Night @ Newton !

I've always had a special liking for meat, especially for 'fruits de mer'. A freshly prepared catch can easily persuade me for anything and if it is a crab...then actually anything !

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I have tried crab in various places and many a preparations but the one in Singapore steals the show. One hungry midnight, made me visit this place in Newton, called the Newton Circus. It is the place which feeds the nocturnals. Open all the night, this place serves the best seafood in town.

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It was almost 1 am and getting a place seemed a difficult task. Fortunately managed to get a corner table. The order taking at Newton, defies all the conventional methods and you are supposed to give the order as soon as the menu is handed over to you....seriously they do not have any time to waste !

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I knew what i wanted and hence saved some time...it was simple...a portion of Chilly crab, steamed buns and a bottle of beer. The crab arrived steaming hot with the buns to wipe out the extra tomato and chilly gravy in which it is tossed....the first bite is like an endless sojourn to the gastronomic heaven and coming back might be difficult !

Unlike the name, the dish is not very spicy and made with a sweet and sour tomato sauce. It was invented by a Chinese chef and her husband in 1950s and has become very popular in Singapore and Malaysia since then.

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Usually prepared with mud crabs, an upmarket restaurant might prepare it with soft shell crabs and charge some extra dollars for the bib and claw cracker, they give you...anyways coming back to the point... a meal @ Newton will cost you around 30 SGD with a medium sized crabs, buns and drinks....

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Now desprately waiting to return to the same place as soon as I get back to Singapore....