Food Hunt: Restoran Super Kitchen Chilli Pan Mee, Chow Yang SS2, Petaling Jaya

Dear All,

Welcome back to yet another Food Hunt. Yet another mouth watering weekday for me as ME & Alan wanted to try something hot & spicy after it rained and of course we have a great weather to eat hot & spicy food as well. Without any hesitation, we visited the Chilli Pan Mee located at Chow Yang @ SS2 Petaling Jaya to try out the Chilli Pan Mee over there. We reached the restaurant at about 8.00pm and the crowd is there and almost filled the restaurant. Of course, there are still some empty spaces that yet to be occupied.

We sat down and looking at the menu and the choices are very limited at the menu as they know many patrons who came here would only love to try their specialty which is the Chilli Pan Mee. After looking through, both of us ordered the dry Chilli Pan Mee (RM5.50 each) and Alan order the Fresh Umbra fruit with Dried Soup Plum (RM2.80) while I ordered the Herbal Tea (RM2.50). It does not take long for the food to be served at our table and it took about 5 minutes for the food to arrive despite the crowd.

The Chilli Pan Mee was good and both of us added a lot of chilli flakes (at least 1.5 tablespoon) into our meal to make the pan mee even for spicy and hot too. To be realistic if compared to Kin Kin Pan Mee, I guess Kin Kin Pan Mee is slightly better than the ones at Super Kitchen Chilli Pan Mee but it's still good to eat too. If you are not staying around Kuala Lumpur, then this restaurant is an alternative for you, if happens that you are craving for Chilli Pan Mee too. Overall, the Pan Mee is good to eat and we will be coming back for the second time too if both of us wanted to crave for more. The Fresh Umbra fruit with Dried Soup Plum is recommended said Alan because it's very tasty and nice. For the Herbal Tea I've ordered, it was good too and I felt refreshing while drinking the Herbal Tea after eating the Chilli Pan Mee. If you guys are new on how to eat this chilli pan mee, there's steps to eat it. Firstly, noodle is served and then measure how much chilli you want to put in. You can eat it separately too. Secondly, you can scoop it directly into your bowl. Remember to start with 1/2 or 1 scoop. This is seriously spicy! Then, break the runny yolk on your noodle and after that stir and mix all together. Last but not least, eat it while still hot.

The price is considered reasonable as both of us had paid RM16.30 for our meal with no service nor government tax charged. The portion of the Chilli Pan Mee is small but considering the environment as they are fully equipped with Air Conditioned too. You can enjoy your meal on a comfortable environment and I guess by paying more for a small portion is reasonable if we sits on an air conditioned room. I would say reasonable and for RM5.50 for a bowl of Pan Mee, it's almost the same price as you eat outside the normal restaurant pan mee stall too with just fan. Thumbs up for this restaurant's pan mee if you are looking for an alternative. Enjoy! MY RATING: 4.5/5 ; ALAN RATING: 4.5/5

* Food & Drinks Rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambiance: 4/5
Cleanliness: 5/5
Customer Service: 5/5

Address:

42, Jalan SS2/10, Taman Bahagia,
47000, Petaling Jaya,
Selangor.
Tel : 03-7877 2281
Business Hours: 9.00am - 11.00pm Daily


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Food Hunt: Restoran Aroma Thai, Kota Damansara

Dear All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of Food Hunt and today ME & Kimmy had visited Aroma Thai located at Kota Damansara to try out yet another Thai Food restaurant. We reached the place at about 7.30pm and the crowd filled almost the space inside the restaurant. Their business is good as so many patrons visited their restaurant for a delicious Thai Food. Once we sat down, we were immediately served by the waitress over there and the service is good indeed.

There are several dishes to choose from ranging from Chicken, Beef, Prawn and Squid too. I've browse through the menu and it took us quite some time to decide what food shall we go and try it out. Then within 10 minutes, we've decided what to eat and we have ordered 'Pla Merk Pad Peds' (Fried Squid with Curry Thai Style) (RM14.00), Papaya Salad (RM8.90) and Thai Chicken Tom Yam (RM14.00). We had Mixed Fruits (RM4.80) as Desserts. For rice, they served healthy rice and it's tasty too. Remember their food is spicy and it's a home cooked food style.

