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2009-03-03T12:58:00.003+08:00

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OTAI BURGER, TTDI

2008-12-01T02:01:00.001+08:00

I noticed this burger stall named OTAI BURGER at Taman Tun Dr Ismail. Craving for a burger had been in me for ages and without any decision, I ordered my burger . . . . . Burger Craving! I also noticed that there were a lot of Otai Burger stalls in KL.

Pan fried burger and also eggs! Looks awesome delicious!

Lovely prepared!

Oh my delicious burger! . . . . . . lovely and awesome delicious, so cool! . . . Sunny Yaw

The Power Root Shop - Alicafe

2008-11-14T14:11:00.003+08:00

Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

Last week we visited a new cafe called The Alicafe located at Taman Tun Dr. Ismail. Alicafe is famous for their power root (Tongkat Ali Roots) infused coffee which mainly attracted male coffe drinkers.

It is a very pleasent place to be and holds a varitey of delicious dishes from rice to pasta but what more important for me is to taste their coffee.

It is a great meeting place to be and to indulge into a great meal with friends, they even have a smoking room.

The iced coffee tasted good, delicious and aroma.

I had a coffee nasi lemak ayam goreng, the rice was cooked with an aroma of coffee and served with a delicious crispy deep fried chicken.

Sid had an oxtail spaghetti which was very rich consisted of ox tail cooked in a condensed tomato based sauce topped over a bed of spaghetti, it was awesome delicious, such an authentic taste with a local twist, so unimaginable.

At the end we had a small O'chocolat Moussecake baked by me to be shared amount us that afternoon . . . a delicious experience Sunny Yaw

Dim Sum'ing In A Small Town Called Teluk Anson

2008-11-10T00:15:00.001+08:00

This is the place where I grow up used to call Teluk Anson and now, Teluk Intan. It is one of the well known small town in Perak. Coming back home I rediscovered this Dim Sum shop called Tuck Kee and looked very modernised Dim Sum shop just like what you can find in the KL.

A well renovated shop to suit the modernisation of time with a wee bit of rustic look, the deco was really one of the pulling factor that I visited this place.

Look this is a cute steam dim sum trolley to keep the dim sum warm and fresh.

The Loh Mai Kai was incredible good and I end up take away 10 of this and had them deep freeze at home. This is a way to enjoy something at home by reheating them in the microwave oven.

The Har Kau was tasty too, just suited my liking, perfectly done.

Tender and crunchy fish balls! well cooked to perfection.

Oh, I was playing eye with the boa! How can I resist such a lovely fluffy bao and the awesome delicious fillings.

Look I am telling you the truth! just tasted deliciously and I had 10 of them packed for home to be deep freezing. Just love it and to be enjoyed. So if you do drop by Teluk Anson my hometown don't forget to drop by Tuck Kee for Dim Sum and Tuck Kee is located in the town centre . . . yours Sunny Yaw

Superb Ice Flower Dumplings

2008-10-04T16:46:00.000+08:00

We got to know about this dumpling place through Jennifer at Damansara Utama. The name of the reataurant is Ice-Flower Dumpling Restaurant, a restaurant that serve typical chinese cuisine and their specialty is dumplings. The restaurant offers a wide range of snacks such as ice flower dumpling, steamed dumplings, small cage dumplings, northeast meat pie, fellow wu cake, peral flour soup with seafood, smoked meat and flat cakes.

We arrived at the restaurant at about 4o'clock in the afternoon and decided to have some snack rather heavy dishes. So we ordered a ice-flower with 8 dumplings, northeast meat pie and small cage dummplings (Siew Long Pau)

The ice-flower dumplings were so pretty presented over a thin layer of rice pancake. The dumplings were at the right size, not too big and were moist and delicious.

The northeast meat pie was a surprise to us as we did not imagine to be that delicious. The pastry was well fried to the right crispiness, the fillings was plenty and tasted awesomely good.

The small cage dumplings were less moist as we expected to savour the soup incase inside the dumplings, the skin was at the right thickness and soft.

Overall we adored the dumplings that offered by this restaurant and i would be back for dumpling snacks at this restaurant. . . . SidneyK

Address
No 62, Jalan SS21/39
Damansara Utama
47400 Petaling Jaya
Tel No: 03-77241613

Chilly Pan Mee, Kota Damansara

2008-09-30T00:16:00.000+08:00

I love visiting this chilly pan mee shop as it is so tasty and so near by my place. It is located at Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara. This pan mee is awesome bacause of itis unique hot chilly paste make of dry chilly . . . . so shiok! hot & spicy.

I love the way the pan mee is being served with lots of different garnish such as lovely half cooked egg, minced pork, veg, yummy ikan bilis and prefer to have them dried (kan) plus loads of their chilly paste. A bowl of this pan mee is RM5.50.

Lovely delicious meat dumplings (Sui Kow)

Here is the number to call if you can find the shop or even to reserve a table as this place can be packed on certain time . . . . SidneyK

A Refreshing Noodle . . . .Vegetable Pan Mien

2008-09-20T12:26:00.000+08:00

My close friend Jennifer had took me to this Pan Mee place located at Taman Kepong. This cofee shop located just behind the King's Bakery which located at Lorong Bangau 2. The Pan Mee was superb delicious and it is make of roughly blended celery leaves or spinach leaves. This Pan Mee shop is called Vegetable Pan Mee and was establish since 2001. We were very lucky as we were in troduced to Uncle Wilson the owner of the stall. He showed us how the pan mee was make from flour till a bowl of lovely Pam Mee.

A bowl of this Pan Mee is only RM3.80 and you can have it dry with black sauce or with soup. It comes with fish paste, fried soya bean skin and loads of celery leaves or green spinach. L like the texture of the Pan Mee, tender, soft, tasty and not too hard. The best part of it you can have either in a form of fine strings of pasta or in the shape of rectangular pieces of pasta. Each bowl is served with loads of fresh celery leaves which makes the noodle delicious and fregrant.

After being explained the making of Pan Mee and enjoyed a full bowl of Pan Mee by Uncle Wilson, it was so satisfying and I will defintely be back for more which I did . . . . . SidneyK

Spread of Ramadan Buffet at Eccucino

2008-09-13T01:56:00.000+08:00

When I got home, I received an invitation card to attend a Ramadan dinner specially crafted by a well known Malay Cuisine Chef Azman Ahmad and his culinary team. In the invitation card, it said “You are kindly invited to attend a Ramadan tasting by Our Malay Cuisine Chef Azman Ahmad at Eccucino, Prince Hotel on xxth August 2008” Quickly I blocked the date on my diary.

On the day at Eccucino, I meet Chef Azman himself, great chef himself with full of personality. By the way do you know Chef Azman is famous for his fully flavoured Redangs . . . yes he is one of the top Malay Chef in Malaysia. This time Chef Azman had prepared a whole Roasted Lamb readily for carving which was the highlight of the night. Sitting next to the Roasted Lamb was Lemang and Chicken Rendang. As we moved along the food counter, his culinary chefs were busy churning out fresh chicken, beef, and fish dishes.

I was brief that the Ramadan Buffet will feature a cold selection of range salads and appetizers such as Acar, Otak-otak, Kerabu, Ulam-ulam and Serunding. As for the main dishes, there were the famous Malay Hot selection, Indian selections, Chinese selections, Middle Eastern selections, Western selection, Japanese selection such as Teppanyaki, Tempura, Sushi and Sashimi as well as Dessert selections featuring the Ice Cream Bar.

I tried the food served and it was delicious and marvelous especially for the Ramadan month and I also noticed that there was a lovely on going Gahazal performance too.

The Buka Puasa Buffet at Eccucino is available from 6.30pm to 10.30pm and priced at RM88.00++ per person.

Eccucino is located on the Grand Lobby Level 1 at Prince Hotel & Residence Kuala Lumpur.

For Reservation, please contact Tel No: 03-21708888 ext 8119 or 8120

Indulge The Kampung Fare This Ramadan at Swiss Garden

2008-09-09T07:30:00.000+08:00

I got an email invitation from Flavor, Swiss Garden Hotel KL to taste their Ramadan Buffet Spread which offering over 100 mouth-watery delicious dishes and there sure wanting myself to be present. As I arrived that night, I was greeted by a team of chefs headed by Chef Wong Yean Loong and watched them bring out the whole huge Roasted Lamb out from the kitchen. I was informed that it took six hours to prepare the lamb which was marinated with traditional ingredients such as lemon grass, galangal and turmeric. The Roasted Lamb was the main highlight of the night served with black pepper or mint sauce accompanied by Nasi Briyani. I managed to taste the tender juicy lamb, it was lovely and so was the Nasi Briyani.

The recommendations for the night were the Udang Masak Tempoyak, Rendang Tok, Sup Ekor, Bubur Lambuk and there were a lot more to feast such as Kerabu Aneka Laut, Rojak Penang, Bergedil Daging, Ulam-ulam Kampung, Ikan Masin Gelama, Ikan Masin Sepat accompanied by specially prepared Sambal-sambal and Sup Tradisi. The dishes were well recommended as my all time favorite dishes were Rendangs and Tempoyak and the chefs had them done perfectly delicious and so authenticly.

I went through the buffet spread served, as usual me being myself all the time and found Udang Masak Sambal, Ketam Masak Berlada, Ikan Patin Masak Tempoyak, Ayam Goreng Serai, Ikan Sembilan Masak, Pucuk Paku Lemak Serai, Daging Masak Padang, Nasi Goreng Nenas with Udang Kering and Ayam Pangnang Perchik. There were also grill food such as Satays, Ikan Bakar and Sotong Bakar accompanied by Bee Hoon, Mee Bakso, Mee Tom Yam, Mee Rebus and Laksa Johor which were totally a local delicious food. I got to confess the Pucuk Paku Lemak was done perfectly hot and so desirable. There were a huge spread of lovely desserts that I adored such as the local kuih muih and nyoya style, gateux, mousses, sago gula melaka and also kurma fruits.

The Ramadan Buffet Dinner will be available from 6.30pm to 10.30pm every night, from the first day of Ramadan until Hari Raya. It is priced at RM80++ per adult and RM40++ per child or senior citizen.

For reservations, call 03-2141 3333, e-mail: fb_sghkl@swissgarden.com or log on to www.swissgarden.com

Chef Mohd Firdaus Redzuan created the dishes for this lovely Ramadan buffet spread.

Delicate Dim Sum That Wooed My Heart . . .

2008-09-04T01:34:00.002+08:00

It was time for lunch and I was at Pavilion meeting up with Sunny, decided to have Dim Sum. I still recalled my friend, Shirley who had been telling me so much about the delicious Dim Sum at Tai Zi Heen, Prince Hotel. As since the place was just behind Pavalion and without wasting any seconds and to fill my hunger, I dragged Sunny to try out the Dim Sum.

Tai Zi Heen looked perfect place to be, a sure relaxing place to dine. As we sat down, the chinese tea was poured and the menu was handed for us to select and make the ordering. Here were the Dim Sum we had . . .

This was steamed crystal seafood dumplings filled with pumpkin . . . gorgeous, such a lovely and inviting piece of art. I particularly loved the bright orangy color and the freshness taste of the seafood fillings . . . so refreshing.

