Sanuki Udon, Taman Bukit Desa

Located on the hills of Taman Desa is a pretty much undiscovered Japanese eatery. I would not call it a restaurant as it's really an eatery. Owned by Fuji-san (the dude that also owns the yakiniku place in Taman Desa. http://darthko-foodcritic.blogspot.com/2011/08/yakiniku-taman-desa-kuala-lumpur.html), this was his first adventure into the world of F & B. 
Anyway, it turns out to be very Japanese and on week nights, this place is filled to the brim with Japanese expatriates. The udon here is made fresh everyday and you can buy them back and cook them yourself. I love the way this guy maintains freshness and quality of his food. Everything is done with discipline and order thus serving food with consistent quality all the time.
The menu isn't huge which is good I reckon. (Huge menus most of the time mean only one thing. Jack of all trades and master of none.) Other than udon, they also serve some side dishes such as karaage (fried chicken cutlets), edamame, salad etc. In the evenings, they will have yakitori. (chicken skewers) Chicken arse lovers will love this place as they serve yakitori bishop's nose. LOL!
I normally order the house special. You can either have it hot or cold but I always have the hot one. I should remind myself to try the cold one next time. The house special comes with just udon and poached egg. (no oil, which is good) Add a little chilli in it, mix it up and it's actually a very refreshing bowl of udon. Well if you want it spicier add more chilli. I was told that the idea for this house special came from the boss trying our local Chilli Pan Mee. It does make sense as it basically is the same except you don't have too much other stuff in it such as anchovies and minced pork.

This time I also tried the Udon in soup (cold). The weather's here too hot so cold noodles for lunch is always a good idea. The soup is very much like the ones that you eat with soba. Noodles are fresh and has a very good texture. 

Slurp the udon out and add a little wasabi to it to give it a more interesting taste.

Udon is pretty much a healthier choice compared to our local food. Once in a while, it's a good change to our oily diet. Price wise, I would say it's pretty decent here. Freshly made udon for RM5 a bowl, not bad but not cheap either considering you don't get anything else in it.


Points - 3 (0.5 is given due to the cleanliness and service)

Jin Man Fishball Noodles, Taman Taynton View, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

I never knew there was a place in Cheras called Taman Taynton View, sounds very "white" for a very "beng" suburb. Anyway, this place is right opposite the highway from Leisure Mall and there's only like one row of shops there. Hidden here is the famous fish ball noodles of Jin Man.
Got here at 2pm and it was still pretty full. Business is good for the fish people. First thing I noticed is that this place is pretty clean. The floors are not the usual oily and slippery ones, neither were they sticky from years of grease. Good point! Thumbs up for cleanliness.
Old dude came over and we ordered. One bowl of kueh teow mee dry noodles and another one just mee with soup plus a bowl of fish maw and their famous fish cake. (one thing about Chinese shops like these is that service is always pretty fast.)

Good serving of kueh teow and mee combination. They're not too wet nor too dry. Pretty nicely done. Good.

Fish Balls! Yummy! Soups a bit too light but damn the fish balls were pretty damn good. Bouncy, fresh and not artificial like the ones you get at those bloody food courts. Good!

Fish Mall. Very normal stuff as I reckon that the soup's just a tad too light.

Check out the freshly cut chilli! Fresh chilli and soy sauce goes well with those balls.

I was surprised. This coffee shop's kopi-o ice is pretty damn good. Tastes just like the ones you get at the old Hainanese coffee shops. Good!

Well, the fish cake never came. They forgot about it and we had to tell them that it did not come, only did she deduct it out of our bill. (If we had not noticed it then we would have paid for it. Careless, overlooked or honesty? hmm..I'll just give them a benefit of a doubt on this.


Overall, the food is pretty good. Not very expensive, typical coffee shop prices ranging from RM4 - RM 6.50. Sad that I did not get to try their famous fish cake. I will be back.


