Jaya Palace RestaurantGround Floor, Menara LYL12 Jalan 51A/22346100 Petaling JayaTel: 03-79682000 The recently-opened Jaya Palace Restaurant in Sect.51A is located smack in the middle of industrial and office buildings. Menara LYL where it is located is not fully tenanted and it's not hard to miss the restaurant on the Ground Floor. The decor is modern with a touch of Oriental splendour. Rich brown timber panelled walls give the place a very warm contemporary air and there were also a few wooden … [Read more...]

Last night we had a simple meal at home. I cooked LL’s favourite Kari Ikan Pari. As usual, I put in lots of vegetables - ladies’ fingers, tomatoes and brinjals. And as usual, LL walloped the fish while I went for the vegetables!Tip: To ensure your ikan pari tastes good, marinate it in some salt and assam jawa. The assam jawa eliminates the fishy smell (which ikan pari tends to have) and at the same time adds a nice sourish tinge to the fish.A plate of Quick Stir-fry Green Vegetables complemented … [Read more...]

This Cha-Siew stall is located in Restoran Simon’s Delight in Seapark Petaling Jaya - it’s the corner coffee-shop facing the well-known Seaview Coffee-shop. The guy who runs this stall is a cheerful fella, who once admonished us for calling him “uncle” - he told us in no uncertain terms that he was not an uncle, and that we should call him “Lang Chai”. So, now we refer to this stall as the “Lang Chai Cha-Siew”!If you talk about melt-in-the-mouth Cha-Siew, I can think of no other equivalent. This … [Read more...]

Ipoh New Chang Jiang RestaurantNo.13 Jalan 20/16, Paramount Garden46300 Petaling JayaWith a hankering for some Ipoh-taste food, I took my colleagues to try this joint in Paramount Garden, PJ. It was opened sometime last year and I have been there a couple of times before. Its set-up is typical of the kopitiam style which seems to be the rage these days. Their round and square tables are flanked by wooden stools.Their menu is not terribly extensive. They serve items like Dry Curry Noodles, … [Read more...]

Teochew Porridge Stall@ Restoran Sun Fatt KeeSea Park, Petaling Jaya(opposite the Sea Park Wet Market)This Teochew Porridge stall is run by an older-husband-younger-wife team in the corner coffee shop located right behind Maybank in Seapark, Petaling Jaya. It is an established joint as every day there’ll be queues forming at this stall, patiently waiting to have their orders taken.Whenever I feel like having something “light” and “liquidy”, I’d head for this stall. My favourite dishes to go with … [Read more...]

It’s been more than 6 months since we moved out from USJ and we missed the food at Taipan. So, last weekend we decided to re-acquaint ourselves with some of our favourite hawker offerings there.The Yat Wo coffee-shop in Taipan (at the corner facing RHB Bank) has always been our firm favourite. Previously it was known as Hup Yik. We ordered our usual gastronomic delights:Pan MeeI always go for the “pinched” version, ie pieces of pan mee torn with the fingers, vs the strips-type rolled out from … [Read more...]

Fish Village Steamboat Restaurant28 & 30 Jalan Bandar 13Pusat Bandar Puchong47100 SelangorTel: 58822838/012-3775439This steamboat place is one of our favourites. We have been going there for years now. It's located in one of the row of shops in the Tesco Puchong commercial area.Their ingredients are all seafood-based - there is no meat served. Their fishballs and different variations of fishpaste are all very fresh and succulent. Besides steamboat, they do serve fried meehoon with either … [Read more...]

Restaurant Sri Paandi PJ37 Jalan 11/446200 Petaling JayaTel: 7960 0576Hot on the trail of Banana Leaf Rice, we decided to give Restaurant Sri Paandi a try. This restaurant was reported to be in some kind of rivalry with its neighbour some time ago... it was all reported in the papers!The purple-clad service crew were all very efficient. The moment we were seated, the banana leaves appeared and several pairs of hands then served the vegetables, crackers, rice and curry in lightning speed. Besides … [Read more...]

Every Wednesday and Saturday there is a pasar malam at the Anggerik Vanilla town area. One of the star stalls there is the Nasi Lemak vendor which always has a long queue. The innovative stall owner has even put up proper queue signages for the customers!You can't miss the stall - just look out for the long queue and follow your nose - they fry their chicken at the stall! They have a whole range of dishes to go with their fragrant rice - besides the fried chicken, they have rendang ayam & … [Read more...]

Yuk Mun Lao Hongkong Dim Sum67-69 Jalan Batu Nilam 5Bandar Bukit Tinggi41200 KlangBandar Bukit Tinggi in Klang is a bustling township and full of eateries. It seems a new outlet mushrooms there every week! With hypermarkets like Giant and Tesco in the vicinity, the place crawls with traffic at all hours of the day. Yuk Mun Lao HK Dim Sum is located just across from Giant hypermarket and parking can be quite a challenge along this busy road. We were there on a public holiday, just after 9am and … [Read more...]