One of a restaurant that was introduce by one of my good friend Sue Lynn (BangsarBabe) , that we decided to come here for lunch since its one of her favourite. Restaurant Hong Ngek is one of a signature restaurant around this area which have a strong lunch crowd whereby the food are mostly on homecook recipe that runs by a small family over many years.

Parking here is a pain in the ass as the shop frontage is facing a main road. You ether have to find carpark around Chatime area or the one behind them.

If you do not mind sauna seating area which is quite hot in the afternoon if you are seated at downstairs, or you can have an option to be seated upstairs with air condition.

All our menu was pre-order in advance as BangsarBabe is one of a regular here. So we kick start with Herbal Chicken which is being cook to perfection, chicken meat is soft and not too dry, yet love the slightly thick herbal soup gravy that being cook along. Love the pungent taste of it.

Next is their famous Crab Meat ball, that is finely chopped , mince then deep fried. Eating it with their chili sauce is just perfect.

Another simple dish is vegie fried with “fu yu”. .

Fillet Fish Curry whereby fish is being deep fried for a while then went along into curry to cook again. Its a great dish to go along with rice as the gravy is not too thick, just nice enough for your mild spicy flavour with little sourish end.

This is certainly one of a super highlight for the afternoon which is BBQ Pork Ribs that is cook to perfection. Well caramelize, very aromatic and simply finger licking good. – highly recommended.

While craving for noodles, so end up with this fried glass noodle. Fried with ‘wok hei’ and for a simple lunch with coke, I am done with it.

Deep Fried Knuckle is another signature of this place. This is not the famous German version which I believe its a local version of fried knuckle already. Skin is crips, meat still moist and dip into their special homemade Mongolian sauce is just a perfect combo, finish it with sweet and little spicy end flavour.

I am certainly satisfied with this homecook recepi  version place, although the price is slightly more than any average “Tai Chow” in KL yet its still worth to spend it.

*NON-HALAL

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 9/10 , nicee, tai chow version and Recommended! -Stamped-

Location:
Hong Ngek
50, Jalan Tun HS Lee,
50000, Kuala Lumpur
Tel:03-2078 7852
Business hours: 10:30am to 7pm (Mon-Fri), 10:30am to 5pm (Sat)
Closed on Sunday
GPS Coordinates: N 3 08.903 E 101 41.849

For Chinese restaurant, Tai Thong certainly did nail its name to many folks in Klang Valley with their different brand name under their umbrella. Many of them have their very own preffered choice of restaurant under this group. One of the restaurant is Imperial Garden which is next to Armada Hotel, above the big night club.

As Chinese New Year is around the corner, they do have bookings booked as early as a month before the actual day for reunion dinner.

For CNY media preview night, we were being pamper with good classic Chinese music, beer and numerous classic stuff at the hallway.

In this festive season, the culture of wishing everyone with good wishes certainly spread acroess all races in Malaysia with now all available in many restaurants.

Tai Thong is proud to present 3 auspicious Yee Sang this year. Guests can choose from Double Happiness Yee Sang (Chicken Floss & Crispy Enoki Mushroom) to Golden Fortune Yee Sang (Assorted Fruits & Nuts) and Prosperity Yee Sang (Salmon & Snow Pear).

The Yee Sangs are available at RM68++ for half portion and RM98++ for full portion. There are additional add-on availables at additional charge like abalone, scallop, jelly fish, tiger prawn and crispy cracker.

I was so busy last year & this year, which makes this restaurant the only lou sang I did.

Poon Choy had certainly gains its popularity for the past few years and many Chinese restaurant do include this in their menu now. For this year, Tai Thong is offering two choices of Poon Choy – Golden Treasure Poon Choy and Prosperity Poon Choy. Both Poon Choys are available at RM298++ (for 5 pax) and RM498++ (for 10 pax). 

Proper way to eat Poon Choy is to finish the top layer and move towards the bottom of the pot thru layering, instead of digging randomly and create a mess in the pot. However it is really up to the individual how they dip into it.

For this round, I really love their Golden Treasure Poon Choy that is filled with Tiger Prawns, Chicken, Roast Duck, Sea Cucumber, Dried Scallop, Fish Maw, Squid and other vegetables. The best part of this was the pickled mustard leaves and radish braised till super soft and expelling their essence into the sauce. The broth is slightly thick, a very mild spicy end and the sour vegetable is a kick and addictive.