Points - 2.5 (0.5 deducted for not getting my fish cake LOL)

Lorong Seratus Tahun, Scott's Gardens, Old Klang Road, Kuala Lumpur

Scott's Gardens on Old Klang Road looks like the odd place out in this crappy and dodgy part of town. Brand new shopping mall smacked in the middle of Old Klang Road that has nothing interesting other than Ah Beng watching. So I guess OKR is also changing finally after years of being in the slums. Scott's Gardens is home to Tesco and quite a few F&B outlets namely the crappy Overtime, Tom Dick & Harry's, another crappy one called Mongkok, a bakery called Bloom but will gloom soon and finally this one grandly named kopitiam called Lorong Seratus Tahun (One Hundred Years Lane).


I've been told by some aunties that the food at this place is not bad and that you should try the 22.90 Char Kueh Teow. Huh! Are you &^%#$# MAD? Anyway headed down with the folks, boss and maid in tow, we decided to try our luck.


The place seems packed. Good sign. (maybe not) Our orders were the curry noodles, nasi lemak, chee cheong fun in prawn paste, rojak, mango "crepes" (cannot remember what it's called) and another curry chicken nyonya rice.


Firstly, I apologize for the low quality photos as I was ill prepared for this. Photos taken using my crappy old dying iphone.

The only thing that tasted OK is the chee cheong fun in prawn paste. A little too light on the prawn paste for my liking but it was actually not too bad. 

Now this is the ARMAGEDDON of the "historical" Lorong Seratus Tahun. Just when it landed on my table, it just did not seem right. Picked up a spoon and scooped the soup. Bloody hell! It was so diluted, it looked like colored plain water. No need to try to know that THIS IS SHIT! STRIKE OUT! YOU'RE OUT!

The Penang Rojak was not too bad though after the horror we had with the curry noodles.  But I can get this from any pasar malam for half the price and be happier.

Nasi Lemak? Just like any other nasi lemak you get from the Kopi Tiams sprouting all over town. Nothing special and nothing interesting.

Nyonya rice? Check out the rice. Looks like a ball of over cooked rice. Sambal was not good, chicken was nothing special (Don't even want to remember what it tasted like!) and the lobak...it should be called Lo Chicken. Lobak without the bak (pork) is not LoBak! Don't try to bullshit us!

Mango crepes! Bad combination, Never order this nonsense again!

We came to the conclusion that water was added into the curry soup. It was just too diluted, too damn watery to be called curry and no sane minded cook can churn out crap like that. We reckoned that maybe the business was too good that day, they ran low on their curry so they decided just to top it up with water and maybe they'll get away with it. NONSENSE! You're a fucking restaurant, you serve food, you serve Penang food...have a little pride please! At least taste your food. If it cannot pass your own bloody tongue, don't serve it to us! (Mum said maybe it was the foreign workers but I said no. The blame is on the bosses of the place that do not train and monitor their own businesses.)


Anyway, this is one place I will not go back. They said maybe you should try our famous RM22.90 Char Kueh Teow! RM22.90 and get a couple of big prawns? No bloody way! If I wanted big prawns, I'll just go to a seafood restaurant and get fresher seafood right?


Another one bites the dust!

Super Kitchen Chilli Pan Mee 辣椒板面, SS2 Chow Yang, Petaling Jaya

The famous Chilli Pan Mee 辣椒板面 from Batu Road has been in the SS2 area of Chow Yang for a number of years now and if you're looking to satisfy your craving of this Malaysian specialty, you do not have to brave the traffic jams of town anymore. 


Pan Mee (noodles) must be one of the only few local Malaysian dishes that Singaporeans cannot steal and call it theirs. LOL!! (had to take a shot at our neighbors..) Anyway for the past few years, the craze is not the traditional Pan Mee in soup but this particular one. Special on its own and add a little of their dry chilli, it makes it very interesting...which to means SPICY! 

Check out the perfectly poached egg. Lovely!

Add a little dry chilli, mixed them all up together and it becomes a sensational new dish called Chilli Pan Mee. Awesome albeit spicy as hell.

