Euro Deli Shop.

The months of July/August are full of birthdays in the family.

First on the list is my son Mike's birthday which falls a day after America Independence Day- a very easy day to remember !

We celebrated the auspicious day with a porky German-Swiss dinner at Euro Deli Shop located in Damansara Kim, Petaling Jaya.

The restaurant served authentic mouth watering European food and is cozy with a quiet ambiance and warm dim lighting (should turn it a knob higher)-bad for food photography!

Overall the food were good especially the Iberico ham with bread (a bit salty to my taste) .

Parking is OK.

Comfortable chairs and tables arranged in either 2/4/6 seats in a straight formation in the restaurant.

Mixed Salad Plate-filled with fresh Iceberg lettuce, red/green capsicum, sliced cucumber and pickled olive-with Thousand Island sauce on the side-RM15.90/

French Fries-golden brown and crispy-mum's favorite-Rm9.50/

Complimentary warm and soft multi grains crusted buns with packed butter.

Emmenthaler Sausage-two long lightly crisped, crunchy, distinctive flavored cheese sausage, sourish sauerkraut(fermented thinly sliced cabbage), boiled potato wedges with sour cream, a thin sliced of boiled egg and a dollop of not too overwhelming mustard-Rm22.90/

Iberico Ham Plate-cured ham with smooth texture and a rich savory taste served with white French bread and pickled cucumber-Rm38.90/

English Plate-a foot long salty sausage, fried egg, bacon, French fries and fragrant brown onion sauce-Rm 33.90

Pork Medallion-three chunks of well marinated pork fillet wrapped in bacon, spaghetti with olive oil and blanched broccoli and lovely brown mushroom sauce-sinfully satisfying-Rm32.90/

Butcher's Plate-two chunky sized roast belly/baked pork (too much of fats!!!), a piece of pork sausage, sliced potatoes, red vegetable and sourish sauerkraut (like kiam chai)-Rm32.90/

Iberico Pork Chop-well marinated, chunky great tasting earthy mushroom sauce-served on the side with blanched broccoli and a dollop of mashed potato-Rm54.90/

Hoegaarden White 1 Pint-tasted malty and light with a golden hue- Rm28.00/

Total bill:Rm342/
Location: 41,Jalan SS20/11,
Damansara Kim,
Petaling Jaya,
Tel:03-7726-7495.

Chap Fan @ Kedai Makanan & Minuman Zong Meng-Tapah.

We drove up to Tapah, Perak to attend my brother in law's wake and funeral.
His death was sudden and we will surely missed him.

We stopped by Kedai Makanan & Minuman Zong Meng for a quick lunch of Chap Fan (mixed rice).

Besides being a "Tai Chow" (serving cook to order dishes), they have just a small spread of about 10 dishes every working day for lunchtime only.

It's cheap and the best time is go is around 11.30 a.m.

White rice with Deep fried Ikan Kambong, Long bean Omelette, white tofu and stir fried vegetable with strips of chicken, onion and sliced fish cake-Rm3.00/

White rice with white tofu, stir fried Choy Sam, ginger chicken and topped with tasty brown gravy-Rm2.50/

Location:From Bidor-on the right hand side after Tapah town bridge.

YE Traditional Dumplings.

Besides the traditional dumplings which are available all year round, YE Traditional Dumplings located in Pandan Jaya also served quite a varieties of Hakka dishes, too.

Last Saturday my buddies and I went there for lunch and were impressed with what they served but it was a bit pricey.

The colorful menu was a great help for us to do the food selection.

Parking is OK.

Lui Char Fan-white rice with a host of cooked condiments like tea leaves, green vegetable, toasted peanut, leek with cubed tofu, finely chopped long bean and dried shrimp-not too minty-tasted ok after a few mouthful-Rm8.80/

Yam Abacus-"yammy" with lots of dried shrimps, strips of pork, spring onion and cilantro-red chillies oil to go with the yam abacus-a bit oily-Rm6.50/.

Facai roll-Deep fried bean curd sheet filled with Fatt Choy(strands of black sea weed/salted duck egg-mayonnaise for dip-Rm5/.

Herbal chicken thigh cooked in Yu Er Hong wine-meaty with a strong, herbal flavor-Rm14/

Deep fried stuffed Tofu with minced pork/fish paste-Rm5/.

Shui Xian Tea -Rm4.50/pax

Total bill:Rm65/
Location:8G, Jalan Pandan Jaya 3/9,
Pandan Jaya, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel:03-9284-5325/012-230-6003.

Delicious Dinner 38.

A series of home cooked dinner by my wife.

Nam Yee (fermented red bean curd) Fried Chicken Wings-well marinated and fragrant with a tinge of saltiness-crispy and juicy.

Assam Curry Garouper Fish head and sea prawns with assorted vegetables like okra, aubergine, long bean and ripe yellow pineapple-hot, spicy and sourish with some tanginess.

Fish stock based soup filled with homemade fish balls and minced pork/prawn balls and lots of Chinese long cabbage-garnished with cilantro/spring onion and deep fried shallots and a sprinkling of pepper.

Roast Duck@Loong Foong Seafood Restaurant

When the chef of the house is on holiday, the options are either takeaway or eat out.

I bought a whole roast duck @ Rm45 at the newly renovated Loong Foong Seafood Restaurant located in Paramount Garden, Petaling Jaya.

The crispy roast duck was fresh out from the portable charcoal oven and when the guy chopped it up, the warm flowing natural juices from the duck was soooooo.. tempting.

I ate one of the juicy duck thigh on the spot.

Sweet bean sauce and vinegar red chillies to go with the well marinated, juicy and meaty roast duck with a missing piece of duck thigh-ha! ha!

Location: 1, Jalan 20/13,
Paramount Garden, Petaling Jaya.
Tel:03-7876-9045.