I am sucker for any Double-Boiled soup base as Chicken Soup with Chinese Cordyceps. Light in taste, yet simple light with aromatic end is something that I always enjoy. I certainly do not mind to have a huge pot of it.

Sauteed Scallops and Prawns with Asparagus and Fresh Lily Bulbs is fried to perfection as scallops did not over cook, asparagus and celery is crunchy. Macadamia nuts do add the taste of the slight salty end of it.

Claypot Rice with Waxed Meat.  Ingredients is certainly on the generous side of it and my table  most of us enjoy the variety of sausage and waxed duck is on salty end but compliments very well with the rice. Just wish is slightly burn on the end.

Another dish I must highlight is this new unique dessert Mini Eight Treasure Rice Dessert is a steam glutinous rice yet bend towards sweeter end as this is a well known dish in Shanghai. The chef pick this new menu from his Shanghai trip previously.  I am not a fan of it but certainly you can give it a try.

For more information or reservations, please check out their Website www.taithong.com.my or Facebook:www.fb.com/TaiThong for locations and contact details.

While on the way back for CNY and my friend mention that, we should stop by one of her favourite Hokkien Mee stall before heading to another location. Of course when comes to food how can I reject and especially when back to Penang.

She brought me to this apartment area and there is a small little shop that operate right below it.

Ewe Hokkien Mee & Loh Mee is pretty well known among the neighbourhood and often its sold out before 10.30am and this round luck was on my side that I reach 11am and it was the last 3 bowls that I ordered 3 of them.

I would consider Ewe Hokkien Mee is a hidden gem around the area.

Here you go as Loh Mee and Hokkien mee both for myself.

Hokkien Mee @ RM 3.50 is pretty good as the most important is the soup and, soup base can taste pork bone and also shrimp shell. It is mild and once I add another spoonful of chili its perfect. Spicy enough to my liking and great.

One of the best product is this Loh Mee @ RM 3.50 which is consider going to be extinct soon, as not many places have a pretty good one. I am impress with this as the soup “loh” is starchy and thick enough yet aromatic. Just loving in and recommended!

*NON-Halal

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 9/10, Loh Mee is good! -Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
Taman Sri Bunga Apartment
1-G-1 Taman Sri Bunga,
11600 Jelutong, Penang

Tel:04-281 3943

Operation Hours : 7am-11am

At times, simple food is really the way to go as I was introduce to this place by my friend quite a while ago. Hidden in this little housing area in Kepong, resides this one whole stretch of mini hawker area and you have variety of “tai Chow’, soup stall and this Claypot porridge is the highlight of the area.

More pack compare to any other stalls as might coincidence with rainy day and however, this stall is a family run business. .

A short time operating hours only which is from 6pm-11.30pm only.

Menu is pretty simple and direct, as all are very decently price.

Order Mix Pork Small @ RM 6.o0 with add on century egg at RM 1.00 to make it a perfect pot for me.

Order Tong Chai small @ RM 5.50

Love the porridge here, whereby they are generous in ingredient, silky smooth like those served in Hong Kong and best of all, they cook individually. Love the taste of it as its pretty strong, add in a little of soy sauce is just perfect.

If you are looking for simple food around the area, I would think this fits pretty well.

*NON-Halal

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 9/10, simple and good – recommended!! -Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:

Kepong Bukit Maluri , KL

(Opposite Bank Simpanan National),

I have always bug my friend to join me for dinner at this place as always, time arrangement did not match till finally during Chinese New Year. Often hear them buzz about this great Curry Fish Head in this Restaurant 1998 (kopitiam) that they serve one of the best in their list.

I stay nearby neither did I know that they are well known for that but finally get a chance to try out.

Restaurant 1998 means did they start up in year 1998? yap, this kopitiam was establish since 1998 and been running well with quite a few well known hawker under this roof.

One of them is definitely this Curry Fish Head that cook by this auntie. She cooks it individually to ensure the fish taste is enrich in a pot. Curry is being cook aside and just to add on.

Besdies that, was told that this Chin Kee Chicken Rice is quite well known among them and we skip this round as they die die would want to have Stewed Duck. It is actually the same owner.

No doubt that their stewed duck is awesome. Duck meat is being braised so soft, own made sauce to complement on it and amazingly their chili is spicy yet sourish end. A perfect combo and recommended. this place cost RM 28.

