It was probably the largest group of food bloggers assembled for a food review at Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant yesterday courtesy of an invitation proffered by Jade and facilitated by Fatboybakes. Thanks to Paranoid Android, Frat Mustard and a couple of others, we were also assured of our daily tipple, thus ensuring that our tastebuds were suitably prepared for the food review ahead of us.
Boneless chicken with fruit sauce
Crisp skin and moist meat with a slice of mango to offer a balance of flavours.
Steamed red snapper with bean sauce
Fresh and lovely, although I’m not a very big fan of fried fish.
Stir fried prawns in curry
Thick, rich curry – very spicy, so order at your own risk.
Braised beancurd
The beancurd was served with the right balance of side ingredients – broccoli, yam, carrot, water chestnuts.
Stewed chinese cabbage with dried scallops and mushroom
This is one of my favourites. A whole cabbage stewed, well infused with the flavours of seafood, and served with fried bits of dried scallops and mushrooms.
Egg omelette with crab meat
Lovely in appearance, taking away the monotony of presentation of the humble fried egg.
Fried rice with prawns
If there were any more prawns in this dish, it may as well be called Prawns with Fried Rice. Tasty, but by this time, we were stuffed.
Stir fried crab with salted egg yolk
I love how the salted egg yolk clings to the shell which begs a good licking. Thick and lovely with the right amount of spiciness.
Stir fried crab with salted egg yolk
My favourite piece. Loads of salted egg yolk trapped in the shell.
Butter crab
The star attraction, without a doubt. Thick, with a smooth consistency, the butter (or rather, margarine) sauce is absolutely delicious. Curry leaves add flavour.
Fried buns
The tiniest pieces of buns I’ve ever seen. Each bun is the equivalent of a mouthful. I’m not sure what they taste like. Sean grabbed the last one. He’s fast in everything he does. Blogging, eating, drinking….
Mango cream with sago
Overall, I couldn’t quite fault any dish, but with the exception of the crabs and a couple of other dishes, it was pretty standard Chinese restaurant fare. Nevertheless, the restaurant is lovely with modern furnishings, ample carpark, and it’s halal, so it’s great to propagate the concept of 1Malaysia over a crab or two.
Come Ramadan, Bangsar Seafood will be having several special Ramadan Set Menus ranging from RM498++ (10 persons) to RM898++ (10 persons) with 1kg of crabs free of charge. Not too bad considering how expensive Ramadan buffets at hotels cost these days.
Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant
63, One Bangsar
Jalan Ara
Bangsar Baru
59100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2282 2555
Website HERE.
(Nirvana posts will continue after this!)
INFO:
Ramadan Set Menus:
Dine in style, this Ramadan:
Enjoy 9 signature dishes. Devour 1 KG of crabs for free.
From RM 498+
RM 498+: Appetizer, Shark’s Fin Soup, Chicken with Ginger, Spicy Fried Fish, Lychee Prawns, Signature Beancurd, ‘Kampung’ fried rice, Custard Buns, Dessert
RM 598+: Appetizer, Sharks Fin Soup, Chicken with Plum Sauce, Pomfret with Bean Sauce, Prawns with Sweet Corn Sauce, Steamed “Sang Gan”, Tom Yam Noodles, Banana with “Gula Melaka”, Dessert
RM 698+: Appetizer, Double boiled soup, Roast chicken, Red snapper, Otak Otak Fried Prawns, Braised Sea Cucumber, Oyster Fried Rice, Chinese Pastries, Dessert
RM 898+: Homemade appetizers, Sharks Fin Soup with Pumpkin, Boneless Duck, Curried Garoupa, Braised Seafood, Mango Prawns, Garlic Fried Rice, Banana & ‘Gula Melaka’, Dessert
i snatched the last bun?! omg, how rude of me! y’know, my memory is a total fog after the salted egg yolk crabs. i hope i didn’t say or do anything inappropriate. *squirms*
Good food, good company. *Burp*
that was mighty fast!
thanks ms lyrical =) good seeing you once more…
-jade-
Wah. Faster than a speeding bullet, Meena! You even beat Sean to it! 🙂
it was nice seeing you again Meena and great to have met BE the first time. lucky no mention of those x-rated humours :p
Sean: You were at your best behaviour. You even said “please” when you said you wanted to eat me.
Lisa: Definitely! *burp*
jade: Thanks for having us, Jade. 🙂
J: LOL…I feel a sense of accomplishment at beating Sean, the speed bullet.
babe_kl: Lovely to see you again. Too bad Capt Hook wasn’t able to make it. We shall keep that x-rated humour to Facebook. hahaha.
hehee.. what a nite hor?
witty conversations,gd frens, food and alcohol. Sigh..life is good ;p
wahliu! BFF, this is the fastest post I’ve ever seen!
I only realised this morning… that the bottle I brought was only half consumed. I am ashamed of myself…
Succulent! I can’t wait to sample some when I return to Malaysia 🙂
yay! Thanks Jade, FBB, for organising this and thank you to Bangsar Seafood as well. Keep up the good work, Bangsar Seafood, and as usual it was lovely to party with the citrusy likeness of LLemongrass and his caramely goodness himself, Bald Eagle as well as meeting Sean, and handsome Frat bro himself and his “boss” along with Wilson & Wife. As well as seeing the familiar (not “old”) faces. 😉 Since this was one end of the book end, I’ll post mine as the OTHER end of the book end 😉
It was an amazing night… but you didn’t really intro Tim to us though… but we did enjoy the 1kg ****skin story 🙂
We loved the curry prawn, it was something awe….. just like the company of u all…
so this is the one bangsar that all of you talked about last night 🙂 I was quite confused at first… but now everything made sense!
You’re not a fan of fried fish?!!? (Faints 🙂 )
Everything does look good, but I’m not to keen on margarine sauce 🙁
the omelet’s presentation looks like a good idea!
I think the whole fish look really awesome and delicious – but I wouldn’t know where to start with eating it!
hey, nice bumping into ya the OTHER day.
crabs on consecutive nights. did ja walk sideways?
my type of food-great.
yummie! photos are great .. i missed so much good food:P
Thanks again Jade! Due to a certain comic strip floating around in cyberspace, this makan session will stay etched in memory for a looong time! *burps*
Love the food at Bangsar. That was so many yrs ago. Looking at the pictures just makes my mouth water.
I have a group of friends who went to that exact resteraunt. They loved the spicy prawn curry, however said it really isnt spicy? The people reviewing may have had a sweet tooth.
Nice pictures !