Ocean Curry Fish Head 海洋

My love relationship with ocean curry started during my audit days while i was working in town. Its a place i head to for curry fish head after work or a quick economical rice during peak lunch hour. Today, it still remains one of my favourite places i will go to for curry fish head.

On this visit there, i noticed quite a number of patrons ordered claypot hokkien mee. Though the review of this dish online has been less than favourable. I am still keen to try out this dish next time.

Dinner tonight is economical rice with the following dishes: Rendang Mutton, Otah, Stir-fry vegetable, Pork cutlet and giant prawns. Complementing the food is the curry sauce used for the curry fish head which inclined towards sourish. This curry sauce though be a perfect for the curry fish head, okra and brinjal but doesn't stand out on its own. 

The Rendang Mutton ($6) is SO all time favourite and still the most distinctive of all the dishes is delicious mix of curry and lemongrass. However, today it is laced with gaminess from the mutton.
Rated: 7/10

My personal favourite is the self made otah (S$4.5) where the otah is soft and moist with generous slices of fish meat. 
Rated: 6.5/10

Garlic stir-fry vegetable (S$3) is a normal dish you can get at any economical rice stall.
Rated: 5/10

Pork cutlet (S$6) is well flavoured, tender and easy to chew. 
Rated:5.5/10

The most expensive dish and the least value for money is the huge prawns (S$9). It is not well cooked with the meat sticking to the shell. Due to the sheer size of the prawn, the intenstines of the prawn is not removed and left a sandy bad after taste when eaten. 
Rated: 3/10

The prices listed here is for 3 pax.

Food tasted: 12 March 2016

Toa Payoh

Blk 92 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh

#01-264 

Singapore 310092 

Tel: 6252 2168

Opening Hours: 

Daily: 11am to 9 pm
Close on day after Public Holidays.

Telok Ayer Branch

181 Telok Ayer Street

Singapore 068629

Tel: 6324 9226

Opening Hours: 

Monday - Friday: 10.30 am to 3 pm, 5 pm - 8.30 pm

Saturday: 10.30 am - 3 pm

Close on Sundays and Public Holidays

Bedok North

Blk 128 Bedok North Street 2

Singapore 460128

Tel: 6509 1878

Fax: 6509 1879

Opening Hours: 

Daily: 11am to 8 pm

Close on alternate Mondays

136 Hong Kong St Fish Head Steamboat 香港街潮州鱼头炉- MUST TRY CLAYPOT MEE TAI MAK

This will be the third time i am dining at this place within 2 months. We found out about this place when SO was lamenting to his friend about the unpalatable claypot mee tai mak we had at SS2 in Kuala Lumpur. His friend then recommended this place to us. 

From the 3 times we had dined at the place, the claypot mee tai mak has been pretty consistent. Although, the chinatown one at Kuala Lumpur still beats this place hands down but this places works satisfactory for those with the craving and not willing to travel the distance (320 km to be exact) .
 

The place is quite popular with the residents in the area and its not hard to see why. The dishes we had sampled thus far are quite tasty and all the sauce cooked with the dishes were flavourful.


The signature in my opinion will be the claypot mee tai mak. It is served piping hot from the claypot. To ensure that the base does not get charred, the diner will have stir and mix well the pot of noodles, minced meat, sliced vegetables and a freshly cracked egg. 
 
Rated: 8/10
The noodle is served in dark brown gravy ($8 for medium size). The gravy is thick and creamy with light bitterness. The mee tai mak is well cooked to the right soft and firm texture. Sliced vegetables added to this dish makes the dish lighter and not so filling. I am unaware of any equivalent mee tai mak dish that can be found in Singapore. Hence, i am rating this higher.
 
Rated: 7/10
The other dish we had that day was coffee pork ribs (S$10). This is preferred by SO as we tried the salted egg pork rib that day and the coffee pork rib is more flavourful dish. The ribs are tender and coated deliciously with coffee sauce. Though the ribs are nice, i was too full to eat more than 3 pieces. SO happily took the rest of the ribs and clean out the plate.

Food tasted: 14 Feb 2016

136 Hong Kong St Fish Head Steamboat (this place has moved to clementi)
Blk 19 Lorong 7 Toa Payoh
#01-264
Singapore 310019 Opening Hours: 11am to 2pm, 5 pm - 10.45 pm

Tel: 9437 8260 or 8288 3368

New location at Clementi
Blk 713 Clementi West St 2 #01-115 Singapore 120713