Sunday, February 7, 2010

KK Fisherman Seafood Restaurant

Someone asked me why I don't do much restaurant reviews anymore and my instant answer was that restaurants in KK are so unreliable and inconsistent. I found many times that the food can be good the first visit and bad the next.

We were invited to dinner at KK Fisherman Seafood Restaurant in Lintas Jaya/Open University shoplots (turn into the shoplots, go straight and turn right at the T junction. The restaurant is half way to the end of the road, opposite direction from Man Tai Restaurant). Do make prior bookings; the place was packed. As one among us couldn't eat shellfish due to a medical condition, we made do without crabs and prawns. I'm told the prices 'sting' because prawns are RM100/kg (US$28), nearly double other seafood restaurants but that's because they don't serve cultured grass prawns (I avoid cultured prawns) and instead use ming xia--ocean king prawns.

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Claypot of fish maw, mushrooms & fish cake--yum, done just right.

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House tofu with minced dried shrimps--although the tofu was smooth and didn't have a strong calcium sulfate flavor, the dish was nothing special.

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Chinese spinach with salted egg and century egg--could be better.

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Steamed kampung chicken--very good, tasted like home-cooked and would've been even better if there was more wine in it.

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Steamed live patin--this was a big portion. Lots of succulent meat and fat, hardly any bones. I have a distaste for patin. I don't know if it's because it doesn't have scales or because it belongs to the catfish family or that we used to stock a pair of these fish in our backyard drain. But this was good, no mud flavor at all. RM100/US$28 per kg.

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Sweet & sour pork--the least tasty dish, because the pork was so tenderized with bicarb that it was tasteless. I can't even remember how the sauce tasted. A 'no'.

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Hong Kong kailan--crunchy and tasty.

A big thank you to C & S for the dinner. The selection of dishes was perfect, well-balanced in variety and taste. There were more good dishes than no-so-good ones and there was no overdose of oil or salt or msg. Here's to more dinner invites.

KK Fisherman Seafood Restaurant
Lot 1, Ground Floor, Block G & Lot 7,
Ground, 1st & 2nd Floor, Block H, Lintas Jaya,
Phase 3, Penampang
Tel: (088) 720 319/721 319

6 comments:

J2Kfm said...

Can't imagine a more artificial sweet and sour pork. Detest those fakers, really.
Though I don't share your dislike for patin fish. I find them rather palatable.

Anonymous said...

I went there too and the food was okay but the price like you said was stinging. However, the quality of the seafood was pretty good.

Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak Lover said...

These are the usual dishes when we taking meal in Chinese restaurant too. Look yummy.

red | hongyi said...

call me when u see this?

oh i miss ur cooking all of a sudden :(

terri@adailyobsession said...

j2kfm: my hub loves patin. i think it's their looks tt put me off:))

anon: hm, i must go again soon n check out the seafood but i won't pay tourist prices.

sonia: yes, love simple refreshing dishes too

yi: i only hav to say two words n u'll wish u're home: bubble tea.

KENT said...

Food is expansive and lady boss have some attitude problem, seem to have a grudge against her customer. Very unwelcoming, i start to worries whats in my food.

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