The new outlets are clean and well organized with proper chairs and tables. The servings a bit too small so most guys have to consume at least 2 bowls. I guess, this is a pretty good joint to add a little spice (so to speak) to your life once in a while and torture the arse later.


Points - 2.5

Crystal Jade Kitchen @ Gardens, Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur

Crystal Jade is actually a huge chain of Shanghainese themed restaurants that have outlets all over South East Asia and China. They started off with the first restaurant in Kuala Lumpur years back out of Lot 10 and has since grown to a few around the Klang Valley. I happened to be in the Gardens on Sunday and was looking around for food. Walked past the so-called fast food outlet of Crystal Jade called Crystal Jade Kitchen and the set lunch menu kinda looked good.


I reckon for the set lunch menu, I will do a photo by photo analysis. (Easier to read right?)

3 Combination BBQ Meat rice. Chicken, Char Siew and BBQ Sausages. Check out the amounts given. Just 2 pieces of chicken, another couple of pieces of the other meat. Damn! Plus a salted duck's egg. If you're really hungry, I really don't know where this things will be in my stomach. Not good value! 

Is this Char Siew? More like red colored meat. Look at the coloring! Char Siew needs to be a little fatty and not entirely lean in order for it to have that Char Siew taste. This does not even look BBQ-ed! BAD! OUT!! 

BBQ Sausages - The way they cut this..amateurs! Who the hell cuts their sausages in angles like that. Not only does it not taste good, it looks terrible. OUT!

Shanghainese Siao Loong Pao. Two tiny pao's in one big bamboo steamer case. Presentation!! Fail! The dumplings are not too bad. Only thing is that the skin is too thick.

Now this is the only thing that is worth mentioning. Their soup that came together with the set. Great soup, a bit like the one mum does (minus the MSG lol). Peanuts, pork ribs and I think I saw some chicken feet. Good Soup.

Waterchestnut dessert. (Ma Tai Lou) It is meant to be a cold dessert but not cold enough. Almost room temperature and in this heat, we all prefer it to be colder. Not too sweet but have tasted better.

Szechuan Hot and Sour Soup. Bloody hell!! For 10 freaking bucks a bowl, can't these buggers not spill some on the side. Are the cooks blind? Please at least wipe the damn bowl before serving it. Presentation again!!! Tasted like those pre-pack ones you get at the super markets. OUT!

This place actually looks like a fast food corner. Only has about 8-9 tables. I wonder how are they going to cope and survive. They are not a fast food restaurant and I do not see anyone taking out. 


Food - Mediocre. You would expect an international food chain to have better quality but nope..Not here.


Service - Average. At least the bill and food came pretty fast.


Price - Not cheap. The set is not too bad for price considering you get four small dishes. 


Would I go again? Don't think so. 

House of Ceggo, Pan Mee 板麵, Taman Danau Desa, Kuala Lumpur

When you see the name, House of Ceggo, you will never think that this place is known for its Pan Mee. Ceggo just sounds like another brand of spaghetti. Anyway, I have been hearing good things about this place from friends and it's high time, I visited the place.
Looks just like a normal shop. Nothing fancy, bright and clean. This place has its variety of the ever loved Pan Mee 板麵 by Malaysians, namely the usual 板麵, tomato 板麵, pumpkin 板麵, Sze Chuan Hot and Spicy 板麵. (reason why I have stuck to using chinese for this is that it just does not sound right using English - Pan Mee??)
I had to try the tomato 板麵 since I've never seen this anywhere before. Mum decided to go for the vegetarian 板麵 and my old man the usual normal one. Ordered a serving of their fried wanton. 

Tomato 板麵 - looks like minestrone right? 

Forget about ordering this, three pieces of crappy wanton = Strike 1, Strike 2, Strike 3 and YOU'RE OUT!

