Uncle Prawn - Sunway Giza, Kota Damansara.
Sunway Giza is sort of like the most happening place in Kota Damansara right now. It is like an avenue filled with food outlets and bars. This is where half the population of Kota Damansara chilled out during the recent world cup. It is obvious to see that the pubs here are built specially for the world cup. And now that the World cup is over, they will perpetuate their role for the Barclays Premier League and the likes.
There are many interesting looking restaurant housed here; Tao, Full House, just to name a few. I didn’t have any intention to dine there but when I was meeting up with a friend for beers and to share our two cents worth of the world cup, I got distracted by the bright lights coming from Uncle Prawn. There were also many congratulatory flowers in front indicating that they just started business. Now, to be distracted while heading for my beers …is quite unthinkable and seldom happens to me.
Out of curiosity, we decided to check the place out since it is still relatively new. With a name like this, their specialty must be prawns. So for our first order was the Sang Har Mee (Fresh Water Prawn Noodles).
The first thing I did was scoop a spoon full of the thick rich looking gravy and slurp it. Nice! Full of flavours from the prawn essence and eggs. However, I would have preferred the gravy to be a bit warmer. I think maybe the distance from the kitchen to our table was a wee bit too far and heat got dissipated along the way. Prawns were fresh and succulent. Noodle texture was a little soggy. I’d liked it a bit crunchy. Portions were just nice for two if you are going to share some other dishes. Price was quite hefty; RM18. Not sure if this is normal for Sang Har Noodles.
Oh well, since this is a prawn place, we ordered a prawn dish. They called it river prawns. This dish was cooked in strawberry sauce. Sounded interesting, so we gave it a shot.
Can’t really taste the strawberry flavours but it had a tinge of sweetness to it. I guess you can’t go wrong with any sauce as long as the prawns are fresh. Pretty decent taste, this one. Price – RM24 (not sure if this is decent)
Next we ordered the porkbelly with salted fish in claypot (RM18.80). We wanted something porky and this dish was quite tasty. Because the strong salty flavours of this dish was too overwhelming, we had to order a serving of steam rice to balance the taste. Just having this alone with steam rice is good enough for me.
At the sides, we had another dish called Asparagus Fried with Beech Mushroom (RM16) just to compliment the porkbelly. The mushroom was a bit tasteless but the aroma was nice. I guess after all those tasty dishes, this one seemed a bit too bland. Wrong combination I guess.
They have many other prawn dishes that you can check out. Infact they serve a range of seafood as well. I would return again to try the other stuff. I guess this is a good stop for food coz this place gets you really thirsty (with all that rich, salty food) before you quench your thirst at the bars just a stone throw away. Talk about strategic location !
Location
Unit A-15 Sunway Giza
Jalan PJU 5 14 Dataran Sunway
Kota Damansara
47810 Petaling Jaya
Tel 03-6148 1998
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