Mango Salad

Thai Chicken Tom Yam

Papaya Salad

'Pla Merk Pad Peds' (Fried Squid with Curry Thai Style)

It does not took very long for the dishes to arrive and to be served at our table and apparently we can smell the great aroma taste of the dishes as well and it suits the restaurant name Aroma Thai. The 'Pla Merk Pad Peds' (Fried Squid with Curry Thai Style) is nice and juicy and it has the strong Thai curry juicy taste. We really enjoyed the food but for the price we pay is slightly expensive because the portion is very small indeed. The Papaya Salad are also very nice and tasty. The best came from the Thai Chicken Tom Yam where the portion is just nice for 2 persons and not only that where the quality is good as well. It's tasty and the aroma of the Tom Yam was simply fantastic. Finally, after we finished our meal, the desserts arrive and the desserts are very nice too. It's juicy and tasty but I think the santan that was added together with the dessert are slightly too much and it's not so healthy. Just take it once in a while. The food we've ordered all all Medium.

With the price of RM42.00, I think the food is very expensive considering the portion of the food where it's just nice for 2 persons but not for 2 guys. I bet this meal is prepared for 2 girls instead of 2 guys where the portion is really small. I would say you should be ordering large portion which suit 2 guys to eat instead of the medium size. I would recommend you to come over to try out the dishes over here because overall the food is very nice and also another condition where you do not mind of the price of the food served here. Now you can find a Thai Food treasure over here at Damansara Perdana and Aroma Thai is the place ot be. Despite the price and the portion of the food, I would still give high marks thanks for the great food that Aroma Thai had prepared for its patrons. Remember to look for the owner of this restaurant Julius Khoo to recommend you some dishes if you're not sure what is nice and what to order. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5

* Food & Drinks are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambiance: 5/5
Cleanliness: 5/5
Customer Service: 5/5

Address:

No. 11-1, Jalan PJU 8/5i,
Bandar Damansara Perdana,
47820 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Telephone: 03-77312089
Business Hours: 12pm - 11pm Daily


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Food Hunt: Xiang Wei Lou (享味楼) Restaurant, Kota Damansara

Dear All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of Food Hunt and today ME & Alan had visited another newly opened outlet at The Strand Kota Damansara to try out the Bak Kut Teh. We are eagerly waiting to eat Bak Kut Teh although the weather is hot today afternoon. Introducing the Xiang Wei Lou (享味楼) Restaurant located at The Strand Kota Damansara.

We reach the restaurant at about 11.30am knowing the it starts business at 10.00am and they told me that the Bak Kut Teh is not ready and need to wait until 12.00pm. From the moment on, I felt so pissed off having to wait for 30 minutes before the food being served but luckily my Iphone helps to kill my bore. They should have served the Bak Kut Teh earlier and not asking the customer to wait since it's already opened for business. The customer service is very bad indeed where he/she does not smile at all and just passed us the menu. It really pissed me off very much but I know I have to be patient.

After looking at the menu, not only Bak Kut Teh served there but other food such as side orders prawns, fish, vegetables and meat as well but their speciality here is the Bak Kut Teh. We looked at the menu thoroughly and we taught that we would order a plate of vegetables but Alan claimed that the price is very expensive. We ordered a Bak Kut Teh for 2 pax (RM9.00 per pax) that comes with a rice (RM1.00 per plate) and a bowl of 'Yau Char Kwai' (RM4.00 per bowl). We ordered Herbal Tea as our drinks (RM4.00 per cup).

Now it's back to business time where we tried the Bak Kut Teh. Overall, we had a dissapointing meal today as the portion of the Bak Kut Teh is small and not enough for 2 persons to eat. It's more suitable for 2 girls to dine in but not for guys surely! The taste of the soup is quite mild and not much herbal taste as well. The portion of the meat meanwhile is very less considering 2 persons servings and it should have given more. The meat is fresh and the pork intestines as it's pretty soft as well but the meat is pretty hard and not so nice to chew. The 'Yau Char Kwai' tastes nice with some tenderness as well. The Herbal Tea taste is nice but it's slightly too sweet.

