Kit Kee Restaurant, SS14

The signboard of this restaurant clearly states that the person behind it is the son of the famous Keong Kee restaurant which was once located in Imbi.

We decided to try this restaurant as it was a relatively new one as compared to the rest along the same row , facing the main road, across the road from Metroplitan College.

The airconditioning was just switched on as we walked in. The restaurant looked immaculately clean. 

We ordered a few dishes to try.This is called home style tofu (RM8) which worked out to be RM1 per piece. I like this tofu as it was crispy on the outside and definitely tasty inside out.

Chinese spinach soup (RM10) – this dish was slightly salty, but I loved the fact that it contained lard!

Beef hor fun (RM16) – mum always said ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ and this certainly applies for Kit Kee’s beef noodles. Albeit its unappealing looks, the noodles were delicious and the beef well seasoned. 

Dong po rou (RM32) – every time I order this dish, I recall the story told to me about the origin of this dish, which is very popular in Hangzhou. Anyway, the meat was so easily pried into tiny bits, which is the hallmark of a good serving of dong po rou. You can see from the picture that although the meat was fat, there wasn’t much oil floating on the top.

Mantou (RM 1.50 each) – this went well with the yummy dong po rou

This is the steamed kampong chicken (RM28). I really think that the name is very apt as I like this very traditional way of steaming chicken with black fungus and golden needle mushrooms – reminds me of my grandma’s cooking!

Ginger beef (RM18 for a small portion) –the beef was tender and the spring onions and ginger gave it a potent punch of flavour.

Leafy green siew pak choy (RM8) – the generous amount of garlic used to stir fry the vegetables made them any garlic-lovers choice of vege!

Address : 20 Jalan SS14/2

47500 Subang Jaya

Tel : 012 656 4319, 016 398 1388

Cash terms only

Restoran Summer Park, Bukit Tinggi

Taking a slow drive to Bentong, we decided to stop for lunch at Bukit Tinggi. Famed for its cool weather and fresh vegetables and ginger, many a tourist have made a stop-over to purchase these items before continuing their journey along the Karak Highway.

I love this DIY deco made of aluminium cans that turn & swirl with the wind

We drove around the tiny village of Bukit Tinggi and settled on having lunch at Summer Park. This 2-storey standalone restaurant has it’s a reasonably spacious parking area. There is even a stall within its premise selling fresh produce such as bananas, ginger, soursop …just to name a few.

Fruit stall

The pleasant ambience makes dining here a great experience. Although the restaurant has no air conditioning, the wide open spaces made the heat totally unfelt.  After ordering  our food with kind assistance from the helpful waitress, we went for a walk at the back of the restaurant where poultry was reared and vegetables planted. In fact, we saw a man plucking vegetables there – and it was then cooked and served to us....that’s how fresh the vegetables here are. This was priced at RM8

This is basically  a dish made from squid, prawns, black fungus   (RM15) and of course vegetables from their garden. The kids love the gravy which went very well with rice.

This is 1.4kilogrammes’ worth of fish (RM49). The flesh oozed with freshness & it was succulent. The only complaint we had was that the fish was very bony.

Address : Lot PT3338 Mukim Bukit Tinggi

28750 Bentong

Tel: 012 6611 928, 019 377 4009

Cash terms only

Farm House, Kuantan

Being the adventurous person that I am, I decided to try out Farm House. The ambience is pleasant and I love the stark contrast it has from the sweltering heat outside.

This is watercress soup, painstakingly boiled in tiny crock pots lined up in a pretty row. As such the soup tasted wonderful  and the RM14.80 damage to our pockets justified.

This is tasty otak roll (RM8.80), which, well lived up to its name – tasty.

Fried squid (RM14.80)  -crunchy and yummy

Bentong  tofu (RM8.80) – well, I’ve always known that Bentong is famous for its ginger, but tofu??? 

Anyway, we tried this dish and the tofu was filled with meat. It was indeed startling!

Yam roll with duck (RM11.80) – this was one unique dish that everyone enjoyed .

Pork rib with bitter gourd (RM11.80) – steamed to a voluptuously tender texture, the  ribs were easy to eat.

Salted fish with kampong chicken (RM11.80) – the combo was simply out of this world!

Deep fried prawns in batter - not so healthy after all!

Pig trotter (RM16.80)

Address : A151 Jalan Air Putih

25300 Kuantan

Tel : +609 560 4443

Opening hours:  11am to 9.30pm

Mastercard & Visa accepted

Restoran Sin Leong Huat

This is a simple Chinese restaurant which occupies three shop lots. One has no air-conditioning while the other two have. Service here was fast and we were satisfied with the quality of food served.

Marmite boxing chicken (RM12) – why this is called boxing chicken is that the chicken has been cut so that all the meat is accumulated at the top thus making it easier to eat.

Soup (RM7) – this bowl of soup contains salted vegetables, tofu, tomatoes, squid and not forgetting some ginger.

Our vegetable (RM10)  dish comprising lotus roots, broccoli, sweet peas and some carrots – very nicely done!

This tofu dish (RM8) – is a simple tofu dish with some very tasty gravy – the kids love this.

Address:  19 Jalan Nilam  1/2

Subang hi-tech Industrial Park

40150 Shah Alam

Tel : +603 5638 8812

Opening hours : 10.30am to 3pm, 5.30pm to 10.30pm

Credit cards accepted

KungFu Paradise, Paradigm Mall

With a name that doesn’t appeal to me, walking  into KungFu Paradise was definitely a huge gamble. The simple menu displayed at the exterior showed that it served what I call simple dishes.

Refreshing drinks!

 My son was dying to try the seafood udon (RM18.90) and insisted that we went in.  First came the ‘stove’ and then the huge ‘pot’ of udon which was filled with awesomeness – al-dente udon served with eggs and some condiments.

Dry noodles(RM10.90) -  with 2 sausages, an egg and a stalk of vegetable, this perfectly done noodles was yummy.

Japanese curry (RM14.90) – I frankly think that this does not look like Japanese curry , at least the colour wasn’t right to me, but the thick curry was very delicious. I also like the fact that they took the effort to put some black sesame as toppings on the rice.

Seafood tomato fried rice (RM13.90) – the rice was a little soggy, but the taste was pretty alright.

 Address: Lot 2F-21 Level 2

Paradigm Mall

No 1 Jalan SS7/26A

47301 Kelana Jaya

Tel : +603 7887 5055

Meng Kee Peking Duck

The owners of this restaurant certainly own the noodle shop nearby as they bear the same name. I did a ‘test’ to confirm this. 

I ordered a bowl of noodles and asked them to bring it to me at Meng Kee Peking Duck –the waiter said alright provided I pay him cash when food is served. And this is a picture of the bowl of noodles we tried – smooth, fine  noodles with lots of goji berry- it was good!

We ordered some dishes to go with rice – half a roasted duck (RM31) – I must say that this was indeed the best roasted duck I’ve ever had. Crispy on the outside, yet succulent inside. Superb!

Pork ribs in marmite (RM16) – this dish was alright, but I would have preferred the meat cut into smaller pieces.

Crab meat tofu soup (RM12)

Stir fried Hong Kong kalian (RM9) – the serving was rather small, but the kai lan was fried on high flame and as a result of this was good.

Address : 27 Jalan Juruaudit U1/37

Hicom Glenmarie

Shah Alam

Opening hours : 11am to 10.30pm

Credit cards accepted.