When birthday celebration no longer includes presents; that's when you know that the friendship has elevated to an even higher level! That's the level both Alex and i have with the Great Kon; no more physical present as company is way more important.
Hence, for the Great Kon's birthday recently, we decided to check out Cajun on Wheels (C.O.W) at Plaza Singapura! p.s. i must have passed by this restaurant numerous times even though i have always assumed it's a steakhouse given the big C.O.W sign!
Anyway, C.O.W offers Louisiana-style seafood cuisine and good news for my Muslim friends; it's halal certified! To drive in the fact that seafood is the star, live crabs were put in glass tanks to capture the attention of passersby. If you ask me, the one crab in each tank didn't attract as much attention as, once again, the big C.O.W sign.
No waiter hanging around to take your order; so decide what you want from the menu and order straight from the cashier counter!
Take your pager, collect the plastic apron and get ready for the food. We got the bucket bundle with the options to upgrade to 3 pilaf rice and 3 drinks at an extra S$6.40. Empty cups would be given upon payment and you may help yourself to the soft drink (non-refillable) of your choice via the dispenser.
Here's our chef recommended Poseidon Bucket (serves 2-3) that had 600 grams of Sri Lankan crab, 300 grams of prawns, 500 grams of white clams, 300 grams of mussels, sweet corn, potatoes and chicken spam!
A wooden hammer was provided in case assistance is required for breaking the crab's shell. However, i would still prefer the more powerful crab cracker. Even my teeth did a better job than the hammer.
I forgot to mention about the available sauces for the bucket! There were the spicy ones like Cajun cheese, spicy chessy soil, salted egg yolk, thai red curry, the spicier options which include singapore chilli crab, sambal chilli egg and lastly, the non-spicy herb and butter. As Alex doesn't take kindly to spicy food, we had to go with non-spicy herb and butter.
Let's tuck in! Now, i don't have much complaint about the seafood and thought they tasted not bad. To me, the sauce would be of utmost importance and although named similarly to the one from dancing crab, i found the herb and butter at C.O.W to be a tad underwhelming; to the extent i could do as well without the sauce.
The Sri Lankan crab wasn't much (at a pre-determined 600 grams which i was already informed about on the menu) but the meat continued to be satisfying! p.s. birthday boy raised a comment that some parts were not as fresh though.
Nonetheless, the hungry trio swept up everything, leaving dissected debris behind! We were, unfortunately, not full and proceeded next door to hoshino coffee for their specials set at S$59.90 for 2 mains, 2 drinks and 1 dessert!
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Address
68 Orchard Road,
Plaza Singapura #03-92,
Singapore 238839
Website
Menu
As above
Pricing
Poseidon Bucket - S$123.00
Add Ons (3 Rice and 3 Drinks) - S$6.40
(inclusive of GST, no service charge)
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