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Telephone: (65) 9001-4000
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Have eaten at this shop some years ago, perhaps in 2008. What's not changed is that they still open till really late, which was why I would frequent this shop when I had the habit of going out for supper. At that time, they had not taken over the units to the left and right of it. But now, they have expanded to at least double its size 2 years ago! Business is good, indeed. Food was reasonably priced too, but now that I made another trip back to this shop, I don't really have any intention of going back again...
Everytime I went, I would have their mee sua. Occasionally I would try their egg omelette and all, the usual zi-char thing. But I believe most people go there for its mee sua.
Based on the review above, mee sua used to be $3.50 a bowl. But now, it's $4.00 a bowl. I guess with inflation plus the high demand for their food, it's no surprise they have increased the price. But the price is not all that has changed... I noticed that their soup still has the herbal taste, but it used to be more pepper-ish. And they no longer bother about the presentation - they don't put chinese parsley on it anymore. Small thing, yes. But if you look at just a bowl of dark brown soup, it does look pretty gross... And now, maybe I've grown a little bigger or something, the noodles look so much less than before... But if I try not to compare the past and now, I guess the mee sua is still not bad. A unique herbal taste that's not too strong, instead gives it its very tasty flavour. I have yet to see a shop that sells mee sua that can attract so many people at wee hours of the night!
But if you're in a bad mood today, I would advise against going to this shop. Why? Service - very bad in fact. They refuse to take your orders at your table (apart from the drinks, which is a separate business I think); they are not very polite and seem more like they're too busy to bother about losing one small business from you; they can't be bothered to have anything more with you, than to just take your order, serve your food and collect your money.
The place is dirty too. Sometimes it even makes me doubt their stall is up to hygiene standards, but since I haven't had any stomach-upset, I guess there is not cause for concern (yet). I wonder what happened to the locals who used to be there (whom I think is the boss). Food used to taste a little better, place seemed to be a little less inhospitable. Now it is staffed by at least 10 chinese nationals who make the atmosphere seem a little different...
For the price and food it is still worth going. For the cleanliness and service, plus my previous impression of the place, I doubt I'll be going back there very much...
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Seng Kee Black Herbal Chicken Soup is located just opposite Kembangan MRT station. I happened to chance upon this zi-char restaurant because my friends had cravings for their mee-sua.
So another venture into the east side of Singapore for LIC, as i stay in the west and the east is so far away. But there are simple too much good food in the area, so you will be seeing more food from the east in the future!
The zi-char store has all of its seat on the street, its rather cooling but when bad weather comes then it will be very difficult as i don’t think there are much shelter from rain.
The store has quite a few selections of fish available for customers to choose, and with the method of cooking the fish. But we didn’t have any fish because we ordered crab already.
Mee Sua ($3.50) The rendition of Mee sua at Seng Kee comes in a stronger flavour than the normal ones, with ingredients like pig kidneys, mushroom in it. The mee sua is smooth and silky to the mouth.
We had 5 bowls for each of us, and i saw most tables ordering this dish and at $3.50 its definitely worth a try.
Egg Omelette ($8) $8 for an egg omelette dish at a zi-char store might be a tad too expensive, if I’m not wrong egg dishes usually are about 6 bucks? Nevertheless, the egg omelette is quite good and we finish it very fast.
Crab Bee Hoon ($38) The crab bee hoon is usually done in soup, but here at Seng Kee they do it “dry”. We were quite shocked at the size of the crab when it came because usually crabs at zi-char stores goes in the region of $30 for 1kg?
But the one that we had is $38, and the small crab that we had is definitely not 1kg. I felt ripped off as the price tag is certainly too expensive for the size of the crab.
The bee hoon is not bad though, as it absorbs all the essence of the crab and all the juicy wet part is at the bottom of the bee hoon.
Total bill including drinks for 5 person comes up to $76.80. At initial look, for a zi-char store and considering we had 5 person, its definitely not expensive. But, looking at the amount of food that we had, the crab bee hoon was definitely over-priced.
I’m not too sure about their other dishes as i have not tried them and it will not be fair to judge base on this experience. But their mee sua is worth a try, do give their crab bee hoon a miss.
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!
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