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Travelling out from Mid Valley during peak hours. Loong Yuan Seafood Restaurant just had to wait until after 8pm
Friend recommended a place (Restaurant Loong Yuen) not far from Mid Valley for nice seafood – crabs (our favorite!). Unfortunately, going after work meant the dreaded peak traffic time of (6pm to 8pm). iPhone 4’s zoom isn’t that great but you can roughly tell the amount of vehicles trying to get out of the area from the photo above. We waited till 8pm so as to avoid the crush and in the end the cab fare turned out to be RM 9.20 only (it would normally be 1.5 times to double during peak traffic due to high waiting time in jams).
Crab Bee Hoon was very good and the salted egg and deep fried crab was also delicious. Forgot to take photos of second dish as was busy enjoying the meal! Also snapped this picture of the crab hammer which we seldom see nowadays .. only for true crab eaters!
Loong Yuan Seafood Restaurant
No. 79, Rukun Empat, Happy Garden.
Off Jalan Kuchai Lama, 58200 Kuala Lumpur.
Call +60 3 7982 3486 for reservations.
And yes, call ahead if you want to eat crabs (which we did thanks for friend’s advice). Cindy from the restaurant was very attentive (as were all the other staff) which made us feel right at home. She suggested 3 crabs (not all dishes allows just 1 crab) cooked in two ways which came up to about 2kg. Total bill was RM 120+ which was quite reasonable considering Crab Party in Singapore was about SGD 100+ last time we went there.
If you don’t drive, you’ll definitely want to spare 10-15 minutes wait time to call a cab before leaving. The place is definitely not easily accessible without driving. Highly recommended to give a try while you’re in KL or near the area.
Zhi Cha gets featured! 煮炒来咯 or Sizzling Woks every Wednesday 8pm
Sizzling Woks (煮炒来咯) just started airing today on Channel U and we were able to catch the first episode. I forgot to record the show on the media center and missed out on the first stall’s address (thanks to bobafett81′s forum post for additional info). This week’s episode featured two stalls in Ang Mo Kio. With delicious food like crayfish and pumpkin prawn balls, we must go try it out (or get one of the dishes for upcoming potluck dinner)!
豪乡海鲜小厨
BLK 158 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4
1． 双味鱼 / 2 Taste Fish S$25 (Crispy Fried Fish with special oyster sauce, and Water Boiled Fish with Assa sauce)
2． 金沙虾婆 / Golden Sands Crayfish S$18 (made with goat milk powder)
3． 沙皮鸡 / Sha Pi Chicken S$16 (each day only has 20 Sha Pi Chicken for sale)
甘家庄
BLK 202, Ang Mo Kio Ave 3
1． 东坡肉 / Dong Po Meat S$12 (pork cooked for 3 hours with special sauce and spring onion and ginger)
2． 金瓜奶王虾球 / Golden Pumkin Crispy Prawn Balls S$14 (Pumpkin sauce made with Mashed Pumpkin which has been steamed for 3 hours, butter, evaporated milk and curry leaves)
3． 金针菇豆腐 / Mushrooms with Tofu S$8.
Sources:
http://www.makansutra.com/forums/singapore/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17075&p=268941
http://8.mediacorptv.sg/programmesdetail.aspx?iid=MDC090903-0000007
Do The World A Flavour
Yh pointed out a rather interesting competition held by Ben & Jerry’s in Singapore. They are calling for new flavours for their ice cream and one winner from each country gets to travel to the Dominican Republic. The grand prize winner gets to have their idea made into an official 2010 worldwide flavour! Take a look and maybe we’ll be tasting your whacky ideas next year 
Pa’s birthday
My dad’s birthday fell on a Sunday in March this year and so happened that my mum was on a trip to Genting over that Sunday. Even though we had planned a celebration dinner the week before, but that didn’t really work out as my nephew was sick so my sis was unable to join us. Not wanting my dad to spend his birthday quietly, I rise to the occasion and offered to whip up a meal for him and the family at my place.
Again I laboured almost the whole day in preparation – going to the market, cleaning house and preparing dinner, in our haste to eat while the food is still hot, we forgot to snap photos of the food, which was REALLY a pity as sad to say, that was the first time I cooked a meal for my parent(s) ever. I mean a full meal and not just a dish, which I hardly cook anyway while I was living with them before marriage. So on hindsight, I really should kick myself…
But anyway, I cooked garlic prawns, steamed snapper steak, yong tau foo soup (many ingredients) and a braised duck (nah, bought from market, wanted to do thai-styled chicken initially). Also wanted to fry Dou Miao but gave it up as there were already too much food for 6 persons – My pa, 2 sisters, nephew (who doesn’t count as he had his own porridge), Mic and I.
Ok lah, review for the food is “not bad”, “quite good”. Haha. I am satisfied with the results myself. Hee hee.
Luckily, Mic had thought to take the camera out when we came to cutting the cake. Mum was in time to join us for cake, thanks to a cousin who went to pick up our mothers.
Left: Oreo Cheesecake from Baker’s Inn – March’s flavour, courtesy from Sis
Right: Pa and Ma in lovers gear (coincidentally)
Left: As usual, any birthday celebrations all seem and felt like the kid’s birthday party. Look at Max’s cheeky face!
Right: Max: Yum yum!
Kodak moment
Valentine’s Day 2009
We decided to stay home and enjoy a home-cooked meal together as it would be crowded and expensive to dine out on Valentine’s Day. This is the menu I created for Mic and he selected the Japanese menu.
The result of the hard labouring in the kitchen over the Valentine’s Day dinner.
Tags: Valentine’sDay, Food