[Kuala Lumpur] Let's Go Gai Gai @ 茨厂街 Petaling Street Chinatown [Part 2]

For breakfast, we had it at Tang City Food Court. Find a place to sit and the drinks stall person would come to ask for your drinks order. Pay when the drinks or food is served.

kat zai suen mui 桔子酸梅 (calamansi lime with sour plum) 

teh (hot)

The beef soup stall is towards the back left corner of the food court. They also have fish head noodles as the other option. 

mixed beef hor fun (from Kiew Yee) @MYR11

smooth, slurpy hor fun

The beef soup was clear broth and very tasty. The beef parts included beef slices, tendon, beef ball and all were delicious and tender. It was a happy meal.

fishball and pork ball kway teow

Mom prefers the milder soupy stuffs like fishball/porkball noodles. 

pork ball noodles

Teochew char kway teow @MYR11

Char kway was ok for it had plenty of ingredients including cockles. 

Tang City Food Court

Address: 21-27, 21-27, Jalan Hang Lekir, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Business Hours:

Daily 6 am–11 pm

Mom says she wanted dessert. So we walked to the tau fu fa stall. 

let's queue

boss attending to customers

serving up traditional goodness in a bowl of soya beancurd

warm tau fu fa (soya beancurd) in brown sugar syrup

Boss remained friendly even when there's lots of people lining up to order.

Kim Soya Bean

Address: Jalan Hang Lekir, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Contact: +60126590958

Business Hours:

Daily 9:30 am–9:30 pm

For dinner, we went to try the shop that shares the same space as Kam Kee Chicken Rice. Day time, one gets to eat chicken rice and night time, one can get zichar from a different operator.

menu

We ordered their signature claypot lou shi fun (silver pin noodle) and decided to try Tom Yum fried rice.

claypot lou shu fen @ MYR26

Tom Yum Fried Rice

this calamansi lime is so different...

claypot beancurd

nam yee fried chicken

The medium portion of the noodles and fried rice was smaller when compared to its neighbour. The food here is stronger in terms of seasoning, and thus, no wonder the lady boss asked us if we could like some beer to go along with the dishes. 

The claypot noodles was served bubbling and one was supposed to mix the ingredients together. It doesn't look like much but flavourful. I enjoyed each scoop of the noodles, especially with the sambal chili. Tom Yum fried rice was decent but the tom yum flavours were pretty muted and not spicy.  There was one or two good sized prawn in there.

I quite liked the fried chicken. Freshly fried to crispy perfection and well marinated. Yums! But my family felt it was too salty.

Soon Kee Claypot 顺记瓦煲老鼠粉•烧肉面•虾米生肠

Address: 42, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Contact: +60169035968

Business Hours:

Daily: 4 pm–1 am

[Kuala Lumpur] Let's Go Gai Gai @ 茨厂街 Petaling Street Chinatown [Part 1]

We're back at Petaling Street for a short staycation with entire fam! We stayed at 5 Elements Hotel which is right smack in the heart of Chinatown. Basic amenities, basic level of cleanliness with friendly frontdesk staff. The toilet came equipped with bidet if that's of interest to you.

view from the hotel lobby

Because we were there during the weekends, we could hear the bass/music thumping from presumably the nearby bars in our room at night.

hotel lobby

instant coffee, tea, bottled water

closet, safe, hair dryer

bathroom things

Interesting observation during our stay at this hotel. Toilet roll supplied at max is one per room per day if it was near to depleted. By the next day of our stay, the hotel had run out of bath gel and advised us to use the soap instead. Hmm.

Hotel breakfast was minimal. There's carbs like nasi lemak rice, and fried bee hoon. White bread is available too. The usual condiments for nasi lemak like fried egg, anchovies with peanuts, sambal and cucumber slices.

Western fare included sausages, baked beans, hash brown and snacks like fried cuttlefish balls. 

hotel breakfast

Cereals, milk, watermelon slices were available too.

The 5 Elements Hotel

Address: Chinatown, 243, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Website: http://www.the5elementshotel.com.my/

Right next to the hotel, a few steps away is the Fung Wong Biscuit shop/cafe.

signage

It is airconditioned inside for the tired travelers to rest and have a cup of coffee. Granted it is not the only coffee place around, but this shop hints at certain nostalgia due to their long history for their bakes. We used to buy their kaya roll cakes from the original shop whenever we visited Petaling Street.

Now, this new shop is modernized and cafe-like with simple snacks like dim sums on top of their daily bakes. 

choose your bakes 

I ended up with a cup of iced coffee as we'd be doing early dinner shortly. The sliced rolls or the baked siew bao price was around MYR4.50 each, and biscuits such as the hup tao sou (walnut biscuit) was around MYR3 per piece.

iced kopi

Iced kopi was not too acidic and I liked that the milk wasn't too overpowering either. Around RM5 after tax if not wrong.

Fung Wong Biscuit

Address: 85, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Website: http://www.fungwong.my/

Contact: +60320728888

Business Hours:

Daily: 8:30 am–10 pm

Passed by some interesting shops on our way to dinner. Like the 'Original Beckham' that made us did a double take. Apparently its instagram states that "鲍师傅 Original Beckham, with over 20 years of experience originating from China and specializes in chicken floss pastry and walnut cookies."

