Jade Garden was the first seafood restaurant that I have tried at Sungai Rengit in Pengerang, Johor and have since returned several times.
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Jade Garden Seafood Restaurant at Sungai Rengit Lobster 翡翠园海鲜酒家
Jade Garden was the first seafood restaurant that I have tried at Sungai Rengit in Pengerang, Johor and have since returned several times.
Lobsters at Jade Garden Seafood Corner at Sungai Rengit, Pengerang, Johor - Second Visit 翡翠园海鲜酒家
Yesterday, I brought my high school schoolmates to Sungai Rengit for lobsters :) We were in high school together in the 1970s. This was a trip we had been talking about for a long time. So we came to Sungai Rengit excited - talking and laughing like children on a school excursion after the final exam :)
I picked Jade Garden for this special trip because this is by far the most popular seafood restaurant in Sungai Rengit. I've also tried Jade Garden before and I like their "Superior Broth" lobster. It was lunch time on a Friday, and as usual there was a good crowd of diners in the bright and spacious restaurant.
How fresh are lobsters in Sungai Rengit? Well, they come straight from the sea (a stone's throw away) in plastic bags with no water. Once they arrived, the flapping lobsters were immediately sorted according to species and size, and tossed into the display tanks.
We asked the staff who came to take our orders to recommend their signature lobster dishes. There were five of us, so we ordered one lobster for each person. These were the lobsters dishes recommended by Jade Garden to us :)
Lobster in Superior Broth
I had this "Superior Broth 上湯" lobster before during my last visit and this is my favourite style of cooking lobster. The savoury buttery broth brings out the exquisite flavour of the spiny lobster very well.
Today's "Superior Broth" was slightly heavier on saltiness than my last experience. We all agreed that the thick lobster flesh was springy and refreshingly crunchy.
Fragrant Fried Lobsters
For our second dish, Jade Garden recommended this "Fragrant Fried Lobsters 香炒龙虾". After the slightly salty "Superior Broth", looking at this dish, we were initially wary that this dish might be a little too heavy on saltiness.
The "Fragrant Fried Lobsters 香炒龙虾" turned out not overly salty and we all liked this style, though it was slightly greasy. The herbs used to cook the lobsters indeed spiced up and perfumed the lobsters.
The gravy though a bit greasy was finger licking good :) The lobster meat was still bouncy though a little drier compared to the "Superior Broth 上湯 " version.
Marmite Lobsters
After our lunch, we noticed that the next table had these luscious looking lobsters. LOL as usual, I could not resist asking the customer if I could have permission to take a photo of it so that I could share it on this blog and also to come back again for it at my next visit.
The gracious customer who is a regular told me that this "Marmite Lobster" is Jade Garden's best lobster dish and is offered only to regular customers. LOL I will make sure I ask for "Marmite Lobster" at the my visit, though I am not sure if visiting them a third time qualifies me as a regular :P
I also noticed that some customers had a large bowl of interesting looking herbal chicken soup. (I didn't take a picture of this because the bowls were all nearly empty :P ) The regular customer told me that this special chicken soup is one of Jade Garden's best dishes and available only on Fridays and Saturdays. Again, it is only for regular customers. LOL I hope to have a chance to try this next time :)
This was our bill for our lunch at Jade Garden. We had 5 lobsters altogether :)
->> The most established seafood restaurant in lobster town.
Restaurant name: Jade Garden Seafood Corner 翡翠园海鲜酒家
Address:
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/mUkH
GPS:
Hours: 11:00am to 10:30pm
No Pork, No Lard, No Halal cert
Date visited: 5 Jul 2012, 14 Jun 2013
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Lobsters @ Jade Garden Seafood 翡翠园海鲜酒家 in Sungai Rengit, Pengerang, Johor
Sungai Rengit is a little seaside town in Pengerang, Johor famous for......? You guessed it, lobster!
Little Sungai Rengit is dotted with seafood restaurants, all offering the town's famed, fresh caught lobsters plus the usual fish, prawns and crabs.
We were in Sungai Rengit for lunch on a Thursday. We circled the entire town a couple of rounds in search of seafood restaurants - each round took less than 5 minutes by car.
We found most of the restaurants rather quiet on a weekday at noon except for Jade Garden and Hyann. We settled for Jade Garden and will be back to try out the rest, next time.
Jade Garden is the largest, most famous and popular of the seafood restaurants in Sungai Rengit.
Live lobster pricing is, of course, seasonal. Right now, medium live lobsters go for RM100/kg, large RM120/kg, extra large RM140/kg, and something called "Big Colour Lobster" RM190/kg.
We ordered 1 kg of medium lobsters and asked for it to be cooked in the "Jade Special Lobster with Gravy" style.
We ordered just the token, obligatory carbs and greens, as we were here for the lobster!
The lobsters met our expectations which were set pretty high - they were simply delicious.
Medium size is actually quite small here ;-D
The flesh came off the shell easily, and it was naturally sweet with just the right balance of tenderness and firmness. The savoury, rich buttery gravy (called "superior broth" 上湯 here) enhanced the flavour of the lobster flesh.
Personally, Sungai Rengit, Pengerang is worth the occasional hour plus drive for a change of scene to have good live lobster in a laid back, small seaside town. I'll be back to try the lobsters in the other restaurants.
->> The most established seafood restaurant in lobster town.
Restaurant name: Jade Garden Seafood Corner 翡翠园海鲜酒家
Address:
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/mUkH
GPS:
Hours: 11:00am to 10:30pm
No Pork, No Lard, No Halal cert
Date visited: 5 Jul 2012
Return to Johor Kaki homepage.
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