Kedai Makanan Tai Heng.

Saturday lunch with my buddies we went to Kedai Makanan Tai Heng located in Taman Maluri, Cheras,

This area is notorious for it's double parking and finding a parking lot is a real hassle!

Their tagline "Exquisite Chinese cuisine in one roof" as advertised on a giant billboard near the Cheras Badminton Stadium is eye catching.

The place is clean with a huge poster of their signature dishes on one side of the wall.

We ordered their signature roast goose which was quite pricey.

Clean and fuss free place.

Accompaniment for the food.

Dried vegetable soup-complimentary.

Roast Goose 1/4-very generously sized-meaty, moist with distinct flavor-would have taste better if the goose was fresh- Rm40/

Smokey Brisket-3 layer pork belly-crispy crust but with more fats than lean meat-Rm12/

Bean Curd with confit of shallots and garnished with spring onion and coriander-the cold, white Bean curd was silky smooth-Rm5/

Sauteed Yau Mak (lettuce)-quite oily-Rm8/

Total bill:Rm72/
Location: 34, Jalan Jejaka 9,
Taman Maluri, Cheras,
Kuala Lumpur.
Tel:03-9284-7177.

FAMOUS CURRY FISH HEAD-RESTORAN 77

After visiting the Old Esplanade, Old Town Hall building, War Memorial monument, Fort Cornwallis and the site of "The king of tennis fiasco", we felt hungry again with all the walk about. We checked out from our hotel and had lunch at Restoran 77 near Persiaran Gurney. It is actually an old bungalow house which they have converted into a small and simple restaurant. The dining area is up a few flight of stairs while the kitchen is on ground level. Parking is ample along the road-rm0.50/hour. We ordered their signature dishes.

Their bold and striking sign board.

Curry fish head-cooked to order-garouper fish head was big, fresh and fleshly -with aromatic curry spices, onion, mint leaves and some old okra(lady finger) which was a big letdown-otherwise the dish was perfect!-rm36/

Home made bean curd-deep fried-soft and smooth-mixed with flavorful fillings-rm14/.

Steamed garouper fish tail-with soy sauce and garnished with finely chopped ginger. carrot and spring onion-was superbly fresh- it was the tail part of the curry fish head-rm33/.

Stir fry mixed vegetables-was soft and crunchy-was well blended in term of colours and healthiness-rm9/.

Assam sea prawns-fully absorbed the tamarind juice-crispy dried, succulent and medium sized-the children loved it!-rm36/

Eggplant topped with spicy shrimp paste and finely chopped and fried dry shrimps-the skin was pan fried until paper thin and was hard to chew-toppings with the flesh was delicious-rm14/.

Location:77-D, Persiaran Gurney, Penang.
Tel:04-2279-9086.

STEWED DUCK

Stewed duck is normally cooked using sugar, light and dark soya sauce, lengkuas (galangkal) and five spices powder. This Teo Chew stewed duck stall is known as Fatty Duck and is located at Jln SS2/10 Petaling Jaya. It is on the same row but on opposite ends of Kayu Nasi Kandar. Actually i do not like to eat duck because it is high in cholesterol. But the majority in the family wins, so i tagged along. We ordered one whole duck, five hard boiled eggs, three pieces of bean curd and salted chinese mustard.

total bill:55/

the duck meat was soft, tender and moist and the gravy was mildly liqourice in scent and goes well with the oil rice.

5 hard boiled eggs

3 soft bean curd.

a plate of Chinese mustard.

CHEOW YANG SEAFOOD RESTAURANT S/B

It was raining quite heavily, so the four of decided to have steamboat tonight. The restaurant is located just opposite the BAT factory in Section 19, Petaling Jaya. The service and ambience was good and is fully air-conditioned. The soup for the steamboat was made from fish, white cabbage, tomatoes, yam and slices of ginger. Oh! so......delicious. The side dishes are two types of vegetables bayam and poh choi, prawn and pork dumplings, white beancurd, slice white promfret fish, sea cucumber, fish maw, prawns, flower crab, tang hoon and eggs.We really enjoyed the food and the service was prompt. The total bill plus Chinese tea came to RM185. RM50/pax.