Restoran Duyong, Cherating

Five years ago when we first visited Cherating, we found this hidden Thai & chinese cooking restaurant. It is built on a wooden deck by the sea. If you are visiting in the morning, you will be able to have a panoramic seaview seafood lunch. Whilst visiting at night, you will be able to experience the traditional asian fish village restaurant overlooking Gebeng (infamous Lynas) shore.


Despite the 45 mins drive from Telok Cempedak, we were back there again for good food after 5 years. 






Thai Fragrant Coconut to quench our thirst








Seafood Tomyum Soup 
This is first time I've seen fish ball in tom yum soup. The soup is sour, salty and spicy. Not much seafood in it, all I can remember is fish balls!










Fried Vege, Fried Mackerel with ulam & sambal belachan -small (RM10)
Value for money, the brinjal and banana fritters were very crispy. Sambal belachan is hot and rich in flavour. 






Claypot crab with glass noodles
Crab were too small, and doenst have a lot of meat. But the glass noodle was evenly coated with ginger, peppery black sauce! Awesome!






Fried Kailan with salted fish (RM 20)
The kailan is too old. And I think it is very very pricey!






Garoupa in Chilly Lime sauce
Garoupa is fresh and is steamed, coated with lots of garlic, chillies and lime. Absolutely tasty!

Ratings:

Ambience: 5/10 

Service: 5/10

Food: 8/10

Price: $

Halal

Verdict: Authentic Thai cooking, if you are a spicy lover, you are going to love this. Don't order vegetables, too pricey!

Restoran Duyong, Cherating
BT 28 KG, Cherating, Duyong Beach Resort, Kuantan
Tel: +609 581 9189
Operating Hours: 09:00 - 23:00

Restoran Mei Hiong, Kuantan

Just like anyone else (IT savviest) would, I googled to find out what is the best food in town. 


Kuantan is near the sea, hence it is famous for seafood, dried salted fish etc. Looking at what's interesting, 8TV has introduced in Ho Chak food programme about shark meat in Kuantan before! Having the hate of people gobbling down shark fins at wedding dinners (that explains why we choose not to serve shark fin soup in our wedding), it has a lot of guilt this time round to have shark's meat for lunch. Trying to justify and lessen my guilt, it is brutal to take the shark fins off the shark and throw them back to the sea, whereas, in this case, the shark is killed for its meat and is far off better than to let the shark die in a struggling way. Full of Sin still, I chose to experience shark meat for this ONE TIME!






Fried Shark Meat & skin with chillies
The texture of the meat taste like sting ray, the skin taste like the catfish's fat (omega 3). 








Fried slipper prawns with dry chillies and onions
The slipper prawns are fresh and springy in texture. The sauce coated on the prawns are sweet and spicy, just the way I like it.




Oyster Omelette
The omelette is over cooked, it was dry and the oysters has shrunk. Not recommended.






Bitter gourd Soup with fishball
The fishball is big and taste fresh, but i find the bitter gourd is too little.




Stir fried Potato Leafs

Ratings:

Ambience: 4/10 (Two shops, one shop is airconditioned)

Service: 6/10

Food: 7/10

Price: $

Non-halal

Verdict: Overall is good, shark meat alone is over rated  :)

Restoran Mei Hiong, Kuantan

No. 52b, Jalan Tanjung Api, Padang Lalang, 25050, Kuantan

Tel: 09-5177581