FISHY THOUGHTS!!!!

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Where we started...
4 ravenous stomachs... 4 fish... one each.. CANNOT share..!

The place : Lan Je in Rawang... Amazingly fresh gorgeous talapia... cooked to perfection.
There's no other way to eat it...
Every order is ONE fish per person...

NOT ENOUGH!!!!

Directions below..

Food:8/10
MSG levels :nil
Price : cheap!

Jade dimsum

We love dimsum! A relatively affordable place close to work, we like to go is Jade Village, in Kota Damansara.

It's clean, fast and not so expensive...

fluffy BAOs...


crispy prawn wantan...



greasy 'loh mai kai'...



even greasier carrot cake...

And oh.. apart from ceiling fans, they also have these heavy duty fans which can blast you to kingdom come.. so u need not worry about feeling the afternoon heat while you eat...

Cool.


Food: 5/10
MSG levels : high side
Service:7/10

Jaya Noodle House at JAYA 1

This is the god of noodles... (sorta.. erm.. ok, not really..)


and...

This is Uncle Lai...! (and daughter) I know him better as my fellow gym mate.. the really fit and cool guy who works out almost everyday of the week (and man... at 66, he sure has the physic to prove it !)...

but.. lil did i know that apart from fitness buff... he is also founder and head chef of Jaya Noodle House! They used to be in Jaya (sec 14) ... and they have now relocated to Jaya 1.

We paid him a visit, to say HI.. and to eat his food .. of course!

What can I say... still the same mouth watering "siew-bak" that I know... still the same amazing "tong-fun" with loadsa 'wok-hei'.... nothing has changed much... maybe just the location .. ;)

we also had roasted duck, charsiew and curry laksa...

Very, very good.. much better than the duck at DUCKING.. if u ask me..

We left satiated and complete.

Food:7/10
Service:good!
MSG levels :low

Address : Jaya 1, C-3-1, Jalan 13/6, Section 13, PJ.

mizu ttdi

TTDI plaza... so icy.. so modern.. so cyber!
The last time we were here, I didn't have my point and shoot... so this time i was determined to capture my dinner on film.. haha...

a long day at work, had us reaching gleefully for the sake... ;P

enter sashimi.. in its purest, raw-est, unadulterated form...

what really got me intrigued was this...

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at the top, right hand corner sat this white, material that looked liked squid, tasted like some form of squid... but was WAY sweeter and whilst chewy, less tough than your regular octopus... hmmm... what is that??!


Well... THAT... comes from... THIS!!!

So says our incredibly friendly and helpful waitress.... She dashed off and promptly produced the un-cut form of the tsubugai (shell fish)... just to show us the starting material. .. how cute and helpful is that?! very cool waitress;)


The yellowtail carpaccio... yum-yum...



These people really know how to serve their food in order of 'taste-intensity'... we had the raw stuff before the stronger tasting, more gamey dishes.. So clever, these people...
This is the foie gras with radish... tres scrumplitious !

What else did they have up their sleeves... ?!



the ox cheek! ... gamey but good for those who like a real kick to their meal... strong and bold... nothing wishy-washy about this dish i tell ya... killer intense taste...


The unagi was the final dish they served and it was not bad.. i am not a big fan of unagi (too sweet) but it was good... ! We finished off the sake, and decided to call it a night.

Food:7/10
Service:8/10
Price : just under RM400 for 2 persons.. erm.. high !
MSG levels : moderate

Wriggle it.. just a lil bit...

If it doesn't WOBBLE... wriggle or JIGGLE.... don't bother !!! lol

THIS jiggles alrite ...!

The place : Kepong...

You know the food is good when you start to see double...

DOUBLE fish... spicy and/or non-spicy (ginger)

Double Crab... salted egg and/or creamy.. gawd...tastebud overload... killer yum but tres, tres rich...

Finger lickn' good...

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The only weird thing is that you have to serve yourself... what's up with dat ??!!

Food: 7/10
Price :RM8 per fish... dead cheap!!!!
MSG levels : low
Service: self service!

Address : Tong Kee Restaurant, No. 50, Jln 2/17 Taman Fadason, Kepong.

