Lobster noodles
猪脚冻 @$15Jelly Pork Leg
午鱼(Ikan Kurau)半边煮 @$25
Braised cabbage with scallops @$50
Chinese spinach in Claypot @$15
Teochew cuisine. This restaurant is located at one of the shophouses along Amoy street. The waitresses were all waiting by the door, all ready to serve. The teochew ah-hia aka boss was sitting by the door too. Despite being a teochew restaurant with its authentic teochew cuisine, the decorations in the restaurant are pretty westernised. They have a wine cellar just next to the counter. They don't just serve tea.
The lobster noodles was very good. The lobster was meaty and the meat was juicy sweet. The sauce for the noodles had salted egg yolk in it, which made the mee very fragrant. The Jelly pork leg is a cold dish, their signature dish. It was very good too. The jelly just melt away in your mouth. I preferred dipping it in chilli sauce than the sweet plum sauce.
午鱼 (Ikan Kurau)半边煮 is another recommendable dish. Pretty cheap for such a big portion. 半边煮 (literal translation ：half way cook) means fry it and then cook it in a starchy base, the teochew style.
I think the braised cabbage is too expensive. Though the main cost came from the big scallops, I doubt many will think to have a cabbage for $50 is worthwhile. Haha.
The chinese spinach in claypot was the weirdest dish I have seen. The vegetables were cut into small portions. Toppings was the hay-bee-hiam (chilli shrimp floss). It made the whole dish like those gluey food made for babies. Why can't the greens be cooked the normal way?
A cup of tea was served for each. This tea was made from the first brew. Tea aids digestion. The tradtional dessert pumkin orh-nee (pumkin and yam paste) was cancelled because all of us were too full. My bill totalled up to $205. Pretty reasonable for the dishes I had. Worth revisiting! Shall try the orh-nee next time!
Huat Kee Teochew Restaurant
74 Amoy Street Singapore 069893
Tel: 64234747
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