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While we were having our breakfast at waiting our foods to arrive, a light breeze carried some nice, fragrant smell that the food database in our brain quickly searched for association of this fragrant smell. The flashed images of apong quickly came into our attention.
Our heads immediately turn to the direction of the aroma to look for a familiar sight, apong stall.
In a small stall setup, we see this man preparing to cook some apongs out from the two charcoal stove. Hmmm.. with just only two stoves available, there is not much output that can be produced at one time. Tam Ciak commented this man could be a retiree trying to past time and make some pocket money at the same time. Quite enterprising, eh?
The man is quite friendly and chatty as we stand nearby to wait for our orders. As Huat Koay begins to snap pictures, one of his friends teased him of being famous which the man blushes and look downwards most of the time… heheheh
This indian snacks is sold as a side dish at the stall besides apong. Hmm.. what is the name of this snack?
Using the charcoal to bake/ steam the apong will result in slow yet much consistent finished product because of the slow heat used. Of course, with the charcoal fire burning, it will last longer than using the gas stove.
The pan can fit each apong nicely like mini size wok. The heat from the charcoal will slow bake/steam the apong till it is ready for consumption. Normally, the mixture will be poured onto the middle portion and the seller will turn the pan around until the mixture covers the bigger surface area.
Of course, the remaining will usually falls back to the middle which is why the middle portion is always thicker compared to the edge. The more mixture put each time, the thicker middle portion it will be.
The apong that is ready is put in front of the stove on top of the banana leaves but then there is no cover on top to prevent flies or insects to contaminate the food. Surprisingly though, we did not see any fly or insects nearby the stall, pure coincidence?
The apong is much crispier and tastier with thinner middle part which Huat Koay prefers compared to the one at . Maybe we were just plain hungry that time…
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is one of the latest additions to the eating scene in Bayan Lepas area. I found out about it when a friend had sent me their Opening Promotion Brochure. RM9.90 for set lunch! RM13.90 for set dinner! the brochure had said. I liked the Red, Black and White color scheme. I liked their quirky cute logo. And the brochure certainly looked interesting! So kudos to their advertising agency!
Incidentally, as I planned to visit the place for dinner, I had read of it. I was impressed that they offered a Healthy Steam Cusinese Set complete with herbal soup! So off we went!
I had high hopes for the place as we entered the venue. It was very well decorated. Very chic! And complete with pool table too!
Glancing through the menu, OXO Cafelab serves a variety of cuisines – Asian, Western, Local. And they serve breakfast too from 8am-11am.
For their opening promotion, OXO Cafelab is offering 15% discount for their set meals. A set meal comes with a drink (cordial), soup OR salad, main dish and dessert. No discount for ala carte orders. I opted for the set meal and chose the Soup. Soup of the day was Mushroom Soup. I didn’t really care for the soup as I found it too starchy and bland.
We had another set meal and opted for the salad, which thankfully fared better than the dismal soup.
My main meal choice was the Juicy with Boxthorne Fruit and Plum Sauce. (This set is normally RM18.70, after discount – RM15.90) The chicken piccata here was basically chicken chop coated with egg and then pan fried. I found the boxthorne fruit and plum sauce interesting as it gave the dish an Asian twist to it. Overall, a very normal dish save for the interesting sauce.
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Another weekend foodhunt…hehehe. Saturdays used to be a day that we would sleep much longer to recharge our body after whole week’s work but these days, it has become our food hunt day of the week especially given the amount of time that we can drive around Penang to search for food.
Our food hunt started with first stop at Delima Mas Kopitiam at Greenlane Market, the one opposite Hamid Khan secondary school. This kopitiam is also on the other end of Genting Kopitiam where we covered and before.
Being a hokkien mee lover, Huat Koay is naturally inclined to order one whenever he sees such option available.
The hokkien mee arrives shortly emitting the familiar aroma the moment it is put on the table. The hokkien mee looks like as if it does not have enough soup as you can see most of the top part. Or is it because of the generous amount of ingredients? We think the former is more accurate to describe.
This is another stall that has kangkung as part of the ingredients which Huat Koay looks forward to see. The other stall that also has kangkung is the one at . The soup has just enough prawn taste but a slightly stronger taste would be preferable.
The hokkien mee looks pretty decent and basic without the option to add internals like the one in . Yet, we prefer this type of hokkien mee as it looks more complete with all the “proper” ingredients required for hokkien mee. Each bowls sells RM2.30 for regular and RM2.80 for large.
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I actually wanted to blog about this Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee later but I am still so damn pissed off with the shop. I had the worst experience dining experience ever here – got our orders forgotten TWICE, waited for one hour and even got scolded by the boss for the slightest thing! No matter how tasty or famous their Chili Pan Mee is, I have vowed to boycott this shop forever. If you feel the and have bad attitudes, man you haven’t seen anything yet.