The servings pretty big and for RM 7 bucks, they're not bad, plus you're eating in an air conditioned place. Anyway, the tomato soup 板麵 was pretty nice. The soup tasted a little like minestrone soup. (Kinda reminded me of this Jamie Oliver recipe I tried years back. Summer minestrone soup.) It was not too thick but just nice. The tomato flavors were not overwhelming and it just tasted right on a rainy Saturday night. I noticed that there was no meat in this. Just a few pork bits which you would miss if you're not looking. It just had heaps of vegetables in this. Nothing else? 
Their 板麵 is actually pretty good. Good amounts of it to fill you up and it was very tender and fresh. They served the 板麵 in three styles - thick fat ones (which I ordered), slim and thin & hand torn ones.
They served their deep fried anchovies separate which I liked as if you throw them all into this hot soup, the anchovies will get too soft. Point to note is their chilli. Very spicy but good. It had a good balance of belacan and chilli making it smell delicious but deadly.
I checked out my old man's 板麵 and confirmed that his had a lot of vegetables too and no meat again. Damn! This is a vegan's paradise. My old man claimed that this is the traditional old fashion type of 板麵 which had just vegetables. Hmm!! I don't know about that but supposedly the Hakka's were not rich folks and meat was a luxury.
Next was the wanton. One word CRAP! Never order this. Firstly, it took them 15 minutes to arrive and when it did, it looked lousy. The stuffings in it were so weird, I could not make out what it was.


Final note - Pretty good soup and the 板麵 was done right. Only thing was there were no meat in them. As I said it's a vegan's paradise. I just had my one week's dosage of vegetables here.


Points - 板麵 1.5 (Please add some more flavored pork bits!)


Points Wanton - STRIKE OUT

Pork Ball Noodles 豬肉丸粉, Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur

Located at the corner coffee shop on Jalan Imbi (right opposite the Honda showroom) is the best pork ball noodles 豬肉丸粉 in town. All the imitation ones you can at the shopping malls and food courts are just crap. I had to come here and do a review myself to see if they're still good or they too have forgone quality just because business is good. (by the way, they have an outlet in Lot 10 too)

One thing to note is that the owners of the stall are pretty temperamental. They probably have mood swings too. Sometimes they will be really nice like "Handsome, what do you feel like eating today?" or "What do you want? NO MORE HOR FUN!!"

Anyway, got the usual order. Mine is the dry Hor Fun ( 河粉 with pork balls and roasted sausages （燒腸). Boss had hers in soup minus the spring onions. 

RM8 bucks a pop! Now that is not cheap. Dirty old coffee shop and you pay premium for very normal hawker food. AIYA!

Check out those sausages. Still good. Used to be better but heck, can't get it anywhere else now.

The pork balls here are really good. Chewy and tender. It has this bouncy feel to it and the moment you sink your teeth into it, the juice just flows out. Salivating now.

Soup's good, less MSG. Combination of the pork bits, absolutely fabulous.

The hor fun here is cooked really good plus topped with the flavored pork bits, YES YES YES! It is so good.

I must say that the price for a bowl of noodles has gone up by 50% since I first had it years back. Quality and taste is still there plus the attitude. It is a must to come try it at least once.
Lastly, I am still wondering why they are called pork balls when they looks nothing like balls.

Points - 1.5 (1.5 was taken away due to the price. RM8 bucks WTF?)

Japanese Soba & Sushi, Ichiban Boshi, Pavilion Kuala Lumpur

I was rushing for the 2.40pm movie and had only 22 minutes to eat. (Yes, I finally got to watch Transformers.) Wanted sushi or was I craving for something with no oil. Anyway popped into the Ichiban Boshi and basically had to request for a table with access to the conveyor belt. I don't get it. Why do you have the sushi conveyor belt and not put your customers beside it? Anyway I was in a hurry. Jumped onto the next available table and I just grabbed a few plates off the conveyor belt. In the meantime, also ordered their house specialty Zaru Soba (Buckwheat Soba Noodles) and a serving of gyoza.

Where is the quail egg?

