As my mom-in-law is a Teochew, we have decided to go to Swatow for her birthday.
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| Brief intro of Swatow |
Located
just beside Toa Payoh public library, this restaurant mainly cater
for the heartlander. The design of the restaurant is very traditional
with gold and red as their main color theme, portraying through
their wall paper and table cloths.
To start the meal, we
have Shark's Cartilage Herbal Soup ($24). The shark cartilage is cook
with herb such as danggui, ginseng and red dates. It taste quite
robust with a bit of bitter taste from the ginseng and danggui.
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| Shark's Cartilage Herbal Soup |
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| The Shark Cartilage |
Next, the Braised Sea
Cucumber ($24) and Deep Fried Crispy Pig Trotters ($28). The braised
sea cucumber is springy and quite generous in portion. The gravy is
rich and goes well with the broccoli. The pig trotters meat is tender
and the accompanying gravy is nice. However, the crispy skin part is
pretty disappointing as there is no crunchiness in it and it is very
thin.
The Fried “O Luat” Teochew Style ($30) is something you must try. They fried the eggs and potato starch until the form a crispy pancake, then topped with the sauce with oyster in it. What a crunchy goodness. Yummyyy.
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| Braised Sea Cucumber |
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| Deep Fried Crispy Pig Trotters |
The Fried “O Luat” Teochew Style ($30) is something you must try. They fried the eggs and potato starch until the form a crispy pancake, then topped with the sauce with oyster in it. What a crunchy goodness. Yummyyy.
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| Fried “O Luat” Teochew Style |
Golden Sand Prawns ($30), or also known as salted egg prawns. The crispy prawns nicely coated with salted egg sauce and curry leaves. It has a nice texture and good combination of salty and sweet.
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| Golden Sand Prawns |
For vegetables, we had Braised Eight Treasure Vegetables ($16) and Stir Fry Teochew Vegetables Delight ($18). Braised Eight Treasure Vegetables consist of eight ingredients which include Fa Cai and dried oyster. The gravy is rich, robust and compliment each ingredients nicely. The Vegetables delight looks simple yet full of flavour. It is clean, crunchy and refreshing.
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| Stir Fry Teochew Vegetables Delight |
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| Braised Eight Treasure Vegetables |
Braised Meat Varieties ($24) which include braised goose, and 2 types of pork jelly (terrine). The goose is good and the braising allowed the sauce to absorb into the meat. While the 2 types of terrine are acquired taste. It is gooey, tasty and crunchy. Slightly harder then what we prefer. According to my mom-in-law, the ones at Hong Lim Market tasted better than Swatow, so better to just go for the goose than the Briased Meat Varieties.
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| Braised Meat Varieties |
Of course, a birthday
dinner will not be complete without Longevity Noodle ($18). Simple
noodle dish with mushrooms gravy and crunchy bean sprout. It is
robust and full of flavour.
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| Longevity Noodle |
For desserts, we have
Sugar Coated Yam Bar ($16). Crispy fried yam block, coated with fine
sugar. It is hot, sweet, unique and Yummyyy. After sweet desserts, in
a typical Teochew style, we end the dinner with Kung Fu Cha.
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| Sugar Coated Yam Bar |
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| Kung Fu Cha |
Service is average, and
understaffed also does not help with the situation. The interval
between food also inconsistent, and you can wait a while before you
food come out. As the restaurant is located on the second floor, they
provide a lift for disable and elderly to get to their restaurant.
Overall, Swatow serve a
traditional Teochew dishes. The food quality is good but the service
can improve. We won't mind coming back in the future for some chow.
Cheers!!
Value:
8/10
Service:
6/10
Ambiance:
6/10.
Swatow Seafood Restaurant
181 Toa Payoh
Lorong 4
#02-602
Singapore 310181
T: +65 6363 1717
IG: @Swatowsg
OH: 8.00 –
22.30 Daily.
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