For Seafood Lovers

I loved seafood so much! Crabs, urinating prawns ("lai liu ha" in cantonese or "hair ko" in hokkien), fried squid, kepah, etc...those are my favourites. Two and a half months back, we had seafood dinner at "Hao You" in Teluk Kumbar to celebrate my hubby's birthday. Business there was good, it was crowded with ppl when we arrived, just like usual. And as usual, my visit here will not be complete without crab dish. I don't have pictures of the food to show here as my sis had already deleted the photos from her camera phone because they were left there for too long. I used her phone to take photos as I left my phone at home. Anyway, this post is to update seafood lovers (might be only applicable to those who are price-conscious) of the price of the crabs....hmmm, although this is not so up-to-date. Food prices overall has increased over the years. So, being the price-conscious consumer, I enquired for the price per kg for crabs before I confirm my order. I was told then that they have 2 types of crab; small crab and big crab. Small crab cost RM40 per kg and big crab cost RM50 per kg. So expensive...i remembered a year back when I ordered crab here, it only cost RM30 per kg, and we were served with big crabs.

Here is another seafood dinner we had in Tambun on the eve of my wedding day.

Crabs sold here is cheaper than in Penang island, but not any cheaper. RM30 per kg for crabs. The crabs served were big in size. Seafood in Tambun no doubt is fresh, but the prices there is not so cheap anymore. The 'urinating' prawns we ordered tasted so good, the flesh is so succulent, but it costs RM8 per piece. I have forgotten what fish that we ordered, and it cost us around RM40 for the fish. There is this restaurant's signature vegetable dish recommended by the waitress, that we ordered, and we felt like kena cheated because it cost us RM24 for a plate of fried broccoli wrapped in yam. Definitely not worth the price to pay because vegetables sold in market or supermarket is so cheap. Yam may be more expensive, but I still don't think this dish is worth RM24. I forgot the name of this restaurant in Tambun, but just beware the next time if the waitress recommend you any special vegetable dish when you dine in Tambun area.