Heartwarming soup with recent seafood at Kovan

There’s nothing like savouring a piping sizzling bowl of seafood broth, full of an array of recent seafood on a chilly, wet afternoon. Jia Li Seafood Soup，situated alongside Upper Serangoon Road close to Kovan MRT, affords simply that!

They have been beforehand often called Sin Kee Seafood Soup when situated at Marsiling. They then rebranded to Jia Li Seafood Soup after making the shift to Aljunied. Launched in April 2022, this comparatively new location at Kovan has turn out to be their solely remaining outlet after the latest closure of their Aljunied department in June 2022.

What I attempted at Jia Li Seafood Soup

It wasn’t a chilly stormy wet afternoon once I arrived at Jia Li Seafood Soup, nevertheless the sky was overcast and it wasn’t exceptionally sizzling— fortunate for me! I stood in entrance of the stall and was deciding between Dory Fish, Batang Fish and Red Grouper for my soup.

I settled for his or her Batang Fish Seafood Soup With Crayfish (S$14.50). It got here with three crayfish halves, batang fish slices and minced meat.

As I’m an everyday of fish soup once I’m not working (attempting to be more healthy), I dived straight for the batang fish. It was agency and had no fishy aftertaste. Every chew I took met with some resistance, which works to point out that the meat is extraordinarily recent.

The crayfish meat wasn’t mushy and powdery like what I’ve had from different institutions— a sign that solely the freshest seafood is served right here. If you ever want somebody to check whether or not the seafood is recent, I’ll be the proper candidate— my tongue itches if the seafood isn’t recent! None of that occurred to me right here.

The chilli had a bitter kick which paired completely with the seafood— my eating associate and I have been hooked on it! Jia Li Seafood Soup‘s broth was seasoned completely with all of the umami sweetness coming from the seafood and the minced meat that was cooked with it.

It jogged my memory of the steamboat broth that I’d often have once I go for seafood hotpot with associates. I hoped that the broth can be extra strong and flavourful— sadly it didn’t work for me.

Jia Li Seafood Soup has Seafood Bee Hoon (S$7.50) on the menu and provides you choices to changeup the noodles to Mee Sua (+S$0.70), Ee–Mee (+S$0.70) and Instant Koka Noodles (+S$0.70)— I selected the final one as I like instantaneous noodles!

If I may drag the chef dwelling to cook dinner my instantaneous noodles for me, consider me I’d’ve! The noodles have been cooked to perfection with the proper doneness and possessed a bouncy texture. It got here with two massive prawns, dory fish slices, minced meat and tomatoes served in the identical seafood broth.

I’ve acquired to present props to Jia Li Seafood Soup for his or her minced meat which had mushroom bits inside. It was tremendously flavourful and there wasn’t any trace of gamey style, and was pleasantly tender too.

The prawns have been exceptionally plump and naturally candy, which gave me the reassurance that the seafood served right here is of a top quality commonplace.

Last however not least, I attempted Jia Li Seafood Soup’s Yong Tau Fu Soup 7 Pcs (S$6). It consisted of 1 bitter gourd, one eggplant, a couple of items of fishcake, two items of tau kwa, two items of bean curd pores and skin, tomatoes and inexperienced greens. It didn’t comprise soya beans or anchovies like another locations I’ve been to, which was completely high quality for me. The soup was completely different from the seafood broth that I had from the earlier two dishes; it was mild but flavourful.

The bitter gourd had misplaced all traces of bitterness which often places me off. It was pleasantly mushy and had soaked up all of the pure sweetness coming from the soup.

The bean curd skins have been generously full of fish paste, and acted as sponges which absorbed the entire soup’s goodness. The total dish was an amazing selection to assist lower down the richness of the opposite two seafood dishes.

Final Thoughts

The seafood served at Jia Li Seafood Soup blew me away. High in high quality, recent and attractive, I’d come again anytime for a heartwarming bowl of Seafood Instant Koka Noodles or their Yong Tau Fu Soup 7 Pcs.

Come style the freshness of their seafood or simply benefit from the heat of their comforting soups— I truly don’t thoughts having this on a sizzling sunny day!

Expected injury: S$6 – S$21 per pax 

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