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Another day another dollar earns. I guess it is slightly different in my case as to me, another day another day another dollar spend.

Every day, I will be thinking on how I would like to spend my money wisely, what to buy and what to eat. Of course the favourite part is eating what I plan for.

While walking in Super Brand Mall, Shanghai, my stomach gave me a red alert and my mission turned out to be hunting for a place to refill myself.

On 8^th floor, which I always think is a lucky floor, I found Long Feng Restaurant, a Chinese restaurant that serves morning dim sum starting at 11 am?

The place is rather quiet when I arrived but it started to gradually filled up with customers especially during lunch time. As much as I normally treat dim sum as breakfast, this time I called it brunch.

Started slowly with custard bun and later followed with small dragon pau as my starter. Maybe I was hungry or maybe the food was really good but my refilling needs more substances.

The waitress somehow acknowledged that and started to introduce their famous signature dumplings to me. Beside prawn dumplings, I did go for chef recommendations.

The dim sums are good and comparable with many Malaysia dim sums but lacking of one thing, the sweet and chilli sauce. Yes, you can dip in soy sauce but I still think it tastes better with sweet sauce.

Whenever I go for dim sum, I will automatically order chee cheong fun (I ordered 2 plates .. hehe) and deep fried spring rolls. The feeling is incomplete if I eat it. How weird isn’t it?

If 10 is good, I will only rank this place as 7. Not because the food is not good but minus 1 for no sweet sauce, minus 1 for start at 11 and minus 1 for too expensive. I actually paid RMB 137 for this “brunch”

Long Feng Restaurant

24, 8^th Floor, 168 West,

Super Brand Mall, Liujiazui,

Pudong, Shanghai, China

TEL: +86 21 2206 0003

WEB: www.longfengyudian.com

GPS:

Steamed Egg

Ingredients

2 Eggs

Warm water

¾ tsp salt

½ tsp TikkoSS’s Secret Ingredient

2 cloves Garlic (Finely chopped) – Can be replaced with small onion or go without it.

2 tbsp Light soy sauce

Method

1. Heat wok with 1½ tbsp oil. Fry garlic until golden brown and fragrant. Set aside.

2. Well beaten the eggs and add warm water (the amount should be the same as the mixture of well beaten eggs).

3. Add salt and TikkoSS’s secret ingredient into the egg mixture. Mix well. (Notes: You will have smoother steam egg on the surface if you remove the bubbles on top of the egg mixture prior steaming it)

4. Cook rice and steam the rice on top of the cooked rice for 10 to 15 minutes or until the egg mixture is set. (Notes: Don’t steam the egg from the beginning. You need to wait until the rice is cooked first)

5. Remove steamed egg from rice cooker, add garlic with oil and soy sauce. Ready to be served.

Many many many years ago, human kill for a simple reason, FOOD. Many many years later, human can do a lot of things for food too! Of course, not to the killing extend laa. I am one of them. I blog for FOOD. Eh.. more like I blog because of food. FREE food sometimes.

This time I get free invite for food tasting at Cheng Ho Court Chinese Restaurant. Yea, I have been here before and that is why I made myself available this time because I really really miss the food here.

It might look red from the outside but it is definitely not because of Chinese New Year. The mandarins and angpows and pamelo are just for decorations. More like to rejuvenate the CNY ambience.

I was served with 10 course meals. There is only 9 photos below because the other one it already ended up in my stomach! I am not going to tell you what it is and let you keep guessing.

First dish: Deluxe Hot and Cold Combination

This dish takes slightly longer to prepare. There are varieties of ingredients which include seafood, fish balls, mushrooms, eggs and vegetables and many more. If you never been to ala Chinese style restaurant, you have to control yourself not too eat so much at the beginning of the dinner. That is because the best is yet to come

Second dish: Braised Shark Fin Soup with Dried Scallop and Crab Meat

Shark lover? Too bad! Shark Fin is my all time favorite. How can I miss this when there are scallops and crabmeat involves. Just added a little black vinegar and it will be perfect for me.

