Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Hai Siang Kopitiam @ Bandar Puteri Puchong

"Accumulated" 3 visits to compose this post... trying to cover most of the choice there. Hai Siang Kopitiam, located at Bandar Puteri Puchong next to Old Town Kopitiam, of course it's not as crowded as Old Town, but I can assure you the food is far better than Old Town.

Hai Siang is not promoting white coffee, they are selling mostly old type "kopi" by Hai Peng. I've no idea where this brand originated, but it tastes ok, especially Adrian (I guess this is the owner's name) make it less sweet, which make its "bitter" more outstanding.

Kopi or Kopi C (RM 2.20).

Reason why Hai Siang not as famous as Old Town? Beside it's not much publicized, their food price also a bit higher than others, like the Adrian's Homemade Steamed Chicken Rice (RM 8.90) which only available on weekends, but really quite nice. If you don't prefer rice, you can also try the Mee Sua with this chicken soup.

Nasi Lemak Biasa (RM 3.90) is the common breakfast here. It looks good but the sambal and lemak are just average.

Most of the item here I've forgotten its price, including this Sarawak Laksa. This is second time I try Sarawak Laksa in my life, maybe one day I have chance to try the authentic version in Sarawak, but Hai Siang's quality already not bad, not too spicy, a little bit sour and some special flavour behind.

Bihun Siam is their latest item, a hearty and satisfying meal.

Among all the choices, which one I like the most? He he... the lightest meal, their Roti Bakar!

Don't know why... it's delicious even without big slice of butter, I guess is because of the kaya and margarine, and the way they toast it, give this a try next time you visit and let me know what you think.

(From Citibank Puchong you should notice Old Town, Hai Siang just next to it)
No. 17, Jalan Puteri 1/6, Dataran Puteri,
Bandar Puteri Puchong,
47100 Puchong, Selangor.
Tel : 03 - 8061 6919

Friday, November 24, 2006

Restoran Sup Pedas Ayam Kampong @ Seri Kembangan

Heard about Spicy Soup (辣汤) long time ago, but shame still haven't try it before, one of the reason is because I can't really take spicy food, so every time also hold back when friend suggested spicy soup.

One evening SG's brother suggested having dinner at one famous spicy soup place at Seri Kembangan... I was indeed very excited to try out this new place, Restoran Sup Pedas Ayam Kampong because I definitely will not explore this by myself.

The shop is located in Seri Kembangan, that's all I can tell. So sorry because I really can't remember the direction, maybe anyone that familiar with this place can provide a better map?

Always wonder why shop selling spicy soup will normally sells Fa Tiu chicken as well? For those that don't know Fa Tiu chicken, it's chicken cooked with Chinese cooking wine in dark sauce. This is another signature dish here, price RM 7 per head.

Well... the sauce is gravy, flavour is strong, and chicken is tender, but somehow overall taste is not attractive, maybe it was cooked too "gravy"... too "dark" until it tastes a bit bitter, cannot eat too many pieces as I suspect this is not ayam kampung.

And here is the spicy soup, first spicy soup in my life (same RM 7 per head)! Take a sip finally realize it's not spicy at all! It is just a bit hot, mostly by pepper. Ingredient wise is almost similar to "Chee Chap Tong" with pig's intestines, except this version added chicken and wine. I don't mind to have this soup few more times, it's nice, but definitely will not addicted to it, my favourite still BKT.



D-1, Jalan 10/3,
43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor.
Tel : 012 - 350 9900
Business hour:
9:30am - 3:00pm
5:30pm - 9:00pm (Close on Monday)

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Monday, November 20, 2006

Fatty Chicken Rice @ Seri Kembangan

Seri Kembangan post continues...

As you can see from their signboard, "肥佬" means Fatty, "顶靓" means superb while "菜园鸡" means Ayam Kampung... yeah, I was there for the kampung chicken.

My mum seldom buys normal chicken, she doesn't like it because the meat is too "soft", ended up we also prefer kampung chicken whenever possible. Look at the kampung chicken we ordered... tenderly cooked garnished with parsley, some may complaint the chicken a bit "hard", but for me, this is just good.

Beside chicken, their Beef Brisket Noodle (牛腩面) also quite nice, but I really can't take another bowl of noodle, so I ordered only the beef brisket. Give this a try, really not bad.

2 pax chicken + beef brisket + soup = RM 23, reasonable right?


Business hour: Dinner hours.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Starlight 陈洧记 @ Seri Kembangan

Started reading Jinyong's (Louis Cha) novels since Form 1, his 14 novels have created so many successful movies and TV dramas. Not too long ago, there was a chef in Hong Kong try to "create" the dishes mentioned in Jinyong's novels in real life... but do you know in Malaysia, a local chef also try to "create" the dishes with Jinyong's Kung Fu names?