For the price we pay total bill RM32.00 for 2 persons is just fine but what I wanted to complaint is about the portion of 2 persons which I doubt really for 2 persons as I could see it's only for 1 persons indeed. The food are quite dissapointing overall too. Some of the menu dishes are very expensive and not worth the price we pay and for example is the Herbal Tea costs RM4.00 per cup and RM8.00 for a plate of small 'Choy Sum'. Considering the meat and the soup of the Bak Kut Teh, it has lost to many competitors out there and they should improved more to ensure they are able to compete with other competitors. I can see most of the people working there including the chef are not locals Chinese and from other races too. I would still recommend you to come over here and try out the meal but do not expect the food to be superb or very nice to try. Indeed, you may try other food besides Bak Kut Teh. Enjoy! MY RATING: 3/5 ; ALAN RATING: 2.5/5

* Food & Drinks Rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambiance: 4/5
Cleanliness: 5/5
Customer Service: 2/5

Address:

17G, Jalan PJU 5/21,
The Strand,
Kota Damansara,
47810 Petaling Jaya.
Telephone: 03-61426880
Business Hours:
Lunch: 10:30am to 2:30pm
Dinner: 5:30pm to 10pm
Last Order: 9pm
(Closed on Monday)


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Food Hunt: Be Lohas Healthy Cuisine (BMS Organics) Shop, Kota Kemuning

Dear All,

Today is Friday ME and my colleges are very eager to try out the organic food that was newly opened at Kota Kemuning. Situated strategically on the main road, you can see this restaurant on the new row of shoplots inside the Kota Kemuning area after passing by the Mcdonalds. We reach the restaurant at about 12.45pm and the crowd had started to fill in the cafe. We had a great time chit chatting while waiting for the food to be served. Here there is no meat served as all is vegetarian and organic food. At ground floor, you can purchase the organic products and the things are pretty pricey as well. We had looked at the menu and we found out that there's quite a number of food choices and it looks delicious too.

Ba Kut Tea

Curry Mee

Nasi Lemak Organic

Wild Rice Pan Mee

We do order the Nasi Lemak Organic Style and some of my colleagues do ordered Curry Mee and Mee Suah too. It does not take very long for the food to arrive and we do have a great time enjoying the food. Of course, most of us ordered the set lunch menu which consists of the main course, a vegetable soup and an enzyme drink. The price is ranging from RM6.00 - RM8.00 for ala-carte and RM12 - RM16 for set course. The Nasi Lemak Organic Style (RM8.90 - ala carte) (RM12.90 - set) was nice. It's a must try when you visit this restaurant. The rice given is the organic brown rice and it's very healthy too. Well, do not expect the food to be very nice as this is a healthy food with no MSG added. For the Curry Mee, it was very nice indeed as per feedback from one of my colleague. The price is almost same like the Nasi Lemak ala-carte or set.

Soy Fish Vermicelli Soup

Cantonese Style Yee Mee

Overall, the food is is above average to nice. Most of them enjoyed their food as well as me too. Although I found it above average, it's still a good place to dine in as well as it was fully air conditioned. The price in my opinion is just nice for the healthy food that we ate and we deserved to pay for it. You need to spend at least RM8-RM15 per pax for a set meal or an ala carte meal too. For 5 people who dine in, the bill is about RM80.00 and I guess it's still acceptable and reasonable too. I wouldn't say it's expensive or cheap too. I would recommend you to come over if you are a truly organic and vegetarian food lover and you will love the food over here. For those who are not really into organic or vegetarian are also welcome to try out the food over here as you will not regret too. Enjoy! MY RATING: 4/5 ; OTHERS RATING: 4/5

* Food & Drinks Rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambiance: 5/5
Cleanliness: 5/5
Customer Service: 5/5

Address:

25, No.8, Jalan Anggerik Vanilla Be 31/BE,
Kota Kemuning, Seksyen 31,
40460 Shah Alam, Selangor.
Telephone: 03-51315182
Business Hours: Mon- Sat: 10.30am to 8.30pm


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Soccer: Footballers end our Games campaign with mother of all golds

JAKARTA: Defending champions Malaysia retained the coveted SEA Games football gold when they defeated hosts Indonesia 4-3 on penalty kicks in a blood-and-guts clash at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Senayan last night.

It was their first ever back-to-back success in the history of the Games and also took Malaysia’s gold tally to a respectable 59 – 14 more than projected. It also denied Indonesia the gold that they wanted most to cap their domination of these Games.

Malaysia’s heroes were goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat and skipper Baddrol Bakhtiar. Khairul for stopping Indonesia’s last kick by Ferdinan Sinaga and Baddrol for tucking away the winner in the shootout.

