Enjoying 8 Crabs at home!

After months of cooking and not dining out, I'm getting quite sick of my own cooking. When 8 crabs asked if I would like to try out their Sri Lankan premium wild crabs, I said yes! Hubby and I love crabs but we don't like the mess. So, eating crabs at the comfort of our home is perfect!

I ordered chili crab, black pepper crab, fried man tou and seafood horfun. They came hot and I even scorched my fingers a little while transferring them out.

The girls don't take seafood so they just eat the gravy horfun ($6) and the  fried mantou ($6 for 5 pieces). It was very tasty and www.8crabs.com is definitely very generous with their ingredients!

Hubby and I went straight for the crabs and the fried mantou! We started with chili crab ($68 for 750g) first and it was really good! The sauce is very full of flavour and is great with mantou. It indeed has a perfect blend between sweet, savoury, salty and spicy as claimed on their website. They were also all nicely cracked up and easy to eat.

Look at its meaty pincers!

I must say it's super fresh and finger licking good! To ensure freshness, these crabs are caught, flown, prepared and delivered to you within 12 hours! They also have a one driver to an order policy across their 12 kitchens island-wide so that we may uphold our promise of One Hour Crab Delivery.

The black pepper crab ($68 for 750g) are peppery and has a kick to it but I think that this the meat is can be a little more moist. The chili crab was more tender because it was simmered in the gravy.

A month ago, we also had crab from a zi char stall delivery and I could really taste the difference between both. Crabs from 8 Crabs are meatier, tastier, bigger, and less watery.

I learnt that most restaurants use farmed crabs because they are cheaper. Crabs are creatures that need space to move about and prefer to live alone. Being in a confined space in the crab farm actually caused the crabs to get stressed and produce ammonia. The ammonia smell of these farm crabs are thus cover up by strong gravies. We surely don't want so much of the ammonia.

Being the only company in Singapore using grade AAA premium Sri Lankan sourced wild crabs that are graded by the most experienced crab graders in the trade, their crabs are definitely value for money! Besides these dishes, they also have a wide variety of menu - seafood, meat, tofu, eggs & more! Go check them out on www.8crabs.com!

Tung Lok Mooncakes 2016 + Giveaway

Mid-Autumn Festival is coming up in about 3 weeks' time on 15 September (Thurs)! Have you done your mooncakes and lanterns shopping?

This year, I'm captivated by Tung Lok's beautiful mooncakes flatlay photos. There are so much details added and makes the festive so modern, refreshing and cheery.

Fish & Co.'s promotion - Mothers' Day 2016 Deluxe Seafood Platter

Soup (Broth) is alot like a family. Each ingredient enhances the other; each batch has its own characteristics; and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavor - Marge Kennedy

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It has been a while since we dine at Fish & Co. So, when the invite from Fish & Co came in my mailbox on my birthday itself, we decided to drop by. I quickly set ourselves down for dinner @ Glass House that evening at 7pm.

We had the Mother's Day Deluxe Platter and a kid's meal on the house! Thanks Fish & Co. for the birthday and Mother's Day treat :)

Coastes @ Siloso Beach Sentosa

After 2 jam-packed months, I'm slowly getting my life back in order! I spent the last 3 weeks enjoying the year-end-holiday with my family and friends, cleaning/clearing up my house and getting my thoughts in place. And now, it's finally time for me to catch up on my blog!

Last Nov, we celebrated Daddy's birthday. After checking in to Rasa Sentosa Resort early afternoon, we hit the beach and pool then napped before venturing out for dinner and some fun. Through to a very helpful friend (Thanks J!), we were treated with a sumptuous dinner at Coastes and lots of fun around Sentosa. 

To Market, To Market, To Clementi 448 Market and Food Centre

I had wanted to write more about the food stalls at Clementi 448 for this "To Market, To Market" blog train hosted by Lifestinymiracles but I found out that it's impossible to cover both market and food centre in one post. There are so many good food over there! So, I decided to focus on the wet market and leave the food to another post!  

On an early Sunday morning while Hubby and Emma were still sleeping, I sneaked out on an early sunday morning to check out the wet market! The sky was still dark and the whole place looked so quiet. 

Was the market opened?

I walked into the wet market and excited to find that it was all busy and cheery. Now, let me share my findings and hidden treasures from my "maiden" trip to the Clementi 448 wet market.