China Treasures

If you are looking for Halal dim sum, you can try it here at, China Treasure. It is located at Sime Darby Convention Center at Bukit Kiara which is situated opposite to KLGCC. It is a quiet place. So, it is easy to find a place to sit.

Here is some of the dim sum we ate,
Carrot Cake

Chee Cheung Fun

Chicken Char Siew Pao


Siew Mai

Beancurd Roll

Rice in Lotus Leaves

Crab Meat Fried Noodle

I personally like this fried noodle because it cooked well and enough “wok hei”. They used yee mee to cook, making it tasted well. The taste of the noodle was not salty too.

For drink, you can choose to drink their chinese tea which I heard it’s RM8 per person. I didn’t look at the beverage section to check out what kind of chinese tea that they are offering.

Location:
China Treasure, Sime Darby Convention Centre, 1A, Jalan Bukit Kiara 1, 60000 Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia.

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Shin Kee Beef Noodle

After walking for more than 2 hours at the Batu Caves, me and my friend decided to go back to KL for some local Chinese food at Petaling Street. My friend wanted to go to eat beef noodle which is located at Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, near by the Petaling Street. This little beef noodle shop is called, Shin Kee Beef Noodle.

It is strategically located not far away from Pasar Seni Putra LRT station, a stone throw away from the Central Market and 1 minute walk from the Petaling Street’s entrance.

During the peak hour, this shop is packed with people and sometimes you have to share tables with other people too. I am not sure whether this shop is always crowded with people but when we reached this shop at 3.30PM, Saturday, we were quite surprised that there was no body inside the shop. The workers were freely sitting down at the table. I thought they were about to close shop.

Their business hour is quite long, starting from 10.30AM to 8.30PM. The notice board did not mention if they have off day.

RM7.00 for a bowl of fresh beef noodle, I think it is a bit expensive to eat a small shop, non shopping complex area but it is still worthy.

The beef balls are fresh and springy when you eat it. Unlike some of the beef balls which are either powdery and hard to eat. The texture is different than another famous beef noodle called, Soong Kee also. You can order either soup or dry with your choices of noodles. Besides that, you also can choose to have mixed beef noodle which is also costs RM7.00.

The broth is clear and tasty. I did not feel thirsty after finishing the soup

I prefer the dry beef noodle and so I can mix it with the minced meat. The generous amount of minced meat mix well with any type of noodle. Overall, it is not too oily, just look okay when I mixed with the kuay teow.

By the time we finished up our beef noodles and looked around the shop, it was packed with people already. We were lucky to be there early. However, you do not have to worry long waiting time, they serve the food and drink very fast.

Location:
7A, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Noodle Station

On one of the visits to the Noodle Station at Mid Valley’s branch, they introduced their new western style selections. Hmm, I am still faithful with my favourite meal, Springy Noodle With Prawns. However, my colleague gave a try to their new introduction. Here are some of the new food and drinks that they introduced.

Spaghetti Carbonara
I have no comment on this meal because I am not the one who tried it. I am not sure if they are still having this in their menu list.

It comes with a small bowl of salad. It was nicely decorated.

Lychee Sorbet

Coffee with Caramel and Cream


Location :
S-069, Second floor, Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sunflower Brasserie

Next, we tried the Grilled Salmon Steak (RM38). It was quite okay taste for me and the salmon’s portion is generous too. It comes with some mashed potatoes and vegetables. Remember squeeze the lemon juice on the salmon before start eating.

And the other food that we tried at this restaurant was the pizza. We ordered the BBQ Chicken Pizza (RM20) which is reasonable big portion with generous amount of ingredients. I think 1 person cannot finish this whole pizza.

Here is the picture of the restaurant’s logo.

Some interior displays of the restaurant which look like oldies. By the way, this restaurant is quite dark inside but you can choose to sit outside which is belongs to another little cafe.



Location:
The Royale Bintang Kuala Lumpur, 17-21, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

TGI Friday

Aloha Chicken with fried sweet potato
I shared it with my colleague as the chicken looked very big portion, they gave us half of the chicken. I divided it into 2 parts, the drumstick and the breast meat. I like its fried sweet potatoes because it is very unique compared to normal fried potatoes that we have. The sauce to dip the sweet potatoes is unique too. It is a bit spicy, does not look like normal thousand island.

Parmesan-Crusted Chicken Quesadillas

Chicken with Peppers and Mushrooms

Los Angeles Almond Chicken Salad

I quite like this dish, the salad and dried tomatoes are pretty nice to eat.

Little Taiwan

Claypot Loh Su Fun with Sausage
It was my first time trying out this noodle. The base of this claypot is the loh su fun and topped with minced meat, some sliced sausages, a half cooked egg and a mushroom.  The portion is pretty generous.

Mix well all the ingredients with the noodle inside the claypot. It is one of the must try food listed in their menu.

If you are going for vegetarian, this Siew Ngo Rice set is one of the best offer. I am not sure whether this set is still on their menu or not because they often change menu and set lunch offers.

You may order the siew ngo (vegetarian duck) separately too.

Dumplings
Remember you can choose either normal or with chili oil dumplings. It comes with some tiny-sliced gingers dipped into the vinegar. Try eat the dumplings with the ginger and vinegar, as for some people, they feel it blends well.

Taiwan Sausage
Another side dishes that you can try out.

Location:
No. T023A, Third Floor, Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Lot 1.46, Food Republic, Level 1, Pavilion, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Thim Yuen Kopitiam

Thim Yuen Kopitiam at Lorong Brunei 3, nearby the Pudu Plaza was one of my favorite kopitiam during my schooling days. I liked the wanton noodle stall there because of its nice soup based. I am not sure if the same stall owner still selling there or not.

During my recent visit, I tried the “tai chow”. It was the only stall opened during the Chinese New Year season. We ordered few plates of noodles to eat.

Sang Mein
Sang Mein is the fried wanton noodle with thick gravy. The gravy is similar as the Cantonese fried noodle and most of the time the ingredients are almost similar. I have to mix the noodle with gravy in order to get it soften before eating it.

Hokkien Mee
I seldom eat Hokkien mee, the big and thick yellow noodles cooks with dark soya sauce. All I know is an Hokkien mee considers as a good one if the cook puts in the lards to cook. I do not know why the taste will be different if goes without the lards. Anyway, I hate lards that is why I seldom eat Hokkien mee.

Cantonese Fried Noodle
The Cantonese fried noodle that has the kway teow only is called “wat tan hor”. A normal Cantonese fried noodle is the combination of the fried mee hoon and kway teow and it is called “yin yong”. Both gravy are the same.

Sushi Zanmai

I revisited Sushi Zanmai at Low Yat Plaza and I have taken a few more pictures of different food. Of course, I will not miss out the chance to eat the softshell crab again. Here, I have the pictures of the softshell crab and sushi with softshell crab.

Another reason of visiting this Low Yat branch is for this unagi set. It was having promotion (June 2010) at this branch so we gave a try. Add more teriyaki sauce if you feel it is not enough sauce.

Location:
Lot G005 & G005A, Ground Floor, Plaza Low Yat, No.7 Jalan Bintang, Off Jln Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.

KFC

Once a while the KFC will launch something special or limited edition sets which only sell for a certain period of time. Back in year 2008, they introduced the Chicken Chop. I went to try it and took a picture of it.

I did not remember the taste of this chicken chop already.

Another limited edition set was the Chicken Rice.