Oh our love-hate relationship with cravings. It is almost impossible to ignore them, and they always sneak in and catch us unaware during the middle of the night. Sometimes, we don’t really have a choice but to satisfy it.
I was craving for Chilli Crabs a while back, and decided on Seafood Paradise Restaurant at Singapore Flyer since all of us have never been there before.
The Paradise Group of Restaurants have been doing very well recently. Other than their original Seafood Paradise at Defu Lane, and the fine dining flagship restaurant Taste Paradise, they have added Paradise Inn and with the latest being Paradise Dynasty at Ion Orchard.
You know what is the best part about being a food blogger? I get to decide the place, as well as the dishes to order. If you have been reading my blog for some time, you will know that I’m a big fan of chilli crabs ($4.4/100g). Naturally, I persuaded the rest to avoid the pepper crab and go for the deep fried man tou and chilli gravy instead.
Rule number one when it comes to ordering Chilli crab:
Always, always specify the size of the crab to the waitress. Unfortunately, we were too hungry that night and actually forgot to mention that. The poor crab that arrived on our table was undersized – it was just slightly more than 700g, which was barely enough to satisfy our cravings. But everything was forgiven when we dipped the huge deep fried buns into the gravy. There was silence for a few minutes as everyone focused on the crab (& the mantou with chilli gravy).
Another must-order is the Crisp-fried Crystal Prawns with salted egg yolk ($16/small). The one that we ordered only had 5 small prawns, please go for the medium portion ($24) at least.
Hotplate Tofu ($10/small) is one of my favorite dishes when I dine at Zi Char or seafood restaurants. Don’t we all love the sizzling sound coming from the hotplate? The tofu, the minced meat, and the egg tasted perfect together! The one here had additional preserved cai xin to give it a different twist.
Whenever Sweet & Sour Pork appears during dinner, everyone will always turn their head towards me. It is as though there’s the words ‘sweet and sour pork’ written on my forehead.
Other than the rather small portion, I’d think that Seafood Paradise’s rendition was very close to the one that I have been looking for. In short, it’s one of the best Sweet & Sour Pork in Singapore that I had in recent times. With the pineapple and lychee adding to the sweetness, the pork was extremely crispy yet not too oily. Every bite was so good! I managed to get a few extra helpings while everyone was busy with the crabs.
Looking for a Chinese Seafood restaurant to bring your overseas friends for our famous Singapore Chili Crab? Check out Seafood Paradise Restaurant next time!
Which is your favorite seafood restaurant for Chilli crabs?
Restaurant Review
Seafood Paradise Restaurant
30 Raffles Avenue #01-01
Singapore Flyer Singapore
Tel: +65 6336 5101
91 Defu Lane
10 Swee Hin Building Singapore
Tel: +65 6487 2429
The only one I had was at East Coast, and considering I lived in Singapore for ten years, that was unforgivable!
Om noms!
how does this compare to no signboard chilli crab?
and i heard they are famous for their butter crab.
Just wish this is in Sydney !
you really really need to try the butter crabs at seafood paradise, its super awesome.
BLIMEY this looks good. Shame about the size of the crab. shouldav gotten one of those sri lankan bad boys
Recently my sis came back close to midnight and had brought back a pepper crab from Malaysia fried with curry leaves and dried hebi. Delish. I was almost sold that it was better than chili crab…almost.
That certainly looks yummy.
My favorite chilli crab so far is from kim’s restaurant at joo chiat area while the second had to go to the seafood restaurant at ion, its just tucked away in food opera (if u do decide to go there, the bittergourd is really good and the fried beef hor fun is nyummy!!!). I used to go to jumbo and no signboard or sth with family but honestly, their chilli crab sucks. Only order the white pepper version of it in no signboard seafood – they don’t disappoint (and they have decent frog too if you’re interested)
This post literally made me drool. I will be in Singapore in January, and this is on my “must eat at” list!
Stunning photos, you have a new fan!
Thank you for this recommendation. I am in Singapore for a conference for work and wanted to try Chilli Crab. I would not have chosen this restaurant for fear that it was too touristy, but the food was great and it was easy to get to.
The Chilli Crab was about 70SD, but worth it for my first experience.