6 Xiao Long Bao in a bamboo basket per serving - MYR8.5++ (MYR9.90 nett). Taste is acceptable.
Pork chop noodle - MYR15.90++ (MYR18.55 nett). Price is on the high side because we ordered it from the ala carte menu. Some people may feel that the pork chop is too dry and hard but I like it so we almost always order this pork chop as can be seen in this
previous post.
We wanted to eat some greens so we ordered a small portion of stirfry broccoli and prawn dish for MYR21.00++ (MYR24.50 nett). There are 5 prawns in total. Good enough to fulfill my need for greens.
A glass of herbal drink at MYR4.50++ (MYR5.25 nett) and a bowl of Tofu Fah (soy bean) at MYR3.50++ (MYR4.10 nett) to share by two pax at
Esquire Kitchen, Endah Parade, Sri Petaling.
We try not to eat here if we can help it due to the higher price as compared to the other neighbourhood eateries but somehow we find ourselves here eating almost the same food once in a while. The fact that it is still operating in the same location after so many years means that there are many people like us who kept coming back for more.
Xiao long pork looks so pretty, nicely made but I am not a fan, will eat, just not crazy about those. Not a fan of fried stuff served in soup either - like fried wantons, for instance. I would ask that the pork chop be served separately.
ReplyDeleteEsquire Kitchen, eh? Loved it, my favourite ever since the 80's - the one at Sg Wang...and they had an outlet across the road, opposite Federal Hotel at Bukit Bintang once...long before the outlet at Mid Valley. Dunno of any others elsewhere.
They have many outlets, the other ones I know are in One Utama and Mines Shopping Mall. I wonder whether the one opposite Federal Hotel is still there or not. I suspect not but it has been many years since I last went to that branch.
DeleteActually I never understood the concept of pork chop noodles soup. Or chicken chop noodles soup for that matter. Like... why would you fry something and make it fragrant, then waste it by drenching it in soup? @.@
ReplyDeleteWell, you got a point there. Must ask the person who created the dish. But I guess you could also ask the customers why bother ordering a dish like that. I order it because it does not matter to me whether or not the pork chop is in the soup or not since I like the taste of the dry pork chop, LOL!
DeleteEsquire has been around for ages. Some outlets are better than others though. The 1u one is pretty bad.
ReplyDeleteI have a few favourites there including that pork chop noodle you ordered. Also the spicy/sour szechuan soup, the flower roll, the fried wanton, the braised pork... aiyo salivating already haha.
I have never eaten at the 1u branch because there are so many nice things to eat in 1u that no need to go to Esquire. I like the spicy/sour szechuan soup too, especially when dipping the flower roll into the soup to eat. Yum yum!
DeleteThese dishes look like something I'll have for a meal too. I love pork chops, be it Asian or Western style! xoxo
ReplyDeleteThese are casual home style meals I guess.
DeleteThe pork chop noodles and tau fu fah are my usual favourites too :) I have quite a few photos in my phone but never gotten round to blogging about this place. I admire how they still remain in business amidst all that competition but hate that their prices have gone north by quite a bit :(
ReplyDeleteHow often do you eat there? Which branch do you go to?
DeleteNot a big fan of xiao lung bao. But I could have that pork chop noodle and taufu fah.
ReplyDeleteWhy not?
DeleteI used to eat at Esquire quite often, at least when we came to KL. They have a lot of outlets around the KL city, in BB Plaza and Sungai Wang, if I'm not mistaken. There are always A LOT of people there. I recently went when my dad came over to KL, we ate with his friends at Esquire Kitchen for lunch too. It was also packed, the Subang outlet has a lot of office workers eating there. Food is so so only to me, don't know why it's so popular. The pork chop noodles looks interesting but I don't like dry pork chop.
ReplyDeleteI guess it is popular because the food is casual home-style dining food, comfort food to some. Nothing extraordinary.
DeleteEsquire Kitchen comes a long way back... they were famous then and I think they still are, right? Now they have to compete with many good ones in KL...
ReplyDeleteThey were famous when I was 15 years old. Now, they are not so famous but they will survive because people somehow will go and eat there for their home style comfort food.
DeleteWhen I was working in KL in 1978, I remember eating once in Esquire Kitchen. Must be in good business to be around until now.
ReplyDeleteI am surprise that they can survive for such a long time.
DeleteTofu fah, my all time favorite dessert!!
ReplyDeleteI like them too because it is very easy to eat, just slip it down the throat, no need to even bite.
Deletegosh! I din't knw Esquire Kitchen serve Xiao long Bao! I would have frequent there if I know that. All the above looks good...I would order the same too I m to dine there.
ReplyDeleteBut don't expect their Xiao Long Bao to match the standard of Din Tai Fung's or Canton-i's standard. :)
DeleteI am drooling at the Tofu Fah and the syrup must be sweet enough, slurps
ReplyDeleteWe don't like it to be that sweet so we didn't put much syrup in it. If you like it to be sweet, you can put more syrup as they give us a small jug of syrup.
DeleteI am okay with the food in Esquire but feel it is a little pricy. My boys always order " Fried Shanghai Noodle"...every time. I like their fried dumpling, stir-fried french beans, brinjals and the szechuan hot and sour soup.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely pricey. I don't think I have ever eaten the fried shanghai noodle.
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