Dim Sum @ Imperial China Restaurant - Subang Jaya

Do you guys know that all Tai Thong Group Restaurant have 20% discount on their Dim Sum during lunch time from Monday to Saturday? Although the price is still higher than the outside normal shop but I think it's worth it.

We went to the Imperial China Restaurant at Subang Jaya. They are part of Tai Thong Group. The inside is quite spacious. The table are not packed closely. Plenty of space to walk. The furniture is quite new too.

The first thing I will look for in Dim Sum Restaurant is the "Yu Tan". It's my favourite Dim Sum dish. The "Yu Tan" here is not too bad. I won't say it's the best because there is a place in Penang where they serve the BEST Yu Tan. Nevertheless, it is bouncy and juicy. Nice...I like. The serving is quite big and 3pcs per basket. In normal shop you will only find 2pcs per basket.

Yu Tan (Assorted Fish Paste)

"Siew Mai" is another essential dish of Dim Sum. It is packed with pork meat and fresh. The Siew Mai is quite big and 4 pcs per basket compare to 3pcs per basket.

Siew Mai (Pork Dumpling)

"Har Kao" is also another favourite of mine. This one....hmmm...i feel that the skin is a bit thick. It's not sticky though. The prawn is big and fresh too. If they thinned the skin a little bit more will be perfect.

Har Kao (prawn dumpling)

The "Har Kuen" is nice too. The skin that is made out of soya taste good and not too hard. The prawn is big inside too.

Har Kuen (Prawn Roll)

Another one of my favourite dim sum dish is Ai Gua (Stuffed Brinjal). The restaurant brinjal is big and they stuffed with tasty fish paste...yummy

Gai Kua Yu Tan (Stuffed Brinjal)

One thing I like about the Chee Cheong Fun in this restaurant is that they use good flour so it's does not smell. Also the prawns inside is big and frsh

Prawn Chee Cheong Fun

Pei Tan Sao Yuk Chuk (century egg with meat porridge) was kind of normal too me. The podridge is smooth tough. Just that it would be great if they have more century egg inside.

Century egg with meat porridge

If you are interested in Karaoke, there is a Neway on the 4th floor as well.

Food Taste: Rating A, Price: $$, Environment: Rating A

Address: 3rd Floor, Jaya SquareNo. 7343, Jalan SS17/247500 Subang JayaSelangor Darul Ehsan

Map Links:

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.0740416&lon=101.5856624&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=imperial%20china%20%2B

Busy Corner Claypot Chicken Rice - Damansara Jaya

12 years ago this claypot chicken rice ran by a husband and wife. This couple cooked and served customers without any help. Surely hardwork, but now it pays off. They currently afford to hire 8 foreign workers to help the business. Their specialty is claypot chicken rice and soup. There are various types of Claypot Rice Style and soup types that you can choose.

That night I ordered the original Salted Fish and Thai style Claypot Chicken Rice. If they said you have to wait, don't worry about it. You just have to wait for 15 minutes max. The table turn rate is quite fast actually. Maybe that's why the rice was not fully cooked on that night. However, the chicken was well marinated and tasty. Thai style is one of my favourite there. I just like to taste of it.

Thai Style Claypot Chicken Rice

The original Salted Fish Claypot Chicken Rice is quite normal. I think the salted fish is not salty enough and it makes the rice a bit bland.

Salted Fish Claypot Chicken Rice

I like the soup. They prepare and steamed the soup very early in the day so it's long enough to make the soup tasty....of course there are also a bit of msg's help in it...heh

Chicken Leg & Peanut Soup

Food Taste: Rating B, Price: $, Environment: Rating D

Address: 83, Jalan SS 22/11,Damansara Jaya,47400Petaling Jaya.

Map Links:

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.1280946&lon=101.6220653&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=busy%20corner%20

Ichiban Boshi - Pavilion KL

Ohio...people. We were at Pavilion KL watching movie on Saturday and after that my stomach started to make a lot of noise. Well....it's telling me that it's time to feed my stomach. It was raining cats and dogs outside so feel lazy to go out of Pavilion so we decided to find something inside to eat. We came about Ichiban Boshi and I remembered one of the blog commenting about the restaurant. Why not give it a go.....

