Category: Zi Char

Yi Jia Seafood Sdn. Bhd. at Taman Bukit Indah Johor Bahru Malaysia

MARCH 9, 2024

This was the alternative seafood place after we saw the massive queue at Tian Lai. The sambal sotong and hotplate tofu were passable, but the crab on the day didn’t seem so fresh and was slightly unfirm and unsweet. The chilli crab sauce was also mostly spicy and savoury rather than sweet. Price was around S$93 in total, including 2 medium crabs.

21 & 23, Jalan Indah 25/1, Taman Bukit Indah 2, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, open Mon to Fri 3 to 11:30pm, Sat and Sun 12nn to 2:30pm, 4:30 to 11:30pm

Lao Li Da Pai Dang – Hor Fun at Simpang Bedok

JULY 31, 2023

Recommended by 8 Days. The Golden Hor fun had good wok hei, and the sauce was silky smooth and eggy, with golden streaks of egg yolk running across the dish. It was served with crisp cabbage, chye sim, fishcakes, 2 big springy prawns and sliced pork. Nice and comforting dish.

Bedok Shopping Complex,282 Bedok Road, Singapore 469438, open Wed to Mon 11am to 3pm, 5 to 11pm, close Tue

Restoran Tong Sheng – Zi Char at Melaka Malaysia

JUNE 11, 2023

This was seriously a celebrity restaurant, with many celebrity photos and a full house even at 9:15pm, 45 minutes before closing. The cheese bee hoon was cheesy without being cloying and full of wok hei, with soft and moist bee hoon and one fresh tiger prawn. The lemon chicken was crispy and refreshingly tangy and lemony. The fried vegetables were crunchy and fragrant with hae bi hiam. Nice, and I think one of the nicest meals of this trip.

377 & 378 Jalan Melaka Raya 6, Taman Melaka Raya, 75000 Melaka, Malaysia, open Tue to Sun 11:30am to 2pm, 5:30 to 10pm, close Sun

東寶小館 Tung Po Kitchen – Seafood Zi Char at Hong Kong

MAY 23, 2023

The razor clams were really qq and bouncy, with a nice black bean and chilli flavour, and oniony and garlicky. The squid ink pasta was squidy, with the squid fresh, tender and qq. The atmosphere here was really nice thought, in comfortable air-conditioned environs.

303號凱聯大廈 2樓, Kaffe Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, open Mon to Sun 5:30pm to 12mn

J.B. Ah Meng Restaurant – Zi Char at Geylang

APRIL 2, 2021

The white pepper crab was not bad. The crab was really fresh and sweet, and the white pepper was really interesting and refreshing. The JB San Lou Chao Ta Bee Hoon really took me back to JB, soft, flavourful and with wok hei. There’s a good reason for the Michelin recommendation and the crowd here.

534 Geylang Road, Singapore 389490, open Mon to Sun 5pm to 2:15am

Caffe Zeppin- Fried Rice & Omelette at Sin Ming

JULY 11, 2021

Recommended by Johor Kaki. The half fried / cooked omelette was very good – runny all through, slippery and tasty with good fragrance and sweet soy sauce flavour. The sesame seeds and fried garlic bits added to the aroma. The fried rice was fragrant, spicy and grainy. I cannot remember whether this was sambal fried rice, but I don’t remember any sambal. Not bad, but not memorable. The chicken cutlet was tender, slightly savoury, but also somewhat unmemorable. Will come back just for the egg.

Midview City, 26 Sin Ming Lane, #01-116, Singapore 573971, open Tue to Sun 11am to 9pm, closed Mon

Newton Food Centre

JUNE 5, 2011

The carrot cake was good as always – sweet, caramelised, and soft with all the wok hei and egg mixed in. The satay was quite average, skinny and dry. The zi char was very average – maybe I need to get the seafood from here. The Michelin recommended stalls fared poorly.

Alliance Seafood, #01-27, open Mon to Sun 11:30am to 11:30pm

Heng Carrot Cake, #01-28, open Sat to Thu 5pm to 1am, Fri 6pm to 1am

R&B Express Satay, #01-76, open Mon to Sun 6pm to 3am

Newton Food Centre, 500 Clemenceau Avenue North, Singapore 229495

Maddie’s Kitchen – Zi Char at Orchard

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Recommended by various, including CNA Lifestyle. This was really very good zi char, with one of the most refined oyster omelettes I have eaten. So much so that they had expanded from a smaller to a bigger unit in Far East Plaza.

The oyster omelette was very crispy from the starch added to the egg, fragrant from the good frying skills, and came with fresh, juicy, sashimi-grade oysters. The chilli was nice and astringent, and added a nice kick and twang.

The white bee hoon was solid as well, with wok hei, seafood savouriness, and fresh seafood. The fried rice was good as well, with very nice wok hei, flavour and fresh, fat and tasty prawns.

Good stuff.

Far East Plaza, 14 Scotts Road, #02-10 to 13, Singapore 228213, open Mon to Sun 11am to 9pm

SZ Kitchen – Zi Char & Chicken Wing at Joo Koon

JULY 29, 2020

Very nice sang men with tasty eggy gravy, generous fresh seafood and minced meat pieces. The chicken wing was so so, crispy but lacking in flavour, despite the recommendation from johorkaki. I can see why this was popular with the working crowd though, with its reasonable prices, fresh and generous ingredients and tasty zi char.

Fairprice Hub, 1 Joo Koon Circle, #01-45, Singapore 629117, open Mon to Sun 10:30am to 8pm