Dinner @ Kim Seafood

A family dinner last weekend. Our first time to this Kim Seafood Restaurant in Jalan Ellis. This place used to be a car wash but many years ago. 

A small sized restaurant with less than 10 tables in the air-conditioned room. Those who opted for outdoor and smoking zone, there was few roofed seating arrangements right in front of the restaurant. 

Served no pork, this restaurant has good dishes selection. Price is reasonable. 

We have this bok choy dish which tasted good. Nothing to shout about. 

Sea cucumber soup used to be my favourite as a kid and now I still enjoy this thick, eggy soup. 

The oyster omelette wasn't that great. The crispy pancake batter was a bit on thicker side so it wasn't nice to bite in. 

I liked this nestum chicken strip. It was appetising and addictive. Really good to take with white rice. 

The Mongolian lamb was alright. Well seasoned and the meat wasn't that tough. 

We ordered another vegetable which was stir fried Hong Kong kailan. I preferred this more. 

Their signature beancurd was nice. Soft inside with crispy skin. 

Overall a decent dining experience. Nice and cozy ambiance.  Spent over RM250 for all plus drinks. 

 

Morning time

It is my shop's off day today so I brought my mil to market to buy grocery. After that, we went to this pan mee shop for breakfast.

My mil paid for the breakfast so I wasn't aware of the pricing. We both had the same fried pan mee,; not big portion but enough for us, small eaters. Big thick noodle with some fried anchovies and cangkuk manis fried in soy sauce. It was sweet but you could add its homemade garlic and dried chilli flakes for added taste.

Mil also ordered this chicken floss toast. RM3 for this set. Sweet toast as the chicken floss and mayonnaise were sweet. 

We headed home after our breakfast. Now my girl started to drive to school, so she together with her brother went to school together. I only need to send the youngest to his school as it is nearby. My youngest is in primary 6  now, so next year he will go to secondary school and in afternoon classes. Less on the road for me since my girl can drive to school. No need to rush in and out. Less stress for me. 

Lui Cha

If you are looking for some detox or healthier remedy, this dish will be a good option. A change from eating noodle or meat dish, we now have Hakka Lui Cha for you.

Lui cha or Thunder rice literally translated is a tea based traditional Hakka dish originated from China. 

Lui cha has a beautiful history but lengthy preparation as its ingredients need to be chopped or grinded properly. Traditionally prepared in mortar and pestle, now most people use blender to prepare the dish.  Groundnuts, tea leaves, vegetables, beancurd and other herbs are parts of this healthy and vibrant rice dish. 

You could just pour the bitter soup into the bowl and mix everything up. Or you could just eat it dry, without the soup as most people are not used to the butter tea leaves soup. I like to miss a bit of the soup into the rice and mix all the ingredients. Taste? A bit of sweet and bitter. Bring a Hakka myself, I have been exposed to Lui Cha at a young age. Of course based on own preference, you could find-tune the taste of the soup; make it more enjoyable and sweeter. 

If you are curious to know how it tastes like, do from by to my coffee shop. Open now. 

Ren ri

It is Ren Ri today so wishing everyone Happy Birthday. 

Traditionally we would be having Lui Cha on this special day. There will be Hakka Lui Cha stall opening this week but not in time for today. Will blog about the new stall once they open.

So let's have some Foochow chicken mee suah instead. Comforting and warm noodle soup with fragrant red wine drizzled on it. Definitely nice to take during this wet season.

Oriental in Kuching

 Yes, Oriental Kopi is finally in Kuching. 

We went for breakfast at this eatery chain this morning. It opens at 9 am so we reached there slightly before that time and it already has few tables occupied. 

A must-order was its famous egg tart. This tart was super addictive with its creamy and buttery custard filling with crispy outer pastry puff. 

Our morning completed with its beautiful half boiled egg and well toasted double butter and kaya toast. 

Here came our main dishes. The girl went for Signature Nasi Lemak, which looked good and appetising. Such a hearty dish for breakfast but she managed to finish most of it. 

Mil and the boys opted for the same dish, which was fried chicken meat kampung mee hoon. 

Curry cheese Cheong fun was hubby's order, which was slightly spicy and sweet. 

Oriental chicken hot fun was my comfort food this morning. Mild flavoured broth accompanied the noodle. 

No one ordered its signature coffee since besides hubby, no one is a coffee drinker. Hubby didn't felt like drinking coffee this morning so he chose iced teh cincau (glass jelly iced milk tea). 

Soon the outlet was packed and long queue outside the place. Luckily we came early because within minutes we seated, hardly vacant tables left. 

After settling our bills and packed 2 sets of egg tarts, we left and went for CNY visiting. Fortunately the rain had stopped after few days of rains. 

Here wishing everyone Happy Chinese New Year. Wish you good health, happiness and prosperity in the Year of Wood Snake. Gong Xi Fa Cai. 

Hawker food

It was Christmas day. My coffee shop was opened, so busy at the shop till early afternoon. Everyone took a rest at home after that. By evening we decided to go out for dinner since weather was nice and breezy. Most places were closed that day, so in the end, we went for hawker food in Hui Sing. 

Hui Sing Hawker Centre wasn't so packed when we reached there slightly before 5pm. We found a decent table for 6 of us. Everyone went their own way to order whatever they wanted to eat.