In KL I believe if Chili Pan Mee is mentioned, Kin Kin is the first shop to come into mind. Besides being famous for their Pan Mee (which I think is overrated anyway) they are also notorious for showing bad attitudes to customers. I have heard some incidents from my close friends where they were scolded by the owners but I have kept an open mind so far. At least until the last weekend.
The Pan Mee we waited for more an hour. Those customers who came in much later than us were served earlier, seriously WTF. They didn’t seem to notice the four of us had been sitting there for so long too. And any reminder to them about our orders would be brushed off nonchalantly. It’s like “do you think I care?” was written on their foreheads.
OK to be fair I am not expecting 5 star hotel service from a noodle stall, heck I didn’t even expect them to be nice and all. But hey, at least show us some respect like a normal human being does!
Chili Flakes. What’s this? Flakes made of chili to be mixed into your pan mee loh. Taste? Spicy and damn salty. I can’t imagine how some people manage to put 5-6 spoonfuls of this into their pan mee..
Although I am still very angry over the incident, I am going to give an honest opinion about their pan mee.. which in my honest, non-biased, frank, genuine, sincere, truthful opinion.. NORMAL only.
Ingredients wise there were self made pan mee, some fried anchovies, minced meat, lard and a sunny side-up egg. First timers were advised by some hand writings on the shop’s wall to only put half a spoon to one spoonful of chili flakes, then slowly increase the amount as desired. For me, I taruh-ed two spoonfuls.
Here’s how it looked like after the noodle was mixed with the chili flakes. Looks fiery and spicy enough for you? The pan mee didn’t have much taste so the only thing one can do is to put a lot of chili flakes to enhance the flavor. That would probably explain the spoonful after spoonful of chili flakes people mix into their pan mee. Heh.
So, you ready to hear my story? Here goes. We entered the shop around 1pm and found a table at the center not too far behind the restaurant. Refer diagram below. I am the orange dude, red dots represent the other customers and the arrows represent the traffic in the restaurant.
Needless to say, when you are sitting at such a position, people are bound to touch you either with their hands or their butts. So we were already very patient with all the waiting and forgotten orders, and I was already a little upset at that time. You’d feel the same too if you were in my shoes.
Then suddenly the lady boss came over to our table and demanded me to sit on the other side of the table, because she said I was blocking the people moving around. WTF? I was not the only person who was seated like that, there were other customers blocking the way too. Even if I moved to the other side of the table, it was going to be the same lah.. still blocking people what.
She: Eh, you come sit over here lah.
Me (frustrated with all the waiting): No need lah, I am fine here.
She: Can you sit over here?! You are blocking people lah. It’s not I don’t want to let you sit there, later they knock you when they deliver the noodles you know.
Me: Nevermind, I will just sit in a bit.
She (shouts): Haiyo, then at least push the table a bit lah! *Carries and shifts the table, many people looking*
After that she walked back to the cooking area, where she threw us an angry look at us. So angry like we were her ???? (enemy who killed her father) Behind her angry stares I imagined what were in her mind, maybe chopping us up into a million pieces, or spitting in our noodles. No kidding, I really had those thoughts. LOL we quickly finished the noodles and left.
If you still feel like visiting Kin Kin after reading my post, you can search for other bloggers’ review. Because I am not even bothered post the shop’s address and location.
And the RM5.30 I paid for the pan mee is definitely the last they’re ever going to get from me. After all, there are many pan mee alternatives in KL with friendlier staff that I can go to. So, if Kin Kin thinks their pan mee is so godlike tasty that they can treat customers the way they treated me, they are obviously wrong.
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Yu Lin Restaurant is a new Chinese restaurant I visited during the last Chinese New Year with my family. It currently occupies the same building in which another old and established restaurant used to operate in Kampung Baru – Mei Xiang Way.
Although Yu Lin is new, it has already received good recommendations for the good and cheap Chinese dishes. One of them being my close friend and another my family members themselves who have been there before this.
While browsing through Yu Lin’s menu, we noticed a unique dish called Claypot Duck with Yam @ RM15. Generous portions of duck meat and chunks of yam were the main ingredients, as the name suggested.
If you have a perception that duck meat is tough and tastes gamey, this dish would change your mind. I wasn’t too thrilled with the taste because I am not a yam fan, but my parents loved it a lot.
Surprised by the cheap price of RM9 for Fried Shark’s Fin with Egg, we simply had to order this because all of us loved this since young. It tasted great and for the amount of ingredients like mushroom and shark’s fin used, RM9 is a steal!
Oiliness is one of the shortcomings I noticed in this dish prepared by other restaurants. But Yu Lin certainly did a good job in controlling the amount of oil used, which was very evident from the photo itself.
