点dim 心sum at king crab

this is a superrrrrrrr backdated food review post.

it was a sunday morning (one of the very few sundays where music class was cancelled), dad was back from dubai, we decided to have dimsum breakfast @ king crab. dad's fav breakfast :)

King Crab Seafood

if you hadnt noticed, king crab, marco's pizza and pathlab have the same color scheme and they are all located at the same row of shops opposite kelana jaya lrt station.

Marco's Pizza

Pathlab Healthcare Centre

see what i mean with the color schemes? red and yellow, striking and vibrant!

all three highly successful businesses belongs to the same owner of cos. and the owner happens to be mom's friend (we live in the same neighborhood, but of cos they live at a more atasan area-lah).

mom went and sampled the food before and she was all praises for the dimsum, albeit a lil' pricey no doubt.

a lil' introduction on 点dim 心sum that you should know and appreciate this chinese cuisine.

"The Cantonese phrase Dim Sum (點心) means literally "touch the heart" or "order to your heart's content". It may be derived from yat dim sum yi (一點心意), meaning "a little token". ("A Touch of Heart" is perhaps the more poetic translation.) Though the English word "dim sum" refers to the Cantonese variety, the idea of a wide variety of small dishes for lunch also holds for other regions of China." from Wikipedia

anyway, a picture paints a thousand words! i'll give you loadsa pictures!

STARTERS

tie kuan yin 铁观音

braised groundnuts


MAIN

luó bo gāo 萝卜糕 radish cake

cháng fěn 肠粉 rice noodle rolls with shrimps

lou mai gai 糯米雞 glutinous rice with chicken

chā shāo bāo 叉烧包 roast pork bun

fèngzhǎo (??) 凤爪 (??) chicken feet (??)

yu mai elongated shape fish ball

xiǎo lóng bāo 小籠包 soup dumpling

green chillies yong tau foo

har kuen 蝦捲 fried shrimp roll

big succulent prawns inside!

har gau 蝦餃 shrimp dumpling

shāo mài 烧卖 steamed dumplings with pork and crab roe

guō tiē 鍋貼 pan fried dumplings

wu gok 芋角 taro dumpling

DESSERTS

avocado roll

cold inside, crispy outside

cha siu sou 叉燒酥 flaky pastry with char siu

sesame balls with pandan filling

it was deeeliiiiseeeousss :)))))))

11 full stomachs = rm251.36

... but pricey nonetheless (bill shown is for 11 pax). my personal favs and recommended dishes are avocado rolls, prawn rolls and har gau. the prawns are really BIG. everyone loves BIG succulent prawns, right?


but if you ask me if king crab is comparable to ipoh famous foh san, well in terms of the concept of dimsum, i still prefer the old fashion way of waitresses pushing carts carried with dimsum goodies around rather than ticking on kim gary style menus.

photo credits: kampungboycitygal

ticking boxes no doubt saves time but i like the personal touch and the fact that i can see the goodies before i order 'em. just my 2 cents worth ;)


in terms of types of cuisines offered, i think king crab has more variety (not too sure though), there are western dimsum'ed items that foh san doest have, like avocado roll which is very very very tasty. the thought of it now makes me drool :p


OMG. I WANT TO EAT DIMSUM NOWWWWWwwww !!!!1111111 and so should you!


restoran king crab
103-107, jalan ss25/2,
taman mewah jaya,
47301 petaling jaya,
selangor.
03-78082388

[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]

big apple donuts minus the coffee

photo credits: masak-masak

i know, i know... the donuts craze has been quite some time now. ever since big apple was opened in the curve. honestly speaking, ive never been to big apple myself. it has always been people buying 'em back for me to eat. heheh ;-)

half a dozen by eldest sis

half a dozen by second sis

ever since my sis came back from her uk trip somewhere early last year, she had been going on and on and on and on... about how heavenly orgasmic krispy kremes taste like. but according to her, big apple is ok-lah... NEVARRRRR comparable to krispy kremes but MUCHHHHHH BETTARRRRRR than dunkins no doubt.



i think dunkins lost on its 'softness'.

kesimpulannya, dunkins is out of the donuts league and big apple is our consolation to krispy kremes. found out that j.co donuts and coffee opened in pavillion though. hope to try some of their donuts real soon... saw some pictures by other floggers (food bloggers) and the ultimate question popped up:


"WHO COPIED WHO?"

half a dozen of big apple donuts

big apple and j.co both have similar looking donuts. check 'em out!

