VILLAGE PARK RESTAURANT.

For last Sunday breakfast, my wife and I ate two rich and fulfilling snack meal at Village Park Restaurant in Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya.

It was delicious!

This restaurant served kueh mueh and a good varieties of halal food, business was brisk.

It was a good advertisement when they placed a photo in the counter shelf of one of our former PM and his family having a meal in the restaurant.

Service was good and parking on weekends is OK.

Nasi Lemak-steamed coconut flavored white whole grainy rice served with crispy and meaty Kunyit (turmeric) marinated deep fried chicken thigh, toasted peanut, anchovies, sliced cucumber, half an egg and a dollop of sweet and spicy sambal chillies-very fulfilling-Rm6.80/

Mee Siam-fried spicy fine rice vermicelli with beansprouts-served with crispy and meaty Kunyit (turmeric) marinated fried chicken, sliced cucumber and a dollop of sweet and spicy sambal chillies-Rm7/

Cucur Badam (deep fried) made of sweet potato dough with flavorful and spicy, herbaceous grated coconut fillings-topped with a small shrimp-cute and tasty, too-Rm0.90/

Total bill:RM20.50/
Location:5, Jalan SS21/37,
Damansara Utama,
Petaling Jaya.
Tel:03-7710-7860.

7 GRAINS SPROUTED LIFE BREAD SANDWICH.

One loaf of 7 grains sprouted life bread which is make from sprouted wheat, soya beans, millet, rye, lentil, corn and oat.
5 leaves of fresh Lettuce, cleaned.
2 red tomato, sliced.
5 pieces of Turkey ham.
5 whisked eggs-pan fried to make 5 pieces of thin, round omelette.

Toast the bread if you want-spread both side with butter,
Lay a piece of Turkey ham, follow by a piece of the pan fried thin, round egg omelette,
Top it with fresh lettuce and sliced red tomato,
Either sprinkle salt/pepper or add chillies/ tomato sauce to taste.

The bread is low in sugar and oil, fibre packed and rich in minerals, vitamins and complex carbohydrates-was a bit rough in texture- the turkey ham, egg, lettuce and tomato lend extra flavors and textures to it-a simple, delightful and healthy meal.

The bread cost Rm6.60 and is made by:
Adventist Bakery,
Penang Adventist Hospital,
465, Jalan Burma,
Penang,
Tel:04-222-7502.

MAY CHIXUAN RESTAURANT.

May ChiXuan Restaurant situated opposite Wisma Emkay, Bandar Damansara Perdana is a small fuss free and clean restaurant.

My friend Richard who eats out 3 meals a day introduces me to this place for their reasonable priced food.

Business was very brisk and I noticed there were a lot of takeaways packed in Styrofoam boxes from orders taken by phone or physically.

Parking is horrible, a lot of double and triple parking!

Claypot chicken cooked in glutinous rice wine with wolfberries, finely sliced young ginger and cilantro-free range chicken meat was firm and muscled and the glutinous rice wine was clear and leave a lingering taste on my palate with every slurp- Rm22/

Coconut curry prawns-cooked Indian style, filled with 7 medium sized fresh and juicy prawns, scrapped coconut flesh-very aromatic and fragrant and not too spicy-goes well with rice-heavenly-Rm20/

Chap Choy-3 types of mushroom, florets of broccoli/cauliflower-sweet pea, Chinese long cabbage, carrot-a good mixtures of green-Rm8/

Total bill:Rm55/
Location:21-1, Jalan PJU 8/5F,
Bandar Damansara Perdana,
Petaling Jaya,
Tel:03-7727-2602/012-665-4690/012-753-7524.

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.

RESTORAN SIN KEE

Restoran Sin Kee is a no-frills Chinese/Western restaurant with cute yellow lampshades dominating it's overhead ceiling and is fully air conditioned.

We are their regular customers from their early years, when the restaurant was situated opposite (next to a SHELL station) to this present location.

We were there for lunch on Saturday and found that it was already seated with people, even before they start to take orders!

Parking is ample at a parking lot, a few shops away.

Yellow lampshades overhead.

Steamed grass carp (belly section)-awash with good grade sweet light soy sauce, a dash of Chinese wine and topped with lots of finely blended ginger, coriander leaves- the flesh was smooth and fine in texture

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Stir fry mixed vegetables-full of ingredients like sliced fish cake, squid, prawn, button mushroom plus a bit of every kinds of green to satisfy everyone.

Soy sauce pork (tender loin eye muscle)-well marinated and oozes with sauce but was quite tough to chew!

Chicken Chop-Hainanese style-their signature dish-served with potato wedges, red bean, green pea and grilled tomato-brown sauce was tasty, mouth watering and chicken was well battered, tender and moist.

Double boiled sliced Lotus root soup-was clear and filled with lots of fresh groundnut, red dates, toasted cuttlefish and pork meat.

Fried rice-whole grain and not oily-with waxed Chinese sausage, egg, prawn and chopped spring onion-lovely serving.

Total bill:rm82/
Location: No.194, Jalan Tun Sambanthan,
Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur
Tel:03-2274-1842.