if you are in..

..a jiffy and really2 hungry for some good food..

there's this place in ss2 pj that serves up quite tasty seafood dishes at the speed of lightning..as in, before you can even say..err...can i have some chili padi...the dishes appear on your table already..that's how fast they take your orders, cook and then serve them to you..all under 10 minutes..

i was there with some friends and we had ordered the following and i was thinking that with a large crowd already seated at roughly 20 tables, we were gonna have to wait a while..but just as one waiter brought the plates, spoons & forks, another waiter started putting our dishes on the table..



this one came up first..eeeeww..one big ugly looking fish BUT hey...the flesh was so fresh and sweet, we just had to overlook the face staring back at us and just gorged away at the meat..hehe



next up was this asam prawns that had a bit of curry sauce in it..it was totally fabulous, there must have been like 8 huge prawns in there coz i ate 3 and there were 5 of us and everyone must have had at least one, i think.. :OP




another fantastic dish..soft shell crabs deep fried with salted egg yolk..we actually ordered two plates of this one coz one plate just wasnt enough to satisfy our lust..hahahaha (why ah...anything cooked with salted egg is nice one??)



then came this huge clams fried "kam-heong" style..clams were huge but we found the meat a little bit on the puny side..if only we could have eaten the shells...hmmm





finally, we also had our token plate of vege..must lah, after all those meaty dishes, we need to ingest some fibres to ease our next morning's businesses right?..dont want to make no hard rock chocolate muffins that refuses to get ejected from our ovens no? ...lol lol




all the above including some drinks and unlimited helpings of rice came to about rm 167-00.. considering that we had altogether 6 dishes that fed 5 of us really well, we couldnt complain..the food was good and tasty enough, almost bordering on excellent..

so if you are in the ss2 area, this place is called paris seafood restaurant and it is located on the same road leading to the ss2 mall.. do go early coz the place can get really crowded..then again, at the rate the food gets served, you'd probably wont need to wait too long.. hehehe

handfone wonderland..

...wheeeeeeeee...

i found myself this website that sells all the latest smartfones & the not-so-smart ones at really really affordable prices..it's so good, i managed to get an excellent deal for some friends of mine on an HTC wildfire-S and also a Samsung Galaxy S II..you can bid for those items or you can buy outright..and those fellas are totally trustworthy and reliable..you make a payment via internet banking, and before you know it, the item arrives beautifully packed by courier within two days..you can also call or sms them and they would always reply..cool fellas..

they also carry models that are often not yet available here (for some reason..) or by-passed by the local distributors...e.g. i almost got myself a samsung infuse 4g but since i already have an sgsII, i had to refrain myself.. trust me, stopping myself on that one wasn't easy i tell you.. i was so very tempted to get the huawei boulder too..

so..go on, i absolutely endorse this virtual shop.. because of the wide variety of models they carry, the fair pricing that are quoted and most of all, friendly dudes with excellent customer care service...

so..happy shopping ya...hehe




p/s: a friend just asked to help get him this one..put in the order yesterday
and received it today !! talk about fast delivery...

i'm sorry lah...

i just really really cannot help it..

i saw this one at a stall the other day and i just had to have it !! one look and it was love at first sight..!! i would have sold everything else i had just so i could get my hands on this baby..

what am i talking about??

it's this lo..!!







it's the samsung galaxy S II people !!! ... woot3 !!! (for full specs, click on the link..)

aiyoh..i tell you ah, the super amoled plus screen is so clear i dont need to wear special glasses anymore to see...kakaka, it's so so slim, you could put your hand into my pants pocket & not feel it..!! (..ahhhh but be careful what else you might feel..haha..) and it's dual core processor is so fast, it puts all my previous smartfones to shame...i could like play angry bird, type an sms, watch a video, make a video-call, take a pic on the 8MP camera plus all the while tweeting at the same time without any lag... seriously.. wheeeeeeeeeee....!!





no wonder lah i hear the stocks are kinda limited at this moment cause whatever there is has just been flying off the shelves like nobody's business... wooweee..

new playground..

been going to this place in subang the past couple of weekends..for food & shopping.. a new "empire" for me to explore..this place has been around for some time already i think. i just never really took the time to go check it out..

my first visit there 2 weeks ago was like discovering a new magical wonderland.. so many nice food outlets, and the supermarket there has all those things that i used to get when i was living in the usa.. wheeeeee..namely fritolays kettle chips lah..and in so many flavors some more..wahhhhh..heaven leh...i tell you.

a bit pricey the items there but i guess that comes with exclusivity..not so pricey as in bvsc but near enough..

so anyway, went there again yesterday and decided to try this place out for dim sum..this place called "din tai fung" located on the 1st floor of the empire subang shopping centre.



spinach stir fried with garlic..nice & fresh, popeye would have been so proud. when eaten on its own, you get the wholesome goodness & power of spinach without the need for any starchy carbohydrates..




