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Din Tai Fung Now At Pavilion Kuala Lumpur

email2me — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:17:07 +0000

During the heat of Xiu Long Baos (Meat Dumplings), you see every franchise brands that sell this food are mushrooming rapidly except Din Tai Fung which remains as single outlet at The Gardens Midvalley. Why they maintain as a single outlet in Malaysia is due to the Taiwanese culture who put more attention towards quality then quantity. They had a reputation to keep as one of the top 10 Best Restaurant of the World by New York Times. With the recent open of the Pavilion outlet in Kuala Lumpur, they bring you the same quality of food and service as good as any other outlets of Din Tai Fung Restaurants around the world. You can be assure that you’ll get a similar or better in everything which available at The Gardens Midvalley Megamall outlet here as it is managed by the same management.

Their signature kitchen which very well organized and efficient

Xiu Long Bao Chefs creating their masterpiece behind the open kitchen. You can see how your food are prepared here right before your eyes from dough baking to wrapping the dumpling.

Contemporary combination of modern and ancient design elements in the brand new restaurant. This 2 were part of the VIP rooms available here where one of it are facing KLCC with a splendid view while you dine.

By taking a closer look on the ceiling lamp, I notice that the whole light is made up with lots of chopsticks! All these lamps were custom made.

Societea, The Flower Tea Cafe With Good Western Food and Desserts at Kuchai Lama

email2me — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:47:03 +0000

We have plenty of new cafe that serving gourmet white coffee in town. But to serve flower tea, it is kinda rare as I only heard of Winter Warmers. Thanks to Bok (www.taufulou.com), I was invited to his ex colleague’s newly opened restaurant that mainly serving flower teas. It is called “Societea” which at first I thought is called society …..

The ambiance in the restaurant pretty relaxing and cozy as the light were set to dim after 10pm.

Like any other cafe, they have loads of desserts prepared daily to serve you

Each pot of the flower tea has a function for its mixture of flower and chinese tea pairing.

Globe Maranth Red + Rose (by the Pot)—With anti-oxidants to keep you looking young

Pu Er Rose (Pot) – Burns fat, opens appetite

Osmanthus + Jasmine (Pot) – Chases away listlessness; rids insomnia

Mum’s Seafood Noodle House at Kota Damansara

email2me — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:08:20 +0000

For people like me who are not staying with parents, we hardly get a good home cook food outside. Most of the “Tai Chow” are cooked ala restaurant style until I found out this place.

Mum’s Seafood Noodles House started off in Kota Damansara 2 months back selling seafood noodles. Somehow the person who are behind the business Joshua thinks that it is good to share his mother in law’s cooking to the public. I was invited over by him for a food tasting session where we were presented with some gorgeous foods.

We started off with their signature Fish Head Noodles and Special Prawns Soup Seafood Noodles. Both were very sinfully taste and very nice. All the ingredients used to cook the noodle were fresh and succulent.

mum’s fish head bee hoon RM7.80

mum’s seafood noodles prawn soup RM13.80

There are squid, bamboo clam, squid, big prawns, clam and great prawn soup

Chinese New Year 2010, Yee Sang Promotions at Tai Zi Heen Prince Hotel & Residence

email2me — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:14:31 +0000

To usher the year of Tiger, the award winning Tai Zi Heen’s culinary team have prepared a selection of auspicious dishes to celebrate the occasion.

Chinese Master Chef Ricky Thein and his creations

Toss your way into the Lunar New Year for a prosperous year ahead with their special selection of Yee Sang. The properity Yee Sang selection include Abalone, Salmon, Tuna, Shell Fish, Shark’s Fin, Snow Pear with mixed vegetables salad, tradional condiments and plum dressings.

The Yee Sang is available for lunch and dinner as well as take away from RM88++ onwards for a full portion.

Alternate Home Dining Location at Bangsar House Of Tang

email2me — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:17:18 +0000

Is there anything more joyous than laughing with our loved ones in a cozy reunion dinner? Absolutely no. House of Tang believes firmly in the good spirit of homecoming children especially in these seasons and they just know how to make it even warmer!

House Of Tang was a bungalow convert building which resides in along the Bangsar Seafood Village. To make you feel at home, the restaurant is done from the ground up. You will enjoy a purposely built home-restaurant. You can enjoy your meals either at garden area, living area, private rooms, and dining area, upstairs or downstairs. You can go back to basics with our superb home styled dishes. You can enjoy your gathering here no matter how small or big your family is. And most importantly, their staffs are trained to be friendly yet not familiar, efficient yet not intrusive.

All sorts of tea pots, leaves and cups displayed and available for sale

Home style decoration which makes dining more comfortable

Chinese New Year Wish and Decorations

In inaugural of their first anniversary and also Chinese New Year, Master Chef Koh has prepared a surprise for us. His singular focus is fixed at providing unsurpassed level of homey experience for the entire duration of your gathering, be it a dinner or lunch.

Master Chef Koh

UK Four Seasons at Capital Square, Chinese Restaurant From UK Serving Chinese New Year Poon Choi

email2me — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:32:36 +0000

In Klang Valley, we always heard of big Chinese restaurant names like Tai Thong Group, Oversea and Six Happiness for family dining. All this restaurants were the place where people will book for family dining on any occasion celebrations.

The environment are clean and neat plus the lightings create a luxurious ambiance where it is not too bright and not too dim. Just nice for dining environment.

For starters we were greeted with stir fried diced mixed vege. It is to be eaten by wrapping a leaf of lettuce and then put it directly into your mouth.

