Gia Restaurant (2009-12-22)
Gia is primarily a seafood restaurant just meters away from Cyclo Cafe. The hostess was extremely helpful and nice and never pressured us to get seafood. We ordered a couple of appetizers and they were alright.
The star of the night would be mud crabs. When we enquired
about the size and number of crabs we would get for a kilo (2.2lbs),
the hostess said about two the size of my hand. When the plate
arrived, there were three on it each bigger than KL's hand! Well,
I love mud crabs, so the more the merrier.
We thought "Crabs in XO Sauce" meant chopped-up crabs stirfried in
XO sauce like those in Hong Kong, but Gia's version was whole steamed
UNCRACKED crabs topped with some BBQ-tasting sauce. If you've had
mud crabs, you'd understand the thickness and hardness of their claws
which is impossible to crack with just a nut cracker.
Fortunately for us and very unfortunately for the young waiter (that
looked like a highschool kid) who stood between us for a long time
cracking and shelling the claws before placing them on our
plates. His hands must be sore after serving us! We gave
him an extra tip with a biggest note in their currency which is
still just 5 bucks and his face was first stunned, then embarrassed,
then elated. He deserved every penny!
Food was ok at Gia, but service can't be beat.
P.S. The business card I got from the restaurant is totally not the
one we went to and the website listed on it is for a software
company! But if you can find Cyclo Cafe, you are not far from Gia.
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