Mee Rebus Pak Chop, Kg Subang

Date visited : 19 August 2017

This is going to be a short but super delicious review because I'll be focusing only on one item... Mee Rebus!

I usually don't eat yellow mee because it has a certain smell and taste to it that I simply dislike. However, this place has made me put that dislike aside and turn it to almost an addiction. It only happens at this place and no other place... Mee Rebus Pak Chop.

I was introduced to this place a few years back by a foodie friend and since then, this has become my MUST go to place when I'm near Kg Subang or craving for Mee Rebus.

To me, this is the BEST Mee Rebus I've ever eaten. There are a few types of Mee Rebus in Malaysia and this is the Northern style Mee Rebus.

Just by looking at the photo makes me drool.😋

The gravy is thick and flavourful. The fried ingredients are my favourite because it becomes so tasty when eaten together with the gravy. One of the fried ingredient do taste a bit sourish... but that's normal, so don't worry.

They also have other food items available such as Ayam Penyet, Mee Goreng and Fried Kuey Teow. I've only sampled the Fried Kuey Teow once and it's quite tasty too.

Since this place is a simple food stall and not air-conditioned, it gets a bit hot in the afternoon. So if you're going to visit this place, do come prepared.

👍👍👍👍👍

OUR RATING

Ambience : 2.5/5 (It's simple and clean but could get a bit hot in the afternoon)

Service : 4.5/5

Food Quality : 4.5/5

Price Range : $

Status : Halal

Other information:

Address : Jalan Pasar, Kg Baru Subang, 40150 Shah Alam

Contact No. : 016-9168532

Business Hours : 10.00am - 6.00pm (Monday-Saturday) / Closed on Sundays

Transaction : Cash

Links : https://www.facebook.com/pakchopmerebus/

Dancing Fish, Bangsar

Date visited : 16 August 2017

If you're looking for a nice and decent Malay restaurant to have a proper lunch or dinner, I would recommend this place... Dancing Fish.

This place serves Malay Indonesian cuisine. They have set meals as well as ala carte dishes.

My recent visit was for a birthday lunch with my colleagues. The ambience was really good and the staff were really friendly and pleasant.

Let me show you what we had...

This is the Seafood in Coconut Soup. It has fresh tiger prawns, calamari, mussels and fish in a spicy sour soup made with young coconut juice stock. It is almost like tomyam soup but it's different. The spiciness and sourness is not as intense as a tomyam. I find it quite refreshing and the added young coconut flesh makes a great addition to this soup.

This is the Terong Sambal. It's grilled eggplant (also known as brinjal), topped with a special sambal for vegetables. Just by seeing the word "Sambal" may already create the perception that it's a spicy dish. But surprisingly, it taste slightly sweet with a tinge of sourness.

Next is the Udang Sambal. Now this Sambal dish is much spicier compared to the earlier Sambal dish. However, the price for this dish depends on the seasonal price for tiger prawns.

And of course we had to order their house specialty, the Dancing Fish. This is their Dancing Fish set lunch set for 2. It comes with one Dancing Fish, skewered chicken, mango kerabu, gulai pucuk paku and some kind of vegetable and prawn fritters.

They have quite a selection for desserts but we only had room for 2. The first is the Ice Kacang and I don't think you need further introduction to this.

And last but not least, the Mango Lolo. It has yummy fresh sliced mango served with shaved ice, mango puree, fruit gelato and topped with basil seeds.

Every dish was delicious and I would definitely go back with more people to try other dishes.

Many thumbs up for the service!

OUR RATING

Ambience : 4/5

Service : 4.5/5

Food Quality : 4.5/5

Price Range : $$$

Status : Halal

Other information:

Address : Lot T120, 121 & 122 285, 3rd Floor, Bangsar Shopping Centre, Jalan Maarof, Bukit Bandaraya, 59000 Kuala Lumpur

Contact No. : 03-2095 6663

Business Hours : 11.30am - 10.00pm (Daily)

Transaction : Cash & Credit Card

Links : 
http://dancingfish.com.my 
https://www.facebook.com/DancingFishRestaurant

The Fish Bowl, Bandar Sunway

Date visited : 7, 8 & 9 July 2017

I am really excited to tell you about this place as it was love at first sight and then fell head over heels at first bite!

This shop has been around since August 2016 and I've drove pass this shop numerous time but only to think that it was some Pokemon concept shop because it says - Poké Shop. It was on the 5th of July that I found out what this shop is really about. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with Pokemon!! 

