vietnam kitchen

this is also a superrrrrrrr backdated post, about 2 months ago. just transferred the food pics from my laptop to the pc, been wanting to do that for a longgggg time. but not that you dont know i have the super special 'L' blood type. 'L' for LAZY.

that is the problem when you have 3 computers at home, just cant remember where the pics are.

anyway!

about 2 months ago, ive been craving for vietnamese food till it annoyed the hell outta calvin. hehe. i blame it on the vietnamese cuisine cookbook that mom bought.

we went to vietnam kitchen at taipan usj and these are what we ordered:
p/s: sorry cant remember the names and prices, seem to have digested with the food itself :)

i think its called 8 treasures taufoo fah (???)

with leng chi kang ingredients

fresh shrimp roll- rm5.90

braised stuffed squid

sliced beef with vermicelli- rm11.50

waterchestnut drink

golden banana mango shrimp roll- rm4.50

somehow i felt my first time there which was with eldest sister and her bf, the food tasted better. dont know if they changed chef or what cos somehow it tasted differently this time.

anyway, my fav would still be the golden banana mango shrimp roll. it has everything i love in it!! banana (cooked, not raw), mango, and shrimps!! with mayo sauce!! deep fried!! omggggggg. yummm.

overall, its a good place if you're like me... sudden cravings are very annoying!! it has a great setting for family dine-outs too. prices of main course ala carte dishes range from rm10-25. and everyone knows how filling (and healthy??) vietnamese food are!

we'll go japanese in the next post! stay tune!!

Vietnam Kitchen @USJ
39, 41 & 43 Jalan USJ 9/55,
Subang Business Centre UEP,
47610 Subang Jaya
03-8024 8475


[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.]

saturday's muses

and these sums up what ive been busybodying about:

my 35 pages assignment! *wipes big sweat, phew!*

first hanyu pinyin class :) not easy, ok!

watching new tvb series which are on astro on demand but im catching 'em through megavideo.
thank god for people who actually upload series online. if theres anything as brownie points, i'll give them one for every episode uploaded ;)

'the ultimate crime fighter'

'men don't cry'

and every Friday, ive been dutifully attending music practice with ms jane and ms ruby from socit (inti's school of computing & it) for our upcoming socit ball performance in nov. am doing music accompaniment for 'em. hope everything works out, if it does, hope to hook up another performance/ afew more performances with 'em next semester... my final semester, before leaving college...

last but not least, finals is coming, 11 more days. omg have to study. wish me luck!

have a great weekend peeps :)

filler post

herro! this is a filler post, random pictures of food... am too busy with studies at the moment. finals is about 2 weeks away! *shudders, sweats, panic!!*

dont worry, even when im not free to scout for yummy food, i will keep you guys' salivating through (quite) backdated photos of yummmmy food i took :)

keep the saliva drooling!

cheers mate!

j.co donuts & coffee

j.co donuts & coffee

as mentioned in my last donut-filled entry, j.co donuts has finally arrived to our malaysian shore and its first outlet to invade the profitable donuts scene formerly dominated by dunkins and later by big apple is at Pavillion KL.

there were quite alot of hoo-ha of late bout j.co vs big apple. ive read alot reviews bout both donut joints but never got to taste j.co cos ive not visited pavillion yet (dunno how to go and noone to take me there *pouts lips*) but! finally last monday my eldest sis went to pavillion and bought 2 dozens of j.co donuts as appetizers/desserts for before/after dinner at semenyih.


i know, i know... bring on the pictures and let 'em do the talking , eh!

glazzy

choco donut

berry shot

choco nut donut

white nut donut

oreology

tira miss you

copa banana

al capone

coco loco (sorry pic i took was blurry)

heaven berry (see what i mean by failed and blurry shot?)

anyway, i didnt get to try all the flavours. i did try the glazzy, white nut donut and coco loco. my verdict? i think big apple taste better.

i dont know if j.co is the 'must consume within 30mins after purchase' kinda donuts or what but when i ate 'em (i think should be few hours after my sis bought 'em), they dont have that soft fluffy taste anymore... and the white nut donut tasted bad. the texture was nowhere soft and fluffy at all! the glazzy one was too glazzy IMHO compared to big apple's. the choc topping on coco loco was all hardened by the time i consumed it, so different from the images i see on other's reviews (chocolate oozing out, melting in your mouth bla bla bla).


