Authentic Delicious Dining and A Nite to Remember

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

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 . . . .

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

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.