Sense of Taste

Dinner #37

2011-02-16T19:14:00.000+08:00

Steamed Tilapia

Ingredients:

Tilapia
Ginger
Light Soy Sauce
Cooking Oil

Stir Fried Cauliflower & Brocolli

Ingredients:

Cauliflower
Brocolli
Chopped Garlic
Salt to Taste

Dinner #36

2011-02-16T19:08:00.000+08:00

Wuxi Pork Rib

Ingredients:

Side Ribs
Spring Onion
Ginger - slice
1 Star Anise
1 small Cinnamon
Dark Soy Sauce
Chinese Cooking Wine
Rock Sugar to taste
Sesame Seed Oil (drizzle on top of ribs before serving)

Mixed Vegetable
Ingredients:

Lotus Root
Cauliflower
Baby Corn
Carrot
Celery
Capsicum
Arrowhead
Crushed Black Pepper
Salt to Taste

Restoran Yan's @ Jalan Alor

2011-02-16T18:10:00.001+08:00

Another place we decided to try after CNY - since most of the shops were closed and I was too lazy to cook :p

Char Siew Wanton Noodle - Dried

Verdicts:

Melts in the mouth char siew.
Generous portion of noodle.
Sauce mixture were perfectly done.

Char Siew Wanton Noodle - Soup

Verdicts:

Tasty broth with char siew sweetness and the fragrant of fried shallots.
Juicy sweet wanton.
Char siew were better tasting when it's not soak in broth.

Ah Yip Herbal Soup @ Summit Subang

2011-02-16T18:00:00.000+08:00

Back to Puchong on the 3rd day of CNY. It was such a quiet town and we decided to do window shop in Summit Subang on Saturday. After an hour of walking, hubby & I decided to have lunch. Came across Ah Yip Herbal Soup restaurant. It's been a long while since I had Ah Yip's. It was hubby's first.

We decided to order set, since it comes with "Gui Lin Gou". We both had Mushroom Duck Drumstick Soup Noodles.

I had Herbal Nourishing Tea & hubby had Lung Nourishing Tea

Mushroom Duck Drumstick Soup Noodle

Verdicts:

Still as yummy as before. Very thick of herbal tasting soup.
Big piece of duck drumstick - however, we find the meat a bit dry.

Side Order : Steamed Tofu with Fried Garlic & Fried Dried Shrimps

Verdicts:

Both fried garlic & fried dried shrimps were superb. Add flavour to the plain tofu.
Sauce was a bit too salty for my liking.

Complimentary : Gui Lin Gou

CNY Reunion Dinner

2011-02-16T17:47:00.000+08:00

CNY reunion dinner, Mom did her usual CNY cooking.

Popia with Kg. Koh chili sauce

Chicken Feet & Pork Maw Soup

Steamed Chicken

"Cekor" with Ginger Dipping for Steamed Chicken

Mixed Vegetable with Sea Cucumber

Vegetarian Mixed Vegetable

Dinner #35

2011-01-28T16:48:00.000+08:00

Came across some really cheap, M-L size and fresh prawns in the market. RM40.00 per kg which normally sold at RM75.00 per kg (during the CNY season).

1/2 kg Steamed Prawns

Ingredients:

Prawns
Ginger
Wolfberries
Dried Red Dates
Dong Guai
Chinese Cooking Wine
Sesame Seed Oil
Salt to taste

Stir Fried "Tin Chat" Vegetable

Ingredients:

"Tin Chat" Leaves
Chopped Garlic
Salt to taste

Stir Fried Baby Jio Choy with Fish Balls
Ingredients:

Baby Jio Choy
Fish Balls
Chopped Garlic
Salt to taste

Restoran BB Ho Steamboat @ Bandar Puteri Puchong

2011-01-28T16:24:00.001+08:00

P & C invited hubby & I for dinner over the weekend to celebrate P's birthday. They decided to have steamboat at BB Ho Steamboat.

Honestly, after trying and been having steamboat at Lo Maji, I wasn't to thrill to have any other sort of steamboat in town. Lo Maji's spicy steamboat is an acquired taste dish. Once you have... you tend to have more. Well, that applies only to me and hubby :p We're addicted to Lo Maji. At one time we were there almost every week!!! Hubby & I sworn to only have our fix not more than once a month :p So far we succeeded :D

Side track a little there. Well, back to dinner at BB Ho Steamboat. Where was I? Oh, like I was saying I wasn't too thrill when I heard of BB Ho Steamboat. Anyhow I should give it a try to see if its any different from the rest of the steamboat house.

Hokkien Fried Bihun with Lala.

Soup based Steamboat. Ingredients for 4 people include Yee Mee, Bihun & Eggs.

