Found myself at JB a couple weeks ago looking for dinner options after a short day trip for work, and since I know very little about JB, I decided to be a bit adventurous and head to KSL area which I stayed last time to pick a restaurant to try out.
Matang Seafood View, Johor Bahru
As fate would have it, we stepped into Matang Seafood View, a relatively quiet looking place at 6 something in the evening. Little did we know that the same place would be packed just half an hour later, always a good sign for a restaurant.
Ordering affair is pretty simple, you can choose one of the pre-packaged seafood porridge deals or go by picking your favorite ingredients to be in the same claypot. Alternatively, there are quite a number of ala carte dishes to choose from as well.
seafood porridge with crab and garupa fish
We ended up ordering a claypot porridge with 2 crabs, minced pork, and fish fillet, a plate of vegetable, and two rather large oysters as starters.
Those oysters turned out to be better than I’d expected, they were huge, fresh,and packed with sweetness, a couple drops of lemon was all we needed to bring out the flavor.
As for the main dish, the crabs weren’t exactly huge in size, but they were rather flavorful. The garupa fish and minced pork further adds to the overall taste of the porridge as well. It was rather satisfying.
fresh oysters, cho sum vegetable
The dinner came to RM 90.30 with drinks included. Pretty decent value for what we get, and it is no wonder this place was packed. Would not hesitate to go back again should I find myself at JB.
Address:
Matang Seafood View
35, Jalan Seringaka,
Taman Century,
80250 Johor Baru, Johor
GPS:Â 1.486020, 103.761499
Tel:Â 07-336 5746
Hours: 11am–10pm daily
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KY, the seafood look so good. I know my cousin would enjoyed it . I try the
soup see it fancy .
Vickie: he would!
amazing wonderful seafood just loved this eats very appetizing!
mia: definitely.
Packed restaurant – high turnover of good – good sign.
Monica: yaa, usually it means fresh!
there is one shop in puchong bdr puteri called taiping seafood porridge also sells variety porridge. you should check it out… 🙂
purple: ohhh interesting! I shall try to remember.
Have never seen oysters served quite like that…on a Chinese-looking plate with ais batu…haha! 😀 And neither have I eaten choy sum served this way…with so much soup-like sauce.
eatwhateatwhere: hahaha ya exactly like gwai lou style, tastes good tho that’s what’s important!
those oysters look tempting. i know there are a handful of oyster farmers in peninsular malaysia, and i’ve enjoyed our local oysters – hopefully we’ll see them more in restaurant menus alongside the irish, french, nz ones 😀
Sean: Yeah, I’ve also had some really good ones at Lumut/Sitiawan too.
We only have meat porridge here, no fish, no seafood. 🙁
suituapui: Sibu is so close to the ocean tho!
RM90 for a meak with oysters, crab and fish, “dai dou lan” lah! LOL
Choi Yen: haha ya it was definitely pretty good value.
Amazing article. Thanks for sharing!
I love your blog especially around the holidays and was sad to feel that the cultural context of this dish was just kind of swept under the rug.
Areesha: err.. cultural context? How so?
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