Yang Ming Seafood @ Bishan Singapore

✍️ 4 Jan 2024. Had wanted to visit Yang Ming Seafood for a long time, and finally made it today. Yang Ming is famous and popular, so doesn't need anymore introduction. Anyway, we just showed up on a rainy mid day without any reservation 😆

We were there before 1130am, so they were able to accommodate us.

Their signature Lobster Chee Cheong Fun was a winner. It was a whole lobster over a bed of rice sheets and everything soaking in a thick brown looking sauce. Garnished with chopped aromatic greens.

It's not really about rice sheets or chee cheong fun as even though they were smooth and tasty, there was very little of it (in my opinion).

I like the brown sauce a lot as it was rich with umami savouriness in layers which was complemented by aromatic garnishes, fried garlic and sweetish chee cheong fun.

But, the highlight was actually the perfectly done lobster. The meat was crunchy, subtly sinewy chewy and felt "lively" (even though it was cooked through). The lobster meat's delicate sweetness was accentuated by the umami savoury brown sauce.

Yeah, this dish was not about the chee cheong fun but all about the lobster. There's a choice of Boston lobster or Australian spicy lobster. We picked the latter for its more exquisite flavours and also we feel the weight trade off between Boston lobster's big claws and flesh wasn't worth it..... Singaporeans...... 😂

So clever to calculate 🤭

Uncle Chua showed us how to extract the meat from the lobster's legs.

The turbot steamed Cantonese style also stole our hearts.

The turbot's white flesh so soft-tender was sweet and balanced perfectly with the aromatic sloshy brown sauce which was savoury at just the right intensity.

Muaks 😙 We love it to bits 😂 Mercilessly.

The braised squid with tofu didn't look at all like the dish (photo) in the menu 😂

The thinly sliced braised squid was bathed in a watery, rather flat tasting savoury braising stock.

The squid was a little stiff and chewy despite its thinness and didn't have flavour of its own.

And, where is the head, my favourite part of the squid 🤔

We wanted their famous "Chicken Wrap in Pork Maw Soup" but couldn't have it without making a reservation 😕

Not planning ahead has consequences 😂

So we settled for this White Pepper Pork Trotter.

Turns out it was like bak kut teh but the peppery soup was thicken and this was made with pork trotter. Delicious, the pork was tender and sweet with peppery taste from the thicken soup. But, we didn't come here for bak kut teh's cousin 😕 To me, it tastes too much like bak kut teh.

For the obligatory green, we picked stir fried "green dragon vegetable". It was nicely done, aromatic while the greens retained their juiciness, crunch and flavours. There's beansprout bulk fillers but I love taugeh, so yeah, I enjoyed them as well.

We enjoyed our lunch at Yang Ming Seafood and now making plans to make amends about the Chicken in Pork Maw Soup. And, I just heard, we should also order their crab dishes.

We paid $66 per person for today's indulgence 😆

Restaurant name: Yang Ming Seafood @ Bishan

Address: 150 Bishan Street 11, Singapore 570150

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Bishan station

Tel: 8028 9940

Hours: 11:30 am - 2 pm | 4:30pm - 10 pm

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Written by Tony Boey on 4 Jan 2024

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