Beefy Taiwan Noodles - Lai Lai Casual Dinning Restaurant - Kuchai Entrepreneur Park KL - by Best Restaurant To Eat

As the name implies, it is a casual dining cafe. It specializes in serving taiwanese food. Of late they have been many outlets specializing in taiwan food, probably due to the fact that many Malaysian have visited Taiwan of late and have tasted many of the street food there.

Lai Lai Casual Dining is a new cafe that started its business about 1 and a half months ago. Having success in Singapore they are now in Malaysia - to be precise at 2G, Jalan Kuchai Maju 9, Off Jalan Kuchai Lama, Kuchai Lama. The outlet is a no frill and very well litted. I could smell the fragrant aroma of the beef broth which filled the air upon entering the shop. Can't wait to taste the specialty dish.

I had the opportunity to savour their signature dish which is none other than the popular Stewed Beef Noodle. In Kuala Lumpur, the popular beef noodles that I have tasted are usually the clear soup version while the taiwanese version are usually the spice infused stewed version.

The Beef noodles serves here is very flavourful and original. The aroma itself was just mouth-watering which is due to the amount of spices that was used to prepare the stew broth. Tasting this tummy-warming stew broth and you will know that much efforts have been put into preparing this dish. The noodles was that on the springy type. Although it was a little thicker than I would have liked, a slightly thinner version would have it made perfect for me.

The beef served were very chunky, while the meat was tender and juicy - evidence of the skills of the chef that was preparing this stew. For me, the best part of the noodles are the beef tendon, it was chewy and have retain the firmness of the tendon. The price for a bowl of this noodle RM13.80, but if you opt for tendon alone, you will need to add another RM2.00. Rating 4 of 5.

Chilled Desserts and Chilling Drinks - Eastern Crab Restaurant Ampang KL - by Best Restaurant To Eat

Refreshing Mango Cream With PomeloThis is a nice dessert to finish off any meals.

It is a creamy chilled delight that comes with freshly cut mangoes and sago. It was just the perfect concoction to end my heavy crab meal that I had.

It was a perfect balance with the right sweetness. The only little flaw was that the type of sago used were not the chewy one, the type that was usually used for this type of dessert. Instead they used a powdery type that tasted like rice cereal. After failing to find any traces of pomelo, we asked the captain where were the pomeloes. He explained the the pomelo have been blended together with the mangoes. RM 8.20 per bowl - Rating 3 of 5

For the finale, we were served with the Hong Kong Ice Lemon Tea. The pleasant smelling of the lemon makes a nice end to a rich meal. The fragrant of the tea was very strong and blended extremely well with the ice and lemon. Most places that I have tried this drink were either too bland or too sourish in taste. This drink will set as the new benchmark for me as far as Ice Lemon Tea goes. Price RM6.50 Rating 4 of 5

Location : Lot G.02, Ground Floor, Plaza Ampang City, 332-A, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Ampang

Crunchy Fried Siakap With Assam (Sweet and Sour) Sauce - Eastern Crab Restaurant Ampang KL - by Best Restaurant To Eat

Looks can be deceiving. When this dish was served at the dinner table, it did not look very appetizing at all. It was probably because there were not much gravy or sauce that accompanied the fish.

I have eaten siakap mostly the Teochew style steamed version and also steamed assam version but never as a fried version.

Upon tasting the sauce, my perception of the dish has changed. The bell pepper, onion and ladies finger were very crisp (did not over cook) goes very well with the special assam sauce. The fish was crunchy from the outside and the flesh was tender (and most important it does not have the muddy taste of some siakap). Best eaten with plain white rice.

Rating 4 of 5

Location : Lot G.02, Ground Floor, Plaza Ampang City, 332-A, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Ampang

Overpriced Overrated Oyster Omelette - Goh Kee Jalan Raja Laut KL - By Best Restaurant To Eat

OOOO - Overpriced Overrated Oyster Omelette

I chanced upon this restaurant during one of my regular makan place scouting and read some wonderful review about this restaurant from a few blogs that I have visited. One of the specialty here was their Oyster Omelette. This is one of the dishes that I loved to eat. Looking at the photos, it looks very appetizing enough for me to give it a try some day.

Happened that, I need to go to KL to send my daughter to one of her K-Pop concert and I have 2 hours to kill in KL. Since I am already in the vicinity, so I decided to head over to this place to savour this dish.

There were quite a number of patrons when I arrived. I noticed there were some tables that have ordered this dish but majority of them ordered the restaurant signature dish which is Steam Fish Head in Superior Broth. Since, I am alone and probably too much to eat a fish head all by myself, I decided to order the Oyster Omelete which is also one of their signature dish too.

 

 

At first glance, it looks good especially the oysters in the egg batter. The serving was so little that I finished it off in 5 small helpings. It lacks the smokey flavor that we normally gets from eating a good "ho chien" at the hawker stall. The oyster used here were very plain and flat. The batter was tasteless, it was, as if eating a plain fried omelette

The worst have yet to come. To my surprise the price for this dish is RM16.00 which is seriously over priced for a back lane coffeeshop restaurant. A reasonable price would be around RM8 to RM12.00.

Lesson Learned: What looks good (from blogs) doesn't necessary taste good.