Crabs, Crabs, Crabs!

With the large crowd at Jurong Point on Saturday nights, we had to make do with the less popular eating places even at 6:30pm. Thus hubby finally got a chance to try the advertised Crab QQ Noodles in the Chinese restaurant at the basement of Jurong Point's new wing.

I myself wasn't quite sure of Pioneer Wharf. Though it's the chain's 3rd outlet, its less-than-full capacity on a weekend night didn't inspire much confidence.

Well, the 1st impression of the place was certainly good. The service staff were helpful. A high chair (those plastic foldable ones) was brought out the moment we requested for one, and when Sam refused to get in it, a waitress quickly stacked up 2 adult dining chairs so that Sam could reach the table.

The experienced staff constantly reminded the new (& obviously young) waiter to serve the dishes away from Sam. The plastic bowl, plate & small metallic fork & spoon were given without me having to request for any, though it was halfway through our meal before anyone thought of offering Sam a plastic cup of water. By that time Sam was already enjoying his warm homecooked barley ($3.50), which was pretty good.

Sam was in those moods where the plate of appetiser peanuts ($2 on the bill, so better reject if you don't want it) with a bowl of white rice ($1) would keep him satisfied while we ponder over the menu. We didn't order too much, in case the restaurant wasn't up to our standard, but fortunately the food turned out pretty good!

The HK Kai Lan with minced garlic ($12) was average, and so was the Chicken Soup ($8). But hubby was full of praise for the beancurd in the Claypot Beancurd ($12), which came with 3 large prawns and the gravy delicious with rice. The Crab with QQ Noodles took some time coming, but it was worth the wait.

Our crab (@ $3.30 per 100g) was fresh & very meaty, and the noodles were totally full of the essence of crab! Sam polished off his own bowl of noodles even though he refused any of the crab meat. Hubby found the noodles a trifle too plain, then discovered the XO sauce on the table ($2 on the bill) which transformed the noodles from good to great! The dish costs us $31.40 before discount ($5 for the noodles, $26.40 for the crab), and fortunately there was a wash basin the restaurant itself for us to wash up thoroughly after the very satisfying meaty crab.

I guess the next time we would try one of their many speciality dishes, which leans heavily on prawns, so most likely to taste good. Most likely we would end up eating crabs again though, quite a good deal after the 15% discount with DBS/POSB credit cards.


Pioneer Wharf
#B1-45/46 Jurong Point Shopping Centre
Tel: 6861-6833