Once upon a time, my colleague ajaked me to go for crabs eating. So, I said OK-lor. How she found out about this place leh? It was because, she was here 2 weeks ago. She said the crabs were very cheap, at RM18/kilo. Well, although I wasn’t really a crab eater, but I anyhow agreed to her lor since she ajaked. When the day came, I thought we would have other people to join us, unfortunately it just ended up with only just the 2 of us. On that day itself hor, her husband outstation, so hor she fong-karm (out-of-jail) lor.
But then, I very the chum (poor) one, she wut me belanja her eat crabs. Then ok-lor, how much can she eat woh, so kicimiao, right? Summore leh it was cheap ma, like she claimed. But hor, I had to drive woh. So, boh bian lor, she’s my boss’ wife woh, what to do, right? *giggle*
DISCLAIMER: No, this is not balls licking. Anyhow, she doesn’t even have balls laaaa…
… got jalapeño woh! But dunno got chance to eat it or not, because we didn’t order rice leh.
… the boiled peanuts were quite good. I get to eat the whole thing because she doesn’t eat it.
… mang tao, yummy! I love these. I could eat them just like that. It’s soft and sweetened inside with crispy crust.
… essential tools for crabbing.
… I will tell you why is this plate of vegetable here.
… something I reserved for my vegetable.
… when she told me about “cheese crab”, I thought she meant milk & cheese (奶油) crab. Boy, I was surprised! It was indeed cheese! Milky cheese, more cheese than milk. It has bits of onions in it, but not very noticeable, due to the colour of the gravy.
… sweet and sour crab is like the first and must have when you order crabs at places that’s famous for crabs. I guess the reason would be, “at least you’d have a lot of gravy for your rice or buns to soak with.”
… yummy! This was like the 5th buns I had and I was very full!
… the aftermath. I was very tired.
Rating: 5.5/10
Some of you may ask lor, why the rating so low? Well, let me tell you the story har…
The RM18/kg crab was all craps! You can’t order just the crab alone at RM18/kg. Each kilo of crabs, you had to order another accompanying dish, which would be higher than normal price, to contra back their losses on the crabs, crap! So, this is how the plate of vegetable came into view. We ordered a small sized vegetable, so we are eligible for ordering a 1/2kg crabs for RM9. No, you can’t get a full 1kg crabs at discounted price. So ended up, we ordered a 1/2kg cheese crabs for RM9. Fortunately she warned me that I might not like the cheese crab. I indeed do have my reserve on eating the cheese crab, because it was just plain weird to me, having to eat it for the first time.
Then we ordered a kg of sweet and sour crabs for normal price, at RM28/kg. Boy, was I fooled? And I thought we could order at least 3 to 4 flavours of crabs, but they don’t serve mixed flavour. My colleague wanted the salted egg yolk crab as well and I wanted a kam heong. There was another stupid rule, they don’t serve 1/2kg of crabs. Our cheese crabs was exception because we ordered a small vegetable and the lady boss somehow have HAD to gave us the discount that we were eligible for. Unfortunately, I don’t remember how much was that vege. Probably RM16 or so, doubled the price that you could get from other place.
Flavour wise, I have no complain, but the sweet and sour could be better. As for the cheese, I wouldn’t go for it because it was just weird. Not that it was so bad, but it tends to make you feel full, probably kills your appetite real quick. The buns were great though. The only thing that I wouldn’t complain. We even ordered a 2nd plate of buns, unfortunately I had to plonk down the rest of the buns, which means I had swallowed a total of 7 buns! 2 more didn’t survive long enough to reach my mouth.
I ended up paying close to RM60 for the bill and I had to eat at least a whole kg worth of crabs. Usually, people would say “人出錢，你出力”, but this time, it’s “我出錢，我出力”.
Location: N3.21111 E101.61528
After the dinner, I said I cannot tahan already. I wanted to drink coffee to flush down the craps. Since my place there opened a new coffee shop, so I forced her to stick with me. But hey, she doesn’t need to pay a penny leh, so don’t complain la.
… newly opened Hollys Coffee, a Korean’s product. They provide free WiFi access too.
… the environment was cozy and by far the brightest ever coffee shop around, compared with SFCC, Coffee Bean and Starbucks.
… my ice blended mocha and her orange juice. What the… came to coffee place for a cup of orange juice!?
… we were served complimentary glutinous rice (mochi / 麻糬) that comes in 4 colours. I wonder do they represent the 4 seasons.
… it was the 2nd day after the grand opening. I was presented with the buy 1 free 1 complimentary voucher for their grand opening.
Rating: 5.5/10
We were seated on the inside for a short while until we started to feel cold from the air-conditioner at full blast. Then we moved ourselves to the outside seats. It was a calm evening, barely any wind, luckily it wasn’t hot either. During that time, she popped a cigarette and I gave her a stern look. Then I told her, “it was a special day, yesterday” and stare blank to the horizon, pretend to be sensible. She was thinking for a while about the date and asked, “what’s so special?” and she gave a few tries on guessing for the answer. Finally, I told her the answer, “it was Jacky’s birthday…” Then she “cheh-ed” me. Sucks!
I was asking myself, “would I patronize this place again for their coffee?” the moment I had my first seep into my cup of mocha. It doesn’t taste awful, but I didn’t expect the Koreans to like coffee that lacks coffee fragrance. I’m putting this up into the list where Coffee Beans and Starbucks reside in. But since it was so convenient, just a stone throw away (literally) from my place, I might stop by for their comfy environment and their free WiFi access, though the internet connection provided was rather slow. Very much slower compared to the line from Station 1 Cafe, which was only a 100 metres away from Hollys Coffee.
Location: N3.11497 E101.58974
