Restoran Ping Wah @ Paramount Garden, Petaling Jaya

I remembered going to this Hainanese restaurant about 10 years ago, and suggested my colleagues to come here for lunch, since Paramount is one of the convenient location for us. . 

Simple, old restaurant yet keeps you coming back 

I barely remembered what I had previously, but I remembered it was good taste of home-cooked food. As one stepped in, one would realized there's nothing fancy about the restaurant but plain simplicity. The service was certainly one of the quickest that I've experienced in a restaurant.  

For choice of vegetables, we went with the option recommended which was the Kailan with Salted Fish. It was indeed one of the best I've tried. The Kailan was so fresh, and tasted crunchy, has strong wok-hei and good amount of salted fish within. 

Kailan with Salted Fish. Price-RM15

I'm pretty fascinated by how this fried egg was made. It was made with layers of egg white with choy pou ie. preserved radish. The egg were so soft and as we cut through, the raw egg yolk that tops it, melts through the egg. Yummy.. I can finish this all by myself. 

 Choy Pou Egg.  Price-RM15

The Threadfin Fish @ Ma Yau, was deep fried and texture of skin was so crispy. The simple soya sauce with oil was used as seasoning, and the freshness of the fish was apparent. The thinly fried sliced shredded ginger gave it extra ummph. 

 Mayau Fish.  Price-RM27

Potatoes is one of my favorite food.They sliced it thinly and braised it with sliced pork - the potatoes was just nice - soft enough, and the sauce was just perfect to go with our rice. The taste was tad sweet, but it is fine by me.  

Potato with Pork. Price-RM15

I absolutely loved all the 4 dishes, which I believe will be the same dishes that I will order for future visits - next round will come with more people so that we can try more dishes. 

Verdict : 
The place to go to, when you want a taste of home cooked food. 

Restoran Ping Wah 
31 Jalan 20/16, 
Paramount Garden, 
46300 Petaling Jaya 

Business Hours : 11.30am - 2.30pm, 5.30pm-9.30pm (Mon-Sat) 
Closed on : Sundays 

Tel : Joe Hoo 012-2848754 / 016-366 8866; Madam Suan 012-284 7540

More details, vist their website 

Go Noodle @ One Utama, Petaling Jaya

I have seen long queue at 'Go Noodle', One Utama, several times. Until I was asked by 2 friends, have you tried 'Go Noodle', I felt that perhaps I have missed out something, and feedback from them were that this place serve delicious noodles. 

Last Sunday, I attempted a visit to check out their noodle. Reached at 7pm, the queue was for approximately 20 mins, so we went to do a little shopping before returned to the restaurant. 

  

Wooden deco 

Extremely busy 

As we stepped in, we were greeted by lots of noise, ahh.. that makes it all the more Chinese feel. 

There were plenty of choices in their menu. One of their specialty are their Shaoxing wine, Mian Xian noodle, and varities of pan mee. 

My friend has highly recommended their mian xian and she was right. I ordered the Fuzhou Fishball mian xian, and add on fish paste. The mian xian has a silky smooth texture, and I like the clearness of the broth. The fishball has adequate meat within, and the fish paste has a springy texture. The parsley and spring onion gave the bowl of noodle slightly more fragrant. An almost perfect bowl of noodle, at a very reasonable price.

Fuzhou Mian Xian. Price-RM9.80. Add Fish Paste - RM2.80 

My friend ordered the same Mian Xian with Grouper Fish, similarly yummy with the freshness of the fish meat. 

Grouper Fish Slice. Price-RM15

Verdict :
Simple delicious with lots of varieties with absolutely reasonable price.

Go Noodle

LG 308, 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Bandar Utama, PJ

Tel: 019-316 8866

Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm

Ah Tuan Ee's Place @ The Curve, Petaling Jaya

The Curve is a place I frequent for choice of F&B outlets.

After this many times, it was my first dining experience at Ah Tuan Ee's, I suppose the feeling to have Peranakan food came to us. 

The heritage looking entrance seemed to gave us a warm welcome. Nice ambiance with nice decoration around the restaurant. 

The wooden door that greeted us 

Clean restaurant 

Pai Tee that came with lots of slow cooked turnip, shreds of carrot and spring onion is one of my favorite Nyonya appetizer. This one at Ah Tuan Ee was one of the best I've tried, mainly due to the fragrant slow cooked turnip, and the very crispy thin and crispy shell that held the vegetables together.  

Pai Tee

I ordered the fried tung hoon noodle. I like the wok taste, and it was tasty, and came with lots of ingredients, that included prawns, beansprout, squid and lots of egg. 

Fried Tung Hoon 

The green curry chicken was a pleasant discovery. It has a mild green curry taste, and a prominent lime taste that made this such an appetizing order. Only comment is that I wish they have cut the chicken to smaller pieces. 

