[Media Invite] Celebrate Lunar New Year with Authentic Southeast Asian Cuisine @ Famous Treasure

We are now back to the first of the Chinese zodiac sign; the Rat. What better way to usher in new beginnings than having delicious meals at Famous Treasure with your loved ones?

Famous Treasure is located at Level 2 of Capitol Piazza and is an extension of Famous Kitchen (located in Sembawang). Read about my first experience at Famous Kitchen and watch out for this space as I will bring you an updated version soon!

entrance to Famous Treasure

interior

Famous Kitchen serves Nanyang fare, a Southeast Asian cuisine style assimilated from cultures such as Teochew, Hokkien and Cantonese. The place has an elegant and cosy feel, and is able to accommodate up to 150 diners, and has 4 private rooms available for booking. Suitable for business dining as well.

menu

Chinese New Year Menu

Prosperity Shun De Yu Sheng 顺德鱼生

Shunde Yu Sheng @$118++/$180++ (for 6 pax/10 pax portion)

Shunde is said to be one of the origin of our Southeast Asia's yusheng as we know it today. Revisit the taste of original yusheng at Famous Treasure, and what I liked about the Shunde style Yu Sheng, is that there was no need to jostle for the few slices of fish. It will flow to you naturally as it will be individually plated. Keke, guaranteed win! When a restaurant uses yellowtail (hamachi) for its yusheng, you have my vote already. Just take my money!

Shunde Yu Sheng 顺德鱼生 - feat. hamachi

The yusheng is available as à la carte order and for takeaways. It is also available on normal days (non-CNY period) and is available with 3-days advance reservation.

Chicken Soup with Morel Mushroom and Peach Gum 羊肚菌桃胶炖鸡汤

Chicken Soup with Morel Mushroom and Peach Gum @$68++/$138++ (medium/large)

close-up view of peach gum and morel mushrooms

Peach gum is the resin from peach and is said to be rich in amino acid, which allows collagen to be quickly absorbed into the human body. The chicken soup has a natural sweetness from the essence of the chicken, and light earthy flavours of the mushrooms. Peach gum was like a soft, collageny blob.

Roasted "Silver Hill" Irish Duck 爱尔兰金牌烧肥鸭

Roasted "Silver Hill" Irish Duck 爱尔兰金牌烧肥鸭 @$58++/$108++ (half/whole)

drumstick view

Imagine well roasted duck meat that has a firm chew yet still tender to the jaw, and best parts were those with skin and fatty bits that oozes flavour! My favourite piece of duck would be from the breast. Roasted "Silver Hill" Irish Duck is a signature dish which is also availabe in the CNY Set Menus including Success Set B, Happiness Set C and Fortune Set D.

Steamed Marble Goby "Fisherman Stye" 渔夫蒸笋壳

Steamed Marble Goby "Fisherman Style" 渔夫蒸笋壳

The steamed Marble Goby "Fisherman Style" is available in Wealth Set A and Fortune Set D. Simple flavours with premium freshwater fish. The meat texture was firm, compact and smooth.

Steamed Marble Goby "Fisherman Style"

Wok-fried Prawn Ball with Traditional "Nanyang" Style 南洋风味炒虾球

Wok-fried Prawn Ball with Traditional "Nanyang" Style 南洋风味炒虾球 @$36++/$54++/$72++ (small/medium/large)

Can I just say that the wok-fried prawn ball done in Nanyang style is a crowd favourite? Nothing beats a plump, firm prawn, battered and fried with 'saucy' coating that exuded familiar Southeast Asian flavours. It just shouts "YUM". Available in CNY à la carte menu.

one is never enough

Prosperity Fortune Treasure Pot (Pre Order) 发财盆菜

Prosperity Fortune Treasure Pot (Pre Order) 发财盆菜 @$388++/$588++ (small/large)

The pencai is available on the CNY Takeaway Menu and CNY à la carte menu. Loaded with premium ingredients such as abalone, fish maw, dried scallops, dried oysters, sea cucumber, prawns, and fa cai. The connoisseur would not want to miss the tasty vegetables lining the pot as those would have absorbed all the lovely flavours.

pencai - individual portion

pencai pot

Good news is that one could buy a small Pencai and enjoy a complimentary small Yusheng, or get a big Pencai and enjoy a complimentary big Yusheng. Wow, that's a good deal!

