Little Dim Sum Place, SS2!!

The best way to eat dim sum is being served piping hot and fresh straight from the kitchen. :P

If you’re craving for some good dim sum, I would recommend the Little Dim Sum Place with franchises at SS2 and also Sri Hartamas.

Dim Sum is traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions. Dim Sum has been popular since the good old times, an all time favourite option for breakfast! :)

Taro Dumpling a.k.a the fried "Wu Gok". Yam/ Taro pastry stuffed with yummy char siew.... This specialty is made with mashed taro, stuffed with diced shiitake mushrooms, shrimp and pork, deep-fried in crispy batter.


Fried Turnip Cake a.k.a fried "Lo Bak Go" with egg and tons of bean sprouts!


Fried fishball!


Shrimp Dumpling (蝦餃 har gau): A delicate steamed dumpling with whole or chopped-up shrimp filling and thin wheat starch skin! Simply heaven! :P


Sticy steam rice a.k.a 糯米雞 "lou mai gai"! Nicely steamed and served hot! It contains mushroom, and meat (usually pork and chicken)!


Shaomai (燒賣 siu mai). These are small steamed dumplings with pork inside a thin wheat flour wrapper. Usually topped off with crab roe and mushroom! All time favourite option and standard order :P


Dumpling stuffed with shitake mushrooms and minced pork and then drenced in superior sauce! A must try!


The Bacon Roll and Shrimp Cage is also recommended! Stay tune for more! Start of a new week again... I am counting down to the weekends once again.. blekz... :)

Restaurant Pan Heong

Address: No. 2 Jalan Medan Batu Caves 2, Medan Batu Caves
Tel: 03-6187.7430
Business Hours: 8 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.

On a nice and lazy weekend, mummy recommended this eating place at Restaurant Pan Heong near Batu Caves. Famous for its Chinese delicacies such as Sang Har Mee, Mee Goreng Mamak, Porridge and more.... This old fashioned restaurant had received sooo many good reviews online. Hence please go and try :P

The place is usually crowded with food goers especially during weekends. Expect to wait longer than usual for a table else if you can't, I suggest to go early... :)


The dining area packed with food goers! :P


We sat at table no 10! :)


On a side note, I would recommed the V-Soy soya bean milk! You can get it at any hypermarket... Refreshing and ever so tasty! LOL! :P


The aunty taking down our order...


Sang Har Mee!!!!! The noodles topped with yummy egg gravy that comes with huge prawns filled with roe! Simply thumbs up and so reasonably priced! Approx RM 35 per plate!


The mee mamak goreng ....Using yellow noodle like mee mamak, this dish is rather unique and it seems like a must order since I see it on every table


I am a fan of the Stir Fry meehoon with "kao yuk"!

Steam fish cooked in teow cheow style.. The fish was fresh and went perfectly with the braised soy sauce that came with it!


The fish fillet porridge ...it came sprinkled with spring onions, fried onions and a dash of white pepper and sesame oil. Ooolala :P


Of course not forgetting to have yau char kwai to go with it!


Ok that's about it for now.. drooling? Wait no more... head over to Pan Heong restaurant today! We LOVE it very much! :P

A Wet Thai FOOD Cafe @ Cheras!!!

Address: 8 Jalan Kaskas, Taman Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: 03 - 9131 9838

Blink blink... It's Saturday already... blink blink again... It's back to Monday... Like one always say... Monday blues? :(

Anyway anyone craving for some delicious Thai FOOD? :)

Bestie recommended a place at Cheras called A Wet Thai Food Cafe that serves pretty decent Thai food cuisines, not too great but worth a visit definitely to feed my HOT & SPICY cravings! :P

I had always LOVED Thai Food, especially their steam fish with lemon grass and tom yam soup!


It was still CNY that week hence we ordered the Thai style YEE SANG as starters! The thai version is not so sweet compared to the Chinese style, in fact it was a little sour and spicy too! :P


Topping it with Salmon to perfect everything :P



The Thai combo set that comes with fishcake, fried pandan chicken, mango salad and batter squid! Great platter for sharing!


