When a restaurant has been around for decades, you know they must be doing something right.
“Tekong Seafood Restaurant” started on Pulau Tekong almost half a century ago in 1971 and the family still runs it today.
Service is friendly and earnest, and that made my first meal here a really pleasant one as my parents and I felt very well taken care of.
The menu is extensive with a focus on seafood items as suggested by their name. That however, doesn’t mean that they don’t have special dishes outside of the category. Shown above is the “Mani Chye”, a unique creation we found very appealing. The dark fibrous leaves of the vegetable were cooked till quite soft and its typical bitter edge wasn’t present. While the egg rounded off the soupy gravy with a nice smooth body, I thought throwing on crispy, slightly salty ikan bilis as a finishing touch was brilliant as it kicked up a little textural excitement to each slurp.