Besides its famous street food at Glutton Street, there are more hidden treasures in Muar than meets the eye. Out of the many, assam fish always comes first to my mind, and I have never miss the chance to taste of it again whenever I come down to this place. Although there are plenty of assam fish restaurants scattered around the town of Muar, this is the one I'll always go for - Siang Lin.
1). One of the famous assam fish restaurants among the locals, as well as some tourists like me ^_^ Situated in the middle of a row of shop lots in Taman Sri Emas 4, Muar.
2). A fairly small shop lot, with roughly 10 tables in the house. However, it's always a full house whenever I am visiting it. Better get there early before the tables are occupied.
5). As the restaurant's name suggested, assam fish is their signatured dish of course. The dish of the day arrives as we speak, talk about prompt service! The assam Red Snapper is always on our menu and never fails.
6). If you come in a small group and could not finish a whole fish, small pieces of fish also available, depending on the type of fishes you like to order. All the fishes are fresh, as they come from a nearby fishing villages everyday!
7). Besides the freshness of the fish, the other most important element in assam fish is the assam soup. Although the soup is sour and spicy, it is very complimenting to any bowl of rice. Everyone will be grabbing for the first showering of the assam soup for our rice. Thinking of it, makes my saliva starts dripping.
8). The second dish to come is Sambal Petai with Squids and Prawns. This is another one of their signatured dish, again it is a seafood and spicy! The dish is very appealing by its looks alone, however the taste of it is more than meets the eye. The chewiness of the squids and prawns guarantee by the freshness of seafood and mixed together with petai a.k.a. stink beans which is another of our favourite, perfect! It is a dish made for spicy food lovers like us!
9). Another of the our must-ordered dish, the Thai-style Tofu. It is a fairly simple dish, yet with strong and rich flavours. The dish is made of Japanese Tofu, accompanied by shredded cucumber and sliced onions, topped with grinded groundnuts and mixed chilli vinegar sauce. The looks of the dish is very appealing and appetizing as well. The sour sauce makes the tofu even tastier and very complimenting to rice.
10). Vegetables always come as a part of our meal. This time Kangkong Belacan (spicy again..) has been given a try. The grass is always greener next door, this applies to this dish as well, where it always tastes better at restaurant as compared to home cook dish (sorry mum..). The veggie is spicy, yet not too oily, just nice!
11). Something for those who couldn't eat spicy food? How about Steamed Lettuce? It's just a simple dish to make, nothing to wow about. Overall, all the dishes is very satisfying for me. For non-spicy food lovers, this restaurant might not interest you, your tears and nose water dripping down with every bite. However you'll definitely fell in love with it after trying a few times!
Restoran Siang Lin (祥林巴东亚叁鱼)
Address : No. 251, Taman Sri Emas 4, 84000 Muar, Johor.
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