Kou Shui Porridge (口水粥) @ Kota Damansara

Koh Shui (口水)... a literal translation to the word Saliva in Chinese, is meant to insinuate how delicious the food in this establishment is.

The restaurants mainly serves Kung Poh dishes in Claypot, and white porridge, to be taken with assorted other dishes on offer.

I am no fan of porridge, but I make an exception to a few kind of preparations, this included. The Kung Poh dishes are filled with flavour (A tad spicy) and goes well with the bland porridge or steam rice.

Our bowl of white porridge, put in some sesame oil for slight flavor.

No porridge should be consumed without these salted duck eggs. 

Kung Poh fish slices. This is the bomb. The Kung Poh is very flavorful. Mixes well with our bowls of white porridge.

Same Kung Poh sauce, but with squid. Not too worthed it according to *Heart* as they were very stingy on the amount of squid in our claypot.

The price of Kung Poh dishes ranges from MYR 10 - 15. The most expensive being the eel. White porridge goes to about MYR 3+, and the Salted eggs MYR 2.5.

Overall, it was not bad. 3/5. I wouldn't mind coming in once in a while to savor the Kung Poh dishes again.

10-23 Jalan PJU 5/13 Kota Damansara

Teluk Intan Chee Cheong Fan @ Damansara Uptown 17 Hawker Centre

Dinner was at the DU Uptown 17 open air Hawker Centre. And the stall we patronized was this Pork-Free CCF place located at the right most corner of the food court, just in front of the Steven's Corner Western Food stall.

The place is managed and operated by a chinese family, with assorted CCF dishes on offer, and 2 types of CCF (Plain and stuffed). The food served here is supposedly halal, with no pork served. And I noticed Malay patrons ordering too.

Family operated stall. Funny thought that we see the young daughter smiling away oh so sweet and natural. She looked almost constipated when handling my order. =P

My plate of CCF. 6 dishes and 2 plain CCF came to about MYR 7.4. CCF comes with curry too. But the highlight of this sweet sauced version is the chili sauce. A MUST try.

Heart*'s 3 dishes and 2 stuffed CCF came to about MYR 5.

At the side, we ordered 5 pieces of otak-otak that came to about MYR 4.

Overall simple dinner, yet satisfying. 4/5. Plenty of other stalls to try out in the future.

Damansara Uptown Jalan SS21/39

Hong Kong Lat Tong 辣汤 (Pepper Broth) @ Kajang

And yet again we went on another adventurous food trip within the city limits. An impromptu decision really, just to distant ourselves from mundane weekend routines (And food), so it was off to Kajang for Heart*'s favorite Lat Tong place for brunch/lunch. I have never been to Kajang my entire life, so why not?

Took us closed to 35-40 minutes to reach the place from PJ and right on the clock it was 12pm. Given the fact that we both skipped breakfast, a heavy lunch was definitely on the cards.

Parked at the Parkson shopping complex, and hoofed it for about 5 minutes to reach the place @ Lorong Mendaling. A word of caution though, the place is tugged in a remote corner of a row of very old shop lots, so could get tricky pin pointing the exact location. The only landmark to take note of is Hotel Kajang Area and Sports Toto. The restaurant is tugged behind Toto (Corner shop lot) and facing the budget hotel.

Here's what we ordered:

The famous Lat Tong. Ours was strictly pork meat (Optionally, you can include intestines). We ordered the portion for 1 pax.

The pork meat goes well with chilli in soy sauce. This is how I eat bak kut teh too. Courtesy of my aunt for convincing me to do so.

The pepper broth goes well with steamed rice.

Yet another of their signature dish, the 'Fah Tiew' Chicken. Ordered for 2 pax. Almost like Dark soy sauce chicken with a hint of Chinese rice wine? 

Blanched Chinese Lettuce with Oyster sauce. Portion for 2 pax.

The place is relatively small, with limited seating. The crowd started pouring in after our arrival. I hear from Heart* that the place operates till 3pm for lunch crowd, then re-opens at 6pm for dinner.

The landmark to identify that will help you locate the restaurant. Walk into the alley, the restaurant is just behind Sports Toto. Weird location I know.

