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We went to Pandamaran, Klang to get Miharu’s City service at a Honda specialist shop here, as we had yet to eat anything for the day, we decided to venture out to shops nearby for a quick makan while waiting for the car to be worked at.

Nearby, hidden at Jalan Sentosa behind some houses and shops is a corner shop, Restoran Thong Wei selling bak kut teh. I asked the mechanic how’s the bkt there and he said, its not bad, can give it a try.

As we are approaching the shop, I noticed that the cook and I assume is the lady boss looks like a Thai lady, maybe she is Thai-Chinese I supposed. Even at the praying altar I do see Thai relevance.

Anyhow, this shop is quite popular and mainly locals, plus the prices are still friend too. If you are alone, you can order a bowl instead, as its cheaper at RM5.80 for small and RM6.80 for big. Otherwise you can go for claypot at RM8.80 per head. Rice is 80 cents for big and 40 cents for small.

We ordered 1 1/2 heads for claypot (small bone with some internal mixed) as there are 2 of us, with a bowl of yoo tiao plus 2 rices. The rice are topped with fried shallots the way I like it.

I would rate the soup as average, this is not the heavy type nor the light type but in between in terms of thickness and taste. But what is really nice is the meat, it looks fatty but when you take it, its quite alright.

The meat are tender as the small bone part always is but not too hard and dry. The skin with its layer of fats looks heavy, but when you actually take it, its smooth and nice to eat (well I did remove the access fats, but there are still quite a bit of the skin).

Surprisingly the bkt here turns out better than I expect and we had a decent brunch thanks to it.

Bak Kut Teh @ Restoran Thong Wei
Jalan Sentosa, Pandamaran, Klang
GPS: N3 00.805 E101 25.735

I was at Restoran Chef Low at Lucky Garden in Bangsar for dinner, what I thought would be an ordinary order Chinese dishes restaurant turned out to be something great and really good cooking.

We brought our own river fish from Sarawak for them to steam and added 7 more dishes (yes, I think we got a bit carried away… as usual ).

Some of the more special dishes that I like here are the fried bacon but Chinese style. Bacon are fried crispy then cover with a light marmite sauce with chili padi cuts and lime giving it a little sweet, sour and salty taste. This dish is absolutely must try, fantastic and best taken with beer in my opinion.

The next good one is a combination I would never imagine will work… pumpkin fried with salted egg as the coating! But it turns out to be very nice, the pumpkin is sweet but the skin is salty and fragrant with the salted egg and curry leaves. This is clearly the winner for the night, only unfortunate thing is we have so much to eat and so little stomach space .

There’s one simply dish that I really like which is the traditional sweet and sour pork (gu lou yuk). I told Miharu that its been a very long time since I had very good gu lou yuk the way it should be. This reminds me of how gu lou yuk used to taste when I was a kid (my favourite then when eating out). The pork and fried crispy with a light hint of well balanced sweet sour sauce, 5 stars in my opinion.

Miharu gave high marks to their Tau Foo Kang too which is a starchy soup of tofu mixed with other goodies like pork and mushrooms. Its not as smooth as those I like in Klang but its still fine and tasty in its own way.

The rest of the dishes are alright, very much dishes to go with rice and some tend to be slightly salty but overall we had a satisfied dinner here.

The service is good and lady boss taking our order is also friendly. I see a lot of local folks calling up to order food before coming to pick up. Overall dinner cost us RM220+ for 8 dishes (our own fish) for 9 people, I guess its ok since we ordered so much.

The only pain here is parking, so do come early and try not to park at tight spot, a lot of people tend to block or narrow your path here with inconsiderate parking.

To sum it up, this place is a must try and we already planned to be back again!

Restoran Chef Low @ Lucky Garden Bangsar
GPS:  N3 07.705 E101 40.139

This yong tau foo stall is located in Big Tree Food Garden which is next to the big tree foot yong tau foo. I was here on a Wednesday and since big tree foot is closed, I gave this stall a try.

The queue at this stall is long with a lot of people dining and da bao-ing away even though its already 3pm in the afternoon. The yong tau foo here starts at 50 cents per piece, very reasonable price not like KL where YTF is becoming an expensive food to enjoy.

There are various types of ytf that’s unique to Ipoh again and tonnes of fried ytf to choose from. My favourite is a fish paste with a lot of chinese parsley inside that’s deep fried, its really good.

Basically I took 2 full bowls plus 3 bowls of dried lou shi fun (short rice noodles) for 3 person and it cost RM13!

Best part is I can order a nice big glass of red bean ice (hung dao ping) to enjoy with the yummy yong tau foo. Each of us walked away with additional ytf we da bao to bring back to KL to enjoy.

The yong tau foo is really good too but comparing to big tree foot next door is a little oily for me but perfect for those who love it crispy!

Yong Tau Foo @ Big Tree Food Garden
Kg Baru Pasir Panji, Ipoh
GPS:  N4 34.942 E101 05.154