overall, i like big apple better. but as always, this is just my humble opinion :)


the donuts are priced at rm2 for glazzy and rm2.30 for other flavors, half a dozen for rm11 (rm9.60 for glazzy) and a dozen for rm19.10 (rm16.20 for glazzy).

coming soon at sunway pyramid 2!


on a non related note, i am finally starting my first chinese class tomorrow together with my sisters, my neighbor and her sons and my sister's bf! the place is at subang. am really quite excited! (it has been quite awhile attending tuition classes at night...)


j.co donuts & coffee
lot 1.05 pavillion kl
168 jln bukit bintang
55100 kuala lumpur
03-21417751

[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.]

restoran huat kee

herro, folks! how was raya holidays? mine was not much of a hols, but i had two great dinners during the weekend/hols. yesterday night, my uncles called for family dinner and we had it all the wayyyyyyyyyy in semenyih. this wasnt our first visit to the humble restaurant, in fact our first visit would be one thats gonna be forever etched in my gastronomic memory!

restoran huat kee

on our first visit somewhere end of last year, we ate like pigs and hungry vultures. after all 15 tummies were stuffed, all of us just walked out of the restaurant coolly and calmly... until we reached an uncle's place and the adults started to ask how much was their share to the bill. uncle A looked at uncle B, uncle B pointed to aunty C, aunty C shook her head saying 'i dunno' and asked aunty D.

... and then we all burst out laughing! nobody paid, but everyone ate like pigs.

but of course, being honest customers my aunty gave a call to the restaurant to inform them about this. my aunty paid them in her next visit and they promised a complimentary noodle dish next time.

anyway, that was my first and so far only experience of eating 'ba wong chan' (ate without paying bill). i still find it hillarious, 15 grown ups ate, laughed, burped, patted their backsides and walked out without paying. and the proprietors/workers didnt even noticed!

ice bucket

restoran huat kee is located somewhere tucked in the corner of the little town of semenyih, somewhere i will never in my food-loving life be able to find if not for my jalan-jalan cari makan uncles and aunties. respect sial. the journey from kl to semenyih takes about 30-45 mins with 3 tolls throughout the journey. it is not a very proper restaurant, in fact it deserves to be called kedai makanan more (restoran is too high klass).

after 'bout 30mins or more of waiting...

fried fish with loadsa shredded onions, cucumbers and red chillies

boney parts of the fish cooked with tofu

stir fried fish fillet with chives (kau choi??)

the first 3 dishes were all from the same fish, hence the name- one fish, three dishes. the fried fish were fried to perfection, crispy and i dont know what other ingredients went in with the marination/batter but it tasted reaaaaaaally goooooood. the shredded onions and cucumbers complemented the dish very well.

the second fish dish (heheh it rhymes!) was the boney parts of the fish cooked with tofu and some chives. i only had a piece of the tofu, the fish parts didnt really appeal to me. tasted ok-lah, not my kinda fish dish.

the third fish dish is a common one found in most tai chow/restaurants. its one of my fav style of fish dish :) taste-wise, not too bad.

some vege

stir fried kangkung

i dont know whats the name of the first vege. any vege-nius can enlighten me?

the stir fried kangkung was delicious. can really taste the 'wok hei' (big wok with big fire). thumbs up!

fried sotong

everybody loves fried sotong! this sotong dont quite look like sotong to me, i reckon because of the batter enveloping them looks out of shape (am i making any sense?). taste-wise, its nice, crispy and tangy, just the way i like it with a little spicyness cos of the cili padies.

pork ribs with capsicum, baby corns, chillies, onions, carrots and 'tau si' (black beans?)

i only had a piece or two of this, its clearly not my fav dish. and i dont really like pork ribs with little or no meat at all. so if i were to be the one ordering, this will not appear on my order list.

the total bill for 7 dishes above inclusive of rice and teh cina for 14 persons (plus 2 ice buckets) was rm185.

*burpssss*


restoran huat kee
somewhere in semenyih.


[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.]