Food Bytes: A hidden little seafood place (Hup Choon Seafood)

Gosh its been so long since I wrote a food blog, that I've almost forgotten how to do it! Well anyway, *Shinta and I were out hunting for carpets, when we found ourselves hungry and lost in an unfamiliar place at Bukit Timah. That was when we stumbled across Hup Choon Seafood, a che char stall near Hua Guan Ave.

First thing we did was to order drinks. I noticed a lot of people drinking their homemade ice lemon tea ("ILT"), so decided to try that, while *Shinta went for the lime drink. Well the lime drink turned out pretty usual, but I really liked the ILT. It was just the right balance of tea (bitter), lemon (for a twist) and syrup (sweet). Unlike a lot of other ILTs, it managed to avoid being too tasteless and diluted, or too cloying sweet from excessive syrup. Even people who came to order da pao food, also specially ordered the ILT to take away.

Not having been here before, and due to our really poor command of dialect, our final order turned out to be anything but a "balanced healthy meal". First was the deep fried pork that was reccommended by the stall auntie. Apparently they don't have this every day. The bright brown crispy pieces were deliciously hot with large chunky pieces of meat inside.

This was followed by the prawn paste chicken. Good fried chicken is hard to get right, because usually even if the batter is nice and crispy, the meat inside might end up too dry. This however was also hot, crunchy while being very juicy and soft on the inside. Sadly, we would have enjoyed it a lot more if it weren't so similar to the pork, and the next time we go there, we will definately order just this instead.

Cereal prawns are my favorite, so if we're eating at a seafood restaurant.... While these were of acceptable standard, they really pale in comparison to the butter prawns from No Signboard that I started to crave.

Last order was a seafood fried rice. *Shinta pretty enjoyed this dish, and I had to say it was not too bad, with chunks of prawns and assorted seafood pieces.

Overall its not a bad place for a meal. Probably wouldn't bother to drive all the way up to specially go there, but if you're in the vicinity and want to avoid the expensive restaurants dotted along Bukit Timah, you can definately consider this place!

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Hup Choon Seafood
Binjai Park Tel: +65 6468 4081
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