Restaurant Jin Xuan Hong Kong - Damansara Jaya

Today, me and my ex-colleague decided to try out this new place in Damansara Jaya. Since someone gonna buy me lunch, why not? I arrived around 11.30am and the parking was really like HELL over here. For those who is familiar with the area, they should know. It's located at the same row as Maybank. Shouldn't be hard to locate with the freaking BIG signboard they have. The owner of the place is the same as the other restaurant on the same row with RHB Bank in the same area. But this restaurant looks a bit more classy. As the other one looks more Chinese style. The place is divided up from air condition and non (smoking area).

Here is the place where they showcase all their fried dim sums. They do have a lot of varieties in term of fried dim sum. Not bad. So here's the run down of (almost) all their dim sums.

This is the Country Style Shrimp Dumpling. (RM 4.00)

What is dim sum without Siu-Mai. OK la, not bad. We ordered a 2nd plate, so it's not too bad. (RM 3.50) This is their so-called Tasty Loh-Mai-Kai. Surprisingly, it tasted good. We ordered another at the end. (RM3.50)Sharkfin Dumpling is the name of the dim sum above. Got shark fin? I don't know. You must try it yourself. (RM3.50)This one is called Crystal Shrimp Dumpling. This is also not bad as the shrimp was quite large. (RM3.50)Yup, this is the Teachew Siu Mai. Normal only. (RM3.50)Scallop Shrimp Dumpling. Scallop .. hmm... I like .. (RM4.00)I think this is the Mixed Seafood Dumpling. There's a lot of shrimp inside. Goodie~! (RM4.00)This got to be the weirdest dim sum I ate so far. It's called Green Mussels Cheese-Mai. Yes, you can guess what it is from the name. How is it? Surprisingly, it's quite OK from the feedback. (RM4.00)What is dim sum without ordering their Chee Chung Fan. It's mixed between Char Siew and Shrimp. But the shrimp-fan not that nice as there's only one big prawn on each fan. This is their house specialty Fried Glutinous Rice. Really nice, cause the Char Siew inside is crispy and tasted good. (RM8.00-I think)We didn't know what the hell did we ordered until they cut it up for us. It's Fried Durian Cake. I am not kidding, the durian paste inside is still warm. haha~! But it's quite OK la. For those who like durian, you can try it out. (RM6.00) Fried Fish Paste. Thai Style Beancurd. Taste is normal not that nice. (RM3.50)Another Fried Shrimp dish. Normal only nothing to say. Fried Loh Bak Kou. It's nice if it's hot. Yes, it's quite cold when it's served to us. Sad. There is still a few more dishes which I didn't took the picture as it's not that nice. The whole lunch cost RM 90++. Including one pot of Chinese tea. Since someones buying so my wallet not crying. But it's so-so only. But for a restaurant, the price is around the same as big restaurant's price. So it's ok if you wanna eat some breakfast during weekend morning. But don't expect too much. (Rating : 3.5 out of 5.0)

Kedai Kopi Tian Hong - Salak South Garden

This is definitely the best Char Siew in whole Klang Valley. Well at least there are a few avid food lover agreed with me on this. The place which I am referring to, is called Kedai Kopi Tian Hong. I had tried out most of the good stalls in the market, but this stall still comes out No.1 in my book. Actually I had visited this place numerous times, but I had decided to bring along MD as we're heading some where around that area. It's located at Taman Salak Selatan, Jalan Tunku 2 (opposite 7-11). So what makes a good Char Siew? Well for me it's definitely the texture of it. The pork must be soft and juicy. So I had ordered their half skinny half fat portion. This is the best way to eat Char Siew in my dictionary. If you like the extra crispy over cooked portion, then you can ordered the end part of the pork. It's not really good for your health but once in a while it's OK. So when MD got his first bite of the Char Siew, he had agreed with me that this is definitely the best he had so far. We had ordered the pork and rice separately (recommended) so the portion is larger. The price is RM 7.50/head. Expensive? Well for me it's well worth my money because of the portion and also the taste. The sauce which they brushed onto the pork is very important too. For this stall, they had used a lot of honey on it. Hence, the sweet taste on the Char Siew. You can just take their gravy and pour it onto your rice and eat it just like that. The sauce is really that nice. So combining both good Char Siew and gravy sauce, you got one hell of a good combination. There's a lot of stalls which offer good pork but poor sauce or vice verse, but this place offers the best combination of both.

