Rootian Seafood Restaurant Langkawi in downtown Kuah is a popular choice for delicious fresh Chinese-style seafood for a year-end dinner celebration.
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Langkawi is not just about island hopping, sun, sea, and sand.
I usually stay at Dayang Bay Resort Langkawi in Kuah Town.
Seafood is plentiful, cheap, and abundant in Langkawi.
The seafood restaurants in Kuah town near the duty-free shops are always packed with tourists at mealtimes.
There are plenty of savory local noodle dishes and glistening fresh seafood on the island.
We made reservations and ordered ahead with excellent ideas for getting a good table.
The time spent waiting is wisely utilized to get some good duty-free wines.
A fabulous year-end dinner with my excellent and generous hosts, who bought a year-end dinner at Rootian Seafood Restaurant on my last trip.
Rootian Seafood Restaurant Langkawi Chinese Style Zhu Zhar
Rootian Seafood Restaurant is famous for the plentiful fresh seafood cooked in Chinese-style dishes.
The restaurant serves reasonably priced food, including pork, chicken, duck, lamb, beef, frog, and bean curd dishes.
Downtown Kuah at Night
The corner coffee shop-style restaurant is smack in downtown Kuah, next to the intersection and traffic lights.
The place is down-to-earth and friendly, with a casual environment.
They arrange all the tables along the verandah way.
The shop’s interior is a prep area. The cooking area, with the hiss of the roaring fire, the wok, and steamers, are at the back of the shop.
You can’t miss it.
Our hosts, KC and KS, brought excellent red wines to start the celebration dinner.
Master Chef cum owner Mr. Jacky popped in to check on our orders.
His recommendations are sound and whet our appetite for more.
A Blue Ribbon chef, Mr. Jacky, remains humble about his cooking skills.
Rootian Seafood Restaurant 露天海鲜饭店 in Langkawi offers a delightful seafood dining experience with a cozy outdoor ambiance.
Chinese Dinner with Duty-Free Red Wine!
Dinner with the boys at Rootian Seafood Restaurant was great.
We sat outdoors under a cooling fan, and there was lots of laughter after a long day in the sun.
KC and KS always start dinner with some chocolates to munch on.
The pralines in pastel wrappers are excellent starters.
Penfolds ‘Bin 407’ Cabernet Sauvignon
We started with the expensive Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, which scored an average of 90 points in 47 community wine reviews.
For a teetotaler like me, this is a remarkable wine. I finished slowly.
Penfolds is one of Australia’s oldest & most iconic wines.
Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz
This Cabernet Shiraz is a marvelous blend that has matured in the same barrels that held the previous vintage of grange hermitage.
Smooth and rich.
Now I know why I don’t drink.
I didn’t get to sample some excellent vintages apart from party celebrations.
Penfolds ‘Bin 407’ Cabernet Sauvignon
We started with the expensive Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, which scored an average of 90 points in 47 community wine reviews.
For a teetotaler like me, this is a remarkable wine. I finished slowly.
Penfolds is one of Australia’s oldest & most iconic wines.
Penfolds ‘Bin 407’ Cabernet Sauvignon available in a duty-free shop in Langkawi.
Rootian Seafood Restaurant Langkawi Menu
As always, my host ordered directly based on Chef’s recommendation.
Contents
Hokkien Style Fried Thick Noodles
The first dish was a simple Tai Lok Mee to whet our appetite.
This dish is fat and flavorful with lard oil, which can rival that in KL.
Hokkien-style fried Thick Noodles served with a mix of vegetables and seafood.
Fried Squids with Salted Egg
Coastal ports in every country worldwide have different ways of preparing squids. In Langkawi, squid fishing boats dot Pantai Cenang with their green blinking lights to attract the squids.
The squids are a fresh staple in seafood restaurants.
The famous recipe is fried squid (fried calamari).
The squid rings are tender and sweet.
Generally, squid has no unusual odors but takes on the crispy fried batter coating well.
There are two Asian preparation styles; ‘salt and pepper fried squid’ or ‘squid with salted egg.’
