Restoran Nam Hing Loong @ Temoh.

Restoran Nam Hing Loong is an air conditioned restaurant located 
along the Tapah - Kampar old trunk road.

Temoh is a desolated small town with two rows of dilapidated shop houses.

Famous for it's pao at a coffee shop (noon only) opposite of this restaurant.

The evening heavy down pour did not deter us from driving from Tapah
to meet our host Yeong Huey Ling and husband for this dinner gathering.

We were late because of the traffic and dinner  was about to be served 
when we arrived. 

The dishes were so home cooked -no fancy plating - straight from the wok.

The stir fried Haruan fish slices with ginger and onion was a winner for me
and it's bones were made into a savory milky soup with julienned young ginger,
Chinese wine, herbs and dates.

Besides that the other dishes were- 
Stir fried pacuk paku with salted egg,
Thai style pork knuckle  with two types of sauces,
Steamed herbal free range chicken,
Claypot gelatinous water terrapin,
Steamed silky soft tofu with red chillies and minced pork and ended with Hokkien
fried mee -good wok hei.


A comforting meal with good friends and relatives.

 Location:88, Main Road.
Temoh, Perak.

 Tel:-05-419-8336.
 
                        

Restoran Happy Family@Setia Alam

Saturday dinner with family at Restoran Happy Family@Setia Alam, Klang.

Setia Alam is a well planned township with lots of public amenities.

There is a pasar malam with makeshift stalls selling all kinds of food, fruits, juice and anything that you can think of, hoarding the road around the town center.

We managed to park our cars near the Meru main road. 

Restoran Happy Family is located behind the pasar malam and next to the Setia Alam Club house.

It is a typical Chinese restaurant with aquariums of live fishes and crustaceans at one corner.

As it was our first visit we went for their signature dishes which turned out to be OK.

Parking is OK.

 

Century eggs with pickled ginger-good appetizer-Rm4/

Herbal Chicken-tender and meaty-a bit on the salty side-Rm35/

Seafood Pumpkin-filled with pig's tendon, fish maw, sea cucumber, mushroom and scallop-Rm80/

Sweet and sour pork with onion, red and green capsicum-meaty and crisp-Rm10/

Golden Promfret- topped with spring onion and coriander leaves and dried fried shallots in a superior soy sauce-was swimming in the aquarium awhile ago-full of  freshness-sweet and smooth flesh-Rm48/

Stir fried assorted vegetables like sweet pea bean, baby French bean, carrot, Macadamia nuts and scallop-a good mixtures of healthy goodness and textures-Rm50/

Total bill:Rm253.
Location:12-1-1, Jalan Setia Prima(L) U13/L,
Setia Alam, Seksyen U13, Shah Alam,
Selangor.
Tel:03-3343-1728.

Chow Yhang Restaurant.

Another family dine-out at Chow Yhang Restaurant located in SS2, Petaling Jaya.

Having dinner together brings the family closer and it's also the time to keep up with the latest gossips and happenings.


This part of SS2 in Petaling Jaya consists of two rows of double storey shop houses, back to back and are mostly occupied with small restaurants and coffee shops.

Chow Yhang Restaurant is a small, compact, family oriented air conditioned Chinese restaurant that  does not have service charges.

After your meal, if you fancy some sweet pastry there is a famous Yau Char Kwai (Chinese cruller) and Hum Chi Pan (salty dough bun) stall by the road side that only open during the night.


Parking is OK .

Yam Basket-seated on deep fried white rice vermicelli and filled with Kai Ting (cubed chicken meat cooked with baby corn, straw/button mushroom, carrot, green capsicum and cashew nuts-the deep fried yam was powdery and melt in the mouth..

Herbal Chicken came in a piping hot casserole with spring onion garnishing-well herbal flavored and thickly gravied-a bit oily and salty.

Assam Garouper fish-garnished with fresh refreshing green mint leaves-filled with slices of lady finger and okra-fish was fresh and meaty-the spicy and sourish broth was quite oily.

Braised Pork ribs with special sauce-well braised and the dark soy sauce colored meat easily detached from it's bones-gravy goes well with rice.

Oyster Omelette-fried evenly with coriander leaves and spring onion until golden brown -filled with lots of juicy oysters-passable.

Green and leafy Sweet Potato shoots stir fried with garlic to end the meal.

Total bill:Rm275/
Location: 135, Jalan SS2/6,
Petaling Jaya,
Tel:03-7877-3850/012-325-7122.

East Ocean Restaurant @ Kampar.

Every year my Mil's children will treat her to a sumptuous dinner at different restaurants around Ipoh or Kampar.

For this year's dinner it was held at East Ocean Restaurant @ Kampar which has branches in Chemor and Menglembu in Perak.

It is located near the Tesco Hypermarket and the restaurant is air-conditioned and occupied three shoplot.

Parking is a breeze as most of the shops are closed in the night.

