Singapore's Croc King Tony Tee's infectious enthusiasm for Lim's Fried Oyster 林煎豪 has generated a lot of buzz and excitement about the humble stall in Berseh Food Centre. Even my niece who had tried it, said I must go check it out 😄 (I later found out that my niece and the Lims' daughter were colleagues 😃 )
As I love fried oysters or orh chien, I can't help it but make my way here with Tony Tee.
These are the faces of Singapore's Pioneer Hawkers.
The Lim couple has been running this orh chien stall for over 30 years. First, as a push cart stall founded by Mr. Lim's father before he joined his dad. They plied along these same streets around Sam Leong Road and Jalan Besar before re-settling into this stall when Berseh Food Centre was built. The stall is in a corner at the lower ground level.
Lim Wee Huat's wife Pan Wei Ling said: "I was already helping him when we were dating because I couldn't bear watching my boyfriend hard at work by himself". Source: Not for Sale: Singapore's Remaining Heritage Street Food Vendors.
Fried oysters or orh chien is basically eggs, sweet potato and/or tapioca flour batter and oysters fried with fish sauce and oil (lard in the good old days).
Mr. Lim serves basically two types of fried oysters - wet or dry.
This is the wet one.
I like the eggy and savoury sweet flavours from the fish sauce held together by the gooey drippy starchy sweet potato batter.
Many of Lim's Fried Oyster's fans are crazy about their oversized oysters.
Mr. Lim's oysters are imported from Korea. It's sometimes found in other orh chien stalls but are sold at premium prices. As far as I know, only Lim's Fried Oyster serve such big oysters for a SGD5 plate of orh chien (2015 price). And, there were quite of few of them in the plate (I didn't count exactly).
The "dry" version.
The same big oysters.
If you like a little crispiness and slight char in your orh chien, then this is the version for you 😄
What are you waiting for?
Grand daughter Claris helps out in promoting Lim's Fried Oyster.
I am totally sold!
Restaurant name: Lim's Fried Oyster 林煎豪
Address: 166 Jalan Besar, Berseh Food Centre, Singapore 208877
GPS: 1.307259, 103.856548
Opening Hours: 6:00pm to 12:00 midnight (stall will be closed for the month of Oct 2015 as owners are taking a well deserved vacation)
Tel: 9386 0732 (be sure to call before visiting as the Lim couple has no fixed rest day)
Date visited: 15 Aug 2015
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Oysters!! Making me hungry!
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