Poké is actually a Hawaiian raw fish salad served as an appetizer in Hawaiian cuisine, and sometimes as a main course. And Poké is healthy, delicious and totally unique!

When I saw the photos in the article shared by sister, I told myself that I HAVE to try this. So I went to pack for a takeaway on the 7th, back again for lunch on the 8th and then back again for dinner on the 9th.

The concept of this shop is quite unique... you get to customize your Poké Bowl to your own liking and preference. How awesome is that?! And it's vegan friendly too!

First, you need to grab an order sheet and a pencil either from the counter or the transparent box mounted on the wall. The order sheet looks like this:

Front - Ready To Order Bowls

If you have no idea what to choose or in a hurry, you can just choose one of the four Ready-To-Order Bowls... Shoyu Salmon Bowl, Zesty Bowl, Spicy Tuna Bowl and Salad Bowl.

But if you have the time, I strongly recommend that you take time to customize the Bowl to your own liking for the day. Just turn the order sheet around and you'll see this :

Back - Customizing your own Bowl

It's quite easy... you just need to follow the instructions Step by Step.

STEP 1 : Pick Your Base

By default, every Bowl comes with a serving of Baby Greens. If you select Baby Greens as your base, it means you'll have additional serving of Baby Greens.

STEP 2 : Pick 2 Sauces
You could choose to mix 2 types of sauces or you could also opt for only 1 type of sauce if you like.

STEP 3 : Pick 4 Sides

You can choose from a wide selection of sides that consists of vegetables, fruits, nuts and pickled vegetable. If you want more than 4, you could have extra 2 scoops just for an additonal price of RM1.50.

STEP 4 : Any Premium Add On?

You could skip this step if you're on a budget or don't need additional add on. But my favourite is the poached egg. Yummy!

STEP 5 : Pick Your Unlimited Toppings

Here you can go crazy and select all the toppings if you like.

STEP 6 : Pick Your Protein

You can choose either salmon (in 3 different flavour), tuna (in 2 different flavour), shrimp, chicken or just tofu for the vegans. It's a bit cheaper if you choose chicken or vegan.

STEP 7 : Pick Your Drink

However, the drinks will be charged separately. They have a few drinks on their drink menu on the wall and a wide selection of juices at their juice counter. But they also provide free, self served plain water.

And if you felt like indulging in something even better, you could choose the Premium Poké Bowl... RM25.90 for the Soft Shell Crab Bowl and RM35.90 for the Unagi Bowl.

Once you're done with all the above steps, just pass the order sheet to the cashier for confirmation and payment. You could then return to your table and wait for your bill number to be called.

My first bowl was a takeaway and I didn't take a photo of that, but here's my second and third bowl:

Baby Greens + Herby Lime + Japanese Cucumber + Shallots +
Cherry Tomatoes + Seaweed Salad + Poached Egg + Seaweed Flakes +
Chili Flakes + Ebiko + Kaffir Lime Salmon

Baby Greens + Herby Lime + Japanese Cucumber + Shallots +
Carrots + Seaweed Salad + Poached Egg + Seaweed Flakes + 
Chili Flakes + Furikake + Ebiko + Garlic Shrimp

And these are some of the combination I have gathered from people I know...

Quinoa with Greens + Lime Aioli + Sesame Miso + Corn + Edamame +
Japanese Cucumber + Seaweed Salad + Salmon Skin + Spicy Shoyu Tuna +
Toppings

White Rice + Teriyaki Sauce + Japanese Cucumber + Onions +
Seaweed Salad + Pickled Ginger + Salmon Skin + Seaweed Flakes + 
Sesame Seeds + Fried Garlic Chips + Honey Herb Chicken

Baby Greens + Teriyaki Sauce + Corns + Onions +
Mangoes + Edamame + Parmesan Crisps + Seaweed Flakes + 
Green Onions + Honey Herb Chicken

White Rice + Gar-gar Sauce + Corns + Onions +
Pineapple + Pickled Radish + Parmesan Crisps + Seaweed Flakes + 
Fried Shallots + Sunflower Seeds + Ebiko + Honey Herb Chicken

For those who are on diet or prefer healthy food, this is the best place for you. They also do catering and delivery.

However, the area they need to improve on is to have someone to clean the table immediately after a customer leaves so that the next customer could take the seat comfortably.

OUR RATING

Ambience : 4/5 (It could get a bit noisy at times)

Service : 3.5/5 (Not enough staff to clean the tables)

Food Quality : 4.5/5

Price Range : $$

Status : Halal

Will we go back for more : Of course!!

