Dinner @ Matahari Restaurant Kuala Terengganu

Table spread

Matahari Restaurant is another Chinese dining option in Kuala Terengganu second to Paradise Deluxe. It is situated along Jalan Sultan Mohammed beside Giant hypermart. The dining area is very large but the tables were arranged too near to each other. Their butter prawns were mouth watering, very butter-y and melts upon each bite. The prawns were very fresh and juicy and it is lightly stir fried, hence giving its tangy and chewy effect.

buttered prawns

siakap/seabass

Siakap (barramundi/seabass) Tiga rasa (three flavours) nothing to shout. The fish was over fried hence loses its juiciness and flavour. I was quite disappointed as siakap is my favourite  fish. Next we have sweet sour siakap. The gravy was tasty but too sweet. Again the poor fish was fried to the bone, so to speak. 

sweet sour seabass

kailan ikan masin

And we also ordered kailan ikan masin (Kale with salted fish) is my favourite vegetable dish. It is a stir fry dish with oyster sauce (I think) and salted fish, usually king mackerel fish steak preserved in salt and in soy oil. The degree of saltiness balanced the strong flavour of the veggies chlorophyll! The veggies itself were reasonably "cook". We also had ginger chicken which were surprising tasty with just the right amount of lemon juice and generous slices of raw mango and chillies. And king of the dishes is of course the tom yam which took the centre stage of the table. However, it was way too spicy for my liking.

Over all the food were of acceptable standard and as above mentioned, second to Paradise Deluxe, Kuala Terengganu. But the buttered prawns and ginger chicken garnered a respectable 7 on Acepaizah. As the fish dishes were not up to par, it is best not to give any rating to them. Last but not least, it must be mention here that Matahari fruits slices of watermelons and honey dew were very very very thin, less than HALF CENTIMETER! And that really worth sitting at the negative end of Acepaizah's scale!

teeny-weeny itsy-bitsy melons

~Acepaizah~