The Kadazan Bros

If there is one place i never EVER miss when in KK... it is THIS!!!!

And.. its located, opposite THIS ( a massive, massive massage parlor).

I wake up early... run a couple of rounds round sutera harbor... then i get down to the serious business of eating...
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THIS




THIS....


AND THIS!!!

Why is it better than any fish head noodle i have ever eaten in KL?? because the fish is FRESH and each piece has its own distinct flavour and pungent, heady aroma (unlike the tasteless fish they tend to use in KL) ... and BONELESS (unlike the ones they use in KL) and the soup is thick, sweet and bursting with 'ham-choy' and coriander... (yes, u guessed it... unlike the ones in KL)!!!

The Kadazan brothers run the show. This place was more famously known as the Bukit Padang Fish Head Noodle restaurant.. but have since moved to the Jln Bundusan area... near Beverly Condominiums, Penampang...
This whole vicinity rocks for food i tell ya... they also have great fish paste noodles (kindly refer to my blog on Wan-Wan fish paste noodle for the whole nine yards..)

Food:8/10
MSG levels :nil
Price: Cheap!

Warisan Square KK

We love Warisan Square we do! It has all my fav shops especially roxy …;P set amidst the bustling city centre overlooking the vibrant tourism-belt “KK Waterfront” and the idyllic islands of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, it is the mall where city folks and tourists flock to for something hot and hip!
Alongside all this, we heard that a cute lil Japanese restaurant had opened here... so after checking out roxy.. we traipsed down to Yoshimi to find out what all the fuss was about ;)

Hmmm... wot can we say.. pretty alright ambiance...

The cold sake went down smooth... like butter on a hot corb...

The sashimi was fresh..

The soft shell crab was a lil burnt... and the kobe beef was rather so-so... as in.. if you have to chew it .. it probably ain't (or ain't such good quality) kobe beef...


We found it rather suspicious when the owner produced an extra bottle of sake, on the house... either she really liked us (unlikely).. or we had just spent a substantial amount of dosh at her joint (likely .. and in which case.. suckers ... )

Food:5/10
MSG levels : moderate
Price: high
Service :7/10

Park Royal Singapore - Hua Yuen Chinese Restaurant.

We had such a CUTE chinese tea WAITER at our table i had to kick myself from taking too many photos.. haha... what is it about men in red samfu that does it for me... i dunno... ;P

I just got back from a meeting in Singapore. We stayed at the Park Royal, and the chinese restaurant there, Hua Yuen, serves pretty good food.

This was what we had...

To begin with, the 4seasons was replaced by a really cool 11 dish starter.... enough to WHET your appetite and get your vagus center pumping... !

Imagine our surprise and delight when they told us that they had prepared THIS for our vegetarian colleagues...

Not just your run of the mill, boring, green veges or "Chow fan" ... but really funky, state-of-the- art vegetarian such as pseudo pandan chicken...(complete and wrapped in pandan leaf and all...), pseudo "lap cheong" (sausage) and even pseudo chicken chestnut... cool huh... we were totally bowled over.. we were !

Here is the really cool ying-yang sharks fin soup. the green part is spinach and the white is your fin soup... killer creative... a really handsome dish.. makes u just wanna stare at it and go ooooooo...

Ha! my fav dish of the night... Piggy spare ribs.. the fat and meat just melt off the bone, ... at this point i wished i had an extra stomach to accommodate all that gorgeous food.

The rest of the night was nothing short of amazing either... cod fish in light batter, sea cucumber with abalone and finally the double boiled tong-sui for dessert.

It all went down really easy.

Too easy...



back to kl... and time to chalk up the kilometers again i think... ;P

Xenri

So.. one of our friends decides that he wants to take us to OLD KLANG RD for japanese....

huh? we scratched our heads.. there's jap at OKR?

Hah! There really is! It's called Xenri and it's in this secluded part of Old Klang Road (near the old PRIME college for those of you who are old enough to know where that is... ;P )

Its pretty quaint... overlooks the river (eek!) and has outdoor seating as well... perfect for a romantic tête à tête by.. a.. river (?) :P





well.. here was what we had...
the beef carpaccio was good.. but a lil tough on the seared outside part of it..

the sushi and the garlic rice was not bad...

the beef teppanyaki was not bad either...


