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I dined here with a group of friends. The waiting time was crazily long. We ordered some of their signature dishes including some of the crab dishes. Amongst all, my favourite dish is the black pepper crab. The black pepper was just right and not over whelming. Though the crabs were not too big in size but it was quite meaty and tasted fresh. The pepper sauce goes well with rice too. This is a dish worth coming back.
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I dined here with a group of friends. The waiting time was crazily long. We ordered some of their signature dishes including some of the crab dishes. Amongst all, my favourite dish is the black pepper crab. The black pepper was just right and not over whelming. Though the crabs were not too big in size but it was quite meaty and tasted fresh. The pepper sauce goes well with rice too. This is a dish worth coming back.
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Craving for delicious chilli crab ? Black pepper crab ? This is a great place to have crab and tze char in a heartland place. Please also do note that you might have to wait for quite some time to get seated during peak periods like Fridays or weekend. went over there to have dinner with a group of eight other friends and waited for about 30mins to get seated . Ordered a plate of cereal prawn, 1 chilli crab, 1 black pepper crab , claypot vegetables which includes mushroom and also a plate of ma
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Craving for delicious chilli crab ? Black pepper crab ? This is a great place to have crab and tze char in a heartland place. Please also do note that you might have to wait for quite some time to get seated during peak periods like Fridays or weekend. went over there to have dinner with a group of eight other friends and waited for about 30mins to get seated . Ordered a plate of cereal prawn, 1 chilli crab, 1 black pepper crab , claypot vegetables which includes mushroom and also a plate of ma po tou fu (tou fu stirred fried with chilli and minced meat)
The crabs were easy to eat as they were chopped neatly and so it didn't require much effort to eat.
The crabs were fresh and the seasoning were perfect such that it did not masked the freshness of the crabs
The cereal prawn we're quite messy but it was delicious as the cereal was crispy and the prawns were fresh.
The ma po tou fu was great and if you are a spicy lover, it is highly recommended for you to try it
We only ordered 1plate per dish and had a bowl of rice and it was very filling despite us not having lunch before eating dinner
It can be quite pricey if you were to eat alone , come with a big group and the price will be worth it
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I had long heard ravings about Melben, but simply dun had the opportunity to try it. There was once we pass by there, and were "turned away" by the long queue. This time round, we made sure that we reached there before the queue started! Early dinner at 530pm! Hohoho...The crab cost about $45 each, which was probably good for sharing for 2 only, based on 1 pincer per person. You have to "calculate" based on that ratio because the meatiest part of the crab is the pincer. Other than that, not much
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I had long heard ravings about Melben, but simply dun had the opportunity to try it. There was once we pass by there, and were "turned away" by the long queue. This time round, we made sure that we reached there before the queue started! Early dinner at 530pm! Hohoho...

The crab cost about $45 each, which was probably good for sharing for 2 only, based on 1 pincer per person. You have to "calculate" based on that ratio because the meatiest part of the crab is the pincer. Other than that, not much meat too. There were 6 of us, so we ordered 3 crabs in total. That was $135 for crabs alone, expensive? But I will say, well spent.
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looking for some place to chill out and as well as eating seafood so my friends suggest to go to mellben seafood.they serve lot of seafood dishes , and also outdoor dinning where u can see nice scenery and enjoy fresh air so we ordered Mellben's ture Beancurd etc the claypot laksa bee hoon comes with thick noodles which are springy , the gravy of laksa is not oily and fragnant , the crabs are juicy and fresh but the serving is just enough for 2 pax the beancurd is soft inside and crunchy outside
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looking for some place to chill out and as well as eating seafood so my friends suggest to go to mellben seafood.

