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Disappointed Trip to JE Crab Specialist@Tampines
2013-08-16 437 views
Unfortunately what you see is not what you get.Impressed with all the beautiful photos posted outside the coffee shop I managed to convince my hubby to have dinner after church service this evening.Both of us are clams lovers. We wanted to order fresh bamboo clams or Live Canadian Geoduck Clams but unfortunately we were told by the waitress that they do not have these two items for the time being due to the Seven Month Festival or even longer period. Who knows!Though this restaurant is said t
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 Unfortunately what you see is not what you get.

Impressed with all the beautiful photos posted outside the coffee shop I managed to convince my hubby to have dinner after church service this evening.

Both of us are clams lovers. We wanted to order fresh bamboo clams or Live Canadian Geoduck Clams but unfortunately we were told by the waitress that they do not have these two items for the time being due to the Seven Month Festival or even longer period. Who knows!
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 Though this restaurant is said to be very popular for their King Size Crabs dishes, we saw only four big crabs in the fish tank. My hubby discouraged me to order the Crab Bee Hoon Soup which will cost S$88.00.

(1 ) So called “Pan Fried Live Oyster Omelette” (Price S$24)

Therefore we opt for Live Canadian Oysters instead. We wasn’t very sure about ordering the fresh oysters so we end up requesting for King Size Oysters Omelette. We were told that one big oyster would cost S$6.00. We don’t mind paying for fresh huge oysters but when the dish was served, the "not so fresh oyster" is only slightly bigger than the ones oysters we get from any “Or Luak” (Oyster Omelette) stalls at the Hawker Centre.

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Paid S$24.00 for this plate of normal oysters instead of Giant Oysters.

We felt very cheated. Once bitten twice shy.

(2) Pan Fried Fragrant Pork Ribs with Signature Sauce (Price S$10 for small portion)

The six pieces of medium size lean meat not pork ribs coated with coffee sauce. There is too much tenderizer added to these pieces of meat which makes the texture too soft. This dish should be called “Coffee Pork Ribs”.

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 (3) San Lao Hor Fun (Price S$8.00 for medium portion)

The gravy of the Hor Fun was too starchy. The Hor Fun are stucked together and gravy too watery. The taste of the fish slices are bland. Thank goodness there is muddy flavour taste.
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 Anyway this is our first and very last time we would patronize JE Crab Specialist @ Tampines.
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Not a restaurant we'll go back to!
2013-01-17 276 views
Perhaps we should have been smarter and walked away when we arrived at 8:30pm and saw that the restaurant was practically empty. Because of what we read in the reviews, we decided to stay.We ordered a chili jumbo crab, which, we were told, cost 80 dollars. As we had a most delicious chili crab in the Jumbo restaurant at the East Coast Seafood Centre for only 45 dollars, we naturally expected that this one would be really good. However, it turned out to be a most disappointing experience! The cr
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 Perhaps we should have been smarter and walked away when we arrived at 8:30pm and saw that the restaurant was practically empty. Because of what we read in the reviews, we decided to stay.
We ordered a chili jumbo crab, which, we were told, cost 80 dollars. As we had a most delicious chili crab in the Jumbo restaurant at the East Coast Seafood Centre for only 45 dollars, we naturally expected that this one would be really good. However, it turned out to be a most disappointing experience! The crab was small, and must have been dead for some time, as one could tell from the smell and the texture of the meat. There was a huge amount of sauce, obviously trying to cover up the 'fishy' smell and the tastelessness of the meat. Definitely NOT a restaurant we shall go back to or recommend to anyone!
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JE Crab Specialist
2012-11-07 161 views
Date : 2012-10-26Time of visit : 8pmWhat/Where : JE Crab Specialist (Tampines)What we had : Chilli Crab, Salted Egg Crab, Asam Fish Head, Cereal Prawns, Salted Egg Bitter Gourd, Crispy Sotong & Pork Chop w/ Signature Sauce Average cost/pax : $228 6paxAmbience : Although it's outdoor, there's lots of fan so it's cooling but ambience wise I'd prefer the bedok branch.Service : Friendly staff with prompt service Portion : You get what you pay forLocation : Love the spicy n tangy sauce for the Chilli
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Date : 2012-10-26
Time of visit : 8pm
What/Where : JE Crab Specialist (Tampines)
What we had : Chilli Crab, Salted Egg Crab, Asam Fish Head, Cereal Prawns, Salted Egg Bitter Gourd, Crispy Sotong & Pork Chop w/ Signature Sauce
Average cost/pax : $228 6pax
Ambience : Although it's outdoor, there's lots of fan so it's cooling but ambience wise I'd prefer the bedok branch.
Service : Friendly staff with prompt service
Portion : You get what you pay for
Location : Love the spicy n tangy sauce for the Chilli Crab, Pork Chop was fragrant.
What's good in particular : Huge variety of crabs; recommend to try the salted egg bitter gourd (no a fan of b.gourd but this is good)
What's bad in particular : Maybe a bit steep priced