This place has been around a pretty long time.. 5 years?... but it still is a cute lil place... totally out of the limelight... we recommend it, if you want a quiet, different dining getaway, not too far from the city :)



Address : Xenri, G Flr Elken Building , Old Klang Rd

Food :5/10
Service:7/10
MSG levels: moderate
Price: average

In a state of deliriously delightful delirium

When I watch THIS............................ become this !

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this...............................become.............. THIS......

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THIS become.................................. DISSSS!!!!!


i wanna jump up and down and cheer.... lol... because good food is soooooooo hard to come by... and THIS, ladies and gentlemen... is good, good korean... in all its greasy, fatty, cholesterolisitic splendor! Tres, tres yum!


Kung Jong Delight... PNB Darby park...say no more... My fav korean food joint. Its all the way in Ampang, which is pretty far, for a PJ gal like me.... never the less... this is where we separate the wheat from the chaff.. best korean bbq in town.. i dare say... !

I also dig THIS....
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THIS...!

Food : 8/10
Service:7/10
MSG levels : low

Address : 3Rd Floor Pnb Darby Park Jln Binjai
50450 Kuala Lumpur

J&R1U

looks like a weird code... J&R1U...

but it's not.. it's just Jarrod and Rawlins opening yet another branch.. this time, 1utama new wing!

The food is as expected.. pretty good! We had steak and kidney pie - HUGE portion of pie, stuffed full with meat... and they are not stingy with their mash either...

The burger was good.. don't be shy!!! pick as many of your own trimmings and stuff ur face with great gusto... no one's looking ! lol

For all u sweet tooths out there...

LETS TAKE A VOTE PEOPLE... !

Zabalion at Empress Cafe, the Curve....

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Pavlova at Delicious at BV2,

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Pavlova at Alexis Bangsar?

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Post now quick.. ;)

Sentosa Island

Welcome to Sentosa Island... ! Chillout place of the rich and famous..

haha... ok... maybe not ALL the rich and famous... but certainly hangout place of the cool and the connected... !

Sentosa is most famous for its Zouk-Out parties... and the latest addition, set to be completed in a couple of years .. is... the GENTING CASINO! The site is still a work in progress but my Singaporean mates tell me that it will be a sight to behold once it is done!

Anyway, my all time favourite place here is Cafe Del Mar...

The only way to enjoy the surroundings is with good friends, good food.. and a glass of champagne...

Did I say GOOD FOOD??!!!

and summore champagne...
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And LOADS more champagne ! lol

Pick your spot on the deck.. and never, ever move....

erm.. move only to get sun on your back or to refill your glass :)




Chat and chat till the sun goes down !

Something smells fishy

Fish Head... Pre-annihilation...



FISH HEAD POST ANNIHILATION !!!


THE PLACE : Bangsar Lucky Garden, Behind TMC... under a zinc roof top...

UNDER a TREE....

Everybody, but EVERYBODY is eating it.... the seats are spilling out onto the pavement.




Oh.. and don't forget the chicken wings... crispy, fresh and MASSIVE ;P

Add:

Anuar's Fish Head Curry

Lorong Ara Kiri 3

Lucky Garden

Bangsar

Food:6/10

Salt levels: Very high

MSG levels: High

Service: Self service!

My Magician Chef Friend

Welcome to Tien Pin ! Below you will see the animated photos of the energetic owner of this "Char Chan Teng" concept restaurant. Some recognize him as the national coach of the Malaysian squash team 1984 - 1987. Some know him as the man behind the "Only One" racquet House. I know him as chef and friend.. Michael Tang :):)

Tien Pin is approx. 3 months old, the newest in a string of restaurants .. the most famous being the TANG house of fishball in Sea Park, Subang, Sunwaymas as well as Damansara Utama.
Here is Michael telling us about how he's traveled half way round China to perfect the formula for his restaurant's fish ball as well as other tasty delights that are the signature dishes of this restaurant.
Watching Michael, the time really flies! He soooo funny ! Don't get him started on the magic tricks because he'll never stop! haha

Anyway.. here it is ... The fish ball soup! tres tres Yum! ... springy yet soft... As this place is non-halal.. the soup is thoroughly sweet... we LIKE!

