GARDEN PALACE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT SDN BHD.

This is the second time we are having dinner at Garden Palace Seafood Restaurant Sdn Bhd, we tried them out during Chinese New Year's Eve-verdict- GOOD. The old man Captain was a familiar face-found out that he was from Restoran King Crab in Taman Megah and the Chef cum owner was from Restoran Rasa Sayang in Damasara Jaya-a creative and accomplished chef. I was surprised with the excellent effort put into every dish that they served. The presentation was visually pleasing, taste excellent and the fresh ingredients used are what i would had only expected from 5 star restaurant. We were recommended the sharks fin soup on offer for only rm9.80/bowl, crabs at rm25/kg and their signature dishes. The restaurant is fully air conditioned and parking is ample except on Thursday because of the pasar malam.

Sharks fin soup-served on a mini casserole with a wax flame under it to keep warm-the superior broth was filled with sharks fin, crab meat and red crab's roe-satisfying with a delicate flavor-rm9.80/bowl

Pan fried BBQ pork ribs (3 pieces cut into halves) tossed with secret sauce, ginger juice and Hua Diao wine-sinfully good and yummy-rm24/

Stir fried Bok Choy-young, tender and dainty sized green-rm18/.

Tou fu made in house with fillings of minced pork and water chestnut- smothered with Shimeji mushroom and superior gravy-rm18/.

Sweet and sour crabs- the thick egg gravies was good, mopped it up with fluffy Mantou-rm25/

Total bill:rm140/.
Location:95, Jalan SS2/6, Taman Bahagia,
Petaling Jaya.
Tel:03-7873-1391.

RESTORAN KING CRAB

The front of Restoran King Crab, on one side is covered with a huge poster of a giant crab with neon lights. It's exterior yellow color painted walls is sure eye catching. If you are driving on the LDP highway, from Sunway heading towards Kepong , you will not missed it. The interior is painted in a shade of yellowish apple green. The kitchen is huge and can be view from the outside through a glass panel. There are some aquariums for storing the live fishes and crustaceans. The dining area is air conditioned and spanned two floors. We decided to forgo home cooked food today and had dinner at this restaurant. It is located in Taman Mewah Jaya, opposite the Kelana Jaya LRT station in Petaling Jaya. As it's name implies they specializes in fresh seafood especially crab and live fishes, done in all types of style. Funnily, for tonight the 12 of us, we did not order any crab dishes. The food portions served was huge and generous. Parking is ample after 7pm. Please make a reservation if it's on a weekend.

Lai pak"mini swiss chard" in superior soup-golden needle mushroom, wolf berries-soup was flavorful while the vegetable was leafy and crunchy

Braised angled aloofahs with bean curd -egg gravy was smooth and tasty - the best that i have ever eaten in a long time-best!

Roast chicken 1/2 - some prawn cracker with sliced cucumber-was tender and hot from the oven

Egg omelette with prawns and onions-was nicely done with lots of prawns

Braised duck 1/2 with kai lan (Chinese broccoli)-was tasty and meaty with a distinct flavor

Steamed white whisker river catfish-flesh was fine in texture and superbly fresh and sweet, but the skin was rubbery

Buttered squid's ring - was too sweet and not crunchy, the battered egg was fluffy, buttery and lots of curry leaves flavor.

Total bill:rm300/
Location:103-105, Jln SS25/2,
Taman Mewah Jaya,
Petaling Jaya.
Tel:03-7808-2388.