Sam You Restaurant, Petaling Jaya

Sam You Restaurant is a well-known restaurant that has been around for a long time. I practically spent my younger days there! In case you are wondering where it is located, it is in PJ New Town , next door to Watson’s and 2 doors away from Maybank.

This is one restaurant that has stood the test of time and I would sum it up as follows:-

Efficient & courteous staff coupled with good food at a very reasonable price.

The first thing you need to do to ensure you have a table is to make a reservation. I called Mabel at 1.30pm to secure a table for 6pm and she told me ‘Ok, but we need the table back by 8pm’. You see, this is an extremely popular place and if you do not book, you will not get a table, or if luck is on your side, you will get a table along the five-foot way.

As I walked into Sam You at 6pm many other tables were already occupied. The table next to mine was having a birthday celebration for their grandpa (think I only saw a SINGLE candle on the cake!). Another group was celebrating a baby girl’s full moon. By the way this restaurant has seen many birthdays, full moons and weddings as well.

Red wine anyone?

We ordered 6 dishes to be shared among the 8 of us. The first one was the sweet and sour pork (RM37), which has never failed to impress me. Not too sour, not too sweet, just the perfect blend of sweetness and sourness. Excellent as always!

Next was the ginger onion fish slices. Again very well cooked. The fish was fresh and certainly did not smell! Another thumbs up

The homemade to fu dish (RM27)  was a little too starchy and the gingko was a little bitter. Sometimes this dish is served with some vegetables on top, but today the colour just didn’t  appeal to me.

The two vegetable dishes we ordered were simple –stir fried choy tam (RM18) and stir fried baby French beans(RM18) . Both  deserved a rating of 9/10. You can tell from the way the vegetable tasted that the wok was hot enough when the vegetables were fried – something that many restaurants lack!

We also ordered the treasure pot (RM40) which had a generous serving of abalone mushrooms, black Chinese mushrooms, sea cucumber and fish maw. I would say this dish is indeed delicious and  very reasonably priced…where can you find another restaurant serving such a dish (at such a portion)  at this price!

Before we knew it, it was 7.58pm and we were politely asked to vacate our table, which we did, with  full tummies and a great sense of satisfaction!

Tips from the writer:-

Parking is ample and you if you arrive early you could practically park in front of the restaurant and walk right in. If all the spots are taken there is always the MBPJ multi-tier parking nearby. However, I would not advise going to this place for Sunday lunch as parking could pose a problem. Remember the MBPJ has the second-hand car sales nearby every Sunday.

Sam You Restaurant

Address: Lot 56/58, Jalan 52/4

Section 52, PetalingJaya

 Tel:             03-7955 1197     

GPS: N3 05.957 E101 38.794

Opening Hours:11.30am - 2.30pm & 5.30pm - 10.30pm daily

Mastercard & Visa are accepted