Sabah Food Hunt Part 2 ~ Garden Seafood Restaurant

Once we touched down KK and met my sister, she already told me few restaurants to choose for the reunion dinner. As I asked her to ask around whether most of the restaurants operate during Chinese New Year eve. But in her mind she already decided to go to

Garden Seafood Restaurant

Location: Off Jalan Mat Salleh, Tanjung Aru.

Tel: 088 - 442222, 442211

Aquarium for the fresh fishes, crabs, mantis prawns........

Some of the restaurant setting

The restaurant has two sections - air condition and non air condition. The photo above is the non air condition section.

After being seated, we were served with

Peanuts

Pickles

Fresh Chili and Garlic

Sabah Chillies

My sister kept reminding me that the chillies sauce is very spicy around in Sabah, and she asked me to try a small amount first before scooping lots of it.

I let my mum to be the honour to try it first as she always comments that the chillies in Penang are not spicy at all. lol After mum tried some and she told me that it is really spicy. I did try it and it is really hot and spicy, the burning sensation that really makes you awake.

Steam White Blotched Snapper a.k.a Hoi Tai Kai

Hubby so happy that the first dinner at KK, he is able to try this white blotched snapper. He's been wanting to try this fish when he saw Ah Xian programme. lol As Ah Xian said the textures of the fish is exactly like chicken. And this proves that to be true. I think hubby is the one who finished most of the fish. lol The fish is very fresh.

Stir Fry Clam with Spring Onion and Ginger

When the clam arrived, we look at the shell, it's look like scallop. However, it is a clam. And the clam tastes very nice.

Stir fry Sayur Manis with garlic ~ RM12

If you been to some part of Sarawak or Sabah, you might have the chance to savour this type of vegetables.

Let me introduce to you what is Sayur Manis? Actually it is something like "Mani Chai", Babi Chai"......, Different places tend to call different names. It is usually serves in pan mee. The leafy vegetables that serve in the Pan Mee is what I refer to. However, we consume all the stems for the sayur manis. For the "Mani Chai" or........ we usually consume the leaves only.

You can see the photos of sayur manis from http://www.borneo-hotels.com/info/dining.htm. "This leafy vegetable was first discovered in the Sabah town of Lahad Datu by a farmer, who found a way to grow the stems into a crunchy texture and give the leaves a tender texture. Today, Lahad Datu is famous for these leafy greens."

Hubby never try it before, and he is lucky to try it. We try to order the same vegetable the next few days in other restaurant, but we were told that since it is raining season, the vegetable does not grow well so they did not get any from their suppliers. lol

This is one of the vegetables that I will order whenever I visited KK. lol It is very crunchy. My hubby loves it after he tried it.

I would suggest that you try this when you are in KK or some part of Sarawak. Usually when we order in Mandarin we will call it "Sabah Su Zai Chai". lol

Spicy and Salty Special type of Mantis Prawn ~ RM60

Why I mention it special? As hubby told me that the mantis prawn looks different from Penang Mantis Prawn. And each of the mantis prawn was kept in one plastic bottles and tied. I should have took the photos to show my readers. The mantis prawn has the black and yellowish stripes over the body. lol

The mantis prawn is very fresh and the textures of the mantis prawn are just right. It is well cook with the nice aroma. Very yummy indeed!