Food Foundry @ Happy Mansion Apartment, Section 17

Pictures of the used to be much-hyped and hoola place has been sitting in my old folder for months. It wasn't until my reader request for a map to Choon Yien that reminded me of Food Foundry.

The Slice of Heaven - Mille Crepe, a french cake made of many crepe layers. Light and lustrous, I used to crave for this every single day that I feel sick of it. However, looking at pretty pastry layers after some time, my cravings came back. How nice if Nadese Patisserie's mille crepe is being delivered to my door stop right away?

The price has hike up from RM 7 to RM 9 per piece but that has never stop patrons from keep going back and Food Foundry has even expanded to another outlet at Bangsar.

Food Foundry's nasi lemak, I heard, pales in comparison to their neighbour, 6 to 10 Grill which is pretty much reputable for their delicious nasi lemak with a choice of mutton curry, beef rendang or chicken.

Location Map to Food Foundry, Section 17

BG-8, Happy Mansion
Jalan 17/13,
46400 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor.
Tel: 03-79553885

Food Foundry, Petit
Ground Floor, No. 1, Lorong Kurau,
59100 Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-22822822
http://www.foodfoundry.us/

Restaurant Choon Yien @ Happy Mansion Apartment, Section 17

Recognition from the local press is a sweet thing, and thumbs up for The Star for putting up a Food Blog column that feature Malaysia Food Bloggers every Sunday on Sunday Metro. I've seen food reviews of Boolicious, Wantan Production, Eat First Think Later, Lyrical Lemongrass, Sweets for My Sweet Tooth and it comes to my surprise that our review on JCO Donut was being featured last Sunday. The teeny weeny bit, no itsy-bitsy bit of The Star-dom will definitely push us to eat more and write more. :)

Proud to acclaim ourselves as regular customer of Choon Yien, this place never fails to serve us with some above average cha siu (sweet bbq pork), siu yoke (roasted pork) and crispy skin chicken. I suppose that Choon Yien is an open secret among KLites because it is so hard to secure a table or seat during lunch hour.

The serving staff, James can get real snobbish and impatient during weekdays but he'll greet you as "Brother" or "Man" after peak hours. Funny character.

A perfect prelude to the hearty meal would be the complementary soup of the day. It varies from day to day where sometimes we get lotus root soup, chicken feet with peanut soup or the Chinese watercress soup, being our favourite. It is good cooling soup, nutritious and satisfying and always reminded me of mum.

A special mention to the chicken stock base rice, fluffy, fragrant with some garlic and ginger residue.

Unlike Meng Kee's version with a few layers of sweet and sticky glazing applied, Choon Yien's version is simmered with some soy based gravy and sprinkled with the perfect amount of garlic crust.

"Boon Fei Sao" (half fat and half lean) is our default order because too much fat is gross while the leanest pieces are not always tender. Boon Fei Sao is wonderfully tender and so, so succulent.

The siu yoke that looks promisingly good. Distinctive layer of crispy skin, fats and meats are felt in our mouth. Even though they are not reputable as the best siu yoke in town, but I love the fact that it is not too oily and I feel less sinful to indulge on these goodies.

The crispy skin chicken is not your average roasted chicken that we found at anywhere else. It does require some skill to keep the chicken moist and the skin crispy because the chicken has to be air dried for hours so the skin becomes crispy when it is being deep fried. If I were to rank among the three, it would be crispy skin chicken, cha siu and finally roasted pork. Pricing is quite reasonable, it ranges from RM 5 (plain cha siu rice) to RM 10 per person (cha siu+siu yoke+chicken with rice).

Restoran Choon Yien
CG-1, Happy Mansion Apartments
Jalan 17/13
Section 17
46400 Petaling Jaya
11 am to 1 pm
(Please refer to the Food Foundry's map)

Mr. James - 016-2809043

O&S Restaurant @ Paramount Garden

Breakfast and Sleep are rare luxuries of life once we step into the working life. We always face upon the dilemma of sleep for a longer time or to take breakfast during the weekends.

I would always take the liberty to decide on waking up earlier just for a simple breakfast at some Chinese style kopitiam permeating with the pleasing aroma of kopi-O and kaya toast. Kesian the sleep-deprived KampungBoy! O&S is one of the places that we fell in love instantly, thanks to the bride-to-be, MeiYen with her numerous positive reviews on this place.

The self service yong to fu stall is always pack to the brim and they are doing brisk business. All the time, I would try to squeeze myself through to the front, and with the varieties like fresh tofu and vegetables like eggplant, long red chilies and okra, I would pick a little bit of everything into my plate.

These stuffed goodies are fresh and yummy, but they still fail to beat the hidden gem yong to fu place at Gunung Rapat Ipoh. At least that is what both of us think.

The prawn noodles have all the essential elements that make it taste good, flavourful broth, springy noodles and fresh prawns. We just need to take a break from the RM 20 prawn noodles, can’t afford to have it all the time.

During our first visit here, we were sitted beside an old couple because getting a table all by yourself is almost impossible. They are real chatterbox and they told us that they never fail to come here every Sunday morning, rain or shine just for the curry noodles. As simple as it appear, the curry noodles are nothing fancy but really delicious.

Another favourite staple food to be ordered is the Penang style chee cheong fun dressed with plenty of prawn paste, fried shallots and sesames. It is on par to the real chee cheong fun from the Pearl of The Orient that we forgot to snap a picture of it.

