Hup Kee (Orchard) Oyster Omelette: Crispy is as Crispy gets!
With SCS Butter, Happi Mummi, Amagada and the kids
Which bit of the Oyster Omelette is your favourite? Is it the oyster, the egg or the sticky sweet potato paste? For me it's the sticky paste. Ok, call me an Oyster Omelette ignoramus but when I was young I never liked oysters or cockles, so I grew up just eating the sticky paste with the egg. I guess I just developed a liking for it. So the main things for me is the fried eggs and sticky paste and the oysters are a side issue.
Don't you think fried eggs are one of those things we tend to take for granted? You only realize how yummy a simple omelette can be when you are out in the jungle during reservist training and someone starts frying some eggs. I remember having a craving for eggs during the Bird Flu epidemic some years back. Somehow Char Kway Teow just does not taste the same without the eggs.
This Oyster Omelette is quite well known and is one of those stalls where there is a perpetual queue outside. However, there have been some mixed reviews about the stall. I liked the fact that the eggs and the sweet potato flour was fried till it was really crispy. The oysters were also quite plump and tasted quite fresh. 4/5
Conclusion
Quite good but I felt it was missing something. Somehow, franchised hawker joints just cannot beat the solo hawker joints especially when the dish is operator dependent. Still its an Oyster Omelette that is better then most out there.
Hup Kee (Orchard) Oyster Omelette
Stall K Makansutra Gluttons Bay 01-15
Esplanade Mall 6pm to 3 am
20 comments:
I can't find better "or luak" elsewhere!
Seriously, the oysters are huge (the biggest amongst all or luaks I've tried) and the combination of eggs and the starch is crispy and tasty!
I also din learn how to appreciate oysters as a kid, eating only the eggs and the starch - but growing up, we realise what good stuff we've been missing out on when we were young.
Oh, Oysters are aphrodisiacal in nature too - Right, ieat? *wink*
I didn't have a great experience with this stall the last time I was there a couple of months back. I guess it must have been a slow day because they seemed to have a pre-cooked the Orh Luak and basically served it up when I ordered. The overcooking caused the Orh Luak to be mushy....
2 reviews for Makansutra within the week?
Did KF Seetoh bribe you or something?
The standards at Makansutra have dropped so much since opening, you are better off eating at food courts. In case you didn't know, none of the original chefs are at Makansutra, the stalls there have either changed their cooks at least twice or changed the food to sell.
The oyster omelette is only good at the first few mouthfuls. Thereafter, the greasiness will gag you. You should see the amount of oil the cook uses for just one plate of oyster omelette.
I have to agree that this place is real overrated. There are places that fries better orh luak than here.
-Augustin
More Fish Sauce & Spring Onions is all it needs =) luv those big fresh oysters!
Ay, I was at Glutton's Bay, you think I only eat one dish while I am there? And I do hope KF is reading this, I do need a new laptop!
I put up several comments in the wee hours today and don't see them now.
Have I been sleep typing? *cliking my teeth*.
Hey I saw one entry on the sgkueh. *relieved*. Erh, wassa up, doc?.
Agree with ieat that the standard is operator-dependant. The boss and his wife fries at the stall once in the blue moon. But when they do fry, it is one of the best orh-luak (other than the oyster) I've ever eaten. Yes, its super greasy as well. But wouldn't mind having 2 bites if sharing the plate with a group of people. I think I'm someone with an allergic condition for food that are not so fresh (e.g. a group of 10 friends eat a big plate of not so fresh mussels in Batam. 8 of them who eat a lot has nothing wrong, 1 of them with a sensitive stomach got bad diarrhea, I only had 2 and I was admitted to the hospital by an ambulance). In singapore, I've never tasted a single fresh oyster that I don't have to spit it out after the first bite (even with claims from friends that certain oysters are some of the freshest they find in singapore). The only ones in the world that I can eat and feel alright so far are found in New Zealand and Hawaii.
The fried oyster is good only if Robin fries it (the larger than life sized boss).
At their Newton stall (original), I'd only eat if Robin's dad fries it.
The best so far is at Toa Payoh Lor 7. Hup Kee comes in a close second.
The fried oyster is good only if Robin fries it (the larger than life sized boss).
At their Newton stall (original), I'd only eat if Robin's dad fries it.
The best so far is at Toa Payoh Lor 7. Hup Kee comes in a close second.
The fried oyster is good only if Robin fries it (the larger than life sized boss).
At their Newton stall (original), I'd only eat if Robin's dad fries it.
The best so far is at Toa Payoh Lor 7. Hup Kee comes in a close second.
i think the standards of food at makansutra gluttons bay are pretty dismal. had the satay, chicken wings, bbq stingray and orh luak there a couple of months ago.
especially bad was the satay, with lumpy, stale ketupat, and barely palatable, cold and dry morsels of meat passed off as satay.
somehow i feel rather perturbed that we're marketing this area to our overseas visitors as a place to savour our local fare. it definitely wouldn't leave one thinking that singapore is a food paradise, that's for sure.
I must be a very lucky guy then...have tried it twice and find it one of the better orh luak around ; )
i like this stall too.. support own relative =X
Ooh I like the sticky starchy bits too, especially with bits of crispy egg. I always get disappointed when there's not enough of the sweet potato starch. The oysters are always a gamble though. How does this stall compare to the Whampoa one (also crispy?), anyone?
Whampoa still has that edge for me! Haven't tried the Toa Payoh Lor 7 one yet.
Then DIE DIE MUST TRY :)
I tried the "or luah" yesterday, it was nothing fantastic, i must say the presentation was good, but when it came to eating it, i did not feel the "shiokness". I was to compare, bedok 85 the fried oyster is much better.
this is one of those oh luak that are not so greasy & lots of eggs...others really use starch like nobody biz to replace the eggs..yucks..but as for the other stalls at esplande ...you can skipped them...especially satay but i digress...
hey. i think the orh luak there is not nice at all. its blend. although the oysters are fresh, overall, i think its not nice. when i was eating tt, i was wondering why they could get recommended. disappointed.
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