Today, we are going to explore a new building within walking distance from Khatib MRT station; despite running past it on quite a few occasions, I had never once stepped in until a reason propelled me to; my dad's birthday.
Its new premises on the third floor of Home Team NS Khatib Clubhouse exuded a whole new different atmosphere; cool air from the central air-conditioning, nice ceiling lights and comfortable wooden chairs! In essence, no difference from a nondescript restaurant. I do miss its unique kampong setting at its old outlet.
That long line of eye-catching glass tanks that housed mainly live lobsters at Bah Soon Pah Road has now been replaced into a shorter, three-tiered version that you can commonly find in other seafood restaurants.
Anyway, my love for the lobster porridge at Orchid Live Seafood is well known among my peers and people who know me well would be aware my food reviews are hardly affected by the "environment". Taste matters more than anything.
My usual order would be the buddy set but as there were five of us (as per regulation due to COVID19), we decided to opt for Set D which offered the dishes we usually have, and boston lobsters as a bonus; plural for a reason as they were having a one for one (for boston lobster) until end of September 2020!
Just my parents and elder sister as younger sister was rushing over from work. To be honest, I wasn't craving for lobster porridge that much as I had in fact ordered home delivery twice over the past four months.
A pot of Pu-er Chrysanthemum tea for the five of us while we waited for our food.
Lobster Porridge - served in the familiar earthen pot, I requested the waitress to leave a few lobsters in the porridge as they had the tendency to dry out pretty fast once they were out.
Good, old taste lobster porridge; one that I couldn't help reminiscing once every few months. It's still as delicious but now that I am very much into ingesting lesser carbohydrates; I would prefer a lot more of that amazing broth than rice grains.
Now the meat; my sister raised an important point. Compared to crabs, lobster meat isn't as sweet. I can't deny that but in terms of satisfaction (when you pop the entire piece right into your mouth), lobster meat is ranked higher!
See that red arrow? Do keep in mind that there's meat there!
Topshell Crispy Tofu (with Thai chilli sauce), Steven Chicken and Baby Kai Lan, respectively. These three dishes were part of my usual orders and personally, the former two are the must-eats!
Live Boston Lobster - the menu stated cream cheese for the dish but my mom isn't keen in cheese. Aside from cream cheese, you can actually choose from chilli, garlic and porridge for the lobster.
Meat from boston lobster was substantially larger than the lobsters in our porridge although we can't really tell the difference in taste as we would focusing more on the chilli gravy, which was slightly better than 21 Seafood yet lacked the punch for me to give it a slightly higher than average rating.
Mantou - with chilli gravy means an order of the fried buns must follow! It's actually not my first time trying the mantou from Orchid Live Seafood but the last time was 8 years ago!
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We were still relatively happy with the food we had, especially the familiar ones that we had been having for the past few years at the Bah Soon Pah Road old branch. One key question I asked when I heard of the move was whether there will be increase in pricing. The pricing of those items on the old menu didn't seem to have any change from the extended new menu but they do impose GST and service charge which can add about 18% to your bill.
Address
Singapore 767944
Map
As above.
Reservation
Website
https://www.orchidliveseafood.com/
Pricing
Tea - S$2.00 per person
Mantou (12 pieces) - S$8.00
(Subject to GST and Service Charge)
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