San Fu Lou - Cantonese Kitchen (Crescent Mall)

San Fu Lou is a cantonese kitchen just around the side of Crescent mall. Food here has always been spectacular. Amount of oil in their food has been an issue but besides that i’ve always had a good experience here. Staff is always helpful and friendly. While I was here, I had the soy milk bubble tea, crab and corn soup, shrimp dumplings, seafood congee. My dad had a fresh coconut, sweet and sour soup, roasted duck, and choy sum. For the drinks, they were standard. I mean, you don’t need a Michelin starred chef to serve a coconut. My bubble tea was nice. I recommend the normal-milk bubble tea if you really want something nice. It’s the best bubble tea I’ve ever had. I always order the crab and corn soup when I come here. It’s always consistent and there are generous amounts of crab inside. The corn is creamy which adds a nice touch. Let’s talk about my seafood congee. Oh boy, what a let down. I was expecting something fantastic, instead I got an overly-huge bowl of goop. The portion was insane. I could feed three people with it. The consistency was like glue. I was trying to tell myself that the thicker it was the better but I couldn’t bring myself to it. It came with little to no toppings and was the most bland thing I had ever tasted. After I added some soy sauce it was bearable. There were a few scallops inside. No comment on those, they were pretty standard. The shrimp had an odd taste. I had a feeling they weren’t fresh. Two hefty pieces of squid were inside. I couldn’t eat them. They were like erasers - really damn chewy. Now for the shrimp dumplings. They were really hot. Emphasis on “really”. Whenever you tried to pick them up the rice skin would just break and melt off. The amount of oil there was also made it hard. The shrimp was cooked well and tasted good. Eat with soy sauce. The choy sum was standard with a lot of garlic. The sweet and sower soup was packed with vegetables and tasted good. The duck was cooked well with just the right amount of sauce to not make it too sweet. it was not hot enough so we asked for a re-fire and it came back drier than before - a bit more tough. Still tasted good though. The skin wasn’t crispy which was disappointing. I will 100% come back here. I am always happy leaving this restaurant and highly recommend checking it out. Oh, it’s a bit pricey. Forget that though, it’s about the food. And when it come to food, this place has it down. 4/5