Goh Fun Kee Bak Kut Teh 吳方记@ Seri Kembangan

Goh Fun Kee Cafe originate  from Sarawak and the outlet in  Seri Kembangan is their fifth and only outlet in West Malaysia , ghe other outlets are  in Kuching . Prior to my visit- I have been seeing their advert in those media magazine thingy that they clog your mailbox with, you know la, those thin colourful magazines promoting from – spas / slimming centres / correcting and enhancing certain parts of the body , food outlets, water filters, electrical shops, health food, hair studios, boutiques, car assessories, computers…u get the picture yet ? But  I digress ..

When we stepped into the cafe, apart from the banner hanging at the entrance, there were big colourful pictures / banners depicting the food and with the price list on the wall as well, so that was pretty convenient . ( for the menu, please click here )we studied the wall, and decided to go for their specialty – Dried Bak Kut Teh ( BKT) and Dong Kwai BKT . For drinks , we ordered another specialty Cucumber + sourplum and Ice lemon kasturi ( pickled lime) .

The cucumber + sour plum drink was quite nice, very ‘green’ taste of cucumber  balanced by the sourness of the plum, good combination, rather refreshing. When the waiter ( he seemed to be one-leg-kick waiter, cashier and PIC)  brought the iced lemon kasturi, he keep on reminding us that- you can eat the pickled lime. We didn’t forget and it was a good lime too ! the drinks weren’t too expensive, these 2 drinks costs  RM2.50 (I wonder was that on promotion) .Apart from the cucumber drink, the other specialties are the ‘ 2 coloured chin-chau’ – which was kwai-leng kou + almond pudding.

 

The Dried BKT (RM9)..ahh..what a feast for pork lover ..in the pot, u have ribs, 3-layered meat, lean meat, pork balls and ladies finger ( the vege, not human, just in case you are wondering) . The meat were  tender and well marinated, hmmm…tasty.

 

The Dong Kwai BKT (RM9.50) came next and the strong and distinctive  aroma of dong kwai filled our nostrils..hmmm..salivate, salivate.  In the pot, we found button mushroom, lettuce ( sarng choy), fatty pork, pork balls etc. The pleasure of fishing out the yau-char-kwai (RM1.50) pregnant with soup , and biting into the soggy ‘kwai’ and tasting the soup…..hmm…memorable…the serving was pretty big, I think for small eaters ( not like me) one serving can be shared by 2 persons.

 

Overall, an enjoyable meal, yumyum..Go Funkyyy…Go Funkyy..rah rah rah..

 

Operating hours : 11:30am – 10:00pm

 

Location :

Refer to map here, Goh Fun Kee is one of the shop at the shoplots across the street from Serdang Home Cook Restaurant

 

Goh Fun Kee Cafe  (official website is here )

43-1 Ground Floor,

Jalan BS 4/1,

Taman Bukit Serdang, Seksyen 4,

43300 Seri Kembangan

Tel : 016 8831708

Best Friend Dimsum Restaurant 老友记中港点心茶楼@ Seri Kembangan, Serdang

Whenever I drive passed Best Friend Dimsum Restaurant, I find it to be enjoying brisk business, so, I guess it was about time we check it out and see what all the fuss is about.

This fried roti thingy filled with bits of prawns and meat had a fluffy texture and the filing was pretty tasty which went very well with the mayo that was provided

 

Pork ribs – the meat had an interesting Chinese herbs flavour but it was a bit tough though.

The minced pork wrapped fu-pei ( soya skin) came in a reddish sauce which I will describe as tasting like spicy tomato sauce, I didn’t quite like it- it was kinda overpowering and didn’t ‘jive’ with the dimsum

Fishball wrapped in fu-pei  -  had the same sauce as the  beforementioned which spoil the fun lah.. the texture of the fishball was ok – I washed away the sauce with some Chinese tea and found it much improved

 

We ordered century egg +lean pork porridge but the waitress must have forgotten and served us chicken shreds +chicken floss porridge , if you like smooth and fine porridge you would probably not like this as the rice grains are still intact and kinda lumpy, the meat floss was a bit sweet which didn’t went well with the porridge

 

Fishball wrapped in seaweed – this had  a nice texture and taste good too

Thingy wrapped in wantan skin – this was the best amongst the lot. Yummy

                   

Char siu pao – the dough was kinda flat, lacking in  fluffiness and puffiness . The filing was reddish ( boo hoo..i want this in black gooey sauce ) and had a strong taste of something resembling  Chinese red wine.