Overall the bill came up to about MYR 38 in total, inclusive of 2 glasses of iced-coffee. It was not bad. 3.5/5. To be honest, I am not a big fan of the spicy pepper broth, but this one taste quite ok. I particularly like the chicken dish.

Making our way back to Parkson mall, we stopped by this biscuit sundry shop and purchased half kg of assorted biscuits. It's rare to see biscuits sold in large jars these days, and patrons would order their share in weights.

Good experience today. Had fun through and through. Thanks Heart* for driving us there.

43000 No 177, Jalan Mendaling Kajang Selangor

Portuguese Grilled Fish @ Petaling Street

It was the 2nd day through Hari Raya holidays, and Heart* proposed to cover a little distance for our dinner as traffic was at an ease (Part of our road trip adventure). So off we went into the heart of Kuala Lumpur city, specifically to Petaling Street.

After navigating around a little, and being unceremoniously thrown off course by idiotic police escorts and their equally idiotic 'VIP guests', we managed to park at place relatively close to our destination. Quite surprisingly the whole PS area was bustling with activity and congestion compared to the rest of KL.

The Portuguese charcoal grilled fish we had in mind is located at the PS intersection, just under Hong Leong bank actually. Place was crowded with eating patrons, and waiting ones. Kudos to Heart* for managing to snag a place not more than 10 minutes upon our arrival. He made the order and we waited for almost past 40 minutes for the first batch of our dishes to arrive.

Be warned though: All of the dishes are spicy, to the point of numbness.

White Pomfret. Garnished with long beans and ladies fingers. 

Stingray. Also garnished with the same batch of veges. I think this has got some dried shrimp thrown into the mix too. 

The stall operator forgotten about our lala (clamps) dish. This came in some time after we have finished our plates of steamed white rice.

Sugar cane drink. MYR 1.8. Kinda pricey in my opinion.

The total for all 3 dishes came up to about MYR 36, and the white pomfret alone cost MYR 18.

My opinion? I didn't like the dishes. All I gathered from the sambal paste is extreme spicyness, a tad salty and really oily. After a few mouthfuls your tongue literally gets numb and you will be sweating like crazy. I honestly don't get what the fuss is all about, that people would queue up for an hour for a mediocre dish. 

A word of advise is, know your limits when it comes to partaking of spicy food, I am fairly tolerant to spicy food, but this particularly one gave my tummy a terrible whirl few hours later. I was literally suffering through the motions for about 40 minutes when the pain set in, and I can tell you for certain, I wasn't the only one earlier this morning. 

2/5

Very tight walkways, full of foreigners, migrant workers, and imitation goods. Oh, there's even a brothel of sorts along the shoplots.

Would I make a 2nd trip? Maybe, if friends and family want to try the place out, as well as other food on offer (The popular ones are Hokkien noodles located opposite of the grilled fish place, lok-lok, claypot chicken rice, bah kua places, etc... that are all located outside of Petaling street, facing the roads) But no if on my own. Petaling Street is an interesting heritage place, but the impression it gave me yesterday was that it's full of weird people, and a lot of migrant workers. Almost seem like I am in a foreign country.

And a better place to have grilled fish is at Midvalley mall's Oasis food court (Old wing-centre court). I don't quite like it as the dish tends to be very oily, but taste wise definitely beats this in a heartbeat.

Ramadhan Bazaar Experience

This entry is about my 2nd Ramadhan Bazaar experience, just a day after I had my first.

I grew up in a family that sticks to food that is either familiar, or nearby to where we live, and that leaves nothing to the imagination. Exposure and adventure was never in our vocabulary. As I recalled, I have always been taught to not consume street food due to questionable hygiene. 

But as I bloomed into adulthood, and diversifying my social circle, I am introduced to the greater aspects of life, one being food of different cultures.

The fact that I have never been to any Ramadhan Bazaar my entire life, made this the year to explore one. 

An impromptu decision really, and one that I am grateful for. Headed to the one @ Kelana Jaya on Saturday evening, did our rounds and haul, and another round the very next evening. This post features food from our haul yesterday.

A larger crowd after 6pm and it gets even more crowded closer to Break Fast. Not to mention that nicer food sells out around that time, so the idea is to go earlier.