After a long wait of 30-45 minutes, finally the Claypot Curry Fish head arrive and I only can manage to stop them for mere 10 seconds before they dip all the fork and spoons.

Fish head is medium size and decent enough as we order 2 pot for a table of 10.

Curry is rich in flavours, not too thick yet sour enough and generous with ingredient. It is filled with long beans, ladies finger, egg plant, tomato, squid and others. Spicy enough to make you drench in sweat but not numb.

This is how I eat my Curry Fish Head rice in Flood version or locals call it ‘Kuah Banjir’.

Remark: If you do come by for this auntie curry fish head, she is super slow in serving and cooking. Do have patience for her as we were the only customer at that time, already took her 30-45 minutes and friends mention that she is also famous for being slow .

A nice neighborhood kopitiam with variety of hawker food for you to hunt.

Do try the Taiwanese Sausage here too ..

Location:
Restaurant 1998
Jalan Thean Teik, Ayer Itam
11500, Penang

This past Chinese New Year, I was like unleash the dragon my own hometown where by I move around to hunt some food. Well, back to some places that I have not been visiting long time with my parents is this Restaurant 77 Food Yard were known as Kedai Kopi Kwai Lock where host some pretty nice hawker in this early Pulau Tikus Wet Market Area.

One of a most busy hawker area where its sardin pack with many hungry people, from people who went exercise around nearby park and with auntie and uncle that just finish doing their morning market shopping.

To get a place here is like the usual, you need to be quick or stand behind those people that are eating. You need to have an eagle eye.

Oh well, lets put that aside, as One of a common thing that people whole order is this Famous Koey Teow Th’ng (ah Eng & Son) and also their kuih Chap. Not to say its pretty good but decent enough to satisfy your crave.

Kuih Kak here is also not bad. worth to try.

My parents usually come here for this Duck Soup Mee Suar as not many places left that serve this. Apparently they are famous in this kopitiam.

Run by this couple and its been in this kopitiam for the past 5-8 years and they prepare this clear duck herbal soup in a miniature pot and by steaming it a few hours before its officially serve to customers like us. You can put it in a way like double boil in kopitiam version.

Each bowl serve with duck drum stick and you get to choose what kind of noodle, ranging from Mee sua, bee hoon, mee or mix. I usually prefer mine is mix.

Soup is mild herbal taste, something very simple and light for breakfast and if you do expect strong taste of it, do skip it.

Was told by my dad that their Curry Mee here is pretty good though and decided to try it out. Soup is with slightly sweet end and by adding in their home made chili paste made it extra umph! I would prefer to add in another half spoon of chili paste to make it extra kick. Decent enough for a simple cravings and I do prefer my favourite in Green House.

there are other food which you can try on (from Penang-Traveltips.com)

1. Apom
2. Ark Thooi Mee Suah
3. Ban Cien Koay
4. Bean Sprout Chicken Hor Fun
5. Century Egg Porridge
6. Char Koay Teow
7. Char Mee Suah
8. Chee Cheong Fun
9. Curry Mee
10. Hokkien Char
11. Hokkien Mee
12. Hum Chin Peng
13. Koay Chiap
14. Koay Kak
15. Koay Teow Thng
16. Pau
17. Sar Hor Fun
18. Wan Tan Mee
19. Yee Foo Mee

Location:
295-B Jalan Burma
(at Moulmein Rd), 10350 George Town,
Pulau Pinang

Restoran 77 Food Yard is located in Pulau Tikus, along a particularly busy stretch of Burmah Road. There is a bus stop along Burmah Road a short distance from the coffee shop. Get down from the bus either before or after the coffee shop, and walk towards it.

Getting there
You can take the following Rapid Penang buses to reach Pulau Tikus:
101, 103, 104, 304

My last visit back hometown, this is my very first time to see my dad got so excited to bring me one of his favourite place 15 years ago and he insisted to bring all of us all the way here which is Nibong Tebal. About 30 -45 minutes drive out from Penang Island. The last round my dad visited was exactly 15 years ago and road do change and base on his memory, he was spot on to reach our destination.

Nibong Tebal is a town right before Perak boarder and there are quite many well known eateries around the area.

Got to know that Lim Aik Chew is famous in this town for its fresh water prawn curry and over weekend its a crazy bunch. I am lucky that I was here on Friday very late lunch and crowd is decent enough. We were lucky that most of the fresh ingredients are running out and we were the last few to get hands on it.

