Ah Poh Kitchen at Clementi

Great lunch place which serves chinese halal food.  Food quality is good and best part is the portion isn't that big - reduce wastage for small group gatherings.  Because it is local delights zi-char that is halal, the shop is very popular with both Muslim and non-Muslim friends.  Reservations is recommended especially if you are planning for gatherings.

They are famous for their fishhead curry, the "lemak" (local terminology for the coconut milk taste) level is just nice.  The fish is fresh and tender.  Level of spiciness is quite mild.  My personal favourite is the cereal prawn.  Love the cereal so much that I am always happy to "bao" all the cereal!  The cereal portion is generous and they are crispy.  Their dishes are generally quite delicious.  You may also want to try the hotplate tofu and sambal kangkong.

 

 

Ah Poh Kitchen

Blk 354 Clementi Ave. 2 #01-223 Singapore 120354

Tel: 67745534

Opening Hour: 11.30am to 9.30am.

 

 

Nearest MRT: Clementi Station

By Bus from Clementi Station:
Bus 52, 105, 106, 154, 183, 185 (alight at Blk 365, Commonwealth Avenue West)
184 (alight at Blk 334, Clementi Avenue 2)
282 (alight at Blk 355, Clementi Avenue 2)

 

It is also possible to walk from Clementi Station and it takes about 11 minutes.  Walk along Commonwealth Ave West towards the direction of Clementi Ave. 3.  At the cross junction, turn left into Clementi Ave. 2.  At the first junction, turn right and walk for about 250m.

 

 



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Paradise Inn @ West Coast Plaza

Paradise Inn (乐天客栈)
B1-48 West Coast Plaza
Tel: 67779950

A casual dining restaurant under the Paradise Inn Group has an outlet at the West Coast Plaza. The menu is somewhat similar to local zi-char dishes such as hotplate tofu and seafood stew vermicelli (bee hoon). But there are also some not so common dishes such as steamed codfish in soy sauce. The restaurant is also famous for its double-boil soup.

The hotplate tofu dish is served with a big piece of silly smooth tofu that has been pan-fried. Loved the pan-fried tofu skin. The dish comes with generous servings of oriental mushroom cubes and preserved turnip cubes (caixin). Beneath the tofu is a thin layer of yummy egg.

Love this simple, sinful-less and simply delicious steamed codfish in soy sauce. This is a relatively big slab of fresh codfish.

Fried vermicelli is common but not stew vermicelli. Besides Seafood Stew Vermicelli, Paradise Inn also serves Pig Trotters Stew Vermicelli. Since I am not a fan of pig trotters, seafood was the preferred choice for me. Fish slices, squid and prawns were the main seafood ingrdients used in this well-stewed dish.

Overall, these 3 dishes were above average. Total damage was $40 include a pot of tea for 2 pax. OCBC credit card users will be entitled to a 10% discount for ala carte dishes.

No Signboard Seafood @ Vivocity

Ever wondered why No Signboard Seafood is known as such? Well, according to info on its website, it started out as a hawker stall and it did not have a signboard. That was in the 1970s. That was how it got started.

From hawker stall to a popular medium-high end restaurant for mainly family gatherings, it now has several outlets. The recent one I went is at Vivocity, 3rd level. I must say I like the interior deco very much. It is a hybrid of modern western and chinese. Just imagine black chandeliers with golden pillars. Thought it was quite cool...

A word of caution, reservations are necessary if you do not like to wait...

One of their signature dishes is chilli crab. Sri Lanka crabs are popular and most 'economical', costing $40/kg. We ordered 2 small crabs and it costs us $92. The most expensive range of crab costs $180/kg... er, don't ask me why. Probably, atas crabs are probably meant for atas people, which I am not.

If you like to dip mantous in those chilli gravy, you may replace mantous with rice. Each mantou is only about 3cm x 3cm x 2cm. Each serving is only 6. The mantous are quite yummy. Crispy and golden brown on the outside and soft in the inside...

Salad Youtiao - pretty normal standard.... as usual, mayo comes along with it.

Coffee Pork Ribs - coated with sweetened coffee (probably with honey) on fatty ribs. A few pieces will be sufficient. Too much of it will become jerlat cos of the fatty ribs.

Garlic Doumiao - it was expecting those thin doumiao and only realised that they use leafy ones when I was eating half way through. Pretty normal standard.

Total damage was $165 incl tax... would i return again? Probably for the crabs =)