Mummy's Birthday Dinner @ Fatt Kee Restaurant

Usually we will make special arrangements for birthdays but this year, Mummy wanted to choose where she wants to eat and she wanted to recommend me this restaurant.
As a matter of fact, she liked the food here and this happen to be one of their latest finding in the town of Menjalara.
Since the birthday gal specified her choice, we shall have to oblige, don't we?
(Although it was a much more scaled-down affair, but Mummy's choice will be our wish:)

Turns out it was not a bad choice after all; this restaurant was featured in the Star's Metro before (sometime in April 2008 - which was this year)

(They have this piece of cutting on every table)

The chef was a Penangite who picked up cooking skills and soon after, started his own restaurant.
They have outlets in Penang too (now, that I didn't know!)

They offer a few unique and authentic dishes; done in a cross fusion of Nyonya and Penangite cooking style.


We took time selecting our dishes from the menu while enjoying a cup of fragrant and clear tea; brewed from the fine King of Tea (Cha Wong)

I am no expert in tea, but this tea definitely was light in taste and yet soothing when it travels down the throat.

It is definitely one of the choice for my Chinese tea now!

Moving on to the food; which arrived in less than half an hour..
The spare pork ribs braised in special homemade sauce; served in a claypot (RM15)

The ribs were carefully marinated before the cooking process; and the juicy taste of the sauce absorbed into the flesh; making the meat really tender and tasty.

The red talapia fish cooked in their signature Assam style (RM11.80)

The fish was at a special promotional price of RM11.80; but yet, it was really fresh.
Lightly steamed, the texture of the fish was really smooth; perfectly timed when it was taken off the stove.

In fact, the flesh was so succulent and juicy that I almost mistaken it for another fish! (me, the fish lover and expert...aiks)
You know how talapia always had that distinct taste in the flesh and also a slight whiff of mud-like - it is after all a freshwater fish.
But the chef managed to hide that smell with the combination of the spices used in the Assam gravy which included Bunga Kantan, assam boi, and a couple of other ingredients that I'm not sure of.

Suffice to say, this is definitely a must-try if you are ever here; their Assam really rocks!!
**You can choose from other fishes; such as stingray, garoupa, snapper, etc**

With such a fine aroma and juicy bites, this was definitely one appetizing dish!~

Another of their signature dish was the Assam Prawns (RM25)
(Why would you want to order another assam dish when you just had an assam fish?)

I must mention that if you were to miss this dish, you seriously do not know what you're missing!~
The price may be slightly higher but it was worth the size and amount of prawns served and oh, for the way it was cooked!~

This was definitely a different style of assam compared to the fish.
The sauce was a cross between the Oriental sourish Assam sauce and the western style of adding a hint of sweet juice to it.
Add in a few drops of Lea Perrins' sauce and voila, you have this plate of scrumptious Assam prawns which was a clear winner

The taste was clearly something I cannot get out of my mind; and it's definitely a sure thing to be labeled as one of their signature dish.


Our choice of vegetables was the Stir Fried water convulvus (kangkung) in light belacan sauce (RM8)

The vegetables was tossed for a light fry; maintaining the natural sweet taste of the fresh vegetables.

The vegetables were really crunchy and the best part was, it was not oozing with chili or belacan oil like the others I have tasted.


Total damage was RM71.80 for 5 pax but the food was really worth the price~
The service here was really good too; and I have to compliment the chef's cooking and also the fine ingredients used in the cooking process because it clearly did not make our sensitive throats uncomfortable.

I am definitely recommending this restaurant; and I do look forward to visit them again to try their other winning dishes:)

In case you're interested too, this is the direction to get there: