Hai Wei Yuan B.B.Q

Ordered the cockles ($10 for medium portion) and Dou Miao ($6 for small portion). My initial reaction on seeing the plate of cockles was: "Is that all?" But cockles are not that cheap anymore. There is an online seafood seller in Singapore selling regular size fresh cockles at $10 per kilo. Some char kway teow sellers charge $2 for a tablespoon of additional de-shelled cockles. So the portion that I received seems reasonable. Their chilli sauce with lime has a nice zing to it. Their Dou Miao was superb. I never knew that Dou Miao, eaten on its own, could taste so good. I am not exaggerating that I want to go back for more of their food based entirely on how their Dou Miao dish tasted. Their portion also seems generous for $6. Taste (Dou Miao) - 5/5 Value - 4.75/5

Good barberque fish and tze-char dishes. Tried a few dishes to share: 1. BBQ Stingray - The stingray was quite meaty, the meat itself was soft. The sambal was not overly spicy, but was tasty. 2. BBQ Red Snapper - The snapper was fresh -- the meat was very soft and not overcooked, the skin had a gelatinous texture. The sambal, with the addition of the limau, was excellent. 3. Kangkong - The kangkong was cooked with some hae bee. It made it fragrant. 4. Onion Omelette - It was just a simple dish done well. The egg was fluffy.

Food is nice. Probably the best sting ray in chomp chomp. But the uncle always bluff me. Tell you wait 30 mins but actually it’s waaaaaaaayyyyyyyy longer. So be prepared to add some EXTRA EXTRA mins to the waiting time. Oh did I mention the portions are really tiny for $20?

Decent sambal stingray. Tried this for the first time and it’s one of the better ones out there. Will probably try another stall when i’m there again next time to compare the quantity & quality. $15 for this.

Gong Gong is the freshest I have ever eaten! Chili dip also great! BBQ Sting Ray too. Sambal kangkong is nice too.

Came here on 03/11/2022 and writing review today. Was abit caught off guard by the low stars review this stall has and I think this stall needs a positive update as I can't find any fault from this stall. Service: Simplify, so many stalls in Chomp Chomp and this stall uncle was the most pro-active to give me a smile and ask if I want BBQ Seafood. No preference over any stall so ordered from the uncle. Price: (Personal Experience) I have visited at least 10 or more BBQ Seafood stalls and for the last 10+ stalls I've visited, all have the same answer when I ordered the $12 or smallest portion. "NO STOCK / FINISHED" and pushed the more expensive portion. For once in 2022! This is the only stall that told me I can ordered the $12 version. Maybe I Suay or what, but I will give them the credits for honoring their indicated price. By the way, this stall has the lowest price for BBQ Stingray at $12. Portion: I've no complaint and feel the portion was reasonable for $12. Taste: Nicely cook. Stingray was skillfully sliced and easily debone with chopstick. The sambal was above average and not too spicy. All I want to say is this group of uncles and aunties mending the stalls serve decent honest food. Doesn't deserve such bad reviews. Personal Thoughts. *I've paid for the food and in no relation to this stall. Just thinking they deserve better rating. A 4.5 stars from me! Cheers!

One of the worst BBQ stingray I have had. The chilli did not taste good and so were the very small stingray is not fresh and upon comparing with the stall next door, the bbq stingray was only half the size and cost as much as $15. I don’t know if anyone read this review, please don’t buy from this store!!!!

Very tasty BBQ stingray and sotong. Their Kai Lan is very delicious!!! However the serving portions are EXTREMELY small. Large serving of the bbq stingray looks more like Small serving. Would I come back here to eat again? Maybe....but there are other places with great bbq stingray with a more generous portion of food. Taste - 8/10 Value for money - 2/10

There are at least three stalls that sells barbecue (BBQ) seafood in Chomp Chomp Food Centre. Of these, I have tried two of the BBQ seafood stalls. And out of these two stalls, there's one which I always prefer to order from. The stall is Chomp Chomp Hai Wei Yuan Seafood BBQ 忠忠海味园BBQ海鲜烧烤 (what a mouthful). I shall call it Hai Wei Yuan to keep it short. Hai Wei Yuan is easy to spot as its at the entrance of Chomp Chomp. In fact, it is located at the left most corner at the entrance and has a unit number #01-01. This stall is fairly popular and you can expect a waiting time of at least 30 minutes (even on a weekday evening). There are tables directly in front of this stall. However, my advice would be to sit elsewhere. This is because the BBQing of the sambal chilli can cause the air around this stall to be very uncomfortable. The seafood such as stingray, crayfish, lala clams, gong gong and cockles were displayed on a bed of ice. We ordered three dishes and two bowls of rice from Hai Wei Yuan . The three dishes were Sambal Kang Kong $8, Sambal Lala $8 and BBQ (Sambal) Stingray $12. The two bowls of rice cost $1. Payment is made only after the food is served. We waited for around 40 minutes before our food was served (Food for thought: it was a Thursday night. Can't imagine what the waiting time would be if it was a weekend or Friday night). Although the Sambal Kang Kong $8 served on a piece of banana leaf had been highly raved about, I thought that it was average. I had eaten better ones elsewhere. The Kang Kong was well cooked and retained a nice crunchines. However, the dish as a whole was too spicy and was not tasty enough. The Sambal Lala $8 was served on a piece of banana leaf. We thought that the Sambal Lala Clams was unique. The lala clams were normal, but what stood out was the sauce. It had the right balance of spiciness, sweetness and saltiness (due to the lala clams). What made the sauce so unique was that it had this slight peanutish flavour that made it aromatic and addictive. Shiok! We were scrapping whatever sauce there was and adding it onto our rice. The BBQ Stingray $12 was also served on a piece of banana leaf. Needless to say, we always squeeze the lime to up the flavour by a notch or two. The BBQ Stingray was not bad. The sambal chilli spread was spicy and fragrant while the Stingray was tender, soft and more importantly fresh. However, a grouse which I had was that the stingray was too thin - not meaty considering the price. Having said that, credit must be given to the stall owner as he bothered to add slices of onions on top of the BBQ Stingray to enhance the flavour. I polished off the whole stingray (literally) including its skeleton (soft bone) which contains cartilage which is good for the joints. Overall, the food from Hai Wei Yuan was delish. Even though we had to wait so long for the food and the price seems to be on the higher end for a hawker centre, I would still be back. Reason being the prices at the other stalls are the same. In addition, I am a foodie, I am definitely coming back to Chomp Chomp for all the other yummy and sinful food. Detailed review: http://foodiefc.blogspot.sg/2013/10/chomp-chomp-hai-wei-yuan-seafood-bbq.html