Food Hunt: Hou Xiang (后巷肠粉记) Restaurant, Bandar Sri Damansara, Kepong

Dear All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of Food Hunt. ME & Kimmy are again on our mission for Food Hunt and then we are back again this time. We have visited Bandar Sri Damansara to try out one of the famous Chee Cheong Fun in town. Recently it just opened one branch at Taman Sea in Petaling Jaya. We reached the restaurant at about 2.00pm and the restaurant is not crowded at this hour but also with some tables occupied. Once we sat down, we then take a look at the menu and this is what we've ordered:

1.) Curry Chee Cheong Fun (RM5.20)
2.) KL Style Salty Chee Cheong Fun (RM4.20)
3.) Beancurd Roll (RM3.70)
4.) Fried Shui Kao (2 Pcs) (RM3.20)
5.) Round Fish Cake (RM3.20)
6.) Longan Ice (RM5.30)
7.) Chinese Tea (Cold) (RM1.20)

Look at the items that we've ordered it looks like a lot but eventually it's just nice for 2 persons only. The portion overall it's not huge and small. If you are a big eater, the portion is not enough for you and you need to order more and maybe you'll pay more too and it's not cheap. It does take quite a long time for the food to arrive although the restaurant is not packed and the service is pretty slow. After we waited about 10 minutes, the Curry Chee Cheong Fun arrived first. It's delicious and tasty with rich curry taste. The noodle is fresh as it's made hot. The KL Style Salty Chee Cheong Fun is also nice and it's pretty salty too but the taste is great. The portion is really small and really stingy.

KL Style Salty Chee Cheong Fun (RM4.20)

Curry Chee Cheong Fun (RM5.20)

Besides they selling their signature Chee Cheong Fun, they also see Yong Tau Foo as well as normal snacks / cakes as well. We've ordered the Beancurd Roll, Fried Shui Kao and Round Fish Cake. Frankly, the snacks are pretty normal and nothing big to shout about. One thing I must say it's cooked fresh and so it's served hot. The portion is average and not huge either. The drinks meanwhile is pretty expensive and the portion is average (slightly larger than normal size). The Longan Ice is the normal tin can drink and it charges us about RM5.30.

Beancurd Roll, Fry Shui Kao, Round Fish Cake (RM3.20 - RM3.70)

Longan Ice (RM5.30) & Chinese Tea (RM1.20)

Overall, in my opinion that the food is just so-so except the Chee Cheong Fun which I really like it very much. If you are here, remember to try out their signature Chee Cheong Fun and I believe that you will enjoy the taste. The price is very expensive and not worth the money to be frank based on the portion they served. A big eater like me would definitely say expensive as the portion is not enough but luckily the snacks would help me a bit. Enjoy! MY RATING: 3/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 4/5

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

Ambiance: 5/5
Cleanliness: 5/5
Value Of Food: 2/5
Customer Service: 3/5
Ditanggung Halal: No

Address: 

No.17, Jalan Tanjung SD 13/2,
Bandar Sri Damansara,
52200 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: 03-67325620
Business Hours: 8.30am - 9.45pm Daily

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Food Hunt: Hobahn Korean Restaurant, Desa Park City, Kepong

Dear All,

Welcome to yet another edition of Food Hunt. Today ME & Kimmy celebrated our Belated Valentines as we could not book a place during Valentines Day and worst still I have to work till almost 8.00pm and this had interrupted our planning. However, the next following day which is today, we manage to head on over to Hobahn Korean Restaurant located at Desa Park City Kepong to try out their food over there. It was also recommended by Kimmy.

I am very excited today. Having known that Kimmy recommended me to this Korean Restaurant and guess what, as early as 5.30pm, I am hungry already thinking of their Korean food. We reached the restaurant at about 7.45pm and it's crowded. However, we manage to find a seat over there. We browse through the menu and this is what we've ordered:

1.) Teriyaki Dakgui (BBQ Chicken Set) (RM32.00)
2.) Haemul Sundubu Jjigae (Small) + Korean Side Dishes (RM15.00)
3.) Namul Dolsot Bibimbap (Ala Carte) (RM16.00)
4.) Hyunmi Nokcha (Cold) (RM3.50)
5.) Kkul Aloecha (Cold) (RM6.00)

