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Item: Restoran 9888
Rating: 3
Author: AmandaLaurenLee

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Chinese Seafood Restaurant

AmandaLaurenLee

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Because my mother wanted to celebrate my birthday with our immediate family, she chose to bring us to Restaurant 9888 where the food was raved highly by her. The place is rather difficult to find as it is located in some back road and also parking is incredibly limited. Though that does not stop people from dining there as the place was fully packed when we arrived - which made me feel lucky that we had already placed our reservations. Or else waiting is inevitable. Also, do not expect good serv

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Because my mother wanted to celebrate my birthday with our immediate family, she chose to bring us to Restaurant 9888 where the food was raved highly by her.

The place is rather difficult to find as it is located in some back road and also parking is incredibly limited. Though that does not stop people from dining there as the place was fully packed when we arrived - which made me feel lucky that we had already placed our reservations. Or else waiting is inevitable.

Also, do not expect good service from the staff there either. I have been to this restaurant several times and it is always the same. Everybody looked like they would rather be somewhere else than at work so their response to our request is always a black face. Not pleased at all.

Though thankfully the food makes up for the lack of proper service.

This dish is very very indulgent. But coming from a Hakka family, this Yam&Flour balls brings back good memories and this restaurant makes it well. There's a lot of flavour from the sauce as well as the fried dried shrimp and shallots they put on top.

Definitely a must try!

Chinese Garlic Chives with Seafood

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Another favourite of mine is the stir fried Chinese Garlic Chives. Usually we orders it with pig's intestines but they were out that they so we opted for seafood. Still as good.

The Claypot Tofu was good too. Though really nothing too much to shout about as you can find similar ones at any chinese restaurant - perhaps even cheaper than the one we had here.

Sour and Spicy Seafood stew

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Then there's another dish that is highly recommended by the owner and also many other people. It is the Spice & Sour Seafood Stew which is as good as it was pricey. Though with the amount & quality of seafood that we got, the high price is somewhat understandable.

All the prawns, mussels, scallops and squid were fresh tasting and also adequate in size. That may vary as it depends on the stock of seafood which the restaurant gets. But the several times that we've eaten there, this dish never failed to impress.

The flavour of the broth is amazing. Everyone was drinking it by the spoonfuls and seemed more interested in that instead of the seafood.

Spicy Sauce Steamed Grouper

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We also ordered steam Grouper with spicy sauce and although it looked really good when it arrived, the taste did not live up to it's presentation. The fish is fillet in a way where the meat is flayed out from the bone which makes it easier to feast on.

Unfortunately this dish was mediocre and honestly could find better elsewhere. So this was a disappointment especially considering how much they charged us for a medium sized fish that they dubbed as 'large'.

The best dish of the night was their sticky and sweet Siew Yoke which they stir fried so the sauce caramelized onto the pork. It was so good!

But this small plate costs us Rm60 which is honestly overly priced. Regardless of how yummy it was, that's not an amount I would pay for such a tiny portion which they insisted was big.

All in all Restaurant 9888 is a nice place to dine in despite some few misses. If one can overlook their terribly trained staff and rather exurbent price then this is definitely one of the nicer chinese restaurants to dine at.