Chilli crab at Jumbo Seafood Gallery Singapore

3 days and 3 nights in Singapore with Father. What would we eat?

Having moved to Singapore a couple of weeks ago and seen the place from one end to the other, Brother #1 now considers himself to be pretty much a local. And being a foodie, I knew we would be in safe hands if we left our dining options up to him.

Of course, our first dinner as (3/8 of) a family had to be chilli crab, Singapore is famous for it. So we agreed to meet at Clarke Quay, Singapore's trendy waterside spot for socialising, before heading to our seafood dinner.

Entrance to Clarke Quay

Night lights sparkle at Clarke Quay, Singapore

Clarke Quay is beautiful, especially at night when the multi-coloured lights reflect off the buildings into the water. I couldn't help but think of Darling Harbour and Cockle Bay Wharf back in Sydney when we got there.

Clarke Quay

Father and I got lost trying to find our way to a trendy rooftop cocktail bar recommended by aforementioned Brother of mine so instead we found ourselves at Harry's bar. One of several Harry's outlets, it's a standard bar with good food, good beer and good cheer. Sitting outside on a not-too-hot evening overlooking the water, it felt good.

Harry's bar, Boat Quay

Father-son moment

Once Brother #1 arrived and another beer was consumed in a father-son bonding moment, we left to go to dinner at Jumbo Seafood Gallery at Riverside Point. Another Singapore institution, there are now six Jumbo outlets around the city, all of them packed with people noisily and messily eating their choice of live seafood from lobster to crab and prawns. 

Riverside Point is literally around the corner from Clarke Quay

Jumbo Seafood Gallery, Riverside Point Singapore

We decided to make things easy and ordered one of their set menus which comprised 6 courses. Actually, the set menu is for a minimum of four people but Father and Brother #1 both being confident of their big appetite, we ordered one for just the three of us.

Let the eating begin - me at Jumbo Seafood Gallery

Boiled live prawns (served with a tasty dipping sauce)

Chilli crab! Yum yum yum

I should point out that the chilli crab is not actually that chilli for those of you who are not so good with the hot stuff. Having said that, I was still thankful for my honeydew melon juice by the end of the meal.

My giant crab claw

I have never been very good with food that requires the use of fingers and/or results in messy hands e.g. corn on the cob, ribs, I even eat pizza with a knife and fork! So you could say that me and crab aren't great friends - usually I sit there while The Boy does all the hard labour cracking the crab open and getting the morsels of crabmeat out, then I just eat! 

On this occasion however, it seemed that neither of the men in my Singapore life were going to let me play my usual princess act so as a consolation, they let me take the claw which is the least fiddly and has the most meat. Now that's love :)

Fried rice with diced chicken and silver bait

Sweet potato sago

We were all stuffed by the end and proceeded to roll home to our wonderful serviced apartment off Orchard Road. But that's a story for another day. 

Our set menu cost $138++ (SGD) for four people, which for the amount of food we ate I thought was pretty good. Some courses were better than others - the fried rice was basically tasty filler food and the boys weren't overly keen on the dessert, but the crab would be enough to make me go back again - this time with someone willing to prepare it all for me I hope!