Steam fish with lemon grass!!! Hot & spicy & very nice! :P


The green curry chicken...


Stir fry kangkung with belacan


Us on the table... :)


Bestie & Me! :)



YIPPEEEEE we saw fireworks that night too... :) Great food, good companion and wonderful ambience that makes everything seems to perfect! LOL! :P Anyway shall blog soon again... Have a good weekend! :P

Amazing Phuket...

I just wished the WEEKENDS would never end... :)

Anyway here are more overdue photos of Phuket Island, in fact the finale of them all before we travelled all the way back with a stopover at Hat Yai for dinner and storming through the Thai border to make our way back home.

The cousin taking a swim by the pool... I reckon swimming is typically the best thing you can do when you're stressed. Imagine lazing by the cool waters enjoying the breeze and practically thinking about nothing all all... :P


Me Myself & I! :P


Us taking one last swim in the early morning before we checked out later part of the afternoon...


Camwhoring shots! We are ladies afterall.. LOL!

Some snacks in the car along the way...Crispy Cream donut melted with chocolate and topped with almond from Mister Donut!


Buffet breakfast on the table! FOOD FOOD and more FOOD after the swim... perfect! :)



Little pink elephant from Phuket Fantasea who travelled all the way back to Malaysia with us.. HAHA!


Kan Eng Restaurant @ Hatyai...

Address: Kimpradit Road, Hatyai, Thailand
Directions: The restaurant is a short walk from the BP Grand Tower Hotel along Kimpradit Road... just opposite a Chinese temple...

As mentioned we made a stop over at the famous Chinese/Thai FOOD restaurant, Kan Eng @ Hat Yai! This place is usually crowded with food goers; be it locals or tourists.

Kan Eng Restaurant is one of the many Chinese restaurants in Hatyai. The restaurant specialises in Chinese and Thai food. The must order would be the Tom Yum Kung, fish, braised pig trotters and MORE!


The braised pig trotters!!!


Mango salad, a great appetizer to kick start your meal... fresh shredded mangoes queeze with lemon juice and mixed with fried cuttle fish and ample of onions! OHHHHHH!


Stri fry Kai Lan with salted fish!


Fry Omelette served with sweet Thai sauce!

The curry crabmeat is something you must not miss too...


TOM YAM GOONG!!!!


Stir fry petai with prawns...


The vegetable soup... Seaweed and ample of minced pork, pork balls and beancurb!


Looking back at the photo of the fish cake simply makes me drool.... :P

Invitation Review @ Coca Restaurant, Subang Parade

Address: COCA Subang Parade, Lot G28, Level G, Subang Parade 5, Jalan SS16/1 Subang Jaya
Tel: 03 5632 8766
Website: http://www.coca.com.my/

Did you ever know that the name COCA was derived from the Mandarin word “Kekou” which means “appetizing”?

Appetizing = C-O-C-A

One fine day I received an email from Andrea, the marketing manager for Coca Restaurant who cordially invited me and another 3 guests for a complimentary food session at their franchise in Subang Parade.

Anticipating the ever fresh seafood steamboat Coca has to offer, we were spoilt with choices of a few selected al carte appetizers and their steamboat seafood set worth RM 168 ++. We were fed with endless good food on the table and also not forgetting the free flow of drinks from the menu.

We were definitely stuffed and feeling all satisfied with the overall quality of the food Coca has to offer. Though dining at Coca restaurant comes with heftier price tag but I reckon the food served was top quality with great service and good ambience.

The Coca outlet @ Subang Parade... It has been ages since I last went there...



Internationally well knowned and established since 1957 - franchises at Asia Pacific in Thailand, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia and more! :)


The huge and comfortable dining area... upon entering we were greeted by the staff and asking whether we were food bloggers? :P Along came Andrea shortly after to brief us a little about the Coca history... :)


The menu... Coca serves both Sukiyaki and Thai delicacies from their ala-carte menu...



Drinks of the table.... Rose Plum Tea... the new addition to the menu... Ever so refreshing with a dash of rose flavor and getting sour in your next sip.... great way to kickstart your appetite...


