Gosh! Inspiring Creations Review: Mini Lobster Nasi Lemak Under $10 At AMK Hub

Most eye-catching are their mini lobster offerings, which usually retails for more than $25 in a nice restaurant. Inspiring Creations Mini Lobster Nasi Lemak ($9.80) is the marquee dish here.

Considering the avalanche of rice and sizable yabby we were given, it’s unbelievable that this dish dips under $10. Spicy mayo sauce sounds pretty run-of-the-mill, but it complemented the yabby effectively here.

It was creamy and garlicky, but in addition had sweet chilli tickling the back of our palates. For me though, it’s not so much that the sauce tasted good in isolation, but that it accentuated the delicately sweet lobster flesh.

Innovation is all well and good, but the success of such a dish hinges on executing the fundamental pillars of the original. While we appreciated the use of long, loose grains in nasi lemak, this was a little too dry.

Its creaminess helped alleviate the rice’s dry texture, while its flavour, in partnership with the mentaiko-esque spicy mayo, gave an intriguing Japanese slant to this dish. Enjoy your yabby without the sambal though, as its sweet and spicy punch masks the yabby’s subtleties.

Chilli crab is the most popular crustacean dish in Singapore, so transposing that taste to these yabbies seems like a no-brainer. Considering its quotation, the Chilli Crab Sauce Mini Lobster with Mantou ($6.80) came with a surprisingly large pile of yabbies, as well as four mantou to mop up the sauce. Good chilli crab sauce needs to have that infusion of seafood umami to balance its sweetness, but we were unable to discern any seafood savour here.

It’s pretty hard to go wrong with crisp, fluffy mantou though, so even though we were less than impressed by the sauce, we still found ourselves mopping it all up with the mantou. The first few pieces are nice, but after a while, my mouth just gets dry and coated with the flavour of oil. Gosh’s Mini Crabs ($5) were one of the better ones I’ve tried though, and it was my dining companion’s favourite dish.

Lobster is usually out of a student’s quotation range, but with all menu items under $10, Gosh! gives students a new option for some seafood indulgence without burning through their weekly allowance. For the most part, their seafood is cooked and seasoned well, but they perhaps need to adjust the renditions of local flavours.

It’s in addition a great place to head down with your Muslim buddies, as all the ingredients are halal and they are in the process of receiving halal certification too. Alternatively, head down to these 10 JB seafood restaurants serving cheap crab and lobster for seafood dishes that don’t break the bank. 10 Johor Bahru Seafood Restaurants Serving Cheap Crab And Lobster From $2.30 Per 100g Let us know your favourite seafood specialists in Singapore in the comments below!

Inspiring Creations is in the process of obtaining halal certification.