The restaurant is famous for their home made soba. They are freshly made daily. I tried the Oroshi Soba (cold). Wish that I can try more than one to taste the differences but guess that I'll have to wait for next time. The noodle is definitely fresh and not sticky. I would say...just nice.

Oroshi Soba - RM 13.90

Apart from the soba, we also tried sushi. I think there was something wrong with the rice on that day. It's not only one but all of them. The other food blog did not complain about this so I think something went wrong on that day.


We tried 2 Inaris, Tuna Mayo Inari and Kani (crab stick) Mayo Inari. They stuffed quite a lot of Tuna and Kani in the Inari. If the rice weren't that hard, it will be just perfect.

Tuna Mayo Inari - RM4.00

Kani Mayo Inari - RM4.00

The Salmon Kawa Roll have a lot of things inside. Crab meat, fried salmon, crepe, cucumber and mayo. The portion for this dish is quite big for RM4.00. It taste a little bit like soft shall crab maki though.

Salmon Kawa Roll - RM4.00

It's a disaster for the Soft Shell Crab Handroll. The seaweed is not fresh and hard. Add on with the hard rice, you get a bad Handroll. I don't know what to say about this and I hope that it is only on that particular day....disappointed

Soft Shell Crab Handroll

The crispy lobster roll is new to me. I can't really taste the lobster because it is being covered by the paste. Not a fan of this dish but it's OK.

Chrispy Lobster Roll - RM4.00

You should try the Chawanmushi in this restaurant. The egg is silky smooth and they steam it perfectly. I could smell the nice fragrance of the mushi and of course it taste good. I'm glad that we started off well with Soba and end up well with Chawanmushi despite of the disappointment in the middle.

Chawanmushi - RM3.90

Oh...I almost forgot about the green tea. Actually it prefer this type of green tea than the normal green color green tea. I like to taste the fragrance of the roasted tea leaf.

Green Tea

Food Taste: Rating C; Price: $$; Environment: Rating B

Pork Noodle - Subang SS15

In Selangor and KL, you will find a lot of Pork Noodle shop and there are quite a few places that serve good pork noodles. In Subang Jaya SS15, you will find one. The pork noodle shop is just outside of "Restaurant Powmander". Although it's mentioned restaurant, they just sell drinks. All the food comes from outside stall including the Pork Noodle. It's close to the Taylor's College Business building.

I tried to take a close up picture of that stall but the stall owner told me not to because they said they have a lot of people who wants to imitate the ingredient. Oh well....I respect that. Instead of taking a picture of the stall, i just take a picture of the food.


There are option of noodles (mee hoon, mee, kui teow or lou su fan). If you don't like intestines, then you got to tell them, if not they will include it in.If you want to add egg, there will be additional RM1.


Look at that bowl of PORK NOODLE!!! Oink! Oink! I can barely see the noodle. It's covered with all kinds of pork meat (shredded, sliced, intestines, liver and my favourite deep fried pork fat!!). The pork is fresh and the soup is tasty. Most of the guys there will order big when to go to the shop.

Pork Noodle - RM5.50 big, RM4.80small

One bad thing about this place is that you will have to wait 40 minutes during peak hours. Non-peak hours will take about 20 minutes. If you are patient enough, then I recommend you to try.

Food Taste: Rating A; Price: $; Environment: Rating C

Address: Jalan SS15/4B, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Map Link:

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.0766931&lon=101.5890688&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=Locksmith

Yap Chuan Bah Kut Teh - Puchong

It took me about 30 minutes to drive around Puchong to find this restaurant. If my friend were to tell me the direction clearly, I would have reach there much earlier. Malcom.....you cannot be a navigator la. This restaurant is famous for it's dry bah kut teh (Pork Tea) and my parents have not tried it before so I decided to bring them there. The business hour is 9:00am - 9:30pm and I can tell you this restaurant is packed with people all the time.

There were 2 kids inside the kitchen working like a professional. They were so fast cutting and mixing pork with sauce. I heard that these two kids has been working there since young.



As usual my dad brought his own tea to the restaurant. We just have to pay RM1 for the water and facilities. You will normally be given 2 small tea cup each and it's self service to get the fork and spoon.

Chinese Tea

The Dry Bah Kut Teh is really nice. We ordered mix pork. The most important ingredient for the dry bah kut teh is the sauce and I can tell you that they got the sauce mixture spot on. The presentation of the food was not nice but the taste is good.

