Puchong Setia Walk Big Spoon - A Spoonful of Food review by Best Restaurant

Nowadays the trend of eating is to eat a petite serving thereby enabling you to taste more delicacies. With that note, Best Restaurant To Eat was invited to preview Big Spoon at D-7-G, Block D, Setia Walk Persiaran Wawasan Puchong, Selangor.

The unique concept of Big Spoon is to serve an unique American Chinese fusion cuisine in a spoon, a real big spoon.

The decor of Big Spoon is one with a simple no-fuss design with a very simple menu - real fast food stuff.

Most of the dishes served at Big Spoon are quite similar in concept like a dim sum offering, where you can order these appetizer dishes.

We started the review with the Tomatoes in Sweet Osmanthus sauce - This is one of the most popular appetizers during summer. Chilled tomatoes are tossed with an inhouse made osmanthus glaze to give it a refreshing sweet and sour taste with a subtle fragrance of osmanthus to stimulate your appetite in a hot summer afternoon.

followed by the Oriental Salad - A Fresh, crisp, and cold combination of Iceberg Lettuce, cherry tomatoes and Fried Wonton Wrap. Drizzled with an oriental flavor salad dressing which consist of Soy sauce, Peanut butter, vinegar, sugar and black bean hot sauce.

and followed by Steam Dumplings which came with a special in house sauce. I find the dough to be a little too thick though.

After which we had the Pan Fried Dumplings - This version of dumpling is the Pan fried northeast china handmade Dumplings which is stuffed with chicken and napa cabbage. It goes well together with either the house special black bean hot sauce or the combination of vinegar and house special hot oil. 

the next appetizer we had is the Fried Spring Roll - This Spring roll is an iconic item on most menu of Chinese restaurant in America. The spring roll here at Big Spoon is served with an house special dipping sauce.

The last starter that we had was the Strawberry butter cream prawns (not on menu yet)- Big size wild catch of sea prawns from South China Sea is cooked to perfection to ensure the bouncy and firm texture of the prawn is maintained. Served with butter cream sauce which is sweet and savory and garnish with strawberry to add a sweet tinge of sourish of the strawberry to extract out the full flavors of the Prawns.

Chicken Cold Noodle - A cold noodle dish topped with shredded chicken meat.

For desserts, we had the Golden Pear Essence Dessert - A 3 hours-slow-cooked clear soup; boil with Pear, white fungus, wolfberries, and rock sugar. 

followed by the Crispy Taro Roll – which is a homemade hot dessert or snack stuffed with taro root paste which has no artificial coloring or flavoring while the two ends of roll are dipped in fragrant roasted sesame seed.

For me, the overall food that are served at Big Spoon is more for a snack meal or small eat where you savour each of these snacks. For people who likes to munch; Big Spoon meals will be a good choice for you.

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Din Tai Fung Empire Shopping Gallery Subang – Michelin Star Shanghainese Dim Sum Cuisine Review

Shanghainese food is getting very popular these days in Malaysia, one of which is Din Tai Fung. Best Restaurant To Eat was invited to try out some of these Dim Sum dishes at Din Tai Fung Empire Shopping Gallery Subang outlet located at Lot G15, Ground Floor, Subang Jaya Selangor.

As with most of Din Tai Fung outlets, the décor is brightly lit with simple modern Chinese design which exudes the fast moving food that are served here.

Din Tai Fung was transformed to a restaurant  in Taiwan where they started serving their specialities Xiao Long Bao (Steamed Dumpling) in 1972. Headquartered in Taiwan, Din Tai Fung now has branches all over the world serving their special Shanghainese Dim Sum Cuisine.

Din Tai Fung has won many accolades, which includes New York Times Top Ten Restaurant in 1993 and their Pavilion Branch in Kuala Lumpur was voted the top Chinese Restaurant In Kuala Lumpur by Trip Advisor. It was also ranked as No 1 in the 101 Best Restaurant in Asia By The Daily Meal and finally world’s second best chain by CNN besides being awarded Michelin Star for a number of years.

During the ancient times, Chinese scholars have determined that with a bite of something cold, something sweet, something sour and something spicy, our palates are awakened to savour the next dish. With that in mind, Din Tai Fung serves an array of appetizers to whet your appetite.

Our night started with the special appetizer and starters which includes Spicy Sichuan Chicken. This is poached chicken which is topped with a spicy Sichuan sauce with a generous amount of ground nuts and sesame seed that gives you a crunch to match the tender chicken meat. The spicy level was just right for me.

Next, we had the Din Tai Fung House Special

after which, is The Stewed Wheat Gluten which is basically a vegetarian dish in which the wheat gluten was used instead of bean curd that are normally used to be stewed with mushroom.

This is then followed by the Fragrant Pork With Crushed Garlic – the crunchy cucumber was wrap in a sliced of fragrant pork and topped with garlic sauce.

The last appetizer which was served chilled that we had,was the Spicy Pickled Cucumber – The zucchini has that soft crunch and cool feel when bitten into it.

The art of making Xiao Long Bao is a very delicate process especially on the flour wrap which has to attain a certain consistency i.e. the wrap has to be of the right thickness, if it is too thick, the dumpling is doughy and too thin it will break easily. All the flour wrap at Din Tai Fung are made in each of the restaurant ala dante when required.

Even the soup within the Xiao Long Bao cannot be too much or too little, while the meat have to be cooked at the right temperature.

