Peanut Butter and Nutella Cupcake

I just can't help it but took an extreme interest in Rita's (of Mochachocolata - Rita) recipe of Peanut Butter and Nutella Cupcake when I read the recipe that does not contain any butter and uses olive oil instead and using very little egg!



And so I did the cupcakes and they're absolute divine!!! The texture of the cake is more steam like. However, the colour of cupcakes do not look as good as Rita's, it's very very pale. Based on my baking experience, cakes that use very little oil will not yield a golden colour but I'm not complaining as they still tasted great especially the goey PB and nutella fillings.

Peanut Butter and Nutella Cupcake

1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp peanut butter (and more for filling)
2 tbsp nutella (and more for filling)
1 egg white (I added the yolk in)
1/4 cup olive oil
a dash of vanilla
2/3 cup plain yoghurt

Preheat oven to 180C. Mix dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix wet ingredients in another bowl, except peanut butter and nutella. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients, mix a bit, add peanut butter and nutella, whisk until just combined. Pour batter into muffin tray lined with paper cups half way, spoon a bit of peanut butter and nutella in the middle, top off with more batter until 3/4 full, bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Recipe from Mochachocolata - Rita

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Congratulations BestFoodJunction.com

Last Thurday, I was contemplating with Jay's invite to the grand launch of BestFoodJunction.com for I was coughing my lungs out for more than a week. The coughs were so forceful that they bruised my throat badly and rendered me almost voiceless. A first for me indeed to have lost my voice. Anyway, I decided to take up the invite and I have no regrets even though it was tough for me not being able to carry a conversation out.

I was late as the traffic in the city was horrendous but I caught another jam around The Curve, geee... which was bad. After registering, I looked around and saw no familiar faces. So I tried some of the food around then I saw Simon across the room. Can't miss this cutie in his bright red shirt! He's so famous that he was actually here in between another event at The Laundry!!!

Then... jeng jeng jeng, I thot I saw someone very familiar, yes yes yes, it's Su of Delectable. I was very happy indeed, it's my first time seeing the Queen of sugarcraft :p Funny how I actually got to know her when I invited her to partipate Merdeka Open House 2006: Recipe Long Forgotten and she submitted her Kampar Chicken Biscuits entry. From there I see how she paved her way to make her dreams came true with the opening of Delectable. You go girl!

Ermmm July is looming, should I host another round of Merdeka Open House???

Shortly later I said Hi to The Nomad Gourmand and she in turn introduced me to Pure Glutton!!! Wow, I was indeed very very happy to have attended this event. Later on Rachel turned up as well. Oh yeah I forgot Tim was there and he introduced me to his lovely wife.

I also finally met the people behind BestFoodJunction.com who is no stranger to me. A couple of my articles were featured in the printed magazine. Do check out the mag at major bookstores. Not only that, BestFoodJunction.com has a portal on restaurants and reviews PLUS you can click click to reserve tables at the participating restaurants and earn some vouchers along the way. Ahhhh... the wonders of technology!!!

Congratulations to BestFoodJunction.com on your grand launch!

p.s. Sorry no pics cos first I was late and then I was busy covering my mouth with a piece of tissue almost the whole time :p

Review: Breakie at La Bodega Deli

Back when I was young, Sunday is always a treat for us as Dad will bring us out for breakie. Breakfast at Yut Kee would have been a great treat as other times kopitiam that serves good chu cheung fun, char koay teow, pork ball noodles or wantan meen would make us jump too.

However kids these days are far more privileged just like my boiboi. His daddy takes him to Old Town Kopitiam whenever he fancies some french toasts or at times a place that serves big breakfast when the maid mummy is not cooking up any yummy breakie.



This time we went to La Bodega Deli for some BIG breakfast. We were a little late for breakie but it's all right since big breakfast is served all day here. Daddy and mummy both have a portion of BIG breakfast with juice and coffee/tea thrown in for RM27++ each (RM22++ without the drinks). Boiboi wasn't interested to share with mummy after he saw the words waffles + ice-cream (RM18++) in the menu. I can't blame him... who could resist warm waffles topped with cold ice-cream???



