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One place that I do visit couple of times on my friends cafe in Subang Empire is Vanilla Place that located in front of Toys R Us, not till recently I got an invitation to sample a Chinese restaurant in Empire Subang Hotel, Di Wei. That make me scratch my head, that do a hotel actually exist in this shopping mall?

As I walk the whole building little did I recall there is any entrance to the hotel and only realize till the day when I attend this event. There is actually a hotel in the shopping mall which the entrance is on the top floor of the shopping mall that you need to take a stairs up to the lobby.

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Di Wei Chinese Restaurant is located on the shopping mall wing on the first floor. It is hard for you to miss it as the decoration is very Chinese contemporary look on the entrance of it.

This would be one of the Chinese Restaurant in the Hotel that serve NON-Halal food and you can expect nice pork to be serve as before I came here, my friend already told me they serve nice Dim Sum over the weekend at a very reasonable price.

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I am impress with the whole interior design that look so modern yet the touch of olden days is there. This would be the waiting area if its full house.

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This is what I mean with wooden floor panel and sliding classic door in between to create privacy for rooms

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or even a private room for you and your guest that they have wall of Chinese Emperor era materials display along to make the ambiance.

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They do have a full rack of wine to offer. .

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If you have bigger families or group you can walk towards the end and there will be a few tables in the room itself to seperate you and public guest.

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Open Kitchen concept to prepare some fried food and steam dumpling area.

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Steamed Shrimp Dumpling

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Steam to soften on the skin which is thin layer that cover the whole inside filling, and a huge prawn was sighted not long after a small bite. Dip with soy sauce and chili make it perfect.

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Steamed Siew Mai always serve as there is nothing much to shout about, but it is always the feel and texture of it as I just love this alot!

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Stir-Fried Soft Shell Crab With Dried Chillies and Garlic,

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Deep-Fried Vietnamese Rock Melon Prawn Roll With Mint Sauce

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This is another unique dish that being carefully deep fried to crips that the crust of the standing tower, with each bite you can feel the crack inside your mouth and the special mint sauce is mild that perfect to go along with it and hint of sweet rock melon at the end just pairs well.

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Steamed Cod Fish With Spring Onions and Coriander Sauce Topped With Crispy Ginger

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Cod fish is very soft and one bite you can felt the slices cut inside your mouth and with the pot being serve, it kept the whole thing being warm and I just finish it within 2 bites. 😀

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Mongolian Style Braised Crispy Pork Ribs in BBQ Sauce

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Lemon Grass Jelly with Lemon Sorbet

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anything with lemon grass jelly top with sour sorbet I just love it. some of my friend don understand how I love sour stuff. Its chill and very refreshing after all the dish we had. Satisfying!

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The person who is behind all the food in the restaurant is Chef Chin

Its another nice restaurant to hunt for and best of all its a NON-Halal restaurant that serve you best to all pork lovers.

Location:
Di Wei Chinese Restaurant
Jalan SS 16/1
Ss 16, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor

Opens for Lunch and Dinner Daily.
Mon – Fri
12.30pm to 2.30pm and Dinner 6pm to 10pm.
Sat – Sun
11am to 2.30pm and Dinner 6pm to 10pm

For reservation – 03-5565 1388

Website : http://www.empirehotel.com.my

Since I started blogging not long ago, I have heard this famous shop for its millie crepes in Melaka for quite some time already not till few months back I get to visit this shop which is like, Finally! I am here.. that I have to thank to Ken to bring us here. Nadeje Cafe

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My friend told me that they previously started off with a shoplot then they gain their popularity very fast with its first of its kind to offer multi layer thin cakes in chill that had attracted alot local and inter states crowd, then they have took over another outlet that now people can dine in too.

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People only come here for their cakes, which is in the version of millie crepes which made bythe owner which is from Japan if I am not mistaken. Crepes means a very thin pancake that made from flour top with many layers ontop which is origins from French. Since then, the crepes had evolve to suits local taste of each countries with the chef creativity.

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The cafe is always jam pack with people from most of their operating hours. . .

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this is what they are famous for.

