Dinner with the girls one day after a particularly tiring day at work and we decided to drop by Kok Sen Restaurant along Keong Saik Road. I had dinner at Taratata Bistrot the first time I visited Keong Saik Road after it received a hippie face lift. The restaurants in the area seemed very exciting but it was not until last week that I visited Keong Saik again.
We wanted to have zi char so we settled for Kok Sen Restaurant. We arrived slightly past 7 pm and all the tables were occupied. After loitering around for awhile, we spotted a family getting up to leave and swooped over to claim the table as ours.
We ordered Prawn Paste Chicken and Spinach with 3 Eggs (egg, salted egg, and preserved egg). We also asked for some recommendations and settled for the Braised Yong Tofu in Claypot and the Crispy Noodles with Prawns.
The Prawn Paste Chicken was not too bad. Nicely fried and crispy with pungent prawn paste. However, Kok Sen probably used frozen chicken because the chicken was quite dry and lacked the usual juicy texture that would make Prawn Paste Chicken a delicious treat.
The Braised Yong Tofu in Claypot was not bad too. The Yong Tofu items were stuffed with meat and cooked in a thick brown stew. It was quite tasty but not incredibly mind-blowing.
The Crispy Noodle with Prawns was apparently one of Kok Sen's specialties. This dish had the potential to be fantastic. The noodles were crispy, the tangy sauce with eggs was sweet and spicy, the prawns were very fresh and juicy. But one thing spoiled it all - the oil that was used to fry the noodles. The oil was not fresh and had a very weird after taste. This caused the noodles to taste like smelly overused oil. What a bummer.
The Spinach with 3 Eggs was good! Clear tasty soup, fresh spinach, and a generous serving of eggs. This was the one dish I really enjoyed.
Would I come back to Kok Sen Restaurant again? Perhaps, but only if they use better oil for their Crispy Noodle with Prawns.
30B Keong Saik Road
62232005
Opening hours: Daily, 11:30 - 22:30
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