It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Jumbo Seafood at Riverside Point, near Clarke Quay. Used to be that this was the standard place to bring visitors to Singapore to eat their famous Singapore chilli crab, but since the whole esplanade area has been built up, No Signboard has been a much more scenic and frenetic location.
A friend visiting organised dinner at Jumbo – it doesn’t seem like the esplanade has taken any of its business away, with incredibly three seatings. We stuck to the standards – Singapore chilli crab, black pepper crab, homemade tofu and fried rice. I have to say I’d forgotten just how sweet their chilli crab sauce was – but even that amount of sweetness couldn’t take away the heat of the chilli. We were warned that the black pepper crab would be spicier still, with the pepper this time adding the heat instead of the chilli, and they were right – by the end of the meal, I could barely feel my lips.
I actually love spicy food, but when the heat takes over all other flavours, it takes away a lot of the enjoyment of eating the food for me. I missed the delicate sweetness of the crab in both dishes, and was left disappointed. My favourite dish of the evening was their fried rice, which was surprisingly great!
Not sure I’ll be back there in a hurry.
Jumbo Riverside Point
30 Merchant Road # 01-01/02 Riverside Point
Singapore 058282
Tel: 6532-3435
Food is my happy place 
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