Dining Room Macalister Mansion Penang - 8 Course Chef Set Dinner Menu

What makes our 8 Course Chef Tasting Set Dinner Menu Dining Room @ Macalister Mansion Penang (Malaysia Tatler's Best Restaurant for 2013 and 2014) special is that you do not need to worry what's for dinner, you are game on to experience the multitude of surprised dishes that the Chef has in store for us.

Dining Room @ Macalister Mansion Penang Address

228, Jalan Macalister, George Town, 

11400 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

The decor is pure colonial couture with all-white furniture accented by a giant faux white tree in the centre of the room, exudes a full elegant, classy and romantic ambiance.

The kitchen at the Dining Room is headed by Chef Johnson Wong (who was trained in a Michelin-starred restaurant) and his menu of modern contemporary cuisine that favored local produce (which changes every two months) is just so tasty and his humble, friendly manner makes the meal a relaxed one.

As mention earlier, the only menu available is a 4-course dinner where patrons can choose from. Other than that you don't expect pages of dishes to choose from but for us tonight, we are here to taste out the 8 Course Chef Tasting Menu. The menu according to Chef will only be revealed at the end of the dinner. This concept of Chef Tasting Menu is quite popular in oversea especially so in Japan (Omakase - Chef Choice).

Kampachi Japanese Restaurant Hotel Equatorial Penang Weekend Buffet

During our stay at the hotel, we decided to check out Kampachi Japanese Restaurant @ Hotel Equatorial Penang which is a very popular Japanese Restaurant in Penang especially for their weekend buffet promotion.



Kampachi Japanese Restaurant @ Hotel Equatorial Penang Address

Lower Ground Floor Hotel Equatorial Penang

1 Jalan Bukit Jambul , Bayan Lepas, 11900 Penang, Malaysia

The Kampachi Weekend Buffet offers a wide variety of Japanese dishes from fresh seafood, Sashimi to the special Teppanyaki and also the other popular Japanese cuisines which are served during the weekend buffet.



As we enter the restaurant it is almost filled to the brim, a testament to the popularity of this restaurant to the Penang folks.

The first not to be missed dish is the Sashimi as there is a wide variety which includes the crowd favourite Salmon and Tuna which is prepared by Chef Cheah.

Caffe Bene IOI Puchong Mall - 2016 Seasonal Melon Smile Series

Caffe Bene which has over 1000 outlet across the world is well known for its Korean Bingsu Dessert. With the continuous demand for this type of dessert and drinks; Caffe Bene Malaysia have decided to use one of Malaysia seasonal fruit which is the Melon for its Melon Smile Promotion which started on 20 August 2016.

This Melon Smile series features four new menu items which are Melon Yogurt Bingsu, Melon Snowflake, Melon Parfait, and Melon Latte. All menu items feature the special melon base and fresh melon flesh which are scooped fresh at each outlet. 

With the new menu series; it is hoped that it will put a smile on all its customers’ faces and spread the joy around! This seasonal menu will be available until the end of October (31 October 2016) or until the season ends.

Melon Smile Series Melon Snowflake RM 26.50 This dessert is a sweet shaved vanilla snow ice drizzled with melon syrup and topped with fresh round melon balls, dried cranberries, and coconut slice.

Next on is the Melon Yogurt Bingsu Double Sized Bingsu RM 27.35. It is made from Crushed melon-base ice and topped with fresh round melon balls, dried coconut slice, dried cranberries and one scoop of our creamy yogurt gelato.

For a French twist to the dessert, they had the Melon Parfait RM 15.80. An Ice blended melon base with melon chunks topped with whipped cream, fresh round melon balls, dried cranberries and coconut flakes.

The last one is the Melon Latte RM 12.80. A Fresh melon blended with melon base and milk making it smooth, creamy and a refreshing drink.

Caffe Bene

IOI Puchong Mall (New Wing)

next to Sakae Sushi

Operating Hours:

Daily : 10am – 10pm

Caffe Bene FaceBook: www.facebook.com/caffebene

OTHER OUTLETS:

Sunway Pyramid

Damen

Solaris, Mont Kiara

Gamuda Walk

Jaya Shopping Mall

Dataran Pahlawan, Melaka

Gurney Mall, Penang

Viva City Megamall – Kuching

Imago Shopping Mall – Sabah

Caffe Bene IOI Puchong Mall Address and Location

Crab B Restaurant Puchong Jaya 螃蟹哥哥 - Crabalicious Meal With A Twist

Malaysian are very fond of eating crabs, many will travel far and wide in search of the best crab dishes to taste. Recently they have been a raving of special crab dishes in Puchong. We got to try out Crab B Restaurant Puchong Jaya located at 85, Jalan Kenari 20, Bandar Puchong Jaya, 47100 Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia to explore on this.

For folks in another part of town, frets not as there is another outlet in Kepong which is where it all started i.e. Fei Fei Crab Seafood Restaurant Kepong KL. While for folks in Cheras can go to the Crab Generation at Taman Len Sen, Cheras to enjoy more than 12 different type of cooking style for your crabs.

