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Few days ago, someone used my website to spam and ended up McAfee labeled my website as suspicious with SPAM URL. Seriously, whoever is that, please grow up! Learn to appreciate someone’s piece of work rather than abusing it.

I cannot figure out why McAfee can even believe that my website is a SPAM. The only reason that I can think of is maybe I do “SPAM” a lot about good food. Ops, I am doing it again now!

Human evolution theory by Charles Darwin believe that “men from monkeys” but it says nothing about women. So, human evolution theory by TikkoSS envisage that “women from swans”. Why? i) angel alike ii) graceful iii) slow and steady iv) classy v) tiny brains

That is for men and women. What about food evolution? I have no clue at all but Peng Heong shows an evolution from hawker stall to big restaurant. Yes, from very small zinc roof hawker stall by the roadside to big concrete cozy restaurant.

My father used to drive me all the way to Klang for lunch here when I was a teenager. Back then, this shop is just another hawker stall but now, they even earn a title of No.1 Paikut. Not only that, they serves a variety of delicious Hakka dishes.

Before you start calculating on my age, I am not that OLD! Teenager life for TikkoSS was just few years back. I am still very young by the way.

Since I mentioned Paikut earlier, this is a must try dish. I also ordered black vinegar pork leg and pepper pork belly soup. OK, too bad for muslim friends that this is a non-halal restaurant but good news for Pork’s Lovers.

This paikut is boneless and soft. Just nice for lazy people like me that hates bones. The gravy is extraordinary nice. The black vinegar pork leg is one of the few that qualify to enter my mouth. I don’t like if it is too sourish. The pepper pork belly soup is so so only considering that I like my mom home made soup.

Beside all the pork dishes, they also serve common green vegetables, eggs and pretty good assam fish too. It is very difficult to find a restaurant which their cooking style matches your taste bud. I love this place as almost every single dish is exactly how I like it.

If I am in desperate mode but broke, I think plain rice with egg already sufficient for me. Hmm.. the strawberry and honey are so nice… Ops, slightly off topic as I am enjoying my favorite strawberries now while blogging about this. hehe

Did I finish all the dishes? Of course! Am I alone? Of course not! I am with my family at that time. You really think I am that “big” eater meh? All these dishes only cost about less than RM 150.

If you get lost in Klang next time (like I used to experience before when I trusted my dumb dumb aka GPS), you can drop by at this place and try it before you find your path back

Peng Heong Hakka Paikut Restaurant

No.2, Lorong Gudang Nanas, Off Jalan Pasar,

41400 Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

TEL: +6019 – 260 0855, +6012 – 236 9855

GPS: 3.048211,101.445136

Website: www.paikut.blogspot.com

How many of you still remember what happen on 1 July 1997? Don’t tell me young people like you forget this auspicious day? This date marks the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from UK to China.

Mass migration or better known as migration tide happened even before 1989 as many were pessimistic towards Hong Kong future. That is the time when receiving countries enjoy the exchange of cultures, expertise and FOOD.

Now, you don’t have to travel all the way to Hong Kong but to SS22/19 instead to eat Hong Kong dim sum. Many of you might know this place, Restoran Jin Xuan Hong Kong Dim Sum.

If you go during breakfast, lunch or dinner time, this place is so congested that you might need to queue up. Quite a long queue tho. Normally in any restaurant, the queue is proportionate to the quality of food. The longer it is the better it is.

STOP Drooling! Well, I am not sure about you but my saliva nearly drool out when I look at varieties of pre-made dim sums that are available. Maybe I am too hungry.. hehe.. Since I am so hungry, I have to remind myself not to overly ordered

Only fried food? Nah.. these are just few of the many other choices. I spotted on many that I am craving for even before looking into the menu.

If you know me in person, you know that I am bad with names. I cannot even remember pretty girls’ names sometime. Sad isn’t it? So, please don’t expect me to name what I ate that day. I guess I am good at one thing, FEEDING my FAT!

If you are custard bun lover, please don’t hesitate but order this straight away. As much as I like custard bun in Dragon-i @ Pavillion, KL, I think this is also another example of deliciously yummie custard bun.

Another dim sum that I like most is the bacon meat rolls. I love this straight away as what TikkoSS’s said “Love at first bite!”.

