I came across this place called Portugese Settlement when I was looking for places to have our dinner. There are 10 stalls in Portugese Settlement selling the same type of food i.e. seafood - one of my favourites! Again, the advice is to go there early, say at 6pm to beat the crowds. The stalls are only opened at night, by the way.
It wasn't too difficult to find the place with the help of our trusted GPS. Once we got out of the car, we were mopped by touts. As I already knew which stall to go to, it was not too difficult to get them off our backs :) I found out that stall no. 1 Sea Terrace serves very good and cheap seafood but the wait for a table could be horrendous if we were late. We had no problem getting a table since it was pretty early.
We ordered sweet and sour crab, deep fried calamari, steamed prawn with assam and wine, Portugese grilled fish and some stir fried mix vegetables. Except for the steamed prawn which was just average, we enjoyed the crab, calamari and fish. The crab was meaty and the crab meat was firm. The sweet and sour gravy was similar to the famed Singapore chilli crab, except that it was not spicy. The calamari was very good too. It was crispy on the outside and chewy in the inside. 2 thumbs up! The Portugese grilled fish was too spicy for the kids so DH and I ended up having the whole fish to ourselves. The grilled fish was good! Total bill came up to RM140, pretty reasonable considering the items we ordered. We ordered whole coconuts to go with the meal. The coconut juice was really really sweet, the sweetest I had came across so far.
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| Delicious sweet and sour crab |
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| Portugese grilled fish - see all the red chilli paste on top! |
There was a foodstall just next to our table which offered quite a range of exotic seafood. In fact, they call themselves "Exotic Seafood". They have scallops on shells, mussels, clams, fresh oysters etc. The most unique one has got to be this:
We were curious how they served the horseshoe crab cause according to DH, it is supposed to be poisonous. We found out that they actually grilled the whole crab.
Business was brisk and I was really tempted to have a go at the large and juicy oysters. I told DH that it was okay for me to eat it since I wasn't the one driving. His reply was not very encouraging. He said if anything happened to me, he couldn't drive either as he had to take care of me... sigh! There goes my oysters:(
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