Entree Kibbles: Forture Seafood (得运海鲜火锅) - Relishing the Chilli Crab and Fried Buns in 2019 @ 887 Bukit Timah Road [Singapore] #fortureseafood2019 #foodinsingapore

"The fried buns at Forture Seafood are way better" - this sentence was heard so many times over the past eight years by my family members that we decided to finally pay it for a visit to celebrate two occasions; Mother's Day and my younger sister's birthday!

This time round, knowing it would be lunch, i called in to reserve a table in the air-conditioned section. Turned out we didn't really have to as the place was devoid of customers! It's worrying, to be honest, as the standard might have dropped since my last patronage was back in 2011.

Nonetheless, we had made a long way from Yishun and even if the food turned out to be bad; it will be beneficial to provide an update in this blog. Let's check out the menu (pictures of it would be appended nearing the end of this post).

Mongolian Style Beef - despite its rather unappetizing look, the beef was surprisingly tender and soaked in a sauce that's no doubt infused with Mongolian spices.

Dragon Vegetable - also known as green dragon vegetables, i realized this dish is getting more common in tze-char restaurants nowadays. I still remember that the first time i had this, it was at JB Ah Meng Tze Char Restaurant and this version at Forture was a pretty normal rendition with just vegetables and beansprouts.

Cappuccino Pork Ribs - for a moment, i thought the waiter had served us a plate of burnt pork ribs! But i guess they would know better than not to serve us something not up to par.

I have eaten coffee pork ribs before and while most of them tasted sweet with a light tinge of coffee flavour; this one took the cake for having the heaviest dosage of coffee; even the kids refrained from taking a second bite! One factor required improvement though; the texture of meat was a tad tough.

Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs - Jerald insisted on having this as he didn't enjoy the cappuccino pork ribs. Well, they tasted as simple as those sold in mixed-vegetables stalls all over Singapore.

Home-style Beancurd - again, this was ordered on request from Jovyn. Given her love for beancurd, i hope she would be blessed with good complexion! p.s. the beancurd tasted quite good.

Cereal Fried Chicken - as fried chicken, i thought the batter was crispy with the moisture and juice remained locked in the meat. As cereal chicken, it's a different matter altogether as it didn't feature much of the cereal's iconic fragrance. Even the taste was more from the lemon dressing than the cereals.

Mee Goreng - lacked wok hei and the taste was not as strongly flavoured as the one at seafood paradise! Overall a weak and un-impressionable dish that wouldn't warrant an order the next time.

Stars of the show - one Chilli Crab and six Fried Buns!

At a pricey S$76 a kilo, the crab slaughtered for our meal weighed a little over 900 grams; guess it would be sufficient as our main objective was the pool of delicious chilli sauce (spicy and shiok) surrounding the crab!

The fried buns that i have been craving and thinking of for the past eight years! They didn't look as exquisitely kneaded as before; was out-of-shape and i did notice it was oilier than before.

But once you dip the bun into the signature chilli sauce from the crab; everything was as good as i remember. So yummilicious and i regretted ordering only six buns! We should have opted for ten!

Thankfully, i still have a bowl of white rice where i proceeded to mix in the sauce! Gosh, i was actually contemplating to ask if i could take away the sauce so that i could indulge further back at home....

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There were mostly misses but as reviewed above, i am glad that they still managed to maintain the standards of the chilli crab and fried buns! My family, thankfully, shared the same thoughts and also felt that the crabs and fried buns were better than the ones from Momma Kong's at Chinatown.

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