Sin Huat 17 May 06

Decided to go with buddies for a good dinner at Sin Huat Eating House, 659 Geylang Road, Lorong 35 Junction. This is supposedly the best place for crab bee hoon in singapore. Anthony Bourdain, the chef, has proclaimed the dish is something to die for.

Anyway, drove up there after having gin tonics as appetitzers with Vincent at Far East Sq. Surprisingly, there was no crowd at around 7 plus so we placed our orders before the rest arrived. This is one of the rare places where I can pay through credit cards - coffee shop settings with restuarant prices. The chef is always in a sulky mood like the last time I saw him.

Ordered gong gong shells, prawns, fried vegetables and the crab beehoon. The chilli sauce went well with the gong gong and the prawns were solid with the garlic and spring onion garnishings. Of course, the star of the night was the beehoon. The sri lankan crabs were huge and they managed to cook it in a way that the roe was evenly distributed among the beehoon. The crab shell was so flushed with bright red roe - absolutely sinful and heart attack material. But heck, eat first then say. The other thing we missed for the night was the scallop - not available.

S$365 for 6 persons abt $60 per pax. Pretty reasonable for the yummy crab beehoon.

Remember not to order steamed fish - the person kept asking us why we dont want to order it. The price is simply CUT-THROAT .... i still recall paying S$170 for a fish the last time I was there.

Very nice evening. Good food with wonderful company.