--> masak-masak
--> eatfirstthinklater
--> nicolekiss

im not much of a bigbig fan of donuts but they never fail to delight me :)

even if they're not tasty, at least they're pretty!

my fav so far would still be the original glazed.
simple and soft :)

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and if you've wondered long enough how come krispy kremes never reach our shore... well the answer is right HERE.



so KRAZZZZZY kan? i quote:

"Our franchisees must possess the capital sufficient to fund the development of the market. We currently grant franchises on an area development basis. Specifically, our area developers are required to build multiple stores (10 or more) in a market. The minimum net worth requirement is $30 million or $1,000,000 per store to be developed, whichever is greater. For instance, a 15-store market requires a minimum net worth of $30,000,000."

the capital required are like their donuts with holes. so many!!

sorry guys, guess krispy kreme will be beyond our reach... but fret not! nearest store is at hongkong!

:)

have a donut-licious day!


big apple donuts and coffee
lot g72a, ground floor,
the street, western courtyard,
the curve, mutiara damansara,
petaling jaya.
0377264250


[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]

design-a-vios

*ya, i voted for myself, so?*

vios has always been my realistic dream car.

(my unrealistic dream cars include bmw z4, bmw x5, bmw 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 series, porsche, ferrari, mercz a-z class, yada yada yadaaa.)

if money is not a constraint (i wish money grow on MY trees!) i would really want a vios than myvi. its just the right size and its sucha beauty.

but, fact is... money IS a constraint :(

i have an undying love for vios. its the bestestest™ looking executive car.

the old vios i mean. the new vios looks so wrong in every single aspect IMHO.



anytheway, its not like i can afford to buy, so why bother eh?


*shameless effort to pull votes*

that is why you will have to vote for me!

make me a step closer to owning a vios. make me have my winning design plaster all over the billboards, magazines, tv, coffeeshops, shopping malls, automalls, pasar malam, pasar pagi, pasar tani bla ble bli blo blu.


this is the link-
http://www.mydesign-mypride.com/

*ok look for this design k. it's mine!*

find for my design k! it's called 'pastel beauty' :)


/update:

my new design!!

look out for 'classic stripes'!

/end of update.


dont ask me belanja you makan if i win because there's no cash prize. the most i can repay your kindness is sell the dvd camcorder and belanja you makan roti pisang.

but! think of my happiness!! my happiness will be your happiness too right?



p/s: cant believe toyota so kiam siap. a dvd camcorder as the grand prize. omg, tell people also people laugh la right. but who cares, the cream of the soup is having your design plaster all over the above mentioned places! that would be so kooooool.


pp/s: actually the chosen designs will only be published at The Star and electronic billboards la. but you might never know, it'll end up at the pasars cos people use it to bungkus nasi lemak mah. correct or not??

dragon beard candy

dragon beard candy or 龙须糖 (lóng xū táng) is a traditional chinese candy. the Chinese Cultural Society in the college had their annual Mid autumn festival celebration in the afternoon and there were mochi, hard rock candies (ting ting tong), longan drinks, jelly mooncakes, dragon beard candies and many other varieties of candies for the sweet tooth on sale.

dragon beard candy

they were really really pretty to look at. so i bought a pack of 8 for rm8. very pricey, but ah well... all in the name of being chinese, eating chinese and celebrating a chinese festival.

i dont think ive eaten any dragon beard candy that deserves my THE BESTESTEST™ award just yet but this one that i bought...

oh. mai. gourd.

*looks can be soooooo deceiving*

it was... horryterryvegetable. it was hard. it was super sticky. and it doesnt have enough peanuts filling. grrrrr....

well i read something on the internet that says these symptoms of hard, sticky and chewy are due to being left uneaten for more than 30-60 minutes. gosh... god knows how long those candies were pre-packed before i saved them from being uneaten.

:(

you know how we chinese have a rhyming saying that goes, "mm pa mou yeh sek, zhui pa mm hou sek"?? (not afraid of hunger, but afraid of food that taste bad) or something to that effect-laah.

see how sticky it was?? even gravity loses hands down!

this deserves the inaugural never been given THE WORSTESTEST™ award for dragon beard candy.



i think the olden chinese are such creative people! look how they make dragon beard candies' beard strands... it makes the art of 'pulling' so cool. listen to what the super chef says, and answer my question:

'how many strands of beard can 12 folds create?'

_______ strands.






no prizes for guessing the correct answer but hope you've learned something from it!


happy mid autumn festival 中秋节 (zhōngqiūjié)!!

on a non related foodnews, i just found out that...

wah... on this day, 5 years ago, i registered for this email and it has been my primary email since then!!

happy 5 years anniversary my dear yilinglim87@hotmail.com! hope you will have many more happy emails coming in your inbox

:)

cheers!


