Ming Chu Roasted Restaurant 名廚烤臘 @ Old Klang Road

I have set my mind to try the food at Ming Chu as it was said that they specialized in roasted meat and so when I saw the deal on Living Social, it was a clear Yayyy ! Click click, beli beli

For drinks, I had the Fu chork yee mai – beancurd skin with barley RM3/glass, the fu chook had soften and disintegrated which was the way I liked it. This tasted very much like a soya bean drink

S had a Ice Kacang (RM4.50) which was as colourful and as pretty as a Christmas tree. There were tons of stuff in the ABC- coloured jelly, corn, cendol, cincau, red bean..but sad too say, sometimes too much is not a good thing..the ‘outer’ presentation was pretty but they should improve on the appearance of the contents too..

Roasted duck with herbs- we chose the ‘bottom section’ meaning the drum stick area and this, at RM16 was RM2 extra than the portion from the top/ breast area. The meat was kinda tough and my mum’s dentures didn’t quite manage to chew on this effectively, taste wise, not bad, the herbal smell wasn’t very prominent at the meaty part, it was only prominent when I was tasting the bony part.

Bitterguord with salted egg RM12, the bitterguord wasn’t bitter and it was soft and just cooked – thick sections , the salted egg tasted a bit dilute but still manage to impart that distinct salted egg aroma to the dish, not perfect but just average.

Claypot tofu  RM12, there were cabbages, mushrooms, carrots, baby corn together with the tofu, There was a spiciness undertone of to the dish- nott sure where that was from as there were no chili in the dish, maybe it was the pepper ? taste wise, this was mediocre.

Apart from ordering dishes, there are also set meals like fried noodles and rice, which include a drink, soup for the day and fruits.

Overall, I would rate the dishes that we tried  as a so –so meal.

Location :

Lot 1-1 58-1.1 59 First Floor,

Pearl Point Shopping Mall,

Batu 5, Jalan Klang Lama

Ming Chu Restaurant is tucked in a corner- on the same level as Popular Bookstore at Pearl point Shopping Mall.

Le Porc Dor老婆多@ Old Klang Road

When I first saw the name Le Porc Dor on one of the Groupon’s  promotion, I thought the name belonged to a  French restaurant, then later found out that it was a play on words to make it sound French . And then  silly me thought that it was something Buddhist-y ( related to Por Thor or something to that effect) and assumed that it was a vegetarian restaurant .  I have been holding on  to the voucher to see if I could find weekends that would  coincide with the first  or fifteen  day of the Chinese calendar for this ‘vegetarian’ meal…( although the deal did say Chinese sausage with steamed chicken, pork slices and yam…I thought it’s like pseudo meat at a vegetarian restaurant one lorrr as my stubborn mind was fixated about ‘vegetarian ‘) but time was running out ( voucher expiry date was drawing near) , so any weekend seemed a good time to go vegetarian and I texted my makan kaki the day before the visit and said that we are going for a vegetarian meal…and only at night did I did  a web search and found that err…this was not a vegetarian restaurant . Me clever or not ?

The Groupon Deal :

 The setting at LPD was cozy, with marbled table tops and wooden chairs and a chalk written menu on the blackboard with  the astrisk–No MSG !

 We got to choose 2 soups ( from a list of nine) and decided to go with winter melon soup and lotus root,lobed Kudzuvine Soup莲藕葛汤 . the rest were fixed, so there was no need to exercise our grey matters.

Oh..before I go into the food matters, the Chinese name of LPD is 老婆多 ( translated to – many wives)  we asked the owners, what is the meaning behind the name, the lady boss replied that it is a man’s dream to have many wives ! Errr…!!  A friend once told me, one wife already headache liao..who needs more !! Maybe he is an exception..

The soups: The lotus, lobed kudzuvine soup was yummy yumyum..rich with flavours, I didn’t spot any dried octopus in it, but sure taste like they were there.

The barley winter melon soup was rather bland and paled in comparison to the kudzuvine soup above.

