nasi campur at Jaring Sunway

every time we come here i'm at a loss on what to choose. there're just too many good things and no amount of visits here would be enough to try everything! or so it seems to me.
the nasi campur is what most people go for here as there're just too many things to choose from. i dont know the names to most of the dishes except the ayam percik, ikan bakar, kangkung and sambal telur. I do stick to what's familiar most of the time.
today i went for the ikan bilis smothered in some red sauce thing, the kangkung [which i love] and the flavourful ayam percik. i like dousing the rice in some sauce and so far the gravies from the curries have been really good but today i made a huge mistake by dousing my rice in tempoyak sauce! it was horrendous as i hate durian or anything that smells remotely like durian! so imagine my horror when i tasted this FERMENTED durian sauce! ughhh
i thought it was just some coconut milk meat gravy.
that pretty much ruined my experience today which was a pity as the chicken and kangkung were very good indeed.
gav almost always goes for the pari which is grilled on banana leaves and doused in some oniony-chilli watery dip.

sek yuen at jln Pudu

Sek Yuen is the legendary chinese restaurant that my parents knew even before i was born. my dad says it's older than he! i guess he ought to know since he grew up around the Pudu area. walking into the place made me feel like i was in a time warp.
some pro photographers' photos of the place.

the problem for me is that there's no menu so I had to rely on mum's cantonese and let her order whatever she thought was good. if only there were a menu with photos and in english! could someone suggest this to them?

we ended up with this garlicky and ginger-ish braised chicken. tasty.

i always love choy tam. this came with lotsa fried garlic. loved the oily gravy!
looks as if nothing's changed since the 70's!
we also had some [same ol] staples like tofu and "koo low yoke" [sweet sour pork] my parents don't deviate much from their usual fare. i would've liked to try something different but since I got there late they'd already ordered! oh well, i guess we love what's familiar.
i suppose if you're feelin' nostalgic you could come here but parking is difficult.

kong sai at bandar puteri puchong

apparently this place is famous for its chicken rice. but we came at night so we had rice and dishes instead.

this place has really really good steamed chicken. the meat was tender and juicy and flavourful. we also had the steamed curry sauce chicken with potatoes which was excellent too. the tasty sauce was thick and spicy, perfect for putting on the hot rice.
the stir fried veg of course, was good.
i loved these steamed meaty soups. we ordered the chicken feet and lotus root soup and the pork and old cucumber soup. both were delicious. each steaming bowl of soup was only RM4.
the best thing about this place? the price! everything was very reasonably priced which was surprising. we'll definitely want to come back here!

Restoran Kong Sai
44-G Jalan Puteri 5/2
Bandar Puteri, Puchong
47100 Selangor

jassal tandoori house

at jln tun sambathan. in brickfields, i think. we just parked at YMCA coz it was impossible finding a parking spot nearby.

i love this place so we came here again to celebrate my birthday. somehow we often seem to order too much and then try to force ourselves to finish the food. today was no exception!
the naans here are 10x better than any mamak's naans. they're fragrant, crisp and soft at the same time. we hadthe garlic naan and butter naan.
we really shouldn;t have ordered 3 dishes but i got greedy so we had the butter chicken, aloo gobi [potato and cauliflower] and the paneer thing. forgot the name, but it starts with "K". the waiter was very helpful, giving explanations and recommendations as well.

of course, each dish was excellent. all were deliciuos with just the right blend of flavours and spices. the potato and cauliflower dish had bits of onion and ginger in it.
of course the butter chicken was to die for! the sauce was thick and tasty, i don't know what's in it but it had a slightly sourish, rich yoghurty flavour so maybe tomatoes?
my fav, the paneer thing. the cheese cubes were so rich and the thick tasty sauce was so good. i onlyregret that i got too full to finish it in the end. although there were chilli pieces in it, it wasn't at all hot.
we came at 11.30am to beat the crowds so for the most part of the meal we enjoyed the quiet. later we smelled the briyani rice that someone else ordered and i decided we had to try that the next time we come.

more foody things

this is a bento set gavin had. no idea what it is but it looks like fried chicken and rice with salad. i dont like the idea of having "salad" with rice. it's just so wrong. like trying to merge a western concept with a chinese one. a bad marriage. if i have a salad, i want it with lasagne, or in a sandwich. not with rice!
now this looks so gorgeous, an individual lemon meringue pie from delicious than fan got me. i was so greedy i ate the whole thing by myself.
the lemon filling was full of lemon rind, and the sugary meringue top balanced out the tang from the lemon. the crust was ....nice and short. i would definitely order it again.
this is my last minute "eve's pudding" that i modified to become some sort of a cake. instead of apples, i added sliced bananas and chopped almonds and chocolate chips to the batter mixture.
it was a mistake! it ended up a too dry . i guess it was meant to have the wet apples sticking at the bottom to give it moisture. next time i'll stick to using apples!

pyrmont -sydney fish market

we love seafood, and our top of the list seafood item is salmon sashimi. fresh and flavourful, full of omega 3... our tasty little morsels of bright orange fish flesh is always always expensive! this bit of it was AUD$6.50 which is still cheaper than what you'd pay in malaysia [dollar for dollar]
here's where gav had it. I've been here a few times before but i'd always gone for the fried stuff like fish n' chips, deep fried calamari and salads.
when i was in australia i didnt miss malaysian food THAT much, coz i love Aussie food like its dairy products [which are expensive in m'sia] especially cheeses! this is my favourite kind of everyday cheese. coon!

and of course, cadbury choccies! somehow i dont like malaysian made cadbury chocolates coz they're not creamy enough, and they're not overloaded with sugar like the aussie ones! in fact most malaysian made chocolate don't even contain real milk but rather "milk solids" and "vegtable fat solids" [ugh! gross!!]

greasy fish

i love anything deep fried but fish n' chips are definitely definitely one of my favourites! especially if the batter is crispy and the fish is juicy and fresh inside. gav had this today at the australian youth hotel bar at pyrmont. wish i were there!