SEA Chuan KungFu Fish (Marina Square)

Enjoyed the dory fish with mala soup base although it was a little on the salty side. The portion is good for 3-4 persons to share if you order additional sides for the soup.

Do come as a group to try the various soup and fish variety. Add in a few buck for free flow of drinks and desserts. Personally liked the spicy soup best.

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This has a fresh, bouncy chew to texture, and delicate sweet savoury flavour, enhanced with the aromatic minced garlic.
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Paired with a salty savoury light soy sauce for dipping. Lovely appetizer.
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Sichuan Kungfu Fish
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This, in no way, is a gastronomic delight, as it's largely the frozen, processed snacks you could get in any supermarket.
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But there's something to be said for guilty pleasures like this, with cold beer.
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Sichuan Kungfu Fish
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This features a medium-sized, whole sea bass fish. While it wasn't as fresh as I'd expect, the fish meat was tender, flaky, and savoury sweet, though the fish skin was slightly rubbery.
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The fiery spicy mala soup base of mala peppercorn, star anise, ginger, spring onions, and chili oil, along with the fish, is served in a large, flat hot pot, and bubbles away delightfully throughout your meal.
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We got the medium spicy, which has a sharp kick, and a lingering burn. Not overly salty or oily, which I like.
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You can choose to add-on other ingredients to the meal; we selected 4.
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The Lotus Root (SGD $2.90) is crunchy vegetal sweet, and picks up the soup base well.
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The Chinese Cabbage (SGD $2.90) has a tender crunch, with a vegetal sweet flavour, but also soaks up the oil.
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The tender savoury Luncheon Meat (SGD $4.90) has a soft chew.
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The Kungfu Noodles (SGD $4.90) are thick and flat, with a bouncy chew and a delicate grainy sweet taste.
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Sichuan Kungfu Fish
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We had the sea bass and the portion was sufficient for two pax. Also added beancurd skin, potato slices and enoki mushrooms. We picked the 小辣 because we had previously read other reviews about their mala to be pretty potent😅 the spice level we picked was shiok without being so overpowering that we couldn’t enjoy our food.

And isn’t it cute that it was served in a fish shaped dish 😄😍