Last Friday I and colleagues went to
Precious Old China to celebrate birthday for 2 lucky girls. To read more about history and details about this restaurant, you can either follow the blog links at the end of this post, or read newspaper/magazine write-ups
here, what
most interesting is
Stephen Chow visited here before!
This is our first visit to Precious Old China, to avoid the crowd during lunch hour, our lovely office manager prearranged table and food for 16 of us, which is a wise decision (I saw lot of tables waited so long for their food).
Lady's Fingers Kerabu (RM 10.80)
Four Season Beans (RM 10.80)
First glance you will think these are same dish, in fact it's not. I don't really like these mainly because they are too dry. Serve these as a starter or side dish maybe better as they do not go well with white rice.
Fried Assam Prawns (RM 39.90)
Most expensive dish we've ordered, the prawn should taste good to everyone, I think. I don't really favor prawn dishes, but this is typical homestyle cuisine that my mum always cooks and I still like my mum's style, with stronger assam paste's taste deep into the prawn meat.
Mein Kan Tofu (RM 8.80)
Bitter Gourd Omelet (RM 8.80)
Crispy Fried Sotong (RM 18.80)
Mein Kan Tofu, Bitter Gourd Omelet and Fried Sotong are just normal to me. Tofu and Omelet just lack of some very important flavor here... non-halal smell I guess ;-), which is not possible to be served here.
Ju Hu Char (RM 10.80)
Devil Curry (RM 18.90)
You may notice not many Nyonya's signatures that we've ordered, except the Ju Hu Char, but I don't really like it either. The aroma and taste is good, but I'm expecting slightly juicy meat fillings.
First sip on our last dish, Devil Curry, makes me thought this is cooked with fish... surprisingly, it is not. Maybe my understanding of Nyonya's cuisines just too lame, personal opinion this should far better if substitute chicken with fish.
Bill amount RM 467++ (big group of us, 3 pax for each dish). I will revisit Petaling Street outlet again, to try my other favorites (Chicken Kapitan, Mutton, Nasi Lemak, Curry Fish Head, Desserts, etc.).
Other reviews:
masak-masakBabe in the CityHoney StarAddress:Precious Old ChinaLot M2, Central MarketTel : 03 - 2273 7372
Onion Loaf (half) RM 12.90. One of the TR signatures, also my first try on this and I must admit this is good. Half portion to me is more than enough (for 2 persons) because it's deep fried.
Bountiful Beef Ribs RM 48.90. Visit here just because of ribs, so we have very limited choice (again, no pork +_+). The Bountiful Beef Ribs is very good. SG doesn't really favor beef but she also considers this is good. We didn't add any additional sauce and keep it to original as served.
Chocolate Avalanche RM 12.90. This completed our light dinner today and this is very pleasing, strong chocolate pieces always fine when go together with ice cream.
