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Down at Sunway Mas Commercial Center in PJ… I was brought by Elaine to eat at Restoran 88, according to her, the prices are very affordable here. So we decided to give it a try although usually when Elaine say its cheap we doubt it because her taste are very high!

But Elaine was right, its prices are alright for Chinese dishes in PJ… we ordered a steamed talapia fish “cheong ching” style which is basically covered with a thick sauce after steaming. The steam talapia cost RM12.00 which is quite ok. The fish is fresh and the sauce is not bad, appetizing and not too strong.

Next is RM8.00 for a plate of tofu, its fried tofu covered with minced pork on top. The minced pork are plenty the tofu, it’s superbly small in size and you get 8 of them! According to Elaine, the portion have shrunk a lot since the last she came, everyone trying to cut cost? Damn fuel prices…

Their salted fish pork cake looks pretty good on the menu, so I thought we gave it a try, RM8.00 as well for 8 pieces but the size is more acceptable for this one. You don’t really eat chunks and pieces of salted fish but the moment you take a bite, you get a nice hint of salted fish fragrant.

We stopped our orders here (we also want to cut cost!), because they offered free soup to their customers and that particular day its old cucumber soup. But the waitress, then told us they are having a promotion now, RM3.00 for the vegetables of the day! So how can we resist? ;).

Overall we are happy with our meals, taste is good and price is acceptable :).

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GPS: N3 07.194 E101 36.000

Big Tree Sg Way… this is one of my favourite for a fast and simple home cooked style lunch… big fried style that is, few simple dishes with rice! The best thing they have here are their fried kembong fish! If you are ever in Sg Way, say front the main street from Federal Highway, turn right before the police station and you will see this attap place surrounding a big tree with durian stalls around it on your left. Inside housed 2 eateries, a good pan mee stall and a big fried (direct translation from Cantonese la, hehe).

Their kembong fish (Mackerel) are always big and fresh, it is deep fried, then covered with minced garlic and chili padi with a light soya sauce. The fish is crisped so usually not too much worry on bones and it goes very well with rice.If you don’t fancy kembong they have a various other type of salt water fish choices but the only difference is its a whole lot cheaper and the fish size are small. So if you have a big crowd, there may need to serve 2-3 fishes but good thing is when there is only 2-3 persons, you can sit order the fish :).

The other regular dish here are their hakka stewed pork which are basically pork, marinated then deep fried before being stewed with black fungus and other sauces, this is a traditional Hakka dish ;). They also have a variety of other home cooked style dishes and you can also order other big fried thing like a certain dish on rice or noodles.

I discovered a new dish here, its “tau foo mun chap” which means tofu mix braised. The tofu (which in my opinion is super soft) is braised with a mix of prawns, pork, pork intestines, etc. Quite a nice dish. Our order of 9 kembong fishes, hakka stewed pork, tofu mix braised and 2 regular fried vegetables’ bill comes up to RM99.00 for 9 persons including rice and drinks.

The only thing is, if you want to come here, be prepared to be smoked! I usually smell like fried noodles after I makan here :P.

GPS: N3 05.219 E101 37.401

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My good friend Boon is backed from Japan on ‘vacation’ again… hehe… he probably by now is more Japanese than Malaysian anyway, so let’s consider him back for vacation. Anyhow, he wanted to try dry bak kut teh and suggested that we go for dinner. I wanted to take him to Soon Seng behind Klang parade which I fancy the dry version pretty much but unfortunately its closed!

Anyhow, after consulting the local worm, Soh Cicak, we decided to go to Taman Sg Rasau and I chance upon Fong Keow which used to be a corner shop but have now transformed into a 3 shops BKT place! They also serve a variety of dishes besides BKT, talk about diversification! The corner unit doesn’t change much from the old place but the 2 new unit is very nicely renovated and decorated! Doesn’t look like a BKT place at all!

Besides BKT, they have like fried prawns which goes for RM21 per plate, herbal steamed chicken, seafood tofu, etc. Since there are only 5 of us… we ordered the normal BKT for 3 pax, added some straw mushrooms. Side order is a plate of vegetables and the seafood tofu. All these came up to RM58.00, oh ya, thanks Boon for buying!

The BKT here is alright, a lot of mushrooms and I like the fact they added some greens in the BKT too. The seafood tofu is quite tasty but a little oily, oh well, fried stuff. We brought our own tea, thanks to our tea expert Soh Cicak whom contributed good tea for us :D.

GPS: N3 03.361 E101 28.468

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I was msn-ing with Jeff one day after he bought his new Proton T-bolt and suddenly we started talking about food and he recommended me to try out this good roast duck in Uptown, PJ. So one fine night, I was scouting for dinner in Uptown and decided to give it a try.

Its located near the Uptown police station facing the open parking lot, look out for this bright yellow signboard shop ‘Damansara Hokkien Mee’. There are plenty of tables outside on the street and the kitchen is located just at the entrance. In the same place is where Chef Onn Guangzhou Roast Duck stall is located too. This roast duck is not served with rice, you have to order things to go with it from big fry stall.

The roast duck starts at RM11.00 for 1/4 duck and up to RM42.00 for the whole duck. The minimum you can order is 1/4 duck, nothing less but the duck is quite good served with chili and a sweet sauce. Duck is not too fat and tender but a bit salty to my taste.

The hokkien mee starts at RM6.00 for 1 pax portion, this applies for every other noodles or rice they offered including vegetables too. Things are really expensive, it was only like yesterday when a portion for 1 used to be RM3.50-4.00!

Overall, pretty good place and it’s open for dinner only up to 2.30am in the morning :).

GPS: N3 08.034 E101 37.440

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We were going to SS2 for dinner and meeting up with some friends and I suddenly had a craving for dim sum, so I did a search and found A Little Dim Sum Place. Decided to check it out. Its basically on the same row with KTZ in SS2.

Its quite a nice place, very good for gathering or just chatting. The dim sum here are ok, normal quality but just pricey, so watch what you order, being kiasu what also order, bill come die :P. Dim sum is ok but desserts sucks big time, stick to chinese tea, you will be ok ;). The black sesame dessert is not impressive and mango tong yuen is really horrible.

Most of the dim sum is about RM4-6 each depending what you order. But the only interesting thing here is the “pun tong gau” which is about RM6.90 I think. Its basically a big dumpling in soup with shark fins on top of it. I had it at JW Marriot in KL once for RM25 if I remembered correctly. Of course the version here is a cut downed one but I find it quite ok, worth trying.

GPS: N3 07.099 E101 37.363

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