Surprisingly, the food arrived around 10 minutes despite the crowd and it was pretty fast too. The staff were all friendly and good too. Let's go straight to the food reviews. The Teriyaki Dakgui BBQ Chicken Set is one the best dishes that you can find in this restaurant as the BBQ Chicken was grilled into perfection and it was so nice and yummy. We loved the taste. You have an option to either eat it as normal or you can also eat it wrapped together with a few slices of vegetables that was prepared just for you. Also accompanied with this dish is some onions, chilli, mushrooms and a small slice of corn. The Haemul Sundubu Jjigae is actually a Korean Soup and it's accompanied by a set of Side Dishes (Refill need to pay).  The soup was fantastic and nice (taste some sort like tomato soup) and it contains seafood in it as well such as clams, squid, etc. It also has an egg in it too as well. The Korean side dishes are nice and delicious too.

Haemul Sundubu Jjigae (Small)

Namul Dolsot Bibimbap

Korean Side Dishes

Next would be the Namul Dolsot Bibimbap and it's actually a mixed bowl rice. This mixed bowl rice contains lots of ingredients including slices of cucumber and lots of vegetables and an egg as well. All you got to do is to mixed the rice and vegetables together and then eat it and guess what, it's very nice indeed. For drinks, I've ordered the Hyunmi Nokcha (Korean Green Tea) (Cold) and there's nothing special about it. About the Kkul Aloecha is actually Tea with AloeVera flavour and it's very healthy indeed. The taste is nice too.

Vegetables

Teriyaki Dakgui (BBQ Chicken Set)

Hyunmi Nokcha (Cold) &
Kkul Aloecha (Cold)

Overall, we enjoyed the food very much as it was so tasty and nice. The price we pay is around RM84.10 including a 10% Government and 6% Service Tax. I must say the price isn't cheap but I think once in a while is reasonable especially during some big occasions. I would strongly recommend you to come over to try out this restaurant and I am sure you will love it. Also not forgetting, this restaurant also serves Korean Bulgogi (BBQ) and do check it out as well and I've heard it's great too. Enjoy your meal! MY RATING: 5/5 (PERFECT) ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5 (PERFECT)

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

Ambiance: 5/5
Cleanliness: 5/5
Value Of Food: 4/5
Customer Service: 5/5
Ditanggung Halal: No

Address: 

GF-12, The Waterfront @ Parkcity,
5, Persiaran Residen, Desa Parkcity,
52200, Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: +603-62808713
Fax: +603-62808715
Business Hours: 12.00pm - 10.30pm Daily

 

Festival: Happy Valentine's Day 2014

May God Bless Your Relationship Forever!

This is a special message from alexleow-kimmy.com whereby we would like to wish all a Happy Valentine's Day. No matter you are married or single or already have a couple for yourself, you still can celebrate Valentine's Day too.

Normally, Valentine's Day is a day where couples meet up together and they will preferrably celebrated it during dinner time where they will normally dine in restaurants. But some prefer to dine at home where they will have candlelight dinner as well. Then the male will normally buy presents for their love ones including a bunch of flowers, a box of chocolates etc. Some say, during Valentine's Day, it a day to have sex together to strengthen the relationship. It vary and depends on the individuals.

For those who are single, you still can date your friends out for dinner as well. You may date your female or male friends where they don't have any program or don't have any partners to go out for dinner. You won't know that you might end out with something pretty special after the outings. :) So why not give it a try yeah?

Beware that during Valentine's Day, the price will go up especially for dine in and for flowers. The prices will go up at least double of what you pay and you better be prepared for yourself. I mean you may save more money first before the day arrives whereby you must spend unless you have dine in at home. Enjoy yourself during your Valentine's Day.

 

Cinema Movie: Huat Ah! Huat Ah! Huat!

 

Release Date: 06 Feb 2014

Language:Mandarin

Subtitle: Malay / English

Genre:Comedy / Drama

Running Time: 91 minutes

Director:Tan Boon Huat

Cast:Aniu, Joyce Cheng

 

Synopsis:

HUAT AH! HUAT AH! HUAT! is an inspirational comedy for audience young and old alike. It tells the story of Ah Haut, the main character who strive for success with his motto of "being honest`. Ah Huat reflectes the typical Malaysia-Chinese who treats everyone with kindness and sincerity.

