Ipoh Town Kopitiam

I love the white coffee and the kaya toast at Ipoh Town Kopitiam.

White coffee

Kaya Toast

Laksa @ Wang Full Food Centre

Dad's walking mates recommended the Laksa at Wang Full Food Centre, and so we went there to try it out today.

The condiment : belacan paste & lime

Laksa Special

Well, the laksa gravy is crucial for a good bowl of laksa, and this version of laksa gravy is rather diluted - not lemak enough. It is not inedible though, but it would have been more yum if the laksa gravy was infused with thicker or more coconut milk.

Laksa sells for RM4.00 (regular) or RM5.00 (special) here.

Lunch @ The Heritage

The family had lunch at The Heritage @ Jalan Song Thian Cheok today. We had ...

Hot & Sour Soup

Spare Ribs

Baby Kailan in Oyster Sauce

Sweet & Sour Prawns

Claypot Tofu

and Stir-fried Fish Fillet in Egg White.

Of all the dishes, I liked the Spare Ribs and the Fish Fillet the most. The Spare Ribs were well-marinated and tender too. The fish was soft, smooth and lightly flavoured with seasoning to bring out its freshness. Really yum. Mom and Sis-in-law liked the soup - which they thought were balanced in flavour.

The Heritage is operated by the head chef of the now defunct Tsui Hua Lau Restaurant. Tsui Hua Lau used to be the best Chinese restaurant in Kuching. Our family used to hold banquets there for special occasions. I remember some notable dishes which we ate growing up like Sharks' Fin Soup, Yam Basket, and Peking Duck - the must-haves at every family dinner. They were very tasty indeed. Now that Tsui Hua Lau Restaurant is just a fond memory of the past, diners can recapture and reminisce the good old days at the new setup in the form of The Heritage.

Bee J You Tiao

It was 10.30 p.m. and we wanted to go for supper. We did not really know where to go, but in the end we decided to join the massive crowd at 101. Indeed business is thriving at this commercial centre as the place was packed with diners, even so late into the night.

We walked till the end of the street and found Bee J You Tiao, just great for me to snack on.


Hmn. I've had Bee J You Tiao before this, but I did not remember that it had so many varieties. A search of the website revealed that it recently launched new products, i.e. Bee J Super Otak-otak and Bee J Super Satay.

We decided to order Sausage & Mayonnaise You Tiao, RM2.50 per serving. It was just one sausage, sliced lengthwise and sandwiched in between the mayo-laden You Tiao. It did not look impressive, but it tasted quite alright.


We wiped the You Tiao off within minutes, and proceeded to order another one with butter and kaya.


Frankly, I couldn't taste the butter, but the kaya was quite thick and rich. Just nice with a cup of coffee.

The butter & kaya You Tiao is RM1.50 per order.

Yum Sandwich

I like this sandwich. I don't remember the exact name in the menu. Was it X-Sandwich, or X-Cuisine Sandwich, or ???. I really don't remember ;p.


Anyway, 3 slices of toasted white bread were sandwiched with ham, lettuce, grated carrots, cheese and mayo. The ham was a sliced shoulder ham, and it is definitely more yum than a mere sandwich ham. Hence, I like ;)).

The sandwich was RM6.80 per serving.

First Choice & Second Choice

New First Choice Restaurant at Pujut 5 is often very packed with customers. What's very good here is the curry fish.

The fish is first steamed and then doused with a thick curry gravy and then served in the claypot. Besides fish, there were sliced eggplant and okra.

Fish curry

The fish curry gravy was very thick - very lemak indeed. It was quite heavy with spices, not really fiery and just a bit tangy in taste. Highly recommended.

We also had the Deep-fried pork. It was another very good dish. The pork was well-marinated, and deep-fried to a golden perfection. As a result, it was savoury and crispy on the outside, and tender on the inside.

Deep-fried Pork

At the other side of the Pujut 5 shophouses is Lou Wai Lou, and we often dub it "Second Choice". Lol.

We were there on another occasion for dinner. We had cucumber and carrot pickles for appetiser.

Pickles

We ordered a Sea Cucumber Thick Soup. I forgot to snap a shot, but I assure you that it looks ordinary. ;p

We had Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs, Stir-fried Sweet Potato Leaves in Belacan, and also Deep-fried Oyster Mushroom in Butter Sauce.

Sweet & Sour Spare Ribs

Stir-fried Sweet Potato Leaves in Belacan

Deep-fried Oyster Mushroom in Butter Sauce

Well, I thought the food at Second Choice was not bad as well.The staff was quite amused that I was snapping photographs of the food. They did not believe me when I said I would post the pics online. Lol.

Don't Like The Massage

W**** saw an advert in the newspaper. 1 hour of Body Massage for RM50.40. Hence, we headed over there this afternoon - our first time at this spa.

The place looked nice, but the masseuses were young Chinese nationals. The one who did me was from Hunan. She told me that she had been here in Miri for half a year already.

Well, I must say that I did not enjoy the massage at all. I thought the girl lacked skills and the pressure she exerted was not strong enough.

Don't think I would go back there anymore.