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In Bangsar By Taufulou 3 Mins Read

Dim Sum at House of Tang @ Bangsar 1

01/04/2010 No Comments

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!

‘Soup-filled Dumplings with Goji’

‘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.

‘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.

‘Homey Sticky Rice Rolls’

‘Prawn Dumplings with Asparagus’

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.

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

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

‘Sizzling Marinated Meat Bao’

‘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.

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.

‘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.

‘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. . . .

Pig making love.

Please eat me!

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.

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

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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Opulent Court Tim Sum @ Pearl International Hotel, Old Klang Road

28/01/2010 1 Comment

The task of trying out a few eat all you can Tim Sum with Jonathan had comes to a satisfaction meal. We have been hunting for quite a number till I banned from going to eat tim sum as got phobia of it not until got persuaded to try out the very last one. (today will be a simple post, as with my work load is pilling up.)

Never thought that the restaurant here would be decorated so nice but we were lucky on that day as on the night itself, they are hosting a wedding dinner but the best part is, we were there at 11.30am and till 12.30pm we were still the only table there, makes us feel like so boss (book out the whole place).

With their offering in the menu, it looks pretty impressive with the whole long list and range that they are offering at the price of RM27.80nett.

Opulent Court (4)

Opulent Court (5)

Jelly Fish in Thai Sauce and Japanese Octopus

Opulent Court (6)
Vegetarian Goose, Pork ribs Almond, Fried Prawn, and Barbeque Pork with Sesame

first 1 forgot. -Chicken Feet, Pai Kuat, Bean Curd with Fish Meat in Japanese Sauce

Pork ribs with Salted Egg, Siew Mai(meat dumpling), Prawn Dumpling, Glutinous Rice with Chicken

The Roast Pork, Yam Dumpling, Century Egg and Fried Banana Fritters

Prawn Chee Cheong Fun, Lotus root in Salad Sauce, Char Siew Chee Cheong Fun

Recommended on the porridge

Egg tarts

Water Chesnut, Longan with Sea Coconut, Sea Coconut with Ginseng and Herbal Jelly.

By the end of the meal, we were very satisfied with what we are paying, with the quality of the food and services in this restaurant, we totally have no complain.

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 7/10, worth the value~-Stamped-

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

Location:
Batu 5, Jalan Klang Lama
58000 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 603 – 7983 1111

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In Chinese Food By Taufulou 4 Mins Read

Old Winston Cafe Tim Sum Opposite KDU College @ Jalan Anson,Penang

29/11/2009 No Comments

If you are talking about school holidays or public holiday and any part of the hawker center you visit in Penang is gonna be crazy. As I was back during that holiday period and my dad were asking me to go for tim sum, its very hard to drag my ass up but then just have to cause its been a while since last breakfast with them and my dad ask me to choose the location. Usually our usual Tim Sum area would be Tai Tong as the price and the food quality definitely our first choice but since I have blog on that place and I chose to come to this tim sum place opposite KDU which is quite famous too.

As I forgot the name of this place as me and my friends usually called it Opposite KDU. If any of you out there do know the name please let me know. Thanks`

During holiday season, this would be the kind of crowd you would expect. To get a table, you have to learn to take care of your territory when people are finishing their meal. It is because those people would either ask their mom which is 50-60 years old or their kids to pretend to sit down then act like it was like they came first and wave to their family members to faster come over. This happens to me and I politely tell them that I was there already and the auntie act like nothing happens till the family member were there and told them the same thing and act like noting happen too. That piss me off and I scold them! Then they just walk off.

In this period of time, there would be hardly a cart that will be pushing around, and there is too, but when it will take a few rounds to reach your place. To make things easier you can just take a tray and directly go to their counter, to pick and choose those tim sum you want, would be much faster compare you have to wait.

Did not take much of the Tim Sum because wasn’t really hungry.. Just woke up not long and my stomach engine have not warm up yet.

My dad saw a lot of people ordering ‘Fish Head Noodle’ and he went to order too. Not a very good choice of pick as the soup is tasteless and taste like cooking it with boiling water with the added on of vegetable, ‘fried chu yau cha’ and fried fish head.

My sis wanted to eat the ‘Wan Tan Mee with Char Siew’ not my choice of it also. Quite pale in taste, yet taste a bit weird too.

