I’d heard a lot of people saying about Geylang being the red-light district of Singapore. Dangerous, dirty, grimy and unpleasant. Erm… Obviously whoever said that has never really understood this area. Geylang is like a nice, pleasant neighbourhood compared to some other places.Obviously, you can also tell the type of clientele that frequents this restaurant from the cars and Valet service at the front.
I want one!
No Signboard Seafood Restaurant.
Their slogan is, “The name U named.” Loving the intentional ‘Singlish’.
The restaurant started off in humble beginnings. A small stall in Mattar Road Hawker Centre in the late 1970’s. As the name suggests, this stall had no signboard, just good, hearty seafood and the good grace of its patrons word of mouth.Our waitress told us that the crabs weighed 7.5 kgs. I looked at Lil’ Chef and said, “I want to try two styles. The White Pepper Crab and the Chilli Crab.”
He looked at me like I had gone mad. “Erm… you know the crabs that we normally have at home? They’re about 500gm. Are you sure you can finish 7+ kg of crab?”
I scratched my head, agreeing with him, and we settle on 4 x 1 kg crabs, in the two different styles. We also ordered Chili Padi La la, and Baby Kailan with Garlic.
The White Pepper Crab arrived first and I must say, I loved the way the pepper tickled my nostrils.
Ok, not so much tickled as shot up there!
The crab was very fresh, very fleshy and it was a pleasure to sit there peeling one leg after another.
We struck gold with the Chili Padi La La.
Savoury and spicy, you will lick every juicy morsel of each shell.
Of course, the Baby Kai Lan was stir fried to perfection, crunchy, green and in a very tasty garlic sauce.
Halfway through the White Pepper Crab, the Chili Crab arrived.
It looked great. Piping hot, in a thick, eggy sauce.
Tastewise, it was a lot sweeter than I expected, and didn’t have much kick. Again, the crab itself was wonderfully fresh, and the sauce was great to mop up with the side of fluffy Man Tau buns.
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