Pan Mee @ Fancy Mee Corner, Jalan Ipoh

*NON-HALAL*

A few weeks ago, I was invited to try out this new Pan Mee outlet in Jalan Ipoh. Thanks Sid of BigBoysOven.com for the invitation. Together with were other bloggers like Mei Yee, Taufulou and Chris Tock.

Its located at the same row with the famous Jalan Ipoh Curry Noodle. Sadly, I haven't covered that yet. In short, it's opposite Jalan Ipoh Public Bank.



It was a lovely Sunday afternoon and we were ready for a great pan mee!



We started with their tasty bubble tea, I ordered the Yam Pearl Milk Tea. You can see the "black pearls" at the bottom of the drink. The drink rumored origin from Taiwan and made popular by them.



Fancy Mee Corner lacked no power in spiciness. They had various versions of chillies to cater the different types of taste of chillies, depending on personal preferences.



Fried dumplings (RM 4.20 for 5 pcs). The hot crispy dumplings were decent, yet addictive.



The fried dumplings were priced at 5 pcs for RM 4.20. Unlike the usual dumplings, the fillings contained meat and ginger. Slightly similar to gyoza fillings.



Fried foo chok with curry (RM 2.00) was next. It was fried foo chok topped with curry gravy.



Interesting enough, they fried the pan mee to snack like food. This finger food priced at RM 2.50. Good to order this to munch while waiting for the noodle.



Cute little fried wan ton came with 8 pcs at RM 3.20.



The dried chilli pan mee priced at (R) RM4.90 (L) RM5.60. With egg, minced meat, anchovies, fried shallots and dried chilli, this was as good as it gets.



For those who loves the traditional pan mee with soup, try Mum's Pan Mee at (R) RM4.90 (L) RM5.60. Instead of using the usual ingredients such as minced meat, they offered meat ball and their famous "fried fish cakes" (on the spoon).



The pan mee feast continued with spring onion pan mee at (R) RM4.90 (L) RM5.60. Soup based pan mee with generous amount of spring onion. Something different than the usuals.



Dried braised pan mee at (R) RM4.90 (L) RM5.60. Dry version of pan mee, another version to cater those that prefer dry than soup based.



The lunch was really packed with innovative types of pan mee. Instead of going places to try, Fancy Mee Corner has almost everything in package. Price was reasonable and service was okay.

Thank you again Sid for the invitation. It was quite some Pan Mee!

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Pumpkin Butter Prawn & Green Dragon Vege @ Restoran Shen Jing Seng, Cheras

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This could be one of the hidden gem of Cheras.

Located at one of the gardens (taman-taman) behind Phoenix Plaza, its one of the restaurants that not many people would know. My parents brought us there a few times and the food were consistently good. The last round we were there was a few months ago for dinner.



We started with the stir fried potato leaf with fermented beancurd. Noticed that this dish was slightly dry but it was well stir fried. I preferred such dry version that the sloppy fermented beancurd stir fried version.



This was something that I never tried before. They called it the green dragon vegetables. The unique name came with an unique taste. The vege itself was soft but it was well blended with the sauce. Vege was fresh and it was very tasty.



Fish cake with foo chok was quite decent. The home made fish cake was fresh and tender.



The hot pot squid could be addictive. To me, the level of spiciness was just nice to me. This was good.



Steamed Fish with ginger was slightly disappointed as it was slightly overcooked. If not, it would be perfect. Fish was generously covered with ginger.



There was nothing to impress me more than this dish. The pumpkin butter prawns. This was my first time having such dish. Prawns cooked with butter and pumpkin sauce and served inside a fresh pumpkin. The taste was outstanding and its deeply flavoured in the world of butter and pumpkin. Amazing!

The food was generally good and price was very reasonable. Service was okay and the place was well air conditioned.

Recommended!

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RATINGS:
Price: 4/5 Very Reasonable
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 3/5
Food Votes : 4/5
Air Conditioned : YES
Service: 3/5
WIFI : NO

German Pork Knuckle @ Quan Villa Restaurant, Sitiawan

*NON HALAL*

I was in Sitiawan again for work a few months ago. Since my client knew about my blog, they brought me to different restaurants. This was a lunch, a stone away from the Lumut port.



We started with la la with cucumber soup at RM 10.



Then the usual fried oyster omelette at RM 12. Sitiawan's version used more eggs than starch, different than the ones we have here in KL. Both have their own individual taste, I loved both.



Potato Leaf with garlic was next at RM 12. Slightly wet, but the vege was fresh. This was decent.



Dry butter beancurd was a first one to me at RM 12. Normally, we had dry butter prawns, fish or mantis prawns, but for butter beancurd it was something unique. I loved this one, though it was slightly oily.



Thai style fish was priced at RM 42. Deeply flavoured in thai sauce, the fish was never lack of freshness. Sauce was thick and wasn't that spicy. I loved this.



