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Dai Ban Noodle is another new hidden joint that we recently discover, that this outlet had been operating for quite a while already. The only thing is I seldom drive pass the back area which is the Wondermilk stretch till friend mention that why not give it a try.

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Food selection here is pretty interesting as the shop name noodles gave me the impression that they going to serve lots of types of noodle but its a good mixture, find that their Pan mee would be their signature.

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We did quite order a number of drinks that night, with many using fresh ingredient especially passion fruit series that caught my attention with lemon and asam.

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Dry chili with shrimp here is good as we just ate it like that and very aromatic to go along with noodle and not spicy. Next to it is sambal here is definately will give you extra kick as its homemade and spicy enough to make you sweat

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We order some starter to start with. As this was serve, Salted Egg Squid smells very good with the trail of salted egg left along and no doubht that it taste as good as it smells. Cripsy with golden brown crust outside that fried to perfection. RM 11.90

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Crunchy Prawn Roll @ RM7.90

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Smoked Duck is price @ RM 8.90 and I would say its cheap. At that kind of price it give me doubht on the quality of it and the dish itself proves me wrong. The taste of smoked is strong, just the way I like it. Recommended

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Dai Ban Pork Burger, find that the patty is a bit peppery as no doubt its thick and juicy top with cheese and dark charcoal bun, accompanied by the crispy golden wedges on the side. Not the best I have come across as it can be further improve on the taste. @ RM 15.90

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Traditional Handmade Dai Ban Mee is one of the signature in the outlet for the handpeel series. @ RM 6.50

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This is one of the dish that capture my attention instantly when I was browsing thru Claypot Pumpkin & Pork Rib Congee @ RM10.90. Serve pippin hot in claypot with golden yellow texture and I must say this is one of the winner in the outlet. Very soft and smooth congee, with little sweet end aromatic and pork ribs pairs well. – Recommended

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One of the highly recommended by me would be Lemon Grass Pork Chop with Fried Rice @ RM 12.90. Pork chop cook to perfection that its not too hard yet season to fragrant and soft and they are quite generous with it as the pork chop is pretty huge. Fried rice pairs well with it. I must say its one of the simple dish I have come across.

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If you are working around the area, then this would be another place for me to recommend you. Simple, cheap and nice.

Location:
Dai Ban Noodles
87G, Jalan SS21/1A,
Damansara Utama,
47400 Damansara.

Business Hours: Tuesday to Sunday (10am – 10pm)
Email: [email protected]

Tel No: +6 010-226 6988

Any one of you fancy China food? I do, as I have dine before many good authentic China food before and definitely not in Malaysia. One of my best friend introduce me her all time favourite sze chuan food that located in Jalan Alor (click here). Then recently, I am being introduce to another type of China food which hail all the way from North China. Dong Bei is actually a province in North China and the owners have migrated to Malaysia, hence that is how the Dong Bei Restaurant is name after. The family came to Malaysia as early as 1992 and also known as one of the pioneer of authentic China food back in those early days. As now the restaurant is located behind Times Square, can you see that area is like a mini China eatery street.

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In China, there are many province and taste definitely different for any other town that they have, it is the same as Malaysia too, as the East coast and WEst cost taste bud are very much different. So what is the difference for Dong Bei Food. The food have more sourish end and not that spicy. ( as the owner have localize it)

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Its a simple restaurant and indoor seating is a unique dining experience as they have design in a way to give a little ambiance of what Dong Bei dining feels like.

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 this is the first time I came across utensils are properly wrap to kept the cleanliness of it.

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Beancurd Dong Bei Style (风味干豆腐丝)RM18. Import all the way from China as its hard to find this kind of texture that originate the authenticity of it. Its a cold platter with chewy texture and hint of garlic and spicy chili oil taste. Pretty good to start off with.

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Crisp Potato (香辣土豆片) @ RM18 for a start would be another good option.

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This is another unique dish which is Dong bei Da La Pi sheet with Cucumber Salad (东北大拉皮)RM14. AT first glance I thought it was pig skin that finely cut then its not. Sprinkle with some garlic and eat it sheet by sheet, that taste a bit like jelly fish and pig skin texture cross over. 😀

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Sauerkraut, stir-fried with glass noodles (酸菜粉) @ RM18

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Stewed Eggplant, Bean, Potato and Meat Dong Bei style (东北大乱炖) @ RM25. This is rather simple as I would rate this North China Curry, thick n creamier gravy and its a little sweet in taste at the end. Well fried and I quite like it. Goes well with my rice.

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Hot & Spicy Seafood (麻辣香锅)RM28

Amount so many dishes, this would turn out one of the most spicies compare to the rest, the spiciness is not to the extend to make our mouth numb, as I find its well balance, even though cook with lots of dry chili, do not let the look to scare you off. I love how they cook along with lotus root make it crisp on the bite and prawns is fresh.

