Peking Duck Promotion @ Mines Wellness Hotel, Seri Kembangan, Selangor

Hubby sent me this link last Friday and that night itself, we were feasting on crispy, shiny Peking Duck (RM28.00++) at Cheng Ho Court in the Mines Wellness Hotel. That's our duck, all ready to be carved up by the waitress.

The crispy duck skin together with spring onions, was wrapped up in thin crepe. The waitress did all the assembly work, we just had to wait and eat! We had 2 plates full of Peking Duck crepes for appetizer.

I had my crepes with a generous slather of hoisin sauce.

The waitress asked us how we would like the duck meat cooked (at no extra charge!)....with ginger and spring onions, with black bean sauce, or with fried rice or noodles. We chose to have it cooked with longevity noodles. Soon after, a big plate of noodles came our way.

Our bowls were heaped with duck and noodles. The delicious, salty and the well-marinated boneless duck meat pieces were succulent and super tasty, smoky and proved to be excellent complement to the springy longevity noodles.

Our meal for 2, with a pot of Chinese tea (RM4.00), cost us RM36.80 after 15% tax. It was, indeed, worth every cent!

This Peking Duck promotion starts from 1st July 2009 and lasts till 31st August 2009. Each duck costs only RM28.00++ during this period and is available for dinner only. There are apparently no terms and conditions attached to this promotion. Yay!

Cheng Ho Court

Mines Wellness Hotel,

Jalan Dulang, Mines Resort City,

43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor.

Tel: 03-89436688

Fax: 03-89435555

4 bams for a superb duck meal!

Chow Yhang Restaurant, SS2, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

UCT's birthday was celebrated here a couple months back. It's my first time dining at Chow Yhang Restaurant and it proved to be a treat!

Hubby's uncle (a regular here) ordered the deep fried yam ring. I don't fancy yam, but the stir fried chicken and vegetable filling was pretty good.

We also had the braised pork ribs in honey sauce which was superbly tender, moist and tasted faintly of star anise and cinnamon. Very succulent, very tasty.

We had a whole crispy duck (RM35.00) which was deep fried and then placed upon a soy-based gravy. The meat was a tad dry in certain parts, but the skin was delightfully crispy on the parts that did not touch the gravy. I would have preferred this dish served without the gravy. I love duck in all forms, but crispy is definitely the best way to go!

4 varieties of beans stir fried with sambal belacan. This dish I loved. The sambal belacan used here was more potent than that from other restaurants and the dish had a slightly sour taste (probably from some freshly squeezed lime juice). I absoltely enjoyed this piquant dish.

Steamed patin in soy sauce. The fish was a tad under-steamed here, and there wasn't enough gravy, methinks. This dish could have done with some improvements.

And since hubby's aunt was a big fan of salted egg yolk, we added an order of prawns fried in salted egg style. The crustaceans were coated with wet, thick, salted egg yolk batter. Sinfully delicious!

UCT's birthday cake, an Oreo cheesecake.

The bill for the 8 of us came up to RM223.20.

135, Jalan SS2/6,

47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-78773850

Mobile: 012-3257122, 012-3215612

Closed on Thursdays.

4-bams because I love the traditional Chinese cooking here!

Roast Duck @ Restoran Sun Ming, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

This place is featured in one of our food guide books and since we venture to Cheras a fair bit, it was only a matter of time before we checked Sun Ming out. Apparently, this restaurant is touted for serving the best roast duck in Cheras.

That's the restaurant, taking up two shoplots.

They sell an assortment of ready-cooked dishes too, beside the roast meats.

We ordered the watercress soup, RM3.50 for a small bowl. It was really tiny, not quite worth the amount paid.

We selected the char siew, siew yoke and roast duck combo (RM20) for 2 persons. Of the 3 types of meat, the char siew was the best. Caramelised-moist and smoky, with charred edges, it rates among the top char siew we've ever eaten, almost comparable to Meng Kee.

Same platter, from another view. The siew yoke was pretty good too; crispy skin with a melt-in-your-mouth quality. The duck, to me, was good but not exceptional. It lacked the crispyness that personifies what, to me, is the best roast duck at Sunrise.

The gravy for the duck.

Our bill came up to RM26.50 for the two of us. I would say Sun Ming serves great roast meats, but the duck here is somewhat overated.

Restoran Sun Ming

# 137, Jalan Sarjana, Taman Connaught,

56000 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03 - 9133 2151

For directions, please refer to Masak-Masak's review of this place.

A solid 3-bam for the char siew and siew yoke.

Aor Tor Kor (Marketing Organization for Farmers) Market, Bangkok

"The bargain-hungry tourists who throng Bangkok's sprawling and chaotic Chatuchak flea market every weekend aren't just missing the boat. They are missing the banquet. Just across Kamphaeng Phet Road, the Marketing Organization for Farmers Market (MOF, or aor tor kor, as locals pronounce the acronym) is a comparatively clean, serene showcase of Thailand's seasonal fruits and highly seasoned curries." .....so reads a Time.com article.

Another review of this market can be found here.

It was a Saturday, and our last day in Bangkok, and we were trying to cover the entire Chatuchak area with what little time we had left. Hubby and I were curious enough to venture away from the Chatuchak flea market, went across the road and stumbled upon this semi-wet market teeming with food, both fresh produce and cooked.

Huge river prawns (udang galah), longer than the span of my palm.
Ginormous live mud crabs. Poor things, all tied up.
Check out the size of the fish roe!

Big cockles.

And then we went to the cooked food section. A stall selling crispy slabs of siew yoke (roast pork). We bought a strip, it was goooood, though the skin was a tad crunchy-hard.

Pots of ready-cooked food.

Very pretty otak otak, THB40 each.

Grilled river prawns! THB270/pack.

Cooked crabs.

Stuffed crabs.

Poultry.

Duck tongue.

Pork knuckles, THB250 each.

Mussel omelette.

Deep fried jumbo cat fish.

Spatchcocked chicken, THB130 each.

Chicken & fish.

More ready cooked food.

Soft shell crabs, THB50/pack.

This place truly delighted us, and would definitely delight any glutton with a penchant for meat and seafood.

Restoran Overseas (Amcorp Mall), Petaling Jaya

Every year, granduncle would celebrate his birthday with a lavish dinner. This year, we were invited to Overseas Restaurant at Amcorp Mall, it was our first time there. There was a wedding function there that night so food took a while to arrive...

We started off with the four seasons platter.

And proceeded to the sharks fin soup.

The braised duck with plenty of herbal goodness.

This was awesome, my favourite, cod fish cooked in 2 styles - steamed and fried. Both were equally good!

The crispy pei pa chicken was also crunchy good.

Mixed vegetables was a light dish tossed with lots of pine nuts....lovely.

The longevity noodles was a firm favourite with me, I like the texture mingling with the taste of the salty stir fried meat and beansprouts.
Lotus buns with sweet lotus paste within.

Sweet sesame soup.....much too thick and savoury for me after the huge meal.

Restoran Overseas (Amcorp Mall)

3-21, Level 3, Amcorp Mall, No 18,

Persiaran Barat, Off Jalan Timur,

Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Tel: 03-79574929

This garnered a 3-bam rating.