Jialong L.
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I come from Singapore!
What has that gotta do with this review....? Because one of our national dish is chilli crab, and here in KL I found one that will embarrass many and let them suck their thumb (or fingers)!
It was only because of the good reviews of the crabs, that I decided to give this a try after so many times at Wong ah wah (famed for their chicken wings). And... I wanted to make a point to prove that Singapore's chilli crabs are better... But not this time!
But let's talk Abt my first dish, the Hokkien Mee... One of my fave dish in KL. But knowing this is a halal restaurant made me think ..how can they replicate this without pork lard?! Indeed, it does lack that lardy aroma but it was probably as best as they could have done. With their chicken pieces marinated well, it was still an above average dish. For this, I will give a 7 out of 10.
But but but ... This entire review is mainly focusing on their Chilli crab!
Mine was a small one @90rm, probably weighing about 450-500g.
Decent pricing at such a touristy area, but it's the taste, the freshness and tenderness that blew me away!
The meat was sweet and exceptionally (I say a 10 out of 10) tender. Not sure how they managed to do that! It was just unfortunate that I was eating alone and couldn't order the bigger crabs, as those would be so much easier to enjoy and savour the chunky meats!
The sauce was interesting... This may have divided opinions... It tasted very much of ginger, egg, capsicum... Not commonly used for chilli crabs in SG. And it has that tinge of acidity... Maybe from lemon, like or vinegar? The taste was familiar, but yet uniquely delicious. Everytime I managed to scrap a bigger chunk of meat, I would dip the whole thing into the sauce and momentarily time travel to paradise... Sedap!
The free 3 little steam buns I had were decent, but somehow, the sauce doesn't stick as well onto it, as would the usual fried ones I had in SG. But its free... Why shd I complain! ;p
Eventually, this was the first time I drank so much of the chilli crab sauce in my life... I almost wanted to order a bowl of white rice to go with it!
Only strange thing... The dish came within 10min. For a restaurant so busy, and to imagine cutting a live crab, and to cook, it's hard to imagine how they did it... Unless it's not live??? But who cares, when it taste better than most lives one I had.
The only better crabs, disregarding the sauce and how it was prepared was Jumbo in SG and the birth place of Sri Lanka crabs.... In Sri Lanka!
For a lack of budget, or for convenience, this KL crab is good enough for me.
My rating for the crab... 9 5 out of 10!.I will be back!