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This is what we ordered with 6 version of crepes to be enjoyed

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Mocha @ RM 8.50

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Mocha Slice @ RM 8.50

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Mango Yogurt @ RM 9

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Original @ RM 8.50

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Strawberry @ RM 9.50

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Double Chocolate @ RM 9

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This is what I mean with the crepes with very thin layer in between with cream and crepes, cream and crepes, that just melts in your mouth ..

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We all had fun . . with our food hunt in Melaka

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Ester in da house . ..

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and of course me, enjoying my every bite of the crepes. The best I would recommend is Original, Double Choco and Cheeze slice. . .

of course you can tapau back to KL as they do sell ice bag for additional RM 5 for 1 bag and some dry ice which can last for 3 hours.

Ps: it really depends on individual taste some find it milky and some find it nice.. for me I find it a bit milky but still nice. Also note on their service as it might be slow ..

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 7/10, quite good, i don mind to come again~ -Stamped-

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

Location:
Nadeje Cafe – Millie Crepes
G-23 & 25, Jln PM4,
Plaza Mahkota,
75000 Melaka.

Tel : 06 – 283 8750

 


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On our very next morning, woke up early and Agnes came by and bring us to breakfast hunting. .  So the very first shop mention by her is one of her favourite that served quite authentic style of Bandung Style Breakfast. . .

A few street shots on the way to our first stop. .  .

Early morning people stop by at newspaper street stand to read the latest news. . .

then saw this stall sell this quite unique cake and it smells nice. . . so I bought a piece to try out .. which is located right infront of the shop . . .

We had reach our first stop of the day Warung Kopi Purnama which is located at Jalan Alketeri 22. . .

 with a few paintings on the wall .. .

Even some people just sit outside of the shop to enjoy the morning chit chat and tea. . .

I just love this place, which is classic out of town coffee shop feel

Even their early morning kopitiam culture and ours is pretty much the same where our parents or grand parents would love to sit and hang out to chat with their friends in the morning before heading to work or after shopping from wet market .. .

This is their menu offer in the Warung. . .I felt that its more like our Hailanese Breakfast just that its in Indonesian style .. .

This is the pancake that sell outside the house, which is very nice in aroma, well mixture of ingredient then baked in between iron rod with outer layer very crips and soft inside with a bit of custard cream . . Nice. . .

Kick start our breakfast with Tea, and their tea is a bit mild that taste a bit like taiwan bubble milk tea. . .

Roti Dadar Ham is piece of bread wrap with a thin layer of egg then add on with chunks of ham. . .just dip it with chili sauce will be very simple and nice. .

Risoles is more like a breaded pastry that coated with breadcrumbs and filled with their own ingredient then deep fried. Something new to me ..  and we finish it within seconds. .. To me, it is like a popiah with a bit gravy ingredient inside. ..

I seldom miss out this which is ‘Roti Cheeze Bakar’ with butter spread at the bottom and lots of fine sherreded cheeze on top`

Otak-otak in Bandung is something new to me in the taste. Very sticky in texture,  with no hint of spices in it and it is not my preference. . .

After the first round, we head to next destination , Mie Rica Kejaksaan at Hyper Square. . . ..

A shop where served most of its food spicy and there are a few levels for you to choose from . .

that can select a few types Mie Rica the original, Mie pedas Udang Goreng and a few more. .

signature of the shop is their chili or sambal paste. . .

We order Mie Rica with spiciness of level 3 ..  and a bowl of additional gravy then you can add more of the sambal into your noodle if you feel that you can take more spiciness. ..  I had only 2 bites and I am KO’ed. . It was so spicy but the taste is so good, noodle was springy and I am sweating away while eating this.

If you do come to Bandung.. This is a shop you must not miss. . .Mie Rica @ Hyper Square .. .

After the meal, we then walked opposite the shop to buy one of their local desert Amanda Brownies Kukus. . .

many types of pastries to choose from  . .. . .

and the Brownie Kukus are available in so many flavour. ..  I bought the Choco Marble and I find it very sweet, nothing much to boast a bout. . .

It was super full or super heavy breakfast then we will go for a stroll at the non-active volcano . ..

