Dinner @ Fugu Japanese Fusion Restaurant (Damansara Jaya)- Pork-Free

The place was introduced by a friend last Thursday for our catching up session. The food was great so I thought to myself, why not bring *Heart there for a try? And so we did last night for dinner.

Fugu Restaurant is located just behind Public bank, in between a Chinese Seafood restaurant and a new Thai restaurant that seems to be drawing in large crowds during the weekend (Remind myself to try the place next time).

The atmosphere was alright: the lighting, to the funiture, right to the decorations give out an authentic Japanese feel to it, complimented by contemporary Japanese ballad and pop songs.

There's a wide variety of food on offer, from assorted Teppanyakis, to Bento set meals, sushis, sashmis, etc... and special monthly promotions.

Naturally being a hardcore bento fan, I went for one. So did Heart*

My Oyakodon rice set. (Chicken, egg, onion and terriyaki sauce over rice). Heart* ordered the Katsudon rice set (Fried chicken cutlets, egg, onion and terriyaki sauce over rice). Portion was quite large for the price we paid. Mine was MYR 15, Heart*'s MYR 18

My rice set came with a bowl of salad...

...As well as a small bowl of miso soup.

This was July's monthly promotion. Smoked duck wrapped in bun. It was so-so. The spicy thousand island sauce did not quite go well with the duck. Cost MYR 7 per piece. 3 pieces for MYR 18. 

Yeah I know, the picture is a little unsavoury. I have forgotten to snap pics when the dish came in fresh. This was Pan fried Gyoza. MYR 9. Comes in 5 pieces. So-so, the skin wasn't too thick so that's a plus.

Heart* was bugging me to take a snap of this interesting contraption hanging on the ceiling. I guess in the old times this was a lantern to light up rooms, but instead this idle prop is made up of gunny sack.

Overall, the total bill came to about MYR 50++ including tax. For the quality of the food, we were contended.

My only gripe is that we were seated next to a VERY SNOBBISH couple with a bi**h attitude (Whom I was told by Heart*, that the lady counterpart asked to be relocated to another area as soon as we have settled in next to them). Typical Malaysian selfish attitude I guess. I was glad that our bubbly conversations bugged them quite thoroughly throughout their meal. *Winks*

Still, plenty of other stuff to try out in the future. Check out other blogs to get a better insight on other stuff on offer.

4/5.

Fugu Neo Japanese Restaurant

No. 6 Jalan SS 22/25,

Damansara Jaya, 47400 PJ

Tel No: 03-77100076

Dry Minced Meat U-Noodles @ EAT Cafe (Paradigm Mall)- Non-Halal

It was after gym, and we were running against time to catch a movie (Monsters University), so our options were thin.

Our initial thought was to grab some buns to appease the growing hunger within, as we walked pass the LG floor, Heart* proposed that we try out this place.

Interestingly, we have been to Paradigm mall so often but EAT cafe seems to never have crossed our thoughts, and since we we still had a little time to kill before the movie, we decided to give it a go.

Both Heart* and I ordered the Dry minced meat U-noodles (Very peculiar name I know), but the dish turned out quite... nice. An interesting hint of sourness (From the vinegar) to it. MYR 8.9.

The place serves a lot of fishball based noodles, as well as Singapore Laksa, and the next thing that came to my mind was that the whole franchise could have originated from Singapore itself. That assessment is yet to be confirmed. ;-P

Overall, ok stuff. 3/5.

In my opinion they seem quite calculative with the condiments (Measuring the amount of minced meat per bowl in... get this... pastry paper cups -.-"), but the taste is just so different from what I am accustomed too, it's totally unique and fresh, and warrants a second visit.

EAT

Lot LG12, Level LG

Tel:  03-7886 9863

Soup Mee Suah @ Tang Shi Fu @ Paradigm Mall (29th June 2013)

I only had Tang Shi Fu once in my life, and that was a few years back. The dishes I had back then was but a distant memory, and given the fact that Heart* has not tried it, we decided to give it a go at Paradigm mall's branch.

The variety of Mee suah seems to be signature dishes in the restaurant, so we each ordered different ones.

My rice wine Mee Suah with Black Fungus and a Chicken Drumstick. The taste of the broth was acceptable on its own, but the noodles seemed to have absorbed the strong alcohol flavor that went straight into my nose and it felt really terrible in each bite. 2/5. MYR 13.9

Hearts* dried scallop and Chicken Drumstick Mee Suah. The broth had a faint herbal taste to it. I was half expecting it to be herbish, but rather it was bland. 2/5. MYR 16.9

Heart* ordered a jug of Sour plum juice to wash it all down, which cost MYR 9.9 and extremely pricey in my opinion.

Coupled with the starter (Which consisted of some pickled/salted fruit slicea), and 2 packs of wet napkins (Which we have forgotten to use!), the total damage came to about MYR 54++... which was totally NOT WORTHED IT.

