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New Ubin Seafood
New Ubin Seafood, as the name suggests originated from Pulau Ubin. It is nonetheless most fondly remembered by most of us as a Zi Char coffeeshop serving Kampung styled seafood at the Sin Ming Industrial estate. By then, the dishes they served had bordered on the alternative, with their Black Angus rib-eye steak served with 'Heart Attack' fried rice being one of their signatures. there was also an air of haughtiness back in the day at Sin Ming, a typical sign of coffeeshop popularity.
Fast-forward to today, New Ubin is pretty much evolved into a seafood restaurant. They have 3 outlets in prime locations and the one at Zhongshan Park where we visited is actually located within Ramada Hotel by the Wyndham Group. fully ready with a big team of service crew, the outfit looked ready to tackle the mother's day crowd. we were greeted with excellent service, air-conditioned comfort and a menu carrying the familiar favourites. 
we had this Crispy Pork Jowl for starters, which was essentially deep fried pork chop finely sliced and served with a special Miso-Gula Melaka sauce. this way of serving up pork chops really reminded me of a childhood dish our grandmother used to prepare at home, though the slices served here were not exactly very crispy as its name suggested. it was a pretty small serving and we lapped it all up anyway. 
moving on to the main event of the evening, we ordered a large claypot of Fish Head Curry. This is done traditional style complete with half a fish-head, lady's finger, eggplant and cabbage served up in a large pot of assam styled curry. the dish was extremely flavourful and went very well with rice, probably able to give other popular fish-head curry stores a good run for their money. 
we also went for New Ubin's Hokkien Mee Special, one of the specialties here for that Zi Char experience. it's basically the same thing, stir-fried prawn noodles with pork, squid, clams and some lard. they just did it really creamy with a thick prawn & pork broth, and the wok-hey that comes with it was excellent. in all, New Ubin still retained the spirit of their brand, the signature dishes are on point but they now bring with them a more upscale dining experience. Of course, with the change food prices would inevitably inch upwards as well. That said, they have upped their service and its still one of the places to go for great Zi Char. New Ubin Seafood (Zhongshan Park) 16 Ah Hood Road Singapore 329982 Opening Hours Daily: 11 am to 3 pm; 5.30 pm to 10 pm delicious traditional flavors, sometimes with an innovative, always delicious twist.. |
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