Chilled Desserts and Chilling Drinks - Eastern Crab Restaurant Ampang KL - by Best Restaurant To Eat

Refreshing Mango Cream With PomeloThis is a nice dessert to finish off any meals.

It is a creamy chilled delight that comes with freshly cut mangoes and sago. It was just the perfect concoction to end my heavy crab meal that I had.

It was a perfect balance with the right sweetness. The only little flaw was that the type of sago used were not the chewy one, the type that was usually used for this type of dessert. Instead they used a powdery type that tasted like rice cereal. After failing to find any traces of pomelo, we asked the captain where were the pomeloes. He explained the the pomelo have been blended together with the mangoes. RM 8.20 per bowl - Rating 3 of 5

For the finale, we were served with the Hong Kong Ice Lemon Tea. The pleasant smelling of the lemon makes a nice end to a rich meal. The fragrant of the tea was very strong and blended extremely well with the ice and lemon. Most places that I have tried this drink were either too bland or too sourish in taste. This drink will set as the new benchmark for me as far as Ice Lemon Tea goes. Price RM6.50 Rating 4 of 5

Location : Lot G.02, Ground Floor, Plaza Ampang City, 332-A, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Ampang

Crunchy Fried Siakap With Assam (Sweet and Sour) Sauce - Eastern Crab Restaurant Ampang KL - by Best Restaurant To Eat

Looks can be deceiving. When this dish was served at the dinner table, it did not look very appetizing at all. It was probably because there were not much gravy or sauce that accompanied the fish.

I have eaten siakap mostly the Teochew style steamed version and also steamed assam version but never as a fried version.

Upon tasting the sauce, my perception of the dish has changed. The bell pepper, onion and ladies finger were very crisp (did not over cook) goes very well with the special assam sauce. The fish was crunchy from the outside and the flesh was tender (and most important it does not have the muddy taste of some siakap). Best eaten with plain white rice.

Rating 4 of 5

Location : Lot G.02, Ground Floor, Plaza Ampang City, 332-A, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Ampang

Overpriced Overrated Oyster Omelette - Goh Kee Jalan Raja Laut KL - By Best Restaurant To Eat

OOOO - Overpriced Overrated Oyster Omelette

I chanced upon this restaurant during one of my regular makan place scouting and read some wonderful review about this restaurant from a few blogs that I have visited. One of the specialty here was their Oyster Omelette. This is one of the dishes that I loved to eat. Looking at the photos, it looks very appetizing enough for me to give it a try some day.

Happened that, I need to go to KL to send my daughter to one of her K-Pop concert and I have 2 hours to kill in KL. Since I am already in the vicinity, so I decided to head over to this place to savour this dish.

There were quite a number of patrons when I arrived. I noticed there were some tables that have ordered this dish but majority of them ordered the restaurant signature dish which is Steam Fish Head in Superior Broth. Since, I am alone and probably too much to eat a fish head all by myself, I decided to order the Oyster Omelete which is also one of their signature dish too.

 

 

At first glance, it looks good especially the oysters in the egg batter. The serving was so little that I finished it off in 5 small helpings. It lacks the smokey flavor that we normally gets from eating a good "ho chien" at the hawker stall. The oyster used here were very plain and flat. The batter was tasteless, it was, as if eating a plain fried omelette

The worst have yet to come. To my surprise the price for this dish is RM16.00 which is seriously over priced for a back lane coffeeshop restaurant. A reasonable price would be around RM8 to RM12.00.

Lesson Learned: What looks good (from blogs) doesn't necessary taste good.

Crablicious Meal In Ampang - Eastern Crab Restaurant - by Best Restaurant To Eat

Mention about eating crabs, the first place that comes to mind would be in Klang or Port Klang, not anymore, there is a little restaurant that serves big juicy Sri Lanka Mud Crab right in Ampang.

I had the priviledge to sample an all crab dishes at Eastern Crab Restaurant.

First on the menu was the Crab Meat With Shark's Fin Soup in Superior Broth. Once the soup was laden on the table, the first thing that I noticed was the generous quantity of Shark Fin topping. I loved my shark fin soup with a dash of vinegar and peserved green chillies. I would say the freshnest of the crab meat took me by surprise as most other restaurants would serve frozen crab meat. You can easily see there are crab roe that accompany the soup too. Overall the soup was a good start for this meal. Rating 4 / 5. Price per bowl - RM19.50

 

 

Next, comes the main course which is Singapore Chilli Crab. In Kuala Lumpur there aren't many restaurant that serves this dish. I remembered the last time I savoured this dish was in Singapore itself. My Singaporean friend brought me and my family to the iconic restaurant JUMBO@Dempsey that claims to serves the best in Singapore. Upon tasting, I was taken aback on how a Hong Kong trained chef could come so close to cooking this dish that can rivalled one of the best in Singapore. Best eaten with either Fried man tou or bread toast. Rating 4 / 5. Price per crab - RM55.00

 

 

The third crab dish we relished for the night was the Hong Kong Typhoon Shelter Fried Crab. I have eaten crab in many cooking styles but never tried this before. When the dish came, I could see the overwhelming serving of garlic and shallot accompanied with the fried crab. I find the crab a bit tad too dry for my liking as I would prefer crabs served in gravey version. Rating 2 / 5. Price per crab - RM55.00

 

 

The last crab dish was Fried Broccoli Topped With Crab Meat. I found this dish very refreshing after some rich crab dishes earlier. The Broccoli was very savoury. As again the crab meat used here was very fresh and it surely was the perfect combination. Rating 3 / 5. Standard serving RM17.00 Large - RM25.50

 

 

 

Although I felt a little guilty of the amount of cholesterol count for this entire meal, nevertheless the feeling of the hearty crab dishes surpasses it.

If you are craving for Crab dishes and does not want to travel great length to savour it, then gives this restaurant a try, you will never know what you are missing.

 

Location : Lot G.02, Ground Floor, Plaza Ampang City, 332-A, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Ampang