Tandoori Corner - GPS coordinates, Airport Road

Ah ha ... we now have the precise GPS coordinates for one of my favourite Indian restaurants in town ... Tandoori Corner of Abu Dhabi:

N 24.46294

E 54.37854

I felt like an Indian meal tonight ... so I went for a drive :-) Free fresh poppadoms for starters...

 

My mushroom briyani, pretty good - And great value at 16 AED (RM$13), a really large portion that is easily enough for 2 persons.

And the piece de resistance ... Tandoori Corner's perfect Tandoori Chicken. Half portion at 16 AED.

The rest of my meal :-) Dipping sauce and Naan Bread which is served with the above. Yummy!

Fennel, Rock Sugar and coated coriander seeds to freshen your mouth ;-) BURP!

Located along 2nd Road or Airport Road, next to Fathima Supermarket, and not far from Mashraq Bank (A few blocks from Al Wahda Mall), this place is truly an Abu Dhabi institution ... We usually do take-aways as do many people (Call +971 2 445 8686), but try dining in - Its worth a visit!

Hainanese Chicken Chop - Reem Island Cafe, Abu Dhabi

I like Reem Island cafe ... a lot! It provides a little taste of Malaysia when we are so far away from home ... and it had been some years since I last had one of my FAVOURITE dishes, Hainanese Chicken Chop.

Located: Reem Island, Abu Dhabi
More specifically: Tamouh site office
Tel: +971 2 650 1996
GPS:
N24 29' 30.4"
E054 24' 04.4"

Thursday is ... Hainanese Chicken Chop day at Reem Island Cafe!

The cafe serves specials each and every day - Monday is Kuay Teow T'ng day, and on other days there are Malaysian favourites such as ... Chicken Rice, Roast Duck, Curry Mee etc as well. On most days you would find chap fan, economy noodles for breakfast, kaya toast, as well as Wan Tan Mee and Mee Jawa, and Yong Tau Foo is served rather regularly as well. One can enjoy a full dinner of ala-carte dishes each evening as well!

But Thursday is my favourite .. Hainanese Chicken Chop Day!

There's a sucullent and generous portion of breaded and deep fried chicken, some mixed veges and shoe-string fries, and a couple of slices of tomatoes and cucumber ... all for the princely sum of 15 AED or RM$13. Bliss in the desert!

On another occassion .. I tried it with rice instead of chips, for an extra 3 AED or RM$2, delicious as well!

There's much local history to this dish -

No you won't get this on Hainan Island, in fact you won't get it outside of Malaysia and Singapore as this is a British colonial legacy shared by both our countries. A dish created by the Hainanese who worked for English households using tomato ketchup, worcester sauce, potato chips and peas. It is still served at most remaining Hainanese owned coffee shops in Malaysia and Singapore these days.

Yes ... I am a huge fan of this dish. Malaysia serves some excellent chicken chops including those at Tanjung Malim (Yik Mun v E&L springs to mind!), or KL's legendary Coliseum, SS2's famous Yippee Cup or perhaps the lesser known but equally excellent 99 Steak and Chops in TTDI.

BUT ... its next to impossible to beat the home-cooked variant :-) Prepared with much love!

Pasar Malam - Malaysian Embassy of Abu Dhabi

The Embassy of Malaysia

Add: Villa 715B, Al Saada Street 19, Abu Dhabi

Tel: +971 2 448 2775

GPS: 24°27'11"N   54°24'13"E

Its been a while since we went for a "Pasar Malam" at the ever-festive Malaysian Embassy, here in Abu Dhabi ... so we went 2 weeks ago when we received the email-flyer!

 

 

Wow ... Mr Nasir, the second secretary, hard at work at the Satay Station ... "Its all for charity", he reminded me!

His wonderful work ...

20 AED for 5 sticks ... a steal, considering we were 6,000 km from home. DELICIOUS!

We also had other dishes like nasi campur, nasi lemak ayam goreng ...

And wonderful Char Kuay Teow, malay-style. Delicious again!!

Reem Island Cafe - January special offer Menu

Here is the super offer by Reem Island Cafe (Also known as Hans Restaurants) here in Abu Dhabi - 68 AED for 3 persons, or 108 AED for 5 persons.

 

We have enjoyed this twice so far - Food is great, and I don't think I could even find a tai-chau in Malaysia serving food at these prices!!

 

Hans Restaurant - *Halal*

Add: Ground floor, Tamouh Project office, Block B - Al Reem Island

Tel: +971 2 650 1996

Tel: +971 56 698 5498

Review: New Year's eve meal

GPS: 24°29'30.6"N 54°24'6.7"E

 

Happy New Year - Set meals at Reem Island Cafe

Hans Restaurant -

Add: Ground floor, Tamouh Project office, Block B - Al Reem Island

Tel: +971 2 650 1996

Tel: +971 56 698 5498

We had our New Year's eve dinner at Reem Island tonight - And it was good, both in taste, as well as the portion-sizes and the price :-) We paid 108 AED for our meal of 5 dishes and 12 AED for the largest pot of Pui-Er tea ... A perfect end to 2012.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Special offer - This menu is available until the end of January 2013 ...