Green Curry Chicken. 

Verdict : 

Overall, this restaurant has delivered a satisfactory meal to us. 

Ah Tuan Ee's Place

6 Jalan PJU 7/3, 

Mutiara Damansara, 

47800 Petaling Jaya

Tel : 03-7710 0630

Business Hours : 

10am - 10pm

Restoran Boston Baru @ Kapar, Klang

The mention of Boston restaurant to any Klangnite, it should somehow ring the bell. For patrons that looks for good tasting food, not cost you a hole in your pocket, and doesn't mind the environment, this is The restaurant for you.

Important to note, its either you come before they open their restaurant, so that you can be in queue to be their first round of customers... else, be prepared for probably the longest wait for your food to be served. Waiting time exceeding 1 hour is common, and you are lucky if it doesn't exceed 2. 

Despite it all, I still feel the food is worth all the hassle. 

Queue starts 6pm+ 

A common sight 

When they open their door, all those in queue will go around to get their seat, either inside the restaurants, on the pavement across the road, or along the front door of the shoplots (as they close for business). Those who comes after all seats are taken has to be prepared for the longest wait for their food and queue numbers will be given out. All those seated inside will get priority to order. 

I had meal here, probably more than 10 times, and it should have been more if not for the waiting time that most people dread or skip. 

They have a few must orders and their fried noodle does taste above par. 

We ordered their Tapioca Noodles which is made from tapioca starch. The taste of the noodle surely carried the 'wok hei', and love to the see this translucent noodle.They also use pork lard which was so crunchy and tasty and the noodle was perfectly cooked, with the right chewiness. 

Tapioca Noodle. Price-RM6

We ordered the large steam la la.I like how their lala was of the right size, with flesh in every shell. The chinese wine, bird eye chilli and lots of ginger used to steam the lala definitely gave the kick to our tastebud. The fried garlic that topped it was so crunchy and lend a strong aroma to the delicious plate of steamed lala. 

Steam Lala. Price-RM24

I love this cereal mantis shrimp by Boston. The size of the mantis shrimp was just nice, despite that some that were missing solid flesh, however, for those that you can, it has ample flesh for biting. 

The cereal cooked together with egg has a distinctive smell of butter which was divine. It was fried so perfectly that each cereal was so crunchy, sweet, tasty and we almost finish all parts of the crumbs. 

Mantis Shrimp. Price-RM16

 As we end the dinner, all seats are fully occupied, and new line of queue was in place. 

Another common sight 

A day later, I was already craving for the same food, and the food experience indeed lingered in my mind. With proper time planning, cutting on waiting time is indeed achievable. 

Verdict : 
A meal that costed only RM50 was highly satisfactory to us. For the quality and price of food, I would willingly compromise with the long waiting time. 


Restoran Boston Baru 
1E, Jalan Kapar, 
41400 Klang, Selangor 
Tel : 016-268 3104

Opening Hours : 
7pm till late (advisable to come prior to opening time)
Closed on Wednesday

Non-Halal 

Frisson Coffee Bar @ Damansara Uptown, PJ

We were recommended this cafe, Frisson as the venue to celebrate my bestie's birthday dinner. Dinner is a better choice to head to Uptown, as parking space isn't as horrendous during the daytime. In fact, some of us have been here, especially for their dessert. 

For a Monday night, I would say I am pleasantly surprised by the flow of customers that patronize this cafe. In fact, it was full house. Upon trying their selection of food, I could then understand why. 

Frisson does serve good quality of food, with pretty varying selections, and I was most surprised with the offering of fish head curry. 

Full house on Monday night 

From the outside of Frisson 

As a start, I had the Salted Caramel Latte. I love the slightly foamy, yet creamy and soothing coffee. This was indeed an aromatic cup of coffee, despite I wish that the taste of Salted Caramel was a tad stronger. 

Salted Caramel Latte.

The food presentation was amazing, and us being there as the sun set, added point to the place. I loved moment as the sun sets, and the golden ray shined through the glass door right to our seating area. 

The salad was fresh, with lots of greens, corn, tomatoes and egg. Served with vinaigrette , this surely perks up our appetite. 

Classic Salad. Price-RM13.90

This I was told is one of their best seller. The grilled salmon with linguine. I liked the salmon that was so tasty, and grilled to perfection. The linguine was soaked with just the right amount of tomato sauce. It carried just the right balance of sourness, and love the smell of herb. 

Salmon with Fettucine. 

This version of Frisson's skinny pizza was yummy too. Very thin and cheesy. Love the melted cheese that topped this delicious piece of pizza. 

Skinny Pizza

This bagel with egg, filled with beef patty, and served with melted cheese was a winner dish too. Beef was very moist. 