This Dim Sum really surprised me indeed and you may ask why? I got to confess that whenever I ordered my Dim Sum, I will never do without "Siew Mai" (Pork Dumplings). As Tai Zi Heen is halal, and to indulge a "Siew Mai" can be unimageable but I was totally wrong. . . . I ordered steamed chicken and shrimp dumpling with fresh scallop and black pepper "Siew Mai" was truely a heaven. It was very moist, tasty and you can bite into the crunchiness of the shrimps . . . I can defintely imagine my day.

This transparent light blue crystal dumplings looked so gorgeous and had make me craved not to eat them as of their beauty . . . so authentic and yet so divine . . this was steamed shrimps and scallops dumplings with vegetable.

How can we do without "Har Kau" when indulging Dim Sum and ordered a basket of steamed crystal dumplings filled with truffled shrimp "Har Kau" . . . absolutely delicious.

Due to hunger for deep fried Dim Sum, I ordered something rather interesting . . . a crispy shrimp and kiwi coated whole oats. Did I say lovely . . . yes I defintely did . . . a thumbs up to the chef . . . it was done perfectly with a wasabi dip . . . perfect and was gorgeous.

It was an amazing Dim Sum lunch and we will defintely be back next week to try out their new dinner menu with 50% discount! . . . SidneyK

Authentic Delicious Dining and A Nite to Remember

2008-08-26T17:21:00.001+08:00

I had been sms-ing with Gabey Goh recently about our interview with the local newspaper and I decided to meet up with her.

SMS
BBO: "Hi Gabey, shall we meet up for a chit-chat over dinner?"
Gabey: "Can, where shall we meet?"
BBO: "How about at New Farmosa?"
Gabey: "OK!"

The day came, I was so excited, so "kan cheong" even worst then the "kan cheong kitchen" over TV8, I was so nervous that I even poof up like dollies . . . lol! and end up late. When we arrived at the restaurant all the guests were sitting waiting for us and so did the the first main dish...oppsss!. . . . OMG! Gabey brought her photographer along, walio leh, I felt so like a movie star .... ahemmmm maybe not so handsome (handsup maybe got lar), singer also can lar. Stangely that nite I did not go to the powder room at all. . . anyway Gabey was so nice and so was our hostess and owner Jeanie, I felt so at home . . . we end up like long time friends.

By the way Aidan and his friends were there too . . . . so was our celeb p***boy Simon Seow. So we flicked out our camera and started taking food photos then dishing into those delicious food. The first dish was the Formosa Special combination dish which consist of fried butter eel, jellyfish in garlic sauce or sour plum sauce (cold dish), deep-fried pig intestines with sesame seeds, fried spare ribs with pickled pineapple and rice crust, popped rice with pork & fish maw in black pepper sauce.

Formosa Special Combination Dish

Formosa Special Combination Dish, Deep-fried Pig Intestines with Sesame Seeds

Formosa Special combination dish, Fried Butter Eel

Formosa Special combination dish, Fried Spare Ribs with Pickled Pineapple

Formosa Special combination dish, Jellyfish in Garlic Sauce

Formosa Special combination dish, Rice Crust, Popped Rice with Pork & Fish Maw in Black Pepper Sauce

The Formosa Special Combination Dish was awesome delicious, I like the pop rice especially when eaten with coated sauce. The eel was ingeniously created, so awesomely delicious as the texture was to my liking, . . . I thought for a second it was tofu and agrued with one of the guest. Overall this dish was marvellous, done perfectly. Next came the shark fin soup, was good and I had two bowl . . I just can't live with a bowl soup a day, ...... just like an apple a day, seriously.

Shark's Fin Soup with Fresh Crab Meat, shredded Baby Scallops & Bamboo Pitch

Roasted Crispy Suckling Pig Hong Kong Style

This roasted piglet is a such winner, very crispy, succulent and fragrant indeed . . . just can eat it by itself without the hoi sin sauce.

Grilled Garlic Tiger Prawns & Fried TV Butter Prawns

Stuffed prawn stick with fish paste was something done uniquely, as I usually don't come across with the stuffing, it tasted good and well marinated . . . the butter prawn was good, simple and tasty.

Steamed Canadian Sea Bass with Chinese Mushrooms, Salted Cabbage & Tomato

I will alway go all out for healty eating and steaming is part of my preaching. When this dish was placed, I thought it was cod fish, "wow it's huge", I shouted. Then Jeanie calmed me down and told me it was a canadina sea bass. The sea bass was steam perfectly as the texture of the fish was tender and perfect, well time, got to say it is not easy to steam a fish as when it is over cooked, the texture of the fish can be very hard and dry. But this one was done just as it suppose to be, well done chef.

Fried Asparagus, Fresh Lily Buds, Gingko Nuts,Lotus Roots and Pumpkin

For those who loves vegeterian dish would like this dish, even a meater myself find this such irresistable.

Steamed Yam Rice in Hollow Bamboo Taiwanese Haaka style

This rice dish was cooked perfectly and surprisingly the yam did the trick to enchance the taste so perfectly that I had two bowls of them.

Assorted Pudding, Green Tea Aloe Vera, Honey Herbal, Yam Ginkgo (no lard, low sugar), Custard Caramel

The restaurant's famous dessert was placed on the dining table, awesome to have them, they we not too sweet and tasted deliciously.

Toffee Yam

Next came the killer toffee yam, perfect to end the night's dinner. I got to say it needed skill to make this dessert. . . melting the sugar on the boiling hot oil and coated the battered cooked yam with sesame seeds and then cold them in a chilled icy water to harden the coating. I justr adored it! Crunchy outside and tasty yam inside, great texture.

Look, look. .. . . Sunny Yaw took a memorable photo together with Jeanie and Gabey. It was most fruitful night, food was fantastic and the gathering was so fruitful. The dinner for 10 guests the night exclude drinks and dessert was RM520 plus 5% service charge.

Mee Rebus & Rojak, Abdullah Mastan Ghani, Teluk Intan

2008-08-11T21:04:00.001+08:00

Teluk Intan or Talunk Anson is a very famous town in Perak with it's own famous leaning clock tower and situated along the river bank. I was there for a weekend and discovered this delicous Indian muslim noodle called "mee rebus" aka steam noodle situated in the heart of this little town.

All the delicious toppings such as curd soya bean, potato and fried crispy onion fritters.

This the delicious mee rebus coated with delicious spicy sweet tomato sauce.

This is rojak, which consist of the toppings without the noodle.

The weather was warm, indulge into a glass of mix scrapped ice is the best thing to do. A great thirst killer. A plate of mee rebus or rojak is only RM2.50 and it is a great bargain that you cannot find in Kuala Lumpur . . . . SidneyK

Something To Desire . . . .

2008-07-25T00:32:00.001+08:00

How can I not to have such desire . . . . . .such a strong wanting . . . . . . .not her but this delicous and awesome . . . . . . piece of dessert . . . . . just caught my eyes through my lenses . . . .

Her name is Paradise of Pistachio and Rasberry . . . . . . longing to take her home was so strong . . . . . how can I sleep tonight without having a taste . . . .. . . .

It will be such a perfect having her by my side . . . . . . a desired temptation!

Available at:
Temptation Cake Counter
Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel

A Grand Vegetarian Dining

2008-07-14T01:26:00.000+08:00

We had been to one branch of Nature's Vegetarian Restaurant before and were very impressed with the food served. The last time, we were invited by our vegetarian friends from Klang to have a Chinese New Year dim sum dinner with them. That dinner was incredible awesome and even now I still have those fresh flashing memory of the food I had. This time we got the chance to try out their main outlet at Bangsar, flushed along the famous Jalan Telawi.

As we stepped into this restaurant, I was totally impressed with the deco, the place was filled with beautiful and elegant rosewood tables and chairs with beautifully embedded designs crafted with the mother of pearl. I felt I was in a Chinese emperor’s dining room. Not only that, the place was filled with beautiful Chinese sculptures and was place elegantly.

Once we were at our table, we were served with a pot of fragrant Chinese tea, deliciously crunchy seaweed crackers and juicy sliced pineapple topped with satay sauce.

This time we wanted to have something simple, more homely type of dinner and we ordered a few vegetarian dishes. We ordered Hong Kong vegetarian meat “char siew”, curry mutton with bread, sweet & sour meat, steam silky tofu with melon, house special noodle “chew pai mein” and Cantonese style “yeng yong” noodle.

The vegetarian ‘char siew’ was really good, at the right sweetness and just taste like real meat but would prefer a larger cut.

Both noodle dishes were tasty and full of “wok hei”, a thumb up to the chef (Chef Ong)! Look at our feast of the day!

The sauce of the sweet and sour dish was delicious as the taste was well spot on, the meat was tasty too, good combination. I also adore the crispiness of the soya meat used in this dish.

The curry mutton was really good and texture of the soya meat was really good and the curry sauce really complimented the dish.

Next the tofu melon dish, the tofu was silky and the melon was well cooked, soft and juicy. The dish was tasty with the delicious light brown sauce.

By the time when we were about to finish the feast, Mr Alex Ong the owner insisted we try some dim sum and he ordered curry bun, “mut jup char siew bao”, “kum kwai ko” and “fong wor woo kok”. The “char siew bao” was good, the dough was soft, fluffy and the delicious “char siew” sauce just melts in your mouth. The “ woo kok” was so crispy indeed and the fillings was awesomely delicious. The curry bun was good too, very soft bun texture. The “kum kwai ko” was nice filled with lotus paste.

I got to say this is a very inspired vegetarian delight and with a huge range of dishes that will tickle your taste bud. I will definitely be back for more.

Nature's Vegetarian Restaurant

No. 24, Jalan Telawi 3,
Bangsar Baru,
59000 Kuala Lumpur.

No. 6, Jalan 31/70A,
Desa Sri Hartamas,
50480 Kuala Lumpur.

Give In To TEMPTationS

2008-06-28T17:36:00.002+08:00

Truely A Place For A Mixture Of Asian Flavours

I attended an invite for food tasting by FoodStreet at the TEMPTationS, Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel. Before to begin, I would like to say that this place is awesome! It had such a contemporary feeling and stylish setting, yet with so striking and colorful decor. I love the way they mixed and match the furnitures, . . . . . just look at those chairs, aren't they beautiful!

Gosh there were so many delicious food served, you can find The Soup Station, The Salad Bar, The Mixed Salads Section, The Noodle Section, The Stir-Fry Section, The Japanese Station, The Western Section, The Malay Section, The Chinese Section, The Noodle Bar, The Chocolat Fountain and The Dessert Station. Wow! this is incredible!

Now let see, my first stop was the Indian Station. there were few delicious offerings which I dived myself into, may sound silly but it was really true, lovely the Tandoori Prawns, delicious Milgiri Khorma(Chicken and Spinach), Mixed Vegetable Kurma, Mysore Dhall Curry served with either White Rice, Nasi Berempah or Naan Bread. This section was truely a winner!

Gosh, I would give a big shout! I was deeply fallen in love with the station next to me, The Seafood on Ice. I could had walked away but I choose to stay and stand next to it chatting up with gorgeous Ms. Yabbies, awesomely sexy Ms. Oyster, full of flavour Mr. Tiger Prawn and yummy Mr. NZ Mussel, I was so metrosexual! It was fantastic, so indulged to have them and worth every second.

Oh my God, The Dessert Station was so incredible delicious, there were such an awesome varieties of sugary delight such as orange creme caramel, nargarita cake, caramalita, pistachiosa almond cake slice, apple vol-au-vent, pear charlotte, cheesecake, english trifle, mango panna cotta and many more. The dessert was such a heaven and total wallop a lot! lol!