Other information:

Address : 77, Jalan PJS 11/9, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

(Same row as myBurgerLab and Garage 51)

Contact No. : 03-5612 9992

Business Hours : 10.30am - 10.00pm (Daily)

Transaction : Cash only

Links : https://www.facebook.com/thefishbowlmalaysia/

Sun Raj Curry House, Petaling Garden PJ

Date visited : 28 June 2017

This is one of my favourite go to restaurant during my weekday lunchtime to fulfill my craving for simple Indian food... Sun Raj Curry House. It's within 10 minutes drive from Bangsar South, so if you're working nearby, this is another lunch option for you.

The reason why I like this place so much is because of the wide spread of meatless dishes. I wouldn't exactly label it vegetarian because some ethnic groups have different expectation for vegetarian dishes. 

You can choose between normal white rice or parboiled rice. For a more healthier option, I usually will choose the parboiled rice.

However, they do serve meat dishes as well, it's just that the selection is limited. These are some of the spicy meat selection...

Other than these, they also have order-to-fry such as, fish, chicken and squid.

You can also choose from a variety of curries to pour over your rice... chicken curry, fish curry, dhal and even salted fish curry.

Every time I come here, I do have difficulty in deciding what dishes to choose as most of the dishes looked so appealing.

My plate will usually with less rice but a mountain high of vegetable dishes and once in awhile, a fried fish as well.

Just a note of caution... a fulfilling meal here in the afternoon may cause drowsiness at work!

OUR RATING
Ambience : 3/5
Service : 3.5/5
Food Quality : 4/5
Price Range : $
Status : Pork Free

Other information:
Address : No. 352 Jalan 5/57, Petaling Garden, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Contact No. : 012-304 5671 / 017-379 9140 / 016-983 4888
Business Hours : 7.30am-11.30pm (Daily)
Transaction : Cash

Pork Satay @ Satay Cina Thoo Yuen, PJ Old Town

Date visited : 21 May 2017

Are you craving for some satay... but NON-Halal ones? Well, if you are, then you should definitely try this. 

To those who don't know what Satay is... it's a dish of marinated, skewered and grilled meat served with a sauce. Satay is a very popular dish in Malaysia and it is usually served with cucumbers, onions and even compressed rice or better known as Nasi Impit. In Malaysia, the commonly used meat for satay are chicken, mutton and beef. In some places you will also have uncommon meat like rabbit and deer... and for Chinese operated stalls, you may also find pork meat. Satay in Malaysia are mainly served with thick and chunky peanut sauce.

This round we will introduce to you the NON-Halal, pork satay, at Gerai Satay Cina Thoo Yuen.

This stall is located within the PJ Old Town Food Court, Stall No 36. This stall is run by an elderly couple who have been serving satay here for more than 30 years now. The stall is well maintained and very clean.

Since we arrive quite early, we were able to avoid the dinner crowd and got our orders fulfilled really fast. This time, we ordered both the pork and the mutton satay.

The best thing about these satay was there were no chunks of fat on the meat. The meat on each stick was purely juicy and tender. Some may usually find the taste of mutton overwhelming but this is not the case for the mutton satay here.

The peanut sauce served with their satay has an extra kick in their taste, This is because there is cili padi and dried chilli added in the mix. But don't worry, it's not very spicy. If you run out of sauce, you can always ask them for more.

OUR RATING

Ambient : 2.5/5

Service : 3/5

Food Quality : 4/5

Price Range : $

Status : Non-Halal

Other information:

Address : Medan Selera Jalan Othman @ PJ Old Town, Corner of Jalan Selangor and Jalan Othman, 47100 Petaling Jaya

Business Hours : 5.30pm-9.00pm (Daily)

Transaction : Cash

Restoran R Cheng Fei Zhou Yu Wan Tan Mee, Rawang

Date visited : 13 May 2017

Our next stop is Rawang!

I don't visit Rawang very often as it is considered far from where I live. But when I have the chance, I'll try to stop by this place for lunch. This place is not very easy to find as it is located within a housing area.

When you mention the place Rawang among the foodies, the first thing that most likely comes to their mind would be Steamed Tilapia fish. There are a few popular ones in Rawang but I personally prefers this one... Restoran R Cheng Fei Zhou Yu Wan Tan Mee. 