There is no fancy ambience or decor to welcome you to Crab B Restaurant Puchong Jaya just a simple setup but in the evening, you can dine al-fresco outside the restaurant too.

Crab B Restaurant Puchong Jaya has many crab recipe which is concocted by its owner's and here we get to try 2 of his latest creation which the first is the Milky Salted Egg Yolk Butter Crab (set of 2 - RM98.00 for XL size); in Cantonese (Ham Sap Hai) - a very cheeky name if you know your Cantonese well. Loves the taste of the salted eggs and the slight spicy curry taste from the use of the dried chillies and curry leaves . Above all the freshness of the crab was a real deal.

The next one is a more unique which is called the Milo Butter Sauce Crab (set of 2 - RM98.00 for XL size). This has a strong aroma of Milo when it arrives at the table. On tasting, you will be able to taste the sweet Milo with a slight hint of buttery taste which was added to cook this dish. You can also order the special XXXL size crab which is at RM153.00 for 2 crabs.

Our last Crab dish is the Steamed Crab with Eggs (set of 2 - RM98.00 for XL size) - For me this is the best way to enjoy a fresh crab, no sauce, just plain natural sweetness from the crab meat. Simple steamed eggs at the bottom of the dish and topped with sprinkles of Chinese wine to give it a nice aroma and flavour. From the Crab B Restaurant Puchong menu; you can find that they do offer a few other crab species for you to choose from; one notable one is the live French Crab.

Besides serving delicious Crab dishes, Crab B Restaurant Puchong Jaya also offers diners with a la carte seafood dishes that you can order which can go with rice. The first is the Lala Spinach Soup (RM25.00) The Lala is of the meaty version while the additional spinach as a greens' to a seafood gives the broth a strong slightly spicy flavour which goes well with a bowl of rice.

The second dish is the Deep Fried Fish With Special Home Made Sauce (market price and also depends on the type of fish). Here we had a Red Snapper (you can choose to have a Grouper, Senangin or even a Siakap to be cooked in this style) which was deep fried to a crunchy texture on the outside while the inside white meat were firm and matched to the sauce which is made out of chillies padi, dry prawns, fermented bean paste and garlic were another dishes that we savoured with the white rice.

The third seafood dish from the menu is the Thai Tom Yam Crayfish (Hae Go or the Lai Liu Har) (RM20.00). Covered with the Tom Yam flavoured batter and fried to a crisp and served with a dipping sauce.

Next is the Japanese Style Deep Fried Pork Ribs on a Mayo Sesame dressing (RM20.00). We like the taste of the sauce which has a tinge of spicy taste.



The final dish to goes with our rice is the Steam Tofu With Minced Pork and Chillies Sambal Petai (RM15.00). We have eaten many Steam Tofu with Minced Pork, but this dish really takes it to the next level and it was just great eaten with the white rice for those that loves the taste of the Petai.

Crab B Restaurant Puchong Jaya also offers 2 special lunch sets series; the first is the single dish set (RM9.90) with more than 20 selection from rice to noodles. An order of any set will come with a free drinks, ice-cream and soup of the day. The sets that we tried pictured above is the Butter Chicken Rice set.

The other set is called the Love U Bento set which is priced at (RM13.90); comes with a heart shaped rice and vegetables of the day, a portion of scrambled eggs and baked beans. This set also comes with a free drink, ice-cream and soup of the day.

At Crab B Restaurant Puchong Jaya, while you get to enjoy your favourite crab dishes; you can also order the other seafood or dishes for a hearty and satisfying meal.

You can check out our review of Fei Fei Crabs Restaurant Petaling Jaya

Crab B Restaurant Puchong Jaya Address
85, Jalan Kenari 20, Bandar Puchong Jaya, 47100 Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia

Puchong Food: Popular Food Court Restaurant - Delicious Tai Chow Dinner at Bandar Bukit Puchong, Selangor

Puchong can be regarded as a food haven for many. You can easily find almost all type of food whether it is Cafe, Chinese, Japanese and so forth. Best Restaurant To Eat was recently invited to this fringe area of Bandar Bukit Puchong to review a Chinese Tai Chow Style at the Popular Food Court Restaurant located at 28, Jalan BP 6/12, Bandar Bukit Puchong 47100 Puchong Selangor. Scroll down for the direction to this place.

This Popular Food Court Restaurant is a coffee shop style setup that offers no frill dining to its neighbourhood customers.

The Chef has many specialty dishes up his sleeves, but choose to serve this few dishes of his favourites for us to savor in for the evening.

The first dish is the Claypot Tilapia (you can also order either the Red Snapper or the Pak Sook Koong River Fish). According to the Chef; the most important criteria to cook this fish; is that it must not have that fishy taste; as the whole fish is cook in the Clay pot; The fish with its' special cut is first laid into the clay pot and together with the special broth which consists of garlic, spring onions, ginger, scallion, shallots, chillies and fried pork lard are simmered in the clay pot. Once it is cooked; it is sprinkled with coriander and ready for the table.

Next, comes a dish for fans of Petai which is called the Stir Fried Petai Sotong. Although a tad of oil was evident, the sauce was very well paired with the white bouncy texture of the white squid. While biting into the Petai beans which were blended well with sauce combination of the belacan, onions, dried shrimp and basil leaves do enhance the full flavour of the White Sotong. This Petai dish is best eaten with the white rice.

