WG Pulled burger set

A rather large plate of salad that is included in my lunch set. It has Romaine lettuce and tomatoes only. The set also includes a small glass of chilled lemonade which is quite sweet, made from fresh lemons.

My pulled pork burger with coleslaw and fries.

The pulled pork with onions is on the sweet side. I kept half the portion for dinner.

Betty's Midwest Kitchen at Aman Suria.

I find it weird that the receipt did not state the names of the food items we ordered but the prices listed are correct and that is the important part so we did not make a fuss but paid up.

Rou Yuan

Two fish paste balls in soup - NTD 25 (about MYR 3.35 at the exchange rate of MYR 13.4 for NTD 100). Additional soup is foc. 

Next to the soup is a bowl of a single "彰化肉圓" (Chang Hua Rou Yuan) - literal translation is Changhua Meatball where Changhua is a county in Taiwan at NTD 40 (about MYR 5.35). Although it is called meatball, it is more like a dumpling with pork meat inside it.

This is also a food item that originated in Taiwan and is sold in most night markets there. I don't think it can be found here. Wiki has more info about it. My friend who used to live in Taiwan told me that this is one of the best "Rou Yuan" in Taipei.

Basically this is a dumpling with translucent soft chewy skin made of corn starch, sweet potato flour and rice flour with fillings of pork meat, bamboo shoots and mushrooms as can be seen in the photo above. The coriander garnishing makes the taste of this meatball dumpling more interesting as with the orangy red chili sauce on top. Those who like to eat soft chewy dumpling skins would love to eat this.

The dumplings were first steamed and then reheated in low temperature hot oil before being served to customers. This is a self-service small and clean eatery so we cleared our own table after we have finished eating the meatball dumplings.

阿財彰化肉圓 (Ah Chai Chang Hua Rou Yuan) is the name of this shop in Taipei. We were lucky that day that there was no queue. I read online that some people reported long queues where they had to wait for about 30 mins.

Tamsui A-gei

阿給(A-gei) is another food item that originated in Taiwan and I believe are only sold in Tamsui / Danshui (淡水). A-gei comes from the word "Abura-age" (deep fried bean curd). 

It is a deep fried bean curd (tofu) that is stuffed with glass noodles (tong hoon) and sealed with fish paste. It is served in a tasty broth with fermented soybean chili sauce on top. It is somewhat like the yong tofu here but more elaborate and is delicious!

I like those A-gei that have soft glass noodles in them. There are a few shops that sell A-gei with more chewy and springy glass noodles so I avoid going to those shops.

Looks messy but tastes wonderful! I can eat two of these. One costs about NTD 40 (MYR 5.35 at the exchange rate of NTD 100 for MYR 13.40).

"老牌阿給" (Lao Pai A Gei - literal meaning is "Old Style A Gei") above is my favourite A-gei shop. There are two other shops next to it that I have tried but the glass noodles in their A-Gei are too springy and not soft enough for me. 

We like to eat A-Gei at this shop so much that on another visit, we ordered 6 bowls to share between 4 pax.

Food in Air

Snacks and a glass of apple juice before the main meal.

Fish pasta with tasty appetiser (prawns with mango salad) fruits (honey melon, pineapple, watermelon) and dessert (peach cake).

The dory fish was not fresh and the pasta was too dry at most places. Only the carrots and broccoli taste fine.

The other option was chicken with rice which turned out to taste better than the fish pasta.

On the return flight the food tastes much better.

Red wine to go with the braised beef slices. The potatoes, carrots and broccoli taste fine too.

Appetiser: chicken slices and pickled vegetables. Fruits: Apple, pineapple and honey melon.

I think this is prune cake. Sometimes the meals served are quite delicious.

Eat Proper Meal

We saw this display in Taipei 101.

A big floral heart with a message.

The message is from a mother to her children: No matter how busy you are at work, please remember to eat a proper meal. Happy mother's day!

Choco Pie

My friend was back from S.Korea and gave me two packs of this Choco Pie. They are sold here in supermarkets too.

Cut into halves - they are two biscuits sized cakes sandwiching a marshmallow layer between them and coated with chocolate. A popular snack in S.Korea it seems that originated from the USA. The marshmallow is very sweet so best eat this with black coffee.

Best Prawn HK CCF

Left: SK Signature Combination Noodles (Dry) - MYR 18.90++ (10% service charge and 6% GST making it MYR 22.05 nett). The combination food items are: BBQ pork (Char Siew), 3 Wantons and 2 Sui Kow dumplings. My friend did not like the gravy of this noodle - she says that the gravy tastes as if it has a budget version of sesame oil in it but the texture of the noodles is nice - soft yet springy. A small bowl of broth accompanies this dry noodle dish.

Right: Sui Kow dumplings noodles in soup - MYR 15.90++ (MYR 18.55 nett). I prefer the Wantons dumplings to Sui Kow dumplings although the Sui Kow dumplings are bigger.

Since this dish was not available in the Midvalley branch, I ordered it at the MyTown branch: HK chee cheong fun with prawns at MYR 9.90++ (MYR 11.55 nett) making it MYR 1.925 nett per segment of chee cheong fun.  There were 6 fresh prawns in this dish - 3 prawns per roll, 1 prawn per segment and the chee cheong fun (flat rice noodles) is not too soft but still smooth. Very delicious. My favourite prawn HK ccf at the moment.

We ordered the 3 treasures glutinous rice with chicken (Loh Mai Kai) since we like it when we ate it at the Midvalley branch but it was not available because it was sold out the previous day. We also notice that they have changed the menu since the last time we were here because the lotus leaf glutinous rice dish we ate the previous time is no longer on the menu.

Mango Pomelo Grass Jelly Shaved Ice - MYR 9.90++ (MYR 11.55 nett). Tasty with nice fresh mango with no artificial mango cordial drinks taste.

Peanut Paste - MYR 5.90++ (MYR 6.90 nett). We prefer the peanut paste we had at another eatery because that one tastes of roasted peanuts whereas this one tastes of peanut butter.

Total bill for 3 pax: MYR 70.55 nett at Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert at the MyTown branch.