Bali.....here we come

Dear reader,

Sorry for the long wait as part of HarkauSiewmai kaki end up in Bali few days back....We are going to come back with lot of nice posting on Bali food....

Be ready

Josephine Cafe & Bistro @ Ipoh Garden South

This cafe & Ipoh was recommended by my friend Josephine. I like the environment here a lot as it was a nice place suitable for hang out with good food. Too bad I had already taken my dinner. Thus, we only have some light supper.

Thus, we decide to order a small piece of cake a 2 serving of salad. As this post was rather outdated, I only remember this salad as helping with enoki mushrooms.

But I really love the Ceasar Salad here. The meat was warm and the helping was rather large. Really hope to go back for it.

The cake look tempting, and was really not bad.

Don't remember the name of the drink, but it was really not bad.

Claypot Chicken Rice @ Kampar

Dropped by Kampar for the Claypot Chicken Rice opposite the old cinema which is currently a furniture shop names Foo Wah, a shop opposite KFC.

The 'yau choi' is really not bad, or more on its fresh.

The best thing about Kampar's claypot chicken rice is that the rice is cooked with soup base compared to other places (especially KL/Selangor) where only normal water is used.

Its just 6pm and the place is slowly getting crowded. Doesn't remember the price, but it was very reasonable considering the helping was quite huge.

Restaurant Makanan Panggang Oldies & Goodies

Very outdated post!!!

Ok lets get started.....Besides from sweet strawberry and steamboat in Cameron Highland, we took the opportunity to explore some restaurant in the highland. One of the catchy signboard we saw is Restaurant Makanan Panggang Oldies & Goodies....for goodness sake, BBQ meat at highland sound like good compliment thus we headed in.

The restaurant is same row as Strawberry Moments...Well, cameron town is not big so is easy to spot this shop....

As we are going to have a long way back, we order quite a fair of food.

Claypot Tofu...
I like the gravy a lot....serve with siuk yok and lot of treasure inside....

Hot plate Tofu ~ by mistake we order 2 tofu...lolx...
The tofu is smooth and gravy was nice. As we have 2 type of tofu on the same meal, out of sudden i feel so 'jelak'

Asparagus with mushroom...
No comment on vege....But i like mushroom as normal....yummy

The star of the meal.....Mixed BBQ Meat...
CharSiew is Ok...nothing to shout about...
Roasted chicken is good. Tender and juicy.
Roasted duck is also good but too chewy for my liking. The garlic sauce on top add some kick to the roasted duck..
Roasted pork is so so....Nothing great!!!

As our 'chang chen pou lou' soup which is longevity soup doesn't arrive, thus I can't review on this but such a fortune that it doesn't arrive as the soup is kinda pricy...

Overall, the restaurant was just normal and I don't think their roast meat is up to my standard since I expect too much from the Restaurant Name!!!!

3.5 star is my rating...

Malabar Palace, Hartamas Shopping Complex

Tired of Mamak food and want to find authentic Indian Food?

Well, D Tandoor sound to be the place or Spice of India. This 2 choice have been a famous spot for higher end of Indian food. However, what I want to introduce, maybe can be a substitute of this 2 restaurant.

Introducing Malabar Palace, Hartamas Shopping Complex.
Sorry for my bad posting on this because I really cant remember all the food name. I was bad in Hindi so to remember more than 5 dishes is tough for me...

As I have been to only D'Tandoor and not spice of India....I cant really comment on the food quality. But if you would ask my preferences, I still prefer D'Tandoor...


I would say Malabar Palace serve fusion Indian food. The restaurant is not that big and able to accomodate the capacity of up to 50-60 people. Accoding to their website http://malabarpalace.webs.com/ they serve northern Indian food...

Ok, lets go to the food that we order...

1. Appertiser 1 - Paneer Fingers


Cheese wrapped and deep fried...serve with special sauce....thumb up

2. Appetiser 2 - Chicken Tikka Wrapped.

Normal....I not a fan of tortia wrap....But the filing is good!!!

3. Naan - 3 naan of our choice (Butter, Dried Fruit and garlic)

mamak naan taste better....sorry to say that the butter naan is too bland for my strong tastebud

4. Complimentary papadam with special gravy

The gravy is yummy....addictive!!

5. Briyani Lamb

I would say that the highlight of the day....Half of the table people are crying due to the spiciness of the food...Spices are well blended with the rice!! thumb up.

6. Mango Rice
I didn't taste any mango....but the taste was quite special...


7. Butter Chicken

One word....Yummy.

8. Some spinash thingy & vege dalca - Palak Paneer if i not wrong


No verdict.....Try it yourself....One of my friend like the green...Another one like the dalca....As for me, I dont like Vege. :-)

9. Spicy prawn - Dunno what its name....

I like it....but the serving too small.

Well, for big eater, the serving is not that big....The bill for this meal come to about RM 200++

Hokkien Mee @ O.S Restaurant, Seapark

O. S Restaurant is actually a hawker stall like restaurant situated opposite Paramount Caltex. behind Giant hypermarket. Went there after a recommendation from a friend that actually does not like Hokkien mee, as she complained on the lards used in cooking hokkien mee (but what is a hokkien mee if its without a minimal amount of lard?). Thus, has been visiting this restaurant quite often in this month.

The 'siu chau' in the hawker stall only start their business after 5pm up to around 12am at nite. But I prefer to go later than 8pm. After 9pm, the place will start to get crowded and you might need to wait for awhile for the food to come. All around, you will see most of the tables ordering the same dish of 'siu chau', 'hokkien mee', or black noodle.

