Sek Yuen Restaurant @ Pudu

A gem at Pudu, KL. A restaurant that manage to maintain the 50's feel in this city. A restaurant that is a well known among the local folks. A restaurant where we can still see waiters wearing white shirt and black pants, just like what we normally see in 50's cantonese drama.

I saw torn and faded table cloth, but who cares? You are not goin to eat the cloth...

They have 2 shops with similar signboard. 1 with air-cond, 1 not. If you want to feel more nostalgia, probably you can choose to dine at non air-cond area...

There were 8 of us. I have read from bloggers on food recommendation and knew what to ordered before we went there....

Their specialty

Pei Pa Duck

We only ordered half as we had another duck dish later on.

Roasted perfectly, lean meat and i like the crispy skin. Definitely can beat those roasted duck sold outside...

Another specialty

Pat Po Duck a.k.a Eight Treasure Duck

Gotta order this in advance as it requires plenty cooking time...

Treasures in there...

we found ginkgo, mushrooms, roasted meat, lotus seeds and so on.

The duck has been braised to perfection, and all of us gave a thumbs up for the gravy. Very good to pair it with rice.

Kwai Fa Egg

Basically is eggs with sharkfin, and wrapped in lettuce.

This is a very traditional dish, where we normally find in the 4 treasure plate normally served in any wedding in outstation area. I have never encounter such dish in any restaurant in KL though...

It was fragrant with the eggy smell, but i found it lacked of taste, and requested for chili sauce...hehe...

Fatt Poot

Yam Ring

Basically is yam paste fried in a big ring form, and laden with stir-fry items . The yam was really really good. Crispy skin yet was mushy enough, flavourful!

My family members are all fans of this, gotta recommend to them, especially my dad.

Kar Heong vegetables

A medley of wood ear, dry lily bulbs, soohoon, bean curd slices, shredded cabbage etc, fried with nam yue (red color kinds of fermented tofu). The nam yue gave this a very robust flavour, many liked it...

Sea cucumber braised with 猪筋

In my personal opinion, the sea cucumber was a little way too soggy. Perhaps over-braised? Nonetheless, the 猪筋 was "Q" enough....

My ex-ex- colleagues!

It was very nice to see you guys here, bidding farewell to me. Such a long time since we last had our gathering...

My god! 3 kids joined us on that day, like giving those unmarried people like Mie, a little bit of pressure ehhh? Haha!

Sek Yuen

313 and 315, Jalan Pudu, KL

03-9222 9457

A place that does not need good food presentation but still manage to capture my heart. Sek Yuen, you are the one (among many :P)

Yu Ai Seafood Noodle @ Segambut

As i mentioned in earlier post, the place where i stay is a food heaven, from local to international cuisine. This week is the last week of me in KL before moving down south, yearning for some tasty local food, i drag my bro to Yu Ai Seafood at Segambut to have my seafood noodles craving answered...

Yu Ai is located in a shoplot nearby area sprawled with medium/small industrial lots.

They offer seafood noodles in 3 version:

Soup, Curry or Tom Yam

You may choose preferred type of noodles such as beehon, mee, kueytiaw, yee mee and so on.

They do offer fish head noodle nowadays.

We chose to be seated outside although they have an "indoor" section. We found it very hot that day, and they are cooking the noodles in the shop itself, better to stay far away to avoid being over dehydrated!

Curry seafood noodles
RM17 for big version


Tomyam seafood noodles
RM15 for small version


What is inside: prawns, clams, fish slice, squid
As for the taste, i absolutely love the spiciness and thick taste of the tom yam. Couldn't stop slurping it! Could have finished it if not that i am worried of msg over-laden.

Got my craving done and tummy perfectly filled!
This seafood noodle place is definitely a must for food lover, OCCASIONALLY la.... (well in my humble opinion) due to its price.

Some people commented that it is expensive, well i am 1 of them. However, i do not mind to splurge on it occasionally....

Add: No 42, Jalan Segambut Utara, 51200 KL.

Opening hours: 8 am - 5 pm

Branch in PJ SS2: No. 58, Jalan SS2/10, 47300 Petaling Jaya

Opening hours: 11 am - 9.30 pm

My Farewell (X)

On my last day in office, the witty Natalie wanted to buy me lunch and asked my opinion where to go. I really miss local food so i suggested Yap Hup Kee yong tau foo @ Pudu. I really love theire chee cheong fun!