To see what I had eaten that night, you can view here. I will definetly be back at TEMPTations and I will have definitely try their delicious cakes at the cake counter!

TEMPTationS
The Lobby Level, East Wing
Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel
Reservation: 03 21632 2233
Lunch Buffet: 12.30pm to 2.30pm (RM79++)
Dinner Buffet: 6.30pm to 10.30pm (RM85++)
High Tea: 12.30pm to 4.00pm every Saturday, Sunday and public holidays (RM65++)

An ENTRANZE into A Real Japanese Fusion

2008-06-24T00:17:00.002+08:00

HAVING TO INDULGE THE FOOD AT ENTRANZE

We were back again at Entranze for a full lunch, this time we make sure we ordered our food from their menu so that we were able to taste those spoke about dishes.

The first thing I ordered was their Grilled Salmon Fish Head with Teriyaki Sauce. I loved this particular part of the fish especially those, Salmon and Garupa. The Salmon fish head served was awesome, no fishy smell, and yet the texture of the meat was firm and went well to my liking. The grilling was perfectly done and sure able to taste the present of sake and black pepper, so well marinated. While pricking into the fish with the pair of chopstick and dipping it into the terriyaki was such an awesome experience, it just melted in my mouth with the unique taste of the terriyaki.

Next came this dish called Gyu Shoga Yaki (Pan Fried Beef with ginger sauce with japanese onions). The beef was thinly sliced and stir fried. The taste was good, simple and with an influence of Chinese.

We also had pan fried chicken with chef's special made sauce. It was gorgeous but I got to say I was so into their side salad as it was very awesome delicious.

Yet another well prepared yasai tempura (vegetable tempura). The vegetables were deep fried till crispy and sure had won my heart, we just can't get enought of it.

Gosh I spotted this . . . yuzu liqueur, it was awesome, low in alcohol but the taste of yuzu was not as strong as I would prefer but still taste fantastic.

These homemade ice creams were a real knocked out, they were such a babe, there were Ms Kurogoma(black sesame), Ms Shirogoma(white sesame), Ms Matcha(greentea) and Ms Wasabi. They tasted soft, creamy, less sweet and something I would love to take home.

Wow! We get the chance to meet up and chit chat with the Chef himself who had prepared our lunch, it was an honour, thank you Chef Tony Wee of Entranze.

This is a place I will be back for more!

A Fusion Chic, Newbie in Town

2008-06-16T18:29:00.001+08:00

On the 7th of June, it was the Opening of Entranze which offered a range of japanese fusion cuisine located at Sunway Damansara, Kota Damansara. The shop front looked very modern and slick which really had caught my attention.

Red ribbons and scissors were readily for the cutting ceremony. It was a closed affair where relatives and friends were invited . . . so were we. The interior was simple but very modern and comfortable.

This Chuka Lidako(Baby Octopus) looked so deliciously red. I was so attracted to it that I wanted to use my fingers to have a piece!

Then next to it was this Chuka Kuraage(Seasoned Jelly Fish) which was awesomely good.

Not far was Chuka Hotate(Seasoned Sliced Scallops) which was well prepared ready to be eaten.

Potato Salad looked impressive too. I love the bright yellow colours and looked so refreshingly good.

Well I got to say I find this dish with a very funny name, Dancing Prawn, Looked cool tho!

Deep Fried Seafood Tofu was on the menu too, fried till golden brown and top with some cream.

Abuc Boza Teriyaki(Pan Fried Battle Fish with Terriyaki Sauce) was well arranged on the serving platter.

Tori Karaage looked good too.

Garlic Fried Rice, was fragrant too!

At the end of the serving table, there were a variety of cut fruits readily to be eaten. I got to say this place is a new and trendy place at Kota Damansara and worth to explore.

entranze
3-1 PJU 5/3
Sunway Damansara
Kota Damansara
47810 Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Tel No: 03 61417746
www.theentranze.com

Dine with Pleasure

2008-06-10T12:03:00.001+08:00

This restaurant CUBES, caught my eyes when I was at Palm Square Jaya One, Petaling Jaya when I was meeting some of my friends over a late night coffee at one of the Kopitiam there. I also noticed there were a few new eatery places mushrooming at this location so I decided to have at try at this restaurant first, a fusion chinese fine dining.

The setting of this restaurant was very comfortable and atmosphere was very relaxing plus there was also a wine bar, got to say I love my wine too.

I always love braised peanuts in soya sauce as there are soft, nutty and fragrant plus not forgetting my hot shrimp chilly.

Our first order was the crispy aromatic duck served with soft pancakes. Got to confess that I had not eaten such a dish since I came back from Scotalnd which was about nearly 8 years ago. "Oh! boy" It was one of my favourite dishes and I tried to learn how to make it at home but got to say mine was not as compartible with the chefs. The duck was well cooked till it was fragrant when it was deep fried. The meat was moist and not too dried. The meat was shredded and placed onto the pancake before wrapping, together garnished with deliciously "Hoi Sin" sauce and sliced cucumber plus spring onion.

The next tofu dish was authentic awesome. The beancurd tofu itself was infused with cooked greens. The dish was garnished with steamed melon and top with dried scallop and double boiled chicken broth sauce.

The dished appeared infront of us was our roasted spare ribs. This dish was so delicious as it came with two different coated sauces, honey glazed and button mushroom in black peppered sauce. Both were very unique and tasted incredible, a thumbs up to the chef's creativeness and also the well balance taste.

Next we ordered the Portugese Prawns. I was informed that the dish was influenced by the chef's wife who happened to be from Portugal. The prawns were well battered and crispy while the sauce really complimented the dish well.

The last dish that came was a great mixture of stir fried mushrooms. It was delicious and so desirable.

We had a great nite dinning at the CUBES and will defintely be back for . . . crispy aromatic duck, by the way I away wrapped my pduck pancakes with extra hot dried prawn chillies! . . . Sidney

CUBES
18-1, Block L1-1,
Palm Square Jaya One,
No 72A Jalan Universiti,
Petaling Jaya

Open for business daily, from noon to 3pm,5.30pm to 10pm
For Reservations, call 03-79586616

Kuala Lumpur's Molecular Tapas Bar

2008-06-04T00:23:00.001+08:00

Having A Very Technical Dinner Makes A Full of Wonders

Meeting the chef was one thing, having the chef to cook in front of us wass superb! That was what I had experience last night's dinner held at The Pacifica, Grill & Bar of Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Well, Chef Jeff Ramsey, the expert of molecular madness and was flown in from 38th floor, the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo located at the Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower. So here is my most enjoyable and an eye opening dinner.

Opening Aperitif, Pecorino Puff, Olive Cloud
A lovely shot of beer with yakult foam, sweet on top, smooth at the end. I like the puff which make from rice flour and cheese cooked in a microwave, crunchy and very flavoured. The olive foam was very light and interesting, just had that feeling of being in a light diet meal.

Scallop with Pumpkin Sorbet, Red and Tommy Thai
The scallops were so well seasoned and cooked with herbs and spices and having together with a cold pumpkin was delicious and unimagineable. In Red, we had lobster meat and peppers, nice and unique!Tommy Thai yet another example of high tech fine dining, prawn meat wrapper in tom yam gelatine, topped with deep fired prawnhead and garnished with peanut and coconut powder. A real signature dish by itself.

Strawberry and Pesto Spaghetti, Lobster Potato Vanilla and Cucumber Salad
This shaghetti dish was unique, replacing tomato with strawberry looks scary and unthinkable but it was unbelieveable delicious when they were mixed together. Tasted gorgeous. The potato vanilla looked like baby food but oh boy! you can send all to my kitchen. I was so lovely, soft and creamy. The lobster meat was done beautifully. This time we were served with cucumber caviar instead of carrot caviar, it was lovely as the texture taste similar to the real caviar.

Chef Ramsey in action!

Juicy Lamb, Gazpacho, Unagi Pineapple Miso
I had eaten "Xiu Long Bao" where juicy burst out from the "bao" when you bite into it but never ever ate a piece lamb with bursting juice similar to "Xiu Long Bao". Chef Jeff Ramsey told me that the preparing concept is similar to "Xiu Long Bao" where the juice is concealed inside the meat and sealed with meat glue, wow! The cold Gazpacho soup was really delicious using dripping white tomato juicy,a piece of watermelon top over with frozen olive was really spectacular. Well arranged sliced of unagi and pineapple with miso and avacado were deliciously prepared.

Charcoal and Truffle Beef, Miso Soup, Seabass and Soyamilk
This charcoal beef was so delicious, charcoal infused oil was used! Believe it or not, Miso soup incapsuled in a miso jelly, incredible . . . makes me wonder how they do it! Seabass and asparagus cooked in soyamilk came in smoke was an impressive dish!

Caramelized Quail, Blueberries and Laudrel, Saffron Cocoa Capsule, Rasberry and Black Pepper, NY Cheesecake, Areo Choco, Rosemary Gummy
Caramelized quail came with a bed of couliflower cous-cous over green pea broth was so well executed, very well favoured dish. Blueberries jelly like was so rich and juicy. The capsule sweetness gave a kicked taste of saffron . Aero was so light and delicious. Rosemary gummy was really gummy with full of taste. The cheesecake was light too.

Miracle Fruit & Fruit Course
We finished out dinner with a plate of citrus fruits such as lime, lemon, passionfruit, kiwi, grapefruit and plum. What do they have in common? They were real sour citrus fruits. In this last dessert Chef Jeff Ramsey had introduced us to miracle fruit. We ate this miracle fruit first before we continued with the citrus. Wow! those citrus fruits were so delicious sweet! Incredible!

This was what I found out about this miracle fruit. The berry is sweet, and contains an active glycoprotein molecule, with some trailing carbohydrate chains, called miraculin. When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue's taste buds, causing bitter and sour foods (such as lemons and limes) consumed later to taste sweet. This effect lasts between thirty minutes and two hours. It is not a sweetener, as its effects depend on what is eaten afterwards, but has been used to cause bitter medicine to taste sweet.

I do admit that this is a real delicous dinner and am so impressed. I will defintely go for another molecular food! . . . . Sidney

Trendy, Slick & Adorable . . . A New Place to Dine

2008-05-27T17:44:00.002+08:00

Together with Sunny, Jennifer and myself, we headed to FLAVORS, Swiss-Garden Kuala Lumpur, a new restaurant situated in the heart of the city. It is a new restaurant located inside of the Swiss Garden Hotel, with a very trendy look, slick and modern setting, got to say it is very appealing to me, was attracted to the deco colours of this restaurant.

I love the simplicity of the table setting and coloured pillows were used. The wall was laminated with beautifully wood panel and the lightings really set the ambient of the restaurant.

As we sat down, we were served with this lovely bread, crusty on the outside so soft in the inside and what make it so tasty was the tasty texture of the bread itself, it tasted a bit similar to bagels. Well I ate two of this gorgeous bread for sure and used it to wipe clean most of the sauce left on my plates, I am sure you will know this is a piece of luxury to me!

First we had the Swiss-Garden's Caeser Salad which was very fresh and I adored the parmesan cheese basket which was very tasty and went very well with the salad. The caeser dressing was very well spot on, a very refreshing salad.

Tom's Soup is something simple but came with a twist. It may looked like a normal tomato soup but it had a great aroma and tangy taste of tom yam, I really love it and I had it with my bread.

