PETALING JAYA, April 10 -- Long-time PJ residents would have come across New Peng Wah Restaurant in Damansara Jaya.

Back in the old days, the restaurant was one of the places my family would visit for Chinese restaurant-style dishes.

A few years ago, like a phoenix, they were reborn as Restaurant Kampung Seafood Parit Jawa.

In these new premises, a stone's throw away from their original location, the focus is a pork-free menu showcasing "live" seafood.

There's of course the usual suspects like fish, crabs, clams, sotong and prawns but I was surprised to see octopus on the menu.

You can definitely hit a cooking style you like as the choices are vast, whether it's their signature spicy sour asam jawa to milder flavours.

While I would ...