Orchid Live Seafood, Jalan Kelulut

I had the privilege of savouring lobster porridge at this really ULU (Undeveloped) place in Yio Chu kang called Orchid live Seafood thanks to my aunt and uncle. I know little about this place except for the fact that it sells a decent lobster porridge that has been attracting lots of people.

The huge pot of porridge came in a earthen pot with all the tiny wee 4inch sized lobsters that were picked out by the waitress and served up indivudally. I had about 3 bowls of porridge and about 4 lobster halfs? maybe 5. No one wanted to eat them so i cant possibly let them go to waste. Taste wise the porridge broth was infused with lobster flavour...Duh.... not overpoweringly seafoodish in flavour but light and flavoursome like a porridge should be in my humble opinion. The meat of the lobster was springy not rubbery but as expected quite bland for a lobster. WOrth a try but not something that would wow you to come back and eat and eat and eat again, unless you got lotsa $$$.

This dish is called Steven chicken. I found it out from reading other blogs. It reminded me of marmite chicken. Each drumlet and wing was partially disected off the bone marinated in a sweet slightly tangy mandarin like sauce and topped with sesame seeds. The cousins love them.

Smoked duck. Hmm more of an adult dish i guess but my wee ( little) cousin seemed to like it. The meat wasnt too gamey and was of a moderate level of smokiness. I had really intensely smoked ones in Scotland but this was definately milder and the pepper coating was sufficient to tickle the tastebuds and not leave u with a bruised tongue. I think the chinese element in this dish was the sweet hoi sin sauce..

Stir fried clams with blachan. Wah damm spicy man. My tolerance has obviously dropped haha. THe clams were huge though.

I din't really like this dish. Felt it was abit doughy in texture.

Xiao bai chai. Yummy.

Orchid Live Seafood
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16 Jalan Kelulut
OPen: 11am - 11pm
Tel: +65 9636 1909

Seafood on Saturday

I am still alive !! at least more alive than the razor clams. A spur of the moment decision led me to these great purchases at Seewoo. 16 prawns red leg variety for 5 quid and another 10 razor clams for 5 quid. Not bad eh? I didn't realise the clams were still alive until I tried to clean them up. They totally shutup on me as I slit my knife through the meat. Afterall, I am still a newbie when it comes to dealing with these delicious mozzles. Check out the following videos

Prawns stir-fried in oyster and tomato sauce

Razor clams stir-fried in garlic

Veges Aa style


Ritey.. Thats all for now ... back to work....

Butter Lobster

Hey hey, here's the remaining 2 5 pounds lobster from Lidl. Well.. I din't eat them this time round as I was out. Aa pan fried them in a pool of garlic butter. It smelt really good. really good. Oh well.. will just have to wait for the next offer.

Rice Wars II: The Return of the Tong (Tub)

For a moment I thought it was going to be Revenge of the claypot but little did I know... out came the Tong!! haha. Good days of unlimited rice is back man.. Yup.. If you read the previous post, you will realise what this rice business is about. No more 2 pounds per person portions but heaps and heaps of rice and you know what... its Free of Charge... Shiok ah!

OK... we have been wanting to try this. Razor clams.. hmm.. yum yum .. These shellfish are actually produced widely in farms in Scotland and exported to countries around the world (Singapore Included) I think we paid 10.50pounds for 8 pieces which is around the same price as the ones in Singapore but we know of this place that sells 10 for 10.80.. Ah...cant wait to try it .

They tasted fresh and full of natural sweetness. The sauce that came with it was probably made from fish soya sauce but the addition of crispy garlic bits added a new dimension to it. I thought the vermicillin was a turn of initially but i soon realise that its purpose was to soak up the sauce to go along with the meat. Very clever...

Soya sauce chicken or oil chicken. Not as tender as I hoped for it to be. I think its because they took it from the super market next door and chop it up whenever this dish gets ordered. oh well.. At least the taste was there but otherwise, not a dish which I would order often unless I was craving for it like I was the other night.

X0 Sauce Pao(4) niu(2) Rou(4). well translated it means XO sauce BOOMZ beef meat.. certainly got me remembering about a certain Miss Low in Singapore. This dish.. hmm.. felt really deconstructed. It felt like eating the sauce on its own and then the meat and then the asparagus.. Nothing spectacular but at least it went well with the rice.

The good thing about this dish is probably the claypot that the tofu came out with. Taste wise... its was rather bland. The seafood tofu dish tasted better. Maybe we will try something more meaty the next time.

Lastly, miniature cakes. These are always lovely. Wished there were more. Oh .. and no free bread this time round but I don't mind as long as there s free rice lOL.

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Seawoo Seafood Restaurant
The Point
29 Saracen Street
Hamilton Hill
Glasgow G22 5HT

T: +44 (0) 141 331 6105

CrabShakk Treat

For being a driver to and from the Royal, I got a treat from YR at guess where... CrabShakk. Strangely enough, she was craving for seafood. For a girl who does not eat fish often other than fishball, I found it really odd. I was reminded by her that seafood encompassess more than just fish and there are other things like prawns and scallops and LOBSTERS!!!.. oh well... guess what, I got the perfect place for it and at 2pm in the afternoon I doubt it will be crowded.

Suprisingly, the shop was still bustling with customers but we still managed to get a nice seat.

Here's the nice clam chowder which YR agress taste better than the crab bisque. I would have loved it to be slightly thinner in texture but it still work. Actually, when I mixed the chowder with the bisque, the end result tasted quite nice.

Here's the lovely scallops that I missed out the last time. Nice big juicy succulent fresh scallops swimming in an aromatic butter sauce. Ooo..... yum yum yum. The scallops were cooked to perfection. This had to be the best dish of the day.

Next up langoutines. Ermm.. they were alright lol. I still prefer prawns at the end of the day. The meat was tasteless but at least it met the minimum requirement of tasting fresh. The garlic butter provided a good flavour to the meat but other than that I wouldn't recommend this dish. Maybe I'll try the lobster next time LOL!!!!!

Burp.... Well.. here's the remains. I do hope they don't use it to go make some more bisque ... LOL


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CrabShakk
1114 Argyle Street
Finnieston
Glasgow G3 8TD

0141 334 6127

Loon Fung

Last thursday of the month is the first payday and guess who's got his first pay cheque. C was on nights so it was a boys night out with Aa and WY. Went to Lung feng for a change. WY wanted some tofu dish but it so happened that they have ran out of toufu!!! So we opted for niang san bao i.e. yong tou fu . It consists aubergines, bell peppers and toufu stuffed with fish paste and then stir fry in a black bean sauce. I actually like this dish alot. The sauce from asia style probably taste better but the packed veges here had more ommphf in them .

Seafood in XO sauce. Well the seafood kinda refered to cuttlefish prawns and scallopps. I was pretty suprised by the amount of scallops they have and how they were not cheapskate at all by not overloading the plate with cuttle fish.

The last dish was beef with liang gua i.e. bitter gourd. WY wanted this. He said the bitterness added a nice taste to the beef. eermm I am not sure if I agree with him on that. Afterall I am not a bitter gourd fan but the tender (artificially tenderised) beef was enough to satisfy me.

RICE IS UNLIMITED HERE SHIOK!!

P.s. I am back to uni now so the post are really coming in much slower. I am still taking pictures jsut that I have no time to post it.

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Loon Fung
417 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow, G2 3LG
08717040812