The place is called Fatt Kee grilled chicken rice, but believe me, it's the DUCK you want to try! Cumi loves the duck and bbq pork rice, but for me (Ciki), its the pepper pig stomach soup that keeps me coming back... honestly, its sooooo peppery and sweet and yet not "porky-smelly" that it brings tears to my eyes (literally - am not sure if they are tears of joy, or tears caused by the pepper .. haha). For those who like their pig stomach soup with an extra peppery kick, look no further. This is it.
Also, when I say that this is the place one dreams about, and wakes up in cold sweat over, only to have the insatiable sensation pacified by legging it down to Fatt Kee and stuffing one's face with the siew ngap(roast duck) siew yok (bbq roast pork) fan (rice), i really mean this is THE place one dreams about.. i kid u not .
The duck is tender, juicy and sweet with no gamey smell, and the bbq roast pork is crispy and succulent. Be sure to ask for the portion that is half-fat-half-lean, as this is the best part. Just tell the duck man, "UNCLE, Ngor Yew Poon Fei Sau, Em Koi Sai !!!!" 
The meal is also rather affordable, unlike the other 'rip-off' duck rice place in Balakong (kindly refer to past blog on duck rice in Balakong) . At Fatt Kee, 2 persons portion of duck and bbq roast pork as well as 1 portion of pepper pig stomach soup, and 2 drinks will come up to a mere RM18.50
Location : Pudu
Food : 8/10
Ambiance :3/10
Cleanliness :6/10 (aiyo.. roadside coffee shop la.. how to give a higher score? haha)
MSG level : minimal to nil
The other great thing about Tim Kee is the incredible "chap fan" (mixed rice) spread.. one of my favourites is the "Choy Kiok" (pickled vegetables) - it is spicy, sour and tangy... mmmmmmm, a real appetite stimulator to start of lunch with :)
Here is our rating :
Food : 7/10
Ambiance :5/10
Cleanliness : 8/10
Staff : 7/10
Price : 7/10
MSG Level : minimal to nil
CUMI : One particular weekend we visited Plaza Damas @Sri Hartamas.
There isn't really much about that location. There used to be a lot of unique restaurants opening there when they first opened but recently, they have all closed shop. I guess there just isn't enough traffic as estimated by the budding entrepreneurs to keep their restaurants going.
After walking around aimlessly, we decided for the Olive Restaurant located at the commercial shops facing one of the mall entrances at the top level.
CUMI : One particular weekend we visited Plaza Damas @Sri Hartamas. There isn't really much about that location. There used to be a lot of unique restaurants opening there when they first opened but recently, they have all closed shop. I guess there just isn't enough traffic as estimated by the budding entrepreneurs to keep their restaurants going.
After walking around aimlessly, we decided for the Olive Restaurant located at the commercial shops facing one of the mall entrances at the top level.
CIKI : It was a cosy enough restaurant with nice ambient lighting. The food was Italian. CUMI ordered the lamb cutlet, while I had the steak. We had a nice bottle of red to go with it.
Verdict : The food was cooked well and the taste was light. Both the steak and chops were cooked the way we asked. There was nothing spectacular about the way the food was prepared though. We would say it was a well cooked meal, but that's about it.
Food : 5/10
Price : Moderate (for Italian)
Ambiance : 6/10
Staff : Friendly
Comment : We would not really go back unless someone invited us or we had really no other Italian restaurant left to go (!)
CIKI: This weekend we got ripped off! At the enticing advice of some food blogs we read, we headed out to New Village Taman Indah, Batu 11, Balakong, to try the legendary pan mee and suei kaw. Apparently the food is also MSG free. Well the food is msg free... and taste free as well.. ! NO TASTE! the soup was flat and lousy, had two small pieces of chicken and the suei kaw had hardly any prawn or mince meat in it. 
As a result, we finished only half our pan mee, paid and left for the duck rice stall we saw down the road (an old converted house).
The duck rice was great! Tasty succulent and really soft tender meat which melted in your mouth.. here is the picture to prove it..
unfortunately this, small plate of duck, for 2 people cost nearly RM 20 and so.. all in all, our lunch (pan mee plus duck) cost us nearly RM 35 for simple coffee shop food.
first and last time we eat pan mee in Balakong.. !
Corner house Pan Mee,
Jalan Indah 3/6
Taman Indah, Batu 11,
43200 Balakong, Selangor
Pan mee : 4/10
Duck: 6/10
Cleanliness :5/10
Price : On high side
MSG level : Moderate
CIKI: One of the interesting things about Chinese cuisine is that there are so many different specialties by different Chinese dialects.
Last weekend me and Cumi decided to venture into the heart of Pudu to satisfy our appetite for red wine mee suah.
We found the shop quiet easily and settled down t0 the serious business of eating.
This red wine soup mee suah is not for the faint hearted. A strong, gingery, fermented, for want of a better word, wine-ish smell assaulted our noses... Cumi decided to try the other specialty instead (faint hearted la) , the Fu Chow fish balls noodles. Not so strong smelling, compared to the mee suah. We also tried the suei-kaw which turned out to be a solid ball of meat - no prawn... pretty filling and porky tasting.
CUMI: Mee suah isn't my favourite noodle because its usually really mushy but the bowl i had was cooked just 'aight'. The noodle still retained its texture.
The red wine soup was pretty good for a person that really dislikes Chinese wine dishes. Its strong and sweet. It won't be my everyday dish but i'll order it if its my "i'd like a change of eating choice" day.
The 'sui kau' dumpling were a disappointment. Not because of its huge stuffing of meat but the lack of a unique taste. Additionally, it wasn't well made; the skin was falling apart.
Fuchow fishball + the complementing fishcakes was good and same goes with the flat rice noodles(hor fun). The cook managed to retain the noodles nice texture and their noodle supplier provided a good tasting product. For about RM4, its slightly high priced but with a lot of lacklustre fishball noodle soups around, this was good.
CIKI: So i found this coffee shop last week.
The curry laksa they sell there is just the way I like my curry laksa.
hot and thick.
so thick u could stand your spoon in it!
i am talking santan overload.
for just rm3.50 they sure are generous with their char siew, taufu-pok, sea-hum and chicken. The finishing touches would be the mint leaves and lime which add kick to the bowl of noodles.
be warned that while delicious, this is not the sort of Laksa you can eat more than once a week... (ok twice). Swimming in oil, but then again, most things tasty normally are.
CUMI: Since i haven't been here, Ciki brought me to this kopitiam because she claimed this curry laksa was one of the best in town. Herald as one of the pickiest eater in klang valley, i was the last mohican(her friends + colleagues gave thumbs up already) to test out this santan laden broth. So we dropped 1pm on a fine sunday afternoon and found its 'chiu pai' dish was already sold out. Aiya! but just before we could express our disappointment visually, the uncle(good businessman) was quick to suggest a 'white wantan mee' dish (literally translated from chinese). - it was basically bbq pork wantan mee drenched with a couple of spoons of rich creamy curry sauce(leftovers?) then served with the wantan soup.
Tres Tres Delicious ! 