All of us we know that when we crave for Bak Kut Teh, the first location that pop into our mind is Klang or some where in Kuala Lumpur, never did it ever cross my mind that a new township that build by SP Setia at Shah Alam which is the new upcoming area that had attracted some restaurant to be operated around the area. Fang Xiang Bak Kut Teh

Restaurant Fang Xiang Bak Kut Teh is one of the new restaurant that had been operate in the area for just less than 2 weeks yet had attracted quite a number of crowd to the place, one great thing at this restaurant is that they operate long hours from early morning till night. The place is fairly easy to be sighted as you travel along NKVE highway towards Klang and will see Tesco Setia Alam and with one of the big sign board, that would be the restaurant.

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With a cartoon girl on the signage, there is a reason behind it and there are ample of parking space.

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As the restaurant is still new, future expension is under consideration as currently the whole restaurant, smoking is allow.

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With many parts of pork to choose from, and they sure do have one of their signature pork is one part that must order!

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This is our order, for da day . .. They served by bowl and limited soups is available as the owner had cook more than 100 times to get it right and also by trail and error, most important is the customer feedback given to them that had made her own style of bak kut teh out. The soup served here is very mild in taste, not too watery.

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As some of the customer loves ‘Tau Pok’ and for this restaurant, they are giving it complimentary.

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Yau Mak veggie with fried garlic.

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Go Hui meat which lies in between spine bones and ribs. The meat in this part is soft with fork poking through it easily split out that is sitted by the side of the bone.

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The pork belly meat (Sam Chan Bak) lives up to my expecation that cook till soft and thin layer of fats at the top of the meat.

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As I mention one of their signature dish, which is the back part of the pig as mention by the owner, she said that there are only 4 pieces of it at each pig and not many places sell this part. The best part of this is the skin fats with a thin layer at the top, as this part is easily obtain by the owner is because the dad is a butcher and always reserved the best part of pork for the restaurant. Only limited pieces are available.

This is Yvonne the owner cum chef for the restaurant. You never be so suprise that its just a young chef as usually Bak Kut Teh in our mind is cook by more mature people with their great recepi had been pass down from generation by generation. Most of the people working in the restaurant are mostly family members and most of them are very young. I did ask her why she open the restaurant, she is a big fan of Bak Kut Teh that makes  her own very first restaurant.

Price ranging from RM8-RM20 which is reasonable.

Location:
Behind Tesco
Jalan Setia Impian U13/6, Setia Avenue, Setia Alam,
Shah Alam, Selangor

Tel : 016-906 2030

GPS : N3 06.466 E101 26.850


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I used to stay in Taman Paramount when I first came down to KL which is at my aunts place, I constantly dine at those 2 coffee shop for its cheap food and economy rice and I totally never knew there is one hidden Char Siew stall right behind at it which never mention by my aunt also. Ah Khai famous Char Siew Chicken Rice was not until one of my colleague went to ‘ta pau’ char siew for boss and client to eat for lunch, then she let us try out the char siew and its heavenly good. From there, we were talking about it how good it was and must go to the stall to eat.

**UPDATE: Ah Khai Char Siew NO LONGER OPERATE at SIMONS Delight as now had move a few shops up to RESTAURANT MEI YAN. . . .starting May 2011

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It was not until last week, we decided to hunt it down for this marvelous ‘Char Siew’ that located in Section 17 hidden inside Restaurant Simon’s Delights. We manage to reach there early as the time of operating business is from 11am-1pm. . . I just cannot imagine people doing business for just 3 hours a day. It must have been brisk business.

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Seeing those ‘Char Siew’ hanging there is like waving at us to order it desperately making us place our order we a portion of char siew for 3 pax a plate for 3 plates.

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One of the funny thing that I ask the owner, ‘Are you Local’ cuz while I was eating there and I kept figuring, is he local or not to do such a great char siew. . and his answer Yes… I am local just that I am not as white ask you guys that work in the office, since young I got burn infront of the stove by helping parents out that’s how I turn dark or ah bu neh neh. . . I can say, a very friendly guy that talk a lot of nonsense.

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‘Roast Chicken’ is quite normal, nothing much to brag about. . .

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The first place of ‘Char Siew is mix with Roast Pork’ that actually we wanted to try it out too, suprisingly it turn out to be good too, with the skin roasted well till it is crispy yet do not broke our teeth, with perfect thin layer of fats in between the lean meat and dip with the chili sauce is just perfect.