Our big breakfast came with beef bacon, breakfast sausages, fried mushrooms, half a grilled tomato, baked beans, a slice of toast and eggs done in our choice, scrambled for me and bullseye for Capt'n Hook. Can't fault them as everything was done just as they should especially my scrambled eggs. When my plate reaches the table, my boiboi couldn't resist asking to share some of mine *roll eyes*. I think he ate virtually 3/4 of my eggs, half of my toast and all the sausages plus my juice.





When the waffles came, my boiboi only took a bit of the waffles but ate almost all of the ice-cream. So ended up the mummy and daddy doing the Alam Flora bit as usual. The waffles were crisp on the outside but fluffy on the inside... tastes just as good plain or like us with some honey drizzled all over since boiboi ate up all the ice-cream which came in a single scoop only to go with 4 slices of waffles.



This is the kinda deli we would love to kick off our shoes on a lazy Sunday morning with excellent and attentive service from the wait staff. If only they're nearer home... sighhhh.

La Bodega Deli charges 10% for service charge and 5% goverment tax.


La Bodega Deli
18 Jalan Telawi 2
Bangsar Baru
59100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603 2287 9468
Opening hours: 8am - 10pm (Mon - Sun)


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Review: Restoran Satu Ikan Tiga Rasa

**Non-Halal**


It piqued my interest when my friend Pat mentioned that he went to this place somewhere in Kepong that serves a variety of dishes from one single fish. Last week we decided to go dinner together with CES and we asked Pat to bring us to this place which is actually in Selayang not Kepong. It's rather easy to find, from Kepong/FRIM just go straight on until the traffic light junction of the bridge/flyover from Selayang. Continue straight until roundabout. Take 12 o'clock and you'll see a row of hawkers on your left. Slow down and look for a left turn. Turn left and you should find the Restoran Satu Ikan Tiga Rasa on your left. It's actually part of the hawker row not in a proper shop lot.



We arrived rather late that night so no patrons were in sight, so we have Mr Moon (the owner cum chef) full attention. He showed us the fishes available from the ice-boxes that comes fresh everyday. As they were sea fishes, you won't be able to pick them live from a tank. The price could be on the high side depending on the type of fish you pick, so please do check first before ordering.



These are the fishes we spotted on the menu book but again not all are available.

Mr Moon was rather honest and just recommended us this hoong joe yue (red snapper) which is the right size for the 3 of us. Since it was a rather small fish we only get to have "2 cooks" meaning one fish to be cooked into 2 dishes. We let Pat to decide what to do with our snapper and he also ordered a prawn dish. Mr Moon keep assuring us that he doesn't use MSG in his cooking which we think it's very good as the natural freshness of the seafood can be tasted.



We browsed the menu book which is full of photos, many of them repeated or pictured differently. It recommends the kinda dishes you could order from one single fish and of course their specialties. I can't help but notice there were "ratings" like 1 cook, 2 cooks or 3 cooks. Upon enquiry, Mr Moon said it's rated by a team from Astro which Chui Ling was amongst them which you can see their pics plastered all over the place. Apparently, 1 cook is supposedly have the highest marks given.

I was captivated by this dish... Iced Mango Fish. From the pic, the deep fried fish was rested on a bed of mango cubes and topped with ice-cream??? When I asked Pat, he just smiled!!!



We waited almost 30 mins for our first dish to arrive, yes it's pretty long cos it's a steamed porridge (rice congee). Mr Moon advised us to call and order this in advance to avoid waiting that long. Part of our snapper including the bones were used in this dish, topped with an egg with a sprinkling of kei chi (goji berries) and served on top of a portable gas stove to keep the porridge warm.



Thumbs up were given for this porridge from all of us. The porridge is extra smooth, very different from normal boiled porridge. The natural sweetness of the fish can be tasted here with a tinge of Chinese wine. Fantastic! Pat mentioned that the previous time, he have prawns added in which made the porridge even sweeter.