Currently it enter into their third generation which is running this family base eatery.

Another signature of this place is their homemade bread.

Sugarcane is super sweet as there are no add on water. Do try out their Ice Coffee which is pretty good for a very local flavour. Slightly burnt end taste, bitter and sweetness of condense milk do add onto the flavour. Classic stuff.

Here comes our dish as they are being serve pretty quick. 5 minutes upon our order.

This is their signature dish, fresh water prawn curry. Cook to perfection as the prawn is super juicy, fresh and curry is thick enough with mild spices taste at the end of it. My dad mention the taste is still pretty much the same. Oh well, its very hard to get the similiar taste after operating for so long.

Their steam bread is a must order and must eat while its hot. Fluffy soft, tear it and dip the whole piece into the thick curry. Just perfect!

Fried omelet.

Another dish to lookout for is their fried fish in 3 flavours (sweet, sour and mild spicy). There are variety of fish to choose from, depending catch of the day. Fried crispy on the outer layer and soft meat inside.

The village fisherman dock is just right next to the restaurant. That’s how they get all the fresh prawns and fish. Due to demand of the fresh water prawns is high and expensive, the restaurant now do opt for sea prawns as alternative.

To locate this restaurant, you can go thru waze as it is located right at this junction. Overall, food is decent and for the price of 4 dish cost estimated RM110 in this township, I find it very expensive. Oh well, just good enough for me to try once, as with that price I can top up slightly more for seafood lunch or dinner at Tambun.

*Pork-Free

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 6.5/10, not that bad ~ -Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
Lim Aik Chew
436 Tanjong Berembang,
Nibong Tebal, Seberang Perai,
Penang

Tel: 04-593 2957 / 016-5904 8912 (Mr Lim)

GPS coordinates: N05 09.049, E100 27.748

Any hawker food from Penang it seems will be favourite to many. As for now, most of the travellers now can get good Penang food in Klang where Angle Peoh one of the siblings from famous Penang Ayer Itam Laksa as now he have move down to venture new market.

Klang is their new target as where they find similar home feelings like Penang as most of them speak Hokkien.

Of course their signature would be their all time crowd favrouite – Penang Laksa which is filled with alot of mince fish meat and also slices. Pungent in flavour, sourish enough and just perfect.

YOu can get other famous items such as Penang Prawn Noodle. .

Penang Curry Mee

Char Koey Teow

Another of my favourite would be their instant cook Koey Teow Th’ng. Recommended as the soup base is cook with pork bone soup for 8 hours.

Rojak

Cendul is a little let down. . .

To me the flavour offered in Angcle Peoh is slightly different as their flavour taste for other items are more towards Penang, Mainland (in my own opinion)

If you visit here during 11am-2pm do expect huge crowd as the crowd constanly pouring in non stop and to get the shop less crowd, ideal time to come is 2.30-5pm . . They have two seating area which is outside and indoor with air con.

Some combination of mural in Penang.

Looking for authentic Penang Laksa, I am sure this is one of the place to be.

Location:

Fancy of some interesting food over dim sum breakfast/brunch? Tai Tong Group is launching their new seasonal menu from 1st Aug – 31st Oct known as Black Temptations that will feature four of their signature in this menu.

Pan Seared Dumpling with Fish Paste and Cheese @ RM 9.80. A great mixture of taste of some saltiness of cheese and fish paste is pretty bouncy.

Glutinous Dumpling with sesame paste will be one of a dish that is easy  to consume for ending. Super soft skin yet not too thick as a mild cut over it and you can find the pippin hot sesame sauce if flowing out just like volcano lava. Thick and aromatic in taste. @ RM 6.80

This will be the hidden treasure of all or many Malaysians will be very curious over the taste and hunt it down. Charcoal bun with Durian and Salted Egg. YES, with salted egg. With many other diners expression I believe 95% have the same reaction. It is not milky or sauce which is thick like the usual custard bun which we believe is the texture of durian that unable to deliver that.

Its a very unique combination when they make it with fresh durian flesh and add on salted egg yolk then steam on it. Pretty strong with durian taste yet with a hint of ending salted egg yolk. @ RM 9.80

Jelly for kids? oh well, this you might want to take slight cautions as coffee taste its pretty strong in this silky smooth jelly. @ RM 5.80

If you do visit any of Tai Tong Group restaurant over this period, do check their durian and black seasame dumplings.

