Sunday, September 30, 2007

South Pacific, State PJ.

I use to frequent this place so often in the late 90s and early 2000s. I always found the taste of food here very consistant each time I order it. I don't go here that often now since I moved away from my parents house but then again this year I dined here about 4 times already. Most of the time with my friend from Australia whom enjoys the food at this place very much. They seem to have the cheapest lobsters in town. Each time we come we have at least 10 bottles of beer and the lobster or crab among other things. Our orders here are very much standard and I get to order depending of the company I come with. Last night was the lobster.
With the consistancy in taste, I suspect either the chef has stayed the same all this years or there is a standard measurement of ingredience they put in so they can change the chef but the taste remains the same.
This place gets popular after 11pm as there is the discount on seafood. They call it 7/11 as in 30% of if you order before 7pm and after 11pm. The place get really crowded after 11pm. This place is one of the most multicultural patroned chinese restaurant I seen. All sortf of customers go there. If there is a fair mix of customer, it must be good. I can't wait for my next trip.



Yau Choy.
Cheese and butter lobster.
Steam Groupa.
Curry Prawns.
Stir fried Frog legs.

Monday, September 24, 2007

La La Chong, Subang Airport.

Had a family get together dinner for the wife's birthday yesterday. As we always pass this place to go to BB Thai, we notice this place is alway crowded. We had not set foot into this place before we decide to try it. As it just next to door to BB Thai why not. Since it was crowded, we thought it must be good. As usual, when we arrived there and it was crowded. The space is much smaller than BB Thai the dining area also was narrow.
Ordered the normal fare of chinese dishes, the crab, tauhu and chicken was a disappiontment. But the steam la la was execellent. The soupy gravy tasted so good that we finished it to the last drop. Maybe because of the volume of customers there that the quality of food may not be so good that night.
Another point was that the bill came to RM179 for all the ordered food that led me to think that the price at this place was some what reasonable hence the crowd. I stick to BB Thai anytime. This place is just opposite the old Subang airport terminal 3.



Sweet n Sour Crab.
Cheong Ching Talapia.
Greens.
Lemon Chicken.
Stuffed tauhu.
Steam La La.



Saturday, September 22, 2007

Coconut Flower, Klang.

Had a friend back from Dubai for a month holiday and we decided to take a drive to Teluk Gong for some sea food. I always heard of a place where you can get toddy with seafood in Klang. SInce I had never tried toddy in my lfe before off we went to this place in Klang for dinner. For those who don't know what is toddy, it a coconut juice extracted from the flower of the coconut and left to ferment. Normally its harvest from the coconut tree in the morning and left by itself and it will self ferment without any yeast. It seems it is nice and sweet if immediately drunk straight after extracting it from the tree.
So we ordered a small bottle to try. My friend insisted on ordering a bottle of guiness stout to mix with the today. And since we were having dinner, I was against the idea of mixing the two concoctions. A poured a little bit into the glass and had a sip. This is how it taste like in sequence and I kid you not, the initial sip tasted sweet like coconut water, slowly when it goes down the throat it tasted sour and as it goes all the way down the throat it leaves a bad tasting burnt taste. For me it was the bad burnt after taste that I could take. I had to mix the toddy with guiness. I wonder how people can drink toddy neat. I didn't get high or anything like that, maybe because the toddy was kept in the fridge cold and that slowed down the fermentation process. I don;t mind having more next time.
As for the food, nothing really great. All above average. My favourite was the chilly squid or sotong. That was memorable. the rest was just ordinary tasting. I recommend that. Next comes the fried egg with oyster. The rest I think I can get better quality in P.J or K.L. It must be the location and atmosphere that bring people all the way to Klang for seafood.
Surprising for a weekday, there were lots of customers there. The restaurant is large. I think its situated in at least an acre land area with a wooden house (must be the owner of the restaurant) in the entrance. There are numerous restaurant in the surrounding area selling seafood but this place has the most people. I be back for the toddy next time.



Toddy.
Toddy with Guiness
ChillySquid.
Belacan Tapioca Leaves.

Egg with Oyster.
Marmite Crab.
Steam Fish.



Sunday, September 16, 2007

Bak Kut Teh Klang.

Time for bak kut teh again. Instead of going to the usual place in Klang for the dry BKT, we decide on another place in Bukit Raja. As the saying goes, all places selling BKT in Klang is nice. We were there late morning and this place was jammed packed with customers. I've not been to this place for sometime but it seems to be as popular as before. Ordered the BKT portion for two with some vegetables. I wanted lean meat and intestines. A typical BKT fare. It soup was a bit salty. My wife and I had the same opinion after the meal where both of us had a dry throat after eating it. Maybe there was too much ajinomoto in it? I had a look at the kitchen and saw so many home made BKT herbs in home made packets. Wow! Must be some secret recipe. Overall it was nice and maybe return in the future.



Yau Cha Kui.
BKT with everything in it.
Siew Pak Choy.


Tuesday, September 11, 2007

BB Thai.

Decided to go to BB Thai opposite the old Subang airport terminal 3 for dinner. I go there with the office folks quite often but my mum not been there before. So made a trip there with the family. The wife wanted the crab for dinner so this place serves pretty decent seafood. We ordered the asam fish, stir fried lotus, mantis prawns and the salted egg yoke crab. Everything was great. My personal favourite was the mantis prawn and the salted egg yoke crab. Not being a big crab fan myself but I was pleasantly surprise that how they can coat the shell of the crab with salted egg york and fry it. I tasted fantastic. The food was above average and thats why my and my office pals always go there over and over again.



Asam Fish.
Mantis Prawn.
Stir Fired lotus with squid.
Salted Egg Yoke Crab.

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Rootian Kuah Town Langkawi.

Had a trip to Langkawi for three days last week to visit the in-laws. The last time I was there we went to this place in Kuah where they had served fanstastic stewed pork trotters. After two years we made another trip there again. Surprisingly this place had not changed much even though Kuah town had expanded a bit since I was there last time. We ordereed the rooste duck, curry fish, tauhu and of course the stewed port trotters. The curry fish and the pork trotter were my favourites. There was not much fat in it, just enough so you can picked it out. I think so far this is the best chinese place to eat in Kuah town during for dinner. Definately will be here again on my next trip to Langkawi.

Steam Tauhu with soya sauce.

Pei Pah Duck.

Curry Fish.
Stewed Pig Trotters.

Monday, September 03, 2007

Spicy chicken at Ikea.

There was something new at Ikea's cafeteria menu so I decided to check it out last night. Ot was the spciy boneless chicken. It seems it was on sale now for the past three months. The meat balls are no longer on sale. As I am a big chicken fan, I just had to order it. I waited for a twenty to thirty minutes for it. Batch after batch that came out of the frier was taken by everyone. As I waited for the next batch at my table, the next batch was also taken up. I must be good! So I had to have it. Sent my wife there the third time and finally got it. I was pretty spicy but tasty. Certainly worth the wait. I goes well with the mash potatoes and gravy. I think it tasted better than the Swedish meatballs. I will definately have this again.

Fish n Chip.
Spicy Boneless Chicken.

Sunday, September 02, 2007

Grilled Fish at Puchong.

The home ministry had a sudden craving for grilled fish. I was wondering where can I get it near my place. I thought of this place where I always pass on the way to Wisma Tractors at Putri Mart. There's a food court next to it. So being a bit adventurous decide to venture there.
We were in luck and found a stall selling grilled fish. Ordered the grilled stingray and the 'Juk Ton'. Was surprise that it was good. Was because of the sauce they provided. I definately go there again.