Restaurant King Crab

Chin came over from Penang for a few days and a group of us met him for dinner couple of days ago. Decided to give King Crab a try since I have heard so much about it. Many said that it's good food , but very expensive.. Their set dinner costs a couple of thousands!(the set I saw was RM11k)

After weighing the pros and cons, we finally went there. Since its called King Crab, guess die die also must try the crabs. We ordered 2 types, Crab cooked with butter sauce (Nai Yau Hai) and Crabs with Salted eggs. Other dishes we ordered includes Fried Sotong with salt&pepper, Guiness stout spareribs, Seng Gua Tau Foo and Veg.

The delicious butter sauce crabs wth man tau..note: make sure u eat it when its still hot!

The Butter sauce crabs was served in a claypot, very much like those in Wong Poh and Fish Pond restaurant (both near Tropicana). However, I do find King Crab's better, as the sauce was thicker, creamier and the crabs, fresher. The cooks gave a generous amount of sauce, which goes extremely well with mantau.

I was, however, quite disappointed with the Salted egg crabs. You cant really see any salted eggs and taking a bite into it does not give the ummphh that I expected. Loong Yeun in Old Klang Road fared much better for this dish (I hope its still good, have not been there for a long time).The fried sotong was good, batter was light and crispy, the sotong sweet and fresh. The saltiness and pepper taste was well balanced, one does not over power the other. Similarly, the spareribs was well marinated, tender and tasty. Nonetheless, some of my friends gripe was there were lots of fried fatty meat (fei yuk) in the dish which could not be eaten (for the health conscious). Seng Gua Tau Foo's serving was large, filled with seng gua, mushrooms and crab meat. The gravy was very light, but sweet from the crab meat.

The simple yet yummy naibak with kei zhi and kamzham gu

Even the simple veggie was something I enjoyed. Cooked in broth with kei zi and straw mushrooms (kamzham gu), this dish was light, yet satisfying.The bill came out to about RM210, which was ok, taking into account the large servings. The crabs costs us RM66. The seafood is fresh there, taken live from the tanks to cook. And yes, I will patronise this place again in the future :)

Restaurant King Crab is located at 103-107, Jln SS25/2, Taman Mewah Jaya, 47301 PJ. Opposite Kelana Jaya LRT station.