I am a fan of steamboat especially during rainy days. However there is one steamboat place that do really capture my attention which is located at Sri Petaling, this newly revamp place known as Yugami Steamboat.

Simple casual dining places with modern decor with option of indoor and outdoor which will be more ideal for smokers.

To me what capture my attention of this outlet is their soup base. Two of their signature which is Curry Fish Pot & Fish Pot.

Others ingredient will be the usual and they do have a few items that are homemade which is worth ordering . . .

Chili paste is also their signature as we were then thought on their house special sauce mix with a good mixture of their “fu yu” paste, spicy malat chili (do put abit by bit at your spiciness level as it is very spicy) & fried garlic oil.

This is how it turn out. Indeed a pretty great sauce to dip with the fresh meat.

Salted Egg Yolk Squid @ RM 19.80

Fried rice turns out to be pretty good as can taste its ‘wok hei’ and pair it with their curry fish head soup base. Just perfect for me.

Shrimp Paste Chicken Wings @ RM 7.50

Their unique selling point of this soup base as they use more than 20 ingredients and some with their special own mix that the actual soup base is being cooked more than 10 hours to make it solid and pungent with taste. 

Theirs is not those typical as upon ordering, they will freshly slice all the fish slices then add in soup to boil it that will take about 5-10 minutes before serving. Then the soup  has quite a good fresh fish taste.

Curry version to me is quite nice as seldom you will find this slight coconut curry taste which is well balance.

For me, as above would be my top 4 recommendations to order if you do pay a visit as those are made by themselves.

If you love pork slices, then its great to add into your ordering list. 

If you do have cravings during lunch hours, then they do have lunch promotion which estimated from RM 11- RM 16 and I find that the portion is very generous.

It was a fun night as do meet all new people I have not met before.

Yugami steamboat is worth trying . .. 

Location:

Yugami Steamboat
107G, Jalan Radin Bagus, Bandar Baru Sri Petaling Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: +603-9544 1990

Opening hours: 11am – 10pm.

One of a new place that my friend introduce me for breakfast is this food court that I used to dine with my parents when I was a kid. This stall no.7 operates in the morning that serve pretty classic food.

This is one of their signature item which is fried tua pan. Fried slightly dry yet the texture is amazing.

Something clear for the morning is their clear fish head soup bee hoon. Very simple yet great for morning start.

Price are from RM 5-RM 10.

If you are looking for something simple and clear for the morning to start off with, then this place is worth a try.

Location:

Jalan Burma, Penang

Uptown Damansara is certainly famous for a place whereby no parking. Not only that, as recently there are alot of eateries that open in this area. Not to neglact those are well establish such as their famous Hokkien Mee in this area. Restaurant Damansara Uptown Hokkien Mee is one of a signature place to be when you are craving for this. I usually dine the other outlet and this is my first time coming here after a while.

Right after 8pm, you can see they are starting to expand their tables and chairs to the road side and as it gets latter at night, more and more people will flock to this eatery. It is even worst when comes to weekend as many clubbers will stop here for their supper.

In their preparation of ingredients, they have already prepare mountain high ingredients to cater for all this hungry folks.

Imagine the noodles are being stir fried in this massive customize cooking pot & stove.

The roast duck do look tempting and decided to give it a try. However there are others that are better. @ RM 18 which is pretty expensive.

Here is their famous Stir Fried Hokkien Mee (KL version) as we Penangnites call it ‘Tua Pui Mee’ (fat Noodle) @ RM 7. Quite a decent plate that stir with dark sauce and filled with wok hei. The difference for this noodle compare to the other outlet is that the dark soy sauce taste slightly more sweet and fragrant compare to the other. 

For chicken wings I love the other outlet better.

Their Kam Hiong Clams was a let down. 

The trick is to add in their homemade chili paste into it and for the pork lard, you need to add in RM0.50 more for it. Its not crispy and fragrant.

For both outlet, there are flaws here and there and overall food range they have, I prefer the other outlet. However for this outlet, I prefer their Stir Fried Hokkien Mee.