Next was a personal favorite of my sister, Salad Prawns @ RM21. There are generally two versions of salad prawns, either steamed or fried. The former usually consists of steamed de-shelled prawns and served with honeydew, while the latter is deep fried to a crisp with the shells still intact.
The prawns were fresh from the sea and had a succulent, sweet tasting flesh. Simply an enjoyable dish, nothing to be complained about.
Kam Heong style is one of my favorite methods of cooking seafood, especially if cooked with lala clams. Since clams were not available that day, we had Kam Heong Squids @ RM12 instead.
This dish reminded me of a wonderful curry squid I had once in Penang, where the squids were also deep fried first to a really crispy, crunchy texture. After this, the squids would be transferred to another wok to be fried with Kam Heong sauce. The fragrance and spiciness of this dish is bound to whet your appetite, best if taken with white rice.
We also tried Yu Lin’s Signature Seafood Tofu (beancurd), costing only RM12 for a huge portion like this. Crispy on the outside but soft and warm inside, it was even nicer if dipped in Thai chili sauce.
Because all the food was great, we proceeded to order another two dishes – Stir Fried Chicken with Curry Powder @ RM8 and Fish Meat Yin Yong @ RM7. The curry chicken was a slight disappointment for the saltiness, but at least the chicken meat was tender. I guess this dish was not meant to be eaten on its own but with white rice as well to even out the flavor.
This gotta be one of the nicest Yin Yong Kung Fu Chow (Cantonese style) I ever had. It packed enough ‘Wok Hei’ and the egg broth was simply delicious. But the speciality remains that fresh fish slices and prawns were used instead of pork.
Overall, a very happy and satisfied meal. Very recommended for those looking for good and reasonable priced Chinese restaurants in BM.
Restoran Yu Lin
No. 2836 & 2837,
Jalan Kampung Baru,
Taman Tampoi,
14000 Bukit Mertajam, Penang.
Tel: 04-5386389
Located opposite along Jalan Kampung Baru, a few shops away from Ah Nam’s Claypot Frog Porridge.
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Good news Japanese food and salmon lovers! Nagomi Shabu Shabu is having a Salmon promotion while Kin Shui Tei is having a promotion for their set lunches.
With a savings up to 30%, Nagomi’s Sakura Special salmon dishes start from RM16. Read about my at Nagomi.
Locations:
Jaya33
PG-02B, Ground Floor
Jaya33, No. 3 (Lot33)
Jalan Semangat, Section 13
46400 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Tel: +603 7956 2330
Fax: +603 7956 6331Hartamas Shopping Centre
Lot G11A & 11B
Ground Floor
Hartamas Shopping Centre
Jalan Sri Hartamas
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: +603 6201 7130Menara Hap Seng
Suite 1-19, 1st Floor
The Podium
Menara Hap Seng
Jalan P.Ramlee
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: +603 2141 6332
Kin Shui Tei’s Japanese food is excellent so this is recommended. Among all, Claypot Chicken Katsu and Mushroom Udon & Handrolls looked especially tempting to me. If you haven’t been to KST before, you can read about my .
Location:
Kin Shui Tei
C/o Tropicana Golf & Country Resort,
Jalan Kelab Tropicana,
47410 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel: 03-78042079 / 03-78804437 ext 315
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So, you are visiting Melaka, strolling along the famous Jonker Street. Then you get exhausted and sweating from all the walking and sun, wanting to get a place to sit down and enjoy icy cool desserts. Don’t fret! Jonker 88, a self-claimed Museum Cafe located right at the middle of Jonker Street serves some home-made cendol and ice kacang, unique only to Melaka.
OK that intro wasn’t really necessary if you have been to Jonker Street, lol. I bet most of you who have visited Melaka already tried the famous cendol and ice kacang right? No? Then do remember to try the desserts in your next trip yeah. That been said, lets proceed with the foooooood.
Oops, blur photo! Anyway this is the critically acclaimed Durian Cendol that everyone seemed to love. But dude, where’s my durian syrup? Do you see any? Me neither. Actually the syrup was there (I saw she poured it on the cendol with my own eyes) but I guess I was the unlucky one for getting so little durian love from the lady. Definitely not “durian” enough so I didn’t enjoy, hmmph. So remember to ask for more durian syrup lah.
Having no idea what to choose for the second dessert, I simply picked the E.P.C, which stands for Eight Precious Cendol. I am gueesing this cendol had eight different ingredients under the shaved ice from its name. Peanuts and cendol are pretty obvious but I didn’t check the rest of the ingredients though.
Gula Melaka (palm sugar) and Santan were heavily drizzled on both desserts, but not as much if compared to my first visit 4 years ago. That time, the word “flooded” would be more appropriate, lol. Actually this worked for me because I feel too much Gula Melaka would spoil the cendol for its overpowering taste and oversweetness.