We asked for a prawn each after Mr Moon indicated that they're rather huge and he turned them into Cheese Honey style. The prawns I have to say are absolutely firm and fresh however, there is hardly any cheese detected. Most probably melted into the sweet and sourish gravy. The prawns were fresh but the sauce were mediocre.



The last dish that came, errrm sort of like threw me and CES off a bit. So Pat did ordered the Iced Mango Fish afterall!



Due to our minuscule sized fish, the fish slices were thinly sliced, coated lightly with sesame seeds and deep fried. The fish slices were placed on the sides of a bed of mango and papaya cubes plus some canned rambutans with pureed mango at the bottom of the plate. In the centre were a myriad of ice-cream scoops of different flavours, yes, you read me... ice-cream!!! Finished off with a cherry as topper :P



Mr Moon was there to guide us to eat this... place the fish and mango inside the mouth then followed by some ice-cream. I can't really described the feelings... it's a pretty different experience for someone who eats french fries dipped into soft ice-cream. Like CES' comment, "I think my mouth is kinda confused now"... yeah I could relate to this. It's kinda confused to my system to decide if this is part of my mains or was it dessert already??? It was fun though trying something out of the norm.

The prawn dish costed us RM21 whilst the 2 fish dishes came up to RM52.80. Tea and ice all round up our bill to RM81.30 which seems reasonable. Oh yeah this place do accept credit cards, so I can imagine those huge exotic fishes could cost an arm and a leg. I was told it gets very busy here on weekends so a reservation is a must as tables are limited.

There are other dishes as well like tofu soup, steamed fish, tung por yuk (one day advance notice required) and etc. Looks like I'll have to come again to check the rest out but for that night, the star was definitely the steam porridge! Gosh I'm drooling now.



Restoran Satu Ikan Tiga Rasa
Taman Selayang Segar
Lot 59-61 Jalan Besar Segar 1
68100 Batu Caves
Tel: 6016 268 8559 or 6012 605 1168
Coordinates: N 03° 15.093' E 101° 39.563'

Beef, Onions & Peas Quiche

Using the same recipe as Mini Cheese & Spinach Quiche, I sub the cheese and spinach with sliced beef, onions and peas. I browned the onion first before tossing in beef slices marinaded with soy sauce, a dash of worchestershire sauce, a bit of cornflour and pepper. Stirred quickly and added the peas. Season with some salt and black pepper. Dish up and cool down before placing them evenly over the pastry. Pour in egg and milk concoction and bake.

You can use frozen shortcrust pastry or make your own. I made mine this round. If you need the recipe, just leave a note in the comment and I'll post up the recipe.


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Please Help Baby Kai Xin

This morning, my colleague passed me today's copy of Sin Chew Jit Poh. On the front page of Metro Edition section featured my friends', Eric Loke and Lee Huey Jing, plight of their baby girl Loke Kai Xin. The following are the scanned copies of the article (please click to expand the copy):







I've a copy of the original email which I've summarised together (in English) with the latest update that I've gotten from Eric this morning.

Their daughter Loke Kai Xin was diagnosed with biliary atresia at 3 months old and a Kasai procedure was done in February then. Unfortunately, the procedure did not cure her condition and was advised liver transplant as her last and only option.

Due to her weight, she was advised by University of Malaya Specialist Centre (UMSC) to seek medical help from Singapore. After the first round of pre-assessment at National University Hospital S’pore (NUH), Eric's liver artery is too short and narrow if the surgeon cut out the left lobe of the liver. Although there is no risk for Eric but it will lead to future complication and the result will not be good for Kai Xin. Huey Jing went thru all major pre-assessment and found to be a favourable donor prior to the rest of the assessments to be done at a later date.

At the moment, Kai Xin's current weight is 7.2 kg inclusive of water in her tummy and they need to get Kai Xin to gain her weight to 8kg before the liver transplant team can arrange the date to have the transplant done. Kai Xin is staying in UMSC as they need to use a feeding pump to feed her gradually during the night (less milk volume but increased feeding frequency) plus maintaining her health level to be as good as possible.

