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Dragon 1 @ SS2

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I used to go SS2 Murni to have dinner or supper and there are a few times that I told my friend that, pity loh, this shop..open in the wrong location which is overshadow by Murni. The patrons that visited the restaurant usually not more than 3 -5 tables on the dinner but little did I know that, it is one of the hidden jewel in the area.

I am glad that I was invited by BBO for a review in this great restaurant.


A unique range of tim sum available and everything looks tempting.

‘Ice Blended Japanese Matcha with Red Bean’ RM5.90. I have tried something which is small in size for a desert but never in drink. Love the strong taste of green tea but with the red bean still thinks it would be great if its in a smaller version.

‘Dragon Fruit Ice Blended’ RM5.90 Till now still do not know how to enjoy this drink, if you are a dragon lover, you should go for it. Strong in taste.
‘Mango Starfruit Ice Blended’ RM5.90. Its not bad but to me it’s a bit too sweet.
If you are looking for something cold without ice in it, then let me introduce you the ‘Yin and Yang in Hong Kong Style’ RM5.40 and ‘Ice Milk Tea in Hong Kong Style’ just love how the strong milk tea taste. RM5.00

‘Sweetened Mangoes’ is a perfect starter, with sour that open up your appetite and the crunchiness of it, I never had enough.
‘Stir-fried Rice Flour Roll with Spicy Sauce’. When it was lady boss was serving this, my eyes never leave this plate of thing. I looks so good yet with the smell of the perfectly fried taste trailing behind it just cant wait to walap it. Perfectly fried and a bit crispy certain bits and pieces end with sesame on top is something I would want to ask for more. RM4.50
‘Stir-Fried Bean Sheet with Preserved Vegetables’ Another eye catcher to me which looks a bit shining on the outer layer and the colour of the dish, is just the right fried. A bit salty yet the taste of it is not like char koey teow but something different that you should try for. RM4.50
If you are a ‘Steamed Shanghainese Meat Dumpling with Superior Soup’ I would assure you try out this. A thin layer of skin wrapping around the tenderness of the meat in it filled with steam soup. Slowly pick it up and poke a hole in the skin and make the soup flow out and taste the sweetness of the soup will just melt you away. 2nd round, stuff the ginger and abit vinegar in it, will just kill you off with the perfect combo. The ‘Xiao Long Bao’ here is definitely better than Dragon-i. RM6.00
‘Steamed Rice Flour Roll with Deep-Fried Dough Stuffed with Fish Paste’. Miss the taste when I had in Melbourne tim sum restaurant but this is something similar. Soft on the outside crispy on the inside.
‘Steamed Fish Skin Dumpling with Oyster Sauce’. Another version of siew long bao I would say. In the middle of it covered with meat and a bit of the soup and I had 2 for this. RM4.80

‘Deep-Fried Prawn Roll with Squid Paste and Cheese’. I have eat tim sum with mayonise but never with cheese. Compactness of the ingredient and freshness of the prawns filled with cheese sauce is something unique you can try on. Good would be the next word coming out from your mouth. RM4.80

‘Deep-Fried Prawn Roll with Orange Sauce’ is to make your taste bud go on trial, with a mild orange taste dip with it, you will just love it. RM4.80

Something different from other restaurant would be ‘Deep Fried Spring Roll with Unagi and Yoghurt’ is worth a try. RM5.20

‘Shanghai Pan-Fried Meat Dumpling’. Gyoza had always been my favorite but in Chinese version, I would not complain much as it’s a big wantan covered with loads of ingredient in it. RM4.60
‘Shanghai Pan-Fried Meat Buns’ something like gyoza but in pau version RM5.00
‘Steamed Rice Flour Roll with Duck Meat in Crab Sauce’. With the unique taste of it, you would not want to miss this! The crispiness of the duck cover with rice flour roll and end with the bath of crab sauce, is something you would makes you remember in your taste butt rock and roll. RM6.80
Arghh.. you must not miss this, silky smooth in ramen and thick and starchy soup base with a unique taste is something you would not find out there. ‘Shanghainese Style La Mian with Crab Roe’ RM8.80

