{"id":44361,"date":"2026-04-14T11:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44361"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:20:07","slug":"pick-live-seafood-at-this-commonwealth-market-stall-have-it-cooked-zi-char-style-upstairs-like-seouls-noryangjin-fish-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44361","title":{"rendered":"Pick Live Seafood At This Commonwealth Market Stall &#038; Have It Cooked Zi Char-Style Upstairs \u2014 Like Seoul\u2019s Noryangjin Fish Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3><strong>Cooking fee starts from $20<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Next, bring your seafood upstairs to Fai Kee and choose how you\u2019d like it prepared. The stall sticks to four classic Cantonese styles: chilli, black bean, ginger and scallion or steamed.<\/p>\n<p>Then, sit back and wait for your meal to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Cooking fees are paid directly to Fai Kee and are $20 per dish, though prices may vary depending on portion size and the \u201cnumber of times the wok needs to be fired up\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe base is $20, but it depends on how many times we have to cook,\u201d explains Daniel Tham, 62, who helps run the stall with his brother Leonard, 69, the sole chef.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf two medium-sized crabs can fit into one wok, it\u2019s $20. But if they\u2019re too big or we have to cook twice, then we charge double.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For dishes like lobster yee mee, the price also increases depending on the number of diners, as additional noodles and ingredients are added.<\/p>\n<p>The entire experience is intentionally kept fuss-free \u2014 no fancy customisations or off-menu requests. \u201cThey focus on classic Cantonese cooking,\u201d says Jeremy. \u201cWe always tell customers, don\u2019t do funny things with the seafood.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  { if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n   n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n   if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n   n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n   t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n   s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n   'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '686778738188379');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.8days.sg\/eatanddrink\/hawkerfood\/commonwealth-crab-talk-fai-kee-live-seafood-hawker-collab-856541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooking fee starts from $20 Next, bring your seafood upstairs to Fai Kee and choose how you\u2019d like it prepared. The stall sticks to four&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}