Always looking for something to eat: shanghai

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

大城小厨, Bandar Sunway

I’m back at this restaurant once again, this time with some guests from out of KL. I’ve told them a lot about this place and they were more than eager to try out the food here. As they did not take any spicy food, I had to confine my orders to simple, plain food.

Pickled cucumbers – the pungent taste of garlic and sour vinegar blended well with cool cucumbers. Delicious!

Vegetables – cooked in a special sauce, this dish had a unique flavour which is rather difficult to describe, but trust me, it tasted super yummy.

The last time I came here, I really liked the dumplings. Hence I ordered it once again…and yes, they tasted as good too. Just dunk them into the vinegar provided and you will yearn for more!

Noodles – with its smooth and slippery texture, slurping, yes, I did say slurping the noodles was easy fun!

Strangely they wanted to try the mutton with chillies. Depsite it being a little spicy, my guests thoroughly enjoyed this dish. The mutton didn’t smell and that was certainly good.

I’m glad that everything turned out fine and that 大城小厨 lift up to my expectations once again. Well done!

Address : No 9G Jalan PJS8/13, Dataran Mentari, 46150 PJ

Tel : +6017 6048786 / 010 425 7088 (Liu LuWei)

Only cash is accepted

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Shanghai, JW Marriott KL

There are not many Shanghainese restaurants in KL and this time I decided to revisit Shanghai, a restaurant located on the first floor of the JW Marriott Hotel in KL.

Synonymous to Shanghainese food (for me that is!) is none other than Xiao Long Bao –a must try if you come here.

This is duck tongue. It is tiny – about 5 centimetres and for a first timer, I would say I love it. And ………I had more than one of this. The taste is totally different from that of duck meat.

This is shark’s fin soup with fish maw. You will notice that the soup is clear. It was quite tasty as well. Shark’s fin is said to be filled with protein and calcium and is a cure for arthritis.

Cod fish in brandy. Cod fish has a distinct smell and when cooked with the over-powering brandy gives a very unique aroma and flavour.

This is sea cucumber, leek and Chinese mushroom. Quite an interesting combination I would say.

Next up was nothing spectacular- broccoli with Chinese mushrooms. The chef can never go wrong with this dish – so I have nothing more to comment!

This is duck with mini buns. The duck was too dry on its own but tasted heavenly when you dip it in the sauce.

Pork..really fat pork piled up in the shape of a…..pagoda…err….or a rose? Take your pick. To me this dish was totally inedible as I have no liking for fatty meat!