Something pan fried covers with wok hei, ‘Stir-Fried Vermicelli with Minced Pork’. Great texture with the right ingredient is something you would want to go after. RM6.80
I do not know I am a sweet or desert freak but when always comes to this section I am quite excited over it as to try where can I get the best desert especially after tim sum meal.
A well steam ‘Shanghai Layer Cake with Custard’ which covers a few layers and custard in between, the softness of it, and I can just finish the whole basket. RM4.20
‘Sweet Dumplings with Duck Egg Yolk Cream’ is my very favourite here which I would say onde onde in Chinese version. Soft skin covers with coconut and bath in the sea of uniquely taste in the middle, put in the whole thing and one bite the gravy will melt on your mouth, filled with sweet and salty it’s a kick for you.
Beware when it was served as the gravy might be a bit hot and wait it to cool down abit.


‘Chilled Mango Sago with Jelly’ is not much different from the mango drink, would prefer it with less sweet. RM5.00

Looking for something crispy to munch, ‘Avacado with Kataifi’ had been deep fried like a small rolls of wire which been fried to crispiness on the outside and a perfect sweet taste on the inside. RM5.00
If you are durian lover, you will gonna loves this a lot! I would say this is the best I have eaten so far on this range of durian desert, ‘Durian Pancake’ (RM4.60 a pair) is a thin slice layer of skin and with a well balance of cream and durian in it just makes you wanna have more for off season. Its bitter in the taste of the durian and with all of us being a big durian fan’s all of us ta pau this for our friend to try out.
With our stomach already so full, we are still waiting for long craving Sunny home bake ‘Macaroons and Moist chocolate cake’.
Macaroons attracted by its colourfull look, not too sweet yet its something new to me.
Moist chocolate cake is a perfect closing for the meal. With the moisture and compact texture with rich chocolate taste, for gurls… you will love it.
One of the best moon cake I have eaten so far, but I we have been told by Wilson that the mom is not making anymore. We are in luck that is the final piece of the mom’s collections. Any order would have to wait for next year…
The session would not been great if without Bigboysoven, Wilson and Racheal, Mei which is now known as Cheong Man Yuk, Xin, the lady reporter of Red Tomato and me.
If you are looking for something unique in dim sum with hotel quality and normal restaurant pricing, surely this is highly recommended.
-= Ka Ching =-
Food Rating 10/10, DAMM GOOD~ Highly Recommended ~-Stamped-
–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-
Location:
Dragon One (CHEF LOONG)
59 Ground Floor,Jalan SS2/75
47300, Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Non-Halal
(next to Murni)

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Tim Sum @ Li Jin Restaurant, Pavilion

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Thought of eating Dim Sum for the past few days, then did a research on where to eat. Then finally book one of the restaurant at Renaissance Hotel for its buffet dim sum which quite a number of good review on that. Then suddenly 2 days b4 the eating spree my friend called me up got something cheaper ah..
Then again go do some research and come across this eat all you can buffet which is at Li Jin Restaurant at Pavilion.
When we reach there around 11.15 am there were quite alot ppl waiting outside. Then I went to go ask the lady for the reservation name and she said I have to wait till 11.30 am to be serve. Then never care and just stand outside and chat with my friends.

Why this restaurant was because they give such a promo which under my friends budget RM20.80++ for eat all you can which most of them agreed and good thing was included weekends. Went to this eating spree with 10 ppl. They have 2 session for this which is the first batch is 10.30 am – 12.30 am and 12.30 am – 2.30 pm. We thought of going for the 2nd session as Brunch. 😀

While on the way walking in, they have the open concept of the open kitchen and as always the way steaming the tim sum always look tempting. The taste of it NO IDEA.