Otak-otak, We had this on our first evening, but this stall is better. Operated by a very generous Malay uncle. We were so lucky to be the last customers to receive the remaining otak-otaks. MYR 5 for 10 pieces.

Heart* wanted to go for Nasi Kerabu, as I had the previous day, but unfortunately it was sold out. We had this instead: Nasi Dagang with gulai ikan tenggiri and acar. Awesome stuff, and we did the extraordinary by requesting the lady vendor to dump in the remaining ulam from her sold-out kerabu rice, whch turned the dish even more awesome. MYR 6.

Green been/peanut/coconut sesame ball. I was hoping to find the ones with red bean, but these were good too.

Sambal ikan bakar. The sell them in different sizes, ours cost MYR 8. Awesome sambal, Totally not spicy, but flavorful.

The acclaimed Ayam Percik which had the longest queue, and we encountered an impatient 'lady' lining up behind us snatching the orders first. What a horrible example of civil manners. The fact that she's got a ton of make up on her well, gives me the impression that she's a firebomb. Meh.
The chicken was good. Though it got cold when we started consuming. MYR 6. 

The much talked about Nasi Tomato with Ayam Masak Merah. It was ok.  MYR 4.5.

I bought some cream puffs, but it wasn't great. Bought also a jug of coconut water (Un-sugared) and it was awesome.

The previous day we had a variety of kuih muih (chilli sauce-ed fried popiah, curry puffs), Nasi Kerabu, Fried cempedaks, etc...

Basically we have covered the majority of food we wanted to try. There were some beef dishes I am curious about, but I hold a no-beef policy when I am with Heart*.\, out of respect. Perhaps some other time.

Overall, the 2-day Ramadhan Bazaar experience was really good. I am not just referring to the food, but also the festive spirit from both vendors and patrons alike. It's just exudes a feeling of togetherness. 

4/5.

Kelana Jaya Ramadhan Bazaar

SS6/1

Pork Noodles @ Kean Fatt Restaurant

Had our breakfast at Kean Fatt Restaurant located just behind the Taman Bahagia LRT station at the corner of a row of shops

In my opinion, the best pork noodles in the PJ vicinity (Some like the PJ Old Town one which is run in a residence, but they are known for getting your orders wrong and on top of that, giving you a horrible/who cares attitude about it). Tasty broth, that goes well with the serving of assorted pork meat and intestines (Request to exclude if they are not your cup of tea).

The only drawback to this is the waiting period. The operator has to cook each bowl one by one to maintain the flavour, and in a way it's a good thing as you know you are in for a treat. Go early, because towards lunch time, and if the weather is hot, you will have to endure the heat, the crowd, and the longer waiting period.

For me, just yellow noodles go well with the dish, and minced pork only. Ordered the big portion and it cost MYR 7.5

Oh yeah, among other things, the coffee shop serves pretty good roasted chicken rice/char siew rice too, and the newly opened Wan Tan Mee/Curry Me stall is good too.

Kean Fatt Restaurant

Lorong SS3/59E 

Petaling Jaya 47300 Selangor 

GPS: 3.109577, 101.611776

Singapore Curry Laksa @ EAT Cafe (Paradigm Mall) on a Friday Night (12th July 2013)

UPDATE 3rd November 2013- EATZ cafe has closed down due to poor business sales.

Being TGIF, and a rainy evening, we decided to head to a nearby mall for dinner.

The last time we visited EAT cafe @ Paradigm mall for some Singaporean noodle dishes, the Singapore Curry Laksa certainly caught our attention, and we vowed another visit, and that day happened.

Singapore Curry Laksa @ MYR 8.9. The soup was thick and it's got a lot of dried shrimp in the broth. With a generous serving of noodles and condiments (Bean sprout, fish cakes, oysters, and other assorted yong tau foo), it was a filler.

Our side dish, pork cocktail sausages from Bee Cheng Hiang, few doors away. Didn't quite like them. The original bak kua is the best. MYR 15 for a pack of 7.

Overall the Singapore Curry Laksa was good. A tad salty and oily, but not bad. 3/5.

EAT

Lot LG12, Level LG

Tel:  03-7886 9863