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

Mulberry Restaurant & Bar, Jalan Ampang

Along a row of what I would call run down buildings, number 9 clearly stands out, what more with the huge font ‘MULBERRY CAFE’. To find the parking to this building is a little on the challenging side if you have not been here before. Let me give you a simple guide as to how to get here. There is obviously no access to the parking lots from the front of the building. 

You would need to drive along Jalan Gereja, go up the hill that leads you to St John’s cathedral. Drive past the cathedral and look out for a huge number 9 on your right. Tell the car park attendant that you are going to Mulberry, get the parking paper (yes, it’s just a thin piece of paper) from him and when you dine at Mulberry, get it stamped for free parking. Easy peasy!

Set lunch was available at RM30. I had the fruit punch – love this tangy drink!

  

 I chose Mexican seafood salad for starters. I love the colourful and impeccably presented salad.  The seafood was fresh and the taste was simply superb.

For the main course, I decided on the pan- seared lemon salt red tilapia. Served with sautéed vegetables as well as  pineapple and apricot chutney , I found the taste of this dish to be unusual….I would think that’s the best word I can think of. I wouldn’t say it was delicious, but it wasn’t bad either….it just tasted, well, UNUSUAL!

This is my dessert –semolina pudding. If you are wondering what semolina is, it is the coarse grains which are leftover after flour is milled.

Address: 9 Ming Annexe

alan Ampang

50450 Kuala Lumpur

Mastercard & Visa accepted

Ah Yip Herbal, Summit USJ

I’m back at Ah Yip Herbal for some nutritious soup. This time around the soup was a bit 

overpowering. However, the oiled vegetables ie yau mak was excellent –crunchy and fresh.

This is chicken with black fungus which I ordered  for its purported health benefits – reducing cholesterol and blood cleansing. With its bittersweet taste, it complemented the chicken very well.

Duck thigh noodles- as always this is served in herbal soup. If ribs which fall off the bones easily are considered excellent, then duck meat that fall off the bone easily should be good too – and this was what I  got.

Address: Lot LG 51 & 52 Lower Ground Floor

The Summit Subang USJ

Persiaran Kewajipan

USJ 1 47600 UEP Subang Jaya

Tel :   +603 8024 7793

 Mastercard & Visa accepted

Steam Room, Paradigm Mall

I go to Paradigm Mall quite often but have always skipped this area of the mall as it is rather secluded from what I call the main building. Today, I ended up at this area as I was looking for the washrooms.

We ordered sugar cane herbal drink (RM10.80) and it came in a jug. From the photo below you can see that the drink was boiled with some water chestnut. What am absolutely refreshing drink.

Coconut chicken soup (RM16.80) – delicious and nutritious, this interestingly unique soup was simply awesome. Every spoonful reminded me of my grandma’s super powerful soups!

This is called chicken boxing (RM8.80) – well, the chicken is crunchy and yummy..and it was easy to eat as you can hold it in your hand.

3 jewels steam egg (RM10.80) – named so because this dish is made of 3 different types of eggs- century egg, chicken egg and salted eggs. The combination was perfect.

Stuffed beancurd (RM18.80) – I like the fact that this dish was served with some broccoli, making this dish a complete meal on its own.

And I must say this is truly a hidden gem of Paradigm Mall!

Address: Lot UBG08 Boulevard

Paradigm mall

47301 Petaling Jaya

Tel : +603 7887 6616

Mastercard & Visa accepted

Organic Freshmart –revisited

The last time I came here I was impressed , so I decided to make another trip to Organic Freshmart in SS18 Subang Jaya.

The place was once again quite packed when I walked in at 7pm. This time around, I ordered coconut  - fresh, young coconut….very juicy indeed and the flesh was tender enough to be eaten that I diligently scrapped off every inch of it!

This is mixed vegetable udon – very delicious!

This is petai fried rice  …hmmm….looks like the food here is always served with a huge pile of vegetables.

I noticed that these 2 dishes resembles the basil fried rice and soup I ordered the last time I was here –what I mean is the presentation and the looks. But, I must say they differ in terms of taste.

This is my favourite dish – vegetarian asam fish – served with lots of vegetables. It has has a mild spicy taste and is so appetising.

Look out for this board....it shows you what other dishes they have besides those on their menu.

 Address : No 17 & 19 Jalan SS18/1B
47500 Subang Jaya
Tel : +603 56362468

Opens from 10am to 9pm daily

 

Cards accepted :Mastercard & Visa

 

大长今 Dae Jang Geum

Dae Jang Geum – she was the first female physician Of the Korean Joseon dynasty, and I’ve certainly come across many Korean restaurants bearing this name.

 

The place is full of activities as I walked in. A group of Koreans are happily chatting away at one table and a gwei lo family are also having an interesting conversation at another.

 

 

 

 

The waiter politely enquired we wanted to sit at the normal tables –with chairs or whether we preferred the Korean dining style i.e whereby you sit on cushions placed on the floor. We chose the latter.

We ordered galbi (RM65) and dae ji galbi (RM32) – our selection was beef and premium pork ribs. The waiter cooks these at our table and carefully cuts them into tiny pieces using his super sharp scissors. Upon seeing that my son loved the beef, the cut them into minute strips for him.

Our meal is being cooked

 

 

Ready to eat!!

 

We also asked for a bottle of water. Just like most other Korean restaurants, water is free and refillable.

 

 

The side dishes are excellent and whenever you ask for them to be topped up, they are being done so promptly - there are lots of side dishes to whet your appetite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a hearty meal, dessert is served – watermelon and of course some sikhye – a sweet, cold drink made of barley malt and some rice.

 

What makes the USJ10 大长今 outstanding is to me, of course, the level of service and the detailed attention accorded to its customers by each and every person working there.

 

Address : No 15-G, Jalan USJ 10/1F

47620, Subang Jaya

Opening hours : 11am-3pm, 5.30pm-10.30pm

Tel : +603 5621 7002

Mastercard & Visa accepted