As I read a few food blogger, they mention that the roast duck here is highly recommended but never find a review on the tim sum. Will go hunt for its duck next visit~

They have quite a classy interior from inside out. Sure a pretty nice place to dine for tim sum with such a pricing.

While we were seated and this is the first cart that reach our place. We were very hungry as previous nite drank too much and today a bit hang over.. so just hantam what we can. So told the lady, everything 2 in our table.

Including this cart.
After took all the tim sum we need and me as always hungry as ever and go look around what I can curi. So found this area, with fried noodle and fried rice.
The ‘Fried Noodle’, is nice with the ‘wok’ taste is there and wasnt being too salty. A good dish to start off with
The ‘Fried Rice’ which is feel it taste much better than the noodle, as it is still warm compare to the noodle, and the best part is they are being pretty generous that alot of chinese sausage in there which makes the taste alot better.
Maybe I was still abit hang hang dei, and what ever I eat also nice.
Then the next area spotted next to it was ‘Century Porridge’ on the right, which I feel that the chuk is pretty dry up by putting into the slow cooker too long. Its a bit sticky whereby you throw it on the fly that fly over can even stick on the wall.
Next to it is the ‘Fu Chuk‘ didnt manage to eat that cuz thought of leaving that for the last dish and ended up forgot to take.
This was the appetiser in front of the table. The very first infront of the pic I do not know what is that called but it taste sour and cold. Never really like it. The one of the right is call ‘Leng Ngau‘ (hokkien)suddenly forgot what its called in english. Taste not bad. Acceptable for me, which is cold, a bit salty and crunchy to its freshnesss and the one of the top left also do not know call what is it as what I know is to put all this in my mouth and taste it. It is cold dish also, a bit spicy and sour. Not my cup of tea.
So start my eating spree with this ‘Siew Mai’ which is warm in the basket and yit lat lat.. so throw one into my mouth and feel like the siew mai is just out from the fridge and went into stim. The compactness is there but just taste normal.
Next is the ‘Fung Chau aka Chicken Leg’ which I feel it taste weird. The skin taste like eating raw of its skin and a bit sticky too. After eating this plate,me and my friends never wanted for 2nd one.
Next is the ‘Har Gau‘ which is not really big in size. The prawn is not really big and the meat in there is okay and the skin is not too thick. Nothing taste special about this like some of other normal kopitiam style you can get.
Follow by my favourite ‘Char Siew Pau‘ that will never miss in my tim sum eating spree. But dissapointedly, the feeling that it give me was the pau feels like not properly stim which the other side is hot and the skin is peeling and the other side is like just ngam ngam. The taste of it, don really like the sauce and the mince meet in there not small enough.
From top left to right:

Fish Ball: Not a fan of that but just don taste nice.

Pai Kuat: Just taste so so, as its quite oily and the fats in the meat is too much.
The one on the bottom left taste nice, the skin is a bit crispy and the filling in there mix with chili sauce just ngam ngam nice to put into mouth
Siew Mai: which is another version from the up one, and thinks that this 1 taste much better. The compactness of the meat is there, and the feeling of eating char siew although not the best but no comment.
When the cart came by with this ‘Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fun’ then also ask for 2 each. Compare this 2, the prawn 1 taste much nicer compare to the char siew. The char siew the piece of meat is there and the taste is just not there. Feels like missing something in it and we cant really get what it lacked off. For the prawns, it taste better as the taste had mix in with the cheong fun. Eating with the chili given is an extra.

