Modestos Capital Square

I am at Capital Square on Jalan Munshi Abdullah once again and opted to sit outside. I do recall my last visit here where I sat in the restaurant and was ‘food’ to the mosquitoes! Well, the downside of taking a table outside the restaurant was of course I had to inhale lots of second hand smoke, no thanks to the smokers around me.

 

Today I took the opportunity to try the ala-carte menu. I ordered the minestrone soup. Priced at RM15, it came in a huge bowl. The soup had lots of potatoes, carrots and onions. But I would have preferred my soup to have more…SOUP! There was hardly any soup in this huge bowl and I spent three quarters of my time eating potatoes and carrots.

 

 

This is spaghetti aglio with added prawns (RM19) -  although the prawn serving was generous, I dod not like the way they were  cut into tiny pieces – it somehow gave me the impression that they were leftover prawns. Anyway, it tasted alright, but I would love this more if the amount of chopped garlic had been significantly reduced.

 

Address: Lot G-02/03/03A, Ground Floor, Cap Square Centre,

No 7, Persiaran Cap Square, 50100 KL.

 

Opening Hours:12 noon to 3 pm / 5 pm to 3 am

(Closed on Sunday)

Tel : 603 2697 4020

Master & Visa accepted

 

 

La Maison, Kuala Lumpur

This F&B outlet is located on the ground floor of the Silka Maytower Hotel & Serviced Residences. They are having their Silka Lunch savers promotion .This  is only valid from 12 noon to 2.30pm.

As I recall there were quite a number of choices, amongst others, chicken chop, spaghetti marinara, chicken rice and also my choice of seafood spaghetti aglio olio. I love the perfectly cooked spaghetti which was still firm, and yet not hard. The fresh seafood was another plus factor.

 

 

 

I also had mushroom soup ,salad  and desserts from the buffet line. The desserts served were some cakes, puddings, jelly and of course watermelon and papayas. By the way, this Lunch Savers also comes with free flow of drinks – what I had that day was ice lemon tea and a glass of plain water. Real value for money!

 

Address : Silka Maytower Hotel & Serviced Residences

7 Jalan Munshi Abdullah

50100 Kuala Lumpur

Tel : +603 2693 2690

Gathering House, PJ Old Town

Occupying a corner shop lot, this non-air conditioned restaurant has an interesting name – Gathering House.

I browsed through the menu  placed outside the outlet and decided to give it a try. I like the simple ambience , but what made me feel really at home were the marble topped table coupled with the marble stools. For the record, there are benches too, if you prefer not to sit on stools,

 

The waiter was friendly and when we said we didn’t know what to order, he recommended the day’s special which was nasi lemak.  Priced at RM11.90, this came with a huge serving of fragrant rice, rendang chicken drumstick, a few slices of cucumbers , a fried egg and of course some crunchy anchovies and peanuts. Overall, it was good.

 

 

Taufu fah – RM3 – I love its velvety smooth and light texture. Yummy!  Ice lemon tea (far left of photo) comes with the RM11.90 nasi lemak. It was a little too sour for my liking. Cold honey lemon (RM4.30) –perfect- neither too sweet nor tasteless.

This is tea served in what I call olden Chinese coffee shop cup and saucer. This came with the beef breakfast set.

 

Our beef breakfast set – Slightly pricey at RM16.90, this set consisted of tea and this  platter packed with delicious and nutritious toast, cheese, sunny side up, beef (which was a tad tough), baked beans, salad and some corn. Not bad!

 

 

Noodles with soup –RM6 each. I tried both and would say I prefer the kuay teow anytime. The soup was clear and the fish ball fluffy and elastic, as good fish balls should be. 

This is simply called crystal fish cake (RM5). I would say it had the right texture and flavour to satisfy my craving.

 

 

The highlight of our brunch was of course this unique bowl of strawberry with shaven ice (RM7.90). From where I sat, I could see that it was actually made by shaving a cylindrical block of strawberry flavoured ice in a shaving machine…well, I would say it’s a more advance version as compared to our traditional ice kacang machine. This one uses electricity and the job is done within seconds. The shaved ice is then topped with some ‘pearls’ (the type used in bubble tea) and of course some chopped strawberries.

 

 

Address:  35 Jalan 1/12

PJ Old Town

46000 Petaling Jaya

Cash terms only

 

Rue Ee Restaurant, OUG

Every Thursday evening there is a pasar malam (night market) in this area of OUG which makes parking and of course driving a hassle too. I’ve always avoided this area on Thursdays evening at all costs…… until I discovered Ru Ee Restaurant, which is located just opposite a huge parking area (free too!).

As I walked towards Ru Ee after obtaining a parking spot without any hassle, the door opened and I was greeted by an elderly lady with a huge smile. ‘Welcome’ she said. Wow! I really felt welcome. She then led us to a table which had a great view of a mini aquarium with 4 tiny fishes swimming around.

The tiny aquarium

I asked the lady to recommend some dishes. She said “Try our vegetables, they are all organically grown”. Good, we’ll take that –and our choice was stir fried watercress (RM12). Young and tender water cress fried with sufficient wok hei always makes me give the thumbs up.

 Initially we wanted to order an entire fish, but the lady told us that an entire fish feeds 10 pax. They do have a huge selection of fish ranging from garoupa to the more expensive soon hock .We finally settled for this -fish slices stir fried with pumpkin (RM28). The sweetness of the pumpkin is absorbed by the fish, thus making this dish very unique and tasty. The pumpkin, however, does not lack in taste and retains its sweetness and softness. What surprised me was that the pumpkin was not soggy or mussy even after they have been stir fried.

