Sushi Zanmai @ The Gardens

Sushi Zanmai
T-217, Third Floor, The Gardens,
Mid Valley City,
Lingkaran Syed Putra,
59200 KL.
Tel: 03 - 2282 1160
Fax: 03 - 2282 3160
Mobile: 012 - 702 1160
Email: zm-gd@supersushi.com.my
Business Hours: 10.00 am - 10.00 pm

Previously, I went to Sunway Piramid outlet and the taste makes me uneasy due to the food is not good at all. However, after some recommendation from friends and colleagues. I finally step into this restaurant again. Luckily, it doesn't makes me disappointed again. Yeah!!!

I came to this restaurant with Joanna and Pei Xuen as a meet up after quite some times back where we out together back in Kuching. If remember correctly about a year ago. We out with joy and laughter. We really enjoyed ourselves there. Oh ya!! Back to food and stop all my craps...

Sashimi Salmon (Medium - 5 slices) - RM10.80
Fresh and delicious

Coral Roll - RM12.80

Caterpillar Roll - RM12.80

Agedashi Tofu - RM6.80
Smooth texture

Soft Shell Crab Temaki - RM4.80
The temaki which is full of Soft Shell Crab fillings...

Garlic Fried Rice (Small) - RM7.80
A bit salty and doesn't have garlic fragrance

Gyuniku Tataki (Medium well) - 15.80

Mini Cali Maki - RM6.80

Inari and Tamago - RM1.80 respectively

Chicken Gyoza - RM9.80

Rating: 9 /10

Hokkien Pan Mee @ SS19, Subang Jaya

Hokkien Pan Mee
@ Restaurant Lian Heng
22, Jalan SS19/6,
47500 Subang Jaya,
Selangor, M'sia

Business Hours: 8am till late noon

This introduction is nothing new to the neighbours of SS19 and also one of my favourite location for Pan Mee. Apart from those commercialise pan mee you have it from "Face to Face" or "JoJo Pan Mee", this is more traditional manner in preparing it. You can see the cook will pull out the flour dough from the big bowl and start pinching off bits by bits from the silky dough into the boiling soup. Because of this, you will se the restaurant is pack of customers from the time it opens till it finished daily.

Be aware that you need to get a cardboard with number from the stall upon your arrival and wait for your turn before the order is taken. Normally will take you minumum 30 minutes to 45 minutes before your meal is serve and can stretch up to an hour during lunch hours. Therefore, do reach early if you plan to have it during weekdays.

Sugar cane plus Coconut

[You can see all its sugar canes and coconuts are freshly stacked in front of the restaurant and only juice out upon request. This drink is something that you wont get in many places and the coconut does help in reducing the sweetness in the sugar cane as well as ur heatiness while waiting for your meal.]

Simple stall with everything by stratch of hands ease the preparation time.

Hokkien Pan Mee Soup - Highly recommended

[Hardly taste the four flavour because the flour is freshly prepared every early morning by the owner. The minced pork is being cook with mushroom, soya sauce and etc. unlike those normal pan mee stalls. If your a spicy lover then you would enjoy their chilly paste as well.]


Hokkien Pan Mee Dry
[If you fancy the dry more be sure to request for additional minced pork (RM1.00 for a bowl that can be share by 3 to 4 persons)]

Despite the long waiting, you hardly find this smooth handmade hokkien pan mee around and love it since my primary.

Rating: 9/10

Restaurant Taragon @ Lorong Hang Jebat, Malacca

Restaurant Taragon
No.42A & 44A,
Lorong Hang Jebat,
75200 Melaka.
Tel: +6062881688 / +60129055865 (Alvin Tan)
Business Hour:
Mon: 10:00 am – 11:30 pm
Wed – Fri: 10:00 am – 11:30 pm
Sat – Sun: 10:00 am – 1:00 am

This restaurant is situated opposite Stadhuys, Malacca. We discover this place during my previous visit to Malacca. We have nyonya food over here. They also served Western food.

