Wok Master at City Square Mall

Wok Master is tucked at one corner of City Square Mall, but it is not hard to find.  If you are coming from Farrer Park MRT station, just take the first escalator, go to level 2.  Voila!  Here it is.

I heard that Wok Master has a Zi Char stall origin, so it has many affordable dishes on offer.  Right now, they have a promotion for crabs, $48 for 2 crabs.  Normally it is $30 for 1 crab.

We took up the promotion and ordered two crabs for crab bee hoon soup.  For crab bee hoon, the key is always the soup.   The soup here is really milky thick, I am not sure whether they added milk for the appearance or the soup is really this thick.  Hua Diao, a Chinese yellow rice wine, is added to the soup to bring out the crab taste.  Crab, in traditional Chinese medicine, has a 'cold' property.  That means it has the effect of slowing down your blood circulation, making blood clogging more easy to happen.  Hua Diao has a 'hot' property, which will stimulate blood circulation.  It is a good combination to bring out the taste in the crabs, while neutralizing the adverse effects.

I will say I like their soup very much.  All the essence, the good stuff ,of the crabs are all absorbed into the soup.

For the crabs themselves, well, I will say it is quite average.  The size is normal, not the 1kg/crab kind of Sri Lanka crab, but a smaller version.  The biggest issue is the crab meat somehow is very sticky to the shell.  My Cantonese instinct tells me that the crab is not the freshest type.  By right, the crab meat can be easily separated from the shell.  Well, but for $48 for 2 crabs....  Melben is going for $58/crab, by the way.

Service-wise, I think it is just like any other restaurant.  You can't expect fantastic service from the staff while you are under-staffed.  In man-power expensive Singapore, it is better to adjust your expectations.

Overall, I think it is quite a pleasant experience.  Considering you are dining in an air-conditioned mall,  the food is not bad, and the price is reasonable, plus the place is not the noisy type.  Pretty good place for a few friends to meet up, chit-chat and enjoy a meal together.