So if you're looking for good Char Siew to eat this weekend, remember to be there after 1pm and before 2pm. As their Char Siew will only be ready around 1pm or slightly earlier. You can see a lot of people waiting for the Char Siew to be ready, when there is a lot of Siew Yuk and Siew Chicken hanging there. (Rating: 4.8 out of 5.0)

Dome - The Curve

Woke up around 8.30am and started off with my usual weekly report. Finished quite fast this morning and continued with my Diablo II. The whole family decided to go over TC this morning for breakfast. So upon arrival my brother had chosen Dome.
But what we didn't expect was a disaster coming by. OK, here's what happened. I had ordered their Nasi Lemak Special (RM19.50). The waitress came back and told me that they run out off nasi lemak. And asked if I mind taking my nasi lemak with plain white rice. Stupid~! Then it's not nasi lemak anymore. What's the point of ordering nasi lemak if it's not nasi lemak. Fine, I re-ordered their Creamy Seafood Pasta (RM24.50). Guess what she said. "Can you order something else which is around the same price as the nasi lemak?". Huh??!!! What the hell was that? And she wasn't helping a bit by giving me the "come on man, make up your mind and order" look. Fine~!!! I ordered their Spicy Mushroom Chicken Pasta (RM21.00). So this is how Spicy Mushroom Chicken Pasta looks like. How to describe this dish?! Hmm...imagine curry mee's soup with pasta on it instead of local noodle. Other than the large portion, there's nothing much to say about this dish.

My brother had ordered his favourite Gourmet Chicken & Mushroom Pie. It had changed a lot since my brother last visited here. The portion of the soup was quite little and also there weren't any broccoli on the side dish. Sad~! My SIL had ordered their Cajun Chicken Sandwich. It's not bad but still the portion wasn't that much. And finally Romiko had ordered their Spicy Olio Pasta. It's spaghetti tossed with fresh herbs, garlic, chili flakes, red capsicum, spinach, parsley and zucchini. Served with their sliced chicken ham. They taste it and said that it's not bad. But for me, it's just plain normal. Maybe I am still a bit pissed with them. (RM21.00)

And you thought that the nightmare was over. Think again. After almost finishing all our food. Romiko's White Coffee and my brother's Hot Chocolate still haven't arrive yet. What happened you asked?! Well the fella who prepared the drinks had managed to mix up a Hot Chocolate and Hot Cappuccino. So at the end we ended up with an additional drink. How stupid can they get. And they dare to argued with us. My brother just told them that they fuck up our drinks and just get the rest of the drinks to us. But at the end they punch in the nasi lemak instead of my pasta and they deducted out the extra cappuccino. Stupid or plain dumb?!!! I dunno??!!! (Rating : 2.0 out of 5.0)

The Steamboat @ Waterfront - Desa Park City

This is my first visit to Desa Park City and also this mall called Waterfront inside. Waterfront is some sort like a grand R&R to me. There's a lot of shops, restaurants and also boutiques. So yesterday night, Master C had invited us all to dine at one of the stall called The Steamboat.

The restaurant's concept was based on Pulau Ketam's seafood, or so it was said. The place had just opened not long ago hence the waiters being a bit havoc at some point. The design is some sort like B.B.Q Plaza. But the price for the food here is higher than B.B.Q Plaza.

I had ordered their Lamb Combo Set which consists of the usual, fish balls, yong tau foo, prawn, crab stick, minced fish, yau mak and etc. (please look at the picture above). The price for the set is RM 21.80.

This is the Lamb which comes together with the standard 'accessories' mentioned above.
This is the Beef set which Romiko had ordered and this comes together with the rest of the standard sets.
The chillies is crucial for steamboat. So here is the two types of chillies which they have. On the right is the normal red chilly paste and the right (which I preferred) is the garlic green chilly paste. The latter is spicier and stronger in scent.

So this is how my Tom Yam soup looks like before heating it up. Well it's quite sour and slightly spicy. They do offer the normal plain herbal soup if you prefer traditional style.
This is how it looks like after I throw in all the food into the pot. Oh ya, their style is the same as Shabu Shabu which means all the visitors had their own pot. So in other word, it's more hygienic.

We were thinking that the portion wasn't enough for us all but at the end of the dinner most of us was quite full. Well I know I am. The place was packed around 8pm as there were a lot of families which visit this outlet. You can also opt to sit outside to view the park and also a man made lake (coming soon). The environment is really nice. (Rating : 3.5 out of 5.0)

Restaurant Makanan Laut Telok Gong - Klang

This was the first time I had brunch over at Telok Gong. It was around 11.30am when we arrived. I had suggested to eat at Restaurant Telok Gong since I had tried the other two (Greenery and Coconut Flower). There were five of us including me, so Eric had given me the green light to order. Cool~!

