Month: May 2005

Mini Choux Au Saumon

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salmon snack carrefour

The Mini Choux Al Saumon is actually a Carrefour store brand
Aperitif snack with salmon flavor. It retails for RM 4 per box and I
got one to try out, since it looks pretty appetizing.

salmon snack box

I still couldn’t manage to decipher what the words actually mean but
I gathered enough from the picture on the front to know that it’s salty
and salmon flavored balls.

salmon snack ingredients

The ingredients list were not much help either, since it’s not in English…

salmon snack back

It’s a good thing there’s an English translation on the back. The
packaging looks really good, depicting salmon puffs in front of a
tranquil scene. It’s nothing like the other store branded items I’ve
seen, with minimalist features to save on cost.

salmon snack balls

This is what the salmon balls looks like. I thought it looks a little like a bun.

salmon snack dip

I bit into the salmon puffs and found that there was a delicious
surprise inside – the salmon puffs are filled with salmon dip! It’s
amazing, and not what I expected at all. I didn’t know it contains real
dip inside. It tastes great!

The Carrefour store branded Mini Choux Au Saumon is a must-try. The
name of the snack doesn’t exactly roll of the tongue, but the taste
does. 😉

Restoran Kari Kapala Ikan Cheras

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cheras fish head restaurant

Cheras Fish Head Curry Restaurant is an eating establishment that
has been in operation since 1978. The eatery is open 24 hours a day and
serves curry fish head as their flagship dish. There’s also a sign
saying that their other signature dish is the mutton curry.

cheras fish head mutton

The kari kambing (mutton curry) was good…though the chunks are a
little too big to handle. Smaller cuts would have been nice, but
otherwise, I have no complaints about the mutton curry. It says that
the mutton curry has been popular since the restaurants inception.

cheras fish head crackers

The obligatory crackers also made an appearance…

cheras fish head vegies

…as well as the vegetable dish.

cheras fish head prawns

We also ordered some prawn curry. It was alright, but nowhere near as good as the mutton curry.

cheras fish head calamari

The calamari curry was also uninspiring…

cheras fish head fish

…but then came the much lauded fish head curry. It was great! The
curry fish head came out tender, with the fish tasting fresh despite
the curry treatment.

cheras fish head fish accusing

There’s just something about a dead fish looking accusingly at you
(through chilli covered eyes) while you eat. I can’t explain it…

cheras fish head waterfall

…but those who are inclined to do so can drown themselves in the
waterfall beside the restaurant should the guilt prove to be
overwhelming. 😉

Voodoo Jelly – The Jelly That You Can Drink

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voodoo jelly drink supermarket

Voodoo Jelly is called “The Jelly That You Can Drink” and comes in a
wide variety of flavors with zany names like Jungle Lime and Raspberry
Rage. It retails for RM 2.30 each at your friendly neighborhood
Carrefour – I got mine at the one in Mid Valley Megamall.

voodoo jelly drink

I went for the Raspberry Rage and Wildberry Wipeout flavors. Voodoo
Jelly is made of almost solid jelly and comes with the pop-up top
that’s common in Australian drink products. Voodoo Jelly is made by The
Original Juice Co. in Victoria, Australia. I used to get my orange
juice from this manufacturer when I was in university there too.

voodoo jelly 1

Download: Voodoo Jelly 1 [sixthseal.com]

voodoo jelly 2

Download: Voodoo Jelly 2 [sixthseal.com]

Here’s two videos of me drinking the jelly in the hotel room in
Cititel, Mid Valley. You have to tilt your head a bit to see what’s
going on, sorry about that. :p

Mun Wah Hokkien Mee

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mun wah hokkien mee

Mun Wah Hokkien Mee comes highly recommended and is touted as the
best Hokkien Mee in Malaysia. It’s located at Jalan Maharajalela in KL
and has been in operation since 1960.

mun wah hokkien mee interior

Kedai Makanan Mun Wah Hokkien Mee seems to be doing very brisk
business and attracts a wide range of people. There’s an altar for Kuan
Yee Kor (Kuan Kong) at the back, complete with incense for offerings.

mun wah hokkien mee cook

I managed to get the cook to pose for a photo, though I didn’t take
the shutter speed into account and he went back to his (slightly
charred) Hokkien mee cooking in the wok. The place specializes in
Hokkien mee and people reportedly throng to this place for it.

hokkien mee piles

The rack at the back of the cooking place is filled with piles and
piles of the thick fat yellow noodles used to make Hokkien mee. Hokkien
mee is a sticky, slightly sweet noodle preparation.