they serve lot of seafood dishes , and also outdoor dinning where u can see nice scenery and enjoy fresh air

so we ordered Mellben's
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ture Beancurd etc

the claypot laksa bee hoon comes with thick noodles which are springy , the gravy of laksa is not oily and fragnant , the crabs are juicy and fresh but the serving is just enough for 2 pax

the beancurd is soft inside and crunchy outside and melt in your mouth .
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2012-05-04 23 views
My dad brought the family to mellben for dinner. We ordered quite a number of dishes. We ordered their chilli crab, creamy butter crab, cereal prawn and stir fry kai lan. The crabs were really good, very fresh and the meat is really sweet. The chilli crab gravy is really good, not too spicy but very sweet at the same time. The creamy butter crab is very tasty, the butter they added to the dish is very fragrant. The cereal prawn is very crispy and buttery. The prawns are very fresh and the meat
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My dad brought the family to mellben for dinner. We ordered quite a number of dishes. We ordered their chilli crab, creamy butter crab, cereal prawn and stir fry kai lan. The crabs were really good, very fresh and the meat is really sweet. The chilli crab gravy is really good, not too spicy but very sweet at the same time. The creamy butter crab is very tasty, the butter they added to the dish is very fragrant. The cereal prawn is very crispy and buttery. The prawns are very fresh and the meat is sweet and succulent. the cereal is very crispy and goes well with the rice. We ordered the stir fry kai lan as well, it was very tasty and crunchy. it was really good and the portion is just right.
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It is always long q. Even you have made reservation, you need to wait for a while before get seated. However, I think it is worth for waiting. The crab beehoon is the best that I have in my life so far. It is in soup based with beehoon and crab of course. It is using thick beehoon. The soup is really fantastic. It is very thick. Even it looks milky; the milk taste is not strong like other fish noodles. With the wine added inside, it smells nice. Crab meat has absorbed enough the soup. It is fres
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It is always long q. Even you have made reservation, you need to wait for a while before get seated. However, I think it is worth for waiting. The crab beehoon is the best that I have in my life so far.

It is in soup based with beehoon and crab of course. It is using thick beehoon. The soup is really fantastic. It is very thick. Even it looks milky; the milk taste is not strong like other fish noodles. With the wine added inside, it smells nice.

Crab meat has absorbed enough the soup. It is fresh and tasty. The beehoon is not soggy also.
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Its been quite a while since I had dinner at Melben, with the last being about a year ago. So I was itching to find out if the crabs were still as good as I remembered them to be. With the opening of a new branch in Toa Payoh, I had hoped that the crowd at Ang Mo Kio would be thinner, but how wrong I proved to be. When we (my family and I) got there at about 7pm, a mad queue had already formed in front of the make shift counter to take their orders and get their tables. Luckily, the wait took al
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Its been quite a while since I had dinner at Melben, with the last being about a year ago. So I was itching to find out if the crabs were still as good as I remembered them to be. With the opening of a new branch in Toa Payoh, I had hoped that the crowd at Ang Mo Kio would be thinner, but how wrong I proved to be. When we (my family and I) got there at about 7pm, a mad queue had already formed in front of the make shift counter to take their orders and get their tables. Luckily, the wait took all but 20 minutes and we got a nice seat at the fringe of the coffeeshop. Now on to the food.

From the name, Crispy Skin Tofu, I had imagined it to be mouthwatering, but it didn't quite make the mark. First of all, the texture of the tofu was too rough and the skin had too much flour coating, resulting in a rather thick and coagulated layer when cold. Taste wise was still quite acceptable.

The Vegetable with 3 types of Mushroom came recommended by our server and on hindsight, we probably shouldn't have agreed. Overall, it tasted very ordinary. Nothing stood out, not the 3 types of mushrooms, not the vegetables, not the gravy. Nothing. Which makes me wonder the basis for the recommendation.

Sometimes you wonder how real is the piece of venison meat that lies in front of you. After all, venison meat is rather rare in Singapore and certainly doesn't come cheap. That thought raced through my mind when I first chewed on the meat. Very crunchy and chewy (lots of tenderiser added), soaked in a pepper tinted thick and salty gravy. Not too shabby, but doubts of authenticity surfaces because it really tastes like pork.