Hubby and I went for claypot chicken rice from Stall 1. RM9 for one claypot. Yummy. 

My mil went for ABC while I opted for Metahorn drink (below). I ain't a fan of ABC due to the colouring and sweetness. 

The kids had fried bean sprout kway teow and tomato crispy noodle which I didn't took shot of. Decent taste, nothing to shout about.

But satay is a must order when one comes to Hui Sing so 50 sticks for us we're a great treat. RM60 for the pork satay. 

Luckily we reached home before the rain started to fall. That was how we spent our Christmas day. 

I would like to take this opportunity wishing everyone a Happy New Year!! See you all in 2025. 

New stalls

It is a lovely, windy Sunday evening. No cooking at home and after dropped my girl to her dinner date, we went to Pines Square to settle our dinner.

We went to this food court since it has been a while we came here. 

There were new stalls that we haven't try before, so we decided to give them a try. 

Chinese BBQ and Delicate Taiwan Teppanyaki. 

I opted for a dish from the BBQ stall. And my choice was this crispy pork with steamed chicken and fried egg curry rice. RM10 for this plate. Taste wise, it was alright. Spicy, good enough to fill up my tummy. 

Chicken chop noodle in mushroom sauce (RM11) from the Teppanyaki stall was boys' choice.  Not really a great dish. Meat rather bland, hardly marinated first hand, and the mushroom sauce didn't help at all. 

Overall, not an enjoyable dinner. Not going to order again.

Goreng2x

There is a new food stall in my coffee shop. It is replacing the previous Chinese fried wok stall. Now we have Malay fried wok stall. 

Jana Goreng-Goreng stall as it is aptly named, it offers variety of fried dishes to customers. Those who love Malay fried noodle will surely love this stall. 

Fried seafood kway teow RM9

Authentic fried noodles and rice, we are offering halal food to customers.

Pattaya fried rice RM8

Few dishes that I had tried since it started last week. Huge and tasty portion, worth the price. 

Fried noodle with fried chicken RM7

It's been a while

Sorry for being missing for over a month. Busy with business, hardly have time and energy to blog. 

Today is our off day. Anyhow, it is busier than usual. We had chores to do at shop, things to buy, so it is quite an eventful day. 

Raining in the morning so I was handful at the self-service laundry centre. As for breakfast, I promised my mil that I will bring her try Kampua in one of the coffee shops here. It has been quite sometime since my last visit to Everwin Kopitiam. 

Hubby tasted its kampua before. However a man used to handle the stall then. Now is an elderly lady. Change of hand I heard. 

Quite a selection on the menu and I ended up with Mihun special. Noodle soup with pork skin, meat balls, fish balls and liver. RM10 for this bowl. Quite nice to take on a cold raining morning. 

My mil got her Kampua (RM5). It was decent according to her but still can't beat Sibu taste. Lol. 

Our drinks to go with the noodle. 

The pork leg rice

 It was one rare evening when hubby and I went to the old part of the town for food. We drove passed Padungan street and saw this corner shop that still open. 

Lucky star was on our side as we managed to find a vacant parking right next to it. So we hopped out and checked out this pork leg rice stall. Ah Kui Pork Leg Rice is the name of the stall. 

Our first time tasting the pork leg rice so we weren't sure how it was. But we made the right decision to have early dinner here. They were good!!

Very old school taste, authentic pork leg rice that you enjoyed during your childhood time. That how I felt. 

A platter of assorted meat and innards with braised egg. Accompanied by braised sauce and curry. It has been a while since I tasted a nice pork leg rice and this definitely is in my list.

Kampua

We have Kampua stall now!! Newly opened, it serves Kampua as well as sang nguk mee aka Sabah pork noodle. 

Option of white and black soy sauce kampua. Normal is RM5, special (with extra) is RM7. 

Sang nguk mee will be around RM7. The pork slice was fresh and tender.  Kampua was nice with strong pork lard. 

Those who loves Foochow Kampua, will definitely want to give this a try and be judge for your self. 

His day

It was my eldest son's birthday last Sunday. So we asked him what he wanted for dinner since it was his special day so it was his call and he requested for Japanese. 

Our first choice was Little Sushi at Pines Square. The last time we came here was few months ago when hubby and I brought Jan for her SPM celebratory meal.

Back to last Sunday, we arrived at the restaurant slightly after 5pm. Not that crowded, so we were able to find a table for 6 of us. 

Everyone ordered main dish each, so it took a while for everyone to be served. 

Soft shell crab temaki

Jan ordered soft shell crab temaki as her starter. She liked it very much. The little one requested for ebikko, he shared these with his brother. 

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The birthday boy had cha soba, which coincidentally that was what he had last year!! That boy, he stayed loyal to one dish!! Lol. 

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Jamie chosen this ebi fry jyu himself. As he grown older, he is more adventurous now in trying new food. Of course we still controlling his food intake due to his food allergy and eczema so we try to avoid or reduce the amount of allergen in his intake. As for his eczema, it is on and off affair. Maybe due to the weather, his eczema has not been improving much for these past 2 to 3 months.  

Ebi fry jyu

Yours truly opted for this bento. Always fond of salmon, so I went for the salmon teriyaki bento. 

Salmon teriyaki bento

Mil and Jan had unagu jyu each while my man had daba teriyaki jyu. 

And that was our Sunday dinner.