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Boiled Fish with Sour Cabbage and Spicy Soup (酸菜鱼) RM32

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This turns out to be one of the favourite among my table, as strong sourish taste with veggie and fresh fish. Those who like mild spicy, this would be a good option.

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“Gardens”Prawn, Lotus Root, Potato and Vegetables (田园小炒) RM28

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I rate this is super star for the night as Sweet & Sour Pork ( 锅包肉 ) was fried to perfection and its so cripsy outside and the pork inside its not overcook. Taste with a bit of sour vinegar taste with soy sauce that turn it a good [email protected] RM18 – recommended

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Lastly, we did not order the Dumplings (10 pcs) (饺子) but looking at so many tables order dish its like a must have thing and ended up we order 2 portion. One is steam @ RM10 and another one is [email protected] RM8

Great starter to go along and if mix with a bit of chili oil with ginger and vinegar, I just like mine to be in that way. 😉

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Location:
Restoran Dong Bei
No. 280, Jalan Changkat Thambi Dollah,
off Jalan Pudu, 55100
KL.

Tel: 03-2148 7694
Business hour: 12pm – 12am daily

There are quite a number of buffet steamboat restaurant in the market but how many of them are actually value for money and nice? Well, during CNY week, we were lazy to cook ourselves and there is a change of plan on changing restaurant as most of them decided to give it a try on this Umami Steamboat buffet with all you can eat that located right at Sunway Mentari.

A restaurant that will cater many people that they have actually taken up about 2 shoplot that offer lots of space.

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Their business is quite good as when we left all the tables outside were taken out.

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For me I still prefer to have my steamboat inside with some air condition if not I will be drench in sweat.

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An advantage of this outlet is that they do offer bbq section with chicken wings. . .

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BBQ Seafood like crab, sting ray, satay, prawns and squid.

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On the inside for you to choose to hammer inside your soup base quite a selection of fish ball. . .

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noodles and the usual item that we have.

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Seafood lovers this section certainly is your choice with many types of seafood for you to choose from.

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cold platter

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Some mini buffet pan fried section . .

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Fried stuff. . .

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Best of all also you get to have free flow of slice meat which is my favorite

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There are 5 soup base for you to choose from . . .as was told by one of the staff that Fish Head soup is one of the preferred by customer.

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We tried on the Tom Yam Soup and Umami Chicken soup. Both of the soup turns out to be better than alot of places that we have tried before. . .

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As for desert they do have jelly and Ice Cream to offer you  . .

Overall, with about total RM30 per head I find it quite okay on pricing and quality. If you ask me to choose, I would opted for other choices but if you plan to have a great steamboat range, Umami can be one of the choice in my list as I have tried others which is much worst that I don bother even to blog about it.

On the up side, this outlet is pork free that I see a few malay families dine in here.

I am keen to try out another outlet in Wangsa Maju as I was told by a friend that they over a very good range and cheap too. Will arrange to go luuu . . .

Pricing
Adult: RM26.80++

*Pork Free

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 7/10 , not bad Lah~ -Stamped-

-WARNING –This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
Umami Steamboat
12a (Ground Floor),
Jalan PJS8/17,
Dataran Mentari,
46150 Petaling Jaya.

Operation Hours: 11am – 12midnight

Tel: 03-56222663

Website: http://www.umamisteamboat.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UmamiSteamboat
Twitter: https://twitter.com/umami_MY

SS2 is quite well know in the area for food and Pasar Malam on selected days, and one of the new discover restaurant in the area is this Mojo’s Upstairs which is located directly above 7-11.

A very comfortable place to dine in as the place is decorated with very old items and with their background music very 70’s, it was so relax till we wanted to copy the whole song play list for the night. Kinda miss those kind of songs.

Wild mushroom soup @ RM9.90

Tom Yam Seafood Noodles @ RM13

Linguine Duck Aglio Olio @ RM18

Lamb Shank @ RM28

Classic Chicken Chop @ RM13

Spaghetti Marinara @ RM15

Home baked Chicken and Mushroom Pie  @RM13

Mojo Pineapple Fried Rice @ RM12

Fettucini Carbonara @ RM13

Beef Lasagne @ RM15

Home made Hawaiian Chicken Pizza @ RM17

Things 

Location:
MOJO’s UPSTAIRS
No.8, M Floor, Jalan SS2/61,
47300, Petaling Jaya

It has been long long time since I last went to Petaling Street for food and walk around the area. I think it was 3 years ago since I last visited the place.

Petaling Street or Chee Cheong Kai is know as Chinatown located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is infamous for pirated clothes and accessories along with bootleg DVDs and CDs. Petaling Street however does not exclusively offer pirated products. Haggling is a common sight here and the place is usually crowded with locals as well as tourists.

