Cungdinh Vietnamese Restaurant, Jalan Doraisamy

This is a fine dining restaurant, serving cuisine from the Hue province in Vietnam. To enter, you need to walk across a ‘bridge’ and once I was at the entrance proper, I couldn’t but feel a sense of warm welcome.

The ambience is pleasing with soft Vietnamese music in the background. Vern, the  friendly owner gives me a menu that is thick and heavy. I jokingly said that the menu can kill and she informed me that was because they have about 100 varieties.

I ordered hue rice cake (RM29.80 for 6) , which looked like this. Placed in a tiny plate , which is more aptly labelled as a saucer, you first need to use your spoon and make a complete circle, thereafter cut the rice cake into 4 equal portions, pour some spicy sauce on top –and there you have a ready to eat hue rice cake. Well, the sauce lived up to its name –spicy!  But how should I describe the taste of the rice cake..well, in a nutshell it tasted like chee cheong fun, but of course with a smoother texture.

 

 

I also ordered a set meal –Set number 6  (RM22) consisted of an appetiser, my main course of coconut rice, coffee and dessert. For my post today I shall only cover the appetiser and the coconut rice.

The appetiser was huge – it had fried spring roll, a fresh spring roll, pickled prawns and some shredded chicken salad. I love the minty taste of the fresh spring roll and the springy texture of the spring roll skin. The pickled prawn was a tad sour for my liking, but I really enjoyed the salad which was  slightly tangy and zesty.

 

 

My main course – coconut rice. It looked plain and boring, but don’t be fooled by its looks. I must admit I was a little let down because I had the expectation that the coconut rice should naturally be served in a coconut. Putting my disappointment aside, I realised that my senses were definitely tickled by the aromatic plate of rice placed in front of me. Fried with coconut milk and some prawns the rice was absolutely delicious. I polished it clean within minutes!

 

 

Address : 36-38-40 Jalan Doraisamy

Asian Heritage Row, Kuala Lumpur.

Tel : +603 2692 2288

Opening hours : 12-4pm, 6pm-12am

Mastercard and Visa accepted

Mojo Restaurant, Jalan Doraisamy

Located along the Asian Heritage Row, Mojo is one of the few restaurants opened for lunch. We went in without any expectation, not knowing what sort of cuisine to expect.

The decoration was pleasant, with pictures of, amongst others, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis adorning the walls.  But I did not like the pungent smell of tobacco that was in the air.

The friendly waiter gave us the menu. A glance at it and we could tell that they do 2 things for lunch –the daily specials (photo below) as well as some other set lunches, all of which come with a complimentary drink.

BBQ lamb –RM15.90 – with 2 slices of mutton, some rice , coleslaw , and egg and some papadam I would say this was  very reasonably priced . For the sauce we had a choice of black pepper or mushroom, but I chose the latter. The mutton was thick and juicy yet tender enough for me!

Chicken chop (RM15.90) – the piece of chicken was big and flavourful. Love it!

 

Poach salmon –RM17.90 – the most expensive of our selection, yet the most unfulfilling one as the portion was just too tiny. The taste was alright and I just love the potatoes.

 

Fish & chips –RM14.90 – crispy chips, yummy fish…how awesome!

 

For dessert we had panna cotta (RM13) – the flavour and texture were just spot on. We also tried the apple crumble (RM9) which I absolutely adore for its crisp and crumbly texture. I also love the fact that it wasn’t too sweet.

 

 

Address:	No. 42, Jalan Doraisamy, Asian Heritage Row, Kuala Lumpur
Tel:	+603 2697 7999 ,  / +6012 6699 205

 

Opening Hours:

Mon - Thu: 12.00pm - 1.00am Fri: 12.00pm - 3.00am Sat: 5.00pm - 3.00am Sun: 5.00pm - 1.00am

Mastercard, Visa & Amex accepted

Cung Dih, Jalan Doraisamy

Armed with a Groupon voucher costing RM128 for a 10-course meal for 8 pax, we arrive at Cung Dih. Drinks were not included in this set, so we settled for plain lotus tea which costs less than RM5 per head.

 

Lantern spring roll – stuffed with prawns, crabs and chicken, the spring rolls are placed on toothpicks and stuck onto the skilfully crafted pineapple. If you look carefully, you will notice that there is a tealight candle inside the pineapple. This helps to keep the spring rolls warm.

 

 This is herb marinated minced beef served in a porcelain bowl. What enthralled us was the way this dish was presented to us. It was only semi cooked when it arrive at our table. Our friendly waiter who hailed from Myanmar ‘fired’ up the bowl. We asked him what it was and he told us he was merely lighting up the cooking gel and that the beef would be ready in a couple of minutes. So we waited patiently and that patience was rewarded – we got to eat well-cooked  luscious beef!

 

This soup looked like our Malaysian version of tofu with salted fish…but don’t be fooled, it just didn’t taste anywhere near it. In fact this is vegetable soup with pineapple, ladies fingers, tomatoes, bean sprouts and some tofu. I’ll describe it as being a combination of hot, sour and sweet.

 

Chicken salad:-

 

BBQ chicken – lovely!

 

Grilled prawns flavoured with chilli salt – I love this dish and wished there were more prawns!

 

Stewed fish in claypot :-

 

Try guessing what this is? Given up? Well, it’s grilled eggplant.

 

Garlic fried kangkung:-

 

Northern Hanoi sytle fried fish fillet served in a hot plate – the fish was a little too dry for my liking.

I would definitely rate this deal as being worth every sen because the food here is unrivalled.

 

Address : 36-38-40 Asian Heritage Row,

Jalan Doraisamy,

50300 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: +603-26922288  

Mastercard & Visa accepted