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The shuttlebugs led by Elaine wanted to go to Pudu to buy lenses for their Canon DSLR at Plaza Pudu after work. Parking at this place is really a challenge even at night after office hour, be prepared to walk :(. We then proceeded to Sze Chuan Village Restaurant for ‘ma la hou guo’ which is sze chuan style steamboat. The soup pot is have 2 area, the inner pot is the ma la soup which are herbal chilies soup while the outer pot are herbal chicken soup.

I have eaten at their old branch in Sunwaymas various times but they have now located it to Bandar Sunway. You order what you like to eat to go with your steamboat, you will be given a form with a long list of items available and you just tick away.

We sure did ordered a tonnes of stuff, beef tripes, quail eggs, sliced lamb & pork, pork stomach, tofu, vege, porkballs, etc. In total we ordered 20 meats, 6 vegetables, 6 tofu, 2 noodles, 1 egg related plates ranging from RM4 to RM8 per plate. There’s an additional charge for soup at RM25.00 but you get some chicken in it and bottomless soup refills.

The sauces here to dip your steamboat food is quite unique, there are four types, one is a peanut sauce, a sesame sauce, chili paste and fermented beancurds (foo yee). You are supposed to mix the flavours according to your taste ;).

The soup itself is tasty and adding in all the goodies, for sure it will be good, after all you are getting premium soup ;). There are chicken meat and herbs in the whitish soup. The ma la soup is basically dried chili in oil plus herbal chicken soup cooked together. Elaine complained the ma la not spicy enough but her standard is different la :P.

Most of the food are fresh and nice, it is especially fun cooking the sliced meat as they cook very fast and you will need to cook them in your ladder in the soup for just 10 secs or so.

The way chinese tea served here are different, instead of pouring from the pot to the glass and add your own ice if you fancy, they have a beer jug with ice and the waitress will help you pre-mix them before serving, so service is quite efficient here ;).

In total we spent about RM280 for 10 persons, cost more than the average steamboat but once in a bluemoon eating here is ok for me ;).

Sze Chuan Village Restaurant
144, Jalan Changkat Thambi Dollah
Off Jalan Pudu, 55100 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-21442623
GPS: N03 08.414 E101 42.679

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Its been a while since I visited Seng Weng Yong Tau Foo for lunch in Kg Cempaka, PJ. Things have changed a lot here, they have now reduced the size of their yong tau foo kitchen and have incorporated stalls to sell mix rice, char koay teow, chicken rice, etc. They have also extended to the next door unit to provide more seating place.

The chicken rice stall here provides really value lunch meal, a plate of standard chicken rice goes for RM3.00 here. Yup, RM3.00 in the midst of all the increased fuel prices and the whole economy going into recession. So, if want to save money, this is the place to eat!

The chicken rice of standard portion, rice plus roast chicken and a bowl of soup. Joe asked for extra sauce as its a bit dry and the lady offered us the chicken sauce gathered during roasting. The sauce is thick and you just need to dip a little with your chicken and it makes a lot of difference. Plus, its only RM3.00, what you want la???

GPS: N3 07.035 E101 35.944

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I saw this place weeks ago when I was scouting for a place for dinner in Paramount (its just few doors away from famous charcoal hokkien mee, Mei Yen)with Sky and saw that it was quite packed. So last weekend, a few of us decided to get together for dinner and I suggested that we have steamboat since its a cold night and most of the gang were tired having to work overtime.

They are having a promotion, their usual buffet is RM21.80 but its now RM18.80 per pax (exclude drinks and tax) and you get to choose 3 different choices for your soup. We got peanuts soup, chicken soup and tomyam. The peanut is nice, very flavourful but got a bit salty after putting too much good stuff in it while cooking our food. The chicken is normal la and tomyam is not too sour but not enough kick. Overall, I like the peanut the most!

The food here is quite fresh and there are various choices from seafood to pork, chicken, all sort of meat and fish balls, vegetables, noodles, mushrooms, etc. The important thing is that they are fresh and clean, but the size is a bit small but good also, means can eat more different types ;).