The area has dozens of restaurants and food stalls, serving local favourites such as Hokkien mee, ikan bakar (barbecued fish), asam laksa and curry noodles. Traders here are mainly Chinese but there are also Indian, Malay, and Bangladeshi traders. (source Wikipedia)

If you wish to stay around the area, there are many budget hotel available too.

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If you  love bargaining then this is one of the place you must visit with many things to see for.

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One of the food stalls that used to be very famous was this ‘Ikan Bakar’ that is located in front bank. The last time I dine here was about 6 years ago that it was so famous that we have to order first as usually need to wait for around 1 hour and we stroll around the place to see any nice thing to hunt. .

Now the order came less than 5 minutes and the place was not as pack as before.

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BBQ under this hot stove pit.

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I ordered the ‘Sting Ray, Lala, Squid and Prawns’ RM16 for small. The taste was not as good compare to last time, as it was very spicy (at least I need 4 glass of water to cool it off) and this round, the bottom was burn, and the whole spicy dish is filled a bit with that flavour and the sambal taste is not as nice as it used to be.

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When I always come to this area, one of the drink that I will not miss and it is always pack with people is this ‘Air Mata Kucing’ RM1.80 per cup. It is sweet, refreshing and filled with longan at the base of it. A recommended drink if you do go there.

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At the end of the night when they are ready to pack up. . .

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Another one of the street food that to eat is this stall, Seng Kee (click here)


View Petaling Street aka China Town in a larger map

Crystal Jade is no stranger to most of the locals with its operating restaurant of more than 18 years of history and has over 80 outlets in 12 major cities in Asia Pacific Region, with its based and originate from Singapore.

This restaurant not only served Cantonese Cuisine but Shanghai Delicacies has been the second most popular. As their star item in the restaurant that must not be forgotten is their Steamed soupy pork dumpling ‘Xiao Long Bao‘ and hand pulled noodle ‘La Mian‘.

I was given the opportunity to see the making 2 of their star item that I have to thanks to I May from Arcis Communications for the invites.

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Steamed Soupy Pork Dumpling that commonly known as Xiau Long Bao is a dish from China Northern Song Dynasty. As it is small & delicate and steamed in a bamboo basket, hence the name ‘Xiao Long Bao‘ comes about.

The preparation process are:
1) Whisking 4 grams of high protein flour with 2 grams of cold water.
2) Knead dough weighing around 6 grams for 30 seconds.
3) Roll out the dough
4) Put ingredients consisting 22 grams of 70% lean pork meat and 30% fat port meat from pork;s neck or belly area with little seasoning.
5) Make 18-20 folds, each xiao long bau should weight around 28 grams.
6) Bring the water to boil and steam xiao long bao using a basket steamer for approximately 6 minutes.

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That is how the little xiau long bao is made off.
Next would be the making of La Mian. La Mian literally means ‘hand-pulled noodle’ and relates to the process of pulling a serving of noodle from top quality bread flour dough. Our chef pulls the dough to about a meter in lenght and folds it into half; doubling the number of noodle strands.

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Top quality bread flour with 10:4:5 portion of water is used to prepare the dough in approximately 20 minutes. For normal type of one bowl serving of noodles, it is pulled 7 times and approximately 10 seconds to cook.

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The noodle can be made into 3 types. Fine, medium and thick noodle.

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This is after the made of ‘Steamed Pork Dumpling’ which had been steam and ready to eat. The soup base is sweet and aromatic which is soft in the outer skin and the base of the meat is just perfect. RM8.80

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Next the after effect of la mian after been cook ‘Stewed La Mian with Spicy Shredded Chicken’. Our first bite of it was quite surprise as it is served cold but the taste did not disappoint and it was good. The look of spiciness which is actually not and the chicken is soft and mix with the gravy and noodle is just perfect. RM13

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‘Black Fungus with Shredded celery in Sesame Oil’ is something light to accompany you. RM9.80

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‘Pork Dumpling with Chilli Sauce’ doesn’t look spicy but taste not bad. RM10

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‘Pan-fried Pork Dumpling’ dip with the sauce given is not bad. RM7.00

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Me with the food.

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If you are not looking for something heavy ‘Soup La Mian with Dried Shrimp & Peanut in Spicy Sauce’ is something you will be looking for. RM12.00

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‘Fried Pan-cake with Scallion & Pork Floss’ something not too salty but if a glass of beer was served and while watching soccer, this is definitely a highly recommended item. Its nice and chewy. RM10

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‘Chilled Water Chestnut Cream with Pomelo is something I like after meal. Clear, not too sweet yet chilled and nice. RM7.00

It was a great experience overall.

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