Stir fried yau mak with garlic –the yau mak still have some crunchiness to it and the taste was well balanced and no overkill from the garlic

Chinese sausage with steamed chicken and fungus— this felt like a homecoooked dish and reminded me of mum’s cooking and dinner time at home with mosquitoes flying over our heads and attacking our bare legs underneath the table. ( no, there are no mozzies at LPD). The steamed chicken was tender and the sausage were sausage-ish, the flavour of the sausage permeated the dish which made it fragrant and reminded me (so many reminders one this one dish..) of the Chinese new year waxed meat rice…

Pork slice and yam…ah….the yam piece crumbled under the touch..so soft and yummy. The fatty pork were a bit hard though..taste wise..nice…

Overall, I would say that this was an enjoyable meal, the service was friendly ( and the washroom was clean ). And if there were future deals, I think I will come again !

At the front of the shop, there was a display cabinets for cakes, which was kinda pelik for a Chinese restaurant, but Ms Boss explain that they run Bon Ton Cafe too..oh..that is why la..the best seller is the tiramitsu…

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Location :

Block G-9, 3rd Mile Square,
  No 151, Jalan Klang Lama,
  Batu 3 1/2 , 58100 Kuala Lumpur
 
Tel :  03-7982 7236       Closed on Sundays ( beginning August 2012)

Sanuki Udon @ Taman Desa

We have read about Sanuki Udon from the various blogs , about the simple but delicious udon ( and also the good looking owner)   but had never had the chance to make a visit, until now….

We made our way to Taman Desa, and headed towards Bukit Desa, and saw the Bukit Desa Condos on our right and on our left was a row of shop houses and saw a shoplot with the paper lanterns- ah..this much be it lahh…

It was about 8 pm and the tables were all taken, the waitress asked if we would care to share a table , we nodded and was shown to a table seated with a lone lady who had a bowl of soupy noodles before her and a novel ,  before I could spy on the title of the book that she was reading we were told that a table was available for us.

A dog eared menu was shown to us, and as both myself and Chunny are not familiar with Japanese cuisine, from the names, it was a bit of a struggle on what is what, kaarage ? what ah  ..yakitori ? errr ? wakeme ? gapo dio …kakiage ?…thank goodness  the menu had pictures to guide us.

Chunny decided to go for the house special with egg (RM5), and I ordered the Kakiage udon ( RM7), and we added : karaage and a singular ebi tempura ( prawn tempura). One can also buy freshly made udon at the Sanuki Udon, RM20 for 1kg which should be able to feed 7 – 8 people . Yakitori, skewered grilled chicken and other ‘spareparts’ of the chicken including the heart, the err..backside ( bishop nose) etc are are also available on the menu

We sat at the table facing the tea counter, where the waiter and waitresses were seen pouring and re-filling the teas.

House special with egg. Apart from the delicious looking wobbly half boiled egg, there was also a dollop of wasabe at the side of the bowl. The waitresses pointed to the sauce and chili powder and said that we could season the udon with these..

Kakiage udon, a large piece of kakiage –a vegetable fritter usually made with strips of onions, carrots and radish  was served with the udon. I like the taste of the kakiage, the different vegetable contributing their unique flavour and the crispiness and the fragrant from the deep frying…ahh…The udon was very Q –which requires a bit of chewing and overall, an interesting texture. The miso soup that the udon was served in was not too overpowering. Not bad..

Karaage- don’t ask me how to pronounce this..this appears to be deep fried chicken. From the www, I found out that the usual way to cook this is marinate the meat with a mix of soy sauce, garlic and ginger, coat with seasoned wheat floor or potato starch and then fry them.  There is a step by step pictorial instruction on how to prepare this dish from the website, please click here http://norecipes.com/blog/karaage-recipe/ . the verdict, the meat was wonderfully soft with a light crispy shell /batter. This was nice.

 One thing that really get to me when visiting a Japanese eatery is everybody and everybody who works there will yell out greeting and thanks yous (or whatever it is that they yell ) whenever a patron enters or  leaves restaurant.  The fella who was taking care of the grilling yakitori skewers, the fella who was deep frying the tempura, the waiter who was refiling the teas, the waitress who was clearing the table, the waiter who was seating the patrons, the guy who was giving you change for the bill …everyone will be chanting and yelling in that high pitched cheerful voice….Grrrrr….

My camera battery went flat after the picture of my bowl of udon, arigatho Chunny for the pixs from your iphone !

Location :

Restaurant Sanuki Udon
9, Jalan Bukit Desa 5,
Taman BukitDesa,
Jalan Klang Lama
58100 Kuala Lumpur
( Closed on Mondays)