Anyway, I have said it before and I will say it again.. I still like of cendol and ice kacang more, hehe.
Self-service is required here for the desserts and noodles. So, you gotta queue starting from the entrance, place your order, wait for the staff to prepare it (remember more Durian syrup!!) and carry it to your table.
Which requires you to go through a small door and the massive crowd..
To find yourself with no available tables at all… What I want to say is to hog a table first before ordering lah.
If you haven’t try Baba Laksa before, Jonker 88 is a good place to try. It is basically a noodle in sweet coconut milk soup, served with some cucumber and onion slices, tofu pok and a spoonful of tuna. With the addition of tuna, Baba Laksa tasted like both curry mee and laksa combined in a good way.
I am sure there are other places to look for better Nyonya/Baba Laksa but that would depend on whether you know the direction to those places. For us, we were in for a short trip and simply did not have the luxury of time to hunt for the best of all food.
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Visiting Melaka wouldn’t be complete without having a bowl of icy cool cendol or ice kacang in Jonker 88 Museum Cafe. Agree?
Jonker Dessert 88
88, Jalan Hang Jebat,
75200 Melaka
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I tried googling for the best Hainanese Chicken Rice shop in Malaysia and I had 2,440 results. I don’t know about you but the result probably says chicken rice is one of the most common meal around. Don’t quote me but try looking for a decent coffee shop or “kopitiam” that doesn’t sell chicken rice?
I am not saying Kar Heong sells the best chicken rice in town ….. nope, because I am sure there are better ones. But let’s just say they are decently good, and if you happen to be within the vicinity of Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara AND you’re craving for chicken rice … do check them out.
So what’s good in Kar Heong. Hmmm … I would have to say ….. chicken rice. Served with bean sprouts or more popularly known locally as “tau-geh”. Then you might want to order the Roasted Pork, or locally known as “Siu Yuk”. Well, I like my Siu Yuk to be crispy and they happen to serve it the way I like it. Yummy !
On the other hand, the BBQ Pork or Char Siu … isn’t that ‘happening’. How ‘unhappening’ you say? Well, all I can say is …. there’s A LOT more room for improvement … if you get my drift 
So that’s pretty much all there is in a wholesome 4 course chicken rice meal.
Generally, I would give Kar Heong a 5 out of 10 which is pretty alright. That’s just me. So you might want to check it out and rate them yourself. And don’t worry about the price, it’s affordable ….
So why not? Take a culinary challenge. From me.
Address:
23-1, Jalan PJU 5/10,
Dataran Sunway,
Kota Damansara
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Many moons ago, while doing some window shopping at 1 Utama, we walked past a very nice looking Japanese restaurant called Pasta Zanmai. It was certainly new to me at that time because I was hiatus from KL for a very long time. Looking at the menu alone was enough to convince me to try, for the wide selection of Japanese food Pasta Zanmai had to offer looked amazingly delectable.
While we thought Japanese pasta should be Pasta Zanmai’s main attraction, we didn’t order any. SL had the Unagi Kabayaki set meal @ RM20, which was Roasted Eel with Kabayaki Sauce served with rice, salad and miso soup. One of the reasons we ordered this was because the huge amount of Unagi displayed in the menu, it seemed like a very good deal. Besides, Unagi is one of my favorite in Japanese food!
The generous amount of delicious Unagi, packed with full of flavor. Because the portion was big, we could afford to have big mouthfuls of Unagi instead of small bites. The satisfaction was simply indescribable!
While SL may have hit the jackpot by ordering Unagi Kabayaki, I wasn’t as lucky with my order. I had the Curry Sauce no Omu Rice (Fried Tomato Chicken Rice topped with Omelette & Curry Sauce) @ RM18, which is basically just some fried rice wrapped in omelette, then served on a pool of Japanese Curry.
Well the Japanese Curry was nice, mild and fragrant but I wasn’t too happy with the portion and the ingredients used in the fried rice. I only found little bits of chicken meat in the fried rice, and that’s all about it. If I only added another two bucks, I could have had Unagi too, lol.
Being a little upset with my Omu Rice, I ordered a soup to console myself – Kani Miso Soup @ RM6. At first I was a bit skeptical when I saw the soup’s photo in the menu, thinking that the crab might be there just to emphasize the crab flavor.
But what a pleasant surprise when the soup arrived. Albeit rather small, the crab was fresh and edible with some flesh, quite enjoyable for me. Oh, and the Kani Miso Soup tasted a lot better than the normal miso soup too, packing a slightly thicker texture and sweeter taste.
Overall, it was a great meal. Too bad I have vowed to cut down on my restaurant visits, else I will definitely drive to Sunway Pyramid now to try the other dishes lol.
Pasta Zanmai
G210B, Ground Floor Promenade
1 Utama Shopping Centre
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