It has a rather long name to remember. The only thing you need to remember from the name of the restaurant is Fei Zhou Yu (means Tilapia) and Wan Tan Mee.

Their signature dish is obviously the Steamed Tilapia served with Wan Tan Mee. Everyone gets 1 whole Tilapia each and you have 6 flavours to choose from Dark Soy Sauce, Taucu aka Fermented Yellow Soybean Paste Sauce, Golden Needle Mushroom, Deep Fried, Tomyam and Curry. You are also given an option to add Lala (clams) alongside with the Tilapia and Wan Tan Mee.

The one I ordered this time was the Taucu Steamed Tilapia.

And my husband ordered the Deep Fried Tilapia with additional Lala.

If you think the portion is too big for you, you could always order 1 for 2 to share.

Other than the Tilapia Wan Tan Mee dishes, you could also order regular dishes to be eaten with plain rice as well. Their menu is written in chinese but don't worry... their menu has photos of all the dishes. So if you can't speak chinese, just point at the photos to order or you could just ask the person taking your order.

OUR RATING

Ambience : 3/5

Service : 3.5/5

Food Quality : 4/5

Price Range : $

Status : Non-Halal

Other information:

Address : No. E-13, Jalan 5, Kampung Dato Lee Kim Sai, 48000, Rawang

Contact No. : 012-304 5671 / 017-379 9140 / 016-983 4888

Business Hours : 8.15am-5.00pm (Monday) / 8.15am-7.00pm (Tues-Sun)

Transaction : Cash

Casa Rosa, Mont Kiara

Dated visited : 10 May 2017

This is one of my favourite place to have a nice and fancy meal with important people in my life. My first 2 visits here were 2 years apart and both my Birthday treat from the same person. So this place is really special to me.

This is not a very common place that you can spot by the road side or in any commercial areas. It's located within the compound of Mont Kiara Pines Condo. 

You just have to inform the guardhouse that you're going to Casa Rosa and they'll let you in with a visitors pass. Just drive straight in towards the clubhouse and you'll see the visitor's parking and the entrance to Casa Rosa.

Since it's within a condo compound, you won't expect to see an overwhelming crowd at this place. That makes the atmosphere very private, peaceful and cozy.

Once you've placed your orders, they'll usually serve you complimentary bread and butter.

Let's begin with the starters and soup...

This is the Beef Nachos. It may look like a total mess and so not Instagram worthy, but it's delicious.

If you're wondering why the colour of this Garlic Bread is like that, that's because we requested for it to be a bit more toasted.

My youngest sister loves mushroom soup, so she had to order the Homemade Fresh Mushroom Soup. Her comment for it's good but not awesome.

This is one of my favourite here, the Oxtail Stew With Toast. It comes in 2 sizes, regular and large. The regular is enough for 2 to share whereas the large is enough for 4. It tastes almost like a beef flavoured minestrone soup.

This the Grilled Gourmet 6 Inch Sausage. It comes in 2 pieces of sausages and served with sauteed potato and salad.

If you like salmon dishes, there are 2 selections on the menu for you to consider. If you prefer something light, you could order the Grilled Salmon & Scallops with orange & lemon thyme sauce.

However, if you prefer something stronger in taste, you could order the Grilled Salmon Arrabiata with spicy tomato and mozzarella cheese.

This is Hungarian Lamb Shank. The lamb shank is braised and served with spicy sour cream, mushroom sauce.

I will usually order the Paella when I come here because their Paella is delicious but the portion is too big for me to finish on my own. Since no one else would like to share the Paella with me, I ordered the Homemade Vegetable Strudel with pesto cream sauce instead.

And last but not least, this is the Chicken Kebab with Garlic Rice. The chicken pieces are grilled to perfection with their very own basting sauce, served with tortilla chips and hot dip.

It's not easy to describe the food here with just words, you just have to go try it out yourself. My friend's who have been here liked the food here, so I'm pretty sure you would like it too. For those who have been here but didn't like the food, maybe you could share your experiences with me.

OUR RATING

Ambience : 4.5/5

Service : 4/5

Food Quality : 4/5

Price Range : $$$

Status : Non-Halal
Will we go back for more : Of course!!

Other information:

Address : Mont Kiara Pines, Aspen Clubhous, Jalan Kiara 1, Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur

Contact No. : 03-6203 1978

Business Hours : 12.00pm-3.00pm / 6.00pm-11.00pm (Tues-Sun) / Closed on Mondays

Transaction : Cash & Credit Card

Links : https://www.facebook.com/casarosakiara/