 

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My Comments: Today ME & Kimmy had visited MBO Cinema at Kepong Village Mall to catch yet another movie of Chinese New Year and it's our 3rd day movie marathon in a row. This time around we have chosen to watch Huat Ah! Huat Ah! Huat! movie starring our very own local superstar Ah Niu and Joyce Cheng from Hong Kong. I walked into the cinema without any high expectations but it turned out to be slightly otherwise. I was amazed with this movie with how this movie can turned into a high profile drama with laughter, joy, action as well as some touching scenes as well. The script written by Tan Boon Huat was amazing it not only it's suitable for younger generations but it's also suitable for the older generations as well. It was a truly heart warming Malaysian movie that is suitable for the whole family. Aniu, who managed to perform all out in this movie with his acting skills impressed me with his silly character as well as his ability in this movie. 

For Joyce Cheng, there's not much that we could see from her in this movie as she's quite quiet in this movie with slightly less appearance than Aniu. Aniu role was also supported by our experience HVD actor and actress who is very experienced and was involved in our local drama scenes in the 90's. Do also check out Aniu friends in this movie who is a bunch of children which is very good in acting and does all the credit and would make the children laugh too. Overall, it's a great Chinese New Year film that you must watch with your family as well. Strongly recommended. Enjoy! MY RATING: 4/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5 (PERFECT)

Cinema Movie: Hello Babies (六福喜事)

 

Release Date: 30 Jan 2014

Language:Cantonese

Subtitle: Chinese / English / Malay

Genre:Comedy

Running Time: 94 minutes

Director:Vincent Kok

Cast:Raymond Wong, Sandra Ng, Ronald Cheng, Fiona Sit, Karena Ng, Lynn Xiong

 

Synopsis:
 

A Chinese New Year film about two married couples of different ages and backgrounds and how they dealt with issues relating to reproduction in a hilarious and heartwarming manner. One couple decide not to have children in order to maintain their peaceful lifestyle. Another are still trying for a baby after many years of marriage. When one of the couple's wealthy uncle is diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's disease, their lives are forever changed as his nephew can only inherit his vast fortune on the condition that he has children.

 

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My Comments:  It was a great weekend for ME & Kimmy as we had chosen Cathay Cineplex at Damansara for our movie. We have selected yet another Chinese New Year movie of our choice this time and without any hesitation, we've watched the movie Hello Babies. This movie talks about babies where 2 fathers (Eric Tsang & Raymond Wong) would desperately wanted a baby from their son and his in law. They would use several tactics to get their son and in laws to have babies and during their journey, there are so many laughter and jokes that you can actually looking forward into. The storyline is very simple and straight forward yet there's no guessing in this movie. The casts were all experience and strong and the casts like Raymond Wong, Eric Tsang, Fiona Sit, Sandra Ng and Ronald Cheng already taken centre stage in this movie and you should not missed it. I would not say it's the best as almost every Chinese New Year (Hong Kong Edition) looks the same way but at least we do have the best laughter and joy. Also look out into some scenes that were shot in Ipoh (Foh San Dim Sum & Gaharu Tea Plantation) and the view was beautiful too. Still a very recommended movie to catch this festive season for the whole family. Enjoy! MY RATING: 4/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 4/5

Cinema Movie: The Journey (一路有你)

Release Date: 30 Jan 2014

Language:Mandarin

Subtitle: Chinese / Malay

Genre:Comedy / Family

Running Time: 102 minutes

Director:Chiu Keng Guan

Cast:Ben Andrew Pfeiffer, Lee Sai Peng, Joanne Yew Hong Im

Official Site

 

Synopsis:

Uncle Chuan is an old-fashioned and conservative man staying alone in Cameron Highlands leading a lonely retired life. His only hope is to reunite with his only daughter Ah Bee who will be returning from overseas after graduation and stay together as a traditional family. Finally Ah Bee came back after graduation but she brought back her foreign boyfriend Benji with her and they planned to get married. Uncle Chuan vigorously opposed to the marriage due to Ben’s frivolous behaviour but he failed to change his daughter’s mind. At the end, Uncle Chuan agreed to their marriage reluctantly, with a condition to be fulfilled- their wedding ceremony must be a Chinese ceremony. According to the Chinese culture, son-in-law Benji is obliged to deliver the wedding invitations together with the father-in-law. To realise a promise of young age, Uncle Chuan decided to invite all his 11 ex-primary classmates that are now located all over Malaysia to attend the daughter’s wedding. He has planned a route map to visit all these ex-classmates in order to hand them the invitation card in person. Benji has agreed with the task but insisted to travel in his motorcycle. Without much choice, the journey of a long distance road travel of Uncle Chuan accompanied by Benji kicked started unwillingly.