I remember the first time I had this here, it was not good. This time round, it was pretty damn good. Mainly because I was damn hungry and cold soba noodles are perfect in this hot weather. It was served cold although it would have been better if served on ice. Ichiban Boshi makes their own soba and their buckwheat soba today was fresh and "re-freshing". The soba dip was a little salty for my liking but the texture of the soba was perfect. It was tender on the outside but really "crunchy" inside. Put a little wasabi on the edge of the soba dip bowl, then slurp the soba out. As the soba goes into your mouth, it will have a little wasabi in them. One complaint that I found was that, the quail egg was missing. 


Points - 2

Does not really look that appetizing right?

Chicken floss sushi! Look closely. The rice isn't packed in tightly enough. They just don't train them to roll sushi right. Once you dip them into the soy sauce, they'll just fall apart. 

Cheese with ham? Damn it tasted like the buns you get at the Bread Shop.

I had a few plates of sushi, think I had 6 plates of all varieties. (told you I was hungry) All in all I was not too impressed with their sushi. I guess I am a little particular but when I see Banglas making sushi, it just doesn't do it for me. The rice is not packed in nicely, most of the time, the salmon pieces seem to scream let me go as they slowly slide off the rice. They also tried to be adventurous here with fusion varieties like one that had cheese and ham. I'm all in for fusion but some varieties just do not work.


Points - 0.5

The photo makes it look good but it taste horrible!

The last order that came was their gyoza. Damn!!! It was so bad! The gyoza skin was thick and rubbery! They pan fried it and the edges were a little burnt but the skin, it just tasted like the frozen ones you buy from Cold Storage. The sauce they had on it was some thick soy sauce that got thicker and yucky as they served the gyoza on a hot plate. Talk about being dumb. None of the normal gyoza vinegar to be seen. Worst part is the stuffing. Chicken stuffing is a NO NO for gyoza. It just was BAD!


Points - 0


I reckon I would only go to this place for their soba and I hope they maintain their standards for this. If not, there is no other reason to return.

Japanese Ramen, Matsuba, OBD Towers Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur

This is a regular Sunday dinner joint for the family. Reason: The kids love it and we adults have not other choice and am too lazy to travel further for dinner. It is a pleasant Japanese restaurant located in a condominium called OBD which by the way is mainly occupied by Japanese expatriates.
Anyway, it is pretty much value for money and it's a pleasant, brightly lit typical Japanese restaurant in Kuala Lumpur.
Most people here will just order their Japanese ramen as they have a pretty huge variety of ramen here. The usual char su ramen and other hybrid ones which sound more Chinese than Japanese.
On a Sunday, I usually will order their dinner sets which are pretty reasonable. (RM26) It comes with a bowl of ramen (small), rice plus dish (depends on what you want. You can get teriyaki chicken, gyu niku etc), salad, fruits and pickles.
I quickly jump into assessing their food here. The ramen is typically served shoyu style here which is soya sauce base soup. I reckon that is the easiest to make and prepare. It is not exactly rocket science. Hence, the soup will always taste like a big bowl of Ajinomoto (MSG) has been thrown into it. Some people just love MSG in their food but I don't. You cannot avoid it when you dine outside but hell, why do some restaurants put so damn much of this damn chemical in their food.
The ramen here is cooked pretty well. The size of the ramen is the right size. (If you recall in my earlier ramen post, some places serve ramen that is just too thin.)

The char su(pork slices) they serve are just too lean. I reckon that you need a little fat in this to make them juicier and tender. When it's too lean, the taste just isn't there.


Points : 1 (0.5 extra is given cos my darling nieces love it.)

For RM 26, the set's pretty reasonable. Gets you full but taste wise, they better buck up!

The other dish on my set was this fried pork with bitter gourd. Damn! This is surely not Japanese. It tastes just like the Chinese dishes you get at the mixed rice stalls.


Points - 0.5

Other noodle dish we had was their Yaki Soba. Well, it's just like Chinese fried noodles ala Nippon style. Nothing exciting, it was not bad either but just not Japanese. 