Starlight 陈洧记 is located at Seri Kembangan, discovered this place one night when I exploring Seri Kembangan area and spotted this restaurant crowded during dinner hours (thanks KampungboyCitygal for inspiring me to explore Seri Kembangan months ago...).

We didn't order any of the famous dishes (雪山飞狐, 倚天屠龙记, etc.), instead we have ordered some crab because of the Christmas Island Red Crabs crawling on the wall!

Always hoping that I can witness the annual spectacle of the Red Crab migration one day...

Dried butter crab, taste good, we've changed the crab to a larger one.

Rice and my drink, no matter you take rice or not, they will charge it anyway.

Their house specialty, Tofu (they name it 香香公主), sweet and sour, I like this.

Hardly see people order this, fried intestines with pineapple. Thought can find some smell of hometown from here... but this one just normal, still need to put more effort to thoroughly clean the intestines but keep the crunchiness. Total damage only RM 47 (for 2 persons).

Overall quality is good, we've revisited recently to try the pineapple ribs, steamed fish and fried eel, but haven't try the very famous ikan bakar yet, will definitely visit again next time.


Quite hard to describe which traffic light turn left, maybe when you find road getting too narrow for 2 cars, that's the one. Worst case make a U turn when you see Petronas station on your right, :p.

陈洧记海鲜楼
No. 59, Jalan PSK7, Pusat Perdagangan 43300,
Seri Kembangan, Selangor.
Tel : 03-8941 9768, 012-656 1353

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Friday, November 10, 2006

Shi Yue Tian @ Puchong

Both Chinapress and Ho Chak have recommended about this claypot chicken rice already, in fact, I've visited this restaurant months ago right after it was featured in Chinapress.

It's not hard to find the place if you familiar with Jalan Puchong, the most obvious landmark will be the ProJet petrol station. It was crowded that night, we managed to find a seat inside, but the environment was really hot, plus after the waitress said we may need to wait 30 minutes for the claypot chicken rice, I was kinda frustrated already. Anyway, I still try to cool myself down, hoping the crowd reflected the quality of the claypot chicken rice.

Be prepared if you dine in dinner time like us... we've waited at least 40 minutes! Frankly... it was only a "not bad" claypot chicken rice I've ever tried before. It seems like they are really generous in adding the Chinese sausage, but "more" doesn't means "good". I admitted I was a bit particular in Chinese sausage, these sausage slices were just some low quality sausage. The pre-marinated chicken was tenderly cooked, which I like, but the aroma of the rice was not attracting, besides, it was really hard to "search" for salted fish...

It was still packed when we're leaving (around 8pm+), seems really lot of supporters but definitely not me.

Price: RM 4.50 (normal small), RM 8.00 (normal large)



70, Jalan TK 1/1, Taman Kinrara,
47100 Puchong, Selangor.
Tel : 012 - 904 3177

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Ah Tuan Ee's Place @ The Curve

Who is Ah Tuan Ee? My Hokkien is not very good... "Ah Tua Ee" means eldest mother's sister, "Ah Tuan" is how I address policemen, "Ee" itself is my lovely friend's surname (missing you LS), but what is "Ah Tuan Ee"? No idea.

After we tried Ole Sayang at Melaka recently, this is the first Nyonya restaurant we visited in KL. Today we have KY and YR to dinner together because we plan to visit their new house later.

No sure what to order, so we just ordered based on the most tempting photos in their menu.

Chicken Kapitan (small) RM 15.80. My stomach can't really take too spicy food, luckily this one just nice, taste also good.

Gulai Tumis Fish (small) RM 18.80. Great to eat this with white rice. I like the gulai, but I think it should taste better if we order gulai prawn, although I don't like prawn at all.

Jeu Hoo Char (small) RM 13.80. Don't know why this is one of their specialties... not good at all. I barely found few "jeu hoo" only, not worth for its price.

Fresh Vegetables (small) RM 9.80.

The dinner was satisfying, but the bill was slightly costly; total RM 93.61, but a warm dining ambience complemented with good service for casual dining... I have nothing to complaint much.

Other reviews:
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Ah Tuan Ee's Place
No. 155 Level 1, Western Courtyard
The Curve
03 - 7710 3603

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Monday, November 06, 2006

Party Cubes

Product of The Laughing Cow.

What is "The Laughing Cow"? - The Laughing Cow is a brand of processed cheese products owned by Groupe Bel. Originally launched in France as La vache qui rit in 1921, the brand is now sold in more than 90 countries. [wikipedia.org]

Are they famous? - According to the Groupe Bel web site, 125 portions of the cheese are eaten every second around the world. [wikipedia.org]

Refilling refrigerator... somehow this box entered as a new member. The original Laughing Cow comes in pizza-like shape, but I like cubes more than the original. You can get this Plain cheese at almost all hypermarket (RM 9++), but only few (JJ, Isetan) selling full range of flavors.