Our order of ‘squid with salted egg’ had curry leaves, chili, and salted egg yolks.
Often served as a starter or a bar snack, eating fried squids is an experience not missed.
Fried Squids with Salted Egg, garnished with curry leaves.
Prawn Spring Roll
This version is made of stir-fried vegetables, chilies and coriander, and prawns cooked in a thin batter disk-shaped like a pancake.
It is cut to bite-size and served with sweet chili sauce.
Overall, this is a pretty good dish.
Prawn Spring Roll
XXL Tiger Prawns
The XXL Tiger Prawns are the size of a dinner plate!
They serve the prawn in half, batter-fried, and then stir-fried in a creamy butter sauce.
Like a lobster, the flesh texture is dense, and the prawn head is full of orange roe.
Master Chef Mr. Jacky wasn’t kidding when he said two people could share a tiger prawn.
Each prawn fills our dinner plate! This is a rare, pricey treat, but it’s very delicious! It’s great for a celebration dinner!
XXL Tiger Prawns
XXL Tiger Prawns the Size of a Dinner Plate!
Chai Por Fish
Chai Por Fish (Preserved Radish Fried Fish) is a popular dish and not to be missed.
Rootian serves the deep-fried fragrant, crunchy chai por (sweet preserved radish bits), garlic chips, and little chilly bits separately.
The crunchy chai por is salty, sweet, garlicky, and fiery chili padi. We enjoyed munching on the crunchy chai por.
Chai Por Fish (Preserved Radish Fried Fish)
Steamed Dao Tay Fish
The giant Dao Tay fish is a big fresh fish; its flesh is silky, tasty, and smooth.
Doused with premium soy sauce and fragrant oil, this goes well with white rice.
Steamed Dao Tay Fish
Braised Pork Trotters
Slow cooking makes Braised Pork Trotters in Brown Sauce an irresistibly tender and juicy dish with rich gravy.
The pork shank, which comes from the pig’s front leg, is preferable as it’s meatier.
The shank is deep-fried until the fat melts from under the skin before being braised.
The braising liquid has light/dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, black vinegar, and brown sugar.
The result is flavorful meat that falls off the bone and sweet, tasty ready-made brown gravy that is suspicious!
Plus, just enough vegetables and plenty of sauce to serve it over white rice.
Braised Pork Trotters In Brown Sauce
Omelet with Chopped Onion
It is a classic Chinese dish that every new home chef will cook and the family will crave.
Getting the Omelet just right is the hardest part of this ultra-easy recipe.
The onions are fried until “soft and brown, “making them sweet as it caramelizes.
They will flavor the Omelet and make it aromatic.
The wok’s fiery temperature transforms the Omelet into a more delicious dish than a home-cooked version.
Omelet with Chopped Onion
Supper after Dinner? Why not?
After drinking, our hosts like to order a little something too much.
To line to tummy. Not every dinner needs to end with a Yee Sang toss.
Kiam Hu Beehoon
Kiam Hu Beehoon is fried rice noodles with salted fish, seafood, and eggs.
The Kiam Hu Beehoon is tasty and fluffy, soft, and airy.
The noodles are delicious, not soggy with oil or clump together.
It was topped with deep-fried salted fish bits, a squeeze of lime served with sambal belacan.
A good chef who can control the fire of his work and a precise quantity of oil make this bee hoon dish a dream.
Kiam Hu Beehoon (Fried Rice Noodles with Salted Fish)
YUMMEH Reunion Dinner celebration with the big bosses! What an honor!
Update Sep 19, 2021, Rootian Seafood Restaurant
A New Outlet Opening at Dayang Walk, “Rootian Coffee Shop,” serves tasty Chinese cuisine.
Rootian Coffee Shop
Rootian Seafood Restaurant 露天海鲜冷气饭店
Address: No. 22-A & 22-B, Jalan Tiram 5 Bandar Kuah, 07000 Langkawi, Kedah
Hours: Daily 5–11 pm
Phone: 012-433 3338
Google: https://g.co/kgs/jA4Pk3v