Restoran Paramount Garden
55 Jalan 21/12
Paramount Garden
46300 Petaling Jaya

Tel No: 03 - 7873 5703

Fatty Crab @ Taman Megah, Petaling Jaya

Fatty Crab is always packed to the brim and renowned for their no frills good food; patrons both local and foreign would choose Fatty Crab as the default place for some crabbies fix. Other than branches being set up around Pandan Indah and Seri Kembangan, their latest addition would be a branch at Hudson Street, New York City. Malaysia Boleh!

It certainly piqued my curiosity on the goodness of the crabs, and when KampungBoy is having a dinner cum gathering with his coursemate, I tagged along.

Some of us were already famished by then, so some satays, fried chicken wings and fried rice is served as hunger pangs stopper. The satays, albeit lean without a bit of fats seen, is quite tender and succulent. Only complain is that the marination is really mild where the spicy peanut sauce comes as saving grace.

The fried chicken wing has a really delicious and crispy coating while the flesh remains juicy. It was good stuff but not to the extend of exceptionally good. Again, it is not infused with enough flavour. Or am I getting some heavy taste bud lately?

Here comes the wok tossed fried rice. Hot, light and fluffy, this is what I called the ultimate comfort food.

Spicy and Sour Crab. I was really disappointed with small, lite, disgustingly mushy and wet dead crabs. The moment we sunk our teeth into it, we knew that these are not fresh stuff, dead and frozen indeed.

Handed the half eaten crab to KampungBoy, I resorted to these kopitiam look-alike toast that comes with the mushy crabs. This shall end our visit to Fatty Crab. What about the next visit, NO WAY!

Fatty Crab
2, Jalan SS 24/13, Taman Megah, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
03 7804 5758
Opens from 5.30pm to 11.30pm Daily, Close on Monday

Branches

9G & 11G, Jalan Pandan Indah 4/6, Pandan Indah, 55100 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03 4295 9350, 03 4295 8350

5 Jalan Tasik, The Mines Resort City, 43300 Sri Kembangan, Selangor

Tel: 03 8945 6448, 03 8945 6443

Champ's Bistro @ Centre Point, Bandar Utama

We made another pit stop to CentrePoint BU on a no-idea-where-to-eat-day, there were so many upscale yet casual cafe around, but we settled for Champs' Bistro after some time of loitering around.

The hall of fame with various press coverage; it seems like Champ's Bistro has been a reputable establishment for some years now and while it has always produced fantastic prawn noodles and pork noodles. Eager curiosity took over so we decided to go for the two most signature dish that we found on almost every table.

'Damn Shiok' Hokkien Prawn Mee (RM18.90++). RM 20 for a bowl of prawn noodles? We are not crazy as the oodles of noodles garnished with crispy shallots come in a gigantic bowl. A generous portion of kangkung, big fresh water prawns, shrimps, lards, pork slices and even pork ribs is served.

The broth is well flavoured and has a right amount of consistency. Fighting the temperature to gulp it down, I happily sipped the soup till the last drop.

The succulent, juicy and sweet prawn is shining gloriously. It is very considerate of them to deshelled the prawns so that I can savour it in a lady-like manner, a grande bourgeoise I am. Haha.

Another crazy dish, the Chu Yuk Fun aka Pork Noodle selling at RM16.90++. Minced pork, slabs of pork ribs, pork slices, liver and intestine come in abundance that the noodles were no where in sight. I am not exaggerating because eventually a big eater like KampungBoy is having a hard time to finish it off. The freshness of the ingredients has definitely enhance the flavour of the clear soup, giving a natural sweetness to it.

Champ's Bistro is not your average corner bistro that serves only booze and finger food. The total bill comes to RM 50++ with extra order of drinks, albeit comes in a higher price, the food is of great quality and huge portion. Do drop by for some unusual hawker fare food or bistro food.

Champ's Bistro

Lot F10, 1st Floor, Centrepoint,
Lebuh Bandar Utama, Bandar Utama,
47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
03-7722 5800
Open from 10:00am to 12:00am daily

See also: http://kampungboycitygal.blogspot.com/2007/09/cagayan-centre-point-bu.html

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! Bazaar Ramadhan @ Taman Tun Dr Ismail

Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri! Maaf Zahir dan Batin. One thing that we'll miss so much is the Bazaar Ramadhan, the galore for breaking fast. We intended to pay our visit to one of the Bazaar Ramadhan on Raya Eve, but the sky has chased us out by raining. To get drenching wet for good food, we are not hungry to that far extend. Anyway, feast your eyes with these delicacies from Bazaar Ramadhan at TTDI, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 3. I'll miss those nasi kerabu, wajik durian and ayam percik so much.

Nasi Ayam Goreng



Mee / Bihun / Nasi Goreng



Pulut Udang





The dude living in food heaven loves it!



Apam Balik



Roti John & Kebab



Keropok Lekor Tganu



Air Tebu



Kuih Bakar



Jagung Bakar



Jagung Kukus



Assorted Fish Balls and Yong Tofu



Assorted Fried Stuff in Skewers







Satay





Ikan Bakar



Ikan Pari Bakar



Ayam Percik







Gigantic Cendol Ice selling at RM 6 each



Nasi Kerabu



Lemang



Kuih Pelita



Tako



Otak Otak



Serunding (Spicy Floss)



Kebab



Green Salad





Fruits Rojak



Putu Buluh



Apam Balik



Peneram



Dadih



Cooling Drinks



Caramel Custard



Apam Beras



Wajik Durian

Map to Bazaar Ramadhan Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 3, TTDI (click to enlarge)

See also: http://kampungboycitygal.blogspot.com/2007/09/selamat-berpuasa-bazaar-ramadan-kelana.html