The Food Lovers anticipated patiently for the FOOD to be ready :P


Food Lovers No 2! HAHA! My old primary school friend and her partner who came along that night :)



On the table we were given a few appetizers from the menu. Deep Fried Fish Paste a.k.a fish cake seasoned with curry powder and deep fried to perfection (RM 12.80). Next was the crispy Spring Rolls priced at RM 9.50. The spring rolls were stuffed with turnip and prawns. :)


A must try and not to be missed would be the Panda Chicken (RM 8.80) - Marinated chicken and wrapped in pandan leaf. The succulent meat; accompanied with the pandan fragrant just made you wanting more and more :)


Deep fried mussels in batter served with salad sauce (RM12.80)


One of COCA specialisation will be their steamboat cuisine a.k.a Sukiyaki!!! My favorite and I've always enjoyed a good sukiyaki in Bangkok Thailand... Electrical pot and you can expect the food to be ready in a jiffy :P


Combination soup - Chicken and Tom Yam!!!!!


The seafood platter... Combinations of crab, prawn, fish maw, fishball, shrimp wantans, coca foo chook, vegetables and many many more! :)



The best part of all is Coca's speciality sauce that goes perfectly with the Sukiyaki! :P


Oooolalala... If you ask me, I mush prefer the chicken soup as it tasted sweet with all the seafood ingredients... yum! :)




The green spinach noodles...


A group photo after the satisfying meal...


Are you guys drooling? Wait no more, head down to Coca restaurant today! They have franchices in 1 Utama and Subang Parade... Be sure to be guranteed with every single cent you pay as Coca spoils customers with only the best and freshest seafood spree... :)

The Grand Wedding @ The Prince Hotel...

Finally conting down to the weekends... It's MATTA fair tomorrow... anyone going there? It's happening at PWTC from 14th - 15th March! YIPEEE, we needed to check out the Taiwan and Korea packages they have to offer at the fair! :)

Anyway here are more photos of Hoong Fai and Hui Sein 's wedding at the Prince Hotel, definitely one of the best wedding I attended thus far. :P Great atmosphere with dim lightings, good food and nice music all theme up that night. :)

The stage... looking at a very nice backdrop... :P


The fellow current and ex Microsoft Colleagues..


The best man and lady walking down together... :P


The newly weds cruising in at the grand moment...



Cutting cake ceremony! :)



The dining area at the Prince conference hall....


The only food photo I took that night! LOL! The first course from the set menu... :P


More photos of us below! Nu, ex Microsoft Thailand who travelled all the way down to KL for the wedding... looking great as ever :P She would have passed for being local Chinese... :P


Poh Sze & me! :)


Us and the couple after dinner... :)


The fellow heng tais and their couple photo :P Ok shall blog more tomorrow.. till then... see you if you're heading down to Matta Fair... have a great weekend! :)

Shihlin Taiwan Street Snack!

Shihlin Taiwan Street Snack has several franchises around Malaysia. It has mushroom since its first outlet at 1 Utama to places like Pavilion Mall, Sunway Pyramid and more.

Perfect place for food goers who are rushing for time. Here are some quick snack that gurantees to feed your taste bud to satisfaction.

Some of the famous Taiwan Snacks served here are the Oyster Mee Sua, XXL Crispy Chicken, Chicken Floss Egg Crepe, Seafood tempura and Happy Ricebox Set. The selections are pretty limited hence you do not need to crack your head thinking what to order. :P

This history:
Thousands of Taiwanese crowd the local night markets in search of their favourite and delicious snacks, and Taipei's Shihlin Night Market is the most famous due to its very wide range of local delicacies in its small streets and alleys.

I can't wait to tuck myself to some good yummy Taiwan snacks when I'm at Taiwan end of April. :P *counting down*

The shop at Pavilion Mall, situated near the Food Court area


Handmade Oyster Mee Sua! It comes with a thick soup base, tasted a bit like shark-fin's soup with a dash of vinegar. The noodle is accompanied by two medium-sized oysters and some chicken-meat strips on the top that gives you a fulfilling experience! You can opt for spicy (They will add in some sambal) or non spicy to amplify the taste... :P



Food Lover enjoying her bowl of Oyster Mee Sua!! YUMMY! :P


XXL Crispy chicken.... Deep fried to perfection and dashed with chili pepper to go with it...


