... this yam rice wasn't bad at all. Though I've additional yams from CLL, making it a YAM rice instead.
... our dishes. A lunch that cost RM29 for 3 pax.
Rating: 6/10
The dishes weren’t bad at all. I was picking the vegetables including the mushrooms, while the ladies took the pork with salted fish.
... as usual, I'll ask for both benta kaya and gula melaka for my homemade dumpling.
Rating: 4.5/10
I don’t have any appetite today, so I’ve only ordered homemade dumplings for lunch. My homemade dumplings came very late cause the waitress didn’t not place my order, despite I made it clear to her that I wanted both benta kaya and brown sugar as condiments. The taste was pretty much the same as the last time I had it.
Location: N3 04.461 E101 35.191
... shop front.
... complimentary soup.
... bean sprouts the common items in chicken rice.
... the chicken was deep fried before served.
Rating: 6.5/10
Brought EL to try out the deep fried chicken rice here today. My last visit was years ago. Today bean sprout was very crunchy and tasted bland. It was fine though. Then the chicken was quite nice, but my chicken breast part was barely any skin. Skin is the nicest part of the chicken.
... the last piece of Mango Delight in the counter. Yes, it was leftover from yesterday.
... ALGJ's set lunch, chicken in tomato sauce, if I'm not mistaken.
... the aptly named flavoured latte. I went with hazelnut syrup.
Rating: 4/10
My Mango Delight cake was a mess when it was delivered to me. Instead of standing by itself, it was laid down sleeping like a lazy pig. What a way to serve your patron their precious slice cake! I had to flip it up to take photo of it, though the cake looked like it was just gutted by a robber. My latte was nothing to complain about, but for RM7.50 each, I prefer something more tasty.
ALGJ’s chicken set looks nice though, especially that sauce. I might have guessed it wrongly, it could’ve been sweet and sour sauce. Unfortunately, she was super hungry today as she cleaned the whole plate, without any leftover for me to try.
Location: N3 05.692 E101 35.231
... lamb on left, chicken on right.
... fried chicken.
... fried fish eggs and squids
... fish cutlets.
... rice on banana leaf with limitless papadam.
... according to MSF, these were fried bittergourd. Though they weren't bitter at all.
Rating: 6/10
The place was packed with crowds. The people keep coming and going, throughout lunch hours. MSF told us that they don’t use MSG in their food, hence the mildly flavoured gravies and stuff. The lamb was like quite normal, though the curry chicken was nice and tender. The fried chicken was disappointing. Fried fish egg was something new to me, though I don’t really like it. As for my favourite fried squids, it was pretty… tastely. Not salted at all.
The bill came up to RM80 for the 4 of us. Seems pretty steep for the amount of food served.
Location: N3 06.099 E101 39.226
... 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
... utensils.
... green tea, but where's the third cup?
... soft shell crab temaki, wrapped in tortilla instead of seaweed.
... squids on a stick.
... Ebi to Ika no Spicy Pasta, yes, read it in English and you'll understand. From Ebi to Ika, there's no spicy in the pasta.
Rating: 5.5/10
The soft shell crab temaki got my jaw sored. Probably due to the tortilla being used instead of the usual crispy seaweed. The temakis were served in 3 different types of sauces. I could only make out 2 of them, which were curry sauce and mayonnaise. I’ve got no idea what the third sourish and little spicy sauce was. The grilled squids on a stick was nice. Despite it it was cold, the taste was good, probably glazed with salt water. Though I expected it to have better fragrance like most grilled squids. Finally, my not spicy was only mediocre. Not that I have a good impression on this place on my previous visit.
The service for the day was terrible. We had to wait for more than 30 minutes for our main course to be served. Not that the preparations for pasta would take that long. And despite all the time taken, our ingredients weren’t exactly better than usual. The squid rings on my pasta was rather hard, and the taste of the whole thing wasn’t that good either.
I saw the O’Briens promotion on my Facebook, stating that any sandwich will only cost RM10. But the promotion only available in Sunway Pyramid outlet. I would’ve gone there myself, if AC didn’t buzz me on MSN. Hence we share the private moment together, while EL was sleeping like pig until 4pm, then only reply to my SMS. We had the most expensive sandwich on the menu, of course. Afraid that we might miss such opportunity again.
... a RM17.50 now cost only RM10.00.
... banana, carrot, apple and orange juice mix. Drink till you split.
Rating: 6/10
I had the O’Brien’s Chicken Tripledecker, while AC ordered the O’Brien’s Crambo Club. Somehow, we were both served with the same Chicken Tripledecker sandwich. I guess the lady took the wrong order. The sandwich was thick because it has 3 slices of bread on it. 1 piece of very crispy chicken crisp, which was quite dry, but salty. Very nice indeed. Then there were chicken cutlets with melted cheese holding them to the bread. On the bottom layer, things were falling apart because the vegetable and coleslaw can’t hold them together. Hence stuff got really messy in the end.
My banana refresher was quite a refreshment. Usually, I was a bit wary of banana drink as I wouldn’t know how it would turns out. Fortunately, it wasn’t too thick, not like some banana shake or smoothies. The carrot and apple’s flavours were almost non-existence though. Mainly dominated by banana and orange.
Our final destination for the day was at this place for lunch. Though we’ve already had our lunch earlier at Yi Poh. After our little shopping in Parkson Grand, I started to feel a little empty in my stomach. Our initial plan was to have dinner at this place. Unfortunately, we can’t last until dinner time as there was basically nothing to do in Seremban. Nothing! Fortunately, the place was opened early.
... fried wanton skin as starter.
... special spicy concoction for the crabs.
... stir fried vegetable.
... spare ribs cooked with marmite.
... the grilled crabs, salty as ever.
Rating: 5.5/10
The vegetable was the most mildly tasting dish. The marmite spare ribs were a tad salty. AT was complaining that it was very salty. The portion was big though. Then the crab, it was very very very salty, similar to last time. I thought they would’ve tone down a bit. The crab meat was nice though, sweet, unlike what I had in Cia Xiang.
Location: N2 43.977 E101 56.058
... the infamous Yi Poh noodles.
... spicy pork stomach soup.
... vegetable with plenty of fried pork lards.
Rating: 6.5/10
The taste stays pretty much the same as the last time I had it. Talks about consistency. Mildly soggy fried pork lards, the hometown flavouried thick dark sauce in the noodle and the hometown tasting complimentary soup.
Location: N2 44.044 E101 56.421