We all nod with approval as we sipped in the creamy curry to our mouth. This pot of fish head went so well with white rice, and the flavour was very rich. Tasted better that some restaurant that served fish head curry, and yet, I still have to remind myself, yes, I'm actually having this dish in a cafe. 

Salmon Fish Head Curry. Price-RM34.90

Verdict  : 
A cafe that served food that tasted above expectation, and has great variety of food. Our stomach were all too full, but my friend raved about their dessert being super good, which refers to their waffle. 

Frisson Coffee Bar
71-G, Jalan SS21/1A, 
47400 Petaling Jaya 
Tel : 03-7732 9969 

Business Hours : 
11am-10.30pm (Mon, Wed-Fri), 9am-10.30pm (Sat,Sun) 

Closed : Tuesday 

FB link, here

SkyCab & SkyBridge @ Langkawi

One of the not to be missed attraction in Langkawi ought to be the SkyBridge, but before one can reach the Bridge, they need to take the cable car up, which is addressed as SkyCab (do check their official website here for their differing operating hours). 

SkyCab is known as the steepest cable car ride on earth and takes visitors up 708m above sea level which will lead visitors to Langkawi's second highest peak of Mt. Machinchang. For those who are phobia of height, this cable car ride can be quite a scary one, but if you can put aside the fear, the view on the way up is simply remarkable, where the ride takes one over the beautiful jungle and rock that aged over 550 million years. 

The ride starts from The Base Station, located at the foothill of Machinchang mountain. It will stop at Middle Station where one can alight to their viewing platform. Plenty of photo opportunities here, of the panoramic view of the main island. Upon taking your time here, go back to the same station to board the SkyCab to the Top Station.

Fees : RM45 adult or RM32 for child (non Malaysians), or RM30 adult or RM22 for child (MyKad is required)

Long ride ahead.. Yay... 

Scenic 

View of the Skybridge from afar

 From the Top Station, one will need to purchase ticket to get to the SkyBridge. Fee : RM5 (where you need to walk through the jungle, which takes approximately 10 mins), or RM15 (where you use the SkyGlide). 

Walk through the jungle

The Skybridge measures at 125m in length, and it ranks among the world's longest curve suspension bridge. This is surely a highly spectacular bridge, and also, for those fear of height, I have heard stories of jelly legs. Take a deep breath, and admire the panoramic view as much as possible. 

SkyBridge

Love lock 

Enjoy the view 

View from Skybridge 

View from Skybridge 

Panorama Langkawi Sdn Bhd 
Cab Car Station, Oriental Village, 
Burau Bay,
07000 Langkawi, Kedah 
Tel : (6)04-959 4225/1225 

Movie Review : The Choice

I have been spending substantial time on movies lately, and I thought why not share my thoughts on the movie I've watched. So, here's my first attempt of my thoughts about the movie I've watched, but I do not intend to review it like how the professionals do. Hehe.. 

Produced in 2016 

The beautiful home 

Storyline focused on Gabby (Teresa Palmer) whom moved to a new neighbourhood at Beaufort, North Carolina, and her neighbour is Travis (Benjamin Walker) who worked as a vet. From their initial interaction which started in an agitated manner, due to noise caused by friends that came by Travis home, it eventually blossomed to a friendship, thanks to Gabby's dog that gave birth to some puppies, and she had to knock on his door one night to see him came down shirt-less. Hehe.. 

Such romantic scene 

Please avoid alcohol if you want to avoid 'mistake' to end your night 

Both had their boyfriend and girlfriend at first, and one night, during a dinner at Gabby's home, she blurp out her slight interest on him, and this signals the two of them to initiate sex. The next day, Gabby's present boyfriend informed that he will back from outstation.. Oooh ohhh... 

Gabby then decided to cut it off with Travis, and Gabby shared with her boyfriend on what happened. The boyfriend decided to end the relationship, but proposed to her the very next day, and asked for a new start with her. They decided to get married. 

Travis was sad, but soon realized that Gabby is her true love, thus went to 'fight' for the bride and somehow he won. So, life indeed is about making choices, as to whether to pursue what you feel is right, despite being the third party. "Seriously?"

Gabby denied she loved him too, but to the end, agreed to marry Travis

Anyway, since the lead role are Travis and Gabby, they soon lived happily and had 2 children together. Love the scene of the movie, where they lived just by the lake, and watched the stars during night time. 

One one rainy night, they were supposed to go on dinner date, but Travis was caught up late working. Gabby decided to leave the restaurant, and met with an accident. Got into coma thereafter. It's a miracle that Gabby woke up from her coma, and they truly then lived happily ever after. 

Verdict :
Sweet romance story, despite not too intense. 

Learnings :  1. True love despite tough to find, does happen. It's about following your gutfeel and making the choice to pursue what it takes. 
2. Don't always trust the girl when they say "I don't love you", and upon some persuasion, she will end up saying "I will marry you".