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My Comments: I was at GSC Tropicana City Mall to catch our 2nd Chinese New Year film today and also in line to visit the Chinese New Year Decorations over there as well. This movie is the most highly anticipated movie as many of the bloggers and my friends gave a great review towards this movie. They said that this movie is a truly Malaysian local movie which gives its audiences a lot of moral values in which we must start practice to respect the older people. This movie concentrates on a drama type which is very good and well written script. Directed by one of our local best director Chiu Keng Guan which in previous years had done superbly well on the movie Tiger Wohoo and The Great Day which features tonnes of Astro Presenters. He is back again and this time with a stronger storyline and also there's some jokes that you can laugh at as well. If you notice this time, in this movie there's a 95% of new actor/actress who did not acted before are featured in this movie and it's a brave step taken by Director Chiu and guess what it paid off handsomely. 

 

Overall, the actor and actress like Ben Andrew Pfeiffer, Lee Sai Peng, Joanne Yew Hong Im did a very great job and it's a huge success for all of them. A loud of applause for them. This movie is filmed in many states including Penang, Ipoh, Melaka, N.Sembilan and Johor and the best scenes comes from Cameron Highlands where Director Chiu had taken a great view there and I'm impressed too. As ME & Kimmy had watched this movie and we are in tears as this movie is truly wonderful in every aspects and I do love Uncle Chuan (Lee Sai Peng) as he did a very great job since his first time acting as in this movie he is a funny man when he jokes and when he's serious he meant serious! Why wait? I would strongly recommend you to watch this movie and it's suitable for the whole family to watch it. One of the best Chinese New Year local production that you must watch. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5

DVD Movie: Life Of Pi

 

Release Date: 29 Nov 2012

Language:English

Subtitle: Chinese / Malay

Genre:Adventure / Drama

Running Time: 125 minutes

Director:Ang Lee

Cast:Tobey Maguire, Irrfan Khan and Tabu

 

Synopsis

 

Based upon the bestselling book by Yann Martel, LIFE OF PI tells the story of a young man's incredible survival at sea against impossible odds. A remarkable technological breakthrough in 3D epic adventure, PI is an emotionally captivating experience that will inspire, touch and transport audiences to a place of discovery that they will never forget.

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My Comments: I was watching this movie back at home during Chinese New Year and guess what I have not watch this movie until today. Life Of Pi is a movie directed by award winning director Ang Lee and it should promises to be one of the best movie of all times. This movie was remarkable overall with a lot of moral values that we can learned throughout this movie. It was a great journey for Pi where he lost his family on a ship journey to Canada after their ship was than swept away by a strong storm at the sea and only to see Pi alive with some animals including the Zebra and Tiger. How Pi survives on the boat together with the animals as one of them (Tiger) is a Herbivore and eats meat. How can Pi train the Tiger to follow his instructions? It was a great journey until Pi finally landed safely and how's the relationship with the Tiger? It was full of moral values in this movie and of course it relates with God or Allah. I would strongly recommend you to watch this movie. Forget about the action nor love relationship but this movie is purely a truly moral documentary story that touches all walks of life with a true story. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 4/5

Festival: Happy Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai (恭喜发财) 2014

Hi,

Season Greetings yet again from alexleow-kimmy.com and this time the whole Chinese community would celebrate the year of the Horse in bizarre fashion. I & Kimmy would like to take this golden opportunity to wish all the Tionghua community a Happy Chinese New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai (恭喜发财), Wan Shi Ru Yi (万事如意) & Zhu Li Meng En (主里蒙恩)！

Chinese New Year is celebrated in mostly Asian country including Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries as well. In Malaysia, Chinese New Year was celebrated in a joyous and wonderful mood. On the eve of the Chinese New Year, family will get together to enjoy the reunion dinner which symbolizes harmony, peace and gathering. Besides that, the Chinese Community would hang tanglung, 'ong lai' (pineapple), flowers as their decorations at their homes which symbolizes good luck and prosperity.