 

Wu kok ( yam puff) – had the same filing as char siu pau above ( deduct some points) and the outer yam layer was kinda thin for my liking

 

The unit price of each plate of dimsum range from RM2.50 to a max of RM 5.50, for our meal above including a pot of tea, costs us RM31.80 which is about typical for a dimsum meal.

Overall, I find the dimsum average. The service was good –friendly and efficient

 

They are closed on the second Tuesday of each month.

 Location :

At Jalan Besar, pass Esso, Caltex, BP ( on your left) , go straight, pass market ( right) . go straight, when you come to Public Bank, turn right at the traffic light, go straight, when u see double storey shoplots on your left , at the junction – you will see – Best Friend –which occupies the corner lot – on your right . for a more descriptive map, check out    previous posting Serdang Home Cook Restaurant , Best Friend is further up the road -less than 500m away

 Best Friend Dimsum Restaurant

No 1717 Jalan 6/1, Seri Kembangan

43300 Selangor

Tel : 012 3744 406

Serdang Home Cook Restaurant沙登小厨美食馆@ Serdang

I had a light breakfast ( not because I wanted to, just that it was raining and I was lazy to go for a drive, and hence had to make do with some Digestives and …and and…) , which lead to being hungry at an earlier hour than usual.

We were the first customer at Serdang Home Cook Restaurant ( it was  12 pm) and were ushered into the air conditioned area by a friendly waitress. We  spent a few minutes reading the newspaper clippings plastered on the wall – smiling politicians giving their thumbs up for  the food  and the recommended dishes.

We decided to go for their specialty : lotus leaf  fish (荷叶马友鱼) and  bittergourd with salted egg.

 The waitress came by our table and said that she will give us a complimentary bowl of soup ( which was chicken feet and peanut)  and in the same breath, mentioned that the  chicken feet and the peanut is not very soft as the soup had just being boiling for 1.5 hours. Anyway, I would never say no to free soup ( and for that matter, any freebies )

The soup tasted just like homecooked soup , which meant it was pretty ok, and not overly salty or oily.

 

When the Lotus leaf  fish arrived at our table, we were wondering should we make some calls and get more people at  the table to help us finish the fish as it seemed an overly big fish for 2 persons. The fish, deep fried and drenched with gravy came wrapped in a piece of lotus leaf. I find the meat a bit dry and ‘rough’ ( fish used :- Kurau) , the thick gravy was not too bad,  it was heavy with the flavour of belacan ( prawn paste) plus some  sourness and had generous amount of onions. It was ok although  I prefer the assam fish at Choon Sun .

 

 Bittergourd with salted egg, I was a bit surprised that the dish looked  so dry but after biting into the first slice of gourd…oh la la…this was superb, first phase  : tongue taste salted egg and Umm…yummy..the distinctive taste of salted egg and the sandy texture of the salted egg coat, after biting passed the surface , the second phase – the bitter of the guord ozzes out and surpassed the taste of the salted egg …what a wonderful dish.

 

 The damage : fish ( 600g) RM24, bitter gourd with salted egg – RM8, rice RM 1 / bowl.

 Overall : an enjoyable meal, price was reasonable , I would like to return and try out the other dishes ( and re-order the butter gourd with salted egg)

When we passed the restaurant later that night, the place was very crowded and even the  tables set up outside the restaurant ( non airconditioned) were all taken up

Note : the restaurant also offers set lunches ( from mon – fri) which range from RM29.90 ( soup + 3 dishes ( fish+ meat +vege)) for 2-3 pax, RM49.90 (soup + 4 dishes  + fruits)   for 3 -5 pax, RM69.90 (soup + 5 dishes  + fruits )  for  6-8 pax and RM89.90 (soup + 5 dishes  + fruits) for 8 – 10 pax

 

 Business hours : 11:30am -2;30pm, 5:30pm – 1.00 am

Close on Tues every alternate week.

Serdang Home Cook Restaurant

PT 219, Jalan SK 6/1,

43000 Seri Kembangan, Serdang

Tel : 8945 7066 h/p 012 363 7066

 

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