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Friday, 4 March 2016

SHELLOUT Seafood Restaurant ~ "A" Treat For Seafood Lovers @Dataran Sunway Kota Damansara Petaling Jaya

GOING CRAZY OVER SEAFOOD
AT SHELLOUT SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
Restaurant Offers Diners A New Dining Experience In Klang Valley 
ShellOut Seafood Restaurant

Seafood dining is an experience in itself. If you find yourself craving for delicious seafood, especially fresh and meaty crabs and lobster, head on over to ShellOut Seafood Restaurant in Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara to indulge yourself in seafood satisfaction.

Dining at ShellOut Seafood Restaurant brings about an entirely different experience of savouring scrumptious ocean delights without any cutlery nor plates or bowls to eat with. Just dig in with your bare hands over the tasty crabs, lobster, crawfish, scallops, prawns and baby crab just to mention a few. As a matter of fact, it's worth getting your little fingers dirty just to dig out every delicious morsel of meat. 

ShellOut's incredibly good food has brought people from all over Klang Valley to their restaurant. The 3 years old restaurant in Kota Damansara had expanded their business to another outlet at Setia Alam, Shah Alam. 

Weekday's crowd comes in after 8pm, so be early if you do not wish to wait. Make an early reservation especially for weekends, as it can get a bit crazy as their customers come in droves and waiting time is around 45 mins to an hour. Do check out their new outlet at Setia Alam as I was told that it's definitely more spacious with more seatings and less crowded too.

Well, here I am sitting happily with an apron shouting a clear message of "Life Is Too Short To Be Serious. Let's Eat" while waiting for my seafood dinner. The table been laid with a special made waxed paper and a big roll of kitchen towel with no cultery or plates. Oh yes, when you're at ShellOut, let's just Eat and Eat and Eat! 

Once seated, order from the menu ~ 'What's Your Catch' - choose from the impressive selection of crustacean and seafood ranging King Prawn, Crawfish (Yabbies), Clam (Lala), Green Mussel to Giant Scallop, Bamboo Clam, Octopus, Canadian Lobster and lastly King Crab Legs.

Next, 'Pick Your Sensation' - choose from the 5 types of sauces (refer menu) for your seafood and finally, spice up your dishes with level of spiciness from Mild to Medium to OMG!  

Side Snacks & Drinks Menu 

Service is good and prompt at ShellOut. Orders made are quick to be served, the waiter will come with a bag load of your pick and 'dump' everything on the table; of course, remembering to squeeze every single drop of the flavourful sauces too!  

Our first course consists of Extra Large Size Crabs (XXXXL) served with Corn On Cob, Broccoli and Potato, having it cooked in Shell Bang Sauce (Lemon Pepper + Butter Garlic) based on recommendation from the staff.

Fresh, Lip-Smacking Seafood

Meaty Crabs ~ RM 98.90 ++ per kg (XXXXL)

Top Shot Of  Crab-li-cious Shell Bang Crabs

Sinful Pleasures With Flavoursome Sauce 

Yabbies or Crawfish

Crawfish ~ RM 50.90++ per 500 grams

Succulent King Prawns, RM 55.90++ per 500 grams

Giant Scallops ~ RM 29.90++ for 6 pcs

Green Mussel ~ RM 31.90++ for 8 pcs

Bamboo Clams ~ RM 20.90++ per 500 gram 

More Scallops cooked in Garlic Butter Sauce

Camera Eats Top Shot Before The Real Eating Starts!

Our Last Dish of The Finest Crustaceans ~ Canadian Lobster

Clawfully Good Lobster, priced at RM 179++ per kg (Market Price) 

The finale for the wonderful dining of seafood treasures from ShellOut ended with serving of the Canadian Lobster. This prized catch came weighing a bit less than 1kg; at 700 grams costing RM 125.30++ for this dish. 

Our waiter was always around to help out some 'desperate seafood lovers' like us, when we are totally at lost how to go about savouring the lobster. He crafts his way with a pair of sharp and thin scissor, cutting off head, limbs, claws and follow by the abdomen of the lobster to reveal the succulent and sweet-tasting meat.   

A Craft Out Lobster Ready To Be Served

My Choice Pick Of The Day For Vegetable
Broccoli & Cauliflower In Butter Garlic Sauce

Apart from the mains, diners can pick from vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, corn-on-cob, potato and sausages to go with the rest of the seafood dishes.

Silver Pomfret (Big Serving)
 RM15.90++ 

There are also fried food items if you like which includes shishamo fish, soft shell crab, white bait to fried chicken wings, chicken nuggets, silver pomfret. sweet potatoes, cajun fries and many more choices to pick from.    

Delightful Bites of Sweet Potatoes Fries with Crispy Silver Pomfret 

Tummy Happy Of Auntie Lilly Posing with Crabs

My Family Of Foodies with Blogger aka Fatty Jason who blogs at fattyjason.blogspot.com

Double Thumbs Up To An Amazing & Unique Experience Of Dining With Hands At ShellOut Seafood Restaurant

Nothing left to see except for the empty shells, even the sauces are all scraped clean with fries to soak up the sauces! 

