Archive for 8.0 - 8.9
2009-10-04 at 12:19
· Filed under 8.0 - 8.9, Chinese, Eat, GPS, Lunch, Maiden Experience, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian ·Tagged roasted pork
... the kind boss allowed me to take a good photo of the 3 little pigs.
... scraping off the charred part of the roasted pork's skin.
... servings of 2 pax.
... close up...
... the other side of the meat.
... another serving of 1 pax.
Rating: 8/10
This was probably the best roasted pork I’ve had in Klang Valley. It beats my favourite roasted pork at Mooi Mooi. The lean meat was so tender and it seriously melts in the mouth. Despite the crispy skin, it melts as it touches my saliva. The taste and fragrance of the lard filled my mouth immediately, just like a nuclear explosion. Each slice of the roasted pork cost RM13.50. We had 3 slices and the meal cost RM51.10. Even the 10c was being charge by the lady instead of waiving it off for convenience sake. What the…
If Indonesia was having a Richter 7.9 of quake, this could easily shakes my world with a Richter scale of 9.7!
A must try!
On a side note, I’ve read a blog comparing this to the roasted pork in Mooi Mooi, saying that the service here was very lousy and bad. I went there quite early and the roasted pork was still being prepared. The boss was so kind enough to actually waited for me to snap a photo of the 3 pieces of delicious roasted pork before he continues his work. The service was ok, probably because there weren’t many people the time I was there. It was Sunday morning after all. Perhaps I’ll try to go again on weekdays to feel the wrath of bad service as mentioned by the blogger.
Location: N3 08.357 E101 42.664
*Photos courtesy of Damien Loong
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2009-07-10 at 15:33
· Filed under 8.0 - 8.9, Drink, Eat, GPS, Lunch, Maiden Experience, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian, Pork Free, Western ·Tagged butter, chicken chop, lamb chop, watermelon juice
My sister has been telling me about this newly opened steakhouse. Since we were in Giant today, after the little shopping spree, we stopped by here for our late lunch. Though I hesitated at first due to my strict diet’s restrictions. But I went ahead with it anyway cause I won’t be back here so often.
... the shop, located beside Oldtown Kopitiam.
... standard condiments.
... sugarless watermelon juice.
... lamb chop with butter.
... my sister's chicken chop.
Rating: 8/10
The watermelon juice was very sweet and I don’t see any sign of sugar water. It doesn’t have the taste of watermelon skin too. The lamb chop with butter caught my attention. The marinated lamb meat was nicely done and the butter goes so well with the lamb chop as well. It was perfect for a piece of RM14.90.
Location: N4 01.044 E101 01.631
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2009-05-24 at 15:29
· Filed under 8.0 - 8.9, Chinese, Drink, GPS, Non-halal, Pork Free, Tea Break, Vegetarian ·Tagged lo hon ko, longan
After our 2nd round of lunch at Koon Kee, we adjourned to the nearby infamous longan drink stall. This stall was the 1st ever famous food I’ve heard of since I started staying in KV. It’s a must try for everyone.
... the crowds.
... it used to be only RM0.80 a bowl. Now it's RM1.30 a cup.
Rating: 8/10
After so many years, the taste was still as good. It felt like the 1st time I had it. Though the last time I had this longan drink, it was very bad, bitter even. I guess now the boss took over his/her own stall and manage it all by him/herself. Another downside was the ice was quite a lot compared to last time where the ice was thin.
Location: N3 08.666 E101 41.866
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2009-05-01 at 23:02
· Filed under 8.0 - 8.9, Drink, GPS, Halal, Maiden Experience, Tea Break, Vegetarian, Western ·Tagged passion fruit, soda
After our terrible 2nd dinner at Restoran Lou Wong we decided to find some place for a drink. While on the way there, we managed to stop by and see the other car went to flirt with Ah Kua by the corridor.
... 1 of my all favourite soft drink, but with a premium price tag.
Rating: 8/10
The environment was nice and cozy. The seat was nice at first, but my back starts to ache after a while. Price was reasonable as well. Finally, my bottle of ESPriT was being used as a model for photoshoot. I could see her breaking sweat from the beginning. My somewhat cold drink turned into a not-so-cold drink.
Location: N4 37.060 E101 07.201
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2009-04-26 at 15:34
· Filed under 8.0 - 8.9, Eat, GPS, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian, Pork Free, Snack, Western ·Tagged Belgian chocolate, chocolate, chocolate chips, ice-cream, mango, premium
After our fights during lunch, we adjourned to Haagen-Dazs lunch. This time, I’ll be the 1 paying the bill, since he got the earlier bill in Canton Fare. It’s so unfair! He suggested to go Baskin-Robbins at first but I told him why not we go Haagen-Dazs instead? I heard from AC that there’s a HD in Solaris too. DL said it’s just across the street. It was good too because I’m not a fan of Baskin-Robbins.