Saviour: Khairul Fahmi Che Mat saving the second penalty shot from Indonesia’s Ferdinan Sinaga in Jakarta yesterday. — AFP

The gutsy Malaysians had fought back from an early goal down to equalise and looked good for a win in regulation time. But poor finishing saw the tie forced into extra-time which also failed to produce a winner.

In the ensuing shootout, Gunawan, who scored the opening goal for Indonesia, turned villain when he missed his spot kick to give Malaysia the advantage before Ahmad Fakri Saarani blew his attempt to make it 2-2. Khairul then did his magic and Baddrol made sure the gold went to Malaysia.

It was heartbreak for the 100,000 raucous fans who could not accept defeat and threw water bottles into the stands.

For Indonesia, it was a second major blow in a year, having lost to Malaysia in the Suzuki Cup Asean Football Federation (AFF) Championships (4-2 on aggregate) here 11 months ago.

Malaysia should have sealed the match in 90 minutes. They had more chances compared to Indonesia, who only looked dangerous on the break.

Coach Ong Kim Swee had to start without three key players who were on the crock list - forwards Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim, Izzaq Faris Ramlan and midfielder Wan Zaharulnisam Wan Zakaria.

All three were key hands who had scored crucial goals in Malaysia’s campaign – Syahrul in the 1-0 win over Indonesia earlier and Izzaq who scored the winning goal in the 2-0 decision against Thailand.

Yet, the Malaysians showed character to take on the Indonesians and silence the ‘Senayan Roar’ with their gutsy display in a pulsating match.

The home fans did their part cheering their team on and singing patriotic songs to raise their game. But it was Malaysia who were on the offensive and kept the fans on edge throughout.

A defensive lapse saw Malaysia concede an early goal when Gunawan nodded in from a corner-kick beating goalkeeper Khairul in the fifth minute.

The Malaysians were under tremendous pressure from the starting whistle with speedy Octo Maniani and Titus Bonai creating havoc down the flanks.

Goalkeeper Khairul did well to make two crucial saves from attempts by Titus and striker Patrich Wanggai in the opening four minutes.

But the Malaysians did well to regain their composure and shut-off the deafening roar of the vociferous fans.

They had a golden chance to draw level but Mohd Asraruddin’s point blank header from a corner-kick was saved by Indonesian goalkeeper Kurnia Meiga in the 10th minute.

Then, Malaysia had a good spell in the Indonesian half with playmakers K. Gurusamy and skipper Baddrol winning most of the possession in midfied.

The Malaysians began to grow in confidence and could have got the equaliser if not for striker A. Thamil Arasu’s hasty shot in front of goal in the 15th minute.

The Indonesians’ early fire fizzled out as Malaysia dominated the proceedings with their neat short passess and it was not long before they found the net through Mohd Asraruddin in the 34th minute.

Baddrol put through Mohd Asraruddin to score from a diving header from close range.

The second-half was all Malaysia and striker Ahmad Fakri could have secured the win if not for his missed sitters in front of goal in the 50th and 63rd minutes.

MALAYSIA: Khairul Fahmi Che Mat, Mahalli Jasuli, Mohd Azmi Zubir, Mohd Fadhli Sas, Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar (Fandi Othman), Mohd Irfan Fazail, A. Thamil Arasu (Yong Kuong Yong), Baddrol Bakhtiar, K. Gurusamy (Mohd Nazmi Faiz), Ahmad Fakri Saarani, Mohd Muslim Ahmad.

INDONESIA: Kurnia Meiga, Mahadirga Lasut (Hendro Siswanto), Egi Melgiansyah, Octo Maniani, Gunawan Dwi Cahyo, Hasim Kipuw, Andik Vermansyah (Ferdinan Sinaga), Diego Michiels, Titus Bonai, Patrich Wanggai (Ramdani Lestaluhu), Abdul Rahman.

Food Hunt: Restoran Thai Sabye-Sabye, Old Klang Road

Dear All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of Food Hunt and today ME and my family having dinner with our uncle & aunty and we had chosen this famous Thai Restaurant located at the hearts of Old Klang Road. It's situated at Lucky Plaza (next building to Pearl International Hotel).

As we stepped into Sabye-Sabye (which means - pleasant, good well), we were greeted by a friendly waitress clad in Thai Silk outfit, we were shown to our table. At the back portion of the restaurant, there are 3 compartments (opened, through) serving as private rooms of some sort. We reached there around 7.30pm and there are not much table being occupied considering today is weekday as not much people would like to dine outside and they rather cook themselves.