After I took picture of it, this plate of combo was gone in seconds . .  till all 3 plates that got serve just gone. .  We order another round of purely char siew only.

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Pure ‘Char Siew’ was one of the best char siew I have ever come accross, with it well roast char siew till it was well quoted by caramelised with the burn end layer. . You can either chose 70% fats and 30% meat as we go ahead with equal fats and meat that spread out very well, till the bite in our mouth it melts as the meat is so soft and tender till it break into slices and the fats melts along with it. . . Every piece of it, is burst with flavor and that is how we ended up ordering another two more plates purely on char siew. If you love fats like my friend, go for the heavy weight more fats less meat..you will definately enjoy it!

At the end of the meal, the coffee shop were sardin pack with people ordering char siew and tapau, we even order a few take away back to office for tea time. Surely I am going back for more, we consider it quite cheap, with so many order and it is not more than RM10. Worth Recommending this place if you are a char siew lover~

Do go early to avoid dissapointment . . .

A recommended Char Siew place~

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 9/10, Very Good ah~ Recommended~ -Stamped-

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

Location:
Ah Khai Famous Char Siew Chicken Rice
Restoran Mei Yan
Jalan 20/7,
Paramount Garden.

Open 11am to 1.30pm.

Closed every second Tuesday of the month.
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This restaurant is no longer a stranger to us as they served quality food. We had 2 occasions here that was during our first time got to know this place for a review on their food and second we did a Chinese New Year Photo shoot here. I heard a few feedback from my friend mentioning that their tim sum is pretty good too, and this round we are here for a round of great tim sum!

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‘Soup-filled Dumplings with Goji’

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‘Spring Roll with Salad and Prawn’ been fried crisply on the outer thin layer of the roll and the salad prawn that mix in it is not too creamy which is just nice.

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‘Pan Fried Carrot Cake’ had always been one of my favaurite that makes it a must have item for me. I love it as it is perfectly grill on the skin layer and inside its soft and filled with aroma of dry shrimp, by dipping with their chili and sweet sauce is just what I prefer.

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‘Homey Sticky Rice Rolls’

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‘Prawn Dumplings with Asparagus’

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that we decide to operate it open. Filled with a big piece of juicy prawn which cause by the after effect during steam and its fresh.

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‘Rice Rolls with You Tiao and Chicken Floss’ as I love mine to dip it in soy sauce.

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‘Dumplings (Siew Mai) with Ebiko’ is rich in ingrediant and I love to chew on Ebiko.

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‘Sizzling Marinated Meat Bao’

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‘Guangzhou Prawn Red Rolls’ Is something which is not in tim sum’s menu that turns out to be one of their special dish in this limited time to be given out complimentary when you order 3-5 plates of dim sum.

Chewy skin that wrap with crispy tempura crust that been crush and a fresh prawn is insert in the middle, something that we do not get to eat every day, worth a try.

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We get to taste one of the lunch special ‘Curry Fish Head’ which is around RM14.50++ for this big pot, that I totally agree is one of the cheapest!

Me and Sunny just cant stop drinking the curry base and looking for the meat inside the claypot. Its aromatic with curry spices and the fish meat is fresh. Given a plate of rice to go along, we have no problem in finishing it within minutes.

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‘Unagi Puff with Teriyaki Sauce’ that you must have it hot while its out from the oven. Freshly baked and unique in taste with solid crust wrap around it and taste like Unagi in pineapple tart skin.

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‘Yam Paste Pau’ is the piglet that served next and all of us were like wahhh!!! so cutee!! then what happen to the pau next is as the picture below. . . .

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Pig making love.

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Please eat me!

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A tim sum makan will never be perfect for me if did not end it with desert.

‘Herbal Jelly With Ginseng Roots’ is highly recommended by me, if you love strong ginseng and herbal taste that served out chill. I had 2 bolws of this.

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or you can go for ‘Tau Fu Fah’ served with ginger white sugar puree.

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If you are looking for some dish which is not in the daily menu, then this restaurant is worth a try, with their price is quite reasonable with the portion.

Location:
House of Tang,
One Bangsar,
No. 63B, Jalan Ara, bangsar Baru, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.
*Non-Halal

Tel: 603 2282 1111

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