Choose from a set meal for 3 persons, at 68 AED (3 dishes), or

5 person set meal of 5 dishes (See below) at 108 AED (RM$ 90 - Cheap cheap!).

Fish item - We had the Fish fillet with Ginger and onion, or you can have 4 other items from the menu.

Poultry item - We had the delicious and juicy Belacan chicken, and there are 4 other choices to choose from as well.

Vegetable - We had Hans' famous Kangkung Belacan, or you could have bean sprouts / cauliflower / lettuce / pak choy as well (In each of the 5 groups, you can select from 5 items on the menu).

Bean curd and Egg - We really enjoyed the bean curd with seafood and meat, but you could also have other bean curd dishes or omelettes too!

Finally ... Prawn - We had the sauteed shrimps with cashew nuts, but there are 4 other choices as well ;-)

Abyan - Best mandi in Khalidiyah

Add: Ground Floor, Kulaib Son Building, Al Khalidiya - Abu Dhabi
Located: Behind Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Tel: +971 2 6655545
GPS:

N 24° 28.320'
E 54° 20.898'

Sheri fish, recommended by our friend C (who has left Abu Dhabi, back to Malaysia, and missed this restaurant so much!) ... 30 AED, served with a huge portion of fluffy rice.

Decided to bring my tupperware along this time, and the portion was a large as ever! Our mandi with chicken, great value at 20 AED.

Samurai - Japanese at TCA, Abu Dhabi

Located: Behind Al Diar Capital Hotel, Tourist Club Area / Al Markaziyah, Abu Dhabi
Tel: +971 2 676 9911

Amuse bouche ... Nice bit of tuna with ginger dressing.

My lovely mains, perfectly marinated and generous portion of rib-eye beef with a japanese dressing and bean-paste marinade :-)

The kids had the chicken and mushroom stir-fry with omelette, and rice ... Tasty too!

Our first and definitely not our last visit to Samurai ... Parking isn't as bad as what it used to be, give it a go :-) We enjoyed the meal above for only 92 AED or RM$75. That includes hot ocha :-)

A taste of Malaysia on Malaysia Day 2012 - Hilton Abu Dhabi

Happy Malaysia Day 2012! 

Hotel: Hilton Abu Dhabi
Add: Al Khubeirah, Abu Dhabi
Located: Along Corniche Road, opposite the "bridge" to Marina Mall, and not far from the Intercon
Tel: +971 2 681 1900
Opening hours: 6:30am - 11:00pm
(I assume they are opened so early as they probably serve breakfast to the Hilton guests!) 
So many traditional Malaysian dishes ... there was even Lekor and Serunding!

 

I had to rub my eyes ... Sarawak Laksa!!! And it was good :-) Lemak, tasty and full of flavour.

 

There was so much on offer (Especially great value considering the accept The Entertainer vouchers - 200 AED for the two of us, including all-you-can-drink ... Wine, German bottled beer, water, soft-drinks, etc!) ... I didn't even get a chance to try every thing!

There was even kuih-muih :-) and Red-bean dessert ... Sweet-time!

Alas .. Its over now, I can't wait for 2013's installment! Well done, Hilton Abu Dhabi and Chef Ismail! 

 

Elegant Inn - Hong Kong cuisine, Menara Hap Seng KL

Add: 2.01 2nd Floor, Podium Block - Menara Hap Seng, Jalan P Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur

Tel: +603 2070 9399

Recommended by: Lyrical Lemongrass and Fat Boy Bakes

Walked by the very lively Hakka Republic as we were walking in ... Realised this was actually my first time in the much blogged- and talked-about Menara Hap Seng in KL.

This is Elegant Inn ... venue of our Oldham Hall mini-reunion (That means you ... NWJ, WL, RF, myself and our host ET - TC joined us for drinks after). A nicely decorated restaurant, which has elegant and not so chintzy furnishings and decor!

The starters - Soft shell crab and white bait, very delicious ... and a fantastic HK-style soup, with the pork ribs served on a plate, which simply fell off the bone. Amazing!

 

As I had just returned back from the UAE that evening, we had MORE porky dishes of course ... Good spare ribs to continue the evening!

 

Next came my 2 favourite dishes (After the wonderful and flavoursome soup!) ... Pork patties (Infused with ham yue and sah kok) and US rib-eye pan-fried with garlic slices.

 

 To balance the meal off ...we had some veges too!

The To-fu dish as well as the Yee Mee with Seafood were equally good too - Hong Kong style, and got a thumbs up by our resident expert, RF!

 

Time for dessert ... Barley fu-chuk in Soya milk (Beancurd-skin), and a light Ma-lay koh.  

 

Overall - an excellent meal, made better by the fact that it was our 23 year Oldham Hall reunion ... We watched our national hero, Lee Chong Wei, demolish Chen Long of China in the semifinals of the London Olympics .. And, thanks to ET for the wonderful treat :-)