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| Lobster Braised with Bee Hoon |
The Famous Kitchen (“TFK”) is
a casual family-style restaurant located in Sembawang. It specialises in
Nanyang Cuisine and Seafood offerings, based on Teochew, Hokkien and Cantonese
culture assimilated into Southeast Asia. You can also find other dishes
inspired by owner Jeffery Foo’s travel around China. As Singaporeans are well-travelled,
our palate will be acceptable to different types of cuisine.
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| Collectors Items to Welcome You |
We started our tasting with Grilled
Pork Collar Meat (香烤猪颈肉 -
$18). The pork collar is tender, succulent and well-seasoned. The yam is
crispy and crunchy. The dish is a bit on the salty side, good as a beer side
dish or eaten with rice.
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| Grilled Pork Collar Meat |
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| Grilled Pork Collar Meat |
Bamboo
Clams with Garlic and Glass Noodles (竹蚌- seasonal price). Fresh and well cooked. The bamboo clams
are steamed with glass noodle and minced garlic as toppings. It is fresh,
springy. The glass noodle soaks up the soya sauce plus the sweetness of the bamboo
clams. Yummy.
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| Bamboo Clams with Garlic and Glass Noodles |
Crispy
Leaves Kai Lan
(脆叶芥兰 -$16 (S), $24(M), $32 (L)).
I would say this is Kai Lan in two ways. First, the leaves are finely chopped
and deep-fried. Resulting in a crispy leaf, like dried seaweed texture. Instead
of sweet, the deep-fried process extracts a good bitter flavour from the kai
lan. The stem is stir-fried briefly to retain its crunchiness. The fragrant
aroma from this dish also comes from the crispy fried garlic topping. A
creative creation.
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| Crispy Leaves Kai Lan |
Lobster
Braised with Bee Hoon
(龙虾焖米粉 - seasonal price). A dish
that WOW us that night. The bee hoon is smooth, silky and absorbs the amazing
seafood broth and essence. The lobster flesh is cooked to perfection and easily
peel off from the exoskeleton. Not forgetting the fresh subtle leek that is an
integral part of this dish. LD and I can have this dish every day. Yum Yum.
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| Lobster Braised with Bee Hoon |
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| Lobster Braised with Bee Hoon |
Chilli Crab (辣椒螃蟹 - seasonal price). Each
seafood restaurant in Singapore will have its own version of chilli crab. The
version here is on the spicy side. A female crab is used here, so it comes with
abundance of the delicious crab roe. The sauce absorbs into the flesh, it has a
velvety texture from the eggs plus a bit of tanginess on top of spicy chilli
sauce.
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| Chilli Crab |
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| Chilli Crab |
Of course, to polish up the
delicious chilli crab sauce is the crispy and fluffy fried mantou.
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| Fried Mantou |
Oven-baked
Volcano Chicken
(火山烤鸡, advance order required -$58
for whole). This chicken dish sure knows how to make a grand entrance to the
table. Standing upright, the chicken is doused with hard liquor (whiskey, rum
or rose wine) and set alight. It created a superb WOW factor, looks like a
phoenix on fire and the fragrant aroma of the burning alcohol is very
appetizing.
Once the show is over, it is
brought back to the kitchen to be chopped. The skin is lightly crisp, while the
flesh is juicy and succulent, especially the breast part. To accompany the
chicken is ginger and spring onion paste, which complement the chicken nicely.
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| Oven-baked Volcano Chicken |
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| Oven-baked Volcano Chicken - Chopped |
Rendang (仁当排骨 $16(S), $24(M), $32 (L)).
Pork Rendang to be exact. Fragrant, aromatic, thick, spicy and delicious
rendang gravy infused into the juicy yet bouncy flesh. If I did not see the
bones of the pork, it can easily be mistaken for beef. A dish that must be
eaten with rice (a “Rice Thief” dish).
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| Pork Rendang |
Note: Pork Rendang dish is
off the menu item and not available daily. Please check with the service staff
when ordering.
For the sweet ending, I
ordered Chilled Empress Cocktail Jelly (香妃果冻 - $4.50 per serving). Cold,
sweet and refreshing. A nice ending to the meal and also good to put out the
last fiery moment from the rendang.
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| Part of Outdoor Dining Area |
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| Live Seafood |
The restaurant is spacious
and it has an indoor and outdoor dining area. There is limited parking space,
however, the restaurant offers valet service. If you like your alcohol, keep a
lookout for the outdoor drinking, FAMOUSH HANGOUT area which offer extensive a variety
of craft beers and hard liquors. Grand opening on 20th November
2019.
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| Hard Liquor Collection - Indoor |
Overall, The Famous Kitchen
is one of the places to go for delicious seafood and Nanyang cuisine in the
North area. The Lobster Braised with Bee Hoon, Bamboo Clams with Garlic and
Glass Noodles, Oven-baked Volcano Chicken and Pork Rendang are a must-try here.
Cheers!!
The
Famous Kitchen also has a sister restaurant, The Famous Treasure at Capitol
Piazza. For full review and details of The Famous Treasure, you can click thislink.
Food: 8/10
Value: 7.5/10
Service: N/A (Tasting Invitation)
Ambiance: 7.25/10
Budget per Person: $51 - $80; $81 &
Above
The
Famous Kitchen
54
Sembawang Road
#01-01
Hong Heng Mansions
Singapore
779085
T:
+65 6636 8333 / 6257 1843
IG:
@Thefamouskitchen
OH:
11.30 – 14.30; 17.30 – 22.30 Daily.
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