*NON-HALAL

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 6.5/10 , okay lah! -Stamped-

Location:

Damansara Hokkien Mee
Jalan 21/37, Damansara Utama, PJ, Selangor.
(Just around the corner from the Damansara Utama Police station)

When I first saw this whisky in a magazine and I was looking high and down for its brand in both our KLIA and KLIA 2 airport when I was travelling. To much disappointed it is not available and one point that make me look for high and low is because is a Malaysian own company that have purchase this whisky yard in Scotland. FIFTY SIX DEGREES Whisky, can be consider a new whisky brand in town. It is a Scotch blended whisky, consisting of single malts and a single-grain whisky, aged in American bourbon oak casks and finished in sherry casks. Distilled and  blended in Scotland by Ian Macleod Distillers, and then shipped to Malaysia to be bottled.

More of them at their website – Fifty Six Degrees

The night kick off with simple cocktail  .. 

Their soup never disappoints as the Double boiled Village Chicken Soup with Apricot Kernels and Snow Pear is pungent in taste as snow pear do lift up the sweet end of it.  I wish I can have another bowl.

Spice Roast Suckling Pig is irristable. It is even better when we have whisky on hand as this have a little twist in it to go along with whisky with its little spices to bring the aroma of whisky out. Pretty good stuff. No doubt that roast pig is done to perfection that meat is soft and skin is perfect and crips.

Surprise me is that they have this Chilled Ambarella Juice Shooter served as the palate cleanser after the spice roast pig.

During our dinner, we were pamper with great classic Chinese music.

Yin Yang Estuary Tiger Grouper. Grilled with caramelized onion and sauteed with XO sauce, celery and apple. Done in 2 different method.

This dish amaze every one as it is consider pretty luxury as on the plate we have braised abalone, together with a whole piece of sea cucumber stuffed with tuna and wanton. 

At RM1,888 nett per table, you get a chinese banquet and TWO bottle of 56 Degrees as the promo is on running. 

I am a big fan of spicy food. If you mention anything about Sze Chuan food, I would rarely decline your invitation to go for foot hunt. This was a recent thing that my best friend bought me to this place as we ran out of ideas on what to eat. Located facing the main road of Old Klang Road, at level one you will find this Xiang Fu Xiang Cheng Hunan Chinese Restaurant.

Its a shop that sells pretty authentic Hunan food which means most of their food is spicy base but not as spicy as Sze Chuan yet for this you can still taste the aromatic of their classic flavours.

Price here are pretty decent base on the portion that they are serving.

Their signature soup is not to be missed – Signature Pig Stomach Chicken Soup (Big) @ RM 108 serve nearly 10 pax. Pungent in flavour, slightly thick, making your stomach warm with hits sweet base from those cooking hours that they have.

Next is their Signature Braised Pork @ RM 38. Cook in their clear soy base, pork cook to perfection as its so soft that fats nearly melt in your mouth, as the soy base gravy I drink it like soup as it mix with salted veggie at the base.

Hot Plate Japanese Tofu @ RM 18. Pretty decent as serve with pippin hot plate, with a bed of bean sprouts at the bottom and their home made gravy is great.

Stir Fried Choy Sum @ RM 15 is just a plate of normal fried vegetable.

This is another dish must not miss as Tiger Stripes Pork Braised Meat @ RM 22. Cook differently as this gravy is thick, slightly sweet with salty end. Pork quality here seems pretty good.

Another of my favourite is Sour Pickled Vegetable Fish (fish you can chose fish of the day or better quality) Forgot what is the fish we oredered as the whole fish + this is RM 68. Mild spicy of dry chilli, salted sour soup base with salted vegetable, garlic cloves and some Sze Chuan Spice.

Currently this is one of my favourite China food that offer pretty good food and price is reasonable. Came here 3 times in a row.

*NON-HALAL

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 8/10 , nicee, Recommended! -Stamped-

Location:

Xiang Fu Xiang Cheng Hunan Chinese Restaurant (鄉府湘城湖南菜馆)
(Facing the front main road; Above Wong Kok and beside Beer Factory)
Lot 1-47, Level 1,
The Scott Garden Mall,
289, Jalan Klang Lama,
58100 Kuala Lumpur.

Contact: 603-7982 5071

Facebook Page: fb.com/xfxc.hunan

Operating Hours: 11am to 11pm daily

Klang is like another new dimension where I would not drive there unless for a specific reasons. I was persuaded to come along to try out this home cook Hakka food place in this new neighbourhood, Bandar Bukit Raja, Klang

It is a pretty straight forward kind of dining and only 2 page of menu for you to flip through. 

