Fresh Generation Review: Giant Lobster Seafood Soup At Bukit Timah Food Centre

A lobster and seafood feast drenched in rich, umami soup is not really what you would expect to find at a corner of Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre. Opened in March by the same people behind Woon Woon Pek Beehoon , Fresh Generation is quite the hidden gem in a hawker centre.

Fresh Generation - Giant Seafood Soup At Bukit Timah Food at Fresh Generation The stall features seafood soup in different sizes, with various types of seafood. I knew we had to get our hands on their Signature Seafood Platter ($28) , which had an assortment of seafood served in a bowl bigger than my face.

This massive bowl, meant for two to three people, came with crayfish, scallops, lala, prawns, lobster balls, and slices of sheng yu (snakehead fish). They are generous with the lala, fish slices and scallops, but to me, the lobster balls seemed like something you can pick up at a supermarket.

You can choose to add a whole lobster ($22) to your platter, or more of the above seafood by topping up some money. We chose to have the lobster separately in their Lobster Seafood Soup ($28 for one person, $58 for three people) . What sets Fresh Generation apart from Woon Woon is the ample amount of delicious seafood broth you can get here.

While Woon Woon serves up white beehoon soaked in broth in a relatively shallow bowl, Fresh Generation offers a much larger and deeper bowl of soup, meant for you to slurp up bowl after bowl. And that was what I did, for the broth was a sweet combination of boiled flower crabs and lala.

You can also choose to add handmade noodles ($0.50) , or have rice ($0.50) to go with your seafood soup . What is interesting to note is that the savour profile of each dish changes with what seafood elements you have in it, even though the same broth is used.

The soup for the seafood platter was savoury with a sweet seafood taste, but the soup for the lobster bowl was on another level. Perhaps it was because the lobster soup was more saturated in a smaller bowl, but the wok hei fragrance in it was much stronger, and I could smell it wafting over when it was placed in front of me. If you are looking for a more budget meal but still want delicious seafood soup, they as well have options for one: Original Seafood Soup ($6) , Crayfish Seafood Soup ($10) , and Scallops Seafood Soup ($10) .

Javien and Reece are not usually at the Bukit Timah branch, and Reece’s father, a former restaurant head chef, is the one serving up bowls of delicious seafood broth. Ambience at Fresh Generation A hawker centre is obviously not the poshest of places, but the area is well-ventilated and is kept reasonably clean. It was not particularly crowded during lunch hour on a weekday but, according to one of the staff members, they can be out of lobsters in the evening.

The verdict Shelling out over $50 at a hawker centre is a little pricey, but it’s to be expected since it’s seafood. At $28, the rate is reasonable for the amount of seafood, though I feel the soup is really the ultimate star.