Papa Cafe @ Jalan Klang Lama

Another meal from a  promo deal, come to think of it hor, I think I have spent more on meals last year compared to any other year due to purchasing all the ‘promotional meals’, hey, promo or no, we are still paying for them  mah..and this is not in any way a sponsored blog you know..although donations and sponsorships are always welcomed 

This meal at Papa Cafe was a deal from Living Social for  : a main course of lamb hhop, chicken chop or fish fillet, served with French fries, coleslaw and 12 inch German foot long sausage ; mushroom soup, ice cream and iced lemon tea.As there were three of us, we decide to ordered all three variations offered for the main course.

The ice lemon tea- umm..this taste a bit watered down ..not the kaw-kaw version ..

Mushroom soup- nothing to shout about, maybe just a whimper can lah . I finished mine, but the other 2 makan kaki didn’t finished theirs . Their excuses include : too thin, too salty, lumpy at the bottom. Well, as for me, I am an easy going kinda gal…

I had the chicken chop – I can’t really get to the taste of  the chicken taste, I think this was because  the section I was served was rather thin. One thing I liked about this was that this was not the heavy batter coated version. The sausage was nice though, the texture was great and it was tasty , it didn’t taste like al-cheapo sausages.

Carmen had the fish and chips- I was offered a bite but I refused as it looked like those regular fish in batter you get from the frozen section in the supermarket.

Fen had the lamb chop and she didn’t offered to share this with the rest of us, she liked it too much, I guessed..she commented that this was rather good

We were there on a weekend, and more than half of the tables were filled and we found that none of the other patrons ordered the same meals as ours , their orders were more into noodles and spaghettis. The ambiance was ok, rather cozy and quite, the waitress were friendly

We were offered chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ice cream, no takers for the strawberry version …

Overall, an average meal..

Location:
Lot 3, Citrus Park, Plaza OUG, Jalan Klang Lama, 58100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : +603 – 7980 9757

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)