Dfish, Carrefour Subang Jaya

I must  admit that I’ve not been to Carrefour Subang Jaya for a long long time.  I ended up there one afternoon as the weather was not too pleasant and I just wanted to get  a quick meal without being exposed to the weather. For the record, parking was free for the first three hours.

 

 

 

 

Strawberry milk shake  (RM4) , ice kacang with ice cream (RM5) and Ribena with longan (RM4.50) were what we ordered. The milk shake was a tad sweet. The same can be said of the Ribena longan. The ice kacang with ice cream was good – the serving was large and we love the black jelly which added more ‘zest’ into our ice kacang.

 

Cantonese fried noodle (RM6.90) – priced to match that of the ’tai chou’ in coffee shops within the vicinity, I must say I loved their version of Cantonese fried noodles, which I found to be less starchy than the ones found elsewhere.

 

Assam fish fillet rice (RM6.90) – a bowl of rice, some cut vegetables (mainly cabbage) and some fish cooked in assam. The rice was fragrant but I found the assam a little overpowering.

 

 

Char kuay teow 炒粿條 (RM6.90) – one bite and I could immediately tell that the noodles were excellent due to the high heat used when frying.

 

Fresh prawn wanton soup (RM9) – this bowl merely had wantons and vegetables as we chose to have  it without any noodles. The wanton were fresh and tasty.

 

Address: F12 , 2^nd Floor Carrefour Shopping Centre

Subang Jaya

 

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

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