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| Caramel Prawn @ Famous Kitchen |
Celebrate
this year Chinese New Year with Nanyang cuisine from the Famous Kitchen. The
culinary team at Famous Kitchen has curated prosperous set and ala carte menus
guaranteed to gratify your taste buds.
The
Prosperous Set Menus include Sapphire, Jade, Crystal and Diamond available
until 10 February 2020. For this tasting session, we tried Famous Kitchen
Sapphire Set A (S$488 ++ for 8 diners).
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| Prosperity Salmon ‘Yu Sheng’ |
The feast begins with Prosperity Salmon ‘Yu Sheng’ (七彩三文鱼捞生). Fresh,
crunchy, well balanced and appetizing Yu Sheng. The sweetness of the plum sauce
is just right, with a mild tartness allowing us to eat the Yu Sheng without
feeling overwhelmed.
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| Prosperity Salmon ‘Yu Sheng’ |
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| Prosperity Salmon ‘Yu Sheng’ |
Braised
Shark’s Fin Soup (海味鱼翅羹). Solid, robust, thick and packs with umami
flavour broth paired nicely with crunchy shark fin. The gelatinous fish maw
provided a delicious contrasting texture in this soup. I had mine without the
black vinegar as the shark fins do not have any fishy taste in it.
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| Braised Shark’s Fin Soup |
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| Braised Shark’s Fin Soup - The Shark Fin |
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| Braised Shark’s Fin Soup - The Fish Maw |
Braised
Sea Cucumber with Beancurd and Mushroom (白玉菇豆包海参). Sea cucumber, one of my
favourite ingredients in Chinese cuisine. The sea cucumber is crunchy yet
bouncy at the same time. The gravy is robust, with intense flavour and clings
on the broccoli. The mushrooms and carrots complement the texture and flavours
nicely in this dish.
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| Braised Sea Cucumber with Beancurd and Mushroom |
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| Braised Sea Cucumber with Beancurd and Mushroom |
For
the fish dish, the Sapphire Set A will be serving Steamed Marble Goby with Soya
Sauce (名食煮顺壳).
Meanwhile, for the tasting, we tried Steamed Fish with Preserved Vegetables on
Hot Plate ( 招牌铁板酸菜蒸鱼 – available on
normal ala carte menu, seasonal price).
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| Steamed Marble Goby with Soya Sauce |
The
Marble Goby fish is covered with salted vegetables, chilli padi, pork belly and
delicious thick gravy. Though the salted vegetables are strong in flavours, it
compliments the fish nicely instead of overpowering it.
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| Steamed Marble Goby with Soya Sauce |
The
Sapphire Set A will be serving Herbal Chicken (发财富贵鸡). For the
tasting, we tried Oven-Baked Volcano Chicken (available on normal ala carte
menu, $58++ for a whole chicken, advanced order required).
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| Oven-Baked Volcano Chicken |
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.
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| Oven-Baked Volcano Chicken |
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.
Caramel
Prawn (雪花焦糖虾).
The gigantic tiger prawns are fried to perfectly crisp and coated with caramel
sauce. The skin is crispy and the prawn legs are nice to bite on. The flesh is
crunchy and bouncy. The umami sweet and savoury sauce is irresistible, I can
finish a bowl of rice with this dish alone. The best dish of the night.
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| Caramel Prawn |
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| Caramel Prawn |
Fried
Rice with Waxed Meat Wrapped in Lotus Leaf (腊味荷叶饭). A subtle ending for the
savoury dishes. The rice is aromatic filled topped with generous fillings of
lap cheong and pork belly. The surprising part is that the lap cheong does not
taste salty, but more like Taiwanese cocktail sausage for steamboat. After the bold
flavour of the caramel prawn, this dish actually tastes a bit bland.
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| Fried Rice with Waxed Meat Wrapped in Lotus Leaf |
Soya
Bean Ginko Nuts with Snow Fungus (豆浆福果雪耳). Nice soya base
dessert, accompanied with crunchy the texture of the snow fungus. The sweetness
and subtle creaminess of the soya gave this feast a nice ending. Yummy.
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| Soya Bean Ginko Nuts with Snow Fungus |
Overall,
it was a delicious reunion dinner meal that LD and I enjoyed. Our personal
picks are Braised Shark’s Fin Soup, Braised Sea Cucumber and Caramel Prawn.
Cheers!!
Usher
in the Year of the Rat with Famous Kitchen
When:
10 January to 10 February 2020.
Where:
Famous Kitchen
For
Reservations, order and inquiries:
Call
+65 6636 8333 / +65 6257 1843
Email:
famouskitchen@singnet.com.sg
Chinese
New Year Set Menu and Ala Carte is listed below
Thank
you very much Jennifer Yeo Consultancy and Famous Kitchen Team for hosting us.
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.
Chinese New Year Menu
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| Set Menu - Sapphire Set A |
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| Set Menu - Jade Set B |
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| Set Menu - Crystal Set C |
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| Set Menu - Diamond Set D |
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| Ala Carte Menu - CNY 25 & 26 January 2020 P1 |
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| Ala Carte Menu - CNY 25 & 26 January 2020 P2 |
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