The verdicts:

Hokkien Fried Bihun with Lala was too salty for my tastebud.
Lala were small and hard to find.
Steamboat broth has too much MSG - artificial pork bones "taste".
As we continue eating, the broth got saltier ("tastier") due to the ingredients. When we got to the noodles, I couldn't even have another sip of the soup.

La Risata Bar Pizzeria Ristorante @ Medan Damansara

2011-01-28T15:14:00.000+08:00

Hubby & Bro celebrated me birthday at La Risata, an Italian restaurant, last week. I've not been to the restaurant for almost 2 years. It's changed so much. From a single shoplot now they expanded to 2 shoplots. The feeling is still the same. Cozy, homey feeling. But I find it a bit dim compared to before. Most of the staff there were still the same and friendly. Speaking of friendliness, the mosquitos there were extremely friendly with me that night :p As I was enjoying my meal, they were enjoying my legs :p LOL...

Warm bread is served with tapenade.

Carpaccio di Manzo

Gnocchi ai Peperonchini Grillia e Chorizo

Pizza Quatrro Formaggi

Pizza Chorizo

Chocolate Fudge from BreadStory
Nothing much to comment on La Risata except it always make me feel at home. And the food... what can I say. So far it hasn't disappoint me yet :)

Address : 128 Jalan Kasah, Medan Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone : 03 2095 9572

Dinner #34

2011-01-19T17:33:00.001+08:00

Ingredients:

Dried Soya Noodle
Choy Sum
Fish Balls
Meat Balls

Broth Ingredients:

Spareribs / Chicken Breast or Carcass
Dried Anchovies
Dried Scallop
Chinese Cooking Wine - 1 teaspoon
Pepper
Salt to taste

Bei King Restaurant @ Sitiawan Part 2

2011-01-18T17:42:00.000+08:00

After the disappointing lunch at Restoran Tien & Tien last month, we decided to go back to our regular join Bei King Restaurant to have lunch over the weekends. It was Dad's treat :)

Tofu Soup

Verdicts:

Was disappointed with the soup as the taste was not the usual traditional Foochow Tofu Soup tasting.
Was a wee bit salty for everyone's liking.

Stir Fried Dou Miew

Verdicts:

It has the "wok hei" in this stir fried.
Simple yet delicious.

Sweet & Sour Fish Fillet

Verdicts:

Don't know why these days they put in the french fries in this dish. I preferred the one without french fries. It sorta killed the taste a little. French fries just has to go on it's own with a dash of salt as snack NOT cook in/with other dishes.
Other than the french fries, the fish fillet was juicy.

Oyster Omelet

Verdicts:

It has lots of small to medium size oysters. In each bite, you get oysters.
It wasn't fluffy. You get the taste of the egg with scallion.

Mom's recommendation : Prawns wrap in Beancurd Sheet Roll

Verdicts:

Yummilicious!
Prawns were fresh and succulent.
Rolls were fried just nicely - crispy on the outside and juicy sweet in the inside.
The chili sauce adds a little punch to it.

Total bill came up to RM61.00 for 4 pax with a pot of chrysanthemum tea (free refill).

Medan Ikan Bakar Teluk Muroh @ Lumut

2011-01-18T13:05:00.001+08:00

Midnight supper.

Ikan Bakar Pari

Verdicts:

Typical home BBQ squid. Marinate only with salt.
Marinated with only salt.
Sambal was exceptionally spicy. It has belacan, chili padi and tamarin. However, the sambal tasted a bit of overstuffed refrigerator.

Sotong Bakar

Verdicts:

The inner was not thoroughly cleaned.
Typical home BBQ squid. Marinate only with salt.
Chili sauce was not a good combination to go with the squid.

Total cost us RM20.00 for 2 person. We had 500gm Pari, 100gm Sotong, 2 Teh O Ais Limau.

Address : Jalan OBS, Kg. Teluk Muruk, 32200 Lumut, Perak Darul Ridzuan
Telephone : 05 683 7587
Location : Turn off at Marina Cove heading to Outward Bound School Lumut.

Breakfast @ Kg. Sitiawan

2011-01-18T12:50:00.000+08:00

Was back in Sitiawan over the weekends. Decided to explore new place to have our breakfast. We've seen this hut along Jalan Besar, Kg. Sitiawan a few times but never did give it a try until now.

This little hut is always crowded during the breakfast rush. Cars will be parking along the road.

The back portion of the hut is facing a river.

See the amount of roti canai? First thing the patrons order is the roti canai, next nasi lemak.

Variety kuih-muih, nasi lemak, mee goreng and bihun goreng.

Nasi Lemak Ikan (see the tiny piece of fish?)

Verdicts:

Rice has very little santan fragrantness.
Sambal was spicy and has a tinge of sweetness to it.
Very basic nasi lemak like I used to have in school days.