Overall, it was a very satisfying and tasty seafood dining at its best. Pricing for the food is based on the weight of the seafood. Be prepared to pay a little bit more for the seafood. A great way to savour the seafood with friends and family is by having a wide selection of them served on the table. 

Eating out with your hands is so fun and exciting. No worries, it's finger-licking good and no one looking at you in the restaurant, so no need to mind your manners at ShellOut. Just chill and take delight with your bare hands into the fresh catch and mouth-watering plethora of seafood at ShellOut Seafood Restaurant!    

Let ShellOut's finest crustaceans crawl their way into your heart today!

Pictures Credits to my daughter, Carmen Hong aka a die-hard crab lover who was inspired by the truly delicious meal while having an enjoyable dining experience at ShellOut during this food-tasting session. You can view more of her beautiful and mesmerizing shots at her blog post > www.carmenhong.com

SHELLOUT Seafood Restaurant
Kota Damansara Outlet 
16-1 Jalan PJU5/15
Dataran Sunway
Kota Damansara
47810 Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03 - 7497 1137 or 016-418-4616

Setia Alam Outlet
11 Jln Setia Dagang AK U13/AK
 Setia Alam
 40170 Shah Alam
Selangor

Setia Alam outlet 016-4194616 or 03-58794394



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Tuesday, 1 March 2016

MALGUDI Indian Restaurant ~ Discover The Taste Of Northern & Southern India Cuisine in Section 16 Petaling Jaya

MALGUDI Indian Restaurant
Discover The Taste Of India
North & South Delights
Spice up your palate at a new Northern and Southern Indian restaurant, Malgudi ~ that will fire up your tastebuds in Petaling Jaya. Auntie Lilly recently had a savoury trip of appetising and authentic Indian dishes in Section 16, Petaling Jaya.   

Fine Indian Cuisine concocted by Malgudi's Indian Master Chef Anand who helmed the kitchen with his impressive 25 of culinary experience in preparing both Northern and Southern cuisine; are sure to excite the discerning taste buds of all who dine at Malgudi.

If you are wondering how does the restaurant got its name, the story goes like this .... Malgudi is a fictitious town created by R.K Narayan in his novels and short stories, it went on to capture the imagination of of the readers as a real town in South India. The caricature was created by his brother, R.K Laxman to fortify the memories in the mind of the readers.

Thus came about a group of restaurants all over the world capturing the minds and palettes of its guests alike and the restaurant owners are proud to say that now in the heart of Petaling Jaya, you can find Malgudi Restaurant, an establishment dedicated to serving imaginative and creative cuisine of the Southern Indian cuisine.

The restaurant occupies two floors of the shop lot with spacious seating on the upper floor. The ground floor has limited seatings as its houses the kitchen too. The restaurant, which does not serve alcohol, has a 100 person seating capacity, with both air-conditioned and al fresco dining ambience.
   
Classic Atmosphere With Beautiful Tiffany Style Pendant Lighting

Dim illuminations exude a sense of calm with dusky-coloured floor tiles and glossy wooden features set to welcome patrons. Malgudi offers a quiet and comfortable dining setting with ample parking space, so diners need not stress over parking especially during the peak lunch hours. 

Love In Every Dish Served At Malgudi 

I was pretty amazed with the traditional or classic utensils used to served our dishes; starting with a set of stainless steel Indian plate called thali along with small bowls called katoris and handi for serving the food. A stainless steel glass for serving water for the diners too.

Nandu Rasam ~ Crab Rasam
RM 7

We started the meal with crab soup called Nandu Rasam or Crab Rasam - a belly-warming crab leg soup liberally spiced with black peppercorns, cumin, coriander, mustard and fennel seeds and infused with tamarind. The Nandu Rasam, with its perfect balance of spicy and a hint of sourish served well as the appetiser.

Manager Bala went on to explained that this is their best seller, being the top favourite among the diners at Malgudi. They sold up to 400 bowls of this crustacean soup per month. He added that this rich tasting crab soup is a good home remedy for colds, very healthy and good enough to boost your immunity.

Nandu or Crab Rasam is very delicious in taste with strong flavour of the spices and crab juices within. My young son who is a 'non-crab person' gulped down the flavourful soup without a second thought. Guess it must have hit the right spot in his taste that night!

 Chip Combo
RM 12

Shredded Onions Rings

My journey to Southern Indian cuisine, starting off my gastronomic route with these lovely platter of crunchy deep fried mixed vegetables of onions, cauliflower and bitter gourd.

Well Fried Bitter gourd 

The deep fried bitter gourd was surprisingly the favourite for this platter. My young son who usually don't eat any bitter gourd on his regular meals was seen to be nibbling away every single morsel, tiny bits that was left behind. 

It must have been the skill of the chef or the spices and special flour used that masked way the bitterness usually very prominent in these tiny size bitter gourd. Anyway, every one at the dinner table loves this to bits! 

