Crabs, Prawns & Floggers @ Robson Heights Seafood Restaurant
April 17, 2010 | 22,872 views
Intensely deep in thoughts, the staff was having a whale of a time sniffing the enticing whiffs of lemongrass freshly-cooked crabs
Okay, so it has been AGES since the feast happened. 8 months to be exact. Whatever it was that was holding me back, I don’t know. But searching back through the archives, I noticed that most of my KL food hunts had gone unnoticed, and left to rot in my folders. Better dig deeper and write about them before my memory falters me completely.
Claypot Crab with Rice (RM45/USD12.80) @ Robson Heights Seafood Restaurant
This dinner marked the first time I met Jonathan of A Lil’ Fat Monkey, Meena of A Whiff of Lemongrass, Su of Delectable By Su, and KatCL in persons. I was star-struck, yes. And even Boo of Masak-Masak was there too. The conversations, the acquaintances and the vibrant camaraderie set the mood for the feast that ensued, and boy did we have one ….
Sans the HUGE crustacean, the pot of rice was topped with generous servings of crab roes, and fried shallots. Lip-smacking stuff, really.
The dishes were ordered by Su, for she has been eating at Robson Heights for years now. So she knew what to order and what not to order. But then again, I think most of the others have paid this restaurant a visit, and wrote about the place. Hence the familiar sounding name.
Most notably, the crabs at Robson Heights BEGGED to be eaten. Yes, from the second picture from the top, you can actually see a HUGE crab ‘guarding’ her territory with her claws, seated atop a pot-full of steaming hot rice. The waiter would then proceed to place the deep orange-coloured baked crustacean on a separate place, then mixed the remaining rice with the fragrant roes and fried shallots. The result? Amazingly sinful, and utterly delicious stuff. Just imagine spoonfuls of rich, bright orange roes popping in your mouth, coupled with the sweet flesh of the crab.
Put down your cutlery, wipe your hands clean, and engage in your most barbaric manners.
Aside from the fantastic claypot crab rice, we also were served with the vegan’s nightmare of stacked pork ribs, drenched with a most delectable (hehe, cliched?) sweet and sticky gravy, reminiscence of Marmite-Guinness-Honey creations. You know the drill …. that type of caramelized sauce with a slight bitter hint.
At RM49/USD14 per serving for the seven of us, everyone had at least a piece to him/herself, chomping on the ribs with much gusto, all manners out of the windows. And we licked our fingers clean. ROAR!
Freshwater Prawns with Glass Noodles (RM90/USD25.70)
Claypot Freshwater Prawns (Sang Har) with Glass Noodles (Tang Hoon) came next. The creamy, golden broth was almost too decadent, after the hearty starter of crab roes and rice. But we soldiered on, and the smooth, intensely-soaked-with-gravy glass vermicelli noodles passed the test. After all, how could fresh, succulent river prawns go wrong?
Fried Brinjals with Meat Floss (RM15/USD4.20), Stir-fried Asparagus with Garlic cloves (RM15/USD4.20), the flavoursome ‘tang hoon’, and the Three Cup Chicken (RM25/USD7)
The other dish that managed to impress was the fried brinjals with meat floss. Sounds awkward right? But in reality, the crisp, savoury creation was addictive. You could down a pint or two with a plateful of these. The 3 Cups Chicken (a Taiwanese delight) was forgettable though.
The dinner was no doubt a memorable one. Big thanks to Monkey, Boo and Lemongrass for setting this up, via Twitter; nonetheless. Wait, you mean you are not aware that I am on Twitter yet?!!!
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Address & Contact Number :
ROBSON HEIGHTS SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
10B, Jalan Permai,
Off Jalan Syed Putra,
50460 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Telephone/Fax No : 603-2274 6216.
Click for the GOOGLE MAP to Robson Heights Seafood Restaurant.
You can actually see this restaurant on higher grounds on your left, if you’re travelling on the Federal Highway (Jalan Syed Putra) towards Midvalley Megamall. As you as you can see the turn off to Thean Hou Temple/Jalan Robson/Taman Seputeh take the left turn and you will come to the restaurant soon enough.
What? You mean you think Motormouth’s babbling nonsense again? Okay, read from the others then :
Joe from Lots of Cravings licked his fingers clean from the pork ribs experience.
Citygal raved about the Soon Hock fish (Marble Goby), a pricey catch.
Boo of masak-masak and WMW brought Pea to the place for some last minute crabbie cravings.
Meena aka Ms Lemongrass also bade goodbye to a friend over some crabs 3 years ago.
Becks wrote a very short post, but the pictures spoke volumes ….
Wilson had the very icky pig’s intestines, but they were really good.