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Crabby Birthday
2012-04-12 120 views
Crab is huge and juicy. Freshly cooked after you pick and choose. The Geoduck was good too. Thinly sliced, dipped it with wasabi or dash it through the boiling soup for some extra crunch. The other dishes are common. Nothing to shout about. It is in a coffee shop under a HDB flat. Although they tried to renovate it to almost like a restaurant, the patrons are still the neighborhood uncles drinking and chatting happily away.Definitely must try the seafood here especially the crabs, others are jus
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Crab is huge and juicy. Freshly cooked after you pick and choose. The Geoduck was good too. Thinly sliced, dipped it with wasabi or dash it through the boiling soup for some extra crunch.

The other dishes are common. Nothing to shout about.

It is in a coffee shop under a HDB flat. Although they tried to renovate it to almost like a restaurant, the patrons are still the neighborhood uncles drinking and chatting happily away.

Definitely must try the seafood here especially the crabs, others are just to fill up as the seafood are not very cheap here.
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JE Crab Specialist
2011-10-03 72 views
JE Crab Specialist sells really good crabs! My family ordered the Australian Snow Crab to share. It was good! It was bursting with the natural sweetness of the crab and the meat was so juicy! When squeezed with abit of lime juice, it was simple easily the best dinner I had that week! Super yummy although the price was abit steep.
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JE Crab Specialist sells really good crabs! My family ordered the Australian Snow Crab to share. It was good! It was bursting with the natural sweetness of the crab and the meat was so juicy! When squeezed with abit of lime juice, it was simple easily the best dinner I had that week! Super yummy although the price was abit steep.
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JE Crab Specialist VS Mellben Seafood
2011-06-21 24 views
At the North side we have Mellben Seafood, at the East side we have JE Crab Specialist! Both equally famous for their crabs, there are always crowd but at Mellben Seafood you need to wait at least 2 hours or so to have your crabs done. At JE Crab Specialist, it just takes 30 minutes which isn't that bad.What's special here is their Australia snow crab but we didn't order it, instead we go for the usual favourite Zi Char dishes.Their curry as you can see is more on to the yellowish side instead o
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At the North side we have Mellben Seafood, at the East side we have JE Crab Specialist! Both equally famous for their crabs, there are always crowd but at Mellben Seafood you need to wait at least 2 hours or so to have your crabs done. At JE Crab Specialist, it just takes 30 minutes which isn't that bad.
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 What's special here is their Australia snow crab but we didn't order it, instead we go for the usual favourite Zi Char dishes.
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 Their curry as you can see is more on to the yellowish side instead of the chilli red side which meant this curry is not that spicy which is good for people that don't like that spicy.
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 Crab was so so fresh, the flesh was sweet and with the sauce YUMMY~

Price about $56.
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 The shell of the prawn was cooked soft that you can even eat the shell of the prawn without noticing.
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 This hotplate beancurb tasted peppery, something out of the norm - a change of taste.
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 Their pricing for crabs are pretty steep... Total bill was close to $100 for 4 of us.

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2011-06-19
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