This place was good, a little pricey though. The taste of the crab was similar to what I had in Singapore, but slightly lacking in seasoning. It might just be preference though.
My foodie friend from Singapore told me about Emily and her food… we bought a mountain of her offerings and had a big group dinner at his place to check it all out and learn about Singaporean food. Everything was absolutely amazing and everyone loved it. In an era where travel is difficult or impossible, I’m grateful for places like Dabao… a little slice of international adventure right here in SF. I can’t wait to eat her food again.
Really under seasoned food, and soups lack texture characteristic of laksa. It's like the chef is trying to recreate a dish, but didn't know how to actually cook it, and hadn't eaten it before. This is from s person who's had the genuine thing before. Alternatively, you might see it as watered down to "Western" levels of flavor. Super disappointing experience after all the hype.
So nice that this place provides opportunities for non-SF folks to partake in delicious Singaporean food. My friends and I had the ayam penyet, laksa, chee kweh, and pandan rice krispies. All enjoyable and took us back to the years we lived that Singaporean expat life. Looking forward to the other dishes they introduce - is this a good time to request butter crab??
Whoa, this place is legit Singaporean grub. Worth every penny. Can’t wait to order again!!!
My wife is from Singapore and I’ve been there a bunch of times. This was our first time with Dabao Singapore. Our niece got us a package with Laksa, prawn noodle and chee kueh. Not sure how to describe chee kueh other than a steamed rice powder cake with preserved cabbage and hot sauce. We have it in Sing for breakfast, so we saved it and had it this morning. It was quite good, though it could have used a little more cabbage.My wife had the prawn noodle (ha mee). She said the soup stock was very good, but she was a little disappointed in the noodles. Perhaps the time between initial preparation and delivery affected them. But overall, she liked the dish.I had the Laksa and it was quite good and quite true to those prepared in Singapore (as opposed to many others which are more like curry noodles). While I’ve had better in Singapore, I haven’t had many there that are better. Two come to mind there out of the dozens of different hawkers we’ve had.No dry mouth overnight which tells me no MSG was used in either dish, which is a huge plus.Prices are a little steep, but sine the price includes delivery, it’s not outlandishly high compared to other restaurants serving Sing or Malaysian food.Easily the best Singaporean restaurant in the Bay Area.
Consistent food quality. Prices has gone up a bit since last year.
Great black pepper crab