Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Appetizers / Starters at The Journey Cafe Puchong - by Best Restaurant To Eat

The Journey Cafe located at B-03-G, Block B, Setia Walk, Persiaran Wawasan, Puchong, Puchong Town Center, started business about 3 weeks ago. According to the owner, the cafe is based on his travel experience at airports around the world. He would like his patrons to experience the same type of ambience and mood of travelers and henceforth the name and the deco in this cafe.
 
 
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Starters/ Appetizers are usually a great way to start any meal. At The Journey Cafe in Puchong, I had the opportunity to relish on a few of the tantalizing looking appetizers.

First one on the list, was the Fried Button Mushroom
 
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Next on the table was the Shrimp Bruschetta. The shrimp was quite fresh and bouncy. Again, it is highly recommended to eat it as soon as possible as the baguette will turn soggy if left for sometime due to the dressings used. This starter only comes with 2 pieces and at the price of RM9.90, it is a little costly.

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Grill Chicken Salad - Another great starter or appetizer if one's prefer, a not too filing start to a great meal. Here at The Journey, the salad comes with Grill Chicken with a salad dressing filled with fresh garden vegetables. The chicken meat used here is of the breast meat that are cut into long and thick strips. It would have been better had the chef cut into small cubes which you can be eaten together with the fresh greens with much ease.

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Next on the line is the Swedish meatballs. When the sheer mention of Swedish Meatball, IKEA comes to mind. Although not a very good benchmark comparison, nevertheless you can taste that the meatballs that are served here consist of real full bodied meat. You can taste the meat rather than the flour that most others used. The only setback was the chef, used too much of lean meat and once you cut the meatball, the meats are scattered out and does not gel together that well. Using too much meat have it's setback as it tend to be a little dry and tough, it would have been perfect had the chef put in a bit amount of fats to made it gel up and more succulent. This also causes the meatball to be too dry and hard on the outside. Could also be dued to a little over frying.

 

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Wine Steamboat in Bandar Menjalara Kepong - Tai Tao Steamboat Restaurant - by Best Restaurant To Eat

Steamboat is a very popular in Kuala Lumpur. Most outlet will serves it in many different broth i.e. Clear Soup, Tom Yam, Herbal and some are porridge base.

Photo of Tai Tao Steamboat in Kepong Klang Valley
Photo of Tai Tao Steamboat in Kepong Klang Valley

At this Tai Tao Steamboat located at No. 97, Jalan 11/62A, Bandar Menjalara, Kuala Lumpur, Kepong, they have a very unique concoction that I have tried for the first time which is a Wine based. According to the owner, his nick name is Tai Tao - the wine which are used for the steamboat here is a mixture of three wine namely White Wine, Yellow Wine & "Hsiao Heng" Wine.

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We started off with the clear soup based for the other stuff i.e fishball, foo chuk, vegetable and so forth.

Photo of Tai Tao Steamboat in Kepong Klang Valley

As you can see from the photo, the concoction came in a separate bowl i.e. the mixture is served with prawns, ginger and "Mok yee" black fungus. We were a bit skeptical about trying this new type of steamboat but what a surprise when we eat it.

It tasted like the Wine Chicken that post natal mother take during confinement. Another way to express it, was like drinking Hot SAKE and you can feel the wine flowing down from your throat to the stomach which is extremely tummy warming during cold raining evening.

Photo of Tai Tao Steamboat in Kepong Klang Valley

The freshnest of the prawns makes it a perfect combination. It would have been even better if we had some "Choy Yin (farm)" Chicken as well. You can add the beehoon into wine broth for your finale.

If you want to try something different for steamboat, this has to be it. Don;t worry the wine will not make you drunk as when it is boiling the alcohol content gets evaporated.

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BBQ In Cheras - GPot Steamboat Restaurant - Cheras - by Best Restaurant To Eat

Had the opportunity to try out Steamboat cum BBQ at Restoran G-Pot - located at 8, Jalan Kaskas, Taman Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Cheras . I have a very high standard as far as steamboat is concerned.

There are 4 type of soup base that is the clear soup, tomyam, herbal and pumpkin porridge. My ratings for the soup base is below average. I sampled some of the seafood but it was not that fresh except for the prawns. Did not give a good impression.
 
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But, what i found to be slightly better was the BBQ, which is using a metal plate, quite like the Korean BBQ. Most will use the marjerin as the base for the frying but since this is a steamboat restaurant, they have shallot oil. So, we decided to use this oil instead as our base as it is less fattening. Surprisingly it turns out quite nice when we BBQ the wafer thin pork slice, beef slices and lamb slices. Oh and also the Prawns. This was the saving grace for the night.
 
Photo of Tai Tao Steamboat in Kepong Klang Valley
 
Photo of Tai Tao Steamboat in Kepong Klang Valley
 
I hope the restaurant can ensure much fresher seafood in the future.

Overall my ratings for the BBQ was 2.5 out of 5.
 
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