There are few other dim sums that I ordered and I can tell you the dim sums here really have a good standard. I cannot recall how much I spent that day but I managed to capture few of the dim sums price as below:

Century Egg Congee RM3.50

Deep Fried Prawn Roll RM3.50

Cabbage Roll RM 3.50

Deep Fried Radish Cake RM3.50

Char Siu Pastry RM3.50

Chee Cheong Fun RM4.80

Scallop and Prawn Dumpling RM4.00

Marmite Pork Rib RM10.00

I think it is quite reasonable considering the dim sums range from RM 3.50 to RM 10. You don’t have to stuff yourself with quantity but I prefer quality food. I share so that you can try it too!

Jin Xuan Hong Kong Dim Sum

59, 61 & 63, Jalan SS22/19, Damansara Jaya,

47301 Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur.

TEL: +603 – 7729 6866

Business Hour: 7am – 11pm (daily)

GPS: 3.128188,101.616079

When you are broke, I mean literally broke, you don’t need to beg for money or food. What you need to do is to dress up nicely and crash some wedding parties. That is what I consider as survival tips to feed your fat.

If really in desperate need and have little money with you, even RM 5 can make you full for one meal. Let me show you how. I discovered this place along Jalan Pudu recently. Typical hawker stall by the roadside that managed to put their footprints on local newspaper.  

Of course many will say RM 5 can get almost anything but what if I tell you that this stall serves very nice Tai Poh Mee? Probably, the stall serves one of the best Tai Poh Mee around for only RM 5 (Big), Medium RM 4.60 (Medium) and RM 4.20 (Small).

I am positive that many will confuse this type of noodles with wantan mee simply because it is also served with wan tan too. The Tai Poh noodle is slightly thicker as compare to wan tan noodle and the taste is a lot different than typical wantan mee.

What I like about this noodle? Of course is the the minced pork in soy sauces.  Is it good? Hey, if this type of noodle is not impressive, do you think I will blog about it? Why not you give it a try and tell me how do you like it.

Once you try it, I bet many will say that the portion is slightly small for a big eater like me. Don’t fret, there is a famous Teochew Fishball stall here too. It was founded in 1952. Wow, older than me.

Please don’t complaint that you don’t have money as this is not expensive too. Only RM 4 for a single bowl with mixture of various types of meatballs, fishballs, fishcakes, dumplings etc or it will only costs about RM 4.50 for take away.

This photo is not photoshop. In fact almost all pictures in TikkoSS’s Blog are not photoshop too.  So, what you see is exactly what I ate that day. Deliciously tempting? That is exactly how I feel when I have it.

Bring RM 10 with you and you can enjoy both Tai Poh Mee and Teochew Fishballs. Yes, that is all you need, only RM 10.

Tai Poh Mee & Teochew Fishball

Off Jalan Pudu, Kuala Lumpur.

GPS: 3.135031, 101.712939

Chap Goh Meh, the 15th day of Chinese New Year is around the corner. Chinese New Year almost coming to an end. For those of you who still short of angpow, you still have few days to catch up. For those of you who still have itchy hand, find your “kaki” and start to gamble. Hehe..

Not trying to praise myself but I don’t gamble. I know many other bloggers will shoot at me when I say it but I have better explanation on that. Honestly, I don’t gamble! In fact, I don’t know how to gamble but I just know how to win money. Hehe..

Ok. Maybe there are a lot of my readers are still underage so I will cut the crap about gambling and talk on more appropriate topic, UNO card game?.. Ops no way! I mean FOOD. Which place this time? It is Restoran Grand Imperial in One Utama.

The name is already indirectly hinting that this place is slightly pricy, high class, nicely decorated, good service and GOOD FOOD too. I’m not trying to apple polish this restaurant and they did not give me any discount either when I write about this. So it is only pure honesty.

This is the place where a lot of family decided to have their reunion dinner. Same goes to my family. Don’t complain that it is too late to write a reunion dinner post when Chap Goh Meh is just few days away. Better late than never right?

What’s good over here? Lou Sang again? Er.. oh yea. This is my 8th times of Lou Sang. We, including my nephew and niece are involved in tossing the Lou Sang every year. My nephew really tossed so high that some of it “fly” into my camera back. Ewww..

I know Lou Sang is also called Yee Sang but this Yee Sang does not have Yee (Fish).The smart chef is smart enough to realize that many don’t like raw fish but they like raw scallops instead. That is also why I find this yee sang is remarkably special.