The total cost including post-operations and follow up expected to be at the region of RM500k (liver transplant and pre-assessment SGD200k, post ops, follow ups etc) or more due to her age. This amount is just too high for them to bear in full moreover they've spent more than RM50k up till now for Kai Xin's medical expenses; therefore they are appealing for help. As of last week, the figure had barely touched 10% of the amount needed. Hopefully with their plight highlighted in Sin Chew Jit Poh, the desired amount can be met.

A fund has been set-up for Kai Xin with following bank account details. For those who are keen, kindly deposit your donations (cash or cheque) in favour of:

Name: Loke Kai Xin
Maybank Berhad A/C No.: 1-14013-213313

Note: If you're using Maybank2U/ATM, you'll see Lee Huey Jing displayed instead.

May the compassion of Lord Buddha cure all illnesses that is afflicting Loke Kai Xin, and may she has a speedy recovery, long and healthy life!

Review: Brussels Beer Cafe

**Non-Halal**

Actually, I was a bit reluctant to write about Brussels Beer Cafe as I find them more of a watering hole than a place that serves good food. Not to say their food is not up to mark but I guess it's really depends on what you order plus it's really individual's opinion. However, we do loved the wide range of beer selections they have here, that one Brussels Beer Cafe really wins hands down!



Capt'n Hook had a Leffe Brune Draught (1 pint RM26.00) which is a dark beer, incredibily smooth!



I have a rather fruity flavoured Hoegaarden White Draught (half pint RM14.00).




Whilst waiting for our friend to arrive, we have an order of "hard not to resist" Brussel's Style Roast Pork (RM18.80). The portion is a tad stingy and served with stoemp. Tastewise it was all right with the crispy skin but I feel our Chinese style siew yuk rocked me more especially those homemade ones :p




Later on my friend and I have this Brussels Mushroom Soup (RM8.80) which was great! It's creamy but not heavy, packed with mushroom bits. Lovely indeed.





Capt'n Hook had Onion Soup RM9.80 which is mediocre only.



My boiboi and I shared a Sausage Platter (RM28.80). Now these sausages were just all right.




Capt'n Hook's Lamb Shank & Stoemp (RM38.80) was a total disaster! The meat was tough even though the waitress said they have cooked it for many hours. They were not fork tender. The lamb still have gamey taste, something which Capt'n Hook detest. My friend's version of chicken doesn't look nor taste exciting as well.




Overall, I think we'd better stick with the beer.




Brussels Beer Cafe
L-20-G, Block L, Jaya One
No. 72A Jalan Universiti
46200 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel: +603 7954 2000


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Basil Omelette and Roasted Peppers Open Sandwich

With El Nino and haze looming over Kuala Lumpur, many times I just don't feel like doing anything but just veg out, cooking over hot stove is really out of the question!

I still have to feed myself eh... so I go for simplicity. A simple sandwich usually will do for me like this one. I bought a bunch of Thai basil from the market and was thinking of the ways of using them up. Usually I would boil a soup but I'm not drinking hot soup in such weather :p So what I did was plucked and cleaned some leaves; chucked them into a lightly beaten egg and made an omelette out of them.

I toasted a slice of my homemade multi-grain bread, butter it and place some tomato slices over. Drizzle a bit of extra virgin olive oil and a light sprinkling of balsamic vinegar. Place the omelette on top and some left over roasted pepper (capsicum). More olive oil and balsamic vinegar, plus some freshly grated black pepper. Voila!!! Simple, fast and best of all no hovering over the stove for more than 2 minutes, YAY!





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A Slice of Heaven Now in Petaling Jaya!!!

A Slice of Heaven brought to you by Just Heavenly have arrived in Petaling Jaya, Jaya One to be precise. The cake boutique was opened on 6th June, last Saturday. It's located in the same block as Cold Storage, just walk down further after Guardian and you'll find the lovely blue shop with pillows of clouds (painted by Allan himself, no less); funky light fixtures and a "tree" with sugar cookies as leaves.



