Mother's day 2011-Mother in law

Ever since I got married, we have to take turns to schedule to bring our parents our for dinner on festive occasions like CNY, mother's, father;s day...This yr, we went with mil 1st as we will celebrate mummy's bday together with mother's day in late May...

Brought her to the famous Still road black pepper crab that Cindy had always been promoting..whahhaha She brought me there once to try and I feel in luv with the crabs, since MIL aso love crabs, muz as well bring here there n try...

Went at 4pm as I read in the reviews tat by 5, they would be full hse..Reached at 4.30pm and the coffeeshop was already half filled..Seriously, where got plp take dinner at 4 de?but no choice, if this is the way the game is play, this is the way we play the game..hehhe

Ordered 4 pepper crabs, a plate of mee goreng, a plate of sambal Kang Kong and fried fritters..Crab was the main dish and it was the best dish of all.

Mee goreng was abit cold when it was served to us, our guess is, it is the last plate of the previous fry as we saw the next table's serving was piping hot, can still see the steam comin out of the mee..But their mee goreng was also quite good, tasty, not too salty, abit spicy but not over..It is still best to eat it hot...

Next served was sambal kang kong, abit so-so onli..The sambal used to fried the kang kong was not abit fragrant at all and not spicy..I like my sambal kang kong to be spicy. Also, I find it to be abit on the dry side, some sambal kang kong will have abit of gravy when served, here, they served the Kang Kong dry..

Sambal Kang Kong without gravy

Followed closely behind it the fried fritters. Tasted not bad if not for being too full towards the end of the meal. It is best when serve hot, along with the mayo they squeeze all over the fritters, you need no other sauce to go with it. It was being neglected after the crabs were served. So this is only the 配角..whahahah




Fried Fritters

Last, but no least, the crabs arrived..Every 1 start diggin in while I am still trying to take a picj of it..Whahaha Parents in law were impressed with the black pepper sauce they used. There was a generous amount of gravy on the plate for you to dip ur crab into it..I think the reason why their crab is so famous is becuase of their gravy..It's thick, fragant, yet not too spicy..Or maybe abit when it is serve piping hot, after a while, your taste buds will get use to it...

Crabs served were juicy, unlike some coffee shop, where their crabs seems not to have too much flesh. Crabs here have ALOT, ALOT of flesh and you can literally taste their juiciness once you bite into the flesh..Their crabs are also of bigger size, therefore, the 5 of us can share 4 crabs..Usually, Mr Love and I is able to finish 1 each at other places along with other dishes..



Now you see it,




Now you don't

 They have other types of cooking method for the crabs, like chilli or steam crabs. I had not tried their steam crabs before but their chilli crabs was no where as fantastic as their black pepper counter parts. Unless you have a super big group, you might wan to order 2 to try out, else I recommend otherwise. 1 thing to note, the minimum order for the crab is 2. If 1 is not a big eater, den try not to order other dishes.

There are no reservations of seats allowed here, but can call and reserve the crabs, juz that you gotta queue for a seat to be available. The coffeeshop operating hrs are from 4-8pm. The 1st time when Mr Love and I tried to search for this place and failed, we followed the postal code as given on Internet..whahah

This time, however we are successful and I noted down the directions. Take PIE(Changi) and exit Eunos exit. Turn right at the exit and travel along Still road. You will see a signage for Parkway hospital East coast. Turn right at the junction where the signage is and park your car at the open carpark at the coffeeshop located at right hand side. There is a gantry system there. Then, walk to the cross junction and cross the road to Eng Sen Coffee shop. The outer looks super rundown de..whaha..I think is still able to park along Joo Chiat place, but muz walk further..So the parking I went shd be the nearest le..If I am not wrong, as this is recommended by the lady boss when I call them for directions...whahaha


The Address

 They are closed on every Wednesday and there are limited stock of the crabs every day. I heard at during weekends, if you are there after 6.30pm, den chances are, the crabs will be sold out...Maybe weekday is a better choice to go there if it is not too inconvenient.

See the long queue at 6pm