Loh Pak Kou: one of the dish which I feel its nice there, its soft, with a bit of peanut fragrance and ngam ngam pan fried it.
the one on the top right, taste so so only, as fried to perfection but I feel like eating more flour than eating the base.
The ‘Popiah‘ fried too long and its too crispy which makes it a bit hard to bite. Nothing special.
The ‘Crabstick‘ I would called it. Taste not bad, fried to perfection and the filling in there carries the tatse of the crab. Eat with mayo would be nice.
The best part of all I have been waiting and we ate till around 2.30 already. As we chatted the whole way through more than eating. Of course the deserts. The one of the top left do not know what is nice but one of the girl that serve our table, she keeps coming back happily to serve us and told me that since I like to eat desert as I keep asking her, then she bring me this.
Seriously, it taste very very very nice, inside is filled with some duck salty egg, abit of jagung taste, its soft on the outside and hot on the inside and its my recommendation for this dish over here.
As I read the review of the ‘Egg Tart’ not to be miss, which I feel it taste okay as the crust is crispy, the middle cream of it is to sweet and nice. The filling in it is just ngam ngam never too much nor too little.

The last one, taste pretty good also as it is filled with a bit kaya and ended up I wanted to request for more they told me its already finish and pass me the last 1 pack of it. SO DOWN. At the end of the meal onli get to know eat nice nice food.

After eating everything and ready to go surely we ask for our bill. The bills come out to a total of RM29 per pax which we were like har..y so ex and saw in the menu, like HK ppl doing business, added up the 3 cold dish in front of us cost RM5 each, then the towel, the tea and some other little bits and piece. Found it quite expensive for around RM29 each with the food quality and rather add some extra money to go Renaissance and enjoy the food but never try never know. Wont be considering going back at the moment.
-= Ka Ching =-
Food Rating 6/10, So So laah ~-Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-
 
Location:
Lijin Chinese Fusion Cuisine,
6.39, Level 6, Pavilion KL
Jalan Bukit Bintang, KL

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Tim Sum @ Tai Tong Restaurant ,Penang

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One of the famous Tim Sum shop for breakfast in Penang. It has also been quite some time I did not visit this shop. Last visited was bout 5 years ago. As I have to bring my friend for breakfast, and decided to come back this shop as always mention by my dad how good it was as this shop is famous to all the nearby neighbourhood for quite long time already.


The shop is as usual packed with people from morning to night. As they have to different sessions. Morning will be the Tim Sum and Night will be the fried dish.

The troly being pulled infront of me, so get to choose what I want.

Ordered the ‘Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fan’ whereby a must have dish for Tim Sum, it was so so only as the skin is too thick already. We only finish the prawns.

The ‘Wu Tau’ as one of my favourite. But today I think the yam, do not have the yam taste, feels abit weird but the ‘char siew pork’ in there taste nice. Not too salty yet perfectly juicy. Just the yam. Aiii…

‘Fried Fu Chuk‘ is one of the favourite, it is nicely fried as the crust of the skin is very crispy and the filling in it is very soft like home made fish ball. The mayonnaise we believe is home made too, as it taste sweet and goes along very well with the fu chuk.

‘Loh Mai Kai’ a common food for tim sum. Looks nice and oily, the chicken and the mushroom in it do not have much taste but the taste still lack of one taste, the original loh mai kai taste. Still feel that the 1 that I had in Genting is very nice and highly recommended tim.

This is one of their signature dish. Do not know what it is called but in the whole pau trolly this is the only odd colour looking, the auntie was selling hard on this. Decided to try it since she said its one of the best selling and the last piece.
I must agree with the auntie that this sure taste nice. The top is very soft like eating cake, and the filling inside is just nice, blend well with the top. Highly Recommended.
‘Char Siew Pau‘ my favourite during tim sum. Very nice. The texture of the pau is nice and soft, the char siew inside is nicely fried along with the sauce.
I forgot what is this called already, by having me 1 person finishing the whole thing, taste quite good along with the cilisauce there, i think they have mixed it, chili sauce with the ‘tim cheong‘.
I personally do not like this but my friend she is having great time eating this. This depends on individual taste already.
‘Pai Kuat‘. So far still have not manage to find a nice 1 to eat during tim sum. Would not really recommend this as the meat is nicely steam but the sauce do not have a strong black bean sauce,the chili taste lack of it, and lack of salt.
Round up the whole session with a desert. As always my meal will usually end with desert. The ‘Longan Tau Fu Fa’. The pieces is very soft like taufu, the juice in there is not too sweet, and top up with longan. Just nice to complete the whole meal.
When I was paying the bill, I was quite shock again, as we ate so much and the total was only RM25. Aii, cheap loh~ With the food quality and the pricing so have not much comment on it. All the auntie there is very nice and warm.
They can just talk and talk to you and the auntie commented on my friend, ‘Wah, where r u guys from?Japan ah? then I laughed. Korea ah? you guys don look like local lei(in hokkein) you guys so fair. Then told the auntie, no la. We all ‘Pun Teh Lang’ (local ppl in hokkien)
-= KA CHING =-
Food rating 7.5/10 , Good -Stamped-

