Kwong Wah Ice Kacang.

After our scrumptious lunch of roast chicken, char siew and 
sin choy (pickled mustard green) at Restoran Choon Yien, we adjourned
next door to Kwong Wah Ice Kacang for desserts.

 

We shared a bowl of chendol and takeaway two coconut buns.
The chendol with finely shaved ice was a real deal for me - the fragrant gula Melaka and thick coconut milk was a winner.

So happy with her bowl of chendol.

The coconut bun was pillowy soft and the grated coconut was sweet and moist.

 Location:Block C , Happy Mansion,
Jalan 17/13, 46400
Petaling Jaya,Selangor.

Roast Chicken & Char Siew@Restoran Choon Yien.

This roast chicken and char siew stall is located in my neighborhood.

If you want a quick meal during your lunch break, this is the place
to patronize.

I was surprised that I did not blog about it.

The nice thing about the roast farmed chicken is that it is served piping hot.
The best seller is their caramelized BBQ pork (be early if you want a piece of
this porcine goodness)
The sweet, sourish Chinese mustard green is nothing to shout about !
Soup of the day is free.

Prices are steep, compared to others.

Parking is bearable.

Roast Chicken served on top of blanched beansprout.

Char siew-well caramelized with some fats.

 

Total bill:Rm30/
Location: CG-1, Happy Mansion Apartments
Jalan 17/13,Section 17, Petaling Jaya
11 am to 1 pm

Momma Chicken Rice @ Ampang New Village.

There are many chicken rice stalls in the Ampang area and the winner of the best chicken rice in Malaysia is also found in Ampang New Village.


Though Momma chicken rice is not that famous.

To me they are a hidden gem-located at a row of old shop houses at the end line of the Ampang LRT station car park.


The BBQ pork is their main draw-lovely, not overly sweet thick 3 layered pork belly with a melt in the mouth sensation.


They also served roast chicken, roast pork, poached farm chicken and free range chicken by reservation.


Side dishes of blanched beansprout and other vegetables are also available.

Parking is OK.

Roast Chicken seated on a bed of sliced green cucumber and light soy (a bit salty) and garnished with spring onion-tender meat with a crisp skin-Rm10/

BBQ pork belly-melt in the mouth-5 Stars-Rm8/

Blanched Beansprout-refreshing and crunchy-Rm4/

Red Chillies dip-would like it more if it was more spicy.

Total bill:Rm27/
Location: 27, Jalan Pasar,
Ampang, Selangor.
Tel:016-295-5322/012-369-8829.

Branch: 34-G, Pusat Perniagaan Danau Lumayan,
Jalan Danau Lumayan 1,
off Jalan Tasik Permaisuri,
Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel:016-271-2390/012-254-7236 (Mr & Mrs Chang)

RESTORAN UNCLE MENG.

Today, I had my own lunch because my makan buddies were busy with their work schedule.

Restoran Uncle Meng located a stone throwaway from my office in Taman Shamelin Perkasa, Cheras was a good choice.

I went there for a quick and simple meal of roast chicken/char siew (BBQ pork) rice.

The stall cum owner is the younger brother of the famous Meng Kee's char siew/chicken rice shop off Jalan Tengkat Tong Sin in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.

Uncle Meng's version is on par and just tasty as his brother's !

Roast chicken drumstick and Char siew (BBQ pork)-chicken meat was tender with a crispy skin while the Char siew was well marinated, caramelized and honey flavored.

Garlic chillies sauce.

Water cress soup-double boiled and tasty-complimentary.

Total bill:Rm6/
Location: Jalan 6/91, (behind ESSO station)
Taman Shamelin Perkasa.
Cheras.

RESTAURANT WONG KEE

Today, lunchtime with my buddies, we went to Restaurant Wong Kee at Jalan Nyonya in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur. It is a typical China man corner lot coffee shop located near the Printer's Alley off Jalan Brunei Selatan. You will surely miss the shop and will not even give it a second glance. Their specialty are Hai Nam Roast Chicken, Char Siew and Siew Yok with rice. A sign placed near the stall boldly stated "Open only at 12.30 pm" and it was only 11.45 am, we were hungry like a pack of wolves. What to do? On further inquiry, the Roast pork (Siew Yok) will only be ready at 12.30 pm! Oh! never mind, as we were their first customer we placed an advance order for 3 strips of it. Meanwhile we had 1/2 a Roast Chicken (was tender, nothing special), a plate of Char Siew and 4 plates of rice to satisfy our hunger pangs. "Soup of the day" is free and for self service only! It was a rather expensive meal! Parking is Hell, have to do double parking.

Do not go too early-open only at 12.30 pm.

Siew Yok-ordered two plates-came hot- the first bite of the lean meat was tender and juicy-the fat was gelatin like, a melt in the mouth sensation then the crispy, crackling skin which I think, were well punctured with holes made with a nail like contraption before roasting to give it a "prawn cracker-like" bite to it-heavenly divine!

Siew Yok -well marinated and caramelized -tender and lean-no artificial red coloring as used in other places.

Chillies, garlic and ginger sauce-was fiery hot.

Rice was grainy and not too oily.

Total bill:rm83/.
Location:30, Jalan Nyonya, (behind Pudu Specialist Center-beside QQQ car accessories)
off Jalan Pudu, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel:03-2145-2512.