This time, i chose to have the ccf with curry sauce.

Laden with dried shrimp, it was a goodness in a small bowl...

There were 4 of us, we chose to have fried beancurd sheets, pork balls, bittergourds, tofu and the everly sinful, braised-fried intestines! I really recommend the fried intestines!

Oh well, another reason why i chose to go Pudu is for over 8 dozens of egg tarts from Tong Kee!
I really wanted to buy something for the friends in the Firm before i leave, so i guess a piece of nice egg tart would be perfect!


Silky smooth fillings and flaky crust...
Yum Yum!

I hope you guys enjoyed the egg tart ehh!

Restoran Soon Soon Lye Salmon Fish Head @ Bandar Puteri, Puchong

Wanted to "rescue" my hair before going down south. Was at Puchong, headed to Bandar Puteri for a quick lunch before the salon appointment. As i said earlier, wanted to eat local foods more often before flying off, so i chose to have fish head noodles as lunch....

I had lunch here before with my bro long time ago but never blog about it. This round, i found that their service has improved, probably because it was still early before the lunch crowd came in. So they had only a few patrons to serve...

Wanted to treat myself a good meal, ordered

Salmon Fish Head Noodle with Fresh Water Prawn

RM18.50

Not cheap, since i ordered fresh water prawn.

Honestly, i like the broth very much. Very sweet, and with the rightful amount of tanginess from the preserved veges.

It was actually a big bowl of goodness, generous amount of thick beehoon, and the fried salmon head and the fresh water prawn. Probably the soup was sweeter from the prawn roe. Afterall, any soup will taste better with prawn added in.....

The way i like the fish head noodle to be....

I will definitely miss this...lucky me to be able to savour this before i leave the town...

It is actually right opposite Ah Xian Dimsum at Bandar Puteri Puchong

Oh dear, i haven't try Ah Xian dimsum!

Teochew Seafood Noodle @ Jalan Ipoh

The area where i am staying is actually a food gem, especially local foods. It's close to Sri Hartamas, Solaris is only less than 5 minutes drive away, and pretty near to areas selling good cheap local foods. Jalan Ipoh is a long stretch of road, and nearby the Plaza Sungai Mas, there are a few food centres and lines of hawker stalls. Me and bro will usually head to this area during weekend lunch if we do have nowhere specific to go....

There is a stall selling teochew seafood noodles specifically. What made teochew seafood noodles special is their soup. Very clear but not losing it's sweetness and the oomph! I think i have blog about this before. Nevermind, i do not mind to share this little hidden gem again...

There are a lot of varieties of seafood to choose from. From the normal teochew fishball, clams, mussels, prawns, sliced MA YAU fish, even LONG TAN fish...Price ranging from RM3.50 to RM10++, depending what you order...

You can choose the noodles from a variety like beehoon, kueytiaw, yee-mee, mee suah and so on, and choose to want it dry or in soup.

This round, i ordered mussels, with additional of fish dumplings. The fish dumplings were really great!

Piping hot soup in a hot day!

Enjoy!

China Town Seng Kee Claypot Lou Shee Fun

I am sure i will miss Malaysia food a lot when i am in Singapore. That is why i am trying to savour local food as often as possible while i am still in town now. A very good friend of mine know about this and willing to drive me to an area that i will never go alone, Petaling Street. I do not like the area for "you-know" reason, but i do like the many varieties of good food offered there. Laksa, porridge, chee cheong fun, hokkien mee...u name it. And there's another "wow" factor that attracted me here.....

~ Claypot Lou Shee Fun ~

Before

Stir stir stir

After

I like everything in claypot. I like anything mixed with minced meat, and mixed with raw eggs. So the claypot lou shee fun fits into my favourite food list...There are quite a few places serving this but nowhere beats the version serves here (at least in my humble opinion).

The top of the claypot is full of minced meat. Very generous though. Thick soy sauce and the burnt smell at the bottom of the pot, all were perfect. Yummy! Put in a little bit of cili padi or their sambal belacan....Whoaaaaa!!!!!!!

We did order some side dishes to go with...

Fried dumplings

Crunchy on the outside. Juicy and flavourful on the inside. This version surely beats those served in dim sum place...

Stir Fried 生肠

Honestly we didn't like this. The pig intestines were not Q enough. They used a lot of fried shallots to cover the taste, ended up almost half of the plate were full of the fried shallots.

Totally fail max...