That is seriously only the appetizer. It is similar to starter for 3 or 5 course meals in western world. My mom ordered a lot a lot a lot of food for 5 adults.  She ordered:

• Giant Garoupa with Garlic
• Pan Fried Japanese Kurob
• Braised Golden Coin Sharkfin
• Whole Abalone (5Head)
• Claypot Rice with Chinese Wine
• Double Boild Hasma with Almond
• Nian Gao & Lotus Paste Pastry
• *few that I missed out..

What strike me are these 3 dishes, the preserved meat which include duck, pork, chinese sosej and sosej, whole Abalone (5Head), claypot rice with Chinese wine. Honeslty, I don’t quite like the taste of the preserved meat. Slightly too salty for me but I guess that is the original taste of preserved meat. Lol

The combination of clayport rice with 5 head abalone mushroom is just perfect. Personally, I feel surprise that abalone got 5 head (To me, it looks like no head at all?). The fragrant rice that cooked with wine looks like nothing special but it actually tastes really good. It is filling too. Hehe..

Finally the dessert, Nian Gao (Year Cake) & Lotus Paste Pastry. This is the first time that I try it and I love it straight away. The Nian Gao  is added with shredded coconut right after they steam it. NICEE.. and everyone is served with sea coconut and longan.

Poor Mom has to pay RM 787 for all 5 adults and 2 kids. I am glad that mom really enjoyed the companion and the laughter that we shared among us.

Restoran Grand Imperial

G218, Promenade, Ground Floor, 1 Utama Shopping Centre,

No.1 Lebuh Bandar Utama, Bandar Utama City Centre, Bandar Utama,

47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: +603 – 77297223/7224

GPS: 3.148165,101.616819

Choice is easy to make when it comes between good and bad or one extreme to another. What about making a tough choice such as between good and good or bad and bad one? Tough huh? You don’t need to worry about what I have just said because I found you a New First Choice.

What exactly is that? Make your first guess as restaurant or nice place for food and you are spot on! I located this restaurant while driving around Pujut area in Miri. No eye catchy banner, no attractive appearance but my stomach was growling for more more food.

This restaurant is servings various food for breakfast but at night, it turns into a place where you can order a whole long list from the menu. So, I decided to ask waitress for a little help in ordering specialties over here.

Friendly waitress introduced me to XO Tofu. This not the XO as in hard liquor but the tofu is cooked with XO sauce. It might not appear as nice in photos but once you taste it, I am sure you will love it. I fall in love straight away and now craving for it.

Er.. this dish is not as simple as adding Tofu with XO sauce but I discovered some anchovies in it. The small anchovies just blended in nicely with XO sauce. The tofu is so soft that I suspected that it is “homemade”

The second dish is mui choy kow yuk (stew pork belly with preserved mustard cabbage). Everytime when comes to pork dish, it will be splendid. Normally it will take quite a long time to prepare this dish but surprisingly, this mui choy kow yuk is served in less than 10 min.

Is the meat hard? Nonono.. it is very soft. I don’t know how they cook it so fast (maybe they pre prepared it) but I would say the 3 layer of pork was well done.

From the photos, you can see the pork is also in right proportion between skin, fat and meat. I had really bad experience where I was served with 90% of fat and only 5% of skin and 5% of stew meat but NOT in this restaurant. Gross isn’t it?  

Last but not least, the Clayport Curry Fish. This is the best dish that I tried so far in Miri. Not too spicy, slightly milky, delicious tempting and more importantly, it is freshly cooked for you. It takes about 15 for this dish to arrive but I can tell you, it is definitely worth waiting.

I brought my mom here once, if I can remember correctly and she loves this dish too. If you are not a fan of boney fish head, try to order the fish tail instead. Apparently this dish is very famous here. Almost every table will order this. Lovely!

Did I finish all? Absolutely! I even finished the gravy till the last drop. lol

As for drinks, I ordered 3 layer color drinks as what I first introduced in ABC Food’s Corner and also

Roselle Flower Drink. Both are my favorite drinks and I wouldn’t want to missed it.

Together with drinks, I only paid less than RM 50 for this complete dinner. Very cheap and SatisFATing indeed.

New First Choice Café Centre

GPS: 4.442687, 114.016027