Definitely worth a try peeps! Shall blog soon! :)

Pork Spree @ Yut Kee Restaurant, Dang Wangi

Address: Yut Kee Restaurant, 35 Jalan Dang Wangi (Opposite Capital Square and Wilayah Complex)
Tel. 03-2698-8108.
Opens from 8am-5pm daily, closed Mondays and last Sunday of the month.

Kopitiams had been around for more that a decade, be it old time style or even the more commercialized ones like Old Town Kopitiam, people had always enjoyed a cup of good coffee and toast.

Yut Kee had been around the business for more than 70 years but up till now still stands strong among the many new businesses and a favorite option place for food goers.

If you're craving for something porky, Yut Kee Restaurant is definitely a food place not to be missed. This old style coffee shop has been around since 1928, serving cups of local-style brew coffees and authentic hainanese cuisines; famous ones would be the hainanese pork chop and pork bread.

Upon entering the shop, you feel as though you travelled back through time; filled with dark wooden chairs and old portraits.

I've been here a couple of times and this place is always packed with food goers especially on weekend mornings. But fred not, the service is up to speed regardless of the huge crowd though getting a table could be a hassle at times.

My previous review at the below link:
http://joanchew_1911.blogspot.com/2006/10/hainan-pork-chop-yut-kee-sometime-ago.html


The Hainanese Iced White Coffee gave me the caffein kick I needed!!!


The Roasted Char Siew rice.... drenched in thick sweet char siew sauce but I reckon there wasn't anything that special about the char siew rice...


Hainanese Pork Chop (RM7). The pork fillet fried in a batter topped with some sautéed onions, peas and potatoes as side. The Worcestershire based sauce goes really well with the pork chops and potatoes. I enjoyed it very much! :)


Another favorite order would be the Roti babi (RM 7) It is stuffed with minced pork, onions, carrots and crab meat; then wrapped with slices of soft and fluffy bread dipped into egg batter before frying. Ooooolalala... simply heaven! :P

The Wedding Dinner @ Oriental Pearl Restaurant, Bukit Jalil Goft Resort...

Oriental Pearl Restaurant is part of the famous Tai Thong group where food goers get to savour exquisite Cantonese specialities in the elegant atmosphere of the Chinese Restaurant which overlooks the golf course.

I attended the wedding of an ex colleague of mine 2 weeks back. It was great catching up with everyone again after a long long time. Seeing the smiles and joys on everyone's face, it was indeed a memorable night to celebrate such a special occasion... :)

The entrance to the restaurant...


The happy newly weds... congrats guys! :)


Here comes the fellow jie muis, all smilez... :)


Some current and ex colleagues of Microsoft Malaysia...


A photo with the gorgeous bride in her pink night gown...


The guys...


Us with the handsome groom... hehehe....



Lining up for a group photo!




Making the grand entrance....



More camwhoring shots below... bestie & Mei Ping...



The "Yam Seng" session....



A happy family portrait... :) I'll just give it short and sweet... more photos up soon.. thank god it's holiday tomorrow... will be off for my karaoke session soon.. till then.. shall write again... :)

More Photos of Phuket Island!! :)

YIPPEEE! Here comes the long long weekend! Don't you just LOVE holidays? I'm simply cheering away thinking I'm off on Monday! :P

I REALLY need a hair cut during the long weekends as the hair simply went out of control due to a long overdue cut needed to revive it... :P

Anyway back to more photos of Phuket shall we? Yes you heard me, I have not finished blogging entirely on my CNY trip to Phuket.