Roti Canai comes with only single type of gravy

Verdicts:

Roti canai buttery tasting.
Doesn't have the typical Indian-style roti canai texture.
Comes with only single curry gravy.

Cost us RM5.90. We had 1 Teh O Ais, 1 Kopi Ais, 2 Roti Canai and 2 Nasi Lemak Ikan.

Prosperity Burger @ McDonald

2011-01-18T12:32:00.000+08:00

Once a year burger. However, the size seems getting smaller each year. How to be prosperous lah...???

Dinner #33

2011-01-17T11:40:00.000+08:00

Stir Fried Cauliflower & Broccoli with Veg Mutton

Ingredients:

Cauliflower
Brocoli
Vegetarian Mutton
Chopped Garlic
Sesame Seed Oil - couple of drops
Chinese Cooking Wine
Salt to taste

Stir Fried Vegetable

Ingredients:

Can't remember the name of the vegetable :p
Chopped Garlic
Salt to taste

This is how the vegetable look like from the top.

And this is the bottom part of the vegetable.

Stir Fried Lala with chili

Ingredients:

Lala
Ginger - juliene
Chopped Garlic
Chopped Chili Padi
Chinese Cooking Wine
Salt to taste

Steamed Baby Bok Choy & Mushrooms with sauce

Ingredients:

Baby Bok Choy - steamed
Scallop Mushroom - steamed
Oyster Mushroom - steamed
Broth was from Stir Fried Lala with chili and dash a couple drops of Sesame Seed Oil.

Restoran Tien Y Tien @ Sitiawan

2011-01-17T11:27:00.001+08:00

Was back in Sitiawan on one of those weekends and decided to try out this restaurant as the usual join were closed.

Restoran Tien & Tien is located along Jalan Lumut, immediate behind City Kopitiam.

Oyster Omelet

Verdicts:

There's hardly any oyster in it.
Too much onion for my liking.

Tofu Soup

Verdicts:

Doesn't taste a bit like the Foochow traditional tofu soup.
Too watery.

Stir Fried Cauliflower with butter

Tasted like butter prawn.
First couple of taste was tasty. But after a while I got "jelak" with it. It's too creamy and oily from the butter.

Sweet & Sour Fish Fillet

Fish fillet were perfectly fried.
However, the sauce was too sweet and artificial for sweet & sour.
Color of the ketchup was too artificial red.

Dinner #32

2011-01-10T20:56:00.002+08:00

Cincalok Fried Rice

Ingredients:

Steamed rice
Long beans
Fishballs
Egg
Cincalok - 1 tablespoon
Cooking oil

Dinner #31

2011-01-10T20:53:00.000+08:00

Decided to try out the Soup Noodle we've been having each time we're back in Sitiawan.

Broth Ingredients:

Pork bone / Spareribs
Pepper
Salt to taste

Ingredients:

Yellow noodle - boiled
Beansprouts - boiled
Kangkung - boiled
Meatballs - boiled
Fishcake - boiled
Leftover meat from the bone / spareribs

Chili Oil Ingredients:

Dried chili - blended
Salt
Cooking oil

Sate Kajang Mohd. Salleh @ Metro Kajang

2011-01-10T20:42:00.000+08:00

One of those fine days when hubby and I decided to explore new place to eat after our fishing session. This is one of the place we came about in Kajang town.

Sate Daging, Sate Ayam, Sate Rusa & Sate Perut Babat.

Verdicts:

Sauce was a good mixed of peanut sauce and sambal.
The sates were rather disappointing - they were rather tough.

Sup Tulang.

Verdicts:

Super salty!
Meat was tasty and tender.

Mee Goreng "Super" Pedas from Haji Samuri stall - 4 stalls away from where we had our sates.

Verdicts:

Not spicy as we wanted pedas.
It's rather wet like "Mee Goreng Basah".
Another salty dish - too much salt for my liking.

Fish Valley Restaurant Part 4

2011-01-10T20:33:00.000+08:00

Some of the desserts served at Fish Valley Restaurant.

Thai-style Yau Char Kuay with Kaya Dipping.

Thai-style Pulut Panggang.

Pulut Panggang with dried scrimps and Pulut Panggan with yam/taro.

Restorant Fong Lei @ Puchong

2011-01-10T20:26:00.001+08:00

This restaurant (kopitiam) is located opposite Tesco Puchong.

There's a stall selling wantan mee. It serves the most tastiest wantan mee. It comes in 3 sizes - small (RM4.00), medium (RM4.50) and big (RM4..80).

This the medium portion wantan mee.