[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]

Of food and songs

chinoz on the park @klcc

my eldest sister was feelin rather rich yesterday.

she wanted to treat the family for a dinner as she got her payment for a performance last week. second sister was as usual hilang entah mana on weekends, so it was only mom, eldest sis and i.

mom and eldest sister

we went to klcc. eiling wanted to treat us Chilli's but well it was buka puasa time and there were '人山人海 ' (people mountain people sea). so she suggested chinoz on the park.

wahrao_O
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reviews ive read alot. the restaurant's facade ive walked passed alot too. but to go in and dine, it was my first 111. i nearly cried of kamtung-ness (touched) out of eiling's generosity.

i will love you for eternity :)

anyway. we got seated and menus were given to us... and from then on, mom nagged nagged nagged. it is too damn pricey. and 3/4 of the words in the menu are not english.

potong stim =_=

the numberings at the side of the menu were the prices for the dishes and there were like:

38
64
117
29
92

okayyyyyyy. should i go easy on her pocket or should i fill my stomach with the most awesomest food???? very tough decision.

in the end, i let eldest sister decide on the dishes. im just here to eat and indulge in some atasan restaurant atmosphere, so even if its just normal pizza im sure it will taste heavenly ;-)

omg cant wait!! very foodcited!

and so the drinks arrive...

eldest sis's hot chocolate- rm17++

mom's hibiscus and camomille tea- rm15++ i think

my hazelnut latte- rm17++

wah. shiiiiiok. eldest sis claims that chinoz has the bestestest hot choc cos they use the bestestest choc. well, she's in the choc industry so i guess she knows bestestest.

next up was the frutti di mare pizza. ohmy. its sooooooooo delleeeseeeeous.theres calamaries (and calories hehe), mussels (!!), prawns (!!!), fresh basel leaves, olives and cheeeeeeeeeeeeze.

frutti di mare pizza- rm33++


*delicious*

mom ordered this chicken leek and mushroom pie. mom loveeeeeeees pies.
me no big fan of pies but it was nice nevertheless.

chicken leek and mushroom pie- rm29++

the final dish was chinoz burger and fries. the burger patty is as thick as a piece of steak! but its not a piece of steak :( its merely minced beef made patty. i felt it was a tad too dry though. and mcdonalds can beat the fries hands down.

p/s: mcdonalds fries is the bestestest :)

chinoz burger and fries- rm30 something++

the burger itself was very filling. its meant for sharing i guess. the bill amounted to rm150++.

we asked to ta pau our pizza cos we couldnt finish it.

"eh....??!"

instead of a box (even that pizza stall at asia cafe has ta pau boxes!), chinoz version of ta pau is alluminium foil wrap.

well we did came to a conclusion that maybe those atasan people who eat there dont ta pau so there isnt any need for boxes in the first place.

haih kesiannyer jadi orang bukan atasan :(

*been there!*

kl was being its usual self... jam, jam, jam, butter, jam and jam.

but the night view is magnificent.

once-upon-a-time TALLEST skyscraper in the WORLD!!

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yesterday aft'noon was a fantabulous aft'noon.

for those who know me well enough should know that i lurveeeee performing arts. well if you dont, now you do!

anyway, i posted a 'WANTED: Partner to go watch YKLS' for a few days on my msn pm. few friends offered to go with me. BUT they're all thousands of miles away... i thought i'll be going alone BUT thank god through kam zing who's all the wayyyyyy from swissland told me that elaine (both are my high school friends!) is interested too.

tickets to become cultured- rm47

programme booklet- rm10

i was really looking forward for this outing since i havent been going out (college doesnt count) and was a few months since i saw laine ;-)

omg. such a cultured place. should come here more often ;)

picked laine up and boy... it was reminscing bout our choir days in school all the way till we reached bangsar shoppin complex. found our way to actors studio, claimed our tics, and got seated.

signing the guestbook

despite being my 4th time there watching a YKLS production, i was really excited!! words cannot express how elated i was :)

posing with past productions' posters. vibrant colors, loverly :)

MUST have a picture with the poster!

the repertoire of songs were from their past productions such as 'Through the Barricades', 'Rodgers & Hammerstein', 'A Malaysian Affair', 'Beat it! Sing it!' and 'Four Seasons'.

the show opened with Susanna, Tracy and Ian singing 'Walk With Me'. well it really has been awhile listening to susanna sing, yea laine?

then the choir came out and sang 'Music Brings Us Together' (happened to find the song sang by another choir from dunno where). omg... hearing this song defintely brought back truckloads of memories!!

i love the song <3<3<3>

me, susanna, laine


me, lien chai, laine

susanna is one of the few people i really do look up to. i would have never known the beauty of choral singing if not cos of her. i really really enjoyed the times singing in the school choir (though we sucked) under her tutelage.

darn, reminiscence again!

lien chai is our junior by one year. he was the school choir chairperson. boy... this guy whom we used to make fun of calling him 'leng chai, leng chai' has grown! and he can sing well!! haha, really proud of you man ;-)

somehow the desire to be a part of this choral group is burning stronger than ever. hmmm... maybe i can find a few kakis and join next year!

thanks for the companionship, laine!

a cold honey lemon juice on a hot last day of september

Happy 30th Sept' guys.


[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]