This is then followed by the Stir Fried Pork Slice - This dish has some resemblance to the dish that we had during our trip to Bukit Tinggi, Pahang which is quite popular. Turn out the Chef has a stint at one of the popular restaurant there. The pork belly is thinly sliced and fried to a crisp before stir frying with the special sauce.

The last dish is a simple Clay Pot Kangkung, but what is special about this dish is the ingredients that are used to stir fried this vegetable. Instead of the using the common Belacan or Foo Yue (fermented bean curd) for this Kangkung; the chef uses a special Hong Kong shrimp paste (Ham Har) together with Salted Tenggiri Fish to cooked this dish. The result, it has a strong aroma and flavours that are paired well with the Kangkung.

So, for those looking for some Tai Chow style dishes in Puchong, you may like to give this little Tai Chow style Restaurant that serves some delicious dishes a tryout. Do leave your comments after you have tried it out. We love to hear from you.

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Bak Kut Teh Puchong Food : Tong Shui Hou Restaurant - Claypot Comfort Soup Recipe - Bandar Puteri Puchong

Bak Kut Teh is a meat dish cooked in a broth with herbs and spices and is popularly served in Klang but we were invited to Tong Shui Hou Bak Kut Teh Restaurant which is located at No. 51-G Jalan Puteri 2/3 Bandar Puteri 47100 Puchong Selangor to try out this Hokkien dish.

From the name of the restaurant i.e. Tong Shui Hou; it literally means good soup broth. With that, we start to wonders what is so special about the soup broth that this Bak Kut Teh restaurant has to offers. The setup of this restaurant is very simple and being open for more than 1-year-old, the place is very clean to dine in with a very straight forward menu.

According to the owner/chef, he is a strong believer of using the top ingredients to cook his dishes. Not only that, even the simple condiments like the Soya Sauce are of premium quality and the garlic is manually chopped. That is how important; quality is to this chef as we will find out from our tasting of all the dishes for the night.

Our review started off with the Claypot Bak Kut Teh (RM 14.00); this broth is a special recipe that is being tuned from the Klang version but with a stark resemblance to its Kuala Lumpur counterpart. It is not too strong but retains the flavourful aroma of the herbs. Served in a Claypot, the customer can order their choice of meat that goes into the Claypot.

The next dish is the Dry Bak Kut Teh (RM15.00); frankly speaking, I am not a real fan of the Dry version; as for me, I like the soup based version. But here, when the dish arrives at our table, we could smelt a strong flavour of the dry squid. Usually, this dish is cooked with small pieces of dry squid which make this dish very flavorful. The chef told us that, he would grill the dry squid and then blend it to a fine powder form and a spoonful is added into it when cooking this Dry Bak Kut Teh. The final result, it gives a much stronger flavour and aroma to this Dry Bak Kut Teh. The sauce was good to the last drop.

After that, we had the special Lala Bak Kut Teh (RM 15.00). At most places, we are usually served either the Seong Tong version or the Herbal version, but for a change, we were served with Bak Kut Teh broth which is infused with the Tong Kui. A nice change though as the broth was good with the white rice.

The next dish is named the Halogen Pork (RM 14.00). According to the Chef, this is a very traditional Hakka dish; in which the Pork is braised over a number of hours to get to the fork tender texture. We were surprised when told that these braised pork dishes does not have any condiments like star anise or cinnamon and other spices; which are traditionally used to braised pork. Another one of the dishes that goes superbly with white rice.

Another dish that is perfect with the white rice is the Taro (Yam) With Pork Belly (RM 13.00). The combination of the roasted pork belly which was perfectly done and sandwiched between the 2 piece of the taro was a real treat.

This next dish is the Hakka version Claypot Pig Trotter With Vinegar (RM 15.00). This Hakka version is a sweeter and less sourish type as compared with the version which I like which has a stronger vinaigrette taste which we are more accustomed to.

I personally like the next soup which is the Claypot Pepper Pig Stomach Soup (RM 12.00). To me, a nice pepper soup has to have that distinctive strong pepper taste and aroma. Here, the Chef secret recipe is in the use of top grade Sarawak Pepper (which gives a strong pepper sensation and taste), which he personally grind it to make this soup. For those that loves a stronger version, you can ask for the add-on pepper which is grounded Sarawak Pepper for you to add in to give you the extra strong pepper .

The last dish is the Peanuts Chicken Feet (RM 8.00). The peanuts are of the Braised type and have a soft texture, sweet taste and cooked with the Fried Chicken Feet.

At Tong Sui Hou we like the Shallot Oil Rice as it was very aromatic and was perfectly matched to most of the dishes that was served to us.

One of the real deal here is that the Chef takes great pain to prepare his dishes using the good quality ingredient, an authentic cooking style that takes more preparation time to ensure the wholesome flavours that give you a comfort feel, taste and satisfaction like you used to enjoy during your village days. Tong Shui Hou Bak Kut Teh Restaurant @ Bandar Puteri Puchong is opened daily from 3pm to 11pm.