Third Dish: Deep Fried Crispy Chicken

Ok. This is not KFC but it is a homemade deep friend crispy chicken. The chicken is marinated with herbs before it was deep fried. It might taste a little dull especially near the chicken breast but with salt + lime + assam, I am sure you are going to crave for it once you try it.

Fourth dish: Deep Fried Garoupa with Sweet and Sour Sauce

Normally, I am not a fan of boney fish but after deep dried, all the bones seems like edible and crunchy. If only plainly fried, the fish will be too dry. With sweet and source sauce, many kids love this dish.

Fifth dish: Yin Yang Prawn

Why want to resort in one style of prawns when you can have best from both worlds. Boiled prawns with mayonnaise are my real preference as compared to butter fried prawns. Both are equally good and you only pay for single price

Sixth dish: Braised Three Varieties of Mushrooms with Seasonal Vegetables

Common dish as you can easily find this in any Chinese restaurant. Personally, I love all the mushrooms since I have been mushrooming (leisuring) at home most of the time.

Seventh dish: XO Fried Rice

In all normal 10 course meals, the rice dish is cooked with salted fish or in Yang Chow style. This rice dish is uncommonly special when they cooked with XO sauce.

Eighth dish: Chinese Pan Cake with Red Bean Mochi

Mochi is famous Japanese dessert and Chinese Pan Cake is traditional Chinese delicacies with stuffed kaya. The combination of both tastes super yummy.

Nine dish: Golden Fish Dumplings.

Of all the dishes, I find this dessert is very creatively made. Instead of round snow moon cake, it was molded into golden pink fish shapes. In Chinese, fish is believed to bring good luck and fortunes to the righteous person. Not all fish tho. Definitely not salted fish for sure.

Do give it a try and make sure you pre-book in advance. Else there is a high possibility that you missed this chance very soon.

Cheng Ho Court Chinese Restaurant @ Mines Wellness Hotel

Jalan Dulang, MINES Resort City,

43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Tel: 03-8943 6688

Operating Hours:

Mon – Sat: 1130am – 230pm (Lunch) 6pm – 930pm (Dinner)

Sunday & Public Holiday 9am – 1130pm (Breakfast) 1130am – 230pm (Lunch) 6pm – 930pm (Dinner)

GPS: 3.030512,101.716576

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

Water fish? All fishes swim in water, so what is water fish? Water fish is a Chinese slang that refers to someone who is being capitalized by others. Are you water fish?

I am not for sure but speaking of fish, this restaurant comes to my mind. Restoran Sang Kee Steamfish. From the name, you know the specialties here is steam fish.

This restaurant is just a normal Chinese restaurant with a lot of food photos on the wall. Nothing fancy on the interior tho but this place is half-ly air conditioned.

Fish only? What if I hate fishy fish? Well firstly, the fish here is fresh, no fishy smell. This restaurant also serves other Chinese-style dishes and homemade Yong Tau Foo.

Don’t know what is best there? You can probably order what I have ordered before. A steam fish is a must, Sang Har Mee (fresh prawn noodles), Salted egg bitter gourd, 3 layers marmite pork and pumpkin tofu.

The fish is really the highlight. Soft and nicely cooked. The next dish that I like most is the 3 layers marmite pork. Deep fried pork combines marmite sauce just taste perfect. Maybe I can try to cook as well.

The pumpkin tofu is considered very special as it is cooked with pumpkin and salted egg. Salted egg? Oh yea.. the sauce is slighty creamy but blended well with homemade tofu.

The salted egg bitter gourd and Sang Har Mee just taste normal.   

I just ordered a plain Chinese herbal tea, nothing extraordinary tho. You can call me hungry but I finished all the food. I finished it myself? Nah.. I went to this place with my family of 4.

Surprisingly we only paid less than RM 100 to get a nice family dinner. You should give it a try if you are in Balakong area.

Restoran Sang Kee Steamfish

GPS: 3.038896,101.768664