My father suggested this place for my aunt's birthday celebration. A small family get together over Chinese food.
The place is rather far, depending on where you are coming from. Is it worth the journey? Lets see.
Spacious and airy, the problem is mainly with parking as it is located by the main road and there didn't seem to be any parking spots nearby. We were lucky since it was lunch and they specialize mainly in steamboats for dinner.
Yes, that is an actual boat with an actual aquarium with actual fishes.
The key to a good steamboat (apart from fresh ingredients) lie in their choice of condiments. These are relatively standard in any given Chinese restaurant. The green is the Chinese version of wasabi. Red is your usual chicken rice chili sauce while yellow being garlic if you want to chili at all (why you so no adventurous?!?!).
Stir fried HK
kailan RM 24
For the price, you'd think that you get more but at least it was rather crunchy and fresh.
Curry wild boar RM 35
What's the difference between the wild and domesticated boar? As the latter, I hope that my meat is more firm than flabby with fat. Anyway, these tastes rich and creamy, thanks to the generous coconut milk. Goes well with rice.
Grouper fish head stir fried with
tauco and chili RM 55
We were assured that this would be relatively small but it turned out to be the head of a very big fish. For our party of 4adults, this dish posed a bit of challenge to finish towards the end. Don't get me wrong, it was fresh and the flavors were interesting (sweet with spicy notes). It was just a bit too much for us.
Stir fried meehoon with seafood RM 12
You know what they say about how the best things are the simplest ones? This is one of them. The noodles weren't too soggy. The fish cakes and abundance of shrimp were generally a great thing to an otherwise boring noodle dish.
My father called well in advance to book
these. I never knew that they were affectionately known as Chinese mitten crab though it makes sense since their Cantonese name is
dai chap hai.
My virgin experience, my initial impression was skepticism. For something so small, how could it costs so much? At RM 60
each, it better tastes goddamn good.
The selling point of this crab is from its roe, not its flesh. There really isn't much flesh in such a tiny frame.
Unlike your usual crabs, this one calls for special skill of dismantling it apart. Best to leave it to the experts. Also partly because I don't want to dirty my hands (too much). The legs are cut apart. The top shell is removed (expertly) from the body to reveal what exactly you paid for.
Still unconvinced, I was really curious to know what's the hoo-ha with them crabs.
For starters, don't expect lots of sweet juicy fresh flesh.
A word of caution: steer clear of this if your cholesterol is borderline high because it's all about the roes.
Unlike the typical crab roe, these has a rather oily taste to them, in a good way. So savory that you can forget that you are actually eating crab.
Is it worth the money? It is something that you should experience once in your life to see what the fuss is about.
Would I want to go for it again? If my health and pocket allows. Preferably someone else's pocket.
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