Aliyaa, Bukit Damansara: The Sri Lankan Crab Table

Aliyaa is a Sri Lankan restaurant in Bukit Damansara, and its Sri Lankan Crab Table is a hands-on set meal built for sharing — Ceylonese tradition handled with contemporary technique.

The crab is the reason it works. Live crabs are flown in from Sri Lanka twice weekly, which is what gets you the larger, sweeter, juicier animal, then slow-cooked in your choice of curry.

What to Order at Aliyaa

The Sri Lankan Crab Table runs RM188++ per person, minimum two people. Around the Signature Crab Curry centrepiece it brings Lankan Crab Cakes — pan-seared golden and spiced with Sri Lankan chilli powder, curry powder and black pepper — plus Crab-Infused Nandu Satti Sorru, Kadai Paan, Spring Onion Varai and Eggplant Moju. Dessert is a choice of Classic Lankan Biscuit Pudding or Sweet Appam.

Add a wine pairing for RM135++ per person, or drink cocktails instead — the Highland Herbs and the Murungga, both built on Sri Lanka's Colombo Gin.

For crab in Bukit Damansara or Sri Lankan food in Kuala Lumpur, this is the set to book a table around.