RESTORAN KING CRAB

The front of Restoran King Crab, on one side is covered with a huge poster of a giant crab with neon lights. It's exterior yellow color painted walls is sure eye catching. If you are driving on the LDP highway, from Sunway heading towards Kepong , you will not missed it. The interior is painted in a shade of yellowish apple green. The kitchen is huge and can be view from the outside through a glass panel. There are some aquariums for storing the live fishes and crustaceans. The dining area is air conditioned and spanned two floors. We decided to forgo home cooked food today and had dinner at this restaurant. It is located in Taman Mewah Jaya, opposite the Kelana Jaya LRT station in Petaling Jaya. As it's name implies they specializes in fresh seafood especially crab and live fishes, done in all types of style. Funnily, for tonight the 12 of us, we did not order any crab dishes. The food portions served was huge and generous. Parking is ample after 7pm. Please make a reservation if it's on a weekend.

Lai pak"mini swiss chard" in superior soup-golden needle mushroom, wolf berries-soup was flavorful while the vegetable was leafy and crunchy

Braised angled aloofahs with bean curd -egg gravy was smooth and tasty - the best that i have ever eaten in a long time-best!

Roast chicken 1/2 - some prawn cracker with sliced cucumber-was tender and hot from the oven

Egg omelette with prawns and onions-was nicely done with lots of prawns

Braised duck 1/2 with kai lan (Chinese broccoli)-was tasty and meaty with a distinct flavor

Steamed white whisker river catfish-flesh was fine in texture and superbly fresh and sweet, but the skin was rubbery

Buttered squid's ring - was too sweet and not crunchy, the battered egg was fluffy, buttery and lots of curry leaves flavor.

Total bill:rm300/
Location:103-105, Jln SS25/2,
Taman Mewah Jaya,
Petaling Jaya.
Tel:03-7808-2388.

DINNER-GENTING INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE

We were at the dinner at the GICC, First World Hotel, at about 7.45 p.m. early by Malaysian standard. It was half packed with eager diners, while the host was seen mingling among the crowds. The pillar less hall was huge and high ceiling. There were about 150 tables (RM1500/table) for tonight's dinner and the stage was filled with lots of hampers for the lucky draw. We were ushered to our table in the middle of the hall, with a clear view of the happenings on stage. The dinner started at 8.15 p.m. after the arrival of VIPs. Our table was lucky as one of the guy, got a rice cooker hamper.

Signboard leading the way to the GICC hall.

The spacious and huge hall.

Candle lit table.

Three selected hot and cold platter-1.deep fried century roll-was crispy 2.sea asparagus with Thai style-was soft and spicy.3.prawn salad-was really cold and covered with mayonnaise.

Shark's fin soup with crab meat and pacific clam-was bland, slightly diluted and not much shark's fin

Roasted chicken with prawn cracker-came as cold as the room temperature-sublime-only consolation is the crispy prawn cracker.

Sweet and sour sea bass-was mud smelled-cleverly masked by the sauce-garnished with spring onions-flesh was tender and well battered.

Braised black mushroom and tau kang with broccoli-mushrooms was tender and moist-bean curd skin was soft and smooth- broccoli was crunchy.

Fried rice with pineapple-was the best dish of the night.

Deep fried mini pao-was filled with kaya and fluffy inside

Iced longan with black grass jelly-i never expected to be served such cheap dessert-was surprised -it tasted sweet and blended well

The other guests at our tables.

Went back with freebies too-dry noodle, red rice, wheat flour, rice flour,white rice and 3 in 1 coffee.

Overall the food was o.k. taking in consideration that they have to cooked for 150 tables.

RESTAURANT GOOD FRIENDS-GENTING HIGHLANDS

Last Saturday,we were invited to attend a 8 course dinner plus free hotel accommodation in Genting Highland, Pahang. the event was organized by the Rice Wholesaler's Association of Malaysia, and was held at the Genting International Convention Centre. The last time we went to Genting was a year ago, so this was a good trip to rest and rejuvenate. We left our house at 8 a.m. and have a light dim sum breakfast at Restoran Tuck Kee at Kepong Maluri before cruising on the MRR2 to the resort. The drive up was a breeze except for the last lap from the Chinese temple towards the resort which was full of steep road gradient. Upon arriving and parking the car in the hotel basement's car park, our top agenda was to have a fling at the casino.

Heading to the Highland Resort's casino through a myriads of interconnecting stair escalators from the the indoor theme park.

We stayed in this hotel-The First World Hotel and Plaza-the room was a bit crammed-no complaint since it's on the house.

We went out for some fresh mountain air after all the stuffy and smoke filled and unhealthy air in the casino- a view of the outdoor theme park.

A replica of the city's twin towers in the indoor theme park.

A preview of DreamZ magic show dancers-for viewing go to youtube.com-Dreamz preview 1.

After all the walking and sightseeing, we had lunch at Restaurant Good Friends-a typical oriental restaurant serving dim sum and Chineses cuisine and snacks.

Chinese tea-rm1.50/pax-to go with our noodles-saved the best for tonight's dinner!

The array of roast chicken, pork and BBQ pork belly available-so tempting!

We ordered and shared a plate of dry noodle with 6 pieces of wan ton-was a big letdown the BBQ pork was cold with odd and bits pieces-rm16.10

A claypot of yee mee-came sizzling hot-filled with vegetables, crab sticks, deep fried flour crackers and a raw egg-was tasty-rm18.40.

After lunch, took a brisk walk around the indoor theme park, watching happy children having fun with their various rides, before checking into the room for some rest.