Then came our main course with a great surprise, and it was called The Neptune's Catch, a red snapper dish that came with a two combination of taste, tom yam and mixed herbs. I got to say this dish came with a surprise as it finished off with a perchik delight. Compliment to the chef for brilliantly stacking up the plate with the panfried fish fillets and potato wedges. I really love the way how the chef played with the ingredients and embedded the local taste and flavours, a true desire dish.

We got to say that that night we were lucky as we got to taste two additional dishes from the chef, the first one was De Chop, a New Zealand prime lamb chops deepfried with coated breadcrumbs, was well marinated and well presented, tastes good but was a bit dried.

Oh this snapper fillet paupiettes is lovely indeed. I came to realise that paupiette is a cooking process where by a thin sliced of fish is wrapped around a forcemeat, love creation. I really like this dish as the chef used white fish wrapped around the salmon so beautifully.

We ended the night with a chocolat dessert with fresh cut fruits.

I really like this place as I really enjoyed the dinner, a very pleasant restaurant, new, chick and gorgeous, definitely a place to dine and even for a quick business lunch . . . . Sidney

Flavors Restaurant
Swiss-Garden Hotel Kuala Lumpur
117, Jalan Pudu
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel No: 603-21413333
Fax No: 603-27106265
www.swissgarden.com

Healthy Living, Healthy Eating

2008-05-23T18:05:00.001+08:00

These days more and more of us are getting aware about our health and have become more conscious on what we consumer. Therefore healthy living by healthy eating is one way to stay in good shape and by going organic it is a must! Organic Life Café is the place to be when it comes to healthy eating. The food served here is awesomely delicious, unique and creative, something I never thought of having and also organic. They sell organic products too at the end corner of the café which I find them unique and so convenient.

As the day was hot and dry, in order to kill my thirst, I had a glass of Red Surprise fruit juice (beetroot, apple and pineapple) which was so delicious, unique and good for blood circulation. Next is the bright orangy pineapple juice which is good for digestion. I also managed to sip into the delicious wheat grass, apple and lemon mixed juice which is good for detoxing. All for the sudden I was getting excited for the food that was coming!

Now I got to recommend you this dish, so amazing and so beautiful, it is the Hor Fun Roll. It is a flat rice noodle and seaweed roll up stuffed with vegetable served with special home made chilli sauce. The roll was roll up so excellently and I know I can’t roll the way they roll them.

I always have this passion of having beancurd sushi (a japanese beancurd stuffed with japanese rice) and I find it here too but presented in a very different way, they called it “Foo Chok” sushi roll. Yes, very unique with a twist, beancurd pockets stuffed with rice, sweet corn, shredded carrot, pineapple, bean sprouts and a homemade pineapple sauce. It is so likeable and I am definitely a fan of this one!

Next came the golden basket, a simple lightly fried potato basket with diced capsicum, water chestnuts, cashew nuts, mushroom, konnyaku and baby corn. Tasted good but I was longing for more surprises.

One of my favorite is Mee Siam and without fail, I will visit the kopitiam here but I was surprised that I can have it here too. Taste was good and it was the right type of noodle used. I got to say I did wallop all!

When I saw the next dish, there was a sparkle on my face. It was the broccoli soup, a soup I end up making when I was abroad studying. It had been ages that I had this and what a relief. Now I got to compare mine and this, well . . . of course mine is always superior but I got to say theirs was not far from mine. Good balance of brocolli taste, creamy and the texture was good.

I like this Vietnamese noodle called Sweet and Sour noodle. As you can see there are a lot of great toppings such as shredded vegetables, tofu and also sliced mushroom. The uniqueness lies beneath the toppings, the noodle top with the sweet and sour sauce. We had to mix them all up first before we were able to taste this dish which was so awesomely good.

The pineapple fried rice was good too and I like them to be served on the pineapple so tropical like the do it here!

Claypot ‘Lui Cha’ set is so authentic, I just can fall in love with it so easily, so fresh, so pure and so different. You can see the beautiful arrangement and the unique colours of assorted vegetables and you eat it together with the warm herbal soup.

We end the day with the Viet Spring roll-ups which caught me by surprise. They are so finely roll and so skillful as you can’t see any flawless. This dish consists of delicate rice wrappers filled with vermicelli, lettuce, carrots, cucumber and mint leaves.

Organic Life café is a place to be, the food served here is unique with a delicate taste that suits everyone, what more can you ask for a healthy living lifestyle and healthy eating and yet so organic! . . . . . . . Yours Sidney

Organic Life Cafe
32-1, Jalan PJU 5/10, Dataran Sunway
47810 Kota Damansara
Selangor, Malaysia
Tel N0: 03 6141 6623
Fax: 03 6141 6629
http://www.organiclife.com.my/
Open daily: 10.30-3pm/6pm-10pm

Pure, Simple and Authentic Teochew

2008-05-21T09:09:00.000+08:00

We were glad to have attended a weekend lunch invited by FoodStreet at Lai Po Heen Restaurant, located at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Lai Po Heen is famous for their classic Cantonese cuisine with seafood and dim sum. The entrance to the restaurant was simple but the inside, the interior decor was beautiful and elegant. We were told that the décor is based on the grand ancestral homes of Chinese-Malaysian tycoons from the turn of the century and there are Asian artifacts and ornate chandeliers.

This restaurant had an open concept kitchen where diners can to enjoy watching the culinary skills of the master chefs over the flaming woks. The setting of the dining tables was very noticeable due to the beautiful, elegant and slick black and white tablewares, a classic way to dine.

We were ushered to one of the exquisite private rooms where the lunch was served

The lunch served was a Teochew cuisine, as it was part of the Teochew cooking class package that we had attended the same day. Firstly we were served with Teochew appetizer which consist of a variety of combination such as diced braised beef with five spices which was tasty and fragrant, lovely sweetened lotus seeds with red dates, crunchy sweet marinated cucumbers with carrots and diced galangga Teochew salted vegetable.

‘A simple thick soup yet so deliciously done’ was how the Tai Chi Soup was done. The soup consisted of two different broths, the spinach leaves and chicken to form the Tai Chi design. The soup was beautifully done, tasty and I would definitely recommend.

Having cold cut meat was something very common but having cold cut seasonal sea fish Teochew style was something new to me. We were served a whole garupa fish and the fish was beautifully deboned by the well trained waitress. The fish was served with marinated the Teochew beans which were full of flavoring and absolutely beautiful to indulge with.

Next came the sautéed beef with kalian and BBQ sauce, the kalian was cooked in such a perfection that it tasted sweet and crunchy and what more to ask when it was topped with beautiful sautéed sliced beef.

The sautéed chicken fillet with herbs and pearl vegetable leaf was done very tasty to my liking. The sauce used synchronizes so well with the fillet and tasted so fragrant, must be herbs used.

Next we had three different steamed types of steamed dim sum, green chives dumplings which were tasty, sweet green pea dumplings and rat shaped dumplings.

Oh boy! Oh boy. Ain’t there a story to tell, falling in love with Teochew porridge always tickled me and so does this braised fragrant rice with cod fish and preserved vegetables in broth. The Teochew always prepared porridge with whole grain rice and this dish was done that way. It was absolutely good as the broth was tasty and topped with cod fish and well balance preserved vegetables plus little “bak choy”.

The Teochew fried oyster was good, it was beautifully done and was very freshness, some how the Teochew does it better.

Chinese desserts had never fail to tempt me so was the warm yam pudding with gingko nuts and red dates. The yam pudding was creamy and was at the right sweetness that I preferred.

Lastly we were tempted to have this durian cream wrapped in pancake. This type of pancake is highly sorted for in Kuala Lumpur because of it’s taste and texture. Lai Po Heen’s durian pancakes were so delicious, the pancake skin was light and thin and the durian cream was creamy and filled with real durian, it is awesome as I had more than two yet not enough, a pure luxury!

It was a great Teochew experience that we had on that day, something to remember and a place to be back for more pure pampering and delicious cuisine.

Yours Sidney

CREATIVE & INNOVATIVE PASTA DISHES ARE IN TOWN NOW

2008-05-18T17:00:00.000+08:00

PASTA de GOHAN @ SUNWAY PYRAMID SHOPPING MALL

This week we managed to make a dinner date appointment with four lovely ladies, Christine, Ah Wei and Citygal. It was a get together dinner before Christine's departure to Glasgow early June to continuing her final year studies. We picked this new pasta outlet because it was serving 72 different types of pasta dishes. This place do give a great bright feeling and decorated with beautifully plastic replicas of their dishes.

Lobster Carbonara served in japanese style original cream sauce was a smashing dish by itself indeed as it came with a half lobster. The lobster was very well cooked and presented and goes so well with the pasta. It is a dish to be on your order list as it is only RM36.80(US11.00).

Bacon Carbonara tasted delicious, that is how I would like my carbonara to be, sauce not to thick and tasty. The appearance of this dish is incrediblely cool as it was topped with a half boiled egg and also strips of well fried bacons.

Fettuccini al Nero de Sepia, I would say awesome! Fettuccini sevred with squid and black squid ink sauce was very unique and taste delicious as the sauce was very thick, as how people would describe local coffee, "KAO". The aroma of black squid ink from this paste was adorable and rich.

Prawn and Octopus Spaghetti in basil sauce rocks as you can taste the aroma of the basil and yet not too strong and over powering.

Eel and Egg Spaghetti is good too but I only managed to taste the pasta as all the eel when missing. lol! I guess the eel must be good.

Katsu Tamatoji is a lovely dish and I adored the fried breaded pork cutlet as it was very tasty and paired very well with the pasta.

We ordered a spicy cod roe and potato pizza and the pizza dough was very refined, thin and crispy. I got to say I also seek for crispy pizza but I have never ever come across such thin and crispy pizza. It was really my liking but I guess it was a bit small, prefer it to be bigger.

Doria with Scallop and Chicken is a dish very similar to the cheese bake rice. I find this dish very tasty but do lack of sauce and dry.

The ladies took charge in ordering the desserts and we end up having delicious Macha Azuki Parfait, melting Ichiga-Milk Parfait, awesome Tiramisu Parfiat, lovely Oreo Banana Parfait and Shiratama Macha Monaka Ice Cream. Overal the dessert was fantastic, soft, creamy and not too overly sweet.

This is a pasta outlet that I will be coming back for more!

Yours Sidney

Pasta de Gohan
Lot LG 2.126A,
Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall
No 3. Jalan PJS 11/15,
Bandar Sunway
46150 Petaling Jaya
Tel 03-5621 8168
Fax 03-5621 0166

Dancing with Enoki

2008-05-06T11:18:00.000+08:00

Having a superb dinner, then get to sit down and chit chat with the master chef who had prepared the food for you is really awesome. It is a real dream come true for us, something you don’t get to do often. This opportunity we had when we visited and dine at Opulent Court, Pearl International Hotel recently. Our food was prepared by Master Chef Low who have been working around the globe such as Amsterdam and London on chinese cuisine and fine dining for nearly 15years and had been a 4years resident chef at Opulent Court.

We kicked off with a few light starters, firstly we got to nibble the salmon thin rolls (hosomakli-zushi) topped with awesomely flying fish roe (yew chi sal mun yue kuen). The taste of rolls were so refine, Sunny just can’t have enough off them. I would say the sushi rice was cooked and seasoned to perfection.

Oh my goodness, next came this black peppered jellyfish top with sliced abalone (hak chew pau see hoi jik). I got to be frank with you that I am a real die hard fan for not the abalone but surprisingly the jellyfish. You may ask me, why? Well, I love to bite into them especially for it’s crunchiness texture. This was done so perfectly, but there were not enough to satisfy myself and my desire but I noticed the abalone had disappeared so fast, must be my other dinner guests.

