Manhattan fish market (time for a little celebration....)

9pm 25th December 2012  

Grilled salmon. YES

Before you say..AGAIN?! Let me just say that we have limited, high quality, western seafood places in Cyberjaya and my one and only kid had really wanted salmon before the day where he'd be laser-ed, stitched up and never again be whole like the day he was born. Having said that, we shall go no further on this topic since food and bio don't mix.

Right. We ordered a whopping large size salmon platter with chips for Armand and the Quad delights for me. For dessert, we ordered the Manhattan mud pie because it looked so good in the picture. For mud anyway.

Have I said this before? because I will say this again. Manhattan Fish market rocks. And if it wasn't for all the frying they do in that crunchy batter, I would come here every single day and try out everything. And on the topic of batter, you'd probably notice they have a different type of batter for each seafood item. 

Quad delight. YES

The quad delights I ordered consisted of fried mushrooms, fried calamari and fried shrimp with three different sauces and slaw. Heavenly. Armand barely looked at me as he gulped down his food, obviously because he didn't want me pinching his precious salmon, which I did anyway. He also finished all his chips which was amazing because he doesn't eat potatoes. On chips, avoid McD's french fries if you can help it. They do not decompose even after 2 months of being left out to rot. You wonder what on earth can the McDonald's possibly put in their fries that even bacteria--the most primitive biological life form ever--decided no way. So lets avoid it, shall we?

Manhattan Mud Pie. NO. And I will say it
again. NO.

And finally, dessert. And much as I love Manhattan, New York and Chicago for that matter, the mud-pie was not up to par. The crispy crust of a cup was a bit chewy and the brownie was a bit dry. The ice-cream was okay but not as memorable as the fish. Avoid. If you really need to have dessert, your best bet would be to re-locate to Secret Recipe which is just next door or trot off to Baskin Robbins which is about 20 meters away inside the mall.

But dessert wasn't all that bad, just that I've had better. I think Manhattan is a great place for those special mini celebrations, ya know,  like the one we are having now, i.e., pre-circumcision party. Other possible small celebrations that is worth a Manhattan meal would be first paycheck, boss resigned, finally submitted journal paper, or lost that 5 kilos (and now want it back). Don't ever eat at Manhattan's for nothing because they are a tad expensive. So make each visit to Manhattan count and next time you're feeling lowly, you can always drop by Manhattan and feel like its a special day. (Hah, I just threw a psycho one on you, whatever that means.)

Manhattan Fish Market, Alamanda, Putrajaya. 

First review here.

Cleanliness: B

Food: B+ (oily but good!~~)

Price: RM35 per pax including dessert

Satisfaction Level: A

Service: B (waiters sometimes a big slow~~)

Atmosphere: B