Grandpa's birthday dinner at Cia Xiang Seafood 佳鄉海鮮蟹皇飯 @ Bukit Tambun

My beloved Ah Kong

Every year we celebrate grandpa's birthday at Chinese restaurants that we have never tried before. This year was no different. We went to a seafood restaurant in Bukit Tambun that is supposedly famous for their crab rice. It is very easy to find this restaurant. Upon exiting the Bukit Tambun toll you will come to a small roundabout. Just take the 12 o'clock exit and you will see the restaurant immediately on your right.

Selfie with cutie cousin Tze Thong

Me and hubby

Crab rice RM72 each

The crab claypot rice was fragrant and nice with fresh crab meat with dried shrimps. We ordered two big pots.

Chicken RM70

The chicken was rubbery and possibly overcooked. I only ate a small piece throughout the meal and everyone in my family felt the same way. We had to 'da pao' home and had a big shock when we saw the price for it. RM70 and it was not the least tasty! No wonder the waitress kept promoting this particular dish to us when taking our orders. Please do not order this dish.

Clams RM18 

Signature beancurd RM15

Signature beancurd- nothing in particular to shout about. Crispy and fried to perfection.

Vegetables - stir-fried fan shu ye RM12

Mantis prawn RM28

My favourite dish of the night would be butter mantis prawn. Fragrant, crispy and the prawns are not too small so as to be able to taste the flesh in every bite. 

Fried oyster with egg RM18

Fried oyster with egg- also not the best I have tasted and could have been better. We also ordered two pitchers of drinks at Rm18.80 each- lemon juice and shan zha drink. They were quite delicious and good thirst-quenchers.

Address: 1663, Jalan Paboi, 14100 Simpang Ampat, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Phone: +60 12-434 5338
Operating hours: 5pm onwards

How Kee Seafood Village Restaurant @ Bukit Tambun

Call me crazy but I like to order non-seafood items at a seafood restaurant just to see if their 'side' dishes are as good as their main star dishes. Anyway, I have been many times to this restaurant with my parents. We have tried most of their food already and they were good and cheap compared to the other restaurants around this area. I especially love their mantis prawns.

HK How Kee Seafood Village Restaurant

The restaurant is located opposite this building 

Today, I had a craving for 'mi tiao' noodles, so we drove all the way from Butterworth to Bukit Tambun for it. We also ordered a bunch of other dishes to go with our noodles: salad you tiao a.k.a fried chinese breadsticks salad, zhao pai dou fu a.k.a signature tofu and last but not least, Marmite chicken- a dish that is commonly available in chinese restaurants here in Malaysia.

zhao pai dou fu RM10.60

'Mi tiao' noodles RM10.60

Marmite chicken RM10.60

Salad you tiao RM8.48

It was a satisfying dinner even though it was not the most expensive or luxurious one. Mi tiao was flavourful with plentiful of prawns, eggs and vegetables. Signature tofu was alright but I would not call it their signature dish. Salad you tiao was good as usual and this dish comes with an abundance of cabbage and carrots. I love to take each bite with a bit of the salad. Really good and crunchy! Only negative remark to make was that the mi tiao noodles and Marmite chicken dishes were smaller in portion than our last visit before GST started. Maybe next time we will order a 4-person portion instead. 

Overall, total bill came up to less than RM50 which was as predicted. They did however charged us 6% for GST tax. Service was alright and prompt, paper napkins were provided and an appetizer dish of nuts was served while food was being prepared in the kitchen. End note: my craving for the day has been satisfied... :)

   

The bill

Address: 1617, Jalan Bukit Tambun, Bukit Tambun, 14100 Simpang Ampat, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Phone:+60 4-588 2736

Opening hours: 1100 a.m -2300 pm daily

Google map location: 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Restoran+How+Kee+Seafood+Village/@5.2724566,100.4505026,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xa748e620c152551d?sa=X&ved=0CHIQ_BIwCmoVChMIhKvhzqC_xwIVkweOCh1KHwQY