Siu Long Pao..whatever it means...supposed to be a very special dish. err..i didnt quite see the specialty in it. to me it was just a wet "pao" but nevertheless, it was tasty enough..







spring roll..i don't quite recall much about this dish. it was crispy i guess, but wasn't really exceptional in taste or presentation..



ah...this one was my favorite. fried won-ton with prawn fillings..add a dash of that super-hot chilli and i was completely lost for words..it's so important that fresh ingredients are used for dim sum items and i must say this place has managed to set some standards..




i had thought this was some sea corals dish when it was served..hehe but it's actually shrimp siu-mai.. again, very fresh ingredients were used and they tasted like they just came out right from the steamer..



the above came up to RM68 and the portions were just nice for two people, including two cups of hot chinese tea..is it expensive? ..hmmm, for a place like empire, maybe yes, maybe not but i'd say it is still good value for money especially when one gets fresh & nice tasting food..



and oh...my visit to empire would never be complete without a cup of coffee at O'briens and their must have packet of irish potato chips..kekekeke

..kuchai ??

...had a meetup with my uncles, aunt & cousin yesterday and we went for a light meal at this place some where in kuchai lama.. totally recommended by me cousin..amazing place this "new" kuchai lama area, the whole place's just bursting with new restaurants, cafes and eateries and combined with the old ones that are still standing, this area's turning into a foodie's paradise...my last visit to kuchai lama a few years back gave me the impression that it was sort of an abandoned suburban area left behind by everyone and that it had seen better days a long long time ago...

anyway, like i said in my earlier post, i think everyone's just really jumping into the food business.. sometimes, when one's lucky, there's a bull's eye hit, some times, a complete miss altogether, an off-tangent kinda food & place...

but this place that my cousin brought us to, almost hit the bull in the eye.. almost that is if not for the hard sell by the waiter to get us to order bigger portions of food, which was not really that necessary actually...




simple fried sui-kow..nice crispy, freshly made, with minced meat on the insides that dont smell or make you feel like you're tasting the previous week's food..nice, i like it..







not sure about this dish but i think it's yau-cha kwai filled with duck meat plus some veges..i'm not really one to appreciate duck meat, so it was kinda just another appetizer to me.. the mayonaise on the top was a bit too heavy though..





now..this was the purpose for our visit..their hong kong style wan tan mee..the noodles are apparently imported from hkg..!! and i have to say, there's a certain special springiness to it.. with simple light soya kon-lou sauce that lets you taste the freshness of the noodles rather than the saltiness of the dark sauce used locally or the crafty use of char-siew and chee-yoke char to make up for any lack of flavor.. i remember eating just such noodles a long2 time ago on a budget trip to hong kong in search of work.. and i remember thinking how nice it tasted then.. as it did yesterday...



and this one just brought back those memories with one single swallow..

this is the spicy version.. lightly spicy and doesnt overwhelm the natural taste of the noodles at all.. nice..very nice..





so i have to say.. this one is good. a nice little place called "yummy duck" that serves really yummy hong kong style wan tan noodles.. i would go back there again, hopefully soon and that is if i can find my way there on my own.. hehe

me so bloated..

..after eating these fabulously fantastic food served..

was taken to this restaurant located smacked right in the middle of a malay kampong area, somewhere in cheras yesterday. i wasnt really keen on having a heavy dinner as i was still feeling a bit full from my lunch earlier..but i got convinced and was told that i would not regret it..



anyhoo..as we approached the restaurant, i could see that people were queueing up waiting for tables outside and the restaurant was just over-flowing with busy & noisy eaters inside..had to wait about 1/2 hour before our dishes arrived..



first up was this vegetable dish that was wrongly ordered..errmm..ok, nothing special except the combination of supposedly crispy seaweed with gently stir-fried choy-sum was rather unique..and could have been fabulous if done correctly as in if the seaweed part were to be more finely shredded..






next up was this special fried rice just over-flowing with ebikko (fish roe)..look at that !! wow..very special indeed. first time i see such an ingenuous presentation. the taste was fishily nice too..hehe and it seemed like every table in that restaurant was having this dish too..






then came my favorite dish..butter fried, but this one using soft shell crab !! just the yummiest soft shell crab i have ever tasted. no need peeling, breaking shells..just plonk them inside the mouth and taste the juicy crab goodness with the crispy egg/coconut bits that kinda just melt in your mouth..







Oooo..just look at that creamy & colourful indonesian curried prawns..hmmm, taste is absolutely wonderful if man-tou (pic below) is used to dip in the sauce, otherwise, on its own can be a bit overwhelming..








freshly baked/fried man-tou. can be eaten on its own too..quite tasty i must say..crispy on the outside, soft on the inside..





i think my cholesterol level must have shot up through the roof after that meal..i certainly felt real bloated, but satisfyingly bloated...haha.. and can you believe RM 85.20 for all the above !!??.. definitely worth the money this one..

i will be going back there to try out other dishes in the near future..and if you decide to check out this place, rest assured you wont be disappointed..

Surprise... !!!

wheeeeeeeeeeee.....

once in a while, i come across a totally unpretentious place serving absolutely fantastic food and that makes me so happy...hehehe

i was just looking around for a bit of dinner cum supper after work last night and decided to walk into this neighborhood cafe...it's called mr kaya kopitiam, in bukit tinggi, klang..saw like a million and one dishes on the menu and just absent-mindedly pointed at their mee goreng mamak without much expectation.

what eventually appeared before me was totally mouth watering in both appearance and taste !! take a look at the pic below..looks yummy eh?


if only all cafes could serve up nice & simple dishes like this deliciously, people wouldn't have to go around searching for good food..

looks like i will be going back to try out the rest of their million and one dishes frequently to see if it wasn't just a one time lucky flash in the pan ...hehehe








on a subsequent visit, i decided to try something else..

this is their version of penang fried koay teow..not quite like penang ckt at all but very tasty nevertheless..