The store was just across the street, about 50 metres from our location. Haagen-Dazs is currently having buffet promotion at RM33.90++ per pax. I tempted DL to go for it. He was worried that he couldn’t wallop that much.
Oh well, next times perhaps. I proceed to check out the new menu on the pedestal. First thing I spotted was the Chocoholic. I pointed to him that I found his favourite. Then I saw the fruit ice-cream. DL said it was passion fruit being used as garnish as show on the menu. Since I’ve never actually had the fruit itself, I thought I’d wanna try it.
... this Chocoholic contains Haagen-Dazs' chocolate chips and Belgian chocolate scoops.
... I can't dance, so I thought I'd get the Mango Tango to help improves my Limbo Rock skills.
Rating: 8/10
I’ve got no idea how would the deco on our ice-creams turn out to be, because the photos on the menu were rather… abstract. But for certain, you’d get what’s describe on the menu. So, do read the text. DL being a chocolate lover, he was super satisfied with his Chocoholic which came with a cone as well. I was glad he does because it’s my treat.
While I sacrificed my Macadamia Nuts over Mango Tango, hoping to get some passion fruits as garnish, I was fairly disappointed. All I got was sliced strawberry and banana! Gosh! And I had to go through the 3-year-old-kid-pointing-at-the-menu-to-order ordeal hoping to get some passion fruits on my plate and all I got was… banana! The staff nodded that I’d get what’s (I swear I was pointing very clearly on the cut up passion fruit) on the menu. Perhaps what he meant was that I could have the menu.
Anyhow, my mango ice-cream wasn’t all bad. It has passion fruits flavour in it. It tasted better than the ordinary mango. The other scoop that I get was chocolate. Plain chocolate without chips in it. Since when did Haagen-Dazs provides plain chocolate ice-cream?
Anyway, the bill came up to RM62+, around the same figure as our lunch’s bill. A decent dessert? Yes! A big YES indeed.
I know this probably sounds gay, anyway…
... I love Häagen-Dazs.
Say NO to Baskin-Robbins. They are too sweeeeeeeet!
Location: N3 10.544 E101 39.599 (estimation)
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2009-03-25 at 21:11
· Filed under 8.0 - 8.9, Dinner, Drink, Eat, GPS, Japanese, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian ·Tagged sake, steamed cod fish, tempura prawn, unagi maki
Went to dinner with HL, KUMA. Then DC, whom already has dinner earlier with NAP, tagged along as well. He said want to eat a little bit, because it was on company’s expenses.
... the signboard on the staircase.
... the painted name on the wall.
... no envelope for the chopsticks. Is this place a less premium one?
... sake for 4 of us. That's DC's hand there busy pressing on his phone.
... this Popai the Potato was ordered by accident. I was pointing the funny name to my KUMA, but the waitress took my order instead, which I didn't realise.
... KUMA, as usual, had her dossage of unagi set meal.
... I wanted the unagi set, but since KUMA got it to before me. So I settled for the tempura prawn instead.
... I ordered this unagi maki upon knowing that this meal is on company's expenses. Woohoo!
... DC went a step higher. He asked for the notorious "black board" and ordered a cod fish.
Rating: 8/10
Despite not having envelope for the chopsticks, this place remained as 1 of the most expensive Japanese restaurant I’ve been to. I guess it’s because they don’t bother to get Halal certifications and been serving porks like mad.
The previous statement was a joke. The more plausible reason would be that it serves authentic Japanese dishes. You could see a lot of Japanese people frequent that place, day and night. Aside from that, the premium stuff are written on a piece of small blackboard. They were written in Japanese words and phonetic pronunciations. Making it pretty useless for non Japanese speaking/reading people, because it lacked the English equivalent names for the items.
Amongst all the stuff there, I guess the best would be the dish called Popai The Potato. Despite being a bastard (unwanted, or by accident) dish, it turns out to be the best thing for the night. We were busy picking on it and I can’t stop eating it. It has bacon in it, which made the whole vege thing tasted so damn good and the fragrance was overkilling too. We were busy guessing what was that item, because we didn’t order it. Only to find out later when we get our bill.
The sake was moderate. Nothing to shout about. I asked HL to get a warm sake, as sake is best served warm. But instead, it was being served cold. The bottle has a “鬼” (ghost) word on it. Perhaps it’s best serves cold. When we were leaving, KUMA found another bottle with the word “神” (god) on it. Now I know which has to be served hot.
As for the cod fish, it was pretty nice. The gravy in it was very tasty, just that a tad too salty. The fish meat has only a little hint of milky-ness (as how I like to call it) but it wasn’t as fresh as I thought it would be. That 2 pieces cost around RM35 – RM40.