It was Hearts* first and last trip to Tang Shi Fu there and then, and I shared the exact same sentiment.

Late Night Dessert Cravings @ Secret Recipe Centrepoint

My sweet tooth was bugging me at the late hour, so I decided to venture to a nearby establishment that serves something sweet. Of all the choices, it boiled down to Secret Recipe. My first was Pacific Coffee @ Paradigm mall but the place closes at 10pm.

Secret Recipe was actually a detour from McDonalds Centrepoint. Mc Ds was crowded hence I decided to venture to SR just next to it.

Ordered 2 slices of cakes that we have not tried before.

Durian Cheese cake MYR 7.5 4/5.

Green Tea cheese cake MYR7.5 3/5

Overall the Durian Cheesecake turned out to be the choice cake of the night. With a strong durian fragrance and a hint of cream cheese, the blend was just right.

Heng Kee Bak Kut Teh @ PJ Old Town

Yumz! A stark contrast to yesterday's dinner in terms of pricing, and yummeh-ness. Literally half the cost of yesterday's, while doubled the satisfaction!

As usual we were in our 'where to eat' dilemma, and one thing led to another, we ended up in PJ Old Town.

All mine, and all lean Bak Kut Teh. Portion is REALLY huge and at MYR 9 per pax.

The ever embarrassing V-sign pose.  =P Heart* is happy with his Half Fat Half Lean Bak Kut Teh.

Siu Pak Choi in Oyster Sauce

Tak Foo Pok and Yau Zha Guai at the side

Mushrooms!

Where the meal is prepared.

The bill came up to about MYR 43 (Including 2 cans of 100 plus). Well worthed our time, and appetites! 4/5.

Heng Kee Bak Kut Teh

No. 1, Jalan 1/10, 46000, Petaling Jaya,

Selangor, 46000

Dinner @ Din Tai Fung @ eCurve

Our first time trying out the place. Din Tai Fung is known for its delectable Xiao Long Bao (Soup Dumplings) that comes in a few variety and Ramen.

We ordered the following, more like... over-ordered:

1) 8-piece Original Xiao Long Bao

2) 6-piece Crab Xiao Long Bao- Being allergic to crab meat, I left this all to Heart*

3) Cha-jiang Ramen- Dry noodles with minced pork meat, green beans, and some other condiments. Salty. Mediocre.

4) Pork chop fried rice- The pork chop was nice and juicy, but the fried rice was extremely mediocre. Lacks the Wok hei I crave from fried rice.

5) Clear chicken soup Ramen- Boy, they weren't kidding by making it clear. The soup was bland, and the boiled chicken... dry.

Item 1, 3 and 4 are their Signature dishes, but only Item 1 stands out, and admittedly, nothing to scream about either.

Total bill came up to about MYR 88 for 2 person. Really damaging for such a mediocre fair. I dare say I get MUCH MORE satisfaction from Kim Gary's dishes, and they cost a lot less too.

2/5. Would I come back? I don't see any reason why.

Wan Tan Mee @ Annie 1 @ Damansara Utama (Uptown)- 4th June 2013

The usual question came up, where do we have dinner? We were both tired of the usual place and since the place came highly recommended by a friend, as well as having all-round great reviews, Annie 1 @ Damansara Utama came to mind.

*Heart and I tried were out of luck last weekend as the place was packed to the brim on Saturday morning, and was closed on Sunday evening. Fortunately for us, it was open just now and with a comfortable crowd.

I am definitely not a coffee person, but the 'cham peng' (Iced Coffee tea mix) seemed to hit the spot that time.

*Heart ordered the basic Char siew wan tan noodles. I had a taste of the char siew and it was absolutely delicious. I ordered the oyster sauce white chicken noodles, which I have forgotten to snap a pic of, and it tasted good too.

After tasting our plates of noodles, we both agree that they are springy and flavorful. Definitely opens up one's appetite.

We ordered a side dish: 10 pieces of Wan tan. Very flavorful, both the broth and the dumplings.

I was aiming for that professional foodie shot, where the dumplings are being  scooped up with the soup spoon and obviously I failed miserably. haha. The dumpling skin was breaking off, and I didn't get a shot of the spoon.

We shared a 2nd plate of noodles, Pork ribs. It was alright.

We ordered a butter-kaya toast too, which came out nice.

Overall the place is fine, I dare say it's one of the better Wan tan noodle place in the PJ area, but in my opinion nothing to scream about, and most certainly not worth a long wait if there's a huge queue preceding us.

4/5.

For more introduction on the other dishes in store, do refer to another flogger's. (j2kfm)

Annie 1 Family Restaurant (non-Halal)

18-20, Jalan SS21/58,

Damansara Utama,

47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Business hours : Mon-Fri – 7.30am – 9.30pm, Sat-Sun, PH – 8.30am – 3.30pm

GPS Coordinates  :3.137292,101.622545