Next we dished into this lovely deep fried prawn paste wrapped with shredded filo pastry (long see shin har kuen). I have yet to taste such crispy wrapped before and this was done accurately. The prawn paste was very well seasoned indeed but being myself, a greedy idiot, I prefer it with the XXL prawns instead, lol!.

I got to recommend this dish, it was so beautiful done and cooked to such a perfection, lovely and a dish I will not forget! It was enoki mushroom, carrot and celery wrapper with smoke bacon coated with delicious brown sauce (yin yok sow choi huen).

Deep Fried Softcrab with salad cream (sa lut thai sek yuen hai) was delicious and crispy. The softcrab was well seasoned and fried to perfection. I can just eat the whole softcrab by itself! So amazing!

What we had for our main? Well, let me tell you this . . . , we had two huge thick slices of cod fish. As far as I can remember, I always had cod fish for dinner and that was when I was staying in Scotland and cod fish was plentiful, I was so lucky to have them as back here, I would considered them expensive and a luxury. Chef Low had our cod fish baked and with honey sauce coating (mut jup ko sut yue). The fish was baked to perfection as I love the crunchiness of the outer layer and with the honey sauce, it was totally perfect.

We had a simple vegetable dish, kai lan topped with deep fried shredded fish fillet (long see kai lan choy). Simple and yet delicious enough to satisfied my hunger.

We also dished into some fried rice top with small anchovies which was good and tasty.

At the end of the meal, Chef Low came to our table to meet us and we had a great chat about food, experience, recipes and something that I will definitely not share with you!

It was a great night out and this is a place I would highly recommend and I am sure you might see me there too!

Promotion:

ALL YOU CAN EAT DIM SUM
Total of 80 types of Dim Sum to feast from.
Adult : RM 27.80++
Senior Citizen : RM 23.80++
Children : RM 16.80++
(minimum 2 persons)

BUFFET DINNER
Starting from 1st April 2008, you can order any of the 38dishes listed from the menu.
Adult : RM 33.80++
Senior Citizen : RM 26.80++
Children : RM 21.80++
(minimum 2 persons)

OPULENT COURT
Pearl International Hotel
1-1-2, Batu 5
Jalan Klang Lama
58000 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: (603) 7980 9888
Fax: (603) 7980 6888

Stylish Fusion With Bursting Flavours

2008-04-30T13:35:00.000+08:00

When we arrived at the entrance of this café, we were welcome by this beautifully wood crafted panel with the word D’Fortune, so lovely. The day was lovely, so we decided to have our lunch outside and ordered a few cup of the lite warm lemon tea which was really really good and tasty.

Here came the lamb shank, it was tasty, crispy on the outside and meat is so tender and delicious. It came with homemade mashed potato which was smashingly delicious and not from those dried potato flakes which taste horrified. There were also cherry tomatoes, green beans and cauliflower.

Oh next came the heavenly tortilla filled with chicken sliced and melted mozzarella cheese. Guess what, there was salsa sauce to go with it too. The tortilla was awesome and soft and the mozzarella really melted my heart.

Oh next seafood pasta dish is something to shout about. I am not so sure what goes into this fried spaghetti but it was so fragrant and yummy delicious. It was the tastiest pasta dish that I ever had, prawn and squid were very fresh and not forgetting the mussels too.

Strangely came a huge plate fill with a variety of pan fried sausages. There were chicken and turkey filled with garlic, herbs and black pepper. It was tasty but I prefer to have thicker ones.

I thought we were going to have deep fried spring chicken but this devil looks rather smaller, oh! It was the “Sar Thin Kai” brought from Perak. It was nice, the meat was tender and the skin was crispy.

Oh! The finale, we had pan fried dory fish with baked melted cheese and accompany with olio-olio spaghetti. The fish was cooked to perfection and no fishy smell at all. We loved it!

Look we had a great feast!

D'Fortune Western Cuisine & Cafe
No 2A & 3A, Jalan USJ 10/1J,
47620 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel No: 03 8025 9509
Fax No: 03 8025 9250

Totally Japanese at Miyako

2008-04-28T00:01:00.000+08:00

Having to dine at one of Malaysia’s best restaurants is truly awesome and that is what I did last week, I was at Miyako, Sheraton Subang. Miyako is a Japanese restaurant with a classic modern Japanese interior which is simple and very inspiring. I was amazed that this restaurant was located behind the main building and felt like it was located inside a secret garden.

This time I invited my friend Carol Rode from Perth to dine with us and we were so excited about the food and also did some catching up over a few cups of warm Japanese green tea. Dobin Mushi was brought to the dining table and was wondering why the waitress brought us another pot of green tea. Why…..? Well simply that the dish was served in a beautiful Japanese tea pot and a petite ceramic cup. In fact Dobin Mushi is a small tea pot soup infused with assorted seafood and mushrooms plus a chunk of lemon. All I had to do was to squeeze the lemon juice into the warm pot of soup. The taste was amazing, the aroma of mushrooms just burst inside my mouth going through my nasal and ended with sweetness and tangyness of the soup. It is a soup of perfection.

Dining in a Japanese restaurant without sashimi is just not complete at all. To perfect the night, came Hamachi Sashimi and Miyako special and it was incredible. The plate was huge and the portion big too. The sashimi consists of yellow tail, salmon, tuna belly, white tuna (abura) and also tiger prawn. I just love my tuna belly also salmon... also all of them really, just amazed the cuts were very thick, fresh and delicious. Really captured my heart and so was the miyako rolls, filled with unagi, tempura prawn, soft shell crab, acavado, crab meat stick, mayonaise and coated with prawn eggs (ebiko).

This maybe be a simple dish but it is incredible delicious for my standards. I am truely in love with this slightly sweet hinted soup that came with a bean curd skin bag filled with mince meat, chopped ginko, shitake and sealed with lily bulb.

It was so funny when this mixed tempura dish was placed on the table. Carol just can stop herself wanting to know what was the secret that makes the tempura stayed crispy as she can’t get hers done the same way at home. Well, guess we have to wait for the chef! The tempura was excellent and it came with tiger prawns, sweet potatoes, brinjal, lady fingers and seabass fish.

Tori namban yaki is the Japanese version of BBQ chicken. The boneless chicken meat was marinated in a special sauce for a day before being barbeque. When I had a bite into a piece, it was really good, so succulent and so well marinated.

Then came this lovely adorable and petite dish, pan fried cod fish served with green tea noodle and lemon grass sauce. I like the simple presentation and also the tangy soup( I suspect it must the magic tamarind). The cod fish was pan fried to perfection.

Gosh, the dessert was excellent, Matcha ice cream with azuki bean. The Azuki bean was cooked and sweeten exactly where I love them to be and the green tea ice cream was excellent as the bursting flavouring was so intense.

Before we end the night, we meet the chef who had prepared our delicious dinner, Chef Ronnie Wang. He was originated from Penang, mastered Japanese cuisine for nearly 22years and had been working under a well known Japanese Chef, the late Chef Tadashi Hajasi. Got to say at the end of the night, Carol got her question answered!

Miyako Japanese Restaurant
Sheraton Subang Hotel & Towers
Jalan SS12/1,
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Rempah Ratus Nasi Lemak Restaurant & Cafe, Puchong

2008-04-23T05:45:00.000+08:00

We had wanted to explore the food in the Puchong area for ages and we were lucky enough to be invited to dine at this restaurant Rempah Ratus Nasi Lemak Restaurant And Cafe. This restaurant is just located opposite of the IOI mall. The setting reminded me of a kampug style simple dining and you can smell fragrant spices as you walk in.

The restaurant serves a variety of malay dishes "hidangan" style. We were welcome by Chef Raizal, the resident chef of this restaurant who had prepared some awesome dishes. We were served with starter, Thai Fish Cakes (RM5.80 per serving) with Thai sweet chilli sauce. We love this little fish paste as they were tasty, delicious and went very well with the sweet Thai chilli sauce.

The main dishes came once we finished the starter, the first dish was the Chicken Green Curry in Claypot (RM8 per serving). It was cooked perfectly and the sauce was gorgeous and went well with the white rice. We were informed that Chef Raizal made his own green curry paste from green chillies, coriander, cummin, lemongrass and shrimp paste. We just adored the sauce, lovely!

Next was the siakap fish cooked in 3 tastes, hot, sour and sweet (RM18 per serving). The hotness came from the chillies, sourness came from the lime juice and sweetness came from the palm sugar. The siakap fish was deep fried and then coated with the sauce.

Lastly we had the stir fried kangkung with sambal (RM8 per serving). This dish had the shrimp paste taste and with a bit of chilli but not too hot.

Overall, I like this restaurant as it gave me a very homely feeling and reminded me of my growing up. I will definitely be back for their Green Thai Curry. Rempah Ratus Nasi Lemak Restaurant & Café also do catering services for any occasions and also into ready-to-eat packed food for retail, wholesale and outdoor events.

Rempah Ratus Nasi Lemak Restaurant & Café
No 33, Jalan Kenari 17C
Bandar Puchong Jaya
47100 Puchong
Selangor Dahrul Ehsan
Tel/Fax: 03-80765371

Fusou Lou Nyonya Seafood Curry Mee at SS14,Petaling Jaya

2008-04-08T15:07:00.000+08:00

Being an Ipoh boy myself, curry noodle is something we always crave for. I found this delicious nyonya curry noodle at Section 14, PJ located at the othter of Jaya supermarket. This stall is located at a small food court.

The are so many variety of topping that you can put on your curry noodle such as curry prawn, chicken, roast pork, curry fish and also long bean.

I like this nyoya curry as the taste is rather unique compare to those normal curry noodle that we usually get.

If you are around the area in the morning, do drop by and taste this delicious curry noodle . . . Sidney

Fish Head Noodle SS20/10, Petaling Jaya

2008-04-02T01:04:00.000+08:00

This is one of my favourite fish head noodle located at SS20/10, Petaling Jaya where I regularly haunt. The place is simple, no air-conditioner and just an open air foodstall.

This place serve gorgeous drinks such as ice blended soya milk and comes with this greeny jelly called "cendol" and also a kind of black jelly called "leong fun". You can also have "cendol" green jelly in santan and palm sugar or the old timer "ice kacang". Drinks here is truely awesome.

We started with a bowl of fish paste with green spinach in clear soup. The fish paste was cooked well and tasted deliciously crunchy. We also had fish paste noodle which is awesome.

We ordered a bowl of "haruan" fish rice noodle. This is yet another awesome dish as the fish came in thick slices and deep fried. The bowl of noddle was fully of fragrant and aroma.

Then came a bowl of noodle with just plain slices of thick "haruan" fish. Oh this is so incrediblely good as you can really taste the freshness and sweetness of the fish. The thick slices enhance the tastiness of the fish. Well I would say every bite is just pure meat and boneless! The soup was really really good, very refreshing.

You can have the dish with thick rice noodle "lai fun".

You can also have fish slices with your fish paste and spinach.

I really love this noodle stall and would rephrased them as Fish Sliced Noodle stall and something to shout about! . . . . . Sidney

Ah Hock Section 17, PJ

2008-03-18T00:11:00.000+08:00

I love to dine at this food stall situated at section 17, Petaling Jaya. The food is simple and delicious. When I am on my own, as usually don't cook and will have my dinner here without fear. Ah Hock is the name of this stall. As most foodbloggers are alway impressed when food got good "wok hei" and so am I, so is with Ah Hock!