Actually I have no idea they opened on that day as I did not manage to go online for 3 days, so happened we were at Jaya One for lunch and I stumbled upon the shop on my way to the loo :p and I went oooOOOoooo hehehe. The boutique assistants have ushered me to buy some and I assured them I'll be back once I'm done at Cold Storage. Of course I HAD to keep to my words as my boiboi have been tugging at my sleeves on our way to the loo and also kept reminding me whilst I was picking up some stuff at the supermarket!!! And surprise surprise... I met Nigel and Allan there fussing over the shop and entertaining their customers when we returned.



Capt'n Hook and I congratulate them both. My boiboi was checking out the goodies in the display plus if could, he would have "pluck" quite a number of "leaves" from the "tree". I bought up quite a number of cupcakes available but the delish durian choc was not in sight sighhh...



I'm not going to "sell" the yummy cakes for they're all really good and the toppings are not sickly sweet... they really brought us to Heaven!



The broken dinosaur which made boiboi kicked up a fuss when he saw it back home. He asked his daddy why he drove so recklessly until his dino broke it's nose and tail *roll eyes*



If you're in Petaling Jaya, you're really blessed now with a real slice of Heaven. From now till 10th June, there's a 15% discount given as part of the opening promotion.



For those nearer to Damansara Heights, you can go to Pleasures at Lot G, 1.05 No 1, Jln Media Setia 1, Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur or call +603 2287 9866 to place your orders.




A Slice of Heaven
Blk E, B2, Jaya One
72A Jalan Universiti
46200 Petaling Jaya


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Review: Restoran Jeffrey at Queen's Park

**Non-Halal**


Whenever we go to Fock Kee, we tend to see this Restoran Jeffrey across the road (within the park itself). One evening we decided to give it a go. Capt'n Hook ordered his Kong Nam Meen (forgot the price) which is similar to fresh prawn noodles except there is no gigantic prawns. In replace, there are assortment of vegetables, sliced pork and prawns on eggy gravy with century egg slices on the side. The gravy was lovely, not starchy at all with the barely cooked cracked egg all over the crispy noodles.



We also ordered this Fried Mee Hoon With Lala (RM6.00). Looked kinda plain but taste wise it packed a punch with reasonably sized lala which came in a rather generous amount.



We also got a small portion of Harm Darn Har (RM25) which is prawns coated with salted egg yolks. This is pretty ok, a tad oily, as we have eaten better ones than this but at least the prawns were crunchy indicating that they're very fresh.



I noted they have a whole lot more dishes that you can go with rice, plus some other noodles dishes as well.


Restoran Jeffrey
23-23A, Queen's Park
Lot 392, Jalan Shelley
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 019-212 7983


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Our Fave Souled Out Brought Back Our Old Favourites!

Geee... did I got your attention there? I hope I did :p

We were invited to SOULed OUT recently by Frat Mustard, the Marketing Manager of theQguides to check out their new menu. We can't resist the offer as SOULed OUT is our favourite makan place. So we HAVE to be there and boy we were glad we did. We met Frat for the first time... neh say Hi to Frat.



Not only that, we met THE beauty queen, Bangsar Babe, for the first time as well. Rachel and Ruth were there too this time. SOULed OUT's PR consultants and their own propaganda pixie, Fanny were ever so accommodating to all our whims and fancies, thank you so much for putting up with our antics.

Two of the many reasons why we liked this place is their staff which puts up to all our requests with a smiling face that made us feel at home plus of course the extensive menu of food and drinks. We have yet to try out all their drinks cos imagine they have over 100 choices of them!

