Causeway Bay Spicy Crab, Desa Sri Hartamas

I've been reading a lot of rave reviews about Causeway Bay Spicy Crab restaurant in Desa Sri Hartamas which serves up the popular Typhoon Shelter “Bei Fung Thong” Crab (正宗避风塘辣蟹). Back in the 70s this dish is sold on a boat in the Typhoon Shelter in Hong Kong. Customers will have to ride a boat to eat the dish.

A few years ago the boat shifted to a shops on the land. If you happens to be in Hong Kong, you might want to drop by to (喜記避風塘炒辣蟹 Hee Kee Fried Crab Expert Ltd) at Shop 1 - 4 G/F 379-389 Jaffe Road, Wanchai,Hong kong or Shop A2-A3 G/F Lockhart House 441 Lockhart Road,Causeway Bay,Hong kong. To have the taste of the authentic HK Garlic & Chili Crab.

Well, as for us, we can go to the one in Desa Sri Hartamas said to be authentic. So, I recommended this restaurant when my colleagues decided to have dinner together. At first I wanted to try their crab porridge but once we heard that the market price for one crab that night is RM 80, we changed it to 干瑶蛋白炒饭 Fried Rice with Egg White and Dried Scallops (RM 28 for mid portion).

The fried rice is friend al dente. Not too dry nor too wet. The egg whites just nicely moist the rice and not overcooked. The taste is just right not too salty as in some fried rice I've tasted before. The prawn not overcooked too, I think the prawn is only put in when the fire is switch off. One of the nicer fried rice I've ever tasted before. I recommend this if you come here to dine.

干瑶蛋白炒饭 Fried Rice with Egg White and Dried Scallops

We ordered two crabs. One is steamed and the other of course is the HK Garlic & Chili Crab. The crab is quite big but it cost RM 80 which we found is a bit too expensive for our liking. The steamed crab is nothing to shout about, a lot of Chinese wine was used. The steamed eggs is overcooked. I think I can find better steamed crab for cheaper the price in Tak Fok, Aman Puri.

Steamed Crab (RM 80)

Then came the much raved 正宗避风塘辣蟹 HK Garlic & Chili Crab. While my colleagues found that the garlic to be very spicy. I just felt a hint of spiciness. The fried garlic is quite nice and there's load of it. We ended up eating the garlic to fill our stomach because we can't afford to order anymore dish. For RM 80 per crab, I don't think it's really worth it. I might as well add more money to have Shanghai Hairy Crab in October.

Maybe I'll wait till the price dropped to RM 50 per crab lol. Next year when I go to Hong Kong, I will surely go to 喜記避風塘炒辣蟹 Hee Kee Fried Crab Expert and try the real thing. Yes. Hee Kee is the from the original owner that started doing this dish back in the 70s. It is now run by his daughter, I think.

正宗避风塘辣蟹 HK Garlic & Chili Crab (RM 80)

Well, at least there's a complementary herbal jelly at the end. But it tasted bland.

Complementary Herbal Jelly

It seems a lot of celebrities eaten here before. From my experience, seeing pictures of celebrities pasted on the wall of a eatery doesn't always mean that the food there is good.

There, three dishes and a pot of tea and it cost us RM 215.60 (including 10% service charge). Eating here once in a blue moon is okay but not a frequent outing for us salaried workers. I might come back for the 干瑶蛋白炒饭 Fried Rice with Egg White and Dried Scallops though. Yes, I won't order any crab.



Address:

Causeway Bay Spicy Crab 銅鑼灣辣蟹莊
26 & 26-1 Jalan 30/70A
Desa Sri Hartamas
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603 6205 2280

Business hours:
Monday-Sunday:
11.30am – 3.00pm
6.00pm – 11.30pm

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Aoyama The Green Room, Desa Sri Hartamas KL

This is a very old post that suppose to be up a few months ago. Due to my busy schedule, I overlook this and skip this post. Only when I was checking out my Facebook photo album that I remember I haven't post about this Japanese restaurant.

I was hovering alone in Desa Sri Hartamas one night and looking for place to have dinner. Then I look around and found a cozy looking Japanese restaurant call Aoyama (Green Hill) The Green Room.

It is not a very big place and the deco is not the high class type but it's what one can find in a typical Japanese restaurant like the now defunct Dontaku in Bukit Bintang. With seats near sushi bar and the normal table and seats near the wall.

This is my first time here, so I really not sure what is good. Good thing the nice lady captain help me in choosing the dishes. Funny thing is there's two dishes I ordered is that today's special, so it's not in the menu and only available seasonal.

Complimentary baby octopus as starter.

I order a very special sashimi dish as appertizer. Ninki Tai (Thinly Sliced White Fish with Foie Gras), I have a thing for Foie Gras that I can't resist.

Ninki Tai (Thinly Sliced White Fish with Foie Gras)

The combination is just out of this world. Mixing the smooth and flavourful Foie Gras with a fresh but rather bland white fish is quite a new experience for me. Both compensate each other, while the Foie Gras added more taste for the white fish, the white fish tone down the jelak feeling of the oily Foie Gras. I recommend this for you Foie Gras lover out there. By the way, this dish can be found in the menu.

Rating: 4/5

As my main, the captain recommended Grilled Cod Fish Marinated in Miso Paste to me. It's the special of the day, so you won't find it in the menu. So, I ate it with a bowl of white rice. Yes, I need rice because I'm addicted to rice. LOL.

The cod fish is grilled to perfection and the marination of miso paste is just so good. The oil from the cod fish made the meat like melted in my mouth and then the taste of the miso will fill with my mouth. It's a very good dish to go with white rice too. Too bad it's not always available in the menu.

Rating: 4.5/5

For the last dish, I want to drink some hot nice soup. The captain told me today they have a special Salmon Belly with Shitake soup. Just the right dish I need.

The soup is rather oily due to the fact that salmon belly was used. Salmon fish oil is full of Omega 3 so it's still ok. The shitake act to tone down the soup so that you won't get an oily feeling while drinking the soup. Not sure whether chicken stock or fish stock was used to make the soup but it's more on the shoyu based type of soup. Served piping out, warm my stomach, and that's good enough for me.

Rating: 3.5/5

I will surely drop by again to try out so many other dishes there in the menu. Ah, there's too many other Japanese restaurant to try out too. So many good food, so little time and money. T_T

Address:

No. 10, Jalan 27/70A
Desa Sri Hartamas
Kuala Lumpur

Tel No: 03 - 2300 0683

Google map here.

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