Restoran Fatty Sang @ Kepong Baru KL

Plenty of good food can be found in Kepong Baru if you're adventurous enough to venture around the area. Downside is the traffic which is a nightmare most of the time and it's not uncommon to bump into reckless drivers on the road. After reading a review from Pink Parisian, I braved through the traffic to lunch here.


Ordered a bowl of seafood noodle with clear soup (RM5.50) and I didn't have to wait long for it to be served.

Look at the amount of ingredients added into this RM5.50 bowl of seafood noodle! Damn worth the price. I wouldn't say that it tastes/fares better than the one from Yu Ai but hey, it's DEFINITELY CHEAPER than Yu Ai's. The clear soup has the natural sweetness taste from the variety of seafood used.

Other than clear soup, you may opt for tom yum. I was also told that fish head noodle is available too.

Restoran Fatty Sang
30 Ground Floor,
Jalan Ambong Dua,
Kepong Baru,
52100 Kuala Lumpur.

FINAL VERDICT

Location: 2/5 (Traffic is hazardous on weekdays :P)
Taste: 3.5/5
Hygiene: 2/5
Price: 4/5

Khuntai Restaurant @ Petaling Garden, PJ

A good friend of mine kept raving about this Thai restaurant and suggested to have a get-together session with two other good friends. Well why not, I thought.

This restaurant is not hard to locate if you follow the map closely. There's a chinese restaurant a few doors away and their business is brisk too (Reminder to self: Include in 'where to eat' list).

On my first visit to Khuntai, I had a good impression of the place. The staff were attentive and service was prompt. Although the tables were all occupied, they managed to arrange a table for the four of us instead of asking us to wait or turn us away. We couldn't sit outside too as it was raining.

Anyway, we ordered...

Seafood Tomyum. A must order item when dining in a Thai restaurant. This fiery dish really got all of us perspiring! Syiok!

Next dish, could you guess what it is?

Wrapped in foil, carefully tear open to reveal what is hidden inside...

It's their version of Seafood Otak-otak. Though a tad dry, it's actually very appetizing and smelled so so good. Found at least three large prawns inside.

The variety of vegetable dishes that's available is rather limited and since we didn't want to add on another spicy food, the waiter recommended Fried Kailan with Salted Fish.

The waiter also recommended Kerabu Mango and claimed the level of spiciness is just mild.

Well he lied!! It was way to spicy and I only took one bite. My friend finished it in the end. o_o She had to carefully separate the chili seeds before eating.

Out of the four dishes, seafood tomyum and otak-otak were our favourites :)

My next visit to Khuntai was to have dinner on a weekend. Whoa, the restaurant was packed to the brim and quite a number of tables were placed outside.

This time, we dined in the open air and only ordered three dishes since there were only a few of us. Again, Seafood Tomyum and Fried Kailan with Salted Fish were among the choices. Tomyum wasn't as tasty and it lacks the aroma (a little bland). Something was missing but I couldn't identify what it was. Fried Kailan was mediocre too.

We also tried the Steamed Lemon Fish and if I'm not mistaken, they used sea bass. I was surprised that the sweet and sourish gravy actually complemented really well with sea bass. One complain though. The fish wasn't cleaned properly with clear presence of scales that's still left intact and also swimming in the gravy -_- It is served on top of charcoal fire, so it has to be finished in a jiffy or else the meat will be overcooked.

Well, the second visit wasn't a really good one and I think I know why. THE KITCHEN COULD NOT COPE AND MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS WHEN THERE IS A LARGE CROWD! So, please drop by for lunch (when there are less customers) if you're interested in dining here.

FINAL VERDICT

Location: 4/5 (Ample parking space available)
Taste: 2.5/5
Hygiene: 3/5
Price: 3/5

Restoran Thong Kee @ Sea Park, PJ

Few weeks ago, I brought my friends to this place for dinner. Reasonably priced set lunch/dinner is offered on weekdays and there are 128 dishes to choose from! The 128 dishes comprise of fish, chicken, pork and vege. Soup is complimentary. We chose the first set which is priced at RM33 (3 dishes + soup)

Chicken herbal soup was the soup of the day and it was perfect for the rainy weather that night.

For greens, we had stir fried french beans, okra and four-angled beans. This dish had a nice crunch taste and not too oily.

Steamed tilapia fish (Teochew style) came next. Topped with lots of ingredients including mushroom, tomato, preserved vege, tofu, ginger and chili, it was simply aromatic. The meat tasted fresh until my friend scooped the lower part of the fish and found it to be raw. Ewww. I waved to one of the waiters and showed him but he just took the plate away without any word. After a while, the same fish returned to our table piping hot and we continued digging in.