Childen will be the happiest among all during Chinese New Year because they will get an angpow for the eldest who have already get married. Besides, those who haven't get married will get an angpow too. Cookies and other drinks will be served during Chinese New Year as it marks the new year celebration in a bang! The most famous dishes among the Chinese during the Lunar New Year is 'Yee Sang' or 'Lou Sang'. This is a raw fish filled with different vegetable mince where we get to mixed together which symbolizes everything is good throughout the new year (see pics).

Here is my personal message whereby if you are travelling on the road, please drive carefully and stay focus on the road. Don't drink and drive too. Drive slowly and don't rush yourself because your family is waiting for you at home wanting you to return home safely. Enjoy yourself during this festive season and remember to drink more water to keep yourself healthy on a hot chinese new year. Happy Reunion Dinner and Happy Tiger Year to you all. Stay tuned on my blog for more latest Chinese New Year activities happening throughout this week.

Festival: Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner 2014

Hello All,

Upon arrival of the Year Of the Horse, today is the day to gather together as a family to enjoy our Reunion Dinner before we usher the first day Of Chinese New Year. Reunion Dinner is the most important event for all of us to be remembered no matter where you are because it's symbolizes the traditional event where no matter what, we have to gather together to eat, laugh and enjoy to show respect to everyone in our family.

There are many ways of preparing the Reunion Dinner. The normal and traditional way of preparing is of course preparing a lot of dishes like Fish, Prawns, Meat, Pork but some would prefer Steamboat style. For ME, I am going for steamboat this year like previous years and we have been practicing it for the past 3 years.

No matter what you eat, it's still the reunion dinner that should not be missed. If you are driving home for Reunion Dinner, remember to drive safely on the road and for those who already reached home and reading my BLOG now, enjoy your precious and wonderful time with your family. alexleow-kimmy.com would like to wish the Chinese Community a Happy Chinese New Year, "Gong Xi Fa Cai", 新年快樂.

Best of TVB Drama: Queen Divas (新抱喜相逢)

English Title: Queen Divas
Cantonese Title: 新抱喜相逢
Cast: Nancy Sit, Joyce Tang, Angela Tong, Pierre Ngo, Evergreen Mak, Yuen Qiu, Anderson Junior, Jonathan Wong
Episodes: 15
Airing date: 20 January 2014
Genre: Modern Comedy 
Official: Website 
Executive Producer: Kwan Wing Chung 
Scriptwriter: Chung Kin Keung
  
Official Synopsis

Born into a noble family, HO SIU-LAN (Nancy Sit) is not only very skillful in household management but also in charge of all events of Lin Enterprise, however trivial, for her husband’s family.

Her elder son LIN CHI-SUM (Evergreen Mak) and second son LIN CHI-KIT (Pierre Ngo) have not got married yet, and they maintain low-profile relationships respectively with two actresses from the film and television industry, leaving SIU-LAN with no alternative but to recognize their marriages. Her elder daughter-in-law KWOK FEI-FEI (Joyce Tang) is the tragic drama queen, whereas her second daughter-in-law MAN CHOI-LING (Angela Tong) is the comedy-drama queen. Competing head-to-head as two outstanding actresses, their battleground expands from the showbiz to the mega-mansion. Their mother-in-law, who usually presents herself as a kind mother and good wife, in fact hides a dagger in her smile. Three divas showcase sparkling acting skills that nearly surpass the Academy Award Best Actress, resulting in tons of jokes. Until SIU-LAN uncovers that someone has embezzled company money, the whole family falls in dire straits. Ever since then, things unknown by the others have been gradually unmasked with laughter and tears interweaving……MY RATING: 5/5

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出 身書香世家的何少蘭(薛家燕)不單持家有道，還掌控夫家連氏企業的大小事務，大少連祉森(麥長青)和二少連祉傑(敖嘉年)尚未成家立室，卻各自與影視圈兩 位姐仔大搞地下情，少蘭迫於無奈接受二人入門，大少奶郭菲菲(滕麗名)為悲劇天后，二少奶文彩菱(湯盈盈)為喜劇天后，同是好戲之人從娛樂圈鬥到豪門大 宅，平日以慈母賢妻作包裝的奶奶原來笑裏藏刀，三后迸發火花演技直逼奧斯卡女主角，鬧出連番笑話，直至少蘭發現有人虧空公司資產，連家上下齊齊落難，逐步 揭開各人種種隱情，當中有笑有淚……MY RATING: 5/5