Cauliflower

 Kanava 65 ~ Squid
RM 14


Next is Kanava 65 ~ Squid, this is one sinful dish you will crave for more. Attractive deep reddish orange fried squid rings coated with masala batter, fried to perfection with cuury leaves and served with fresh onions for the added taste. Another good choice if you're looking for some tasty pleasureable bites before hittings the mains! 

Chicken Lollypop
RM 15

The Chicken Lollypop marinated  with southern spices and special masala surprisingly still remains its juiciness even after deep fried. Aromatic, fragrant and cooked well through, these bite-sized portions were easy to eat and the sauce complemented the savoury juices on the inside. This is addictive and finger-licking good too!

Fish Pepper Fry 
RM 20

For those who prefer fish to chicken, there is the Fish Pepper Fry, made with tender cubes of mackerel or tenggiri marinated in spices and cooked with spicy and savoury sauce with tomatoes and onions, garnished with chopped scallions.

 Paneer Butter Masala
RM 12

The Paneer Butter Masala - cottage cheese cooked in a flavoursome masala spicy sauce - was a real treat for the tastebuds. Perfectly moreish biting into the soft paneer or cottage cheese cubes. A tasty vegetarian dish especially if you enjoy eating these succulent cubes of Indian Cottage Cheese.

Tandoori Platter
RM 30 (Small) 

For those who are fans of grilled tandoori dishes, must try the Malgudi's Tandoori Platter. A mixed meat platter of Tangri kebab (chicken drumstick), Chicken Kebab, Fish Kebab and Prawn Kebab served with a creamy mint sauce, house made with chat masala, fresh mint and yoghurt. All are flamed-licked grilled in clay oven for an authentic flavour. 

My hubby, Uncle Hong loves the Tangri Kebab sighting that it was well-flavoured in mace and not dry, but still moist and juicy inside. Fish Tikka on the other hand, made with tender cubes of tenggiri marinated in yoghurt, fresh lime juice, coriander and spices.

I thought the grilled prawn were rather tiny, charred black and lacking springness but nevertheless we still finished them up. Would have been better if bigger size King Prawn or Tiger Prawn (51/60) are used instead for tandoori dishes.

 Plain Naan
RM 4

Moving on, there are the Naans and Roti to check out. All are made fresh from oven and served warm to go with the masala, tandoori and curry dips. Pick from your favourite choices of roti and naans such as Garlic Naan, Butter Naan, Masala Kulcha, Tandoori Roti and plain naan. 

 Garlic Naan
RM 5

 Butter Naan
RM 4

 Tandoori Roti
RM 3

My pick is of course the authentic flatbread - Tandoori Roti made from fresh Indian wheat flour used to make most Indian flatbreads, such as chapati, roti, naan and puri. I enjoyed the less-gluten, dense and flavour of the tandoori roti most of the time when dining out in Indian restaurants.  

 Masala Kulcha
RM 5

Tandoori Masala Kulcha is another kind of Indian bread blended with spices and stuffed with potatoes, onions and carrots. A totally healthy offering of having naan bread with added vegetables, best eaten with mint sauce or taste good even on it own.

 Mutton Rogan Josh
RM 18

By now, I guess most foodies would know about Mutton Rogan Josh; the most famous and delicious mutton curry recipe of Kashmir, a popular Northern Indian cuisine known all over the world. A treat to the taste buds, with flavours of spices blend well in Mutton Rogan Josh.

No briyani is complete without some succulent pieces of mutton wrapped in a perfect blend of aromatic spices and herbs! I love Malgudi's Mutton Rogan Josh for its rich, hearty and aromatic gravy, delectable delights when eaten with your white rice, naans or roti.

 Prawn Vindaloo
RM 18

 Aloo Gobi Masala
RM 11

My daughter, Carmen who came to dine with me is a fan of the Aloo Gobi Masala. The flavourful Indian vegetarian dish came beautifully cooked with potatoes, cauliflower and many spices which makes it fragrant and mouth-watering. Try this dish and enjoy with your choice of rice, roti or naans. 

 Chicken Briyani
RM 16

Last but not least, the taste of India would not be complete without their famous Briyani selections. We sampled their Chicken Briyani, comes served with chicken drumstick and an boiled egg. Truly delicious meal from the first to the last bite for this rice dish. Clearly evident in every spoon of the chicken briyani, made from the finest quality long grain basmati rice and succulent chicken meat.   

Currently there's a Lunch Promotion for RM 9.90 only inclusive of 1 complimentary soft drink.

We were filled to the brim after the briyani rice and skipped the desserts portion for this review session. Perhaps you can try the restaurant's Gulab Jamun and Rasagula, some of Malgudi's special sweet offering which is a great way to end your meal.

Pictures Credits to my daughter, Carmen Hong who was inspired by the truly delicious meal and had an enjoyable dining experience at Malgudi during this food-tasting session. you can view more of her beautiful and  mesmerizing shots at her blog post > www.carmenhong.com

MALGUDI Indian Restaurant
Lot 17, Lorong Universiti C
Section 16
46350 Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03 7931 2556
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