Crabbing Just Got Better with New
Value Sets!
Seafood
lovers are in for a treat… The pioneer in bringing us seafood with Southern
Creole flavours as well as some local flavours, Crab Factory’s concept of dining straight on the table with large
seafood boils poured on the table is all about diners getting dirty
deliciousness. With minimal utensils, it’s all about savoring glorious seafood
with finger-licking yumminess.
With
a new menu on board, Crab Factory
owner T.Y Ooi is not only making seafood affordable but introducing new
lip-smacking Cheese and Salted Egg sauces, Crab Factory Value Meal sets and BBQ
seafood as well as lunch specials.
It’s
all about the Cheese! Hot cheesy and creamy, it’s irresistibly yummy. Pour the Cheese Sauce over Crab Factory’s
signature sauces and simply enjoy the creamy cheesy indulgence on your seafood
for extra shioknness….
We
all love our salted egg dishes but this one is extra special. Crab Factory’s Salted Egg Sauce is more
spiced up with a lusciousness of punchy flavours. The Salted Egg sauce goes
really well with all seafood, elevating the sweetness with moreish spices. It
is finished with aromatics and crunchy bits. Simply addictive, foodies are sure
to be hook on sheer sublime flavours of this sauce!
Making
seafood affordable, Crab Factory has
come up with new sets of seafood boils with its new sauces in tow. Crab Factory Value Meals offers 3
choices – Crab Lover Shiok, Crab Lover
Party and Crab Lover Giler to
cater to different groups of diner. These sets feed from 2 pax to 9 pax (est. RM49.90 to RM59.90 per pax) with
upgrade options on various types of crabs.
Crab Lover Party (4 to 5 pax) with additions of 2 cheese
sauce (RM299.50 set + RM13.80 – 2 x cheese sauce)
First
up, we had the Crab Lover Party with
Southern Bang Sauce (Medium Hot)
with add-ons of 2 portion of cheese sauce. Getting down right dirty and
delicious, this set has Meat Crab (2pcs XL), King White Prawns, Squid, Mini
Lobsters, Hamaguri Clams Freshwater Prawns, Mussels, Corn and Potatoes. It also
comes with 2 Fried Mantao and 4 Shallot Rice to go with all that yummy sauce.
For
those who never tried Crab Factory Creole sauce, this Southern Bang has a robust
tangy kick of heat and moreish notes. We only opted for medium hot but hey, be
my guest and ask for their hottest level if you are game for heat. The best
part of this has yet to come. Now one can order a portion of oozing hot Cheese sauce, which we did, and add
this on to the bag of Louisiana seafood boil.
*Cheese sauce is free of charge from now till 31 October 2017
That
Cheese sauce… it’s literally da
bomb! Creamy and cheesy, the cheese sauce paired so well with the Southern Bang
sauce. As we watch the cheese sauce being poured over the seafood, our mouths
were literally salivated as the combination is utterly irresistible with the
seafood and sauces.
Succulent
and sweet seafood, drenched in unbelievably creamy and spicy sauces, will make
you want to keep eating. Mopping up all the saucy goodness with the Fried Mantou makes this even better. Just
in case you need your rice, the Shallot
Rice is also yummy on its own or with the sauces!
Crab Lover Giler (7 to 9 pax) featuring 2 sauces
(RM539.10 set + upgrade Brown Crab RM40)
If
you’re dining in a big group of 7 to 9 pax, the Crab Lover Giler is the perfect Crab Factory Happy Meal featuring 2
bags of Louisiana boils of seafood in 2 sauces of your choice. We even upgraded
one of the Louisiana boil bag with French Brown Crab (charges applies) instead
of the Meat Crab.
This
Crab Lover Giler set is
value-for-money as it also comes with 1 Fried Chicken Wings, 1 Fried Mantou, 1 Fried
Squid Tentacles and 7 to 9 Shallot Rice.
First
Louisiana boil bag of Gang Giler #1 was
upgraded with French Brown Crab in Garlic Butter Sauce. This one has Brown
Crab, King White Prawns, Squid, Mussels, Hamaguri Clams, Corn and Broccoli.
Garlic Butter has always been a crowd pleaser at Crab Factory. Diners can
expect loads of buttery garlicky flavours in the lot of the seafood. It’s a sauce
that pleases most palates as it enhances the sweetness of the seafood.
Check
out that rich roe in the Brown Crab!
Our
second Louisiana boil bag of Gang Giler
#2 in Southern Bang Sauce
(Medium Hot) also has lots of seafood such as Meat Crab (2 pcs XL), Mini
Lobsters, Freshwater Prawns, Jumbo Sweet Prawns and Corn. This one is an
explosion of firework flavours in the mouth and had us at Hello!
King Crab (1 pc XXL) with Salted Egg Sauce (RM298)
Talk
about a Malaysian classic, Crab Factory
is introducing its own version of Salted
Egg Sauce. We had the ala carte King
Crab with Salted Egg Sauce. This order even comes with corn, potato and fried
mantou.
Crab Factory’s version of Salted Egg Sauce has more oomph of
spices to deepen the salted egg note. Lusciously creamy and spicy, the salted
egg sauce proved to be a matched for the sweet flesh of the King Crab as well
as the other bag buddies. We also enjoyed mopping up this sauce with the mantou.