Dry Bah Kut Teh - RM9.00 per person

Then came the normal wet bah kut teh. We ordered the "sai kuat" (small bone) of the pork. The soup is thick and herbal taste is there. Normally if the pork is not fresh I will know but the pork is fresh and "sweet".

Wet Bah Kut Teh - RM8.00 per person

Our table was covered with meat so we need to even things up by ordering a plate of vegetable. It's a standard vegetable with mixture of oyster sauce and garlic oil. The important thing is that the vegetable is fresh and not yellowish in colour.

"Yao Mak" - RM4 (small)

All I can say is that this restaurant is worth searching. Once you tried it, you will want to go again...or at least I will want to come again

Food Taste: Rating A; Price: $$; Environment: Rating D

Address: 53, Ground Floor & 1st Floor, Jalan BPU, Bandar Puchong Utama, 47100 Puchong, Selangor.

Map:

Sambal Sushi - Puchong

This place is for those who wants to go out of the authentic sushi style. Why I said that? Well....I think the name speaks for itself. SAMBAL in SUSHI!!! This is my first time trying this type of sushi so I was a bit nervous. I know sambal goes well with fried rice or nasi lemak but with sushi.....i was a bit reserved but curious.

The restaurant is situated at the ground floor of shop lot but they are renovating the 1st and 2nd floor. Looks like in the future it's going to be 3 floors restaurant....quite big le. The interior design makes the restaurant look cozy. You will see broken walls inside the restaurant that makes you feel like you are at the abandon building. Oh yeah, this place can get a bit chaotic during peak time. The waiters/waitresses will be running all over the place and the sequence of items you order may be strange (e.g. 3 dish out first before the drink comes)

Egg Sambal Maki is the first sushi we tried. The serving is quite big so be careful that you don't order too much. You know what....sambal actually goes quite well with sushi. The sambal is already salty so I recommend you not to dip it with soy sauce and wasabe. It's nice just eat it plain.

Egg Sambal Maki - RM3.80

Another unique sushi is soba inside Inori. They called in Inori Cha Soba. Eerr...don't fancy this dish. The Inori is very salty. I think they pre-dip the Inori with soy sauce because Soba is bland but the problem is that the when you eat it, the Soba and Inori does not jell. You will just taste the soy sauce. If you try this dish, let me know what you think.

Inori Cha Soba - RM3.80

Then comes the Agedashi Tofu. This one is quite standard but I feel that the texture of the Tofu is not silky smooth. It's OK for me.

Agedashi Tofu - RM5.90

Here's comes the main dish, Spicy Ramen. The ramen is fresh and nice but not much ingredients inside the ramen and the chicken is not fresh....am I being too critical here? Furthermore, the soup is a bit plain. Overall.....can la can la...

Spicy Ramen - RM9.90

The Japanese Style of "Lam Rice" (rice in soup), Salmon Ochazuke. I kinda like this dish. The salmon combine with anchovies actually makes this dish tasty.

Salmon Ochazuke - RM4.90

Oh ya....I forgot about the drink. Sorry the picture didn't turn out well so I didn't put it in. I like the drink though, especially the various type of tea like Green Tea with Peach (RM1.50), Green Tea with Passion Fruit (RM1.50) and Azabu Tea (RM1.50). They are refreshing.

Food Taste: Rating C; Price: $$; Environment: Rating B

Address: No 30,32,32A Jalan Puteri 1/4, Bandar Puteri, 47100 Puchong, Selangor.

Map Link: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.026173&lon=101.61654&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=bizztax

Jalan Pudu Night Food Stalls - KL

Malaysia have many road side food stalls open at night. You can get all kinds of food there and it's cheap. Though the place may look a bit dirty but the food can be good. Let me introduce you to a place along Jalan Pudu. It's a small lane call Jalan Sayur off Jalan Pudu. You need to have an eye of an eagle to find this place. Once you reach the Jalan Pudu-Jalan Hang Tuah intersection, turn right (if you are coming from Jalan Hang Tuah). The "Pudu Jail" is on your right. Go straight about 500meter and look at the left hand side for a small lane with many food stalls.

We had two bowls of "Tong Sui". One with just 4 ingredients (RM1.80) and another with 9 ingredients(RM3.80). You can choose your ingredients for the drink. There are barley, "bak guo", "longan", etc...The more ingredient inside the sweeter the drink.

