Food that I Grew Up In (Part 3/5)

3. Ah Orh Seafood Restaurant

Easily recognizable with its huge signboard along the road of Jalan Bukit Merah, it will be so hard to miss “AH ORH SEAFOOD RESTAURANT”. To many, it is just your usual seafood or “Zi Char” Place but to Teochews and patrons from the Ellenborough Market and Food Centre, this is the place where they can reminisce the past and enjoy some of their favourite dishes.

To me, Ah Orh has played a significant part in terms of me falling in love with the Steamed Pomfret which was unsurprisely one of their signature dishes. The Origin for the love of this dish has to go back to my mother. Since young, she has been madly in love with Steamed Pomfret and my father has always been facing a challenge to bring her to seafood places that serves fresh ones (She has a sensitive stomach).

Whether it was by chance or by fate, my father founded Ah Orh which was and still is famous for this dish that has made my mother coming back even since. The dish itself is very simple and light on the taste with tomatoes, chili, mushrooms, gingers, preserved vegetables and lettuce. Once I bite on the flesh, it immediately melted in my mouth and I can taste the freshness immediately. One downside of it has to be the price as the smallest portion cost from $40 upwards.

Fish Maw Soup is slightly different from others I have tasted over the years as the soup base is not clear but filled up ingredients from the Fish Maw. The Fish Maw is tender and goes very well with the soup base. It always makes me want to have a second bowl (If nobody else is scooping!)

My favourite on the menu has to been the “Orh Ni” which is also known as Yam Paste. Traditionally a homemade Teochew Dish, many of us now get to enjoy this dish in many of the restaurants. Not many in this line had churned out delicious Yam Paste and Ah Orh is making one of the best, if not the best around.  The Paste is sticky yet soft and smells very good. With special ingredients like Red Date, it gives this dish quite a different taste to it.

Over the years, I have grown up and so does Ah Orh and both of us have a similarity – getting valuable experience along the way. Ah Orh – satisfying customers day in day out and me – trying to churn out write ups for readers like you who have been supporting me all these while.

Part 4 of this series will be another unknown place but I am sure will be known to some of you whom are food lovers. Keep a lookout!

Signing Off,

I Eat I Breathe

Food ‘K’ Maestro

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