First dish, Lala in Fried Bee Hoon. This is definitely better than the one that I had in Coconut Flower last week. The second dish I ordered was the Hokkien Mee. Ok la, it's not as good as Ah Wah or Damansara Uptown (and b'cause it's lack pork) but still OK la. My favourite vegetable, Yau Mak is the only green this morning. It's simple but they really make the dish taste really good. My favourite seafood, Mantis Prawn in Kong Pow. It's very crunchy and the portion was really large. Nice~! I was munching away till he last bite. I had ordered additional 3 dishes as Eric said it wasn't enough and wanted to try more seafood. So I had ordered the Kepah in Supreme Soup. I am not sure what is the taste and all as I don't really fancy the soup and all. But from the feedback, it's quite good.

This is the Salty Egg Crab which I'd ordered. Damn it's nice. I seldom praise any crab but this is quite the different story. Although it's Salty Egg but they added some sugar in it, so it tasted a but sweet at the same time. Nice~!Last dish of the day, I had a difficulty deciding either to order their Nestum or Butter Milk Prawns. So what better but to mix them both together in one plate. Well I mean half Nestum, half Butter Milk in this case. The Nestum Prawns was really fantastic compared to the plain Butter Milk Prawns.

The whole meal cost me RM 180.00 plus all the drinks (coconut, soft drinks and one bottle of Tiger beer). Eric said cheap, so what more could I say. Since it's claimable. LOL~!!! (Rating : 4.0 out of 5.0)

Ah Yat Abalone Forum Restaurant - Section 13

Yesterday's lunch was a bit special as MD and I had planned to eat at Ah Yat Abalone in Section 13. So I had invited both my friends, Terrence and Calvin (no! not the instructors, but my ex-colleagues). As MD had this RM50 cash voucher so we thought we gonna try something different this time around. But we only found out that the cash voucher was only valid for ala-carte or lunch set and do not apply to Dim Sum (which was on 50%). What the heck, we just ordered both set lunch meal and also Dim Sum together.

Once seated, we had ordered "Heong Pin" for our drink of the day. Not bad, as they will add more tea leaf in, when the tea turns plain later on. They will served this Steamed Peanuts as a appetizer and the Chilly Paste on the left was really nice. We had ordered at least 8 bowls of that chilly that afternoon.

First we had ordered their Steamed Rice in Lotus Leaf. It's not bad. But maybe a bit dry for us. The portion was just nice and not too large. (RM6)

This is a recommendation from the waiter. It's called Deep-Fried Bean-Curd with Salted Egg Yolk. Not bad also, as the taste of salted egg was really strong and the bean curd was really soft. It really melt in your mouth. (RM9)

We saw someone ordered this dish next table, so we ordered the same. It's called Wok-Fried Chicken in Chili. Well it's just OK for me. It's consider a Hokkien dish from what I heard from them. Not that spicy by the way. (RM9)

What is Dim Sum without trying their Steamed Mini Shanghai Dumpling. It's nothing compared to Dragon-I. This is what 4 of us agreed on. The soup in the dumpling wasn't as much and the skin was slightly thicker than the latter. (RM 8.80)

This is another must order dish for me and MD, Steamed Pork Dumpling with Fish Roe. Well from the looks of it, it's not bad at all. The pork inside was really fresh and the skin is not that thick but just OK. (RM8.80)

Next was Steamed Prawn Dumpling. Well nothing much to say but the prawn was really fresh and there are 3 prawns inside each dumpling. Enough said. (RM8.80)

I think this is called Prawn Dumpling with Salad Sauce. Nothing special. Just your normal prawn dumpling. And yes, the prawns was quite fresh too. (RM8.80)

This is called Deep-Fried Beancurd Skin (I think). Nothing special here. There were prawns inside the beancurd skin which was fried outside. (RM8.50)

I had ordered the Deep Fried Yam Dumpling as I always like this meal. And this is the only time I will eat Yam. Except the crispy skin on the outside there was nothing special bout this dish. The pork inside was plain and doesn't taste like 'Char Siew'. So it's not that nice actually. (RM8.50)

This is the only noodle which we ordered that afternoon, Chinese Spaghetti. What can I say? It's quite sour for me. (RM7)

How can I go without ordering Steamed Cheung Fun with Fresh Scallop. But there is nothing special bout this either. I would rather ordered their Steamed Cheung Fun with Fresh Prawn instead next time. (RM10.50)

There is also the Fried Rice with Siew Yuk which we ordered at the end as we're not full. It's really nice but I didn't have the picture with me. The whole meal without using the voucher cost RM 128.00. Expensive? Well for a place like Ah Yat Abalone, it's considered affordable I guess. (Rating : 3.5 out of 5.0)