I would say the 'watan hor' is a so-so from this restaurant. But, i do like their sambal a lot, as it goes well with the 'siu chau'.

The 'siu chau' cost RM6.00 per person serving.

Out of curiosity, i also give the fried chicken wing a try. It was nothing much special, but I do feel some crunchy bits of garlic(of which I am really not sure whether garlic is one of their secret weapon) in their marinating ingredient), although I am not sure whether I tasted it correct. Someone please correct me if i am wrong about this. The chicken wing cost RM2.00 per wing, but I think that would be the standard price in KL/Selangor.

Overall, I do like the siu chau here, although there are 2 other location that I would love to try on.

Stay tuned...for next hokkien mee location.

Yat Yeh Hing（日夜兴生窝海鲜饭店）@ Kelana Jaya

Yat Yeh Hing (日夜兴生窝海鲜饭店) is actually situated near Kelana Jaya LRT, at the side of LDP beside housing areas. A visit to this small food court is actually my friend's idea, coz of the reason, she missed the soup served with the chicken rice here. But, we actually need to line up and the soup is actually a self service. I am still OK with that rule, considering there were too many people waiting to be served. But we ended up getting a rude comment from the waitress, telling us that there were no need of two person lining, one would be enough, cos we are getting the place crowded :( . Tell me about bad service.

The soup is considerably good, as I don't really have high expectation on soups served along with chicken rice, but they do allow us to have a big bowl of it shared among few people.

A good chicken rice always come with good chili sauce, but this one is really a so-so.

The chicken in considerably pass enough.

The roasted pork is still a good, although not in very good category. And of course, we could easily finished it.

The 'ngar choi' is really normal, of which i don't understand why chicken rice have to come with taugeh, although its understandable that Ipoh "Ngar Choi Gai" comes with it. Unless, the taugeh come from Ipoh.

Overall, the chicken rice here is good. Its just the service here is unsatisfactory.

Restaurant New Boston Klang

Restaurant New Boston Klang have been in existence for many many years. I use to patron the restaurant with my family when I was very young but due to its slow serving of food, my family decided not to frequent the place anymore.

However, due to the restaurant becoming more and more famous, and my colleague are addicted to that place, lately, I do frequent the restaurant again!!! Anyway, if you guys do not mind waiting one hour plus to two hours, then why not....The food here is nice....

The Restaurant is famous for its steam Lala.....almost all table will order this dish..Dash with cili padi, lotsa ginger, fried chop garlic and fresh lala, this dish is worth dying for.....opps...i mean worth waiting for...

Other dish such as Nestum Mantis prawn is also very nice....However i feel it was to try to my liking. But the chewwy mantis prawn with sweet and salty taste of sugar and nestum, is really addictive!!

Dont forget about the Hokkien Mee.....is super black and nice...yummy...

Chop Chung Wah, Jonker street

There is one scene in Jonker Street, Malacca that always caught people attention which is hundred of people queueing up for a plate of chicken rice bowl.

The shop was basically close by this iron bar and will only open if there is people finish up their meal and the owner will then allow certain number of people to come in. It will then be close until there is another group of person finish their meal.
Very 'Pah Pai' right? And look at how narrow is the road leading to the shop...Purposely park 2 motorcycle there....

So when we step in, the lady boss tell us, half chicken cheapest set priced at RM 28.80.....So we just simply say yes...

So here is the food.....Half kampung chicken and 5 plate of rice ball with 5 cute ball each. That is what the RM 28.80 set meant to be!!!

The chicken was rather dry but was sweet and have the 'Que' texture.

But the things that i would say stand out from other place is the rice ball.....The rice ball is so aromatic and I can just eat it without the chicken....The rice is handmake and that why it wasn't as compact as those 'very commercialise' chicken rice ball shop. One can still taste the rice although it was shaped to ping pong ball size. Yummy...

So next time you guys go to jonker Street, remember become 'Yau Kooi' like us....queue up for hours for this magical food...

Happy Chinese New Year

I would like to wish all my reader Happy Chinese New Year.....

May you leap the year just like the rabbit to up more level in life, wealth, health and prosperity....

Gong Xi Fa Cai......HUAT AR!!!!

Yee Sang - Info

Name :
Yee Sang
Loh Sang
Loh Hei

History:
Fishermen along the coast of Guangzhou traditionally celebrated Renri, the seventh day of the Chinese New Year, by feasting on their catches.[1] The practice of eating raw fish in thinly sliced strips can be traced back to ancient China through the raw fish or meat dish known as Kuai (膾, kuài). However the present form of yusheng is believed to have started in Chaozhou and Shantou as far back as the Southern Song Dynasty[citation needed] In Malaya's colonial past, migrants imported this tradition; porridge stalls sold a raw fish dish which is believed to have originated in Jiangmen, Guangdong province that consisted of fish, turnip and carrot strips, which was served with condiments of oil, vinegar and sugar that were mixed in by customers. (wikipedia)

Ingredient:
Raw fish / Abalone / Jelly Fish
White Radish
Carrot
Chili / Pepper
Picked ginger
Pamelo pulp
Chinese Parsley
Turnip
Peanut
Sesame
Crispy prawn cracker
Oil
Plum / Sweet sour sauce

Toasting:
Toast using chopstick with auspicious wishing such as 'Nian Nian You Yu', and 'Pu Pu Kao Sen'. But modern word such as 'Good Bonus', 'Hit jackpot' seem to join in the toasting nowadays...

Best time to eat:
7th Day of CNY. Ren Ri (Human Day)
Picture of loh sang taken from Restaurant Happy Family, Setia Alam