Location: Location: N3 04.743 E101 34.845
PS: Popai The Potato was really damn good. I just couldn’t stress enough of it!
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2009-02-07 at 15:14
· Filed under 8.0 - 8.9, Chinese, Drink, Eat, GPS, Lunch, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian, Pork Free
After a while of walking in the mall, EL suggested to eat at Shihlin Taiwan Snacks. At first I was reluctant to agree because the place is usually flooded with people. But when we reached the shop, the queue was long only for those takeaways. The bench seats were unoccupied, so we made our way in. All the comfortable seats were taken, the bench seats would make you feel like a twisted piece of washing cloth after you finish your food.
... soy drink. It's very milky until the very last drop.
... boneless crispy chicken with pepper and chili powder. Yummy! But Uncle Bob's nicer, which is only RM5/piece compared to this RM6/piece.
... the infamous Taiwan oysters mee suah. The Taiwanese eat it with only spoon, without chopsticks.
... these so-called Tempura was actually lekor, which is not even crunchy. I preferred crunchy lekor.
Rating: 8/10
This outlet was the very first outlet of Shihlin Taiwan Snacks in Malaysia. Looking from the cramped space, it would be quite unappetizing if one was to dine there. That’s why I never had it until a couple of years later after it was opened. My first visit was to the outlet in The Gardens. My first time having it, the oyster mee suah was so so. But this time, it tasted really good. No wonder the business were so good.
The boneless chicken meat was nice, but it was laden with way too much powder. It has more powder than chicken meat itself. If you bite on it, you could see layers in it, where majority of it was formed by un-fried portion of the powder. I’d usually pick them out and leave only the crispy part and the chicken meat. The Tempura was not so nice though, despite it was served with chili powder to complement the taste. Proof of some cheap food that was overpriced.
There were other stuff there as well, such as the rice set lunch for RM10, which includes a drink. Perhaps I’ll give it a try next time.
Location: N3 08.916 E101 36.967
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2008-12-16 at 22:46
· Filed under 8.0 - 8.9, Eat, Halal, Snack, Vegetarian
Brought back some persimmons from hometown, thanks to my mum. They were rather big, so I should expect some seeds in it.
... 2 persimmons here, 8 slices.
Rating: 8/10
Those persimmons were not quite ripe when I took them with me from hometown. The first 2 that I had were not sweet. The following 2 more that I had were really sweet. Though there were a lot of seeds in it. There were at least 2 seeds in it, most came to 4 seeds.
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2008-12-06 at 12:16
· Filed under 8.0 - 8.9, Breakfast, Chinese, Drink, Eat, Maiden Experience, Malay, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian
I was back at my hometown to prepare for my friend’s wedding. As usual, my breakfasts were prepared, well for most of the time. Let’s see what my mum got for me.
... plain chee cheong fun (豬腸粉) with chilli and sweet sauce.
... not so plain anymore after you mix them.
... used to be my favourite nasi lemak when I was young.
... 1 of my favourite from my mum's menu.
Rating: 8/10
According to my mum, my dad referred to the chee cheong fun (豬腸粉) as “just like those that he had when he was small”. I guess having the chili and sweet sauce mix was a tradition in my hometown. I used to have snacks with mixed sauce as well and they were really really nice. Unfortunately, such style isn’t practiced in Klang Valley, which sort of made me deprived of it. The nasi lemak has got worsen. My mum told me that the father, founder of the nasi lemak stall, has passed away, now the son took over the job. The price was raised and the taste has dropped. What a bad direction to face the economic down turn in our country.
Lastly, my mum boiled 1 of my favourite tongsui of all time. Mommy’s best red bean tongsui. Yummy~ I could vouch that, there isn’t any red bean tongsui out there that could compare to my mum’s recipe, never did I came across 1 during my 10 years stay in KV. So, in order to get a good dosage of red bean tongsui, I had to go back hometown, or wait for my mum to pay me a visit.
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2008-12-05 at 13:05
· Filed under 8.0 - 8.9, Drink, GPS, Halal, Lunch, Non-vegetarian, Western
Today me and my colleagues were quite full, so we decided to go get a drink instead of having lunch. I recommended the ToffeeNut drinks to her some time ago and told her that he must try it because it’s only a promotional item during the Christmas period.
... ToffeeNut Latte with extra cup of ToffeeNut sprinkle.
Rating: 8/10
The barrista was kind enough to let me have the whole sprinkler. In order not to get her into trouble, I sprinkled the into the mini cup instead and brought it up along with both our drinks. My colleague was enjoying those ToffeeNut sprinkles, despite it was a tad too sweet.
Location: N3.11497 E101.58972
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