Palmbeach Seafood @ One Fullerton

Once upon a time in the parents' era and the early years, there was a stretch along East Coast Parkway that was uniquely seafood. Those days Long Beach Seafood was King. Palm Beach, Jumbo, No Signboard are just a couple of the many that have ventured beyond their original "flag-stores".

In the most suaku fashion ever, it was my first attempt at Fullerton since Velvet days..and procrastinating Overeasy until it fell out of my "to-go" list. Located a stone's throw away from the Merlion, the view is quite addictive if you can ignore the ongoing construction works.

When Palmbeach was suggested for dinner, the first thing that struck me was "Yet another touristy trap."








Nicely positioned mirrors amid the lengthy wall of greens.



Fortune cookies as part of starters, definitely straight off a pack. These were coconuty and crunchy.

My fortune read "Someday you will be rich and famous." Till that some day comes...



Pickle ($2), Crispy Fish ($3)

Looked like achar but was pickled vegetables with peanut sauce, a slight Indonesian twist to it.

Crispy fish drizzled with sugar blobs, crunchy delights!

Thank goodness we stopped at one portions, else it would have been a frightful 10 buckeroos or more to these yummish appetizers.





Piggy & Bessy ($18)

A healthier take on Khong Bak Pau with tender spare ribs! Surely sprinkled with tenderiser but I lapped it up all the same. The sauce wasn't quite the usual type with black sauce, not too cloying on the palette...sweet-sour goodness! Oh yes, the mantous that were mandatory..great for soaking up the slightly starched gravy.



Cod in BBQ Sauce ($18)

Coated with a light batter, the cod fish was definitely frozen but delicious all the same. Once again, adored the tangy oriental-indonesian sauce that came with it.



Mui Choi Khai Lan ($15)

Blanched khai lan with mui choi gravy dished over it. Pity the mui choi was close to bland.




Hor Fun ($8)

Wok hei ruled this dish. Very surprising coming from Palm Beach instead of the usual tze char stalls at coffeeshop joints. I couldn't help but take deep breaths of the lovely smokey well charred kuay teow. The kuay teow was silken, as if handmade...and even though ingredients were simply mushrooms, corn, prawns and fish, hor fun never tasted better.



Double Crab ($45)

High hopes for this last dish, in fact it had to be the case for a seafood place, in particular.

Baked cheese crabs. Just speaking of which makes me sallivate madly. Crusted with cheese, these red crustaceans are baked to such perfection...potency at its suicidal limits. You have to be a diehard cheese lover to dig into these.

I aimed for the lovely pincers and boy, ohhhhh boy...between mouthfuls of sweet, firm flesh...I was in heaven. Just the right tendency. It was a great pity though that the rest of the crab was on the soft-mush side.

You bet I was licking them shells greedily and wishing the cholesterol levels weren't sky rocketing.



Teochew Orh Nee ($3.80)

By this time, I was already pleased as punch with the dishes. With Peony Jade as a yardstick, I was all ready to tear this dessert apart and compare. The yam was ground to such a fine smooth paste, sprinkled with soft gingko nuts and a portion of pumpkin too. Loved the smoothness and moderate sweetness. In comparison to Peony Jade's this was more pleasing, strangely. Without the fancy coconut milk or overdose in pumpkin, I'm preferring this simplicity more.

Service was thoughtful with constant refilling of plates and drinks. It's no surprise that the place is crowded. I'm all ready to be back for more cholesterol pumping!

Pictures taken with Nikon D5000.

Palm Beach
#01-09 One Fullerton