ROBSON HEIGHTS SEAFOOD RESTAURANT is one of the famous restaurant in KL i heard.. The prawns’ size is soooo big… I bet they are very juicy too isn’t it? Haha..
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oh damn the crabsssssssssssssssssssssssssss
i start to hate you now… ><
because can see cannot eat!!!
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Porky ribs here rock … but WOW, I have never had roe on rice. Slurrrrps!
Looks like a great meal 🙂
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omg omg omg real good food! went there once but becoz that time my cikgu belanja~
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War….I want to eat the crab too. 😀 So huge and I guess the meat must be juicy.
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this place ah….. have heard abt it from Kenny of Life for Beginners… 🙂
the crab really looks very good la (even though i hardly eat crab) and brinjal with meat floss sounds interesting!! oh and the tang hoon!!!! ~drools~
😛
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The food looks so good.. I guess 12am isn’t a good time to check out other food blogs.. Now my stomach’s grumbling.. dang.. haha
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why u go and blot out his face like that?! LOL
my favourites here are the crabs, spare ribs and the sanghar mee! YUMZ:)
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too much fried shallots that i don’t like, I think I’ll take ages to pick them out one bu one :..(
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The food looks fabulous! Except for the spare ribs, we have got nothing like this in Sabah. Sabah cooking is mostly light flavors and fresh meat, but I love something with a heavier sauce. I can’t help but think the food would taste a lot better if you ate it out in the open, perhaps next to the seaside.
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J2Kfm Reply:
April 21st, 2010 at 9:21 pm
Hi adrian. Somewhat true, for the ambience plays an important part right? But notice that this is in the heart of the city, hence no way we could be listening to waves, buoyed by the breeze and such.
Sucky huh? 🙂
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MUST GO!! wow… these are… so tempting!! I wanna try the prawns… crabs…. and the fried brinjals with meat floss.. gosh!!
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Oh my gawd, look at that huge and berkilat crab. Drool.
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The rice with crab roe looks orgasmic!
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J2Kfm Reply:
April 21st, 2010 at 9:13 pm
It was indeed! If only I had the WHOLE pot to myself …. Muahaha …..
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OMG…….drooling…….i used 2 hv my lunch there but of course not tat kind of “royal feast” la! *occasionally can afford lol*
My humble lunch (2-3pax) consists of “sure-fire orgasmic” clay pot salted fish wif bacon strips n homemade tofu wif minced pork… can never go wrong! Tambah nasi ha ha! Make my day ….blisssss…….
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Had dinner there last week, they have a new chef & new service crew but the boss sitting behind the “unapproachable counter” is still there!?
Our regular favorites like noodle dishes, eggplants w/ floss, salted egg crispy calamari have gone down the drain…so disappointing because this restaurant WAS our favorite for many years. well I guess not anymore!!
Will not go back unless they bring back the chef!!!
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J2Kfm Reply:
November 1st, 2011 at 10:47 pm
Oh … changed of management?
Unapproachable counter?!! Haha, sorry no idea.
Pity the quality has dwindled as you mentioned.
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Its the worst place for service. I cannot belief the stand off attitude of the staff and the arrogance of the boss behind the counter. The food was standard fare with a greater dollop of MSG that leaves you with a bad night of disturbed sleep. i went there with 2 japanese, 2 chinese, 1 indian and my wife and I are Perankan Chinese. If you want a taste of typical backward chinese racism than do come here, my poor indian friend who unknown to the staff speaks fluent hokkien and cantonese was given a bad taste of the ugly phrase ‘kling kia’ by by the waiter and the boss when she asked for no msg in the food . My japanese friends who requested for more chilli/garlic were ignored 3 times until I shocked the waiter in a no nonsense cantonese to get us what we want or he can pay for the food. the chinese tea was disgusting and the inside of the pots filthy. Mean and wicked people. I will never go back . Ps indian gangsters control your car parking. So pay up or else. Robson heights NO THANK YOU.
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J2Kfm Reply:
November 7th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Fiery feedback, but no doubt necessary for them to take note. Thanks hatyai mali.
I can imagine the unpleasant experience you guys must have had. And it’s very wrong for them to spit such miserable words to customers.
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http://shen1015.wix.com/kteng1015#!home/mainPage , i also buy some seafood LALA and some oyster…you may go to visit the website and i think is cheap too
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Used to be our regular favourite until about 6 months ago until the management stopped accepting credit cards (why?). We are only a family of four. However many large family groups dine here, eating crabs, prawns and other expensive dishes. Does the restaurant management expect people to be walking around with RM500 to RM1,000 in cash in this day and age with the streets full of thieves and thugs?
By the way their signature dish of ‘honey roast spare ribs’ were the very best!
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