Verdicts :

The sauce mix is not too salty nor sweet. Just the right mix with a tinge of pepper.
Noodle ineither dry nor over cook. It has just the right "Q" texture.
Char Siew was done char-grilled and boiled-over. It's so tender and juicy. It melts in the mouth.
Noodle is served with boiled bayam.

Kedai Makan Telok Pulai Klang

2010-12-16T15:42:00.000+08:00

Last weekend hubby & I went back to our regular place for Bak Kut Teh after months of not having Bak Kut Teh. The shop have re-located to the back row of it's original location.

As usual we ordered to same ol' same ol' - Spareribs with Intestines & Pork Maw, Fook Chook and Yau Char Kuay. Not forgetting a pot of Pu Er.

I find the intestine and pork maw were too porky this time. The spareribs was tender and juicy - no porky taste. The soup was the same as before.

The breakfast cost us RM30.90.

Address : 23G Jalan 1/2, Taman Industri Pusat Bandar Puchong, Batu 12 1/2, Jalan Puchong, 47100 Puchong, Selangor

Fish Valley Restaurant Part 3

2010-12-09T13:36:00.001+08:00

Two weekends ago, went to Fish Valley for fishing with hubby and BIL. We had "Loh Mee" and Fried Bihun for lunch.

It was a raining day, and was difficult for us to fish until rather late in the afternoon. Around 5pm we managed to try fishing in the pond. There were no bites, not even the Lampam.

When we were about to pack up, my line caught a fish. Thinking it was Lampam, I didn't quite bother it much - just kept reeling my line in. As the fish got closer, it started to struggle. Hubby came by to see. It wasn't a Lampam after all... It's a "Wan Yu"!!! As we hauled it up, we accidentally broke the fish lower lip. If we let go of the injured fish, it won't last long. I may die the next day or even of starvation (coz it doesn't have the lower lip :p). Told hubby might as well get the pond helpers to clean it and cut us for us.

Since it's dinner time and BIL was with us, we took it over to the restaurant and got them to cook the fish for us.

Steamed Wan Yu. Cost us RM10.00 to cook it. The fish weighed at 1.6kg.

Stir Fried Kangkung Belacan.

Steamed 3-type of Eggs - chicken egg, century egg & salted egg.

We had some pretty nice dinner that night.

Siew Yoke Rice @ Pudu

2010-12-09T13:23:00.000+08:00

This my 1st time to Pudu for it's Siew Yoke Rice. I heard of this place for a while now. I never did enjoy Siew Yoke much until I tried these...

I like the rice texture and the fragrance of the ginger and fried shallots.

We had 2 stripes of the Siew Yoke and half Roasted Chicken.

See the combination of the lean and fats??? The skin were crunchy and meat were succulent.

After lunch, we drove to Pudu Plaza to "dabao" the Rojak Buah. See the yumminess???

Fish Valley Restaurant Part 2

2010-12-09T13:13:00.000+08:00

The second time we were at Fish Valley Restaurant was again during one of our fishing session.

We had Haruan this time. The smallest Haruan they had was 1kg!!! The captain recommended to have 2 dishes out of the 1 Haruan.

Stir Fried Haruan Fillet with ginger and scallion. The Haruan was so fresh. Portion was again BIG - it was from 1kg fish!!!

The leftover parts were used for soup - Haruan with "Hum Choy" Tofu Soup. It was the most delicious soup I had with the deep fried Haruan sweetness.

This meal cost us RM 56.00 with steamed rice and drinks and dessert. They did not charge us extra for the 2 dishes. Basically we were paying for the weight of the fish - which is 1kg. Price of Haruan is RM5.00 per 100gm.

Both hubby and I managed to finish the 1st dish. We had so much leftover from the soup that we got them to doggy bagged it for us.

Fish Valley Restaurant Part 1

2010-12-09T13:01:00.000+08:00

First time to Fish Valley Restaurant was after our fishing session. Both hubby & I decided to have our lunch there.

Didn't know what to order coz everything in the menu look darn great!!!

Thai-style ABC cost RM4.00 per bowl. It's super refreshing and delicious.

As a first timer, we didn't know what's the serving size like, as only 2 of us eating. So decided to order 3 dishes, all in small portion.

Stir fried Pucuk Paku with belacan. It has good "wok hei" but a bit salty to our taste.

Ma Poh Tofu. Really spicy when you request for spicy... heheh... It's also a bit too salty to our liking. Luckily we order steamed rice to go with the dishes.

Steamed Baung (Pak Sou Kong) with ginger and garlic. Was perfectly done. Sauce was not salty as the other 2 dishes. Fish was fresh. Doesn't have the muddy taste. RM4.00 per kilo. The size we had was about 500gm, which is quite big for 2 person.

Overall the food ain't too bad if they lessen the salt. And the portion served were HUGE!!! 3 dishes we had fits for 4 person!!!