One of the great selling points of this chain of restaurants is that the food contains NO MSG whatsoever.

The Pork Noodles are to die for... ask for extra chee-yau-char(pork lard) .. it will knock your socks of... Totally beyond!

Just when you think that they've pulled out all the stops.. enter the Foo Chuk! At this point, I don't really have too much to say..will you look at the crispy, wispy, crumbly, foo chuk skin... is it not magnificent? Well just put it in your mouth and see... it will make a believer out of the darkest, hardest most calloused soul ... lol ;P

Here is my favourite dish! A TWIST on the Char Kwey Teow... gives you ... Char Chee-Cheong Fun! Tastes simply divine :)

So.. where does this restaurant screw up? Hmm... actually, it doesn't! Even the tong-sui is boiled individually for many hours, concentrated in flavour and goodness, yet not too sweet at all..

We love this place, we do!

Food : 7/10
MSG level: nil
service : 7/10
Price : low end

Address : No.19, Jalan SS2/30, PJ (Shop-lot behind Sri Siam/or Eng Seng Heng Electronics, on way to Sea Park)

Gimme some tongue...

When readers were asked if they would eat COW tongue....

The reply was .....

62% said YES!

38% said NO!

Let is be SAID, let it be WRITTEN, that, Malaysian are alive and healthy and not afraid to experiment with their food!

Bacon lollipops

Going to Singapore today.. will be back with some interesting posts hopefully!

Anyway, in-line with this spat of bacon posts.. just check out this little cutie! BACON lollipops!! Too bad non-halal... They would have made great "thank you for voting" gifts... hahaha. Speaking of voting.. just check out the voting results... wow... looks like Malaysians are ready for CHANGE! Let's hope it's for the better... Here's to the future!

Double your pleasure, double your fun

When I first saw this article... my eyes lit up! My pulse raced! I couldn't believe my luck. My two bestest, most favouritest things in the whole world.. combined.. to give....
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Bacon Intoxication !!! LOL.

Presenting...

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BACON VODKA!

Makes up one pint

1. Fry up three strips of bacon

2. Add cooked bacon to a clean pint sized mason jar. Trim the ends of the bacon if they are too tall to fit in the jar. Or you could go hog wild and just pile in a bunch of fried up bacon scraps.

3. Optional: add crushed black peppercorns.

4. Fill the jar up with vodka. Cap and place in a dark cupboard for at least three weeks.(No need to refrigerate)

5. At the end of the three week resting period, place the bacon vodka in the freezer to solidify the fats. Strain out the fats through a coffee filter to yield a clear filtered pale yellow bacon vodka.

6. Decant into decorative bottles and enjoy.

Copied from Accidental Hedonist, who copied from YesButNoButYes, who recovered it via Google's cache, who rescued it off of BrowniePointsBlog… for the viewing pleasure of many more !

(Originally published on BrowniePointsBlog.)

Watch out .. DUCK!

We saw JAYA ONE for the 1st time (up close and personal) .. and we LOVE it! I mean, this place is uber trendy and cool and full of promise... Lets hope that the management doesn't screw it up... ahem! So far .. it looks like it's bursting with potential... !

So.. we were walking around.. soaking up the vibe... wondering where to eat...

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It was the SIGN that caught us by surprise...

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So cute! so ingenious...! So chinese-y yet NOT! We just had to check it out for ourselves...

DUCKING!

We couldn't wait to sample the food...

such a modern, swanky place... all air-conditioned and high-tech and luxurious and all... so much better than your average coffee shop duck rice place.. surely the FOOD had to be GOOD... rite?!

well.. the proof of the pudding is in the eating... so.. less talk.. lets EAT.

Being suckers for good food and all things LARD worthy, we decided to cut to the chase, and order the restaurant's Pièce de résistance.. the duck.

All kinds.

Every kind.

Ooo yea.. we were on a roll...