The dinner started with the Longevity noodle-wheat flour noodle cooked in superior grade soy sauce with generous strips of pork and slivers of soft and smooth mushroom seated on a bed of blanched Kow Choy.

Four Combination Platter-served on a big plate with an eye catching "sea design" 1) crabmeat/seaweed/salted egg rolls with a dash of Mayonnaise 2) Stir fried fresh scallop with onion/red & green sliced capsicum. 3) a slice of Lotus root topped with Fish paste (too much flour)/shrimp/gingko and bathed with a smooth tasty gravy. 4) balls of white Dragon fruit.

Steamed Herbal Chicken in soup-filled with mushroom and mini abalone-tasty and herbal flavored -a bit like chicken essence.

Roast Suckling piglet-normally it is all skin only but this one got lean meat attached to the skin-served with Mantou.

Steamed White Promfret (1 kg)-smooth and tender with no fishy after taste-good grade soy sauce/peanut oil and garnished with cilantro and spring onion.

Deep fried Sea prawns-big, fresh and succulent-would have tasted better if tossed in more Soy sauce with gravy to go with the bed of spring onion.

Mixed Vegetables-sweet pea bean, celery, lotus root, Lily bulb, carrot and cashew nuts-a great dish.

Sweet Dessert of cool Soybean and white fungus.

Pastry-deep fried Wheat flour dough with a Sesame crust and Pandan flavored filling-not overly sweet.

Ice cream cake-corn flavored for her 83th Birthday.

Total bill:Rm488/
Location: 33A, 35, 36, Jalan Perdana,
Taman Kampar Perdana, Kampar,
Perak.
Tel: 05-465-8890/8879.

Tai Thong PJ SS2.

Tai Thong are having value set meals promotions for both lunch and dinner.

We went to their PJ SS2 branch for dinner to celebrate my birthday.

For the seven of us we ordered the value set meal for 8 persons which cost Rm138.80 excluding tidbits, drinks and rice.

Parking is OK except for Monday night, when there is a Pasar Malam.

Complimentary Chinese long cabbage soup.

Herbal chicken topped with red Wolfberries-light herbal flavor-meat was tender with a crispy skin.

Sweet and Sour fish fillets with tomato, julienned red and green capsicum, onion and chillies-the sweet and sourish taste was enticing.

Mah Poh Tofu-minced meat and white Bean curd cooked in a spicy chillies gravy and garnished with chopped spring onion.

Steamed Tilapia fish with blended salted Ginger and Soy sauce-fresh and fleshy.

Steamed Pork belly with salted Fish garnished matchstick ginger and chillies-perfect with rice.

Poached grass prawn with a special sauce-fresh, juicy and succulent.

Blanched Siew Pak Choy with Oyster sauce-a bit overcooked.

Total bill:Rm195/
Location:SS2 , Petaling Jaya.
Tel:03-7877-5432.

Kam Kee Seafood Restaurant.

Kam Kee Seafood Restaurant is always one of the earliest restaurant in Petaling Jaya to serve Yee Sang (raw fish salad) without fail every year i.e. one month before the Chinese New Festival.

Prices for this delicacy have remained the same as last year.

We are their regular diners and tonight dinner occasion coincided with my son Mike's photo shoot for his CNY food theme project.

The food served are delicious and prices are reasonable.

Parking is ample-an open area- opposite the restaurant.

Yee sang (raw fish salad) (1/2 portion)-thinly sliced Haruan fish, toasted peanut, plum sauce, sesame seed, crackling dough cracker, peanut oil, shredded white radish, carrot, spring onion, pickled red ginger, pickled onion bulb, cilantro, 5 spices powder, pepper powder, Pomelo fruit-Rm23/

When all the ingredients are in place-time for everyone to toss and mix it up evenly with a pair chopsticks and shouting out all their wishes for a prosperous CNY-it was a delightful appetizer and filled with "rainbow" types of colors, taste and textures.

Steamed Frogs with blended ginger-a bit salty and the farmed frog meat was meaty but not as smooth and tender as those wild frog ones.

Stir fried Lai Pak vegetables-was leafy and crunchy.

Tofu-house made-deep fried and then topped with their smooth secret sauce (scallop flavored) diced carrot, green pea, mushroom, strands of fine Fatt choy (black sea moss) and bits of braised dried scallop-perfect with rice.

Herbal Chicken (1/2)-very tender and meaty and the juices with herbs like Yok Chut, Kei Chee and red dates was flavorful and Mindy slurps it up like nobody business.

The lady boss was very enterprising-with free sampling of various types of CNY cookies for every table-I bought one container of the above dough cracker with sesame seeds for Rm16/

Total bill:Rm125/
Location: 9 & 10, Jalan 5/44,
off Jalan Gasing,
Petaling Garden. Petaling Jaya.
Tel:03-7783-8843.