We had two simple single plate rice, beef with spring onion rice(above) and petai prawns sambal rice(below). Both are so gorgeous, tasty and so appealing.

If you are around the area, do stop by for a quick meal! . . . . Sidney

Potato King at Bangsar Sunday Night Market (Pasar Malam)

2008-03-06T07:24:00.000+08:00

Last sunday evening I was at bangsar new village and noticed there was the sunday night market. As I walked along I stumbled into something very new that caught my eye with full of joy and excitement!

It was this Potato King! I got to inform you that this is not a normal potato wedges but it is a whole potato that caught in a bamboo stick! This is so amazing and interesting. When you look carefully at this deep fried potato wedges, you will notice that it is all intagged!

Firstly a whole potato is cut into size and place into the scapper for cutting, once done the whole potato is then placed into the bammboo stick before deep frying.

The owner, Mr Wan does all the deep frying, the potato wedges and also the chicken. I was told that he uses imported potatoes as local potatoes cannot produce the right texture. I was also informed that the deep fried potato wedges can be keep half a day and still able to retain its crispiness. Well I wonder why should I keep it till late as in a few second those potato wedges would had disappeared into my stomach. lol!

Got to say this potato wedges are excellent and delicious, the texture is perfect, crispy and with the flavouring (seaweed, cheese, black pepper, chicken & onion, plum etc) it is worth for a try. It only cost RM3.50(US1.10) a stick!

Sidney

Ikan Panggang, Petaling Street, KL

2008-03-04T07:24:00.000+08:00

Last weekend we had our dinner at Petaling Street, yet another foodstreet in Kuala Lumpur. This time we tried a few barbeque seafood with hot sauce. The food was fantastic as it suited my taste as I like to have food sometimes.

I got to inform that if you like to dine at this place you need to order or even book in advance, I would suggest an hour before dining. Why? The que is very long and to get a table can be difficult. The price for this dish is moderate, not expensive and affordable.

We ordered BBQ squid in hot & spicy sauce. It was hot, hot and hot! Fantastic! The more you eat the more you want, so desirable.

We also ordered BBQ ray fish in spicy & hot sauce, the texture was good and the ficsh came boneless. Even the sauce was the same but the texture was diiferent from squid, therefore the outcome of the taste was explosive.

If you have not tasted this delicious BBQ seafood, I would recommend you to head there tonight but make sure you make your order earlier to avoid the long waiting where can be very very miserable.

Sidney

Hong Kee Dim Sum, Petaling Jaya

2008-02-27T02:35:00.000+08:00

If you are around Petaling Jaya area during the weekends, Hong Kee Dim Sum is the place to be and to have your Dim Sum breakfast. Hong Kee is located at SS22, Damansara Jaya, Petaling Jaya. I also came to know few food bloggers are going crazy with Hong Kee Dim Sum. As for me I would say Hong Kee Dim Sum is above average.

I got to say I adored this one, "Loh Mai Kai" (Chicken, chinese mushroom steam with glutinous rice). So delicious and just the right recipe!

"Hor Yip Fan" Glutinous rice in lotus leave also one of my favourite. It is similar to "Loh Mai Kai" but with the present of egg yolk, the taste had been really enhanced tremendiously.

"Siew Mai" (meat dumpling) is lovely too. I love those meat texture and so juicy!

"Har Gaw" (shrimp dumpling) is not too bad but prefer that the shrimp be more meaty. The skin was not too thick which is good.

"Woo KoK" (yam dumpling) is great too but I still adore Bidor's Pun Chun yam dumplings.

The deep fried beancurd sheet with shrimp filling is one of my favoutirt dim sum all the time beside the "Har Gaw". I love shrimps!

As for this one, the deep fried pastry with shrimps was not my cup of tea at all, I was totally let down as it was not prepared properly. It would had been a fantastic dim sum but due to the oil collected, makes the pastry turned soggy.

Oh! dessert is our specialty but we truely enjoy this two pastries, the sesame ball pastry was good and the egg tart was so marvellous.

So what are we waiting for, let go to Hong Kee for Dim Sum . . . . Sidney

Sin Joo Heong Biscuit Factory

2008-02-11T08:20:00.000+08:00

When it comes to the chinese tradisional biscuit, I will alway think of Sin Joo Heong Biscuit Factory. I am sure you will ask, why? . . . . .well very simple, I grew up where this biscuits are make! Oh yes it is located at Teluk Intan, Perak which is about 2.5 hours drive along the coastal way from the city, Kuala Lumpur. Sin Joo Heong Biscuit Factory is famous for their Fragrant Biscuit 'Heong Peng'. I got the chance to have a glimpse at the kitchen of this factory, . . . . . . got to say it is really cool indeed. This fragrant biscuit consists of layered pastry and sweet caramel fillings . . . it is so gorgeous!

Freshly Baked Fragrant Biscuits

Packed Fragrant Biscuits

Delicious Almond Biscuits

If you happen to pass by Teluk Intan, do drop at this lovely tradidional biscuit factory, you will never regret it!

Love. . . . . . Sunny Yaw

Pastries from Canton-I, One Utama, Petaling Jaya

2008-02-03T06:06:00.000+08:00

Got to let you know that I had been eyeing these pastries for ages. I spotted them the first day when I was walking past by Canton-I with Sunny Yaw. What striked me that day was the pineapple paste, looks so petite and so adorable, I told myself I have to get my hands on them and eat it! They look similar to "Woo Kok" (yam pastry) but they are rather petitely presented. Gosh, this little devils really know how to make me salivating! Such a festish and so desirable! This lead to having to own them, but just for a few second as they all end up being process in my bulgy stomach!

A Roasted Meat Pastry for RM2.00each. A very rich pastry, crispy, soft and melting fillings. Such adorable one.

An Egg Tart for RM1.50each. Very flaky pastry and the egg custard is so adorable.

A Piggy Custard Bun for RM2.20each. Very attractive looking bun, soft, silky and as usual the custard is fantastic.

A Crispy BBQ Pork for RM2.00each. A very interesting bun. Soft and yet crispy on the top, not forgetting those lovely BBQ Pork comes with a hint of sweet sauce.

A Pineaple Paste for RM1.50each. Lovely and gorgeous. Not too sweet and yet not too sour. A spot on taste!

I will definitely pack more of this pastry home the next round and not forgeting to invite my friends over for some chinese tea! . . . . .. . . . Sidney

Gelatissimo, The Gardens Mid Valley

2008-02-02T06:51:00.000+08:00

I personally love this gelato,one of my dearest foodie Xiu Long Bao loves them too, seems to me she is a gelato junkie especially this one. I was told that she had them long long time ago during her university time in Australia. Anyway this post is dedicated to Xiu Long Boa, our foodie and gelato junkie, we hope she had found comfort in her new Singapore job venture. I heard she had started her food exploration in Singapore, well done babe! Here is my post on Gelatissimo at The Gardens Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur.

My cup of mix flavoured gelato, I should say. . . . . . fantastic and awesomely delicious!!!

Such a varitey of flavour to choose from! I am totally drooling!

So when the next time you are at Mid Valley, do make sure to taste this delicious gelato from Gelatissimo! see you there soon . . . . . . . Sidney

Espressamente Illy, Pavalion, Kuala Lumpur

2008-01-28T04:47:00.000+08:00

This is de place for a cup of good brew coffee, Espressamente Illy at Pavalion Kuala Lumpur.

Can't figure out what to have? This is what we had!

Cappuccino Viennese

Cappucino Freddo Greco

I wish I had brought some of Sunny Yaw's lovely Macaroons with me to enjoy my cup of illy coffee!. . . . . . Sid

Restaurant De Hunan

2007-12-31T09:58:00.000+08:00

I was introduced to this Hunan Restaurant by Chef Steven and was told that the dishes served here is gorgeous. I was told it is a must order for the Mao's Pork and also the steam fish head with salted red chillies. So what I did? I step into this gorgeous eatery.

I had tasted Mao's Pork when I visited Mao's Restaurant in Beijing. This Mao's Pork dish in Beijing tasted very different from what we usually get in Kuala Lumpur. It taste so soft, tasty and so succulent. Lovely! When I was at this eatery, firstly we were served with some unique tibits:

Seaweed Pickle

Lotus Root Pickle

Yummy thin slices Pig Ears

3 plates of tibits to start off with which is so delicious.

A lovely bowl of steam rice.

A skewered prawn top with black bean paste, lovely. Here we get bigger prawns but in Beijing the prawn is so micro small, lol!

"Lat Chee Kai" Hot Peppered Chilli Chicken

OMG! Mao's Pork....authentic lovely! A must for Porkie lovers!

Pig's Tail Claypot..... very delicious and with a touch of hot!

Oh! Lovely Hot Fish Head..... a must for hot lovers... "just like chasing the dragon"

Emperor noodles to be eaten with the fish head gravy.... fantastic!

If you are a porkie and also a fan of hot hot food, this is a place to be! Beijing on your doorstep!.

Restaurant De Hunan
No 2, Jalan Kuchai Maju 6
off Jalan Kuchai Lama
58200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-7987 9318
Opens: 11am - 11pm

From myself, Sidney

MAX Rite Bites Food Fest @ Changkat Bukit Bintang

2007-12-20T20:59:00.000+08:00

During the Max Bites Food Fest, we were brought to Frangipani which offers contemporary french cuisine, located along Jalan Changkat Bukit Bintang. In this visit we were escorted to their upstair bar which is one of the most visited bars during the weekend and downstair is where their dining area which serve comtemporary french cuisine. Looking through from the upstair, the dining area looks classy and centered with a pool.

We were served with a variety of cocktail drinks which taste very strong and bitter to my liking.

Here comes the finger food, there were served on chinese white ceramic soup spoon. Oh! This taste rather delicious, it was smoke duck served on mash potatoes. I like this, it really make me so hooked on them and I keep eating them spoon after spoon.

This is another gorgeous salmon. Such a finger salmon, comes in such a thick portion and yet so succulent. If you are a raw fish lover, this something to die for.

And here comes the dessert, meringue sandwich with thick cream and chocolat. Just superb to end the visit.

Just look how we end this visit at Frangipani, just well licked stacks of white chinese ceramic soup spoons. I hope the next time I get to taste their food at their dinning section, that would be something to look forward and to die for.

Sidney

Restoran 3U. Taman Tyton, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

2007-12-18T05:26:00.000+08:00

Restaurant 3U at Taman Tyton, Cheras is an amazing place just to have a bowl of beef noodle. Got to say the beef soup is gorgeous and the beef meat taste so tender.

A bowl of braised beef with dry noodle is also winner at this noodle restaurant.

You can also opt for a mixed beef noodle soup which is the most spectecular dish of the day.

A bowl of noodle can never do without a side dish of sambal but this place , you can find a delicious awesome dry prawn chilli sambal.

We also tasted prawn wanton which is delicious. This is a must order.

You can also can get a bowl of lovely curry chicken noodle at 6pm.

Sidney

Happy Meal, Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur

2007-12-03T18:00:00.000+08:00

Happy Meal? Is this another McDonald set meal? It is NOT. It is a small bakery located at Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur, just right opposite of Popular English Bookstore. Woah! this bakery is really cool! Why? I notice that you can get loads of good bakery at a good reasonable price. They serve banana cakes, butter cakes, egg tart, cream puff, almond tart and many other simple and yet delicious cakes. Oh they also have pineapple tart and even lotusbean paste cookies. If you are around this area, I definitely recommend you to drop by this place and check it out. If I have RM50 to spend my meal for the whole day, I definitely will drop by this place, delicious, gorgeous and affordable.