Give it a try and don't worry about the fat (only 7%)!

Other (review?):
tsogb

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Kean Fatt Pork Noodle @ SS3

Stayed in KL more than 4 years now... Pork noodle is common enough that you can see it almost everywhere, but not all stalls prepare it right. After few famous pork noodles I've tried (OUG, Brickfield, Subang Jaya), today I'm going to explore another name blogged by boo_licious sometimes ago...

It's not hard to find the place, the pork noodle stall is at Restoran Kean Fatt SS3 (LDP from Sunway look for SS3 exit, turn right drive all the way straight, it's on your right). Noticed a weird thing about most of the famous pork noodles in KL/Selangor area... they are all "branded" as Penang pork noodle, wonder why for so long already... maybe I've wasted my 3 years in Penang, someone can enlighten me on popularity of pork noodle in Penang?

I've ordered 2 bowls pork noodle and ready to wait for it. Time is ticking... and my food finally served after 25 minutes. If you ever waited more than 1 hour (read my Quilin post) for a bowl of pork noodle, these 25 minutes really "sap sap sui".

Why he takes 25 minutes to prepare the noodle? There must be some reason... Most pork noodles outside cook one bowl at one time, by throwing all the ingredients into one pot to cook for one bowl, but this uncle like to cook "each ingredient" (minced pork, liver, etc.) separately, and prepare about 15 bowls at one time, this makes whole bowl of pork noodle taste good. I didn't add egg into it, itself already sweet enough. As compare to other pork noodles, I will say this one may not impress you at first scoop, but believe me, the "addiction" will definitely last longer.

I dare not say this is the best pork noodle in town, because I always hoping there are someone better outside... waiting for me.

Other reviews:
masak-masak
KY eats

(Map from KY eats)


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Sunday, November 05, 2006

First Pancakes @ Home

Here's the experiment! SG said it's very easy to make a pancake, so we bought the simplest recipe from Pillsbury in order to "increase" the success rate of our first pancake at home...

Not cheap though... it's over RM 20+ for all the ingredients... let's see how well SG made it :)

Just some ordinary pancakes, without added any egg, sugar or margarine, so no wonder it tastes plain... still need some secret recipe to fry a proper pancake and create "cheaper" syrup, Pillsbury is really expensive for business use. By eating only our "creation" today, it's not a success, so I got to do something to make it taste better...

Nestle La Cremeria Vanilla Cashew Delight (RM 9+), my secret weapon! Everyone (SG's family) seems satisfied with their breakfast today... luckily.


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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Paddington House of Pancakes

Who do not tired of normal working life? Have been wondering what food business / model can make us rich, so one day when PasanKia wants to meet up, Water Blower suggested Paddington House of Pancakes at The Curve and we all went there to check out how well this pancake house doing...

PHOP (Paddington House of Pancakes) has a wide range of pancakes in their menu, from starter to main course to dessert... you name it, they have it.

We start our food tasting session with one of the house specialties, Treasure Box (RM 16.50). Having a good recipe of pancake + syrup, I will say the chef already win in this dish, moreover they've flourished it with alluring fruits and nuts and even spice it up with vanilla ice-cream on top... Simple and yet very attractive (especially to kids and girls)! We must brainstorm harder on this cause this can make lots of $$$...

Move to next, Brussels (RM 17.50), buckwheat galettes with cheesy beef bacon. Looks like a healthy breakfast set right? In fact, it's a type of French pancake, after added ham and egg, this is known as a galette complète (a complete galette). The taste is just okay.

Next we move to Russian pancake, Blintzes topped with whipped cheese, raisins, dried pineapple, appricot & vanilla ice cream (RM18.50). This pancake itself looks cheesy, but the taste not really strong as seen, no wonder it topped with vanilla ice cream (once again).

Let's fly to Dutch after Russian. Pannekoeken (RM 17.50) is a Dutch pancake. This one looks and taste really like "thin crust" pizza. I'm not quite like this because I didn't feel like eating pancake anyway... for Malaysian, it makes me relate it to tosai, roti tissue...

Lastly, I've ordered this "plain" pancakes, Bananas, cinnamon sugar, chocolate honeycomb butter & ice cream (RM 15). Finally I can stuff my mouth full with pancakes, only pancakes. I don't know how to cook pancake, but according to PasanKia, it's really as simple as 123, so it's not worth to order this... (I doubt?). Think I will only know if I do a little experiment (in coming post...)

Some drinks : Blueberry Yogurt (RM 12.50), Passion Lemon (RM 10.50) and Passion Citrus (RM 10.50).

Bill total RM 150.65, sometimes it's not cheap to do food research, but at least these let us realized how "simple" can still make money :|

Other reviews:
Da Wheel of Life & Happiness
Uninspired
ShaolinTiger
masak-masak