The final dish was sweet and sour pork, recommended by me. The taste brought back fond memories of my brother when he was still a young boy (now working in SG) who could easily finish off the whole plate til the last bit on his own. Kudos to the chef who prepared this dish.

Other than the slight unpleasant encounter of half cooked fish served to us, overall the dinner was nice.

"Pun choy" is also served here but booking is required one day in advance. According to the lady boss, it is a large serving for 10 pax at RM398. I'm actually quite interested but couldn't get 10 people to join me as they think it's too expensive. T_T

FINAL VERDICT

Location: 3/5 (Usually congested during lunch hours)
Taste: 3/5 (High content in MSG perhaps?)
Hygiene: 2/5 (Toilet is dirty and weird thing is the wash basin is located quite far)
Price: 3/5 (Reasonable considering types of dishes offered)

Chicken Rice @ Restoran Yat Yeh Hing

No proper introduction is required for this place. It has been around for so many years that I bet most of you out there must have tried it.


I would usually order roasted + steamed chicken and bean sprouts to compliment with a plate of rice. The unlimited servings of soup of the day is good too but it's served a la self-service. Not forgetting the chili sauce, it's very very good. Comes with minced garlic so the sauce is fragrant and the taste blends really well with the chicken meat and rice.

Restoran Yat Yeh Hing
33, Jalan SS 4D/2,
People's Park, PJ

FINAL VERDICT
Location: 3/5 (Ample parking space available or just park at the housing area behind the shops)
Taste: 3/5
Hygiene: 3/5
Price: 3/5

DIY - Tips (Home)

Pretty interesting tips which I think I should share. Yet to know if these are useful or just myths :P

Ants problem : Place skin of cucumbers near the ant hole.

To make the mirror shine : Clean with spirit.

To remove chewing gum from clothes : Keep clothes in the freezer for an hour.

To whiten white clothes : Soak clothes in hot water with a slice of lemon for 10 minutes.

To give a shine to hair : Pour a teaspoon of vinegar to hair, then wash hair.

To get maximum juice out of lemons : Soak lemons in hot water for an hour, and then juice them.

To rid the smell of fish from your hands : Wash hands with a little apple vinegar.

To avoid tears while cutting onions : Chew gum.

To boil potato quickly : Peel one side of the skin before boiling.

To check freshness of fish : Put the fish in a bowl of cold water. If it floats, it's fresh.

To check freshness of an egg : Put the egg in water. If it becomes horizontal, it's fresh. If it slants, its 3-4 days old. If it becomes vertical, its 10 days old. If it floats, it's stale.

To remove ink from clothes : Apply generous amount of toothpaste on the ink spots and let it dry completely, then wash.

To skin sweet potatoes quickly : Soak in cold water immediately after boiling.

To get rid of rats : Sprinkle black pepper in places where you will find them.

Fried Tofu with Honshimeji Mushroom

My mom loves to eat mushrooms and for dinner, I've specially prepared a dish using Honshimeji mushrooms.

Other ingredients such as black fungus, tofu, and button mushrooms included in this dish were stir fried together with some seasonings. Cuts of blanched broccoli arranged neatly round the plate for presentation purpose, ahem.

Pork Noodle @ Restoran New Seaview, Paramount Garden PJ

I used to frequent this place years ago when I was working nearby and it's only recently that I got the chance to lunch here again. Brought my buddies along and they too, loved the pork noodles ;) Whoa, business is brisk nowadays for this particular stall unlike a couple of years back when I only waited for about 10 minutes or less for my delicious noodle to arrive.

Returned again for lunch last weekend and ordered a large bowl of pork noodle as I was really hungry (no breakfast that morning). Waited for about 20 minutes and the noodle came but the portion was kinda small for RM4.50. I didn't bother to check if they've prepared our order correctly coz I started eating the moment it was served.

Absolutely love the broth and it's actually sweeter and more flavourful if you have yours later in the morning or afternoon due to the long hours of soup boiling with pork bones. Erm, I think MSG is added only in small quantity as I don't feel the thirst after consuming the noodle.

If I'm not mistaken, this stall has been around for close to 20 years (or more?). The cook's son and I studied in the same secondary school (same class in one of the years) and his parents started the biz since he was young. Talk about the amount of experience in cooking already!

Restoran New Seaview
Jalan SS20/7
Paramount Garden, PJ.

FINAL VERDICT
Location: 2/5 (Congested during weekdays)
Taste: 4/5 (Love it!)
Hygiene: 2/5 (Coffeeshop kan...)
Price: 3/5 (RM4.00 and RM4.50 for small and large respectively)