DurianBB looks like a durian cafe/dessert shop.

it must've been hot in there

For dinner, we headed to places that are really near the hotel so that our elderly parents need not walk too far.

As per previous visit, the old lady boss was at the shopfront, so we greeted her and she enthusiastically asked if we were having dinner there. Haha, yes we are.

Family of 5 adults, we ordered two noodles, an egg dish, a vegetable plate and a meat dish to share. The portion size for noodles is either for 1 pax or 2 pax. So we ordered for 2 pax.

 原汁鸳鸯 Ying Yong with original sauce (Cantonese fried noodles) @MYR30

福建面 Hokkien Fried Noodle @MYR30

Stir fry vegetables @MYR30

Tomato Eggs @MYR15

Lemon Chicken @MYR30

Overall taste was ok and the portions were still generous this time round for the noodles dishes. Fried chicken was nicer (not dry) as compared to past year, although lemon sauce is not my favourite. 

Westlake Restaurant

Address: 40, Jalan Sultan, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Contact: +60320723350

Business Hours:

Daily: 11 am–2:30 pm, 5 pm–1 am

Mixue half-half ice-cream for dessert

Bedok Market Place 勿洛坊

Located at 348 Bedok Road (near Simpang Bedok), this renovated food centre is accessible only by stairs. The stalls there have stylish decoration, plus it feels a little hip. Although, we were still in a non-airconditioned food court setting. Certain areas have powerful fan units, so no need to worry about the heat.

entrance

Was there with a specific objective in mind, which was to get some meat. Ok, perhaps that didn't came out right. Had a morning event where we loaded quite a bit on desserts, so to balance things up, the foodie gang decided to grab some late lunch which must contain meat items for that substantial feel.

collection of menu from the features stalls

For our mains, found Ballistic and the Chop Chop Selections. Then, for desserts, the girls got something from SPies & All Things Nice.

so pretty

gonna get their specials, but it ain't on a flatbread

Got some meatballs to try from Ballistic. A few flavours in fact. Chose their shop specialty, chicken and the chili crab meatballs. Added two sides; the deep fried abalone mushroom and the salted egg yolk fries.

Signature Ballistic Meatballs - sesame battered cheesy beef meatballs @$5.90 (back - chicken meatballs @$4)

Chili Crab Meatballs with mantous @$10.50

Crispy Wild Mushrooms @$3

Salted Egg Yolk Fries @$7.90

For the meatballs, unfortunately the Signature cheesy beef meatballs didn't work for us. It was a tad dry. Enjoyed the chicken meatballs more but the favourite was the chili crab meatballs. We liked 'em saucy! The salted egg yolk sauce on the fries was good too but the crispy mushroom was quite addictive for nibbles. A bottle of beer at the drinks stall costs only $5 for an Asahi.

Next, we tried the Chop Chop Selections. Yes, like its namesake, choose your chop (choice of meat), and they will cook it for ya. From simple grilling to deep fried. We got ourselves a beef steak, pork ribs and fish and chips. From the land to the sea. Didn't do poultry though. Should have gotten some wings, aiyah!

Best accessorized stall

meet the meats

Needn't wait long for our food. Quite chop chop, this stall.

Baby Back BBQ Ribs @$15.90

London Fish & Chips @$9.90

Premium Ribeye Steak @$18.50

Most value for money item, would be the London Fish & Chips with that thick slab of dory. Thinly battered, and moist meat. Best tasting would be the BBQ Back Ribs with its fork tender meat. However, thought it was more Asian flavoured than western. The steak was done rare and actually, quite enjoyable to chew on.

Ribeye Steak - customary sliced view

The girls, came back with pies. Cute little mini pies from Spies and All Things Nice.

say hi to Brandon and try their freshly baked savoury and sweet pies

Lots of Asian influenced flavours such as buah keluak, babi pongteh, chicken laksa etc. Not forgetting, their sweet pies with pulut hitam, or the almond flavour tasted exactly like how those desserts should be. So convenient to 'da bao' the flavours. A slightly bigger version would be good too. Yummy.

(top) sweet pies - pulut hitam, almond tart (bottom) - there's buah keluak, basil chicken, laksa, baby pongteh

And, Brandon generously introduced to us his new creation for SG50; the Chili Crab Kueh Pie Tee. The pie tee shell was amazingly crisp, and those chili crab was just so flavourful with the necessary tinge of spice. Gone in one mouthful. *thumbs up*

Chili Crab Kueh Pie Tee

Was fun hanging out with the foodie gang at Bedok Market Place, and trying out the stalls here. To find out what the shops have been up to lately, you might want to check on their individual FB page.

Bedok Market Place

Website: http://www.thebedokmarketplace.com.sg/

Ballistic Meatballs

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ballisticmeatballs
 

Chop Chop Selections

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thechopchopselections

SPies & All Things Nice

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spiesandallthingsnice