Ah Yat Seafood @ Turf Club

I am not a fan of dining out during CNY, being rushed through dinner because of the numerous seatings a restaurant has and being subject to less than desirable food standards but, there are occasions I need to go through the fanfare.

Ah Yat Seafood was one of the places arrange for CNY dinner and it was full - two seatings and I am certainly not surprised despite its far flung location.

With dinner sets with auspicious names like "Fortune", "Treasure" and "Luxury", either set we pick sets the tone for a bountiful year ahead!

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Raw Salmon Yusheng "Lo Hei"

All pre-prepared ahead of time, amidst all the resounding huats in the restaurant, I completed by 6th and hopefully last Lo Hei of the year.

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Roasted Meat Combination

This was starting to look a little like a banquet dinner and I had the fattiest char siew ever which was hardly enjoyable and the best things in this combination were the octopus and jelly fish - both were straight off a tub for sure.

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Poached Live Prawn

A ton of fresh prawns without any of the fanciful adornments.

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Braised Shark's Fin Soup with Crabmeat

I was glad at least shark's fins could be tasted in the watery broth.

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Steamed Dragon Tiger Garoupa in HK Style

Fresh water fish with bland tasting flesh in an oily soya sauce.

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Stewed Whole 8 pc Abalone with Mushroom with Vegetable

A cheap version of poon choy with the main ingredients inside, I suppose this could be the reason for CNY dinners then. At least there were abalones for each of us.

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Braised Efu Noodle with Mushroom

Wordlessly bad, lacking in both flavour and texture. It was probably on the shoulders of a trainee cook to deliver countless plates of overfried noodles for the night.

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Roasted Crispy Chicken

Possibly the best dish of the night.

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Sweeten Red Bean Soup

Thankfully the last course, an overly sweetened red bean soup.

I have enough faith that they present better food on normal days and over festive periods where places over charge and under deliver, they unfortunately fall in the same category. 

$598++ for 10 pax

Ah Yat Seafood Restaurant
200 Turf Club Road #03-01/02
Main Grandstand Turf City

Comments

  1. I tried their set menu quite disappointed too. It is way heaven and hell between the set and a la carte menu.

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