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Friday, April 22, 2011

Fatty Crab Delivery Review

WARNING: NON HALAL

I've been craving for crabs again! So today I made up my mind and ordered Butter Crab and Prawn Otak Otak from Fatty Crab. I was given two choices to order; online and call service. I chose to try online. There will be a "real-time update" which means it's happening now and I'm updating as I'm waiting for my crab.
Service
17:45 Online order was placed.
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17:47 Received a phone call from a lady to clarify the address and order.
18:40 My crab is here!
Excellent service. Fast, friendly, flexible, organized, the most amazing thing is I can even use debit card (not just credit card or cash) on the spot to pay! The food came in good quality plastic containers and even microwavable.
Do you notice that the picture is a little "hazy" compared to the next picture. This is because the crab is so hot it's smoky.

Portion/Size
Crab: The crab is big and very meaty. Just as it says in the website, about 550-580 grams. I did not take picture of the body (the white part under carapace). That part contains BIG CHUNKS OF CRAB MEAT! Love it! So much that I didn't manage to finish the whole crab by myself! Even the legs are bigger than average crabs I have no problem extracting the meat. I'll save the leftover for later. The crab is very well cracked I don't even need crab spoon or fork or cracker.
Compare the size of the spoon and pincer!
Otak Otak: Comes in approximate size of 6 x 11 cm and 1cm++ thickness. Don't forget, plenty of prawns and spices!
Taste
Butter Crab: The sauce is slighty thick with strong butter taste and smell with a touch of saltiness. The flesh of the crab is springy and a little sweet. From the taste you can tell that it's fresh. Just if the flesh doesn't stick to the shell so much.
Otak Otak: The otak otak was good. If you have sensitive tongue I will not recommend this because it IS spicy but not unbearable. It has plenty of prawns in it!

Price
Crab RM40.80
Otak otak RM15.80
Subtotal RM56.60
Taxes RM 3.40
Total RM60.00

The price is still expensive to me but it is a reasonable price for the size, taste and quality for both food and service.

Drawbacks
  • I ordered butter crab. Naturally, it comes in "sauce" which drips all over you fingers and splatter on your shirt or face. It's inevitable! If don't want the mess then I'll recommend ordering something dry such as grilled crab, steamed crab or whatever that comes without sauce.
  • The meat sticks on the shell. I said I didn't need crab spoon, but it doesn't hurt to prepare one so that you can scrape the meat.Stick on the shel;.
However, the drawbacks has little to do with Fatty Crab as they did not force me do order butter crab when I can order other "dry" crabs. Also, I'm not a food or crab expert so I don't really know why does the meat stick on the shell though it's a common problem.

Will I Order Again?
Yes! It's very convenient especially when I forgot to withdraw money and have no phone credit at the same time. Overall, the food and service is excellent. Reasonable price. For more information or to order, go to fattycrabs.com or call 1300-222-100.

I am not paid to write this review. This is purely based on my experience and opinion.

2 comments:

  1. Hi...

    This is rightfully non-halal, but PORK FREE and NON-ACOHOLIC - just like any Japanese restaurants, etc.

    I would like to thank you for this great review. Thanks so much for this pleasant surprise. I stumble on your site whilst googling.

    I have already open up a dine-in restaurant from May 27, 2011 at Jalan Bukit Raja, Off Jalan Seputeh, Taman Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur.

    For more information, please visit -

    www.fattycrabs.com or
    http://facebook.com/fattycrabs

    Hope to hear from you soon.

    Warmest regards,

    Franco @ www.FattyCrabs.com

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    1. Hi Franco,

      I need your help to verify on the relation between Fatty Crab with The Fatty Crab in Singapore.

      Are the two company related or yours is a Franchise?

      Await your immediate reply.

      Thank you.

      Best regards,
      Cindy

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