Restoran EPL, Sunway.

Duringone of my meet ups with some friends, the discussion ws on where we would have lunch. I was told that there was this coffee shop in Sunway that served decent pork noodles. So made our way there. The place was named Restaran EPL. Don't know why but maybe the propriater is an ardent English football fan. We ordered two version of it, one with egg and the other without, with everything in it. Well what can I say, with pork the secret of any good tasting meal lies in its lard. They had enough fried lard in it too make it taste good. It tasted damn good with all that lard. I have to get my cholesterol checked soon.

Lan Je Talapia Fish, Rawang.

Made a trip back to the in-laws places over the weekend. There was this place that in Rawang that sells only steam Talapia fish as its main product and they only serve it steamed. This place so pack with customers over dinner that you think they must serve so fantastic food over there. The size of the talapia fish is just about the size of the adult palm. As I understand this fish is a very cheap fish. I use to buy 3 Talapia for about RM5 when I was running a eatery in Tanjong Malim. But this place is prcing it at RM13 per fish. I can imagine thier profit margin.
Back to the food, talapia is a fresh water fish. If not cooked properly you taste the "muddy" taste of the fish when eat it. This place steam this fish well with enough ginger and chilly that it there non of this taste in the fish. I must admit that the steamed talapia they serve is quite tasty (no wonder there lots of people!). The fish meat is not only fresh but the secret lies in the gravy the fish is served in. Not too salty and the ginger not too overpowering.
They have many other dishes you can order but they specialing in only the steam talapia and imagine with that alone it can attract so many customers everyday in a small town to this place.

New Paris SS2, PJ.

I have not been to this place for ages since I had moved away from Damansara. As I was invited for dinner at this place, I jumped at the opportunity. From my previous memory this placed served pretty decent foos at affordable prices. The speed of your order comes also seem to be very fast even when the place is packed. I don't know how they do it. This place seems to be alsways packed even during weekdays.
When I arrived there, the food was already ordered. They had some dishes that I can remember like champagne chicken. The rest well my first time having. I especially liked the deep fried pork trotters. It had very little oil in it, all drained out I guess after frying. Another one that I especially like was the yam "fut putt" with mantis prawns. This is new to me. All this while I normally have yam with assorted nuts, vegetable and chicken in it. It was nicely done with the mantis prawns.
This place is sure awesome and consistant with its food after so many years.

Bazaar Ramadan SS18, Subang Jaya.

During the month of Ramadan, I always wanted to go to a Ramadan Bazaar other than the one I usual one I visit in USJ 4. I managed to make it a point to go to the one in SS18 which was highly recommended by my office collegues. The variety of stalls and uniqueness of cooking can be seen here. I had some shots of the amazing stalls I seen which I thought was pretty popular judging from the crowd around it.

Tai Ka Lok, Ipoh.

I was looking for some breakfast in the morning. Stumbed onto this place behind the hotel I was staying in. The street seems to be a food haven. I saw many shops there but they were closed in the morning so I think they must open at night. There were a few that were open in the morning. This street is facing the ExcelsiorHotel at Jalan Seenivasagam. As I am not familiar with Ipoh food location, I decided to observe the shop. It turned out to have a steady stream of customers, it was not packed but people keep coming and going. I thought this must be reasonable.
It turned out to sell soup or "kon low" "kuey teow" with some stuffed "yong tau foo" that goes with it. As Ipoh is famous for its Kuey teow noodles, before eating I have no doubt that it will be good with its "nga choy". Indeed the noodles was good as it partically melts in your mouth. The sides dishes was also good. One thing about this type of noodles and side offering that it doesn't leave you guilty of eating too much fat and your mouth does not have a greasy feeling after taste. The content of the sides dishes may not reflect so but it does taste like healthy food. Two thumbs up for this.

East Ocean Restaurant, Menglembu Ipoh.

Had a trip to Ipoh last weekend for a wedding. Stopped by Menglembu for some lunch. I not been back to Ipoh for three years now and in fact even longer for Menglembu. I was surprise that Menglembu had lost most of its charm. New building had been erected in place of old ones. For this matter Ipoh city also had lost its charm. I use to enjoy going thru the old colonial building in town centre but last week, unsightly new buildings puncture the scenery of the city in patching lending an eye sore to the city. Ipoh is fast losing its old charm.
Anyway back to the food. We stop here for some lunch. Order some common and simple dishes. The house favourite is the salted steamed chicken. That was really good. I ordered also some vegetable that I not had eaten before. They say its planted in Cameron Highlands. I tasted a bit like spring onions but I was unable to determine what it was let along translate it into English. The cantonese fired noodles was also my other favourite. The total bill only came to slightly under RM50. I thought that was cheap with such high quality food.

Fried Kuey Teow (dry type).

















Steamed Salted chicken.

Garlic with soy sauce.

Spring Onions with fried squid?

Cantonese fried noodles.

Soon Fatt, Sri Petaling.

I was told that this place serves good seafood at reasonable prices. As I passed this place to attend a wedding last week, I decide to give it a try the other day. As there were three of us I couldn't order many things so we decided to try something new. What was recommended for us was the herbal soup with "Kampung Chicken" (free range chicken in English I guess), young onion sprout cooked with pork and the asam fish. Other than that had the "kum heong" crab for the wife. I presonably liked the asam fish. As the fish was fried it was very crispy but the gravy was too concentrated and sour so you have to take it with rice to enhance this dish. I remembered someone telling me sometime ago that if restaurants fry fish it means that it is not fresh fish. The frying helps mask the refridgeratored taste. Well this one didn't taste all that bad. My other recommendation is the herbal soup chicken. It definately tasted good at night.

The price was quite reasonable. All this for only RM96 for food only. I would definately make a visit to this place again.

Bak Kut Teh, Bandar Baru Nilai.

As it is the rainy season now, sometimes I am craving for something that can warm me up (besides alcohol and women) during these times. During lunch last week, made a trip to Bandar Baru Nilai for some Bak kut Teh as I not had it for sometime. BBN does not really have food to shout about, the same goes with this BKT. Had the supposingly dry BKT. After having it, I came to the conclusion that if one should not just jump into the band wagon to sell something that they are not good at. As far as I can remember they had not sold dry BKT before, it tasted more like condenced BKT of the soupy kind. It was not all that bad but not great either. Next time at this place I shall stick to the soupy version.

Restorant P.J. Seafood, Tropicana.

Was deciding to have seafood with a friend who is back in K.L. for a holiday. As he was deprived of 'Good' seafood as he worked in Dubai, he wanted some place reputable. I had not been to this place for years after I had moved to my present house. I remembered that the last time I was there they actually had a pond where you can fish in it. This place is next to the NKVE highway so you can see the traffic drive by while you fish. Well over time with development and all the pond had to go and the place now is smaller.
As for the food, the last time I was there I remembered that it was pretty good but I can't remember anything that stuck to my memory. So this time just ordered some asam prawns, crabs, fish, herbal soup frog legs and bean curd. The highlight for me is definately the herbal soup frog legs. The soup's taste was not too overpowered by herbs and you can still taste the frog legs. I suspect they also included some rice wine into it to cook. The next dish that come to mind would be the fish. I not a big fan of fish but the groupa cooked in ginger had the right balance of ginger and fish. As for the crabs well it was just average. I would go again to this place for the frog legs again.

Asam Prawns.

Frog Legs.

Man Tao.

S&S Crab

Marmite Crab.

Ginger Groupa.

Steam Bean Curd.