Now this was what everyone was there for - Melben's famous claypot beehoon with crab. The crab weighed about 1.3kg ($30/kg) and was a huge monster (we only ordered medium). Without a doubt, it was very fresh and the flesh was sweet and firm. The soup, with lots of coconut milk, tasted very similar to Laksa's soup, minus the curry. Thick beehoon was used in place of the normal thin ones, which absorbed the essence of the soup and complemented the whole dish very well. This dish was so big that the 4 of us almost couldn't finish it.
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In the past, they used to form queue right in front of the restaurant. Thus, when I reach there about 6 something I was so elated to see no queue form right in front. But to my horror, the queue was already form at the side this time round.We really waited for 1 whole hour for the food to come! That's the price to pay when you want good food!Thankfully we had the Sour Plum drink to keep us cool while waiting...If I am not wrong the Crab Bee Hoon is $45, add additional Bee Hoon is $3, add soup an
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In the past, they used to form queue right in front of the restaurant. Thus, when I reach there about 6 something I was so elated to see no queue form right in front. But to my horror, the queue was already form at the side this time round.
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We really waited for 1 whole hour for the food to come! That's the price to pay when you want good food!
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Thankfully we had the Sour Plum drink to keep us cool while waiting...
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If I am not wrong the Crab Bee Hoon is $45, add additional Bee Hoon is $3, add soup and Bee Hoon is $5. The soup base is just beyond words to describe which is why so many people still take the time to wait. The Crab Bee Hoon serving can serve up to 3 bowl and the additional Bee Hoon is the same serving of 3 bowls too. I will advise if you are adding Bee Hoon, might as well top up the soup as the Bee Hoon is a bit tasteless when order without the soup.
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Salted Egg Prawns $20

Not worth ordering as there isn't much taste when you remove the shells.

If you want to avoid queuing, ring them up for take away BUT self-collection!

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We tried another crab flavour this time - Butter (sauce) Crab ... It was a pleasant surprise! Initially, I was worried that it might have an overwhelmed butter taste. It came out as a dish with mild sweet fragrance which was very receptive by us and it went extremely well with the huge Sri Lanka crabs.And now we have plans to try other crab flavours at Melben instead of the usual chilli crab and crab bee hoon, now only lacking of a good date ;p
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We tried another crab flavour this time - Butter (sauce) Crab ... It was a pleasant surprise! Initially, I was worried that it might have an overwhelmed butter taste. It came out as a dish with mild sweet fragrance which was very receptive by us and it went extremely well with the huge Sri Lanka crabs.

And now we have plans to try other crab flavours at Melben instead of the usual chilli crab and crab bee hoon, now only lacking of a good date ;p

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I miss their crabs they have the best crabs,but price abit expensive for meThis is my third visit ,Their queue is very long one,must avoid peak hoursi super love their butter crab , the fragrance of the butter goes into the shell & into the meat & super fresh,i will order their "man tou" to go with the butter overall i rate 9/10
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I miss their crabs
they have the best crabs,but price abit expensive for me
This is my third visit ,Their queue is very long one,must avoid peak hours
i super love their butter crab , the fragrance of the butter goes into the shell & into the meat & super fresh,i will order their "man tou" to go with the butter
overall i rate 9/10
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the whole family was craving for some tasty crabs so we hopped into the car and headed to mellben for some delicious seafood. luckily our craving came early at the was not much of a queue there. we ordered quite a number of dishes, but the best was the black pepper crab. it was juicy and the sauce is very tasty. not spicy at all!
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the whole family was craving for some tasty crabs so we hopped into the car and headed to mellben for some delicious seafood. luckily our craving came early at the was not much of a queue there. we ordered quite a number of dishes, but the best was the black pepper crab. it was juicy and the sauce is very tasty. not spicy at all!
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i went to mellben with my family for our weekly dinner. the queue was so long... luckily we went a little earlier so we didnt have to wait too long. i ordered my favourite crab bee hoon. it was a total killer. the soup itself was so delicious, i can just eat that with rice alone. the crab is so fresh and succulent. you can actually taste the sweetness of it. it is indeed a must order when you are there!
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i went to mellben with my family for our weekly dinner. the queue was so long... luckily we went a little earlier so we didnt have to wait too long. i ordered my favourite crab bee hoon. it was a total killer. the soup itself was so delicious, i can just eat that with rice alone. the crab is so fresh and succulent. you can actually taste the sweetness of it. it is indeed a must order when you are there!
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Mellben serves the best crab beehoon soup ever. The soup is super tasty and their crabs are usually huge and fresh. Besides the beehoon soup, their black pepper and butter crabs are highly recommended. The black pepper crabs are on the spicy side..so for those who can't take spicy stuff, you can go for the butter crabs. They are not over-done.However, the queue for Mellben on weekends is really terrible. I waited 1.5hrs to get a table and another hour for the food to be served. If you really cra
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Mellben serves the best crab beehoon soup ever. The soup is super tasty and their crabs are usually huge and fresh. Besides the beehoon soup, their black pepper and butter crabs are highly recommended. The black pepper crabs are on the spicy side..so for those who can't take spicy stuff, you can go for the butter crabs. They are not over-done.