Besides
King Crab, there’s Red Lobster, Crab, French Brown Crab
and all the other seafood that is available for ala carte order in your choice
of sauce.
Also
new on the menu list, Crab Factory
is introducing lunch specials of Noodles/Rice
from SIXTH Bowl. Ordering is easy, pick a noodle, then select the toppings
and the broth. There’s also rice bowls too.
The
Mix Balls (RM13.5) with Mi Xian in
Superior Soup was tasty and it even comes with Char Kuey or Yu Tiao. There’s a
generous mix of Fuzhou, Squid Ink & Fish Balls that is bouncy and
delicious. The broth is full of umami notes and the added Char Kuey gave this
noodle extra yum.
We
also tried the Freshwater Prawns
(RM16.90 + 0.50 for spicy sauce) with Mi Lidi in Special Spicy Broth. It’s not
overly spicy but rather enough heat to awaken your palate for more. This bowl
is really decently priced for the 2 large Freshwater prawns that is sweet and
full of luscious roe.
Crab Factory is also giving back to the community
with its Bowl-IT-Forward program.
Diners get One Free Bouncy Balls Bowl for every 6 bowls purchased when dine-in
at Crab Factory. Customer can either choose to enjoy the Free bowl or donate it
to Charity. Crab Factory will visit selected children’s or old folks’ homes
every 2 months to cook for them with your Free bowl.
All
the above are available at Crab Factory
SS2 and Crab Factory Johor Bahru
outlets.
The
next new menu of Bara BBQ is only available
at Crab Factory Johor Bahru for now.
Diners can enjoy a long list of BBQ seafood as well as other specials at the
new JB outlet.
There’s
BBQ Crab (RM39 per crab) with choice
of Cajun or Garlic. Charred to give the crab a smoky flavour with intensified
sweetness of the crab, this one is excellent for those who enjoys the natural
sweetness of the crustacean.
Love
oysters but prefer them lightly cooked? Feast your eyes on Crab Factory’s 12 BBQ
Oysters (RM69) that comes with 12 different sauces. Best to enjoy them
piping hot, we are reminded again how creative Crab Factory gets with all its different sauces. Hard to choose a
favorite since these aphrodisiacs have different flavours that goes well with
the briny plump oysters.
Another
dish worth sharing is the Best of Both
Worlds (RM56.80) platter. Featuring Crab Factory’s Signature Coke BBQ Lamb Chop, Fried Freshwater Prawns and BBQ King White Prawns with sautéed
vegetable and French fries, this one is unusual twist to the all-time-favorite
surf & turf. The lamb chops were tender, juicy and moreish with a light
tinge of sweetness and smoky aroma.
An
unusual addition on the menu is the Sotong
Sumbat Coconut (RM33). A dish with a local flavour, the squid is generously
stuffed with a lovely coconut filling, chargrilled till tender and served with
a sweet and spicy sauce on the side.
The
Fried Quails (RM22.80) warrants a
reorder in my books. Well-marinated and fried till nicely lacquered, it comes
on a bed of crispy rice noodles, topped with sautéed aromatics and a tangy
chili sauce. This one makes a nice addition to the plethora of seafood.
Corn Croquette (RM11.80) may not be spectacular but it’s
decent and great for corn lovers. The kiddies are bound to enjoy this crispy
and creamy croquette well-studded with sweet corn kernels.
Last
but not least, Crab Factory JB also
has some lunch specials. We tried their version of Hainanese Fried Chicken Chop (RM15.50). Crispy fried chicken thigh drenched
in brown sauce and served with crispy potato wedges and sautéed vegetable makes
a decent meal. This lunch special (up to 3pm) also comes with Ice Lemon Tea
& a scoop of Ice Cream.
Crab Factory has just open its sister outlet in
Little Paris at Mount Austin Johor Bahru in August. About time too since
foodies down South can now savor seafood Crab
Factory style! We spent a short weekend getaway recently for some food
hunting in the South and paid a visit to Crab
Factory JB.
It
is quite easy to located Crab Factory JB
since it’s facing the main road in that area. There’s plenty of parking too.
The new outlet echoes its original outlet, industrial theme with bright shades
of orange enriching the whole ambiance. Diners are also asked to express their
creativeness on the wall with markers provided.
With
two new fabulous sauces in tow and new menu on board, it looks like Crab Factory is gearing up for some
serious seafood bingeing for foodies. With new affordable Value Meal sets as well as lunch
specials and let’s not forget a new sister outlet in JB, Crab Factory is taking seafood to new heights!
CRAB
FACTORY JB
Little Paris, Mount
Austin, JB
G14, Jalan Jaya Putra 1/1,
Bandar Jaya Putra,
81100 Johor Bahru
Tel: +607- 351 4062
Business Hours:
Tuesday to Sunday 12pm
to 10pm
Closed on Monday
CRAB
FACTORY SS2
21, Jalan SS2/64,
47300 Petaling Jaya
TEL: +603-7865 5850
Business Hours:
Tuesday to Thursday 11.30am to 10.30pm
Friday to Sunday 12pm
to 11pm
Closed on Monday
