Eat Eat: Chinoz in the Park

My food from Penang is still in the stomach and I have another massive eating -- a Ramahdan buffet at Chinoz in the Park @ KLCC. It's organised by my internship company and it's for ALL practical trainees.

Since it's FREE, we all definitely attend. ;)

I never been to the restaurant before and we thought it would be some not-so-nice restaurant that serve not-so-nice food.

Who knows it's actually a very nice restaurant with modern design and cozy atmosphere.

The buffet starts 7:30pm. There are some dates on table for break fast.

I don't count how many type of dishes they have in the buffet, roughly around 50-60. It's more to Malaysian cuisine.

1st section I look at is the dessert area....hehe....

They serve many type of Malay kuih-muih, mix fruit, jelly and western dessert as well.

Salad & finger food section....

Main course section....
Roasted lamb and grilled vege...

At the end of dinner, take a group picture. Say CHEESE~~~~

Nothing much I could comment on the food, it's very normal buffet. I heard the buffet cost RM83 per pax. (o.O)! Very honestly, I don't think it worth that price and I would rather spend that money for Jogoya buffet or Tenji.

Anyway, it is just "IF". I feel grateful for the dinner and I enjoyed the dinner very much, with those intern buddies. =)

Eat Eat @ Penang

1 day after the Umai-Ya dinner, Me and other Notti. friends drive up to Penang to attend a 21st birthday party.

This is the second time I go to Penang with my Notti. gang, but it's the very first time I drive there from KL. We enter Penang Island around 1pm.

2pm sharp, we already at Lorong Selamat for the famous char kuey teow. The cook is still the same unfriendly lady, the portion is still very small compared to KL, the shop is still fully occupied, the char kuey teow still tastes AWESOME!! =D

After waiting more than 30 min, There are 3 big fat fresh shell-less prawn in the plate, some lap cheong (Chinese dried sausage), tauge (bean sprout) and spring onion. Smooth kuey teow is stir-fried till slightly charred and full of smell of caramelized soy sauce and fragrance oil. It definitely worth the long waiting. =D

In the waiting period, we order O-Jian (Oyster omelette). All oysters are double the size of my thumb. They are just slightly cooked. It burst in the mouth when I bite it. It so fresh, juicy and soft. The egg and flour mixture where the oyster sit in, is pan fried to the state of golden colour and crispy edge. Perfect combination of juicy soft oyster and crispy egg mixture. Dip the O-Jian in chinese chili sauce, it's just so flavorful in my mouth. =D

How can we miss one of the world top 10 food when we are at Penang. Without delay, we move on to next famous Penang food -- asam laksa! We went to a shop at I-don't-know-where, the asam laksa is served in room temperature. =/

Although it taste nice, I prefer it served hot. I like the asam laksa opposite Tan Jetty more. I am not sure if the stall is still at the same spot or not.

After some savory main course, we continue the eating with some dessert. We walk to our next destination. We cross the 5 branch overhead pedestrian bridge and head to Penang Road cendol. There are always many people queuing at the stall and eating cendol at roadside. We place our order then we go to a small and old-Nyonya-looking shop and wait to taste the cendol comfortably. The shop is just nearby, but it's not the kopitiam behind the cendol stall. Honestly, I have sweet-tooth but I am not big fans of cendol. I don't know how a bowl of good cendol should taste like. I was so damn full, so I share a bowl of cendol with JingX.

After a 4-course Penang lunch, my stomach can't take any more food. *burb*

We go back to Bel's house and get ready for the 21st birthday party later night. Meeting many more notti. friends and another happy gathering take place. =)

Next day morning, we planned to go for Penang Hokkien mee, but it's closed. =(

So we go to Indian fried noodle nearby Pulau Tikus market. Yesterday food was still yet to be digested, but I can't resist the nice food in front of me. Yum yum~

There is some squid in the fried noodle. I think it is either dried squid or marinated squid, because it is dark red. I love the squid. It is not too chewy nor too soft, just my favorite texture. =)

On the way back to car park, I buy a curry puff at the market, it's a small stall nearby parking lot. I am too full to eat the whole puff, so I just take a bite. It's really a good curry puff, crispy and flaky puff pastry, not too spicy filling. NICE! =D

In less than 2 hours, we meet up another bunch of friends and head to Ah Leng char kuey teow for lunch.

This is the favourite char kuey teow of the Penang friend we met latter. I think he order extra big size for all of us. It is a luxury version of char kuey teow, there are FIVE big prawns, lots of kuey teow and some har go (egg part of prawn?) on top. It costs us RM11.50 per plate. I thought there won't be any char kuey teow more expensive than the one at Lorong Selamat. If it taste nice then it's fine. BUT, the har go taste and look like it had been in the fridge for months. I DON'T LIKE THIS CHAR KUEY TEOW. I can't even finish it. The last meal in this Penang trip is quite disappointing. =/

We hit the road and back to KL with over-stretched stomach, few boxes of Him Heong Tambun biscuit and Eaton ang koo kuih. I don't take many picture of food during this trip, it doesn't change much in good way, from taste to portion and price. =)

Eat Eat: Umai-Ya

18 August 2011... Thursday... 9:15PM...

Location: Bukit Jalil...

Mission: Fill our empty stomach!

Target area: Puchong IOI Boulevard

We stepped our feet in IOI Boulevard around 9:30pm. What type of restaurant would still open at this time? Hmm....left the choice of some bar restaurants. But I don't want Fish&Chips.

Both of us are craving for some Asian flavour.

So, we try our luck at a Japanese restaurant, Umai-Ya

Luckily, the restaurant is still opened and most importantly the kitchen is still opened too.

You guess it right, we are the Last and ONLY customer in that restaurant. It looks as if we book the whole restaurant. XD

We don't plan to go luxury, so we order something easy and fast. Last order is 10pm!

Dragon Maki - RM25

Dragon Maki NICE! I like the combination of unagi and avocado. I think they match very well. =)

Shime Saba Sushi - RM 3.80

Shime Saba is pickled mackerel. It reminds me of the Japanese pickled salmon, which I LOVE very much and almost eat it everyday during my Japan trip.

Kani Unatama Maki (corner) - RM16

Dynamite Maki (center) - RM16

There are mango in the Dynamite Maki but I can't really taste the mango. Kani Unatama Maki is fried soft shell crab Maki, I personally think the soft shell crab is overcooked and dry out. It turns out a bit hard.

We love the Shime Saba Sushi so much that we order again. I think the chef might be in a hurry, the second Shime Saba sushi doesn't look very nice, but it taste awesome!

Tofu Dengaku - RM12

My dear order this too... scary Natto Beans!! =S

My dear keeps looking for it in the menu, but there isn't any Natto bean alone in the menu. The waiter is very kind and helps us to ask the chef if we could get Natto bean alone without the main dish come with it. I think it might because we are the last and only customer, the chef serve us a small plate of Natto beans for FREE!!!

Overall, the service of the shop is good and the food is not bad.

I wouldn't say this is the best Japanese food I had, but I will have another visit again. =)