Points - 0.5


Matsuba is not a bad place. It's serene, service is friendly and food's not too bad. Only thing is that I would call this place more of a fusion Chinese and Japanese restaurant. Pretty good for a quick no fuss dinner.

Nippy Noodle House 竹升面 - Kuchai Road, Kuala Lumpur

Friend called up and asked if I wanted to do lunch at this pretty nice noodle house in Kuchai. Hmm..noodles, I love noodles. Packed up and got there in 10 minutes but had to drive around for another 40 minutes just to get a park. Parking is a bummer in this place. No wonder business is not too fantastic.

Anyway, this place makes their own noodles using the traditional way of using a long bamboo to press the dough. This method makes the noodles more "crunchy" and as the chinese say "springy" 彈牙Supposedly this is the best method and my grandfather used to do it this way before the invent of noodle making machines. Well, it is good to see this method again in KL.
I ordered the abalone noodles (dry) RM 9.50 and the "Mui Choy" Pork noodles RM 6 (dry. don't know what that is called in English)

Check this out. Super duper small serving. The noodles isn't even enough for a 4 year old. 

Note - The serving is extremely small. My nieces can eat 3 bowls of it. Bloody hell. Lucky for them is that mine was abalone noodles so for 9 bucks I am not going to bitch about it too much. The noodles were indeed pretty springy 彈牙 but as with most places, they are just too DAMN thin! What is wrong with the noodle people now? Are Malaysians' mouths that small or they have no teeth to bite? Anyway for the dry noodles, I was slightly disappointed. The noodles were made ok but it's the cooking. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the combination of the various sauces must be right. This one just had everything in it but no taste thus nothing interesting to tickle your taste buds.


Points - 1 (this is crap for a noodle house)


Then it was the Mui Choy 梅菜Pork Noodles. The cook must have bought the wrong 梅菜 as it was terrible. The pork pieces in there was worse. You can hardly find it in there, blink and you'll miss it. My suggestion to them is to take this off their menu. Do not serve or sell something which you suck at!


Points - 0


As you can see the servings were too small so I had to order one last bowl in order not to punish my tummy. As grand dad used to say, if you want to know if a noodles house especially a wanton noodle house is good, you have to try the soup based noodles. Ordered their wanton soup noodles. 

Surprised to see a bigger bowl now and for RM5.50, I was happy again. Had about 4-5 wantons in it. Tasted the soup and damn! No good. No taste, not enough of anything. Very light soup that had no kick at all. I was wondering if the cook ever tasted his own soup. Wanton was not bad. Pretty fresh I must say and five pieces of it, that's not bad.


Points - 1 - 0.5 was given as bonus for the 5 wantons in it. 

Taro Ramen 太郎拉麵- Low Yat Plaza, Kuala Lumpur

Noodles. I can have noodles all week and will not grow tired of it. Noodles are just so interesting. You can have them dry, with soup, fried, cold, hot. The Chinese fellow that invented noodles should be given a Noble Peace Prize instead of some of the idiots that get it these days.

The Japanese too have done themselves proud with their own ramen. Most places serve Japanese ramen in a shoyu based soup but this place it's a bit different. It's called Taro Ramen or Taro Men in short. The first time I had taro men was in Tokyo about ten years ago. I was amazed at the different type of soup compared to the normal ramen you get on the streets in Tokyo. Thick, miso based soup cooked with pork bones. 

When I came across Taro Ramen in Low Yat, I had to try it. It's a small cosy restaurant with just 3 employees which also happen to be Burmese. Quick browse through the menu and everything seems like the normal Japanese restaurant in KL. Nothing surprising in their line up. Quickly ordered their recommended Char Su Taro Men. 

