Long Island Resto – King Crab Anyone?

After seeing the reality show “Deadliest Catch” (it’s about a bunch of fishermen trying to catch Alaskan Crab – King Crab) in Discovery Channel – Ian and I were wondering how it taste. (By the way – that job as King Crab fishermen is rated as the deadliest work in the world – those crab really pricey as it gets people going to the freezing Bearing Sea and risk their life!) And surprisingly, a restaurant in Jakarta is selling that! It’s an enormous crab – with size about 4 times of regular crab. Weight about 2-3 kg.

This one is the REAL king crab. See how humongous it is compare to human!

And this one is what in the Long Island Resto. Honestly, they looked unhealthy and quite small compare to the above, don't you think? But it's still amazing something as pricey as that is sold in developing country like Indonesia!

The first thing we checked was whether it’s cooked with alcohol or not – and 2 people say it’s not. And then when we asked the price, the lady said it’s going to be about 200,000 IDR or something. So we thought it’s cool lah for one time experience. When we sat down and order, the guy who take the order seem disbelieved we order that. And then he asked, “Errr… do you know how much that’s cost? It’s going to be about 2,000,000 IDR”. Hhh anyway, I guess we look like hobo or something until that guy asked that ha ha ha. Grrr… it turns out the lady was new, and she made wrong comment. Too pride to leave :D we finally order “usual” local crab. It was twice bigger then the usual though.

We end up only taking picture of the King Crab. It is huge! But the Chili Crab that got to our plate is quite big as well. Size wise – ok lah; enough to feed our hunger he he. But taste wise? Mmm not THAT good for the price. I mean, the sauce is not spicy enough; the crab mean taste somewhat sour especially at their hands. And I think to myself, THIS is suppose to be Singapore signature dish??? Ha ha ha, I swear the Padang Chili Sauce Crab tastes way better he he…

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Thank God we only order the usual crab – the King one taste would not justify the price. This place is definitely falls into category of things that nice to try but not triggering me for another visit in the future J

Name: Long Island Restaurant
Location: Senayan City – Jakarta, Indonesia
Rating: 2 out of 5
Price: $$$$