Quite a few moons ago we went to do one of the more touristy things you can do in Selangor – firefly watching at Kuala Selangor.

To be honest, it was my first time doing that, and I had our Singaporean friends Angus & his girlfriend to thank for this experience. Funnily, the attractions closest to us are some that we often never bother to visit.

Firefly watching at Kuala Selangor
Firefly watching at Kuala Selangor

The tour is fairly simple, you arrive at around sunset, pay some RM 30 or so, put on your life jacket and hop on the boat. D’Tour is just one of the many operations that offers similar services.

The boat then take us along Selangor River to the area where the fireflies gather. It was quite a sight to see, the trees by the river were packed with fireflies that seems to blink in sync, like a single colored x’mas tree. Quite neat, and no, we didn’t get too many mosquito bites.

It was quite fun and anyone should at least try this once. The whole journey lasted around an hour or so.

Address:
D Tours Kuala Selangor
No 1. Jalan Bagan Sungai Yu,
Pasir Penambang, 45000 Kuala Selangor
GPS: 3.351486, 101.249347
Tel: 019-263 9123/017-639 5017

Kuang Wah Seafood Restaurant, Kuala Selangor
Kuang Wah Seafood Restaurant, Kuala Selangor

After the tour, it was seafood time, naturally.

This part of Kuala Selangor has quite a few seafood restaurants in operation, and many of them are seemingly packed on every weekends. We hop onto the one right next to D Tour – Kuang Wah Seafood Restaurant.

The set up is a carbon copy of many Malaysian seafood outfits – with plastic tables & chairs, and a wall of aquarium and fiber glass containers full with assortment of live seafood for your picking. The prices are also clearly stated.

deep fried mantis prawn, lala with superior soup, drunken live prawn
deep fried mantis prawn, lala with superior soup, drunken live prawn

For the four of us, we started with deep fried mantis shrimp with chili and salt (RM 30). The meat was firm and rather flavorful, a good start.

Then it was lala in superior soup (RM 15). The soup was more spicy than superior, but does tick the checkbox somewhat.

Drunken prawn came in a clay pot (RM 30), and had some mushroom, green onion, and plenty of ginger strips in a soup base that I can’t stop drinking. It was quite awesome, and you can also definitely tell the freshness of the prawns by how sticky the skin is to the meat.

steamed 7-star garoupa, Sg. friends & Haze
steamed 7-star garoupa, Sg. friends & Haze

Our main dish was the steamed seven-star garoupa fish. We chose the simplest of preparation method to enjoy the natural flavor of the seafood, and it proved to be good decision. The meat was smooth and sweet, with the superior soya sauce complimenting the fish meat perfectly.

receipt at Kuang Wah Seafood RestaurantOverall it was a pretty good dinner, our friends from Singapore certainly did not complain. I’d say that Kuang Wah offers very good value for money as well. The dinner came to be only RM 132 to feed four hungry adults, with each of us having a fresh coconut (RM 4.50 each) as well.

If I was at Kuala Selangor again, I’d certainly not minding coming back to this particular restaurant again.

map to Kuang Wah seafood, Kuala Selangor

Address:
Restoran Kuang Wah
No 1A, Jalan Bagan Sungai Yu,
45000, Pasir Penambang,
Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
GPS: 3.351753, 101.249370
Tel: 03-3289 6719

KY eats – FireFly watching and Seafood at Restoran Kuang Wah, Kuala Selangor
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24 thoughts on “KY eats – FireFly watching and Seafood at Restoran Kuang Wah, Kuala Selangor

    • October 26, 2016 at 9:08 am
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      immature: yours got aircond also kan? haha.

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      • October 27, 2016 at 8:13 am
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        hehe, look at that aneh “no photo no photo!” ROFL

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          • October 28, 2016 at 6:12 am
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            keke, uncle KY always risking life to share with us his food adventures…

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            • October 28, 2016 at 8:55 pm
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              immature: you’re welcome.

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  • October 26, 2016 at 11:20 am
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    Any crocodiles swimming in the river? :O

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    • October 26, 2016 at 3:49 pm
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      Ken: that would make things more interesting isn’t it? haha.

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  • October 26, 2016 at 12:00 pm
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    I like to eat mantis shrimp meat….but when fried whole, it’s quite an ugly looking thing….haha! 😀 That 7-star garoupa cost around RM40? I didn’t know garoupa comes with star rating….kekeke! 😉

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    • October 26, 2016 at 3:49 pm
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      eatwhateatwhere: haha yeah, good luck finding 6 or 8 stars one though!

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  • October 26, 2016 at 7:20 pm
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    KY, mantis pawns are not easy to get in states . So far I seen it only Hong Kong and Taiwan . Not even frozen one. Wonder if I could bring some back when I on travel to Hong Kong?

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    • October 27, 2016 at 8:20 am
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      hav to ask prezident trump…

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    • October 27, 2016 at 9:45 am
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      Vickie: I think it’ll be quite a challenge to import them to US.

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  • October 27, 2016 at 8:07 am
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    Not keen on the fireflies but I sure would love to go for the food! LOL!!!

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    • October 27, 2016 at 9:45 am
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      suituapui: can’t blame you hahaha.

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      • October 31, 2016 at 6:43 am
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        fireflies always attracted to sweaty fat people, its a fact wan…

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        • October 31, 2016 at 9:09 am
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          immature: as opposed to air asia?

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          • November 2, 2016 at 8:45 am
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            air asia charge extra for spare tyre

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            • November 2, 2016 at 8:39 pm
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              immature: excess baggage fee?

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              • November 3, 2016 at 8:19 am
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                excess weight fee, ehhehehehehee

  • October 28, 2016 at 11:06 am
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    If i remember correctly, I’ve done thid fireflies watching twice , haha! Maybe I should bring my girl to watch again 😛

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