mun wah drink steel

I ordered 100 Plus for my drink and it came in a steel cup, which I
found to be amusing (though I don’t know what the source of amusement
was, I just found it funny).

mun wah hokkien mee sign

Mun Wah Hokkien Mee is very clear about what its flagship dish is,
by this sign prominently stuck on every single table. It was translated
as “People ordering Hokkien Mee may have their meal served faster due
to this eating establishment’s specialty. Please be notified that other
orders may be delayed as this place does not practice a first come
first serve policy when Hokkien mee is involved”.

mun wah hokkien mee mixed

This is what the Hokkien Mee looks like. It was mixed with beehoon (rice vermicelli) to give it a bit of texture. It was really good – the sticky Hokkien mee tastes nice, with all the little crunchy bits to complement the taste.

mun wah fish puffs

We also had a side order of fish puffs – it was served with Thai
chilli sauce and one of the people I was with noted that it tastes
particularly good, nice and puffy, with a soft almost
melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Kedai Makanan Mun Wah Hokkien Mee is a great place for Hokkien mee – it’s really good!

Nestle Extra Creamy & Fruity Fruits of the Forest Yogurt

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nestle extra creamy yogurt range

Nestle came out with an “Extra Creamy & Fruity” addition to
their existing range of yoghurt – which is a good thing, with all the
“Low Fat” and low carbohydrates trend in the food industry. Some of us like
our food to be rich and indulgent. I personally prefer the decadent, if
you will, versions of food instead of the healthier choice. You only
live once. 😉

nestle extra creamy yogurt

Anyway, to support this move towards catering for the more
hedonistic palates in the consumer market, I bought one of the Nestle
Extra Creamy & Fruity Fruits of the Forest yoghurt. They have a
wide range of different flavors, but Fruits of the Forest sounds good
to me. It just evokes this image of various different fruits, fused
into the yoghurt.

nestle extra creamy close

Nestle Extra Creamy & Fruity line tastes great too! It is
exactly what it claims to be – extra creamy and fruity. I loved it. It
also comes in the smaller packaging with a plastic foldable spoon.

Starbucks AFFOGATO Frappuccino

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starbucks affogato

The AFFOGATO line of Frappuccino is Starbucks latest beverage that
features an interesting shot of espresso being poured into a
Frappuccino. It comes with the tagline “Strange name, wonderful drink” which was what attracted me to this latest version of the Frappuccino.

starbucks affogato promo

I just managed to check out the Affogato style Frappuccino last
night at the Starbucks at KL Sentral. The AFFOGATO style Frappuccino
comes into new flavors – Chocolate Cream Frappucino and Caramel Creme
Frappuccino. I got Venti sized ones for both variants to sample.

starbucks affogato duo

The AFFOGATO style Frappuccino is differentiated from the usual
offerings in the interesting textures that manifests when a shot of
espresso is dumped into an ice blended drink.

starbucks affogato choc

I like the Chocolate Cream Frappuccino – it tastes rich and
satisfying, though the caffeine content wasn’t as high as I would
expect from a double shot Frappuccino…

starbucks affogato caramel

However, it was the Caramel Creme Frappuccino that I fell in love
with. The Caramel AFFOGATO Frappuccino manages to retain just the right
amount of sweetness and texture to make the drink shine through.

AFFOGATO – Strange name, Wonderful drink. 😉

Cheap sushi

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bargain sushi

I managed to get an even better bargain just now – the trick is to
go exactly at 10:30 pm (or 11:00 pm on Saturdays) to Carrefour and hope
that all the good ones aren’t taken.

bargain sushi boxes

The sushi attendants wanted to sell the remainders for RM 8.99 but I
said I’ll just take it all for RM 7.99, the price I got the previous
night…the choices were much better this time, so that’s the reason
for the higher going price.

bargain sushi price

It was closing time so I just got everything for RM 7.99. That’s
really cheap sushi considering that there’s some prime choices inside…

bargain sushi prime

It filled two large sushi packs, and one of them had all the choice sushi pieces.