There are also cooked food at the sides like fried rice, meehoon, fried chicken, etc. There are also ice creams and cakes as desserts, eat all you want!

At the end of the meal for 6 of us cost RM154 inclusive of buffet, beers, drinks and tax. The friendly boss also gave us a discount card, if you bring 3 persons, you get 20% yourself, bring 6 and get 50% yourself and if you bring 9 persons, you eat free!

UFO Steamboat Restaurant
No.31 Jalan 20/7 Taman Paramount, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel: 012-2219938
GPS: N3 06.581 E101 37.571 (estimated)

It was a rough and tiring week for me… feeling my ultraman’s light beeping low batt warning after lunch, Joe suggested we go for lunch at Sentul since its on the way back from our meeting. So we head on to Restoran Makanan Laut Zhen Liew Siang in Sentul Raya in KL.

At first I thought Joe was referring to Restoran Makanan Laut Lau Heong (Lau Heong is Cantones for Liew Siang) in Sentul Perdana. So I was a bit confused when Joe brought me there. According to Joe, he used to dined there since the Jalan Ipoh time, and after moving to Sentul, there’s sort of a break off and therefore you have 2 of them.

But this one in Chinese, Zhen Liew Siang means the original Liew Siang ;). Anyhow, since there are just 3 of us, we ordered the ever famous stringray with szechuan style chili on top, steamed. Then the must have sotong and prawns sizzling on banana leaf! We add a fried sweet potato leaf just to balance up our diet :).

To me, the taste in both place is yummy and very good! You just gotta have rice and you will, add rice for the sotong and prawns dish! Each of us got a huge prawns and a bunch of sotong, only complain not enough of the yummy sauce to take with rice!

The stringray is excellent too, soft and the chili sauce on top makes it perfect, again with rice! So, be prepare to add more rice eating here, you can’t resist, trust me.

Total meal comes to RM45.00 for 3 person :). Joe also recommended other dishes here like their curry fish head and deep fried pork knuckle, I will save those next time when we have more people joining.

Open: 11am to 3pm, 5.30pm to 11pm.

Restoran Makanan Laut Zhen Liew Siang.
No.30, Jalan 14/48A, Sentul Raya, Off Jalan Sentul, 51000 KL.
Tel: 03-40413781
GPS: N3 11.053 E101 41.525

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Lunch time and it was drizzling in Bangsar… I picked up Ah Soh for lunch and we were rounding the old Bangsar trying to find parking but its just impossible… then we decided to just go to Bangsar Village 2 (new wing) as parking would be easier plus the rain is getting heavier.

So we ended up here and I took Ah Soh to Delicious to try the Duck Confit Spaghetti which me and my sister really like. Its not cheap, RM24.90 exclude tax, but heck, the place is packed and people are in line for a table, global recession? hehehe… not yet maybe.

Anyway the Duck Confit Spaghetti are basically duck leg, cooked with it owns fat, its a complicated process, very hard to make, you can read about it here. It is served with spaghetti. The duck are crispy but meat are still ok inside, pretty neat.

I got a absolutely delicious cheeseburger, that’s how they called it anyway… which also goes for RM24.90. You get a quite thick beef burger covered with melted cheese and some what looks like sourkaurt on top. The buns are toasted with butter and some greens to go with it. The sides of the burger are more greens, I think they added baslamic vinegar, really crispy frieds and tomato sauce they made themselves.

Overall I enjoyed my cheeseburger a lot, its really nice, especially taking it with the greens and I really like the frieds with their own made tomato sauce ;)… yummy!

Its a bit costly, but food here looks really good, especially cakes and desserts, but for lunch, I am already filled up. Thank you Ah Soh for buying lunch me a wonderful lunch ;). Oh ya, the other good thing, WIFI is free here!

Delicious @ Bangsar Village 2
GPS: N3 07.834 E101 40.288