A Crab Feast @ Mellben Seafood

Last Saturday, we celebrated Jefrey’s first birthday in Singapore at Mellben Seafood in Ang Mo Kio. He said he wanted salted egg crabs, so I suggested the place because it is quite popular. But the truth is, I had never been to the restaurant itself before and wanted to try it out myself. I have once tried some takeout from the place, though, and really loved it, so I knew it was a good choice.

Is it just me, or does that crab on the right look like it’s doing the “Paint me like I’m one of your French girls” pose?

Sorry. I digress.

The restaurant isn’t actually a fancy place, but more like a hawker set up, as you can see below. But it’s fine because that makes the food cheaper than normal restaurants. And you can tell it’s really good because there was a long queue when we arrived at close to 9pm. We didn’t actually realise there was a queue at first, and just waltzed right in and grabbed a table. Oh we had quite a scolding for being ignoramuses, I tell you.

We were asked to order while we were in the queue, and after all that was written down, it was handed back to us so we could hand it to the girl manning the queue when it was our turn. After around 10 to maybe 20 minutes, we were finally led to a table. We were asked to order our drinks, and those were brought first and it took quite some time before the food started arriving, because they cook them on the spot. So here’s a tip if you’re going – don’t show up famished. The wait was worth it, though, because everything was soooo delicious that we couldn’t stop gushing about them!

Here’s what we ordered:

We also had some vegetables, rice, and fried buns. I realized later that we didn’t need the buns after all because we hadn’t ordered chili crab, as 3 crabs would have been too much already. We all groaned from fullness after polishing off our meal, but the eating wasn’t over. Cate asked one of the waitresses to bring over the chocolate cake that we had asked them to set aside for us earlier. Yes, they are so accommodating, and the waitress even kindly took our group photo for us, taking several shots and staying behind to ask us if we were happy with her takes. We were.

We decided to take a long walk to our bus stop after dinner, so what we could burn off some of the indulgent food we had just eaten. While walking, we still couldn’t stop raving about the food. Cate and Tatsie said they were definitely taking their family for dinner there when they come over for a vacation. So yes, in case I haven’t drummed the point in yet… it is THAT good. So go. NOW. And feel free to invite me because I would love an excuse to go back.

Mellben Seafood
232 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, Singapore 560233 
Tel# 6285 6762