Yours Sidney

Fork & Spoon, Dataran Sunway

2007-11-14T00:12:00.000+08:00

I was at CIP's Hari Raya open house recently at Sime Darby Convention Centre that I meet Jaee and Li Vooi. We somehow got introduced by my good friend, Johan Nazir and end up talking about food and foodblogging rather discussing about what is the next ICT invention that can make money. After talking to Jaee, I was invited to visit Jaee's working place, a cafe by the name Fork & Spoon. It was also by chance that Fork & Spoon Cafe is just near by my place located at Kota Damansara, so Sunny and myself decided to visit this cafe that night.

When we arrived at the cafe, we notice that the cafe offers a wide range of food such as nyonya food, hawker food, western, also delicious desserts and also roti bakar.

We were served with iced cold honey lemon drink which is a thrist relieve and refreshing drink. We like it so much, not to sweet but ends with a honey lemony taste.

Then came the Malaysian Prawn noodle "Hae Mee" as well mentioned by Carol. Their Prawn noodle consist of few medium size prawns and pork ribs. The stock was really good and tasty, don't taste much of MSG.

The flow keep coming, next it was the huge rendang chicken. Oh! I love the way they had their rendang chicken cooked, real spot on, just the way I like, so ethnic, one bite and you know it is cooked by a malay chef. Delicious.

Jaee came and told us that the main dishes will be coming and as us to relax a while and have some nibble of ikan bilis. This ikan bilis dish according to Jaee, is s dish create for drinkers as it goes well with beer and liquor. It is really good, the ikan bilis is so crunchy and coated with caramel, makes it so marvellous. Yes I do agree that this dish is a good company of snack for people who are drinking and also having a good dinner chat. A thumbs up!

Here comes or main dishes, gosh what a great feast for the two of person. We were a real eater that night, loading fofd and more food. The mixed vegetable was absolutely good, well stir fried. The celery, greenpea, long bean and baby sweetcorn were gorgeous, chrunchy and not over cooked at all.

Oh! we were serve with two new dishes that is going to be launch here in November, this one is "Kum Kong Kwat" a pork rib dish which taste very unique, deep fried short ribs coated with a sweet and lime taste sauce. A taste that somehow will stay in your mind.

The other new dish is "Yut Sek Har" Vietnamese Style Prawn is also a real winner. The prawns were very fresh and the taste of the sauce infused into the meat.

We ended our delicious and satisfied dinner with onde-onde, a delicious dessert mixture make from glutinous and tapioca flour, with embedded palm sugar and coated with grated coconut.

Other Links:

Jules eating guide to Malaysia

Location:
26 Jalan PJU 5/11
Dataran Sunway
Kota Damansara
47810 Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Tel: 03-61408832

Yours Sidney

Hua Nam Coffeeshop, New Town , Ipoh

2007-11-06T21:43:00.000+08:00

Hua Nam Coffeeshop in new town ipoh has been around for many years now and still churning lots of delicious hawker food. I am definately one who will never miss visiting this shop for my afternoon tea. I will always go for the "Law Mee" and always make sure the stall serve them in Penang style. "Law Mee" is noodle dish serve in a dark sauce and comes with topping such as shreeded chicken, sliced prawns, deep fried onions and some 'sambal" chilli paste. It is nothing new as you can get this similat dish in Kuala Lumpur and even in Petaling jaya. So what make this particular dish so uniqe? Well, got to say I was introduce to this dish by my cousin Jennie, She taught me how to eat this dish and that makes the dish so unique and so delicious. This stall serve pickle crushed garlic. What you have to do is just add those pickled crushed garlic into your "Law Mee" noodle and mix them into the dish evenly. OMG! now you will be able to taste such a unique taste and flavour of this "Law Mee". A must try if you are in Ipoh!

Another delicious noodle that you can enjoy at this coffeeshop is the Curry Noodle. So delicious and I hardly can describe thwem to you. I think you need to try yourself and from my pictures, they tell! ...lol!

Rojak is also something that need to try here. What makes this rojak dish so delicious...of course is the rojak sauce. I also love the the prawn crackers serve on the rojak. So crunchy and so tasty when eaten with the rojak sauce. And those crushed peanuts toppings really adds the flavour of this rojak. This rojak is really something that i would crave for...... so to say, something to die for.................lol! Same goes with their Sotong dish....you have a try and let me know later!

Hokkien "Har Mee" is also a winner here. A noodle dish that comes with slice pork and shrimps and comes with prawns soup. Lovely!

From Sidney

Let's Indulge with "Siew Yok", Ipoh Garden East, Ipoh

2007-11-02T21:39:00.000+08:00

I got to say this stall seels the best crispy roast pork "siew yok" especially those rib section where you can ask for one or two ribs. The pork skin was roasted so crispy and crunch, just so heavenly. They also sell pork ribs and also roast pork belly "char siew"

This stall is located at the row of shop lot at Ipoh Garden East behind Jaya Jusco, You will never miss this place. Why? Look at the photo, you can mobile him.

Yours Sidney

Sin Hong Kee, Old Town, Ipoh

2007-10-30T12:04:00.000+08:00

Sin Hong Kee is another gem of Ipoh when comes to chinese desserts such "kuih talam", "kuih ko chee", "woo tau kou" and also sweet soup dessert such as red bean, green bean and many many more variety.

They have been visited by 8TV programme "Ho Chiak" and gave a thumbs up, I definitely agree with them. So next stop in Ipoh for dessert would be Sin Hong Kee!!!

Yours Sidney

Nasi Lemak Ayam Kampung, Jalan Che Tak, New Town Ipoh

2007-10-27T20:32:00.000+08:00

I was very surprised when my cousin sister, Jenny brought me to this place, Nasi Lemak Ayam Kampung along the corner of Jalan Yam Kalsom in Ipoh. We were there because I was hungry and was thinking of having supper. So Jenny recommended me a good nasi lemak which was her favourite supper. So we went.

You can select any fish and shellfish and can be cooked in many ways such as grilled, steam., three flavours, sweet & sour and tom yam.

Another specialty of the place is their steam coconut rice "kukus nasi lemak", it is really a gem, lovely, full of fragrance, tender rice and taste so delicious. It is a must order if you visit this place. Rice a placed into smallcups and coconut milk are place into it instead of water, then this steam process starts, lovely.

Yet another deliciously done is their deep fried countryside chicken "ayam kampung". The chicken marinate was good, full of flavour and as usual "ayam kampung" meat taste really good.

Sambal Sotong

A delicious set of nasi lemak comes with hot gravy, cuttlefish "sotong", hard boiled egg, a large piece of "kampung chicken" and coconut milk rice. Althought it is a bit heavy for supper but it is a real gem, we love it! Marvellous!

Yours Sidney

Seng Kee Stall, Hor Hee Noodle, Canning Garden, Ipoh

2007-10-16T20:00:00.000+08:00

Gosh, there are so many lovely and delicious food in Ipoh and for example, "Hor Hee" noodle. There are a few stalls selling this typs of noodle in Ipoh but Seng Kee noodle stall is one of the oldest. As I can remember, it started before I was borned and so to say it is at least more than 30 odd years. It is a stall started from father to sons and daughter. The stall sells at Jalan Lahat, opposite ACS school during weekdays and in Canning Garden during sunday. What is "Hor Hee" noodle? well basically it is a fish soup based noodle with fish balls and fish paste block. The fish ball skin is crunchy as they are dried under the sun and the fish paste blocks are deep fried.

Lovely, deliciously deep fried fish paste block.

Tasty and crunchy fish balls

I truly love this noodle as it had been around for so many years and still going strong, thats shows how deliciously they are. It had been part of my growing up, mum like them too.

Love Sidney

K Ten, Clay Pot Chicken Rice, Ipoh

2007-10-16T12:00:00.000+08:00

"Ipoh Ngar Poh Kai Fan", Ipoh Claypot Chicken Rice K Ten is one of the place where I alway visit with my mum and aunt whenever I am back in Ipoh. This eatery is located at Ipoh Garden South, Ipoh just behind of Tesco, Ipoh and the most happening place for Ipohniters. This eatery serve chicken claypot rice, preserve chinese sausages claypot rice, steam fish, curry fish head, vegetable dishes and on my most wanted list is their braised chicken feet "kai keok".

How can claypot do without rice?

Marinated chicken ready for the claypot dish.

Lovely preserved pork sausages and liver sausages, so delicious.

I calculated there is at least 24 hot and burning claypots getting ready to be serve to customers.

Oh lovely "Kai Keok" chicken feet braised with star anise "pak kok" and garlic. The chicken feet is so soft, so succulent and full aroma of star anise. Wonderful and a must for "kai keok" lovers! I love the dark sauce and I make sure I have it with the rice as it is so delicious. Only Rm5 a plate.

Chicken claypot rice as serve to us, warm, fragrant, moist and beautiful. There is also salted fish. A small claypot cost only RM5 and for a big claypot, it only cost RM10. So what is my verdict? Please continue to read.......

Only chicken feet bones and empty claypot left at the end of the day. Lovely, delicious, appealing, addictive and one more "kai keok" please. So this is a spot to be when you are in Ipoh!

Yours Sidney

Yum Yum Tree, Pasir Pinji, Ipoh

2007-10-09T16:20:00.000+08:00

Yum Yum Tree is rather a strange name but yet able to make it a household name in Ipoh. You may wonder why. why? Well every foodstall has it's own story to tell. For this one, it is situated at Pasir Pinji, a small village sited within Ipoh town. In fact this in Pasir Pinji you can find a lot of interesting cottage food similar to Yum Yum Tree such a the rojak and roast pork stall situated near the village market, homemake fresh rice pasta "Chee Cheong Fun" within Yum Yum Tree whereby you need to take your number in order to wait for your turn and many more.

I still can remember Yum Yum Tree started their stall at this rundown house but this year the owner decided to build a new coffeshop as shown below. What so famous about Yum Yum Tree? Well here you can get Ipoh's version of Yong Tau Fo whereby the most fillings are from fish paste. It is one of the best Yong Tau Fo that I ever come across and rather different from what you can get in KL because of the fish paste.

So many people were rushing for this freshly fried Yong Tau Foo..... look at those plates marching in line.

Look at those deep fried green stuffed green chillies, beatiful chillies than can make the devil out of you.

Deep fried stuffed beancurd roll is also another winner at Yum Yum Tree.

Lovely deep fried stuffed brinjal, so deeply purple and something I use to find in my mum's kitchen.

Oh how can we miss the Yong Tau Foo, isn't it all about Yong Tau Foo. I would really recommend this place if you are in Ipoh, you should not just pass by Ipoh but make sure you make an afford to stay for a few days to endulge with Ipoh's riches, Ipoh Food.

Yours Sidney

Curry Noodle, Nam Chau Coffeeshop, Ipoh

2007-10-04T16:16:00.000+08:00

I am truely a curry noodle lover and will travel anywhere just to enjoy every second of this spicy and full of aroma noodle. Nam Chau coffeeshop in Ipoh oldtown is one of them not to be miss. As usual the prices of food in Ipoh is much cheaper than KL, not surprising that this Nam Chau curry noodle is not expensive either. I love both dry and curry soup noodle.

