Signature Dishes:
Alaskan Red King Crab in Gourmet Cream Sauce、Cheese Baked Boston Lobster、Chili Crab Directions: Arriving by Public Bus: #8/17/18/28/2N/34/39/59/292/518/552 (Bus Stop Number 76089 - The Holy Trinity Church) Nearest MRT: Exit B - Tampines MRT (EW2 on the East West Line) Nearest Carpark: TMT1 Payment Method: Cash
Disappointed Trip to JE Crab Specialist@Tampines 2013-08-16 FNeo (260 Review(s))
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 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.
See photo below.
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”.
(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. Anyway this is our first and very last time we would patronize JE Crab Specialist @ Tampines.
Recommended Dish(es): None Date of visit: 2013-08-15 Spending per Head: $20 (Dinner)
Ratings : Taste2 Environment2 Service2 Clean2 Price2 Not a restaurant we'll go back to! 2013-01-17 helendocherty (2 Review(s))
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!
Date of visit: 2013-01-16 Ratings : Taste1 Environment1 Service1 Clean1 Price1 JE Crab Specialist 2012-11-07 Abiteofeverything (814 Review(s))
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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Date of visit: 2012-10-26 Ratings : Taste5 Environment4 Service4 Clean4 Price3 Crabby Birthday 2012-04-12 kae (16 Review(s))
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.
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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