Teluk Gong seafood, is it "That Good?"

Everyone loves seafood. Go to the street and ask a person for his/her favourite seafood place. I bet he/she can give you a few places. It is a very high chance "Teluk Gong" will be in their list. But is "Teluk Gong" really that good and cheap as well? I've been there twice, patronizing a place call "coconut garden" or "yeh fa yuen" i found most of their offerings "so, so" nia, some dish are passable as mediocre but some dish(cooking method, nothing wrong with the poor fish) are outright horrible! There was once we ordered a "teochew steam Red Snapper", the soup/gravy of the dish is made from vinegar!! you can taste the sourish bitterness of a typical white rice vinegar in the dish. What the hell is vinegar doing in a "teochew steam" If the chef thought, the sourish taste of a teochew style came from vinegar, he is really Noob. I can give him cooking lesson!

At one time, Teluk Gong seafood joint also came under not so favorable limelight, being the notorious robbery stint sometime ago, the place also not so well accessed by roads and dimly lit all the way in, "Teluk Gong" was strike out from my seafood joint list.

After "banning" that place for years, i was convinced to give this place another chance by one of my "tu kau" contractor friend. This restaurant was called Yong Tat seafood.

Three of us went there on the 24th, last Wednesday. Since this place is not located at the usual seafood restaurant cluster at Teluk Gong, we are kinda lost as this place is way inside Teluk Gong(after the Teluk Gong interchange from the main road, straight in, you will see the restaurant on your left hand side), after passing a few malay kampung, we finally reach our destination. This place is rumors to be frequented by all the "tu kau" contractor in their big 4WD, and yes, you always see a few of this fuel guzzler parking outside the restaurant.

The place is kinda empty since this a weekday, a bit late too, around 830pm. Parking is not a problem. Since wifey complained that her tummy already started to protest, we went into top gear when ordering fOooooood.

We order:
1. lala fried meehoon(you have too since this is Klang)
2. Lala(kepah) in Kung Po style
3. Steam Mantis Prawn
4. Steam red snapper in Soya sauce
5. stirred fried local "sawi or choi sum"

Drinks:
1. Fresh coconut(local ones) x 2
2. Beer Harimau(big) x 2 bttl
The Food arrive soon(I dun even have the chance to finish my plate of peanut), since the place is quite empty.

The lala fried meehoon is good, with lots of lala and not so oily meehon, we whack it like no tomorrow because it is the first dish to come..hahahah, it was follow by the lala(kepah). To our surprise, this is not the "kung Po" style that we expected but rather a "kam heong" style of cooking. We are not complaining since it is still taste good, the glorious lala is so fresh and meaty!

This was follow by the Steamed Mantis prawn and the Steam fish. The mantis Prawn is the medium size type but it is still fleshy. This mantis prawn is the "wild type" compare to the "reared type". I cannot confirm this but in some "more commercialized" seafood restaurant, their mantis prawn color look a bit different(I notice this during my last time in Lala Chong, they have lived Mantis prawn last time). This mantis prawn is GOooood, the last time i have such a good mantis prawn is in Bukit Tambun, Penang, donkey years ago.

The Steam red snapper is no disappointment too. during order, I was glad to hear the "si tau por" say that we are getting only the back portion of the fish only. Meaning this fish is a big fish catch from "wild at sea" instead of sourcing from fish farms. The fish is steams just nice and the meat is so fresh that it can be peeled off slice by slice. Being a big fish, the skin of the fish is slightly oily and it taste so rich and sweet. Wild seafood is the way to go.....

The stirred fried "sawi" is a bit disappointing. I always like local "Sawi" compare to the Hongkong variety, as it is cheaper and more rich in flavor, compare to the Hongkong type which is more bland. Unfortunately, it is difficult to get real good local "sawi" as it tend to taste a bit "bitterish" at times.(Tesco can buy real good "SAWI jepun aka KL choi sum" and cheap too. some of Our Choi sum taste a bit bitter but we finish it anyway..hahaah...hungry ghost in action.

So what is the damage?
1. Mantis Prawn - RM 18.00
2.Steam Snapper - RM 28.00(so cheaaapp)
3.Lala - RM 13.00
4.lala meehoon - RM 7.00
5.Choi sum - RM 5.00

Drinks:
1. Kelapa x 2 =RM 7.00
2. Tiger big bottl x 2 = RM 25.80

Misc:
1. White rice(big)(thai fragrant rice) x 3 = RM 3.00
2. Peanuts =RM 1.50

Total damage : RM108.30(not bad, considering that for food only, it cost only RM 75.50 for 3 persons.

Well this place live up to the "Teluk Gong" seafood hype, which is "Fresh, Cheap and Good"

I will definitely entered this place into my favourite seafood restaurant list, will you?

P/S restautant can be contacted by calling Tel: Kosong tiga-31341167.(since it is quite far, better call before you go)