Moving back slightly, how it all got started is by their well know Yong Tau fu Series and since then move with Hakka and local cuisine.

Hakka Pork Vineger Trotter is one of a classic dish that the chef had learn from. To us, we are used to heavy ginger however the original taste for this is end with mild sweetness for it. It is all cook to perfection where ingredients in it is soft, tender and juicy. @ RM 15 for small and RM 30 for big

Another chef recommendation dish would be classic Hakka dish know was Yam Abacus @ RM 12 for small, RM 22 for big. This dish might look small in portion, however the dept of the bowl is deep and using nearly pure yam ingredients, wit hours of cooking to make it soft, slightly chewy and along with mince pork sauce will automatically keep you going.

Hakka Braised Pork @ RM 12 for small, RM 24 for big. 

Slightly off from their authentic dish is their Rendang Pork @ RM 12 for small, RM 24 for big. Mild spicy, yet curry fragrant and pork is cook to soft and tender is something that will goes very well with rice.

Sotong Sambal Petai serve with sizzling plate @ RM 18 for Small, RM 36 for big. 

Another signature style cooking which is their Red Snapper cook in Hakka Style. Gravy is not too salty, just nice to go along with rice, you can taste the sweetness from fish and its a perfect balance.

One of a highly recommended by their staff and also would be by me is their Salted Egg Stuffed Taufupok @ RM 12 for small and RM 24 for big. I can finish the big plate by myself, as it is cook to perfection, well coated salted egg yolk on the side and right in the middle it is stuff with mince pork. 

their very own Assam Pranw with sizzling plate.

Another classic version is their Signature Mantis Prawn Salted Egg @ RM 16 for small, RM 30 for big. The difference of the ingredient use with be their mantis prawn as they are using slightly better qualities and the white version. So when it is cook, the salted egg is hard to stick onto the prawn and after a while, it might turn slightly soggy. Mantis prawn is fresh!

One of my favorite drink in this place is their Home Made Ice Lemon Tea. The catch of this is their tea as they are using Pu Er tea as the tea base. Refreshing, yet simple.

Love their whole series of food which I think it is worth to drop by for a try. Interesting enough as the chef do not use any MSG.

*Non-Halal

Location:
Good Hakka Restaurant
20, Jalan Rodat 4/KU5,
Bandar Bukit Raja,
41050 Klang, Selangor,

Phone:+60 16-629 6688

Operating Hours: 12:00 – 3:00 PM, 6:00 – 10:00 PM

Kuchai Lama is one of my favourite area when it comes to food. Filled with numerous f&b joints that you can hunt for and of course after a while now I think its time to share one of my favorite dessert shop in Kuchai Lama that serve Hong Kong dessert version.

To some of neighborhood folks, this outlet might not be stranger to you, as off other Hong Kong desserts shop out there that you can find, I still think Let’s Joy still remain their consistency and of course their pricing is very reasonable.

They have lovely ambiance, one side of the shop which is pretty casual and another side of the shop is nicely or cutely decorated up.

You will be pamper with series of their dessert range ranging from local to Hong Kong version.

Peanut Paste @ RM 4.90

Taufufa with Taroballs

Creamy wheat soup 

Red Bean Soup and Water Chestnut

One of my favourite – Snow Moutain Pamelo and Sago in Mango Sweet Soup @ RM 8.90

Hot Pudding

Their Chocolate Lava can consider one of the best I came across for cafe version as they have the most consistent texture, brownie and oozing flowing of warm chocolate and best of all is only RM 10.90.

I have tried many of their stuff and I still think its worth to share as whenever you are craving for nice decent local dessert with mango series, this is the place to be. The only thing I have yet to try is their local food such as nasi lemak and others.

*NON-HALAL

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 8/10 , One of my fav dessert place = Recommended! -Stamped-

Location:
Lets Joy
2A & 6, Ground Floor,
Jalan Kuchai Maju 9, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park,
58200 Kuala Lumpur,

Phone:+60 3-7498 0070

Hours: Open today · 1:00 PM – 12:00 AM

There are certainly a lot of mix review for Dragon-i yet they still remain top in my list for my family gathering where can easily cater for my folks especially during their birthdays or CNY gathering.

