Hurray! Been looking forward to this December as Miss H has promised to treat us to a Seafood feast. Crab was on her mind and she suggested going East Coast Park. However, as we were meeting on a Friday night, we decided to go somehwere nearer town. Redhouse at Robertson Quay was the final decision and that's great as I have never been there.
This restaurant is located further down from the Alkaff Bridge at Robertson Quay, away from the main stretch of restaurants. It is walking distance away from Clarke Quay MRT station and we reckoned it might be nearer to walk from Chinatown MRT station as well.
First to be served the Red House Combination Platter (小红楼拼盘). It consisted of 4 dishes, namely birdnest fried with egg, prawns, seafood cake and some meat (I forgot what's the meat). We ordered the small share which was just nice for the five of us. This appetizer was not really appetizing. Can give it a miss to save the stomach.
Next up was the Wasabi Mayo Shelled (芥末沙律虾). This dish was great. First of all, you needed not deshell the prawns yourself. Secondly, I like wasabi. Topped the dish was strands of cucumbers which makes it very refreshing. The prawns were fresh and the i is a good combination for a seafood dish.
The third dish was the Tiger Garoupa (老虎斑) steamed with Superior Soya Sauce (豉油皇汁). Fish is a dish that really test the chef's cooking skills. I had to admit the fish is fresh but I am not a fish lover. I guess that applied to my friends as well. This was the most expensive dish on the table (yes, much more expensive than the crabs) and we did not even finished it. What a waste. Go for it if you really love fish. I guess fish-lovers will really appreciate it.
Got to be healthy was one of our beliefs. We ordered the Sautéed （蒜茸炒) Broccoli (香港芥兰). A very simple and refreshing dish from the heavily flavoured seafood dishes.
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| Feasting at Redhouse |
Here's the anticpating dishes - Sri Lankan Mud Crabs. We ordered two crabs with two different cooking style - Golden Salted Egg Yolk (黄金咸蛋螃蟹) and Red House Chili Stew (辣椒螃蟹). Marvelous!!!
Let me start off with the Golden Salted Egg York crab. A relatively dried version as compared to others that I had tried before. But this was great. You could literally eat the salted egg york. As it was not the gravy type, it was less messier to attack the dish.
For the Chili crab, with the thick and sweet chili gravy, everything had to be put on hold. Delicious gravy paired up with the fresh crabs is the best combination. With the sweetness added to the gravy, this dish is not very spicy and everyone including children can definitely try it. We ordered the or Fried Buns (炸馒头). Fantastic Combination. The bun is a great way to finished up the gravy. But basically, dip anything with the gravy and it can never go wrong.
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| 1. Golden Salted Egg Yolk (黄金咸蛋螃蟹) 2.Red House Chilli Stew (辣椒螃蟹) |
Ending the dinner was a plate of Deluxe Seafood Fried Rice (红楼海鲜炒饭). A sumptuous meal with great companions made a wonderful day. This dinner took me two hours or more to complete - mainly due to savouring the crabs. One thing to note that we realised that the restaurant is patronised by more foreigners than the locals. But no worries, the service crews were very attentive and they would promptly changed our plates or to fill up our tea. No complains on the service. A good downtown place for a nice seafood feast.
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