Eating this Xiao Long Bao, the fresh thinly sliced ginger are mixed with the right portion of Vinegar (3 part) to Soya Sauce (1 part) to get the right taste of sourness balance with the sweet salty taste of the soya sauce.

We had the Pork Xiao Long Bao to start off with, which happen to be the top selling signature dish in Din Tai Fung.

Next, we had the Crab Roe and Pork Xiao Long Bao. One of the tip of eating Xiao Long Bao is to have it eaten as quickly as possible so that you can experience the taste of the meat, soup, flour wrap and the condiment of ginger and sourish taste while it is still piping hot.

Next, we move to sample the Dumplings, the first of which is Steamed Vegetable and Pork Dumpling, It has a strong vegetable taste which was mix with the minced pork and wrap in the dumpling wrap.

This is then followed by the Steamed Shrimp With Pork Shaomai. The pork are wrapped in the dumpling and then topped with a fresh bouncy prawn on each of the dumpling to create a dumpling that pleases the eye especially for the shrimp fan and the taste-bud.

To end the dumpling course, we had the Spicy Vegetable & Pork Wanton.

Next, we move to some main dishes which we started off with, the first of which is the Hot and Sour Soup which has a similar taste to the Sichuan Hot Pepper soup.

and followed by the Pork Chop. This pork chop has a slight flavour and aroma of 5 spice powder.

and the Din Tai Fung Fried Rice.

After which, we had the Noodles With Minced Pork In Bean Sauce, I personally find the bean sauce a tad salty for me.

and end the noodles offering with Shrimp Noodle Soup. The Noodles have a generous serving of bouncy prawn while the pork broth is of a light flavoured.

The other side dishes that we had was the Sauteed Baby String Beans With Minced Pork, I like this String Beans as it is very crunchy and the way it was cooked was just the right taste and complemented well with the minced pork.

Next, we had the Golden Pumpkins With Salted Eggs. The pumpkin are fried to a crisp and coated with a layer of salted eggs. I personally preferred to have a more salted egg taste which is a little lacking here.

The final dish is the Stir Fried Pea Sprouts; a light and simple dish to end the night after all the different taste of food and flavours that we had for the night.

What is a dinner without desserts? At Din Tai Fung, they served a special Steamed Chinese-Style Layer Cake, it is quite flat in taste and were recommended to be eaten with

a special concocted black sesame dipping or condensed milk.

As Din Tai Fund is famous for the flour wrap, the next 2 desserts are also based on the wrap which is the Steamed Taro Dumplings

and the Steamed Red Bean Dumplings.

The last dessert we had is the Chilled Grass Jelly Topped with Purple Glutinous Rice.

So, if you are one of those that loves Shanghainese Cuisine and in particular Xiao Long Bao, Din Tai Fung is a good option for you and your family, where you can sample many different varieties of these Dim Sum and small eat dishes all in one restaurant.

Our other review of Ding Tai Fung

2015 Chinese New Year of Golden Goat Set Menu at Ding Tai Fung Pavilion Review

Crispy Crust @ Sunway PJS 10 Petaling Jaya – All Things Crispy and Crusty Review

Out of 5 Malaysian under 30, if you were to ask them what is their favourite food, chances are they will tell you it is Fried Food. With that Best Restaurant To Eat was invited to do a food review for a new outlet Crispy Crust @Sunway PJS 11 which specializes in Fried Food located at 39, Jalan PJS11/9, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya.

Crispy Crust @Sunway PJS 11 is located at the light industrial area which is just adjacent to the Sunway College and University, which explains quite a number of customer coming from here too. 

Being in the industrial factory unit, it has high ceiling and a wide façade that can cater to a sizable crowd.

The setting is one of a straight forward no frill and casual setting since most food serves here are fast food items which customer usually comes in for a quick meal and off to the next course of their work or study. 

The concept at Crispy Crust @Sunway PJS 11 is very straight forward i.e Design Your Own Set Menu i.e there are quite a number of Fried and Grilled food from the menu. One just selects which item that you want and add on, any additional sides.

To order, just choose from the menu which MAIN DISH you would like and then select the Extra and then any ADD-ON for your meal.

The MAIN DISH has 4 items on it which are Fried Chicken, 

Grilled Chicken, 

Fried Fish 

and Grilled Salmon.

While the EXTRA has Gohan (Japanese) Rice, 

Spaghetti, 

French Fries, Sandwich, Home Salad, Cheese, Beef Bacon, Caramel Bacon, Pan-Fried Eggs, 

Chicken Jumbo Sausages, Beef Jumbo Sausages and Pineapple Ring.

For the ADD ON, you can order the other snack which includes Home Made Chicken Nuggets, Fried Chicken Wings, Extra Fries, Nachos and Deep Fried Milk.

And for the drinks you can order the Home Made Lime Soda, any soft drinks from the Fizzy fountain and Beer which would be a nice pairing for all these Fried Food. 

Besides that, they have special Breakfast Set which consist of a Big Burger with either Fried Chicken or Grilled Chicken with a couple of beef bacon slices and topped with a pineapple ring with mayonnaise dressing. 

I preferred the burger with the Grilled Chicken as the meat is more tender and juicy while the pineapple ring gives out a sweet and tangy taste which blended well to the entire offering.

Well, if you are one of those that simply loves Fried Food, you might find Crispy Crust as a Haven for you. As the name suggest, all the Fried stuff , has Crust that are super Crispy at Crispy Crust @Sunway PJS 11.