Not so tasty

I bought a bag of deep fried sweet potatoes with plum powder sprinkled over them to try at about MYR5 a bag after reading someone's post that this is just so tasty. They were deep fried upon order so I have to wait for quite some time for them to cool down before eating them.

They were crunchy to the point of being hard and I think maybe they were not deep fried long enough so the insides were still a bit raw. Taste ok only, I wonder whether the person who raved about it ate something totally different from this but I did buy the correct item. I ate only two pieces and let my family have the rest of them.

Bought them from this Shihlin stall in Midvalley. Deep fried chicken pieces and oyster mee suah are their best sellers. This Shihlin stall has outlets in most of the shopping mall.

Bread for Breakfast

Bought this for breakfast one day (I have forgotten how much it costs)

Whole wheat bread

with strawberry and cream (only a bit)

Food court

Roasted duck leg wanton noodle - MYR15.80 - 2 of us will share this dish so that our stomach space will permit us to eat other food.

This is one of the more popular stall in the food court at the highest floor of Midvalley Megamall. During lunch time, there will be a queue here.

Fresh Lychee

Canned lychees in syrup are very popular during Chinese New Year because many people like to eat it with ice cubes as a dessert. Fresh lychees on the other hand, are not that popular because some people say that after eating fresh lychees, they are prone to sore throat and cough. I wonder whether this is true or not. I just find fresh lychees to be very sweet.

Vietnam Kitchen

Rice paper prawn rolls

Beef rice roll 

I don't know the name of this dish 

Pork chop set

Beef pho

Slice beef pho

Vietnam Kitchen at One Utama

Sorry, no prices shown this time because this is a treat by a friend so I did not get to see the bill and I could not remember the prices stated in the menu. I used to eat at this restaurant back in 2008, before the renovation so it did not look like the above photo then. 

Dare you..

..eat this?

Whenever my friends go to Singapore, they would bring back these so-called famous century eggs for us. 

The egg is wrapped in rice husks (hull) and mud to preserve it.

It is kind of difficult to remove the compacted mud and rice husks

Done - I could smell the overpowering mud odour

Washed them

After removing the shell, oohhhh so glistening

The soft yolk looks so tasty

Goes well with pickled spring onions. The above amount I bought by weight from the pickled food section at Aeon Supermarket in Midvalley for MYR1.55.

Also goes well with pickled young ginger. I bought the above container of pickled young ginger for MYR1 from Aeon Supermarket Sushi Counter. Bon appétit!

Lap Mei Fan

You know Chinese New Year is near when eateries start to sell "waxed meat" rice. Basically "waxed meat" is salt cured meat, there are more to curing the meat that is beyond my knowledge so just google for it if you are interested.

The Zun Express at MidVally/Gardens is offering a "waxed meat" rice set meal for MYR19.80++ which includes the rice, a herbal soup (select from 3 choices), and a jelly dessert. We ordered one set to share.

"Waxed meat" rice - the rice is very soft and flavourful

A choice of herbal soup (select from 3 types)

Wolfberry Jelly dessert

Polo Buns - MYR2 each - must buy at least 2. There were 2 types,  chicken savoury or sweet custard fillings. I ordered one each to try.

MYR4 - I like both. The sweet custard fillings taste like kaya. Will definitely eat these Polo Buns again.