Passionate about classic techniques

RESTAURANT EXTRA SUPER TANKER
@ THE CLUB BANDAR UTAMA
No 1, Club Drive, Bukit Utama,
Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya
Tel: [phone]
Business hours: Daily (12.30-2pm, 6-10.30pm).

EXTRA Super Tanker Sdn Bhd at The Club Bandar Utama is a restaurant that serves authentic Chinese cuisine.

Driven by a mission to serve great food cooked the old fashioned way, chef Chin Jin Fah is passionate and obsessive about the culinary details and classic techniques.

Prosperity dish: Japanese tofu is carefully stuffed with seafood and to its lotus paste with chocolate chips.vegetables. Its shape gives inspiration to its moniker, Golden MoneyBag.

The chef’s signature dish — Traditional Roasted Suckling Pig Stuffed With Prawn Paste (RM200++) — is stunning. What makes the dish special is the preparation.

“It is different from those prepared in other restaurants,” he said.

He added that the pig is stuffed with prawn paste before it is roasted over a charcoal fire.

The dish is only limited to five orders per day to retain a high quality.

Chin created the recipe to combine the taste of meat and seafood.

Another favourite in the restaurant is the Claypot Braised Pork Cartilage And Fresh Pork Tendons (RM40++).

Staple:TheSuperTankerSpecialFried Riceis madewith eggwhite and agenerousportion ofseafood.

You need to order this a day before going to the restaurant. It is cooked for eight hours to achieve a just-right consistency, with a special signature gravy.

It is served with a burner under the plate.

Next up is the Steamed Lucky Fish With Bamboo Pith and Beancurd Sticks (RM100++).

“We have to debone the fish and separate the flesh without changing the fish structure,” he said.

Chin also recommended the Golden Money Bag (RM60++) which is his own creation.

Meticulously made: The mooncake presents a mix of flavours to its lotus paste with chocolate chips.

The dish contained Japanese tofu stuffed with diced seafood and vegetables, served in pumpkin sauce and broccoli.

“This dish is prepared carefully to prevent the soft tofu from breaking,” he said.

The Super Tanker Special Fried Rice (RM60++) is another signature dish. It is cooked by using egg white.

To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, the chef introduced his own handmade Pure Lotus Paste With Chocolate Chip Mooncake (RM12.50++).

The mooncake has no preservatives and can be kept up to two weeks.

This is the writer’s personal observation and is not an endorsement by StarMetro.