They do serve many other chinese dishes, but we usually stick to the claypot lou shee fun and the fried dumplings. Never want to get disappointed, like what we had for the stir fried 生肠...haha...

BY the way, they are located opposite Hotel Malaya, a few doors next to Hotel Swiss Inn at Petaling Street. You may park at Hotel Malaya though...

My Farewell Treat (III)

Knowing me leaving KL soon to Singapore for good, Joey came to look for me for lunch last Thursday, together with Mandy. We were at Pasarakyat to savour our favourite dish, steam fish head!

It took quite some time for the food to arrive so we had a piece of fried Nian Gao. This stall selling fried Nian Gao is very famous, it was previously located at Imbi Restoran Wing Heng Seng. I saw they were having brisk business as many people queing to buy it after having meals...

I am a fan of fried Nian Gao but never dare to have much due to its high level of fats. This piece cut into 4 quarters was perfect! Like its crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It's actually a very big piece of fried Nian Gao itself. Lucky it's shared among 3 of us...

Their famous dish

Steam fish head 清蒸鱼头

Love its simplicity, dash of soya sauce with hints of chinese wine and lots of cili padi...

Fish head was steamed perfectly and quite fresh... Lots of Omega too!

We also had veges, 三皇蛋 and 蒸猪肉

While veges were just normal, the steamed egg was very soft. Wonder what's the trick behind. The 蒸猪肉was mixed with some salted fish. I didn't have too much of it cos i didn't have rice that day so eating it on its own was very salty ..

3 of us managed to finish the fish head, and "almost" finish the rest. 4 dishes for 3 of us were a little bit too much actually..haha

Thanks Joey for your treat!

Nyonya food @ Ah Tuan Ee's, The Curve

My few best mates were back from overseas to KL for holiday, and we gathered together during 1 fine day for some catch up and of course MAKAN!

We chose Ah Tuan Ee's place for some local foods since they were back from overseas and wanted to eat something more local. It was about 9 am and the restaurant was a bit quiet...

Heard about this restaurant before but never tried it. Was more convinced after seeing this on their wall....

Let the feast begin ~~~

What we had that night

Pai Tee

Like the crispy skin and the fillings

Acar

Always my favourite. Like the crunchiness and tanginess of the veges

Petai prawns

The husband and wife ordered this since they couldn't find petai in Australia..

Very flavourful and best goes with rice...

I heart this...

Can't remember the exact name, a type of fried chicken with rendang gravy...

Yumm Yumm~~~

Beef rendang

So - so only...Average

My Jimui ordered this..

Eggplant with spicy sauce...

She commented was average too...

Some kind of spicy fried chicken..didn't try...

Everyone's favourite

Fried sengkuang with lettuce wrap

Gotta be careful while eating this as it tends to drop out when we bite!

Their signature

Claypot Fish Head

Generous amount of side ingredients such as okra, brinjals, tomatoes and taufoopok

I found the curry to be a little bit sour and tangy, probably it's the way of nyonya style fish head curry should be...

Not the type of fish head curry that i fancy but still it's a good one...

Nyonya otak otak

It was a steamed version...prefer the grilled one ~~~

It was a huge feast for the 10 of us. Didn't manage to finish all the dishes oredered though. But we enjoyed the precious time of us hanging together.

Looking forward to the next meet up!

Satay Beehon ... why no one in KL selling this????

I will always try to search for new foods whenever i am in Singapore. Those "new" foods that are not being offered in KL or Malaysia. Got the chance to savour Satay Beehoon which is pretty famous in Singapore, but i never seen it in KL. Sometimes i am wondering why as KL has many nice stalls selling satay but no one has the creative idea to start selling satay beehoon or noodles or whatever not....probably afraid of being called copycat...haha....

So this is the plate of satay beehoon that i tried during my previous trip to Singapore. With beehoon, taufoopok, taugeh, some meat strips, and full loads of satay gravy flooded in a rather small plate...cause i was just ordering a small plate at the price of SGD3.

I really like this very much. I am the person who like satay gravy, and i will normally indulge in cucumber sticks with satay gravy instead of the satay itself....Oh well, i just love the spiciness and the richful aroma of the satay gravy. Perhaps i need to visit Melaka soon for my satay celup bites!

This is the stall selling the satay beehoon @ Bugis food court. They normally sell it together with squid kangkung which we could find back home here...

Ok, am going to Singapore next weekend. Hooray!