Lala Chong Seafood @ Kayu Ara Damansara

Thanks to recommendation from Meng Hon, last Sunday we (my family + Szee) went to Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant after reviewing comments from food bloggers. Almost all comments on this restaurant are positive (very very positive indeed!). That added our curiosity towards this popular restaurant which was previously located in Subang and now shifted to Kayu Ara Damansara.

It’s not far away from the Atria Shopping Centre. You’ll pass by Damansara Village Steamboat Restaurant which is visible from the main road. Go straight along the kampung-looking road with workshops around you. You’ll come to a T-junction, turn left if you are going to Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant, whereas turn right if you are heading to Pantai Seafood Restaurant. Both restaurants are equally well-known for their seafood and some other signature dishes.

The first thing I ordered was lala, of course, their famous shiong tong lala (lala in superior soup). Then followed by another signature dish, stir-fried pucuk paku with tuna, grilled fish in salt, taufu with gourd (胜瓜豆腐, my parents’ must-order in every Chinese restaurants they visited) and fried mantis prawns in Kong Po style.

The funny part was when I ordered, “猪手 (pork trotter)…” The waitress stunned for a few seconds, then she said “我们没卖猪肉 (We serve no pork here)… ” Ahhh~~ So embarrassing!!! I was confused after reading many blog posts, pork trotter is served in Pantai Seafood Restaurant but not Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant, it’s a halal restaurant here! What a joke I had made.

We were one of the early customers, perhaps that’s why our food was served pretty fast.

Shiong tong lala (lala in superior soup)

Sad to say it's no longer RM10 like what other bloggers said. But RM15 for a big plate for fresh and juicy lala, still worth for it.

Stir-fried pucuk paku with tuna. I like it! This might be a weird combination but with good taste! Pucuk paku with sambal is too ordinary.

Taufu with gourd (with crabmeat)

Fried mantis prawns in Kong Po style. A bit too sweet. Taste like 咕咾肉. Hahaha.

Grilled fish in salt? I don't know what's its name. RM32. Quite a big one. Served with very nice dipping sauce. But this was my first time seeing 'salt baked fish' although salt baked chickens (盐焗鸡) are common.

The whole fish was grilled (baked?) together with its skin and scales. The skin was then peeled off before the fish was served. Stuffed with garlic, onion, ginger and chili padi to reduce the fishiness and enhance the flavour.

The total bill costs us about RM130, inclusive of tea, rice and wet towel for 5 persons, and 2 tit bits. Not very cheap huh after the price was increased. Thanks to dear for the dinner!