A neighboring family at Yarrow Gardens was credited with introducing chili crab in Singapore. The patriarch had been a police inspector and the recipe was apparently his wife's. Eventually, their little business grew and became synonymous with Singapore's famous seafood scene. Late each night, their only son would drive speedily past the corner where we lived, followed closely by a Cisco security car behind him. The son came home with loads of cash from their restaurant, this during the 1970s when credit cards hardly existed.
Friday, August 23, 2013
The Old Seafood Stretch along East Coast Road
A neighboring family at Yarrow Gardens was credited with introducing chili crab in Singapore. The patriarch had been a police inspector and the recipe was apparently his wife's. Eventually, their little business grew and became synonymous with Singapore's famous seafood scene. Late each night, their only son would drive speedily past the corner where we lived, followed closely by a Cisco security car behind him. The son came home with loads of cash from their restaurant, this during the 1970s when credit cards hardly existed.
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