Breakfast at USJ 14.

Due to long holiday for Hari Raya Haji and Christmas, I had a free morning to get up early and go for breakfast. Its indeed a rare occasion that I am to do this. However wasn't feeling too well after all the Christmas feasting so decided to have some porridge. The place I love about "Chee Chap Chuk" in USJ is at USJ 14. Not because the porridge is nice but the additionals that are good. The fried intestines are crunchy and tasty. There was a man selling "yao char kuai" next to the place so bought some to go with the porridge. Sure nice way to start the morning with something good. Indeed when you are working, there is seldom time for this as I am alway lacking of sleep and the temptation to stay in bed is greater that having early morning brealfast.

Chee Chap Chuk.
Fried 'yao char kuai'.

Friend's place for dinner.

Was around Taipan and was thinking where to have dinner. Then we thought of our friend's place there. So we though we give it a try since we not been there before. The decor and ambience from outside was nice. Inside was spacious and plenty of room between tables. As for the food, for the price we paid, reasonable. Comes with friendly staff and owner to serve you too.

Prawn Ceaser Salad.
T-Bone Steak.
Chicken.

Hai Siang Kopitiam, Revisited.

Last Friday was around Bandar Puteri for some family related errants. As I was close by this place again, we decided to go there again. This time we ordered the nasi lemak and seafood sandwich. I must say, their own baked bread is very good. It soft and thick even after toasting it. I definately a convert to this place. I highly recommende any sandwich or bread form this place. However on Friday there is a special menu that is Adrian's Chicken Rice. I not tried it yet, maybe my next visit.

Nasi Lemak Ayam.

Seafood Sandwich.

Kam Hin Dim Sum, Puchong.

I went to this place ages ago but never got around posting it. It was in Puchong on the opposite side of the LDP of IOI mall. We were there almost near lunch time but it was still quite busy. One of those many people theory that my wife and I use to discover a new place to eat. The place was a typical dim sum shop, nothing exclusive or classy about it. Just good old small portions at reasonable prices. Nothing really special but also not awful tasting. No lasting memories here.

Hai Siang Kopitiam, Bandar Puteri.

Was deciding on where to have breakfast on this public holiday and we took a drive to Bandar Puteri. Drive pass Old town kopitiam and decided to have breakfast there but this place was just next door and it had more customers than Old Town so went it an try. As we entered we found out that the proprieter was a former MAS cabin crew that had open this place. My wife had flown with him a few time. He even had a collection of coke cans he bought from all his night stops at different stations.
Anyway back to the food. The most impressive thing about this place was the bread. Thier bread was of a different texture and softness. Later I found out that the owner has a special recipe that he gives the baker to bake with the softness and thickness that he wants. The food was above average and most of all we had a discount....airline staff la..

Roti Thomas (sambal with egg and cucumber).

Soya bean.
Breakfast set.

Nasi Kandar Lawood, Desa Cempaka Nilai.

There not many good places to eat at around KLIA and if you find one it will try out to be a gem. There this place at near (mor than 10 Km that is) KLIA that serves the most tasty nasi kandar outside of Penang. This place is so packed during lunch that you need to queue for your food if you come late. The best is that you come in a group and order for all and they will serve it straight to your table. The have beef and chicken as the main menu. You can order the half or quarter chicken for an individual meals with a sinful helping of white rice. My personal favourite is the fried chicken and the beef gravy. They normally serve the gravy mix but I prefer to have another plate of beef gravy seperately. They have the best beef gravy I ever tasted. Its definately worth the 10 km drive for lunch there.

This is the only counter serving the nasi kandar.
Half chicken with vegetables.
Mix gravy chicken with beef.

BEan Sprouts Chicken Rice -USJ 14.

When ever I pass by USJ 14 in the evenings or late at night, there is this shop facing the main road that is always crowded with customers. I had to stop by and have a look at what was so popular there. I had frequent Restaurant Meisek during the mornings but never at night. I found out that they were selling white chicken and all the customers are only eating that. Even the 'Tai Chao' in the same place had too close down because this stall was so popular that they took all the customers.
So off I went with the wife and order half a chicken and some 'kuey toew' soup. Being a chicken man myself I must say the chicken had nice tasty smooth skin and the meat was tender. I always wondered why the chicken is not hot. But there may be an explaination to it.
I heard once from my sister that after steaming the chicken they put the chicken into ice water so that the skin becomes smooth and tender. Thats why they alway serve white chicken at room temperature.
Anyway this place is so popular that by the time we were there around 8 pm, most of the chicken had been sold out and more was being prepared. As always when the place becomes popular, the boss also becomes arrogant. She does have time to wait and take orders. I guess it maybe the last time I go there.

Half White Chicken.
Kuey Teow Soup.

Taipei Food Part 7 - Bubble Tea.

This is the last installment of the short trip to Taipei. You can't go to Taipei without trying out at least the bubble tea. The variety is so wide that its difficult for one to choose if you in a bubble tea shop. Anyway for those who had not tried it, I recommend it. Its highly chewy and refreshing for one and I like the way they put the plastic pack on the top of the cup for you.
Prior ro leaving Taipei I had my fair share of tea... I am looking forward for my next trip...

Taipei Food Part 6 - Keelung night market.

More photos on Keelung night market. There were a few unual things I saw. Firstly the almond tea, I've never heard of it before. I was walking past this stall and there was a distingtive foul aroma and I thought it was the "chao tau fu" but it turned out to be the grounded almond nuts. I smelt horrible but after a few sniffs I somehow got use to it. I had a little but of it (almond nuts) to drink and it tasted a bit like soya milk. It seems it good for help (isn't everything everyone claims these days). Another usual scene was a chapati man. People from the sub-continent are a rare sight in Taiwan. What was more surprising is that them doing business in the night market speaking mandarin. I guess when you need to survive you learn anything.

Takoyaki
Tea Leaves.

Siow Loong Pau stall.

Almond Tea.
Almond tea.
Chapati.

Taipei Food Part 5 - Keelung night market.

This place is the biggest outdoor food outlet I seen (well except of course other than Thailand). Keelung is a port city near Taipei. It use to be a trading point for goods coming into Taiwan and this town seem to be as big as K.L. The night market which includes a hawker street has loads of variety of seafood.
I was first taken to have a soup that had some flour in it. It looked a bit like the pan mee here only the flour is more thinner and fine. The soup is a bit bland but the judging from the crowd at this stall it seem to be pretty popular.
The other good one was the fried chicken that come in small pieces (yuan se chi). This place is must visit when you are in Taipei for food.

The Soup Stall.

How They make the flour.
The soup with dough.

Seafood.

Yuan Se Chi stall.
Fired Sotong.