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 :-)

Create your own Pasta - The One, Khalidiyah

This furniture shop, with a nice cafe upstairs, at The One in Khalidiyah is an eatery which we frequent at least once every 2 months. Ooops, just realised I hadn't previously reviewed the food here :-)

Located: Intersection of Zayed the 1st and 32nd. Adjacent to Bo Concept and same row as the BMW showroom.
Tel: +971 2 681 6500

Where can one get the best mushroom soup ... possibly anywhere in the world? :-) Try the one at ... The One! Its a nice service innovation, that they would split it up into 2 nice portions for you, if you wanted to share the 26 AED serving.


They have an interesting "Create your own pasta" dish - For 36 or 38 AED, you can pick your own pasta, and ingredients ... Here are our creations this weekend :-)


Just to add - Service is good, its very child friendly, there's even a lift to take you from the ground-floor furniture showroom to the restaurant ... but the carrot cake is simply mediocre. Enjoy :-)

Golden Lounge, KLIA - Kuala Lumpur Airport

The Golden Lounge at KLIA is pretty nice :-)

Tiger beer and Sup Ekor ... great combo! Adieu Malaysia for 2011 ... see you in 2012!

More Hungarian food! Eating in Kekes Etterem, Gyongyos and more places...

Its been a long while (by my standards!) since I last posted or updated my blog, but it has been a very special time in my life :-) Anyway, this and the next post will complete my Hungarian-series. I shall let the photos (and my tummy) do the talking...

This was the poshest meal we had in Hungary ... Kekes Etterem.
Add: Kékes Étterem. 3200 Gyöngyös, Fő tér 7 , Hungary
Tel: +36 37 311 915


Starters and Goulash soup ... Ah... nice!! What a deep bowled dish, that was a lotta soup!


My Goulash-style sauce with Porky Chop :-)


Anyone wants some ROOSTER TESTICLEs!?

This is ... Gyongyos :-)

More Italian food :-) Some nights we ate out ...

And ... more good local beer :-) Hic!

And on other nights we ate at the more "humble" .. Hotel Anna!

Kah Kah Loke, Johor Bahru - Best bitter gourd soup

Add: 62, Jalan Bakawali 39, Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Bahru
Directions: Thanks to adelekang.blogspot.com
From Jln Pandan (CARREFOUR on left), pass the traffic light heading towards KOTA TINGGI OR DESARU. Go ahead (left is TELEKOM and right is a CEMETERY). You’ll see PRO-JET STATION on the other side of the road. Make a U-TURN from the left shoulder of the road . Turn left to the shop lot, nearby is the other gas station of Jln Bakawali 49. Kah Kah Loke is just located behind the front lot of shop (FEI KOH WANTAN MEE).


Thanks to KT for taking us for my first meal at JB :-) ever! Kah Kah Loke is a humble tai-chau that serves up some superb food ... All the below for only RM$35.

Tofu with minced meat ... Yummmmmmmy!


Excellent ... Stir Fried Fan Sui Yip (Tapioca leaf)


Hakka Char Yoke "fried pork" ... Best variant of this dish I have had so far!


L loved the omelette ... simple, and good!


The masterpiece ... Bitter Gourd soup! Only a hint of bitterness, the lean meat and sweet bitter gourd went perfectly with the soup.

Choong Kee Kampar Charcoal Burn Claypot Chicken Rice - Damansara Jaya

Add: 80, Jalan SS22/25,Damansara Jaya,PJ
Located: Near Domino's Pizza and Cinta Ria DJ Grill
Tel: +6017 871 7739 or +6016 294 8983
Note: Seems like you could call your order in, prior to arrival!
Beware! Boss Lady has a firey temper!
History: foodbuddy.net
Choong Kee Kampar Claypot Chicken Rice Restaurant ... sells Kampar style Claypot Chicken Rice. Before this Choong Kee Restaurant opened, it’s just a small food stall insides a Kopitiam named Kun Kee Kopitiam which is just located the same row with the current Choong Kee Restaurant. They just opened at night time when they were still a food stall in Kun Kee Kopitiam, after the renovation in Kun Kee and they have finally opened a own shop for their own Kampar Claypot Chicken Rice.



Between the seven of us, we ordered TWO large claypots of the famous ngar-pow kai fan, which was slightly dissapointing as many of us felt it was "overly burnt". I guess some really like the "charcoal burn", but not me!


Evidence of the "charcoal burn"!


The soups were mediocre as well :-(