Serving was good with nice cuts of char su. Tender and juicy. This pig was cooked right but the soup and noodles were just an OK OK-lah! (photos taken with my old iphone 3)

Service is pretty efficient in this place. The Burmese girl acts more Japanese than the Chinese girls in other Japanese places. Gambate!
I was rather surprised with the serving. They are generous with their char su here. I had about six pieces of it in my bowl. (most ramen stores in KL really "stinge" on this. The most you will get in a bowl is probably 3 very thin slices!)
First thing, taste the soup. Not bad. You know that they tried hard to replicate the ones in Tokyo but it was just a little too light compared to the ones in Tokyo. Taro Men's soup should be thicker, strong pork flavors to it. This is just ok, maybe it was done for the local Malaysians that are not used to the thick type of ramen soup. One thing to note before I forget it that the soup was hot. Very important to have hot soup for noodles.
The ramen was a bit too thin for my liking. It should be at least another 0.5 mm thicker then it would have been perfect. Cooked slightly soft which caused this poor fella a lot of points by now.


Overall, I would say that for a quick fix of ramen cravings then go for it. For RM15 bucks a pot, it's not that expensive. Service is good and polite. (Point to note!) Clean and cosy. Food wise - they need to improve on the soup.


Points - 1.5

Room Eighteen - Mid Valley Megamall

Lunch time in Mid Valley is always madness. If you work there, you should eat at 12 noon and try to avoid the 1pm crowd. I have never really had much to say about the Tai Thong Group ever since their main restaurant in Jalan Imbi closed down. These days the group has moved on to do more Hong Kong style restaurants and also some western fusion restaurants which have failed miserably.

I was pretty lazy today and chose the nearest restaurant. Room Eighteen is one of Tai Thong's projects and has been revamped twice if I remember correctly.(used to be called Chopstick Noodle House) I have been to this place a few times and each time I have left the place fuming as the service is really hopeless.

Went through the menu and the usual stuff is still there. Very Hongkee inclined menu with dim sum extras in it. (Will talk about their dim sum selection next time) They stopped their lunch set menu but are not promoting a couple of their new dishes. Hot pot this and hot pot that. Nothing that really fancies me.

As usual I ordered their Double Combination rice, which you can choose two type of their roasted meat. (duck, chicken, roasted pork, char siew) I chose the roasted duck and pork. My lunch partner ordered the new menu selection of Hot Pot Spicy Fried Rice. (Bei Foong Tong, I will try to type chinese next time)

Color combination of the fried rice was pretty good. It did taste pretty good. Fried rice has to be done in a way that the rice does not stick together and it cannot be too oily. (Mum always says,"Use overnight cooked rice!) I must admit that this was not too bad. The only thing is that it does not live up to its name - Hot Pot Spicy Fried Rice. It didn't come sizzling hot although it was served in this Korean looking Bee Beem Bap bowl. As it is called "Bei Foong Tong", it has to be spicy. This was not at all the spicy fried rice I had in mind. There was not much ingredients in it other than a lot of vegetables that made it look colorful. No chicken, no pork..you mean NO MEAT? Some slices of egg..and that was about it. For 12 bucks, I better go the mamak for their fried rice. There at least I cannot complain as you would not expect anything.

Points - 1

Next came my double combination roasted meat rice. As you can see above, the servings pretty small. Just a few slices of each meat. The steamed white rice was cold (maybe due to their overzealous air conditioning), actually the whole dish was cold. They even "stinged" on the cucumbers. Cooking 101 - Don't ever cut your cucumbers this way. They don't look good and it makes you look bad. 

The roast duck was ok. Not much taste to it though as I reckon they expect you to dip it in their plum sauce and maybe a little chilli oil. (The plum sauce was terrible. Not much taste to it and you would expect this sauce to be thick and sweet) I have nothing much to say about the roasted pork as it just tasted like any ordinary roast pork you get at the coffee shops. For RM12.90, this is pricey and not satisfying.

Points - 1

Finally, I was impressed today with the service which was rather quick and efficient. The food came out in about 10 minutes and the bill came in a jiffy. I recommend this place if you have no other place in mind for lunch. The food is just OK, nothing to shout about. The air condition in there is freezing and the service can be atrocious.