Let's start with their drinks then... ranging from beer, liquor, cocktails, mocktails to coffee and tea... we loved them all. You'll find SOULed OUT own creations as well as award winning ones. Clockwise from left, the red pink hued drink is their most popular drink, Dragonfly (RM12) which consist of mainly of red dragonfruit with the addition of watermelon and strawberry with a tinge of lemon; Mojito was my choice... I tend to go for this for the fresh mint and lime perk-me-up; my second drink was this Green Peace, the jumbo sized one (RM35) that is with an almost 12" tall glass filled with white rum, Midori, dry orange curacao, sugar cane juice and pandan flavoured syrup; whilst Capt'n Hook rounded up his meal with their award winning Harry's Crunch but his is errr without the crunch ie. cornflakes hehe... I took a sip and I have to say this is a nice one instead of the usual Irish Coffee as this one has vodka, Bailey’s Crème de Cacao, chocolate sauce and pandan syrup!





I've always loved the Indian dishes here, hence the Sizzling Lamb Cutlet (RM28) that made a come back did not disappoint. The meat were succulent filled with the rich spices that melded into the meat, best wrapped with the naan served but you can always asked it to be served with rice or chips.



I was excited to hear that the Hokkien Mee (RM14) and Claypot Loh Shi Fun (RM14) were back. Capt'n Hook asked if it's really good without the lard hehehe, well I would says it's quite there with the wok hei (breath of the wok) and all. As for the loh shi fun, I only have one comment... where is the raw egg that usually topped this??? Sorry but it's my personal preference :p I was kinda expecting it to make the noodles smooth and slippery even though the mince meat sauce is good enough here to do the job.



This is my first time trying the Singapore Fried Noodles (RM14) here even though it's not new. I like this as the tinge of tang is there with the slight use of tomato sauce. I've a new found favourite which is the Koay Teow Beef Tausi (RM14). It's a new dish but I've always order this in another place which has since closed. I loved the subtle hint of smokey saltiness accompanying each bite of the tausi (fermented black beans) together with the tender and smooth beef slices.



For something Western, the new Pan Seared Grouper (RM23) would be a good choice for light eater like myself. The grilled grouper fillet is served on top of a mixed cajun pasta with roasted cherry tomatoes and capsicum. Another light dish would be Roast Beef Baguette (RM18) which made a come back. I had expected to bite into a chewy baguette but surprising the texture was not chewy at all, instead it's pillow soft haha... kinda unexpected but the soft bread soaked up the juice from the roast beef. They are then topped with salad, mushrooms and cheese before being baked. I can see this would be a wholesome dish for my boiboi if I want him to have some protein and hidden greens topped with cheese (his fave). Otherwise, he would be forever ordering SOULed OUT's pizza! *roll eyes*



Mention pizza, and yes we did have them as well. One was the B-B-Q Chicken Pizza [RM 19 (8”) RM 24 (11”)] which is something new on the menu. The thin crispy crust pizza has marinated B-B-Q chicken, corn kernels, BBQ sauce, pepper and tomato salsa as the topping. I don't usually fancy BBQ sauce in my pizza but thank goodness this version was all right. At least the BBQ sauce did not masked out the taste of the other ingredients.

However, the good old favourite - Sake San [RM 25 (8”) RM 32 (11”)] really took the cake! No wonder Bangsar Babe's eyes lit up when it arrived as she was relating how her sister raves about this pizza that she had eaten in WIP but by the time she had wanted to go, WIP was closed for reno. (Pssst we heard that WIP is going to come back with a bang pretty soon, so stay tune ya for the opening date).

This Sake San is kinda fusion with smoked salmon, roe, cherry tomatoes, Japanese mayonnaise, lolo rosso and a hint of wasabi. Lolo what leh horrr?? It's actually a type of lettuce heh. I totally understood what's the fuss now. The burst of flavours is simply fantastic... imagine the soft smoked salmon against a crispy base of crust and lettuce with light hint of wasabi... and and and the popping of the ebiko (shrimp roe). It's just simply amazing. The thing now is how to educate my boiboi to eat smoked salmon and wasabi???



We were then served dessert of Praline Chocolate Mousse (RM8); Lava Cake (RM13); and Pannacotta (RM10). The creamy chocolate mousse has a hint of almond chocolate caramel but I have to say that this is not a light dessert so it's best to share this. The taste was wonderful and we can see that Bangsar Babe was eating this non-stop, not sure about the other two babes who were sitting at the other end with Frat. I'm seriously wondering how Bangsar Babe can eat and maintain such a slim silhouette?