Starting at 1 o'clock... The Teow-Chew Braised, The Regular Roasted and , last but not least..., The Nanjing Salted...

all this gorgeous duck would not be complete without the signature wantan mee noodle...

so.. THAT, we ordered, too.

So "how was the food?" you say?

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10 minutes into the eating...

my colleagues look at me and say... "so pretty.. so nice looking.. but no taste la..."


That about sums it up. All show, no go.



The braised duck at PJ STATE is so much better. The roast duck at Sunrise Sea Park is soooooooooo much more tasty.

Which just goes to show.. don't judge a book by its cover.

For me and my colleagues, we will take long queues, sweltering heat and jostling elbows any day, over air-conditioning, luxurious deco and plush seats... if that's what it takes to have a satisfying meal.

That's just the way we are :P




Food :4/10
Price :rm35 for that 3-combination you see in the photo.
MSG levels: moderate

Fire Breathing Dragon

Twas.. LARRY... CURLY ... and MOE....

and moi....

and la fille... (ah.. tres jolie..!) that oh-so-cute-and friendly waitress with MENU on t-shirt...

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The George and Dragon.. !

Dragons lived in the early records of the British Isles, and stand as ominous shades in the history of english folklore, especially where the population is predominantly of Celtic descent. Celtic invaders could be found in Ireland, Cornwall, Wales and western Scotland, even before the beginning of the Christian era. They brought with them, faith, poetry and superstition, stories of demonic creatures... that form a mythology known as the great Celtic dragon-myth. Its stories, and legends breath life to.... giants, semi-human ogres, serpents, sea-monsters and.... dragons of land, water and air...

It was with this mixture of excited anticipation and foreboding, that, we opened the front doors of The George and Dragon... What treacherous perils or heroic adventure lay ahead.. we wondered… hahaha :P

Anyway... here we are! The George & Dragon is an English pub with a Tudor facade, and the minute you step into the pub, you can tell it smells like one. I.e. beer, alcohol, mingled with the smell of oily chips laid out too long, permeate the air... it can either make you killer RAVENOUS .. or.. just plain want to puke... depending on your present state of mind! hah!


Ooooo .. looking at the menu.. i am transported back to school days in Cardiff... ahhhh... good ole Wales... i wish i was still a student ... life was simpler back then... EAT, sleep... and try not to flunk out of school.. (and spend your parent's dosh... teehee...)

Now a days... i have to spend my own :( ... lol

Anyway.. what's good to eat at Georges?

They had COLD PORK PIE on the menu.. ! How English is that??! How to resist??? Of course we had to try it...
and here it is.. in all it's luscious splendour...
Hmmm.... lemme see... how do i describe it. The cold pork pie was.. erm... COLD... good but maybe a little blander than expected. The pastry could have been more flaky. Not bad .. but I have had better...

Next....

PIGS IN BLANKETS!! with a name as cute as this.. how not to try?!

Gorgeous, gorgeous, MINUTE sized.. but HUGE in flavour, pork sausages, wrapped in bacon... fried to a crisp yet bursting with succulence.... VERY very good.
It is the perfect beer snack of all time.. i tell ya.
It doesn't get any porkier than this.

What else caught our fancy on the menu was .. the PLOUGHMAN'S. This consists of honey glazed ham with loads of cheddar cheese, pickle, salad, bread and healthy trimmings e.g. apple and cucumber. The ham was good, the cheese mediocre.. the bread light and soft... not bad as picnic fodder. The kids would love this!

Finally, the healthy Caeser salad with (not so healthy) fried bacon! Needless the say, the fried prime cut bacon strips transformed what would otherwise have been a boring salad... into a phenomenal treat! Good. Very good.


Rating of Beer :
1. Strongbow : 6/10
2. Guiness :8/10
3. Kilkenny :7/10

Food: 7/10

Service : Poor! (Everyone was served only 1.5 hours after ordering.. and this is for PUB (fast) food, mind u! Apparently the staff said it's because they have a TINY, miniscule kitchen...They are fashioned more as a pub than restaurant. ADVICE : enlarge kitchen!!!)

Location : Bangsar Shopping Centre - walk past La Bogeda and WIP... you should see it next to RHB Bank.