Yan Ji Seafood Soup

Yan Ji seafood soup stall is hidden deep in Woodlands, in an area where residential buildings meet industrial buildings - 19 Marsiling Lane.  It is quite a distance from Woodlands MRT, and I actually had to ride an Obike to get to this place. 

Seafood Soup, $12.00

I ordered the seafood soup with crayfish for $12.00.  The crayfish looked really good, big in size.  I tried the soup first.  Mmmh.....It tasted more than a pork meat soup than a seafood soup.  I carefully moved the crayfish aside, three big chunks of minced pork were underneath, which explained why it tasted more like pork soup. 

I decided to start with the crayfish.  It was good.  The meat was firm and bouncy, You could peel the entire chunk of crayfish meat out from its shell in a single attempt, evidence for fresh crayfish!  Nothing beats the fresh taste when it comes to seafood.  The crayfish itself is worth at least $9 out of its $12 price. 

The rest of the ingredients and the soup were a big disappointment though.  First, let me talk about the soup.  It had only one distinguishable flavor - Salty!  Very very salty!  I think they marinated the minced pork with lots of salt, that's the reason why the soup was so salty, and it became more and more salty as you got to the bottom. 

The other ingredients included a fish ball, 2-3 clams, 1-2 small prawns which were not really that fresh, and some tiny pieces of squid. 

Overall I will give it a Fail.  The only saving grace was the crayfish which really was the crown jewel of this almost unpalatable seafood soup.  No, no, no next time.