‘Honey Dew Sago’ which is quite okay but too much milk taste and the honeydew in it is not sweet yet could taste the sugar syrup taste more.

As for overall, the food there is so so but really cannot deny that, the food there is very very cheap or would be one of the cheapest. As for us the total bill came less than RM45 for 5 of us and I did saw a table of 10, they have collected and filled their table full with tim sum that only left a small place for their plates and drinks only and cam whore with it.

If you are looking for a cheap plate for tim sum, this would be the place to eat in but you have to be on par with their food quality.

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 5.5/10, so so only~

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

Location:
Jalan Anson,

Penang

(Opposite KDU College)
*Non-Halal

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Eat All You Can at Cheng Ho Court RM 28++ @ The Mines Beach Resort & Spa, Balakong

11/11/2009 No Comments

Sometimes I do wonder that how did Jonathan manage to find all the details of eat all you can meal and this round he suggest us to come to this place which he had been mentioning for quite some time. I did ignore him a few times as that time I was quite phobia of tim sum, eat too often in such a short time. It was Friday, so at least we can have something nice. RM28++ per pax.

When we walking, I had that kind of impression that, hrmm..another classic chinese deco style restaurant?

In a 5 star hotel area located at Seri Kembangan do expect to much but did impress a little.

With the menu and tick on the selection of food you want.

Fragrance tea that suits my licking that create a thin sticky layer on my tongue.

The soups were good. We order 4 types of it. Then when we order for 2nd round, the taste difference is quite huge as the restaurant was kinda full house and lack of manpower.

We like this very much, it was fried with wok hei and we order 3 rounds of this.

Very plain loh mai kai.

‘Durian Pudding’ is something plain on the top but when you deep deepper on it, you will find the jewel of the pudding which 1/3 of durian purree at the bottom. We like the ‘Mango Pudding’ more. The ‘Sweet Red Bean with Lotus Seed’ is good too, with quite thick in flavour yet I enjoy it very much.

‘Chilled Herbal Jelly’ is the most bitter jelly that I have come over so far. Even though I like herbal jelly quite bitter but this bitter is extreme but some of my friends they do like it.

‘Red Bean Pancake’ is kinda cold. If it was serve warm directly after fried.

This would be a short post with pictures illistration mostly, but what I would say, with the amount that I am paying, I would go for other shop instead of this one. The food is not bad but the service is pain in the ass with lack of man power for Friday lunch yet alot of Bangla working and the walk like turtle. So do not expect good service.

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 6.5/10, So so lah~ -Stamped-

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

Location:
Cheng Ho Court
The Mines Beach Resort and Spa,
Jalan Dulang, Off Jalan Balakong,
The Mines Resort City, Seri Kembangan
Malaysia 43300
*Non-Halal

Tel : 0389436688

In Buffett By Taufulou 4 Mins Read

Buffett Tim Sum RM 22++ , Mandarin Palace Restaurant @ Federal Hotel , KL

28/10/2009 No Comments

I guess it was a season of eat all you can. Jonathan had been looking at a few promotional brochure and keep mentioning this place for quite a while as previously I kept rejecting him cuz I was a bit phobia on tim sum. Eat a few times in a week could scared you off a little but he kept mentioning that its worth 1..you see you see.. very nice eh, so the arrangement was on Friday and we went with the 4 K’s and a few more.

I was having a hard time on taking the pictures as the light there is quite orangy and after taking a few I gave up with the rest of pictures. This would be a summerize posting as I am quite tied up with work load today. sorry for the simlified version.

The best thing is, you don have to travel to China to get to enjoy China tim sum, with a very well decorated China concept restaurant, which I was impress on it really gives you the kind of ‘umph’ that this would be the right place.

Welcoming you to the world of China. Its the entrance of the restaurant.

With an artistic kind of crafting art on the entrance wall had make you feel you are like in that country.

A 2 crafted big dragon circling the wall to makes the place with a great ambiance. With the waiter and waitress dress in traditional clothing that adds on the feel of it.

The dragon pillar which reminds me of the comic Dragon ball. lol~

A classic changing board place for women back in those days but with lubang lubang like dat, heee, the advantage is there. :p

The open kitchen concept.

For the first round of tim sum, we filled up our table with the available choice.

