Restoran Yee Heong - Bak Kut Teh in Puchong

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Took a family makan makan trip to Restoran Yee Heong over at Puchong for some Bak Kut Teh. It's nice, bright, clean and quite cooling!


If you haven't noticed, these pictures are again taken by the iPhone 4. Better slightly crappy pictures than none, right? The restaurant has a few different dishes other than BKT, of which we first sample the wu tau kau yuk (erm ... fatty pork sandwiched with yam). It's pretty good. The kau yuk is just the right amount of fat, and the dish has ben cooked well enough that the yam is neither too hard nor too mushy.


Another dish we sample is their fried tofu. This one isn't really tofu, tastes more like eggs, something like Japanese tofu. It's OK but nothing special.


Chee tou tong (peppered pig stomach soup) is next - also quite good, the stomach was washed well and doesn't have an overpowering 'porky' taste.


Sadly, we went a bit late and actually there was no more BKT (I know, right? Haha). So we sampled the sang kuat yuk, which is pork spare ribs in a 'clear' broth. The meat was well cooked and tender, but the broth was way too plain for our liking. We also got a few bowls of just the BKT broth which was more flavorful.


Overall it's a decent place to have dinner for a BKT fix, but in our opinion none of the dishes were really outstanding. Don't remember price, other than it was 'reasonable.'

Restoran Yee Heong
01-01, Jalan Kenari 19A,
Bandar Puchong Jaya,
Selangor.

Restoran Soo Kee - Medan Imbi

Lots of people have different tastes. Different likes, and different dislikes. Holds especially true for food - example being lots of people just love tosai, but I can't stand the stuff at all. Generally though, a good restaurant would receive generally good reviews.

Which is the case with Restoran Soo Kee, which as far as I can tell, has nothing but glowing review all over the floggosphere (is that even a word? haha). Located at Medan Imbi, the darling and I head over to try.


I like open kitchens. Always fun to watch the chefs cook up whatever you and other diners order.


We go for the ngau yuk yin yong (mixed rice noodles and koay teow fried with beef), being one of their specialties. Unfortunately we are not impressed. The beef slices are tender, but the overall dish doesn't jump out at either of us for being particularly 'yummy.' It's okay, but wouldn't warrant a drive all the way here just to eat.


The ji pao kai (chicken wrapped in paper) is another disappointment. The chicken pieces are HUGE - like some kind of mutant chicken/turkey cross-breed, but the meat is a bit dry, as there is not enough sauce.


So overall, perhaps Restoran Soo Kee gets a bit lower marks due to our very high expectations coming here. Don't remember exactly how much, but price is reasonable for being in the middle of Kay-El.


Restoran Soo Kee
14, Medan Imbi
Kuala Lumpur

Kim's Korean BBQ in Bandar Mahkota Cheras - Set Lunch

Just a really really short mini-post about Kim's Korean BBQ in Bandar Mahkota Cheras. I'm here not for the Korean BBQ, however, but for the very reasonable set lunch at $10.00.


It seems that it's a Korean thing to always have many many different side dishes to go with the mains. For the set lunch here at Kim's, there are 5 sides (which is a very low number for Korean restaurant standards). The kimchi was quite nice! I don't know why they insist on serving the sides in these mini dishes though. Must be a nightmare for Koreans when they're washing up after dinner - just imagine washing like 30 plates for a family of 5 ...


Anyway back to the topic: I have the Dae-ji Bul-go-gi (Spicy Marinated Pork). It's actually pretty good, and not too spicy - some Korean places can really go overboard in upping the chili level in their dishes.


The MYR10.00 for set lunch also comes with drinks, and if memory serves me right, a slice of fruit, which is a very reasonable price. Definitely worth to check it out if you're in the area and have a hungering for Korean food.

Kim's Korean BBQ
29, Jalan Temenggung 9/9
Bandar Makhota Cheras
Cheras, Selangor

Restoran Loon Sing - Award Winning Chinese dining in Nilai

Looking back through my photo directories, I'd taken these pictures in June and totally forgotten about them, haha. Until today! Don't quite remember what the occasion was, but the family and I went to Loon Sing restaurant in Nilai for a simple lunch.

No pictures of the outside, which looks like a cross between a castle and a banquet hall, but the interior is nicely decorated.


Loon Sing's chefs have won huge huge regional competitions for many of their signature dishes, but their Siu Long Pao was actually quite bad. The skin was quite thick and tough, and the actual dumpling was mediocre.


Some sort of Fried rice. Being 3 months ago I don't actually really remember how it tasted, ha ha.


The highlight of the lunch, and my mum and my favorite dish, is the Tung Po Yuk. This is one of Loon Sing's signature dishes, and it's awesomely yummy. Perfect thickness of fats and meats, with a extremely tasty gravy. Totally worth the half-hour drive here.


Don't remember the prices of the dishes, unfortunately. Here's a location map from their website:



Restoran Loon Sing Sdn Bhd
PT 2484, Kawasan Perindustrian Nilai 2,
Block D, 71800 Nilai,
Negeri Sembilan