Village Park Restaurant @ Uptown Damansara

Some of my friend did mentioned this place before to me while passing through a few times back. But didn't have the chance to really go in and have a try. The name of the place is called Village Park Restaurant at Damansara Uptown. I heard the place serves a good plate of nasi lemak. That I would like to try.

Walked in and the place is filled with people standing queuing to pay and waiting for tables and waiting for their foods. It was havoc. Typical old style kopitiam. They served a varieties of foods ranging from beef rendang, chicken rendang and also the special fried chicken.

One thing for sure, I could smell the scent of a good fried chicken when I smell one. This I will definitely like to try. Physical and smell had already pass my test. Next is the tasting.

Well since I can't decide between beef rendang and fried chicken, hence I had ordered both. Why choose when you can have both right? It took some time before our food arrive. Let's go to the beef rendang first. Looks like one good beef rendang but lack the rendang taste for me. Let's just say I had better. Fried chicken is above average but I still prefered my Darul Salam fried chicken at SS15 anytime. Nasi lemak definitely pack a lot of lemak hence the nice scent and taste. Sambal is very nice, better than the rendang gravvy. Weird~! RM10

Cleanse it all down with one cold glass of Sirap Ice. Sweet~!

Kitchen is small but the workers are very efficient and multitasking. But if you ask me, you will get your food faster if you walk over to the counter and wait for it rather than sitting on your seat. They do serve mee jawa, half boil eggs and etc like a kopitiam.

Overall, the food is above average, hence the pack crowd and all. I heard that the place is operated by nyonya folks. I know the cashier knows Chinese. So it's possible. Definitely going back for second and more to come. You have to queue up to the counter to pay your bill and yes the place is air condition inside so no worries of the sunny weather outside. Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0

Tian Pin Ge Ge @ Kepong

So this is the new dessert in town that my ex-colleague was telling me about. It's located at Jalan Metro Perdana 3 in Kepong. Parking was a bit hard but I think you can park next to the road and walk over. The place was pack as expected when we arrived. The place us called Dessert Brother in Cantonese (Tim Pan Kor Kor). It's origin from Hong Kong and even the girl who served us was from Wan Chai. And she can really talk and recommended some dessert to us too.

Pomelo and Sago in Mango Sweet Soup with Ice Cream. This is not bad as the ice cream adds a bit of sweetness to the mango. RM9/bowl

This is the Mango Glutinous Rice Balls. Damn this is so nice and tasty. Imagine the sweet cold mango is wrapped with soft glutinous rice with coconut shreds. There is actually 4 pieces but they are too hungry to wait for me to take a picture before tasting it. Highly recommended. RM7/plate.

Double-Skinned Milk Custard. This is said to be a must try when you're in Hong Kong, but it was not the case here. It's not the same as the one my friend had over at Hong Kong. It's a bit plain and not much taste. Sad. RM5/bowl

This is the Mango Roll which we all like. The outer white layer is made of coconut (I think). No guessing what's inside, yes it's mango again. This is also a must try if you're over here. Very special. RM8/roll

The name of the dessert is called Happy Village. It's sago mixed with coconut in mango dessert taste pudding. This is just alright for me. RM9/bowl

Ginger Soup with Sesame and Peanut Rice Balls. This so nice. The scent of ginger is really strong. There is half peanut and half sesame rice balls. When you sink your teeth into one of the peanut rice balls, the soup within the ball will burst into your mouth mixing with the peanut taste. Sweet~! Must order. RM 5.50/bowl.

Heart of Greed, the name was so dramatic but I can't say the same on the food itself. Totally disappointed. It's fresh fruits in pomelo and sago in mango sweet soup. RM10/bowl.

This is the one which I ordered that the girl recommended. It's brand new in the menu. It's Black Pearl Sago with Mango, Banana and Longan. Damn this is so nice. It's cold and sweet as there is a scoup of ice cream underneath it. The taste of coconut milk is a bit strong here. Totally love this. RM12/bowl.

Overall it's a very good experience and also a good place to have a good dessert. I am so bored of K.T.Z by now. I am not so into Mango all this time, but I am so into it from tonight. Maybe a bit over rated but you can always go over and have a try for yourself. I heard that they are coming out with a second branch in KL in two months. Hopefully there will be one in PJ soon. (Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0)

Hao Jie Seafood Steamboat Restaurant

Got a phone call from my ex-colleague for food tasting tonight. It's a new dessert shop in Kepong area. But before that, we decided to have dinner. So he had suggested Ho Jie Steamboat restaurant. It's said that it's origin from Pulau Ketam. These days, they all said it's from Pulau Ketam. Gimmick?

Fish slices which was really fresh.

Pork balls and fish ball with minced pork. I heard that most of the fish balls and also other variety of food is prepared in house. So it's really fresh.

We had also ordered some fried Yong Tau Foo. Nice~!

Golden Mushrooms are a must for steamboat. It's not those that sticks together that I normally had in other restaurant. So it's not cold storage stuff.

What is steamboat without some fresh green to go with it. There's also bean curd and also prawns, the usual yee mee, mee hoon and eggs.

So add everything on top and we got one pot of hot seafood which is boiling and ready to go into our hungry stomachs. The soup was fresh but still tasty. Overall it's an over the average steamboat restaurant. Service is good and the place is always full house. It's located opposite Carrefour in Kepong same row as Papa Rich Coffee Shop on the other end. The whole meal cost us RM 99nett for 5 person. It's RM13.50/pax but we did ordered some extra pork balls and golden mushrooms and some other stuff. (Rating: 3.8 out of 5.0)