Here are places we headed during our trip there. We went go karting, shooting and pretty more stuff we did that we can't find in KL. :)

I bought this HUGE soft toy from Central Phuket and brought it home all the way... I'm still very much young at heart and love cutey stuff like these... :P


My overgrown sister and me! Ish she is getting taller each day... I'm offically the shortest in the family... LOL! :P


Cousin and Bro! :)


Here comes the shooting range! Weee... ok I was freaking scared hence staying far far away snapping photos while the rest enjoyed the shoot....


The charges are based on the type of gun and no of bullets you choose.... not cheap at all...


Rifle u see!!!! It was freaking heavy...



The young shooters...


After the shooting range, we headed for go-kart not too far away.... another extreme sport I just looked... LOL! I did try it once long time ago when I was younger...



The driving range!


My aunty and I cheering away and getting a heart attack where they were driving too fast! :)


Bro in action...



Camwhoring on the way for lunch.... :P


I must never miss Thailand's pork soup noodles! Simply the best!!! You get this almost everywhere you go...



Another recommended cuisine would be the pork rice!!! You must get your hands on these if you're one pork lover!


After lunch we went shooping around and visited the Ceramics of Phuket! Mummy practically went crazy and ranting if we had more space to bring all the goodies home... LOL!



More photos of the surroundings..



Yes surely we love ourselves very much... so should you! :P





Doggies we saw around the area... ish ish ish... sooo the cute lorr... :P



Later at night we went for the Phuket Simon Cabaret show!!! As quoted online, Simon Cabaret is a well-established market leader of professional entertainment with hi-tech sound and light equipment costumes and the unforgettably glamorous performers. The performers were indeed gorgeous women... no no was it a man? Damn I'm confused now :P


The picture would have said it all... some looking great after numerous surgeries... Looking at the face moving technology we have now, these people are looking gorgeous than ever... It was hard to believe and imagine what extensive surgeries they underwent to look that perfect? Well with money, nothing is impossible I guess.... ok more food up soon, this should keep you full a while! :)

CNY Reunion Dinner @ Robson Heights Seafood Restaurant...

Location: 10B, Jalan Permai, Off Jalan Syed Putra, Kuala Lumpur
Contact No: 03 2274 6216
Business hours: Open daily 10.30am to 3pm & 5.30pm to 11.30pm

Hi peeps, I'm back from the land of Penang and work had been piling up; not knowing where to begin.... With the economic down turn and companies looking into cutting their spending; life can never be that stressful. *sigh*

FOOD at Penang was good and I had my fair dose of Asam Laksa. I reckon putting a kilo or more after the endless food spree we had earlier.

Anyway here are overdue photos of the CNY reunion dinner we had at Robson Heights Seafood Restaurant with my ex fellow college mates. Robson restaurant is situated at the hill side off the Federal Highway and is well knowned for its authentic Chinese seafood cuisines.

We ordered their CNY set menu and added a few extra dishes to curb our hunger. :)

The Yee Sang with Salmon fish! My fav would definitely be the crispy crackers and SALMON. LOADS of them if possible! :P



As per the normal tradition, the higher you "Lou", the better the luck for the year! tsk tsk!


Sharfin soup with crabmeat!


Sweet Marmite prawns!


Assorted beancurb and vegetables and mushrooms!


Steamed fish with superior soy sauce!


More mushrooms!


Thai Lemon Chicken and deep fried to perfection, topped with onion rings!


The Lotus Rice!


We added this extra dish - Stir Fry Noodles with Water Prawns!


Huge prawns hence the hefty price you expect to pay! LOL! :P



Camwhoring shots!


The ladies of the night... :)


A group photo + the missing photographer! :P


Tada! The total bill that night amounted to RM 691!! *Fainted* Seriously the Water Prawns noodles were way way over priced! RM 240 for a plate? GOSH! We nearly fainted when the bill came! So peeps beware before you place an order and ask first! I think it's way more economical to order ala-carte dishes.


After the much expensive dinner we headed over for gambling session at a friend's home near Taman Desa!



Open table and ready for battle! LOL! :P



Ok that's about it folks... Can't wait for the weekends once again and thank GOD next Monday is a Public Holiday! Till then, have a good week and it's GONNA be a busy busy week ahead for me! :)