Kyle always recommended me to eat this Black Pepper Crab whenever we drove pass this coffeeshop near Still Road.
Coz I always meet Huan Yang and Xiao Pei for crab dinner, this time round, i asked them to try at this Eng Seng coffeeshop.
There were 6 of us so i ordered 6 crabs. 4 Black Pepper Crabs and 2 Chilli Crabs. I read their online review, many commented that customers had to call in advance to order crabs if they didn't start queuing before 7pm. The crabs usually sold out after 8pm. Due to these reviews, i ordered 1 day in advance. When i reached there, i realised it was not as exaggerating as what the reviews stated. No queue was there and the coffeeshop was not full house.
The dish came quite fast after we ordered. The black pepper crabs were really very yummy. I don't really eat black pepper flavour but this was really juicy and the flavour soaked into the fresh crabs. The shells were cracked nicely for us so we didn't really used a lot of effort in pulling out the meat.
But the Chilli Crabs were not as impressive though. Maybe it was ok but when compared to the black pepper ones, i just didn't feel like eating the Chilli Crabs. Luckily, Eng Meng was very helpful in helping us to clear it. heehee.
Besides the crabs, the stall helper also recommended us the Stuffed You Tiao which i didn't regret ordering. It was crispy outside and tender inside. The rest of them liked this dish too.
Since Xiao Pei only eats kang kong, that's the only vegetables that we would order when makaning with her. The Sambal Kang Kong and Fu Rong Egg tasted like any other Zi Cha stalls. Not awful but not fantastic too.
Three really irritating issues were that they would not accept packet order after 8 plus. Next, people got to order 2 crabs and above. Lastly, they closed at 9.15pm sharp. They kept chasing us since 8.45pm. At 9pm, all the staff just sat in 1 row to stare at us. They just kept telling us that they needed to go and asked us to pack the food back to eat if we couldn't finish. We were in such a rush and couldn't even finished our crabs. So irritating. Luckily, when we walked out, some aunties came to apologise and told us that the coffeeshop guy opened the shop at 5am daily thus he really needed to close at 9.15pm sharp so that he could go back and rest. Actually if she didn't explain this, i probably wouldn't want to go back to eat the crab again.
Anyway, i heard that the chef left this stall and open a new restaurant at Yio Chu Kang. Some even said that the chef passed away. To check whether all these rumours were true, I think maybe i should just visit the Yio Chu Kang one and see whether the crabs really tasted as nice as this one.
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