directly outside the restaurant have ceiling fans.

I ordered the house specialties: lobster porridge (Teochew style) and Steven chicken. 600g of lobster cost $48.

I preferred the lobster porridge at House of Lobster, ITE Simei (though that chef has since left and I'm not sure whether they are maintaining his standards). Orchid's broth seems to have something missing in the flavour, though I can't really pinpoint it - maybe cooking wine?

Steven chicken is chef Steven Chua's specialty chicken. It's fried chicken with sesame and sauce with a sweet flavour. The chicken is served showing the bones, with the flesh in the middle of the bone moved towards the ends - makes eating easier. This was reasonably good.

I noticed several tables with wine, so it appears that they might sell wine.

Wait staff could barely cope with a full house and tables took a long time to be cleared. Once the table is cleared and dishes are served, you're mostly on your own. A table with a birthday cake helped themselves to the plates and forks for the cake.