The Lava Cake is not new but I noticed out loud that it is being served in a different shaped dish :D which Fanny confirmed, see... I told ya that we're regulars at SOULed OUT. The warm and moist chocolate cake is baked in the dish and topped with vanilla ice cream, Haagen-Dazs that is!

The Pannacotta is an Italian style vanilla beans infused cooked cream topped with a choice of raspberry or caramel sauce sells fast here so make sure you reserve one at the start of your meal. I had always liked pannacotta, it's light and easy on the stomach.

I have to say the best part of this eating session is we got to savour so many dishes in one sitting. Myself and Capt'n Hook took tiny morsels of each dish whilst Fanny kept asking why take so little until I have to surrender and tell her that I'm a lousy food blogger for I'm a small eater. She realised it soon after a few dishes when I said I'm already filled. Hehehe I can see the shocked in her eyes :P

Thanks so much to Frat of theQguides for inviting us and Fanny for accommodating us.



SOULed OUT 20 Jalan 30/70A,
Desa Sri Hartamas,
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603 2300 1955 (Reservations); +603 2300 1929 (General)
Business Hours:
Afternoons: Monday – Friday: 12noon- 3pm
Evenings: Everyday & Public Holidays: 6pm – 1am
Happy Hours: 12noon-3pm and 6pm-9pm


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Review: Restoran Sang Kee

**Non-Halal**


Back in April (oops sorry I've loads of back logs), I've gotten tired of the eateries around Chinatown but got pressured by Capt'n Hook to think of a place to eat nearby as we were stupendous hungry, otherwise we'll end up at Seng Kee again!!! Being the kind of person who usually will get extra creative under extreme pressure, I think I did it again heh :p

I suddenly recalled there is this place which my parents used to bring me as a child... hidden in between Traditional Chinese Medical Institute Malaysia and BP House along Jalan Hang Jebat is Restoran Sang Kee. There is limited parking space inside the Traditional Chinese Medical Institute Malaysia for a nominal fee.



Stepping into the restaurant really brought back loads of memory. Nothing much has changed. Everything is still pretty old school and we loved the fans cos Capt'n Hook was wondering what brand they were as the wind generated was so strong hehe.



Capt'n Hook ordered their fresh water prawns noodles (sang har yee meen RM40 for 2 huggeee prawns). Have you guys been noticing that we have been ordering this a lot?? It's his fave! Funny the crispy noodles used here is not the thick yee meen. To me it looked and tasted like deep fried mee sua (vermicelli) instead. The prawns were extremely fresh whilst the gravy was nice, just not eggy enough for me.



Can't resist to order Goe Low Yuk (Sweet and Sour Pork RM13). In the days of the yore, Goe Low Yuk is a standard fare especially when you have children around, well I was one of the children hehe benefited from the yummy gravy and pork bits. This is a must have ok!!! If you happen to come here, take a look at the tables around, sure have this dish on them. This I tell ya, is how an original Goe Low Yuk should taste like!!!

Sang Kee's version still retained the old school taste. The pork pieces are tender without much fatty bits, coated with seasoning and flour before being deep fried to a crisp. They are then cooked quickly in tomato gravy with pineapple, cucumber and capsicum pieces. The pork retained its crispiness till the last bite and the tomato gravy tasted just right, not too sweet or sour.



When I was there, I saw the notice pasted up which said Ho Chak!Ah Xian (sorry cos it was like 2 months back :p thanks to Mimi for refreshing my memory) featured them over that weekend... which explained why there were quite a number of young generation dining there that night. Dear Restoran Sang Kee, we'll be back!!!


Restoran Sang Kee
Off Jalan Hang Jebat
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603 20785092
Opening hours: 11:00am-3:00pm; 5:00pm - 11:00pm
Coordinates: 3°8'36"N 101°41'57"E