Probably the Best Bull Frog in My Life - Sin Ma Claypot Live Bull Frog Porridge @ Bukit Timah Cheong Chin Nam Road 新馬砂煲活田雞

It was around 6pm when we finished our trekking at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, so we decided to settle our dinner nearby. We passed by Cheong Chin Nam Road (opposite to Beauty World Center) and found that this road is full of restaurants, with long lines of customers waiting for a seat along the road, it seemed like the restaurants here do serve good food! (Or maybe it's just the queuing culture in Singapore?) 

 Cheong Chin Nam Road

It's rare for me to have porridge as dinner because porridge is not the most filling food and I really hate going to bed with a half-empty stomach. Therefore, I was a bit hesitant to have Sin Ma Claypot Live Bull Frog Porridge as dinner, especially after a good amount of walking at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. But looking at the long queues in front of the rest of the restaurants, we decided to get a seat at Sin Ma Claypot Live Bull Frog Porridge before the crowd builds up here.

Menu

The first storey of Sin Ma Claypot Live Bull Frog Porridge is non air-conditioned and the second storey is air-conditioned. Their menu is pretty straightforward, you can choose from a claypot of bull frog porridge, or you can order flavored bull frog to pair with plain porridge.  There are only 2 flavors available: ginger spring onion姜葱and dry chili宫保. We ordered 5 bull frogs and requested 3 frogs to be cooked in 姜葱style and the other 2 in 宫保style. We also ordered 2 pots of porridge as our main. 

All piping hot!

Food was served in less than 15 min which is considered very fast, given that the place was 70% full at that time. The serving of bull frogs looked small at the very first glance but trust me, 5 frogs are more than enough to feed 3 adults. 

Ginger Spring Onion Bull Frog
姜葱田鸡

Dry Chili Bull Frog
宫保田鸡

I am always skeptical with the so-called famous restaurants in Singapore because a lot of the time, the food is just not as great and does not meet my expectation. I had my first bite on the bull frog and approved this restaurant immediately - this is probably the best bull frog that I have ever had in my life! The frog meat was unbelievably fresh and tenderly smooth, its silky and springy texture reminded me of cod fish, it's just indescribably delicious. I couldn't stop eating it to a point where I suggested to order additional bull frogs, that's how much I love the dishes! 

Speaking of the flavor, the dry chili宫保version was very spicy. There was plenty of chili padi in the sauce so you might want to skip this if you have a low tolerance to spicy food. Ginger Spring Onion姜葱on the other hand, was flavorful and packed with umami taste from the frog. Both sauces went really well with the plain porridge, you don't even need any other condiments. The bull frogs were served with a generous amount of sauce, you can add as much sauce as you want to the porridge. 

Porridge

We paid a total of $30 for the meal, which is very affordable for the food quality that we got. I will definitely come back to Sin Ma in near future, you should give it a try too!

Sin Ma Claypot Live Bull Frog Porridge

Address: 5 Cheong Chin Nam Rd, Singapore 599730

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