Many thanks Dragon-I and Kong Wai Keong, the Public Relations(PR) consultant for Dragon-I restaurants for inviting us over for a food review session on their Hairy Crab Set Menu. Priced at RM128 nett / person (min 3 pax), the set consists of Steamed Hairy Crab, Steamed Shanghainese Dumpling with Crab Meat, Double-Boiled Superior Chicken Soup, Fresh Vegetable Cooked with Crab Meat, Yong Chow Fried Rice and Sesame Dumpling in Ginger Soup. The deal is not too bad at all, considering the fact that we paid about RM70 to RM90 just for the crab.
Dragon-I’s interior is modern but not too intimidating and details abound, from the display of the grand statues of Qin terra cotta warriors to the beautiful tea cups.
We started with a Double Boiled Superior Chicken Soup with fish maw and bamboo pith. The quivering fish maw was spongy and gelatinous while the bamboo pith provided a nice crunch to it. The double boiled soup that has a subtle sweet flavour was really comforting too.
Steamed Shanghainese Dumpling with Crab Meat aka Xiao Long Bao, so gorgeous, so dainty!
Topped with some beautiful coral coloured female crab roe, the xiu long baos were one notch higher (means you pay more for it la :p). The skin was a little thicker than usual but all is forgiven when I nibbled the side of the Xiao Long Bao and suck the meaty, sweet and flavorful broth inside!
Fresh Vegetable Cooked with Crab Meat. Ma, vegetables never tasted so good! Gua-ren-teeeeee I will finish my vegetables if my mum cooks it this way.
Prepared by chef Kung Yu Hung from Yong Chou (a county in China), the rice came out with each grain still distinct, fluffy and nicely coated with egg.
It’s show time! The highly anticipated moment has arrived when the waiter prepared the crabs for our easy consumption. The shell was opened, the crab legs were pulled off and he used scissors to push the meat out. Seems easy? A layman might take hours doing this!
Hairy Crab was named as such because pincer claws exhibit a dark hairy mass and the males are generally hairier. All of us got a medium sized male crab of (200+ gram) for the roe of male crabs are creamier, richer and softer. Other than the soft oozy roes, the meat is very sweet and fresh too!
Air flown weekly from Tai Lake, China, these crabs fatten as soon as the first autumn wind chills the region. So the official season opened in late September and last until December. Quick Quick! Make a reservation at Dragon-I restaurant now, or you’ll have to wait another year 
up the shell and reveal its roe-laden interior!
All washed down with warming ginger tea to counter the cooling (liang) effect of these evil yummy-licious crabs!
It was a nice tasting sessions with the celebrities – Queen, FBB, KY, Ciki, Nigel, Cheesie, Squall and Michelle! It really is nice seeing you guys (again for some of you)!
Can see that KampungBoy really likes his food.
Dragon-i, The Curve
6 Jalan PJU 7/3
Lot 136 & 137, 1F
Mutiara Damansara, PJ, Selangor
Tel: 03-7728 6888
great dining experience dear
kampungboy loves his hairy crab hor? ;P
the shanghai dumpling looks so cute in their holder!
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larvely! i like ur angles more than fbbs! haha:)
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everything looks good. too bad the hairy crab is not the ones from yang cheng lake.
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wow.. nice meal but I see the price too much!! buffet better than coz more choice more food
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crabbie!!! i miss the roe soooo much. tried once very very long long time ago~! awwww
btw, that shanghai XLB is very very cute on its rack ler
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have been reading too many blogs on hairy crab lately… and I am still waiting for the right time to lay my hands on one of them
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wow, so lucky, can free VIP invitations to try all the gourmet food…i’m jealous!!
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yah, I saw the hairy crab set. I will be hard for me to get two more person that is willing to fork out 128++ for the set sigh.
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I wish I was invited too~~ But I can’t take crab for a short period
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Don’t really know the correct way to eat crab so I never try it outside..
But the set meal looks good!!
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really happy to meet you all ther….
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The Steamed Shanghainese Dumpling looks soooo elegant sitting there!
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As I know, these crabs is import from China.
I had only try the “xiao long pao” in this restaurant.-Satisy !
rating = ****
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Hey guys, how about trying some fusion salted duck egg with soft shall crab crystal noodles?
Do visit the ROCKFISH NOODLE BAR at IOI Boulevard, Puchong!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ROCKFISH-Restaurant-Bar/152770504792731
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