We ordered 6 dishes mainly the Tom Yam Seafood Soup (RM6 per pax), Fried Talapia Fish (Medium), Lemon Grass Chicken (Medium), Sizzling Beancurd (Medium), Kai Lan vegetables (Medium) & Belacan Squid (Small). The price range is slighly pricey with small ranging from RM10.00 - RM30.00 (medium to big portion). We had an enjoyable meal considering the dishes are all hot & spicy and we do enjoyed out dinner. Let's go to a short testimonial of the food we've ordered. The Tom Yam Seafood Soup is acceptable and it's lack of spiciness and sourness as well. Still it losses to those Thai Food restaurant located at Kepong. The Lemon Grass Chicken is nice as well as the Kai Lan Vegetables as well. The best comes from the dishes named Sizzling Beancurd as well as the Belacan Squid. Both of this dishes gave most of us the best appetite and we simply love this dishes as well. It's yummy!

The price meanwhile is quite pricey (total bill RM169.50 for 5 medium & 1 small dishes) and it's not so worth of dining in there. Of course, this restaurant price is slightly higher considering that our former national shuttle Rashid Sidek is the brand ambassador of this restaurant as well. I would still recommend you to come over and give a try and you gave your feedback's here. The food are average to slightly above average and I would say it's still OK to try it without any hesitation. The varieties of food ranging from Ala-carte dishes as well as set dishes like Thai Fried Rice etc. Enjoy! MY RATING: 4/5

* Food & Drinks rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambience: 5/5
Cleanliness: 5/5
Customer Service: 5/5

Address:

G62, Lucky Plaza Bandar Park,
Jalan Awan Mendung Batu 5,
Off Jalan Klang Lama,
58200 Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: 03-79812887
Business Hours: 11.30am - 10.30pm Daily


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Food Hunt: Chicken Hot Pot Restaurant (重庆鸡公煲), Taman Segar, Cheras

Dear All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of Food Hunt and today ME & Kimmy had dine in for lunch as we just finished our trip to KL Bird Park. We had an enjoyable time back there and now we wanted a great and satisfying lunch for both of us too. So, we have selected the Chicken Hot Pot as our choice.

This time around, we have visited the Taman Segar branch in Cheras and we have tried this restaurant (branch) located at SS2 Mall in Petaling Jaya previously. We reached the restaurant quite late around 2.00pm and there seems a few tables still being occupied. But overall, there's still a lot of table for us to choose from to sit at. Once we sat down, we were immediately served with the menu. We browse through the menu and finally we have selected the Chicken Hot Pot (Small) with Mild Spicy as well as 2 cups of Herbal Tea. It also comes with 2 white rice. This is apparently the Daily Value Set Lunch Sets A (RM20.90). There are plenty of sets available to choose from but only valid during lunch hour. More info, please visit http://chickenhotpottamansegar.blogspot.com/. This website also includes the normal price of the hot pot served as well.

It does not took very long for the food to arrive as we only waited for about 10 minutes. We have a great time enjoying our meal and guess what the Chicken Hot Pot (Small) with Mild Spicy is tasty and slighly better than the ones in SS2 Mall in Petaling Jaya. The sauce is pretty tasty and not watery and it's pretty dry too and the taste is preserved. I love the sauce over here and the spiciness of the hot pot chicken makes my appetite even wanted for more. It is very delicious. For the Herbal Tea, it was too sweet and not so impressive. You may asked the waiter or waitress for less sugar if you order the Herbal Tea.

Overall, for the set lunch, it's really worth it if you pay RM20.90 for a medium size hot pot chicken that comes with 2 rice and 2 herbal tea and only valid for set lunch. Also, it does not come with government or service tax. It was very worth it considering the chicken hot pot portion is really big and quite huge too and suitable for 2 persons to eat. I would recommend you to come over here to try out the Chicken Hot Pot as it was nice too. Remember, the set lunch is only available at Chicken Hot Pot Taman Segar branch in Cheras and not all outlets. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5

* Food & Drinks Rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambiance: 4/5
Cleanliness: 4/5
Customer Service: 4/5

Address:

54, Jalan Manis 3, Taman Segar,
Cheras 56100, Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: 03-91340575
Business Hours: 11.00am - 11.00pm Daily


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