(Closed) Labrador Seafood

Unleash your cravings and allow yourself an inhibition-free weekend treat away from the monotone of urban dwellings. Set in the wilderness, by the sea and under the stars, amidst the flora and fauna of the reserve, is Labrador Seafood, Restaurant and Lounge. Here, you get to enjoy an oasis of tranquility and natural wonders as Labrador Seafood caters to every palate Nature’s answer to dining by the seaside.

With generous servings of heavenly dishes to match, and an untainted and immaculate freshness, Labrador Seafood is a fit for the urbanite seeking a paradise treat, or even for a comfortable lunch with co-workers, or for an effectively peaceful negotiation with your most important business client.

The alfresco dining option also gives guests the chance to really sit back under the stars and enjoy dinner as the light breeze flows in.

The restaurant serves up the freshest seafood and other cuts in a great variety of styles, from Western BBQ to good old Singapore Black Pepper Sri Lankan Crabs ($4.50 per 100g). The sauce is thick and slightly sweet, its black viscosity really brings out the beautiful whiteness of the crab flesh. They are fresh, juicy and full of meaty goodness.

If you enjoy trying different types of curry, check out this Large Tiger Prawns cooked in Indonesian Curry ($7.50 per 100g). This complex and tasty curry dish has a special saffron Indonesian flavor. Large tiger prawns are drenched in thick savory curry soup. Don’t forget to suck the curry essence from the prawn’s head, shiok!

Tofu can be bland and tasteless for a few but its blandness suits perfectly for these fritters. Deep Fried Seafood Tofu Fritters ($12 / $18 / $24) is teamed well with sweet and sour sauce to bring out the subtle flavours of the seafood.

If you like BBQ seafood, there is BBQ prawns, stingray, salmon and squid. The BBQ Giant Squid ($4 per 100g) is lightly marinated. It is sprinkled with salt and pepper and lots of herbs like basil and oregano. I still prefer my BBQ Sambal Stingray.

Oddly, in Singapore, mee goreng tends to sport a bold, almost garish red appearance not found elsewhere. The restaurant’s Ponggol Mee Goreng ($10/14/18) has a full punch of savoury seafood flavors. It takes skill to wok-fry the noodles to a moist but not mushy ensemble. I probably had better Mee Goreng somewhere else, but this is decent.

If you aren’t a fan of black pepper, get the crab sautéed with salted egg yolk, which is finger‑lickin’ good. There are two ways to cook this, either you get the wet version or the dry version.

 

At Labrador Seafood, Salted Egg Yolk Sri Lankan Crab ($4.50 per 100g) are steamed first, not deep fried, then cooked with butter and salted egg yolk. Herbs are added to conjure up a highly aromatic yet not overwhelming dish. The salty golden sandiness of egg yolks is addictive. Out of the dishes we tastes, I like this the most.

When we talk about Satay, a traditional Malaysian street food, the term Kajang Satay almost instantaneously pops up in the conversation. You can argue the satay uncle in your neighborhood makes excellent satay but the appeal of Kajang Satay has never waned.

 

The restaurant provides a variety of Jumbo Kajang Satay (Half Dozen $9 for 4.5inch, $5 for 2.5inch) like chicken, meat and beef. The trademark is the large chunky satay meat pieces. We really took a ruler and measured it, 4.5 inches of marinated and bbq meat! The satay gravy is thick, full of peanuts and leaves an aftertaste of utmost culinary pleasure.

I have tried pearl clams with garlic but this is my first time eating Pearl Clams ($6 per 100g) cooked in Hong Kong Style. The clams are steamed with light sauce and topped with garnish. The texture is fresh, soft yet crunchy.

I was craving for beef hor fun before coming here and surprisingly, my wish was fulfilled when the restaurant prepared their Beef Hor Fun ($10 / $14 / $18) for us. A good gravy plays a big part in this dish. The hor fun gravy was neither runny nor thick. But it was bland and lacked flavoring. However, the beef are tenderised and marinated, hence it is soft and easy to chew.

Besides serving a wide variety of chinese cuisines, Labrador Seafood also serves western cuisines. Their Spaghetti Aglio Olio ($11) as its one of the more popular dishes on the western menu. However,  I felt the spaghetti lack the kind of fragrance that a typical Aglio Olio should have. Perhaps we are too busy taking pictures of it and thus leaving it on the table for a long time, the noodles was a tad too dry.

End the meal by indulging in their homegrown cocktail, Labrador Breeze ($12). Graced with an edible yellow frangipani flower, the cocktail is infused with vodka, lychee syrup, crushed passionfruit and mangosteen jella, the bittersweet drink will charm your taste buds with the fresh fragrance of frangipani and the delightful aftertaste of passion.

The first thing you’ll notice is that it’s not easily accessible. It’s nestled so deep within Labrador that as you drive in (walking is not advised), you’ll pass a series of structures reminencent of Singapore’s colonial past. But trust me, it is worth a bit of extra effort to get up here for a peaceful evening away from the city bustle.

 

Address: No. 8 Port Road
 Tel : 6273 2779
Opening Hours: 11am to 12.30am daily

Public Transport : Bus 408 from Harbourfront Interchange (Weekends and Public Holidays Only), thereafter 10 minutes walk.

Taxi : The restaurant gave us a tip to mention Labrador Villa Road instead of Port Road (so as not to confuse with some place in Tuas)

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