The famous Tai Sam Lou fish head review

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csl3 fish head shop

I went to the renowned Chan Sow Lin No 3 Road fish head shop for lunch. It’s located somewhere in KL and I’m told that it’s very famous for their fish head dish.

csl3 fish head shop flagship

It seems that the fish head is their signature flagship dish as everyone there is having it…

csl3 fish head shop cooking

The Tai Sam Lou (literally Big Three Road in Cantonese) is a roadside restaurant of sorts, with a side area for cooking…

csl3 fish head shop wood side

…and a wood structure to the side, which I assume is the living quarters of the proprietors.

csl3 fish head shop rice

The rice came out first, its just ye ol garden variety rice…

csl3 fish head shop belly pork

…and we also ordered kay yok, which is belly pork with yam. It’s
really good – the pork is fatty and hearty and the yam was nice too.
It’s a great addition to the meal for people who like meat.

csl3 fish head shop bean sprouts

There is also the obligatory vegetable dish…this is bean sprouts.
The unusual thing about the dish is the size of the bean sprouts.
Jesus, the things are huge! Bean sprouts on steroids or genetically engineered (GE) bean sprouts, whichever you like to think of it as. 😉

csl3 fish head shop fish

Finally, here’s the flagship dish of the restaurant – I present to you, the Spicy bean sauce gravy steamed fish head with bean sauce and soy sauce. I don’t recall the Cantonese name for it, but it sounded something like chiong ching something something yu tau.

csl3 fish head shop rice fish sauce

It really is good! It’s lightly steamed with spicy ingredients, but the freshness of the fish still manages to shine through.

csl3 fish head shop fish macro

The Tai Sam Lou fish head shop is a great find indeed…couldn’t have done it without a local.

Sushi and wine

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pelican wine

I headed down to Jusco (or was it Carrefour?) after a long day and got some Pelican Wine. I got the red and white varieties.

jusco sushi left

I walked past the sushi counter and the attendant asked me if I
wanted everything on display for just RM 7.99. It was really late and
they wanted to sell the remainders. I just checked into Cititel at Mid
Valley at about 9 pm or 10 pm.

maki jusco rm7

I thought it was a good bargain, so I got the entire leftover maki
for that price…someone was behind me and wanted it too, one second
too late, my friend. 😉

jusco sushi look

There are quit3e a lot of sushi and maki, it filled up two boxes and the boxes were stuffed to the max.

pelican wine hotel

I liked the pelican wine too.

jusco besh enjoyed

Sushi and wine…besh enjoyed with liberal amounts of benzos. Bye. Zzz…

Xun Wei Taiwan Delicacy Review

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xun wei taiwan delicacy

Xun Wei Taiwan Delicacy is an eating establishment
that recently opened up in Pending. I went there for lunch with Penny
and Lui Lee today. The menu has reportedly been spiced up so we decided
to check out the place.

xun wei lunch crowd

The proprietor of Xun Wei has lived in Taiwan for several years and
is married to a Taiwanese. He came back to open up this eatery
specializing in Taiwanese cuisine. The place seems to be doing brisk
business as it was fairly packed when we arrived.

xun wei steamboat

I noticed a gourd shaped recession in the middle of the table when
we were seated and I was informed that it’s meant for steamboats. Xun
Wei also serves steamboat for RM 10 for two people at night. That’s
cheap for a steamboat meal…

xun wei bubble coffee

I ordered Bubble Milk Coffee (RM 2.50) which wasn’t anything special. I thought it would have sago pearls in it, but it didn’t.

xun wei egg honey juice

I also had the Egg Honey Juice (RM 3) which Lui Lee
also ordered. It’s a wonderful concoction of eggs and honey. It came
out very creamy, with an extremely satisfying mouth feel. Don’t miss
out on this drink; words cannot express how great it tastes!

xun wei jasmine pearl

Penny went for the Pearl Jasmine Milk Tea (RM 3) which tastes like the standard Bubble Tea shop implementations. I’ll go for the Egg Honey Juice instead.

xun wei beef noodles

There are two signature dishes that Xun Wei Taiwan Delicacy offers. This is the Stewed Beef Noodle (RM 4.50) that Lui Lee ordered. Stewed Beef Noodle is a mainstay of Taiwanese cuisine.

xun wei spareribs rice

I went for the other flagship dish – the Spare Ribs Rice
(RM 5) which came with gravy on the rice and fried spare ribs. It also
had two types of vegetables which I didn’t like at all…but otherwise,
it tastes good.

xun wei tofu rice

Penny ordered the Spicy Tofu Rice (RM 5) which came
out looking like the rice based dish that I ordered. It seems that it’s
a Xun Wei signature to pour gravy over their rice. The spicy tofu is
really spicy, and that’s coming from me.

xun wei taiwan sausage

Finally, what is a Taiwanese meal without Taiwan sausages? 😉

Xun Wei has a great implementation of the Taiwan sausage – it’s not
too oily, and came out just right. The prices at Xun Wei Taiwan
Delicacy are very affordable too…the bill came out to around RM 30
for the three of us. I can see why the place is packed every day around
lunchtime.

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