Nam Chau coffeeshop also serve good Ipoh white coffee and the tradisional bread toast. So if you drop by at Ipoh ,do drop by at Nam Chau coffeeshop.

Yours Sidney

Popiah, Canning Garden, Ipoh

2007-09-26T03:39:00.000+08:00

This is something that I would die for when I am in Ipoh, Ipoh most delicious popiah. Just look at the crowd waiting for the popiahs. They do not come and just to buy one but plenty.... can I have 4 pieces, 8.....10 pieces. Therefore sometimes the que can be long but it is worth to wait for. This mobile popiah stoe can be found at Canning Garden, Ipoh.

The popiah is run by an elder but strong man in his 60's. His popiah consist of fantastic filling that most other popiah stall don't have such as crispy fried prawns and crab meat. Other fillings are cooked sweet turnip, cucumber sticks, hard beancurd, fried eggs and a dash of deep fried onion and garlic.

Popiah skins are placed on the wooden table, firstly he spread the hoi sin sauce and chilli sauce on the the popiah skin and a pieces of green leaf. Then he will place the fillings. One the fillings are done, he will start the wrapping process.

I would recommend everyone this popiah as this is the best popiah that I ever tasted and yet to find anyone one as delicious as this one.

Regards, Sidney

Bukit Tambun Seafood Restaurant, Tasek, Ipoh

2007-09-20T15:29:00.000+08:00

Where am I now..... oh yes Ipoh, my hometown. Ipoh is just about 2 hours drive north from the city, Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh is a place known for their food and also not forgetting the 'menglembu' sun dry whole peanuts.

Ipoh, itself is known for hawker food such as curry noodles, beef noodles, fish ball noodles, popiah, satay, rojak and many more but the most famous thing that had been known throughout the country is the Ipoh White Coffee.

Here today, I would love to introduce one of Ipoh best seafood restaurant, the Bukit Tambun Seafood Restaurant which is located in the town called Tasek, and is famous for producing cement, the tasek cement company.

For myself, I really adore this restaurant because to the freshness of their fishes, prawns and crabs. Here they also serve life prawns, life mantin prawns, life sea snails and even life garupa fish and many other kinds too. The following are the dishes that we ordered during dining there:

Steam fresh and live Garupa Fish

Stir fried Sea Snails

Steam Fresh Water Prawns in Eggwhite

"Sang Har Mein" Fresh Water Prawns Noodle

Butter Baked Giant Life Mantis Prawns

Verdict: Fantastic, Well Worth Your Money!

From Sidney xxx

The Best Apong at Jalan Burma, Penang

2007-09-03T13:12:00.000+08:00

Apong is a type of pancake that you can get in Malaysia. Strangely I am not an Apong fan but now I desire and crave for them so much that I search for them in the country, wherever I go.

Penang island..... is a place for Apong?... truely it is... The Apong Heaven,..... so fluffy, so creamy, so light, so soft and yet with the taste and a hint of sweetcorn and ripe juicy banana.

You can find these two Apong stalls just at the roadside of Jalan Burma, Penang and it is only RM0.30 (US0.10) a piece....... such a bargain for such lovely dessert. This Apong can be taken while they are warm and cold but I really prefer when there are warm..... so soft and so creamy, lovely as it melts in your mouth. I would say they are goes well with a cuppa of tea or coffee.

At each batches, nine Apongs can be generated from the moulded pan and takes about 5-6 minutes to ready. Therefore if you want to taste this heavenly delicious Apongs, you may need to place order them in advance or even mobile them, if not you may need to wait half an hour for yours. I was shocked when most customers order at least twenty pieces at a time.......lol.... we ordered thirty pieces!...lol

If you are in Penang Island , do not miss this lovely pancakes.... my truely heaven!

Love Sidney xxx

Sun Huat Kee Restaurant, Bangsar

2007-08-15T12:49:00.000+08:00

Lorong Ara Kiri 2 is a real jewel of Bangsar that yet to be discovered, the food that this street can offer. There are plenty of hawker food waiting to offer you as there about 3 coffeeshop, 1 upmarket ipoh "kopitiam", indian restaurant and even Domino Pizza is located on the same row. One of the coffeeshop that triggered myself completely was Sun Huat Kee, located next to Domino Pizza. Sun Huat Kee itself specialised with their signature Hakka "Yeong Tofu" during the day.

It was one tuesday nite we visited this place together with citygal from kampungboycitygal, tankiasu from xanga.com, xiu long bao & char siew bao from klpeopleklfood and jackson from jacksonkah. It was a truly food nite out with plenty of food and lots of variety

The "Yeong Tofu" comes in many variety such as fish paste stuffed brinjals, chillies, lady fingers, beancurd skin, tofu, and also deep fried "Sui Kow". I got to say they tasted really good. The texture of the fish paste is fresh, full flavoured, smooth and tasty. I truly love their fish paste stuffed brinjal, something truly to dream for.

This place also serve a variety of delicious local food such as their famous pork ball noodle. They own and franchise a few pork ball noodle stalls in town such as at ss17, Petaling Jaya and even at the coffeeshop down the corner.

This pork ball noodles come in soup and dry dark sauce. They are also truly a signature noodle. I have them nearly every weekend or twice a week. The other noodle that can be found here is curry mee, ain't they look gorgeous, creamy and simply delicious.

Not to forget there is also vinegered pork trotters, I would give an A+, .......... lovely, soft and succulent. Very refreshing indeed.

Another dish that they dish out is the hot white pepper pig stomach soup. I find this dish not as exciting as the vinegered pork trotters. I would say average but still blend well with a bowl of rice.

As for drinks they had come up with this drink, "air bandung" with cut dragon fruit. Taste great, really a refreshing drink. The shop also offer the normal drinks that you can get from coffee shops and also got roti bakar.

By night, this shop serve different variation of food, surprisingly savoury poridge and also chicken rice. So yummy and we can't stop drilling into our bowl of poridge. They offer a variety of them such as pork ribs poridge, salted egg and century egg poridge, frog meat poridge and also the most known at home, the roasted pork poridge. We got to taste all of them and the verdict was fantastic. You can also order pan fried fish to go with your poridge and we had a "Mah Yau" fish and also a small "Pak Chong" fish, taste great.

I would say if you like to find something simple, delicious and got tired with cafe & restaurant food, this will be the right place to be. I would rate this eatery 9/10 and a thumbs up.

Sid xxx

Taiwan Street Snack ???

2007-08-03T15:16:00.000+08:00

Shihlin - Taiwan Street Snacks - Old Wing One Utama

It was one evening that we had stumbled and discovered upon this unexpected cafe located at old wing One Utama shopping complex, PJ. We were suprised to see such a que and out of curiousity we went to the cafe and investigated. This shop is rather different or very unique as they sell 'mee suah' thick soup top with fresh oyster and large piece of deep fried boneless chicken. The 'mee suah' dish was so gorgeous and it did not stop us to have another bowl. That same goes with the deep fried chicken, crispy, spicy and yummy.

I would strongly recommend you to give a try at this cafe as their food is marvellous and do not be surprised that the que may be long.

Sid xxx

To Kill A Thirst - Ipoh White Iced Coffee

2007-08-03T11:28:00.000+08:00

Sun Yuan Foong Coffee Shop, Ipoh

It was rather a hot and sunny afternoon in Ipoh and we were looking for something to kill our thirst and maybe some snack too. Mum suggested that we should have some Ipoh best known white coffee and toasted bread aka "roti bakar" from Sun Yuan Foong Coffee Shop located at Ipoh Old Town. It is the best coffee in town. The shop looked rustic and it reminded me my grown up in this little town. I am an Ipoh boy or Ipoh 'mali'.

Sun Yuan Foong Coffee Shop itself serves bread toast with kaya, butter or homemade peanut butter, half boiled egg, sausages, scrambled egg and white coffee. One thing that really striked me was the twin half boiled egg on toast. They are such a lovely and delicious dish. The eggs tasted so silk and full of flavour, together with the toasted bread, it leaves the texture of crunchiness and meltes straight through in your mouth.

Oh, what a wonderful and refreshing glass of iced white coffee and guarrantee a glass will not be enough. Sun Yuan Foong Coffee Shop also sells the white coffee powder and they are all home roasted white coffee. I quickly bought one packet myself and was looking forward to enjoy a cup at my own pleasure.

As you can see, the twin half boiled eggs were done at the right time and they just cooked so gorgeously, melts in your mouth and abundanced with flavour.

Lastly we had their famously known peanut butter toast. they are so lovely and yet not enough to kill my stomach.

I would really recommend this well known local coffee shop if you are here in Ipoh or you are stopping by.

Sidney xxx

The Fifth Day of the Lunar Month - 'Choong Chi'

2007-06-19T01:28:00.000+08:00

On the fifth day the lunar month, the chinese celebrates the Rice Dumpling Festival, or Dragon Boat Festival in honour of a patriotic poet, Qu Yuan who drowned himself in Miluo River as a protest against the Emperor. For this, rice dumpling is a must-have specialty every year.

This year 19th June 2007 will be a season fills with the fragrance of appetizing rice dumpling. Rice dumpling come with an assortment of fillings layered in glutinous rice, wrapped with bamboo leaves and are boiled for hours. Many of us especially all the mums and grandmums have from early days been busy scouting for all basic ingredients necessary for the preparation of rice dumpling such as selection of glutinous rice, dumpling leaves and any other ingredients of our choice to welcome the arrival of this traditional chinese festival.

The rice dumpling not only comes in various shapes but in different variety of taste too. It can be categorized into sweet and savory two groups. The creation of nyonya and malay rice dumpling with a blend of local culture, add on further to the diversity of this chinese cuisine.

As for me this year due to heavy, hectic and busy working hours and not able to 'balik kampong' to celebrate "Tai Yat Chee" over the weekend with my two wonderful ladies(my mum and my aunt), I decided to celebrate this tradition by buying some rice dumplings

Where would be the best place to get this authentic rice dumpling? I guessed it must be The Tasty Rice Dumpling at Bandar Sungai Long, KL. The owner Elaine started this shop 5 years ago and now her son also helps her to run the business. There are many varieties of rice dumpling available from this shop such as five spice, egg yolk, green bean, chilli shrimp, vegeterian, eye bean, red bean, nyonya and kee chang.

I had tasted the five spice fried rice dumpling which was great, lovely, fragrant and mystified really. I love it. You can smell the fragrnt of the five spice, lovely salted egg yolk, the meat and not to overpowering of glutinous rice.

I also had a bit of rice dumpling which is white in colour. But as from young I alway prefer the one, fried rice dumpling.

I also tried their nyonya rice dumpling which consist of sweeten minced meat and a mild of spice. For this one I find that it a bit huge compare to those I usual had before. The taste was average to my liking.

I love the red bean rice dumpling which is a sweet rice dumpling. I really like this, the size is great, not too huge and easy to handle. The glutinous rice was soft and tender, as you bite into it, you can taste the sweetness of the red bean, it was so gorgeous and I was totally speechess.

By the end of the day, my tummy was really full and just can't handle them anymore and also had to skip my dinner too. Tasty Rice Dumplings has a great variety of rice dumpling selection and also not too pricy and very affordable. I would give them an 8 out 10 for quality, tasty and affordablity.

Tasty Rice Dumpling
28, Jalan SL 1/2
Bandar Sungai Long
03-90766130

Hello Food Lovers!!!

2007-06-10T21:48:00.003+08:00

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