Itik Tim Soup
Steam Fish in Nyona Style with Pineapple

Pong Teh Chicken

Chap Chai

Rating: 7 /10

Rumah Peranakan @ SS23, Taman Megah

Rumah Peranakan
[The Authentic Nyonya Cuisine]
No.4, Jalan SS23/11,
Taman Sea,
Selangor, Malaysia
Tel: +603 - 7804 2778

Nyonya cuisines are always one of my favourite preferences and after recommending Amboi Nyonya Restaurant in Melacca, now would like to share my visit to another nyonya dinner in PJ. According to my friend that this restaurant had been around for quite some time and is always crowded with people towards weekend. This is my first time here and order simple dishes for my dinner.

Peaceful decoration with some antique collections

Scale of the restaurant is not very big yet nicely designed like the 90's homie style

Awarded for KL Top Restaurant in 2001/2002

Cendol Melacca Style which crunch your thirst immediately

Pie Tee as appetizer

Chicken in black pepper sauce will just spice up your appetite for the meal

Now is time for some Tom Yam satisfying you sour & spicy delight

(its kind of spicy thus do recommend to reduce the spiciness for those who don't fancy it)

Aromatic Pandan Chicken

(one of the all time favourite whenever in nyonya or thai cuisine)

Seafood Otak-Otak

(nyonya favourite dish)

Its not easy to look out for nice nyonya specialist around PJ and these may just meet what you are looking for. The price seems fair and reservation is recommended during weekends.

Rating: 7.8 /10

Wan Sate @ Taiping

This shop is located opposite Lido Cinema (Lido is not existed anymore). However, Taiping-ites will know where it is. The stall owner is an Indonesian. They had been here for many years. Their sate is really taste good especially the sauce.

Sate Chicken (end product)
Wan (owner) is fanning the charcoal to grill the sate

Peanut Sauce

Rating: 9 /10

Xhin Fhong Claypot Bak Kut Teh @ Sungai Way

Xhin Fhong Claypot Bak Kut Teh
No. 557, Jalan SS9a/2,
Sungai Way,
47300 Petaling Jaya,
Malaysia.
Tel: +603-7874 4154
GPS: 3.088408, 101.615671

When many mentioned Sunwai Way Bak Kut Teh will mostly direct to Ah Sang Bak Kut Teh which also located just around the corner. This home converted Xhin Fhong Bak Kut Teh restaurant is quite famous around the neighborhood of Sungai Way.

The restaurant business can be quite crowded during lunch hour thus many will give a call to make reservation if possible. One of the pleasant thing about this place is the services which very friendly and generous, as additional soup is served without even asking.

Truely homemade style

Mixed prok ribs, pork hock and pork stomach with vege and mushroom on fragrance BKT soup

Meaty pork hock

Free flow of soup (sweet pork taste) and yau char kuai

Conclusion, is a place worth visting with economical price as credit given to the friendly services and flavourful sweet pork soup (something different as compare to those strong herbal type BKT).

Rating: 7.8 /10

Bunga Raya Popiah @ Jalan Bunga Raya, Malacca

Bunga Raya Popiah is located outside Madam King Emporium. Well, the coordinate is (N2°11.975 E102°15.084). Business hour from 1.30pm - 5.30pm. When you reach there, you will surprise with the crowds there, everyone is waiting for their popiah. When you reach there, remember to place your order and get a number. Normally, you have to wait for a bout 30 minutes before you gets your popiah.

What makes this popiah so famous? It is pork lard. Well, non-halal food always attract the crowds. It cost RM3.00 (small) and RM3.50 (big). The big popiah is really filling and worth of paying the money. Remember to ask the slice the popiah for your convenience. When you bite it, the fragrance of the pork lard make the popiah special.

The popiah filling includes "sengkuang", eggs, pork lard

Rating: 9 /10