Bursting Meat Ball

At Go Noodle House, One Utama, we also ordered a bowl of Pan Mee Soup at MYR9.50+ (MYR10.45 nett) and add one serving of Bursting Meat Balls (3 meat balls) to it at MYR3.50+ (MYR3.85 nett). One meat ball costs about MYR1.28 nett, not that we can order just one.

We ordered the "tear" noodle type where the noodle dough is rolled into a thin sheet and then tear or cut into broad pieces. Yin choy (amaranth greens), deep fried anchovies, black fungus (cloud ear fungus) cut into thin strips, one piece of fish paste (yu wat) and minced pork were included by default. We can detect wine in the broth.

The bursting meat ball is made out of a smaller pork ball within a bigger and firmer pork ball like the above. The smaller pork ball is more flavourful. The bursting refers to some broth seeping out of this pork meat ball when you bite into it.

You can take as much dip as you like.

It seems like Go Noodle House has almost something for everyone to mix and match for a hearty bowl of soup noodle except for those who would like to eat hor fun instead. We may go try the branch at Midvalley soon.

Go Noodle One Utama

Last Sunday, we went to One Utama and ate brunch at Go Noodle House as per our plan.

1. Choose noodle or pan mee or rice:
a. Noodle - Mi Xian (Thick mee hoon) or Thin Mee Hoon
b. Pan Mee - Thick, Thin or Tear (wide pieces)
c. Rice to go with ala carte soup with chosen ingredients.

2. Choose the soup:
a. Superior Soup (non spicy)
b. Home Made Spicy Soup
c. Dry (for pan mee only)

There is a wide selection of ingredients for you to add to your noodle such as frog meat, grouper fish slices, scallops, clams, fish belly, prawns, fish paste (yu wat), beef slices, pork belly slices, beef balls, blue mussels and bursting meat balls to name a few.

My bowl of Grouper Fish Slices Mi Xian (Thick Mee Hoon) MYR16+ (MYR17.60 nett). The prices stated in the menu are inclusive of the 6% GST but did not include the 10% service charges.

There were 5 grouper fish slices and the broth is not salty at all so I like eating this bowl of noodle although the texture of the fish slices was quite coarse. I think they are somewhat overcooked.

My friend ordered the same item but with thin mee hoon. The price is the same but the broth is salty unlike mine which is not. So inconsistent.

There was no wine in our bowls of fish noodle. It seems that we can buy the wine from this eatery and add it into the broth ourselves. Any unfinished wine left in the bottle will be kept by the eatery for our next visit as can be seen by the many bottles of unfinished wine by other customers on the shelves in the photo above. For this visit, we did not buy any wine.

When we left, there was a queue outside this eatery. Seats were provided for the waiting customers.

Go Noodle House at One Utama is located on the Lower Ground Floor of the new wing.

Tsujiri Damansara Uptown

I like to eat ice cream or food made from authentic green tea and not those made from artificial green tea essence so when I read that Tsujiri from Japan has opened a store in Damansara Uptown early this year (end Jan/early Feb 2016), I wanted to give them a try since I like eating their green tea ice cream when I was in Japan but since I seldom visit that neighbourhood, I only get to try them recently. My family was passing through that area so they made a pit stop for me get a takeaway from Tsujiri.

I bought an ice cream cone - O-matcha soft ice cream for MYR6.50 nett as compared to MYR7.20 nett for a similar ice cream from Nana's green tea. Tsujiri soft ice cream is denser with a creamier almost buttery taste whereas Nana's soft ice cream is lighter. Both have the strong authentic green tea taste that I like. I will buy Tsujiri soft ice cream again due to its better price.

I wanted to buy a drink for my spouse so I requested for a green tea drink with no milk, no cream, no sugar, no sugar substitutes so that it is not sweet at all and the staff recommended Tsujiri Signature O-Matcha drink at MYR11 nett. We can have it hot or cold and I selected hot and was given the above paper takeaway cup with a plastic cover. The drink filled half the paper cup. It is not a full paper cup portion because the amount served is according to the small bowl used when one dines in.

The matcha drink is thick and smooth, slightly bitter with a hint of seaweed taste. Not sweet at all considering it is made with hot water and matcha powder only. My spouse says that it is very refreshing and definitely a palate cleanser after eating oily food. It leaves a very pleasant aftertaste in the mouth. I need to check out this drink in Nana's green tea eateries to compare the price and taste.

For those who have not acquired the taste for authentic matcha drink, only try this if you want to attempt to acquire a taste for it. A sip or two from your friend's bowl of Tsujiri Signature O-Matcha will not give you the chance to get used to and like the taste.

Their menu has a selection of Ice Blended drinks, floats, teas, lattes for matcha, houjicha (roasted green tea), yuzu, chocolate, red bean; cakes and mochi; soft serve ice creams; parfaits; and shaved ice. No savoury food though.

This is the eatery in Damansara Uptown. I hope they will open a branch in Midvalley so that I can try out the other items on their menu.

Hokkaido Ichiba

It has been a long time since we last visited Kura at One World hotel and I was craving for the food there so we went to a Japanese restaurant named Hokkaido Ichiba at the Gardens mall since I go to that mall weekly. This restaurant is under the same Dining Group as Kura so both of them have exactly the same menu.

Salmon Sashimi Set Lunch - MYR33 nett. The 7 raw salmon pieces are fresh and tasty.

Salmon grilled lightly with salt (Salmon Shioyaki) - MYR30 nett. The piece of salmon is succulent and grilled just right.

Hokkaido Ichiba at the Gardens Mall, KL

Although both restaurants are under the same Group but somehow the quality of food here is somewhat lower and the air in the restaurant smells musty. The rice does not taste like Japanese rice at all. I like my rice to be soft but this bowl of rice is way overcooked so it is too mushy. Some of the condiments like the julienned daikon is dry at the edges meaning that it has been prepared and left there for too long. In summary, I won't be eating here again and I will have to make my way to Kura to eat the exact same set meals at the same prices.

Smells good

Stinky beans or Petai (Parkia speciosa) and Tomato Omelette cooked by my spouse. Very tasty just because I like to eat petai.

Go Noodle House Midvalley

New eatery in Midvalley Mall. This eatery has many branches and one of them is in One Utama and we intend to eat there and not here because we wanted to wait until they have been in operation longer at this location before eating here.

In case you can't see their signboard, here is it again: Go Noodle House. They serve many types of noodles with a variety of ingredients.

Food Junction

I felt like eating duck wanton noodle when we were at Midvalley Mall so we went to the Food Junction food court located on the top floor. I was surprised to know that the roast duck stall has moved to another counter.

Roast duck noodles and Pipa duck for 1 pax to share between two pax. Taste is quite good. Total price is MYR16.30 nett only because Food Junction gave me a 10% discount.  The duck noodle costs MYR9.50+ 6% GST making it MYR10.07 nett and the Pipa Duck costs MYR7.50+ (MYR7.95 nett). The price of food in this Food Junction food court is more affordable than the food in the new Aeon Food Street but the ambiance in the latter is better.

The Hong Kong Roast stall is stall number 12A. I have no idea what promotion is going on that gives a 10% discount.

Hong Kong Roast stall