However, the queue for Mellben on weekends is really terrible. I waited 1.5hrs to get a table and another hour for the food to be served. If you really crave for crabs on weekends, please turn up at 5pm.
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Had an impromptu visit to Mellben seafood @ Ang Mo Kio on a Monday.Thinking that it wouldn't be so crowded, we didn't make a reservation in advance.To our horror. when we reached, the queue was horribly long as usual. We finally got a seat after approximately 1.5hrs and got our first dish served after another 40min or so. So it's not the right place for those whose already famished.We ordered the Stir-fried Kai Lan, Cereal Prawns, Crab Bee Hoon (soup) and Chilli Crab for the evening.The stir-fri
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Had an impromptu visit to Mellben seafood @ Ang Mo Kio on a Monday.
Thinking that it wouldn't be so crowded, we didn't make a reservation in advance.
To our horror. when we reached, the queue was horribly long as usual.

We finally got a seat after approximately 1.5hrs and got our first dish served after another 40min or so. So it's not the right place for those whose already famished.

We ordered the Stir-fried Kai Lan, Cereal Prawns, Crab Bee Hoon (soup) and Chilli Crab for the evening.

The stir-fried Kai Lan was normal, nothing much to rave about. Next dish being served was the Cereal Prawns which cost slightly higher than the average Tzi Char stall but the prawns served was not as big as what was expected. The cereal was crispy and golden fried well. What I felt lacking was the sweet taste that was very mild in that dish.

My favourite dish was the Crab Bee Hoon (soup). The soup base has just the right tinge of seafood taste coupled with the thick bee hoon. Perfect combination! I enjoyed particularly digging in to the succulent flesh of the oh-so-big-and-fresh crabs. On the other hand, the gravy of the Chilli Crab was a little too starchy for my liking. The mini man tous compensated for that though.

In a nutshell, this is the place for big and fresh succulent crabs! (for the patient ones)

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2011-07-05 35 views
You can ask any crab lover for a recommendation and Mellben is definitely amongst one of the recommendations. One of their signature dish is Crab Bee Hoon served in the claypot. They do have many different type of methods to cook their crabs like Creamy Butter Crab, Claypot Curry Crab, Dried Chilli Crab, Spring Onion Ginger Crab etc. The 2 dishes that i always ordered are Thai Chicken and Crab Bee Hoon. The Thai Chicken got a nice balanced of sweet and sour taste topped with the refreshing shred
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You can ask any crab lover for a recommendation and Mellben is definitely amongst one of the recommendations. One of their signature dish is Crab Bee Hoon served in the claypot. They do have many different type of methods to cook their crabs like Creamy Butter Crab, Claypot Curry Crab, Dried Chilli Crab, Spring Onion Ginger Crab etc.

The 2 dishes that i always ordered are Thai Chicken and Crab Bee Hoon. The Thai Chicken got a nice balanced of sweet and sour taste topped with the refreshing shredded mango and red onion. Even after mixing with thai chilli, the chicken still have a nicely crisp texture.

And, i enjoyed eating the Crab Bee Hoon and i liked it with extra soup. The soup was savory, the milk added was just nice and not over powering, it got a nice ginger taste which was quite a flavor enhancement. The thick bee hoon went really well with the soup. Though the star is the Crab but i do not wish to place my emphasis on it as the sizes and solidness can be vary. They even have a signboard displayed saying, 'No 100% Guaranteed Solid Crab".

The good way to avoid queue and long waiting time is to be there early, the good timing would be slightly after 5pm.

Strongly recommended.
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