Unique Seafood Ipoh
>> Sunday, January 17, 2010
Today we celebrated my Mom’s birthday at Unique Seafood, Ipoh. My mom’s birthday is actually coming Wednesday. But she’ll be away to attend her nephew’s wedding in Singapore, so we did it today.
I made her a WhiteChocolate Macadamia Cake which we blew candles and cut in the afternoon. After that we proceeded to the restaurant for dinner. Maybe u’d ask, why cut cake at home and eat before the dinner??? Well, mom doesn’t like strangers looking at her blowing candles :) Plus the restaurant is 1 hour away from Kampar, so, we ate cake at 4.30, and slowly prepared ourselves ready to drive 1 hour there.
From Kampar, we used the North South Expressway(PLUS), and exited at Ipoh Toll. Now, Ipoh has 3 exits, but only one toll. So, u have to pay toll first, then proceed to the road beside the main highway until u reach ur preferred exit. From South, it’s the first exit. From North, it’s the 3rd n the last. After u’ve gone thru the bends and reach the trunk road, turn left and follow whatever road sign that leads u to Lost World. Go along the road and u will see Giant Hypermart. Turn right at the 2nd traffic light after Giant. U’ll see a huge signboard with a huge crab at that traffic light junction. After turning, keep left, about 300m later turn left into a carpark. Go straight, u’d see Lost World on ur right. Go all the way into the car park and u’ll see Unique Seafood on ur left. Actually it’s pretty easy as long as u follow road signs of Lost World of Tambun. They are just walking distance from each other.
Set amisdt Perak's limestone hills
The long walkway into the restaurant
There's indoor and outdoor settings. The bluish colour of the plants might mislead u to think that there's a large aquarium behind it. Nope, it's just the colour of twilight.
All the aquariums, all alive and kicking. Dead ones will be given special discount. See the white thing ontop of the lowest aquariums? I saw a dead Soon Hock in it going for 60% discount.
California Geoduck and Spider Crabs
Live Soon Hock / Lam Kor Yue or local Malay name, ikan hantu Jumbo oysters
Boston Lobster and Mexico Geoduck
What's below the fishes are the clams or snails. Less than RM2 per 100gm. .
We ordered the “Valuable Geoduck & Oyster Set” at RM398+ and it consists of the following
-Fresh and crunchy, not tough at all, Wasabi and Japanese soy sauce provided. The soup is provided just incase some people prefer the geoduck lightly blanched. And a plate of blanched wantan noodles are provided to go with the soup. Hmmm.. I quite like it, but I don’t think I’ll think of it again the moment I send it down my throat.
-Large!!!! My mom who is very scared of fishy smells, squeezed some lemon juice on it and ate it with a slurp.
-A platter of silken beancurd, enoki, baby romaine and Japanese glass noodles. I don’t see 5 types, maybe the double portion tofu counted double. Or the plate counted as another one. This platter came at the same as the Geoduck, cos the platter is supposed to be put into the Superior soup, just like steamboat.
Poached Live Tiger Prawns
-Fresh and crunchy. Not overdone. The chili dip was just nice, but not spicy enough for me.
Deep Fried SoonHock in Light Soy Sauce or Steamed Pak So Kong Teow Chew Style
-We selected the Pak So Kong, cos Soon Hock is frozen, but Pak So Kong is swimming. And we requested it changed to light soy sauce instead of Teow Chew style. Fish nicely done, not overcooked, but I can tell it’s not wild river fish, it’s reared.
Roasted Crispy Chicken
-Crispy, yes. Even the prawn crackers that came with it are still crispy. Downside of it is the 5 spice salt. I can see grains of MSG shouting, pick me up!!!! And the 5 spice powder used is inferior type, the reddish cheapo version. And salt doesn’t taste or smell of being toasted. It’s just mixed together. To me that’s blekkk!!
Fried Rice Yong Chow Style
-It’s just ok. Rice granules a bit too hard, and if u take the rice from the bottom of the plate, u can see the oil seeping out.
Sweetened Cold Sea Coconut with Longan.
-Regular canned stuff. If the canned stuff is nice to u, then it’s nice.
All of this for RM446 (10 pax set), which included 10% tax, peanuts and towels.
Service: Good, changes plates every round. Even new clean bowls for fried rice. My glass of tea is never empty.
Washroom: Nice open air mini garden at the back, 8 cubicles with 2 for squats. Toilet paper provided.Cleanliness….Not that good with a restaurant is isn’t busy. If it’s busy I’ll forgive them.
Will I come here again??? Yes if I’m not paying. Or maybe I should give them another chance to convert me. Maybe…
Rating: 6/10.
It’s 5 hours past dinner, and I’m feeling thirsty. Maybe it’s due to the MSG laden 5 Spice salt dip.
Unique Seafood Ipoh
No.5, Persiaran Lagoon Sunway 1,
31150 Ipoh Perak
Tel: 05-5486010 / 016-261 5622
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5 comments:
gee, so expen... in Ipoh some more?!!! But the ambience's good la...
Ha, the ambience biasa only.. the colour of twilight on the greens make it look so pretty.
All live seafood is expensive. I think Klang Valley is more expensive. Try going to Kelana Seafood Centre. kekekekeke. the set we ordered, the most expensive one is the Geoduck and the oysters.
Others are pretty normal stuff.
I thought it was expensive as well. Isn't there good seafood in Tanjong Tualang cos I heard my relatives mentioned "cheap n good" :)
Vien,
The Geoduck and the oysters made up the bulk of the cost. My brother ordered ala carte from the aquariums before said it'll cost more if we do not order the set. He came here few times already. The geoduck is 16.30/100gm, and that piece of thing is almost 1kg oredi!! Well, I've seen these live stuff at jap restaurants costing more, tho I have no idea how much it cost in KL now. The last time I dined live seafood in KL was 7 years ago when it was paid by my ex company. The final bill that came I knew came to almost 1k per table.
Tanjung tualang is a different type of stuff. It's rivercatches, river prawns, udang galah(not lobster), river fishes. The price 'was' cheap, now it's so so. If u like to go, I'd recommend Loong Seng.
I'd like to add that the type of seafood featured in This Unique Seafood restaurant are exotic types, therefore the prices are not the regular seafood prices.
I'm sure if one orders tilapia or frozen sea prawns, or dead soon hocks, and no live oysters the price will be equivalent to those of regular restuarants that serve dead stuff. If at live seafood restaurants, the animals die before being caught, they are sold at a steep discount. So, u can choose... live or dead. There will definately be a steep difference in price. It's all up to u, ur own choice.
I'm sorry to say but regular seafood restaurants and live seafood restaurants are not on par. Both are in different categories of pricing. I do believe that maintaining a freezer is cheaper than maintaining a seawater aquarium.
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