There's a restaurant called One Nite @ Pandan Indah (or it was misspelled and should have been One Nine maybe?) selling dim sum (in limited variety) that I frequent quite a bit as there just aren't any good dim sum places in my neighbourhood.
One of the items I always order, when I come here, is their Toasted Bread with Butter and Kaya @ RM1.50/slice and Half-boiled Eggs @ RM2.40 (for 2). Their bread is first spread with butter (on the outside) and then toasted (the traditional way) over a charcoal flame. It is then sliced open and smothered with kaya (or, at least, it used to be but now it's just a thin layer) and a few slithers of cold butter.
As for their steamed dim sum like "char siew pau" (BBQ pork bun), "lor mai kai" (steamed glutinous rice with chicken), "siew mai" (pork dumpling), "har gow" (prawn dumpling), they're not as good as the ones I'm used to eating.
But their fried dim sum, however, is quite another story. The reason behind this is because they are all freshly fried to order. As the restaurant doesn't have such a massive crowd (like some of the other 'crazy' dim sum places) since it's a neighbourhood dim sum shop, they can afford to steam or fry to order.
Other than dim sum, they also have other breakfast dishes like Nasi Lemak, Fried Maggi Mee, Fried Rice, Yam Rice and so on....though not particularly "hebat" (great).
This is the Nasi Lemak with Rendang Ayam @ RM6.50 which comes with chicken rendang, hard-boiled egg, sambal, nuts, fried ikan bilis, fish cracker and some blitzed up dried prawns. Taste wise, the ayam rendang is tolerable but the sambal (which is more like lots of onions cooked in a chilli paste) is an epic fail (again I say most Chinese can't 'deliver' a good sambal)!
My Personal Opinion
When I need a dim sum brekkie without leaving my neighbourhood, this is my only choice as the others aren't any good (though there's one that offers dim sum at night where I would go to get my Fried Carrot Cake and Fried Prawn Roll).
Likes: Definitely the fried dim sum is the best thing here especially the Fried Wu Kok, Carrot Cake and Har Guin.
Dislikes: The owners' sons 'bossy' attitude and unfriendly demeanour!
Update: The restaurant has since relocated to No 13 & 15 Jalan Bukit Teratai 1/2E, Taman Bukit Teratai, 68000 Ampang, Selangor.
Latest Update: They have since reopened back their Pandan Indah branch at No 22 & 24 Jalan Pandan Indah 1/20, Pandan Indah (this is now permanently closed).
Update: The restaurant has since relocated to No 13 & 15 Jalan Bukit Teratai 1/2E, Taman Bukit Teratai, 68000 Ampang, Selangor.
Latest Update: They have since reopened back their Pandan Indah branch at No 22 & 24 Jalan Pandan Indah 1/20, Pandan Indah (this is now permanently closed).
One Nite Restaurant
19 Jalan Pandan Indah 1/22
Pandan Indah
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-9274 9919
I like to eat ching soup mee suah on my normal days. Despite the sons' unfriendly demeanor it is good that you found a nice dim sum place near your home for a quick fix.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with the son's "fiendliness"! LOL but it was well compensated with the good food. His mum, on the other hand, is friendlier. She is based in Taman Teratai.
ReplyDeleteYes, I've been to the one in Taman Teratai (and spoke to the mom). I think she regretted moving there as business is not as good as Pandan Indah, she said. She has since reopened at another smaller (single) lot, but not so great location, in Pandan Indah (they used to occupy 2 lots in a good location previously). The food (and coffee) used to be better at the previous address in Pandan Indah though coz I think they lost their dim sum chef (and coffee brewer) when they left (the son is now the coffee brewer!). The one thing that has stayed constant is their toast.
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