New Petaling Kam Kee Seafood Restaurant — Restaurant in Petaling Jaya

CNY is the time to gather with families and friends - and after missing many annual gatherings of pioneers of bloggers (think blogspot and WordPress), I die die must attend this years's gathering. And yes, I used to be active in the blogging community before.

This restaurant was suggested and agreed by all, located in the same area as my fav cafe Single Dose Coffee. I wouldn't have known such gem exists if not for this dinner.

After the customary lou sang where the cute boy whom I assumed son of the lady boss helped to shout the lucky phrases, we started our dinner with some whiskies.

◾Crispy roast chicken - nothing got more traditional with this nicely roasted poultry that came with keropok, plum sauce and asam boi powder. ◾Kung Pou chicken in Yam Basket was as classic as it gets in terms of presentation. I loved how profound the taste of the yam basket was, and the Kung Pou flavour hit the spot. ◾Steamed tilapia in asam sauce - while the sauce was quite thin, it was very appetizing drenching the fish that void of the muddy taste. I swore that I could easily finish one bowl of rice with this. ◾Braised 'yuen tai' or pork trotter - hands down to the best yuen tai I'd ever eaten in 2025. The meat was so tender and the sauce ticked all the right boxes. Probably the fastest dish to be polished that evening. ◾Taufu Kang - didn't know how to explain but this version was different from the usual ones that I had but damn it was delicious. I had to eat this again. ◾Vegetable ◾Desserts - Iced longan and jelly + fried Chinese pastries

The pork trotter, fish and Taufu Kang were good and strong enough reasons to revisit...

It’s hard to be disappointed with a Chinese stir-fry outfit like Kam Kee in PJ. Athough some reviewers report being able to find better (for example, in KL or Damansara), RM265 for 10 dishes for a party of eight must surely count for something! Such affordability for food of this quality and quantity is hard to find.

They fry noodles and vegetables well but shine with their meat and seafood dishes. Try their Marmite Chicken or Crispy Pork Belly, both marinated in pleasant saltiness and complex fermented umami. For me, the star was their sweet-sour deep fried grouper. Instead of the shock of vinegar-spiked tomato sauce, the gentler whiff of lemon and tamarind seemed more sympathetic to the delicate flavour of this variety of fish.

We were also given a tasting portion of their special chicken curry. Relatively low in heat but full with the aroma of curry leaves as well as warm spices like ginger, turmeric and coriander, this makes a generous treat for those among us who don’t always do well with chilli

The lady boss welcomed us and seated us. She was also helpful with the menu, recommending dishes as necessary or advising us to opt for smaller sizes as she deemed fit. She wasn’t wrong at all!

Will I be back? Most certainly, and hopefully with a small group of friends or...

The restaurant was formerly named Restoran Kam Kee located in Taman Petaling (across Jalan Templer) before moving here. I couldn’t order Tong Poh Yoke and Keong Choong Yee Pin as the food captain said the pork meat and fish slices haven’t “arrived”. We ordered five dishes. Two were good. The other three were so ordinary.

Braised Mui Choy pig trotter. This was lovely though a bit small for seven of us. The meat was tender and the mui choy gave the gravy a big boost to the flavour. Fu Yoong Dhan (Seremban omelette). Well fried and delectable. Jeong Jing Fei Chow Yee (steamed tilapia fish in sweet gravy). The restaurant would have to work hard on this dish to improve it. Choy Poh Tau Fu (fried tofu with sweet-salty preserved radish). Tasted below average. The tofu skin wasn’t fried until it was sufficiently crispy and the Choy Poh was rather bland. Stir-fried Kangkung Belachan. Tasted so so only. It lacked the punch and piquancy of belachan.

As an appetiser, we ordered a small plate of Taro cake. It had good consistency and tasted okay

The bill came to RM172 for the...