“Spin and Win” WeChat Game

If you are in the outlet, you can load up your “WeChat” scan the code then look for Spin & Win.

If you have not and would like to try it at home, in the search area – look for “DragoniMY” and follow them. Who know;s you might walk away with some vouchers or gifts.

A Chinese New Year gathering would not be complete if we do not have  Raw Salmon Yee Sang @ RM 68 for 1 full portion/ RM 48 for half portion.

Do not miss out their signature Xiao  Long Bao too that serve in 4 flavours.

As we march towards Chinese New Year, the Dragon-i Group of Restaurants is giving all Malaysians a chance to enjoy both their famous Prosperity Abalone Treasure Pot and the Signature Prosperity Abalone Treasure Pot and which is available dine-in or take-away

To make it more memorable for everyone, Dragon-i Group invited Hong Kong’s Iron Chef, Mr Leong Man-To, to make a special trip to Malaysia for a sharing session in the making of a traditional treasure pot. 

Do not be disappointed as the Prosperity pot is available for take away with their special design case which is high quality steel pot and just only need to reheat before serving it.

For another 2 special item in their menu which will be their “tou Miew” which is being imported and also their Fried Glutinous Rice with Wax Meat @ RM 48

So Spin & Win it now or if you would like to try on their Prosperity Abalon Treasure Pot – and  for all Dragon-i Card and HSBC Credit & Debit Card holders, it is  only at RM438.  it also comes with  a complimentary Raw Salmon Fish with Jelly Fish Yu Sheng worth RM68.

Klang is another town that is pack with great food. Just done a photoshoot in the morning and suddenly thought of why not we have breakfast at Klang with their famous Bak Kut Teh. Of course Rif and Sue Lynn then bring me to one of their favourite place.

Restaurant Chow Kiat is one of a famous Bak Kut Teh place that is pretty well known to the folks around the area. Most of them are regular and every one in Klang speaks Hokkien.

For this shop, they are famous for their big bone and also chicken feet.

Its a place which is pack with families and mature folks. Alot of them do bring their own tea leaves for their drinking pleasure while eating their pippin hot Bak Kut Teh.

This is our Big Bone with a great amount of fats and also meat is super soft. Another bowl is a well balance of meat and fats.

Lets eat. Classic Bak Kut Teh Style in this ship is by serving a small bowl with limited soup in it. Best of all is a free refill of soup where you can keep on requesting. Soup is slightly clear and taste of mild herbs and dark soy sauce is there (or I might be wrong) as I have stronger palate for my Bak Kut Teh where I need it pack with herbal taste. (this do not really apply in Klang area)

I would advise you to reach before 9am as by the time we reach at 9am, most of the parts that we wanted were gone, and we were lucky to enjoy these last 2 pieces of bone.

*NON-HALAL

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 7/10 , not bad pun! -Stamped-

Location:
Restaurant Chow Kiat
Jalan Kapar, Kawasan 18, 41400 Klang,
Selangor, Malaysia

Operating hours:
I believe they start as early as 6am and finishes about 10am.

GPS: 3.05049, 101.448263

Chinese New Year is a big thing where modern chinese families are all gearing up to dine out instead of cooking for family reunion. Many restaurants now taking the opportunity to showcase their fantastic menu to impress many of the families out there where Tai Tong indeed is pretty well known for many families for family gathering.

For this year Chinese New year Group Executive Chef Lee Wee Hong created the Golden Treasure Poon Choy. 

Using a fragrant sour and spicy sauce as its base, it was indeed something from what I usually have. It did taste a bit like the “chai buey” my mum used to make during Chinese New Year.

Steamed Glutinous Rice with Assorted Meat

 For this round, they have also created their new range of dim sum start off with, Steamed “Fatt Choy” Dumpling with Prawns

Baked Dried Oyster Tart

Steamed Bamboo Rice with Chinese Waxed Meat

Gong Hei Fatt Choy

Tai Thong’s Chinese New Year Set Menus are priced between RM538++ to RM1188++ for 6 pax and RM828++ to RM1928++ for 10 pax.

For 10 pax set menus, Tai Thong is also giving out complimentary Premium Gift Set (containing Dried Moss, Dried Oyster, Duck Waxed Drumstick, Dried Mushrooms) or wine sets. All Tai Thong Chinese New Year promotions end 29th Feb 2016.

More info at www.taithong.com.my