-WARNING –This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-
 
Location:
Tai Tong Restaurant
45, Lebuh Cintra, Penang.

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Li Yen Restaurant@ Ritz-Carlton,KL

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I was brought by my friend to this what I called High Class Tim Sum. My first time in such dining for breakfast. Was drag up by my friend saying that bring me to a nice place for dim sum and just go loh.. Ended up here. Well, we came pretty early and the pathway to this restaurant it seems like the my house. No one is walking around, just US!! Then till the restaurant, EMPTY for the whole area. Then my friend prank me, I book the whole area ma. Don’t you know that~ In my dreams. The restaurant is very nicely renovated with classy interior and dim lights. It is so comfortable that once your ass is on the chair, it is glued with it. Would not really want to walk away. Then it was like the whole restaurant waiter and waitress are ready to serve us cuz we were the only customer that time. Wow!! what a service that they providing. The crowd starts pouring in after 12pm, I was there at 11am and alot of Datuk’s and Datin’s came here for their breakfast or what I would say Brunch….
I was the only one with camera, and all the people stare at me like a monkey with a camera what is this person trying to do. No picture please! this kind of feel.

Well, once you are seated they serve you this walnut. Taste good. *beware it is piousness Once eaten will never stop.

This is what I called ‘Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fan’ (fried version)but here is name as ‘CCF‘ on the receipt. Do not know what the hell it means. Very very nice. The skin is crispy on the outsite and inside it is soft with steam type. The filling is with Char Siew. Highly recommended also. RM 11.50

My tim sum will always never miss a few dish, the ‘Steamed Pork Buns’ aka ‘Char Siew Pau‘. The bun is nicely steam and the filling is good. The mince meet is juicy, blacky enough and very nice char siew taste. RM 9 for this.
Must not miss No.2 ‘Siew Mai’ The top of the siew mai is with the egg roe where you can find it in the sushi. You can just feel the pork ah,soft and not too thick the feeling. Mix with ‘Tim cheong‘ very nice. RM10

Wanted to have “loh mai kai‘ they do not serve so ended up ordering this one. ‘Glutinous Rice’ Which I never finish, only eat 3 bites cuz my friends they don eat. It is salty and aroma doesnt taste good. Maybe not my type but what I have eaten in Melb is far big difference. (Cannot compare then).RM14

Must not miss no.3 ‘Chicken Feet’. Not Happy Feet the show. It is a bit spicy, the skin of the chicken leg is alright, would not order again my next visit. Not my type of taste for this one. RM9

My friend ordered this ‘Lunar Cakes’. It is friend. For me I can manage to eat 1 whole piece. More than that please kill me. A bit sweet. Taste nice. Must be shared with more people only taste better.My most preferred for this is that my mom always did it for me, whereby steam it, then mix it with coconut. Wow, that will be so nice compare to this(my preference)RM10

They introduce the speciality of the desert here which is tadaaa…‘Avocado Cream’ yucks..I hate avocado but surprisingly in this I took it. Taste nice and sweet, so smooth like eating Gelato ice-cream. Highly recommend on this desert. Will never be perfect if not desert to end with.

