A jolly good evening it was, with my boss bringing us to karaoke, after having the so-called Company Annual Dinner in King Crab Restaurant in Taman Megah, PJ. Choices were made based on the menu, & of course i seized the opportunity to blog about it.
Ambiance was the typical Chinese restaurant, with some tables seated by a bunch of loud & rough businessmen, some with families of toddlers & grannies. While waiting for the food to come (& getting $hit-stirred by colleagues in front of my boss), we were served with some "Acar" (refer to my previous post). Tasted not quite funky as i thought so. Hmm... room for improvement.
Then came the 1st dish; "The Prosperity Yee Sang(鱼生)". Apparently, this raw fish salad was invented by the Teochews (my clan, eh?). Usually in a table, the diners gather around the table to toss the shredded ingredients into the air with chopsticks in order to raise 'good luck', or "Lou Hei(捞起) for the new year. And you will see kiasu people tossing as high as possible because it is a common belief that high tossing means high prosperity. It tasted relatively okay compared to Yee Sang in many other restaurants.
Next was the Braised Shark's Fin Soup with Seafood. I must say this is actually quite a nice value-for-money shark's fin soup. Can fight with Overseas Restaurant's Crab Meat Shark's Fin Soup in Jalan Imbi, which i hope i am able to blog about it if i get to visit there again some time soon :). Anyway, it has some chunky pieces of shrimps, & fish lips (it might seem revolting to some, but trust me, its chewy texture goes just well with the soup).
Then came the Steamed Pomfret with Soya Sauce, which was rather below the expectation as the meat at the outer part tasted quite dry, probably overcooked. Somehow, it went well with the soya sauce (& we can't be bitching about it in front of our boss, can we? :P )
We thought the fish was bad, until the Steamed Village Chicken with Kai Lan came. At one glance, it looks quite appealing. But the moment you sink your teeth into the chicken, you will be cursing the chef for presenting such a raw, uncooked poultry. I must say this dish is very the turn-off. Looking at this sad cock head, even he felt his sacrifice has gone to waste.
Next, Baked Crystal Prawns with Butter. Again, this dish is relatively okay compared to many other restaurants. The butter clumps were very sweet, though. I think the sugar was not properly scattered.
My favorite is the Dried Oyster with Black Moss. Probably because personally, i love eating dried oysters & black moss. Also, beneath the layers of the dried oysters & black moss was the wheat gluten, some sort of Min Gan (面筋), which happens to be my favorite too! For your information, this dish is called "Hou Si Fatt Choy (蚝士发菜） in Cantonese. It sounds like "Good news, Prosperity". No wonder i love it so much. LOL!
Last main dish was the Fried Rice with Chinese Waxed Meat. Honestly speaking, we were all so stuffed that this dish did not attract us shit. We decided to screw this dish aside. So tak jadi makan la. But i did took a bite of it, and it is not bad, man!
For the dessert, we had Snow Fungus with Gingko & Water Chestnut. Nothing to hoo-hah about la. The "Special Chinese Fancy Duet" was quite FANCY, though. It was a rabbit-shaped bun with lotus seed fillings, and the other was pandan-kaya roll. Sweeeeet...
Overall, it was quite a decent 8-course Chinese dinner. The irony is, we did not have CRAB at all in this KING CRAB Restaurant. Hmmm.......
Restaurant details:
Address:
103-107, Jalan SS 25/2,
Taman Megah, 47301,
PJ, Selangor
Tel: 03-7808 2388
Business Hours: 11am - 2.30pm, 6pm - 11pm
Cuisine: Chinese
Pricing: 6/10
Cleanliness Factor: 7/10
Service: 7/10,
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