Tong Sui (Food Taste: Rating D)

Chee Cheong Fun is one of the specialty there. There is option of curry or thick sauce to go with the Chee Cheong Fun. Normally people will go for the Curry. If you like "chu pei" (pig skin) then you can ask to add in to the Curry Chee Cheong Fun. The texture of the Chee Cheong Fun is nice. It does not stick on your teeth and not rubbery. The curry looks a bit diluted but when you eat, it does not taste diluted.

Chee Cheong Fun Stall

Curry Chee Cheong Fun - RM1.40 (Food Taste: Rating B)

Another famous stall there is "Char Koay Kak" (Penang Hokkien)/ "Chao Lo Bak Kou" (Cantonese). I had to queue up to take the Char Koay Kak myself. The stall ran out of Koay Kak by 9.15pm on weekends so if you want to eat it, go there earlier. I like it because the Char Koay Kak got "Wok Hei". It is a Chinese terminology of saying the temperature of the fire and the stirring style of the cook makes the food taste delicious.

Char Koay Kak Stall

Char Koay Kak - RM3.50 (Food Taste: Rating A)

We also tried Teng Chai Chuck (Teng Chai Porridge). I didn't really fancy this one. Although there are quite a lot of ingredient inside the porridge but it taste a bit bland to me. I think the porridge was not cooked long enough with the ingredients.

Teng Chai Chuk Stall

Teng Chai Chuk - RM3.50 (Food Taste: Rating D)

Food Taste: Rating A-C (please see above individual comment); Price: $; Environment: Rating E

Address: Jalan Sayur Off Jalan Pudu

Map Link:
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.1353311&lon=101.7130727&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=Pudu%20Wai%20Sik%20Kai

John King - Pavilion KL

Egg Tart!! Egg Tart!! Where can I find good egg tarts? John King is the answer. It is located at the Food Court of Pavilion shopping mall.

You will find various kind of Egg Tart flavour (Egg White, Red Bean, Green Tea, Durian, Coconut, Corn & Coffee). The price varies from RM1.30 to RM2.00 depending on the flavour. The crust is well baked. It's not too hard and not too soft. The tart is very smooth and you don't feel that it is very sweet. Best eat when it is still hot and fresh

Various Flavour of Egg Tarts

Food Taste: Rating A; Price: $; Environment: Rating C

SRI PAANDI Banana Leaf Restaurant - PJ

Hei Indian food lovers! I have to introduce you to this Banana Leaf Restaurant. This restaurant came out in the newspaper for the controversial same restaurant name beside each other. To cut things short, it's a family matter.

The Sri Paandi that I went to is the end lot restaurant. You will see a lot of Indian waiter welcoming to the restaurant from far. They may be a bit aggressive but don't be afraid, they just want you to taste their good food.

Teh Susu Lembu "Fresh Cow Milk" is my favourite drink in this kind of restaurant. It's not the normal fresh mild that you get from supermarket. You will taste the difference when you drink it. Some people may not like this drink because of it's unique taste but I Love it!!

Teh Susu Lembu - RM1.50

The Banana Leaf set comes with bottomless rice, vegetables and chutni. There is a choice of using hand or fork & spoon. I like to use hand because it give you the extra taste...haha. You can order additional side dish like mutton, fish, squid, chicken and etc....a lot of varieties and it will make you very full after you finished. So make sure you come in with empty stomach.

Banana Leaf Set - RM4.00

The Thosai is good. It's soft and hot. They make it on the spot when you order. It's not too sour or plain. The Thosai comes with 3 types of dips and you can pick your favourite dips or take them all.

Thosai - RM1.00

In the Indian culture of telling whether the food is nice or not is through the way a person fold the banana leaf. If you fold the bottom half of the leaf away from you, it means that the food is not nice. If you fold the top half of the leaf toward you then it means the food is good and you will come again. However, not many follow this custom anymore.

Top of banana leaf fold towards you

Everytime when I come to this type of restaurant, I'll tend to over eat. Also if you use hand to eat, the smell will be on your fingers for about 2-3 days.

Food Taste: Rating B; Price: $; Environment: Rating C

Address: Jalan Dato Mahmud 11/4, Off Jalan University (please use Google map and enter the road name to help you find the exact place)

Map Link: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.1109593&lon=101.6489035&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2&search=restoran%20sri%20paandi