This is tong poh yok (pork) with mini buns (RM23). The combination of fat and lean pork makes this dish so yummy as the fat just melts in the mouth like butter, without any effort at chewing. This proves that the pork has been pain-stakingly braised for long.  I must say this is indeed the BEST version of tong poh yoke (東坡肉)  I’ve ever eaten.

I shall certainly be back again. But next time, I'll get more friends to come along.

Address : 43-45, Jalan Hujan

Taman Overseas Union

58200 Kuala Lumpur

Tel : +60 3-7770 3770

Mastercard & Visa accepted

Opens for lunch & dinner

Edo Ichi, First Subang Mall

Located on the ground floor of First Subang Mall (quite close to customer service) is this Japanese restaurant called Edo Ichi which serves not only typical Japs fares (read as sashimi, sushi, teppanyaki) but also food from all seasons –spring, summer, autumn and winter.
 

Orange juice (RM12) – superb, not too sweet too!

 

Green tea – I just had a look at my receipt and can confirm that this is free of charge.

 

This is California Maki (RM16)  -I like the presentation and I ought to give it 8/10 for taste as well.

 

Kani kama maki – priced at RM5 I personally found it to be slightly expensive when I compare this to the price tag at other Japanese fastfood outlets.

 

 

Wakadori teriyaki set (RM22) – comes with some tofu, a bowl of miso soup, chawanmushi and some honey dew and watermelon – not bad! The chicken was excellent –it was fragrant and tender. I’ve no complaints about the other accompaniments & that I would say is a compliment!

 

A closer look at the chicken

 

 Mini tori katsu udon  (RM24) – this is an interesting set meal that comes with tori katsu ,a bowl of udon and some fruits. Tori katsu is breaded, deep fried chicken cutlet. The version here has been cut into stripes, served with rice and garnished with shredded seaweed. The udon noodles in soup was tasty but came in a very tiny portion.

 

Tori katsu with rice

Udon

 

Overall, food was alright and the ambience was good.

 

Address : G-03, G-03A, G-05 & G-28,

First Subang, Jalan SS15/4G,

47500 Subang Jaya

Opening hours : 11.30-3pm, 6-10pm

Mastercard & Visa accepted

 

 

Chinese Traditional Food Cuisine

Bandar Sunway has always been a food haven for authentic Chinese cuisine. This time I went to this restaurant called Chinese Traditional food Cuisine. The marble tables and chairs add a touch of class to this spotless restaurant. Inside the cool air conditioning is certainly a welcome from the sweltering heat outside.

 

I chose a table for 5 near the entrance where I got a nice view of the road outside and also got a glimpse of the on-goings inside this restaurant. The lady who took our orders spoke Cantonese and Mandarin with a heavy Chinese accent.

 

 

Cucumber salad (RM6)  - with  a rather unique blend of sourness and sweetness plus some spiciness from the chillies, this dish was very appetising and it certainly lived up to my expectation of a good appetiser.

 

 

This is ishinabe fish (RM38) . We requested that this dish be made non-spicy. What we got was a delicious pot of soup which had that pungent ginger taste. The soup was very tasty but my only complaint was that the fish had lots of tiny bones. In case you are wondering what ishinabe is, it is a stone pot. Food cooked in such a pot is said to do wonders for our health.

 

 

Beef with wild chillies (RM26) – you don’t see much chillies left as  someone had diligently removed them as soon as the dish arrived.  What looks like asparagus in the photo below is actually a specially imported vegetable from China. I never did find out the name, though. Well, this dish was indeed my favourite as the thinly sliced beef was tender and delicious.

 

 

Sweet and sour pork ribs (RM25) – garnished with some sesame on top, the fragrant smell of this dish made me really hungry that I ordered an extra bowl of rice just to polish off whatever little gravy there was. It was really superb!

 

 

 

This is called pickled frogs (RM30) – hot and spicy, I love the tender meat.

 

 

 

Stir fried kai lan (RM12) – slightly oily for my liking, but palatable anyhow.

 

 

Address :  3A, Jalan PJS 8/10

Dataran Mentari

46150 Petaling Jaya

Tel : +603 5622 2188 / +017  6802 977

 

 

 

 

Margaret Yong Tau Fu , Good Year Court 9

 It has been years since I last patronised this famous yong tau fu restaurant called Margaret Yong Tau Fu located at the ground floor of the Court 9 apartments. I do remember that the yong tau fu there was superb!

 

Last evening, I dropped by Margaret again as I was in the vicinity. There was ample parking and I managed to get the lot right in front of the shop. Business was good and most of the tables were already taken up at half past six. As in previous years, many of the customers were there with their family.
 

A look at the menu tells me that prices have increased. Each piece of yong tau fu costs RM1.30 ….hefty price tag…..but the taste was still the same i.e excellent. Both the savoury and sweet dips were good.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also had the pork trotters in vinegar (RM15)  -it was aromatic and very appetising so much so that I had to order an extra bowl of rice.

 

The same can be said of the asam fish ….very appealing but the price was rather steep at RM20 per fish.

 

Vegetables (RM7) – I ordered baby yau mak…but to me, this one certainly looked gigantic! Anyway, for RM7 I would say it was a generous serving.

  

Overall, the standard of food has been maintained and I definitely had a great time dining here although this place has no airconditioning.

Address  : V1-00-06, Subang Perdana

Good Year Court 9

USJ 8, Jalan Perdana Mulia

47610 Subang Jaya

Tel : +6012 691 6576