In augural for the upcoming Chinese New Year, the executive chef has prepared some special set menus for the celebration. One of is is the “Poon Choi” which is affordable and tasty. It is meant for 6 pax dining which is just ideal for general families. Poon Choi is commonly cooked and eat at villages at outskirt of Hong Kong. Then recently it is getting more popular in Klang Valley where Restorant LYJ is the first to introduce it.

Special Four Seasons Hong Kong Style “Poon Choi” consist of Braised Chinese Mushroom, Sea Cucumber, Fish Air Bladder, Fried King Prawn, Garlic Dried Scallop, Dried Oyster Ball, Sweet & Sour Fish, Four Seasons Roasted Duck, Crispy Pork, Garlic Chicken Leg, Dongfen, Chinese White Cabbage, Dried Bean Curd, Sweet Pea, Broccoli

Restoran City Star

email2me — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:42:05 +0000

Recently I get to know 2 special person which recommended by Yap, a customer of mine. They are the people who deserve to be called real foodies who name is Anne and Cassandra.

Anne and Me

Me and Cassandra

Both of them operates a gourmet tour and travel agency which called Tour2U. Both of them were so PRO that a season foodies like me, CK Lam and Sidney were amazed with their experience in dining. We were invited to try out their friend’s restaurant located near before Aman Suria area which house a couple of famous seafood restaurants that serve crabs. The restaurant name is RESTORAN CITY STAR which you can’t miss whenever you pass by the 2 bumps when you came up from Tropicana cruising towards Dataran Prima.

Black Crabs – Chinese Favorite Seafood

Simple inner setup with bright lights and air conditioned

Although they are famous for crab here, the boss cum head chef Mr C. M. Wong introduce to all of us with his list of best selling foods which reasonably priced and presentable as a banquet dish.

The head chef cum owner of Restoran City Star

Mr Wong have been working in the kitchen since the age of 14 as a kitchen helper. His vast experience in preparing Chinese cuisines do get certain raw material provider’s principle to even promote his dish which uses their products like Marmite. Marmite are commonly used in coating fried chicken or pork. Besides cooking, he’s into Chinese tea leaf collection too which he has a huge collection of premium chinese tea leaves which he bought from China.

Char boiled Pure White Assam Tilapia Fish – RM35 per KG

This fish taste almost like Tom Yam but it is not as heavy in lemon grass portion. It is not too sour either and the taste of the soup is just good to be drink just like that.

Mr Wong putting the final touch to the fish

Oyster King at The Gardens Mid Valley Mega Mall

email2me — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:06:54 +0000

“Oh Chien” ….. “Oh Mee” ….. Do this sound familiar to you? Oh Chien basically means Fried Oyster and Oh Mee is Oyster Noodle in Chinese Hokkien dialect. This dish is very famous in Penang and good news to KL people that it is available in Klang Valley now. The stall is actually located in front of Din Tai Fung at The Gardens mall.

Bloggers conquering the shop for good food!

Fried oyster you can get it else where in the city but the oyster size is so tiny. Check out the photo below and you’ll see what I mean.

This is worthy to be crowned oyster king! RM6 per plate

Juicy fat oyster fried with preserved radish, eggs and starch

Garlic Oyster Noodles – RM6

This garlic noodle may look plain at a glance. Once you take a slurp of it …. walla ! The taste is really nice. Accompanies with a couple of fat juicy oyster makes the day. Beside this 2 main dish, they have a few famous street foods listed on their menu.

Roast Pork Roll at Yut Kee To Spice Up Your Weekend

email2me — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:18:20 +0000

I rarely had a chance to take leave just to go for leisure walk. Last week my younger bro flew down with his gal to do some shopping in KL which I became their cameraman and chauffeur. On the Friday morning, I ran out of idea to bring him out for brunch. So we end up in Yut Kee. To my surprise and the right timing, the special pork roll is just out from the oven.

I did read about this pork roll from other food blogs earlier and never have the chance to try it out since it is only available on Friday and Sunday 11am onwards. I did try to catch it on Sunday but it was sold out before I even had a glance on it.

Garlics, herbs and others rolled and roasted beneath a big slab of meat

Crunchy skin!

Cut fresh upon order

Apple sauce that goes with the roast pork

Served on my plate

This 2 slab of meats came at the price of RM10. The price I find is pretty reasonable as RM10 of normal Chinese roast pork also around that amount. What special about it is the crunchy skin and the stuffing inside the pork make it smell and taste good. I prefer not to dip it with the apple sauce as the juice from the pork alone is sufficient. The apple sauce carry a little bit of sourish and sweet flavor which is not my type. Do check it out at Yut Kee on Friday and Sunday 11am onwards. Go before 12pm or else you can see only see the skin crust.

Yut Kee Restaurant

35, Jalan Dang Wangi, 50100 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-2298 8108

Closed Mondays.

My previous post on Yut Kee

Lim Aik Chew, Nibong Tebal Sungai Acheh Best Fresh Water Prawn

email2me — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:40:13 +0000

Nibong Tebal is a small town which located just next to Parit Buntar (Perak State Border Town). Everyone just know that they are famous for crab porridge which to me it is just overrated. Put that aside, there are a hidden gem which lies within this town.

You should checkout Lim Aik Chew’s fresh water prawn restaurant which located next to the river. You can either drive straight in to the shop via the main road or via the Malay village.

Pedestrian and Motorcycle Crossing from the Village Side

While at the center of the bridge, the view of the river

The bridge view from the restaurant side.

We choose to park at the village side as parking is a problem here. Most of the parking lots were occupied by the residents. This is just like a normal village housing area turn into a restaurant.

Old deco

Old Clock ….. not moving anymore

This shop may look old and run down but their food is better than some nicely decorated restaurants. This restaurant is famous for their fresh water prawn and fish.

All the fresh water prawns were still alive