Restoran Tong Juan, Chukai

I was reminded multiple times by my friends and colleagues to eat the stuffed crabs in Chukai..
So obviously, my first dinner in Chukai was to try this famed dish. KH & wife were nice, accomodating, bringing us to Tong Juan as we were not sure where it was..
KH did the ordering (stuffed crabs compulsory) while we made no special requests on any other dishes..
The wait was rather long although it was not pack (yet) and finally...
the stuffed crabs.. Tahdah!

Each crab costs RM7, the filling consists of mince crab meat, fish meat, onions, garlic...filled to the brim, covered with some doughy batter/skin, the stuffed crabs were then deep fried..

This is the stuffings inside..Sweet, fresh and goes well with the chili. Though a tad oily from the fried dough..
We had deep fried fish (yau zham) which bubbly alicia enjoyed.Heavily laden with lightly caramelised onions, the sauce base was thick, dark soy sauce instead of the ubiquitous light soy sauce. Was glad that they fried the fish till crispy and not hard.The tau foo dish was just normal, not to shout about..

I actually liked the stir fried asparagus very much, finding this veg very fresh, crunchy to the bite and tasty. yum yum..The sambal prawns was very appetising, I was glad that KH ordered this. Well, I didnt really think it was very sambal-ish, felt more of an assam prawns rather than sambal. The sauce emanates mainly sourness and spiciness, and small hints of sweetness. With the prawns being fresh, this was the best dish to me for the nite. Total bill was RM150 for the 5 of us. Not very cheap.

What Julianne thinks?
Delectable and uncomplicated.

Restoran Tong Juan is located at K117, Jalan Sulaimani, Chukai/Kemaman.
Note: KH asked us why we wanted to eat at Tong Juan. Bcoz famous ma! Why ar?
Oh, coz Restoran Malaysia next door was the restaurant that started stuffed crabs, not Tong Juan..
Aiyo, why didnt you say so, could have tried there instead! ._."