The Auspicious Set Menus and Prosperity CNY Treats Takeaways are available from 13 Jan to 8 Feb 2020, while the Prosperity À La Carte Menu is available from 25 to 27 January 2020. Please make your enquiries direct with the restaurant.

Thank you Jennifer (JY Consultancy) for the invite and Famous Treasure for hosting. Happy New Year everyone!

Famous Treasure Chinese Restaurant

Address: 13 Stamford Rd, #02-28 Capitol Piazza, Singapore 178905
Website: http://www.thefamoustreasure.com/
Contact: +65 6881 6668/+65 9730 7548
Email: reservation@famoustreasure.com.sg
Business Hours:
Daily: 11:30am–3pm, 6–10:30pm

The Coconut Club @ 28 Ann Siang Road

Opened in 2016, visited by Prime Minister in the same year, and the restaurant was listed in 2018's Michelin's Bib Gourmand list. The Coconut Club is now located at 28 Ann Siang Road.

signboard

Visited on a Saturday after lunch hour, and there was a queue outside the restaurant. For the people that are patiently queuing, they provide iced water, rose syrup and I see bottles of wine too. Self-service although I have not seen anyone enjoying the wine that day. Loved the instant relief from the iced cold rose syrup water especially on a hot humid day.

for the people queuing 

We waited for about half an hour and got a table shortly after 2pm. The place was bustling as expected. Plenty of friends from foreign countries and some hip looking locals.

peeped inside to see what's happening

ok, our turn to be seated

action packed

The food menu and drinks menu came with tiny fonts. I just can't. We ordered a basic plate of nasi lemak, paru, kueh salat and a chendol. For the nasi lemak's fried chicken and depending on what's in-stock, you can choose to have either white or dark meat. The white meat was of a larger piece, but we opted for dark as I loved chicken thigh. The wait for the dark meat to be fried (because it was out of stock), was about 15 to 20 minutes.

food menu

The Basic @$12.80++

The chicken was fried to a deep brown and looked inviting. The other condiments like fried peanuts, ikan bilis (anchovies), sliced cucumber and a dollop of sambal were neatly placed at the side of the plate and surrounding the coconut rice. For egg, you have a sunny side up with a wobbly center.

The chicken was crispy and well fried and had mild flavours. Was sort of expecting more flavours from the chicken. Perhaps the seasoning that day was lighter? The sambal was of a less spicy variant and my guess is that everyone could enjoy it.

let it flow

The Paru (beef lungs) Sambal Lado side dish that we ordered, was surprisingly superb. Substantial pieces of tender bouncy lungs and topped with lovely sambal. Because they serve this in large pieces, I felt it was akin to eating lung steak. This was my favourite thing from The Coconut Club.

Paru Sambal Lado @$7++

so yummy

To end the meal, one could enjoy local kuih like kuih salat, bingka or kosui. Ordered a piece of kuih salat just to try try. It looks beautiful and a nice introduction to foreign friends. 

Kuih Salat @$2++

loved the vibrant colour

The must-order for dessert would be the chendol. Loved the amount of gula melaka on this and the ratio of the coconut milk. Lots of red bean toppings too. Lovely and value for money.

Chendol @$3.80++

When it was near to their mid-day break time, we were asked by the service staff on whether they could clear our plates, though we were still enjoying the last bits of our meal. This occurred for about 3 times with about 5 minutes in between each request by different service crew, before we acceded. And out of curiosity, we asked one of them (the last one who cleared our table) on why they need to constantly ask to clear the plates within such short intervals and there wasn't any queue by then. His reply was that it is part of their SOP not to have messy table so that customers can dine comfortably. Hmm, does this mean that our table were that messy? Oops.