The foods here taste not bad with the price we are paying. With RM22++, Monday to Friday Lunch (I mistakenly put wrong pricing as previously I put RM16++) for a lunch buffet I didn’t put any high expectations, but one hell of the things happen.

I have been to quite a number of a restaurant, and this would be the WORST service hotel restaurant I ever went.

1st the tim sum for 2nd round we have to wait for 30 minutes at least on that day. Then we complain why is it like that, then what one of the guy manager told us they did not expect so much crowd and we just have to wait. With his way of talking and attitude had spark the fire of K and then one of the K complain you should prepare a lot what, since this is eat all you can buffet lunch. Then scold till the manager face change colour. One of the Auntie that push the cart also same case.

2nd was when the cart came out, the took the food to the same table 3 times, then start to piss us off till another K shouted ‘aunnnnttttiiiieeeeeee…. Where is our tim sum? So long still never come?’ with a lot of people staring at us, we don give a damm. Then they gave us a few baskets. Then shouted again, push the whole bloody cart here!! Is because they keep serving that first table like they were the VIP or Dato or whatever we just do not care. We just want our food as we don have that much time.

Then complain again, why is this happening. The manager was speechless and another lady manager(if not mistaken) which is much more polite and explain to us and we complain about that guy manager.

The food here is actually quite nice, for a normal serving type of tim sum. The things that I love the most or you should not miss are the ‘Polo Bun’. I took 4 of it.

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 4/10,not bad unless they improve their service ~ -Stamped-

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

Location:
Federal Hotel
35, Jalan Bukit Bintang
Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-2148 9166

In Bangsar By Taufulou 3 Mins Read

Nature’s Vegetarian @ Bangsar

22/10/2009 No Comments

This lunch time I am really lost and my friend is heading towards Jalan Duta side and was asked to look around where got veggie shop to eat. They have been very nice accompanying me eating Vegetarian food for a few days already. So I found this shop and its on the way of stopping by.

This is the first vegetarian restaurant that I came across that served tim sum too.

The picture illustrated in the menu sure show’s a sign of their quality of food but don know got kena tipu a not.

I love their interior design, very very China feel with wooden chair and table carving designs.

Then we were served with this Enzime as what my friend call. Something very sour and a weird taste but some of them are alright with it. Some of them like yewwwww….

‘Crispy Seaweed Slice’ RM2.50 was served upon with the drink and this thing was gone in minutes. A bit crispy yet have the taste of seaweed.

Then we were given this rice. I don know what it is called.

We order a ‘Set Lunch D’ and it served with ‘Curry Mutton’ with mild curry and the potato taste perfect but the mutton curry doesnt taste anything close to mutton. Would say more like a meat ball.

‘Soup of the Day’ nothing to comment on.

‘Mix Vegetable’ at least it was friend to perfection that manage to preserve the freshness of the vegetable. Mild in taste but I have no complain.

‘Fried Fish Soup + Black Bean Sauce’ is nothing near to what it has describe.Cant really taste the black bean and the fried fish is not really fried.

‘Sweet and Sour Meat’ is also not anything near what it has been describe. The meat that was fried taste and chew more like a fried sotong.

At the end of the lunch they were still not full and ordered the ‘Tim Sum’ as having promotion 30% and after the % it charge at RM15.75. The taste of course cannot compare to the real taste as we usually eat. Only 1 word. Okay lah~

At night I was around that area too and look on the internet and according to the address given, there is not such shop that were printed on my paper. Then only head back to this restaurant.

We order something simple and fast ‘Fish Head Bee Hoon’ which the ginger taste over power most of the ingredient in there but at least 50% same compare to the 1 I dine at Kuchai Lama. RM8

I add on ‘Fried Goose’ which this is the first shop I came accross that sell this. I seldom miss this only in KL its hard to find. Well, its served very thin layer of the fu chuk yet quite oily. RM10

My friend order ‘Tom Yam’ which we felt it taste quite weird. Then only realise that the pineapple that taste weird had spoild the soup base. RM8

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 5.5/10, Not bad la~ -Stamped-!

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

Location:
Nature’s Vegetarian Restaurant

24, Jalan Telawi 3,

Bangsar Baru, 59100

K.L

Tel: 03-2283 5523

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