RM 12
The whole bills come in total of RM 116 including tea, taxes and service charge. For such a location I think it is reasonable and with their service they are providing. Would rate them 1st class.

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 7.5/10 , Good -Stamped-

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

Location:
168, Jalan Imbi,
Kuala Lumpur 55100 Malaysia
Phone: 03-2142 8000

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Genting Trip

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It has been a while since I last went to Genting. Went there again last 2 weeks. Didn’t manage to blog yet. Went up there, luckily it has a very good weather. Cold and windy, this is what I am expecting. By the time I reach there, I were so hungry. Didn’t take my breakfast and we took cable car up. Come across this restaurant whereby so many people and have to take number. So we decided to join the crow. My number was 83 and the current number is 74. Asked the waiter how long do we have to wait, he said not long. Great newS!!!

This restaurant has funny name, its called Restaurant Good Friends. It is located directly above the cable car station. We were into the restaurant within 15 minutes of waiting and after we orderd to wait for the food to be served, it is killing me. So Bloody long

This is my favourite tim sum, ‘Lo Pak Gou‘, but does not really taste nice. Very oily as you can see and inside its not soft.

Wow!!! The ‘Siew Mai’ is a must try food, when you eat it, has a big prawn in there, and have the primary school ‘feel’. Reminds me during when I am so damm young.

The ‘Pai Kuat‘ is high recommended also, with the black bean and the gravy of it, it taste so nice and very ‘hiong‘. The meat is soft and definitely with alot of bones also. The ‘Char Siew Pau‘ its juicy with its meat and gravy. Yum! Yum!

This is the ‘Har Kau‘ just ngam ngam whereby the skin of it is not too tick nor too thin. The prawn given is not kedekut. Ngam its size of the skin.

This ‘Loh Mai Kai’ its highly recommended by me also. Its hard to find nice Loh Mai Kai to eat whereby the rice is soft yet juicy and not too salty yet the chicken, meat and mushroom its just perfect. Thinking of it, makes my saliva drooling. With all the waiting for the food. It is just worth waiting.
Total bill comes to around RM33. Was not expensive after all cuz its Genting.
To those who going to Genting, I totally highly recommended this restaurant
 
 
 
 

 

-= KA CHING =-
Food rating 8.5/10 , GOOD
– WARNING –This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-
After finish our lunch we walk across this bakery shop. So many people were taking pictures with this cupcakes but definitely its well decorated to attract customer to get into the shop. We have decided to go for tea break here. It is just located 4 shops away from Restaurant Good Friends.
With Christmas around the corner, the Ginger Snap cookies.
This is something unique when I was inside the theme park. While waiting to go for the ‘Fairy Wheel’ and a bit hungry so decided to try this stall, Sim O Donut or located next to Solaro Shot
The sizes are so Mini. With 1 mouth per piece and it sells for 6 for RM 5 (if I am not mistaken) Quite alot of flavours also you can pick and choose and the staff there are definitely friendly.
This is what I had pick and choose. I just point and point with no idea what flavour is that. Just judge by its look.
This is one of the newest attraction in Genting outdoor Theme Park. Beryl’s Chocolate factory. The design of it is just so nice and for people who loves to take pictures, a must place to visit. Something like ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’
After taking all the rides and walk whole day long, we have decided to come back to this nice looking shop for our tea.
I took this Mushroom Quiche, after so long I have not eat it, Used to eat it a lot when I was working in a cafe in Melbourne. It is quite nice, have the taste of eggs, the cheezey taste and of course with the mushroom.
My friends trying the chocolate chip cup cakes and Mocha. I would personally said that the cupcakes is not nice, my first time trying cupcakes. The texture its hard, the icing sugar sucks and the best is the chocolate chip. Should not go for this flavour. There are more to choose.Try other’s.
The Mocha is RM 10, Cupcakes is RM5 and Quiche is RM8 if not mistaken.
-= KA CHING =-Stamped
Food rating 6.5/10 , OKAY
– WARNING –This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

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