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This Taiwanese seafood chain invaded Malaysia this month, landing in Oasis Ara Damansara, PJ’s current hot spot for hearty eating and heavy drinking.

Golden Coast Shrimp works for casual, communal meals. Service is amiable, space is abundant.Golden Coast Shrimp_2

Shrimp Steals the Spotlight

Not surprisingly, shrimp steals the spotlight here, hefty ones prepared in styles including buttered (our pick) or with pepper, garlic, sesame oil or lemon. Each plate costs RM60-RM65, comprising what seems like more than a dozen juicy crustaceans.Golden Coast Shrimp_3

Marvelous Mantou

Marvelous ‘mantou’ bread to mop up the sauce. Hot and fluffy-fresh, with a golden-crisp exterior.Golden Coast Shrimp_4

Limited Menu

The menu’s limited for now, but black pepper crab and spiral-shell sea snails also feature on it.Golden Coast Shrimp_5

Bonus Stop: Hokkaido Summer Food Fair

Bonus shrimp and seafood stop: The Hokkaido summer food fair that started its run this week at Isetan KLCC’s FoodMarket (operating July 12-22).Golden Coast Shrimp_6

Everything here’s expensive, but the RM50 for rice topped with a bounty of sea urchin, prawn, salmon roe and flying fish roe supplies a whole lot of satisfaction. Golden Coast Shrimp_7

Hokkaido ramen with scallops, prawns and corn clocks in at over RM40; two can share this. Golden Coast Shrimp_8

Chestnut-flavored Hokkaido milk ice cream (RM12), washed down with a little sake. Golden Coast Shrimp_9

Numerous other attractions at the Hokkaido food fair, from cherry blossom rice cakes to ‘sekihan’ sticky red bean rice to fluffy cream puffs. Golden Coast Shrimp_10 Golden Coast Shrimp_11Golden Coast Shrimp_12

Location Details:

Golden Coast Shrimp,

Block D, Oasis Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya.

Find Golden Coast Shrimp’s directory listing here.