Filet O Fish - so nostalgic!

More than 2 decades ago, while I was still an undergraduate, I worked part-time at McD during the Raya week, just to earn extra pocket money. The hourly wage was quite good because it was a public holiday week, plus FOC meal if you work more than 4 hours.

My first assignment is to assemble Filet-O-Fish. It is actually quite simple. One can easily assemble 10 of these within a minute, provided everything is ready. 

Anyway, fast forward to today — the McD's buns are no longer the same as before. They now have a glossy surface, a change that was introduced about two years ago.

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Chicken mushroom rice at Hong Fu Lao dim sum restaurant....RM13.90++

Taste homely...it has a few pieces of waxed sausage, boneless chicken thigh meat and 3 pieces of shiitake mushroom.

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McD's sundae.....instead of fries, you can now choose to replace it with some other items such as choco sundae/corn/apple pie...etc.

I think I will stick to choco sundae coz i prefer cooling soft-serve.

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Chicken drumstick rice at Soon Hing Wanton restaurant...

Taste so-so only....I think their core is wanton or wanton noodles, not roasted chicken nor duck.

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[Below] Curry rice at Xiguan Wanton Noodles restaurant....

The curry chicken comes with potatoes, and the rice has a fried sunny side up egg by default. 

Taste so-so only.

Wantons (ala carte) are OK though....

Again, I'm ordering something that is not the core...and be judgemental about it😂

The view outside.

Other items in the menu apart from wanton noodles...

They have curry noodles with different types of ingredients.

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Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

I just joined the membership and claimed their 2 for RM16 iced mocha drink.

Tried both with whipped cream and without....

I prefer the one without cream.

Zhang Liang Malatang @ Pinnacle Mall

[Throwback]

Tried Zhang Liang Malatang a few times. It's basically customising your own ingredients by picking the meats/veggies from the display fridge and choose the cooking style (either dry or soup). Ingredients are charged based on their weight. Pay at the counter before they proceed to cook.

First time with tomato soup and noodles.

Nothing special, it's like eating noodles with lotsa ingredients and is cooked fresh on the spot.

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On the second time, tried the dry version with rice.

Price almost same as the first...

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Then the 3rd time i tried the dry version again, but don't know why there is gravy, taste like peanut sauce...

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Then back to the soupy one....the mala soup also looks creamier....

I only took a few sips. I think they put peanut sauce in the soup as well.

Curry Chicken Drumstick

Curry chicken drumstick with nasi lemak from Good Morning Kopitiam, i think it was somewhere RM9.80 nett.

From the same kopitiam, but this time I had the same curry chicken drumstick with rice vermicelli.

This place opens from 8am till 3pm, usually crowded on weekends morning.

Al-Diafah Sri Petaling (Middle Eastern Cuisine)

[Throwback] 

Back to Al-Diafah restaurant. Tried the Arabian sauteed veggies dish. It was served with breads.

I didn't know that there are breads with the dish, hence I ordered the shish tawook wrap.

The sauteed veggies has eggplants, capsicums, olives etc cooked till soft....similar to something I had in Emirates flight long time ago😂

[Below] Cross section of the shish tawook wrap. Comes with fries and a dipping (can't remember what it is)

Was full after finishing the wrap and the sauteed veggies so I tapao-ed the bread back home and eat them plain as breakfast the next day.

The bill came to RM44.10 nett.

This was in year 2024.....almost 2 years ago. 

Overall, not my kind of meal. Will stick back to mandi rice or shawarmas next time.

Chicken & BBQ Pork Rice, 136

This was sometime ago....when 136 was having promo price. So, I tapao-ed chicken and charsiew rice.

RM10 after 20% discount

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Thong Kee.....ordered a bowl of chicken with prawn hor fun in soup.

comfort food

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The day I joined RT membership

Bought these because of membership discount.

Taro bun, Portuguese egg tarts, cheese stick bun, flat croissant coated with chocolate & nuts.

All are tasty....Will buy these again!

Two Pesos - Tom yum soup mini steamboat

The bunting/banner of Kebun Kopi at the eatery entrance when it was firstly launched.

They also sell assorted kuihs, such as kuih talam, kuih lapis, curry puffs, mochi, yam cake....etc at RM3.50 per box.

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Solo steamboat at Two Pesos.....I tried the tom yum soup without additional charge. Previously they only have chicken soup base as the default, anything else would be charged extra.

Here's the menu. The RM13.90 solo steamboat is available throughout the day during weekdays only.

Family Dinner @ Yang Ming

When dining with my elderly parents, we will go safe by ordering non-spicy, non-allergen food. Steamed tilapia is still OK, although my dad would sometimes complaint of rashes after eating certain types of fish. Seafood like prawns, squids, cockles and all others are definitely no-no. Hence you usually see the same old same old thing in our usual orders.

The other dishes in the safe list are....

Sweet & sour pork

Romaine lettuce in fuyu sauce

Tofu with minced pork

The usual orders and the bill came to this usual amount range.

Overall, a good dinner with reasonable price.