Many Chinese restaurants offered German style pork knuckle (RM 35), but having a good one will be tough. The skin was crispy and the meat was tender. I loved this as well.

It was a heavy lunch. The food in general was good, rich in flavour so the taste was slightly strong. Place is well air conditioned but place is a common stand alone (house type) restaurant, nothing fancy. The price was reasonable to me and I thought this was a good find!

Recommendable!

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RATINGS:
Price: 4/5 Very Reasonable
Payment Terms : Cash
Cleanliness Votes : 3/5
Food Votes : 3.5/5
Air Conditioned : YES
WIFI : NO

Dim Sum @ Restoran Gu Yue Tien, Chulan Square

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My parents brought us for dim sum a few weeks ago. It has been a while since we had dim sum with my parents. He told us about he loved the food at this restaurant, Restoran Gu Yue Tien. It's located at Chulan Square, exactly opposite of the Pavilion shopping mall.

The restaurant opened late, around 11 am on a lovely Sunday morning. We were the first customers of the day.



Place was Chinese oriented decorated. They won a few awards and they had pictures of celebrities such as Jackie Chan and Datuk Michelle Yeoh.



We waited no more and started with prawn dumplings. The filling was fresh and the skin was thin, it was good.



Vegetable dumpling was decent also.



The wo tip...



Lor mai kai was good. Nicely done.



Fish ball was ordinary though.



Egg tarts were decent. Tasted better.



Chee cheong fun was decent as well.



Char siew pau was decent. Would prefer the skin to be softer and thinner, personal preferences.



Lastly, they prepared a special dish which was the fried bacon salad. Not much of awe factor. But, with bacon it always good!

In general, I would say the dim sum was decent. Pricing was reasonable as we went there during promotion. If not, it will be at a higher end side. Place was cozy and well air conditioned. Service was very good, people there were very friendly.

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Ramadhan Food Stalls @ Pandan Jaya

*HALAL*

There's one food season that's well forgotten by most Malaysians. The Ramadhan season! During the Ramadhan fasting period, there are many Ramadhan food stalls in KL sell foods like ayam percik, murtabak and such. And only during Ramadhan, this food stalls had the permit to sell at the designated areas. I went to the Ramadhan food stalls in Pandan Jaya, Cheras lately.



It's a one year once affair. No way I'm going to miss Ramadhan foods this time around.



Ayam percik!!



Ayam percik at RM 3.50 each. Geez, price increased this year. It used to be RM 3 or RM 2.50 (depending on area). Look at the chicken covered by the "kuah" (gravy).



Murtabak ayam and murtabak daging (beef).



Ooo... check it out! Hand made! RM 2.00 each!

Overall, the ayam percik was smaller in size. The "kuah" was good to me, not really to spicy. For RM 3.50, it's slightly expensive though. The murtabak was slightly better but price also inflated to RM 2.00. Foods were okay, good for buka puasa, nothing impressive though.

I guess the economy downturn hits the traders as well. Prices increased and portion is much smaller.

There's quite a number of stalls around the area. Enjoy! "Selamat Berbuka Puasa!"

Malaysia Truly Asia!

Foo Chow Kampua Noodle @ Top One Food Court, Kuching

Everyone knows about Ko Lo Mee when you talk about Kuching. Yet, many might not know what's Foo Chow Kampua Noodle. We managed to try it when we were in Kuching.

Just a day before I left to Kuching, my mum told me to remember to meet my uncle in Kuching. As forgetful as I am always, I almost forgot that I have an uncle in Kuching. Geez, he would be so upset when he read this.

As we met him during the last day of our trip, my uncle drove us to a food call called Top One Food Court.





The place was still busy even though past the usual breakfast crowd. The food court is popular with its Sarawak laksa (which I will blog about it later) and apparently, my uncle told me the Foo Chow Kampua Noodle there also not bad.



The Foo Chow Kampua Noodle Stall...



Though it looked like the usual Ko Lo Mee, don't deceived by its look.



Look carefully, it only comes with "char siew" (roasted pork). The taste slightly differs than the usual Ko Lo Mee. The Foo Chow Kampua Noodle lacked the vinegar that the usual Ko Lo Mee has. The taste was similar to a "longkang" (drain) noodle we had in Tampin, Melaka (Malacca) years ago. That was the feeling and the taste I could describe. Topped with the chopped spring onions, Foo Chow Kampua Mee could very addictive like the Ko Lo Mee!

Personally, I liked the taste of the noodle. To me its quite decent, yet it depends on personal preferences on this.

For RM 2.50-RM 3.50, could we ask for more?

Thanks Uncle Ng for bringing us for such a lovely meal!

Address:
Top One Food Court,
Ang Cheng Ho, Kuching, Sarawak