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Monday, 9 September 2024

San Tai Thong @ Taman Tenaga, Cheras

A typical dai chow meal is a very common choice among Chinese families when the home kitchen is closed. Obviously eaing dai chow is now a preferred makan choice too due to my restricted diet since I can order 4 dishes (for the 3 of us)...some of which I can eat and some my family can eat.  This dai chow place, San Tai Thong @ Taman Tenaga, was first discovered when I ordered food delivery from them.  Seeing that the food turned out decent, I was confident enough for a dine-in visit.

On reaching the place, we were greeted with a typical-looking shoplot (as it's expected with many dai chow places).  An advertising board inside the restaurant shows that they've been in business since 1987 (!) before moving from Taman Permata, Cheras to its present location (where we found them in 2022 and have been patronising since).

Suffice to say that everything we ate here have been pretty decent, of course some are better than others. All of them don't need introduction or much explanation as they're common dishes we'd find in any dai chow eatery.

Braised Pork Belly with Preserved Vegetables (Mui Choy)
 - This was one of the first dishes we tried that was part of a set meal (since I've tasted this via food delivery) and have since had it at the restaurant numerous times.  This is one of their signature dishes.

Black Sauce Roasted Pork
@ RM20 - This is just siu yuk being fried with lots of garlic and dark soy sauce (a dish we can execute at home easily with good market-bought siu yuk). ^_~

Aluminium Foil Wrapped Pork Ribs
@ RM20 - Comes with a bit of visual flamboyance (flames) when the foil is unwrapped.  The sauce tastes sticky-sweet like marmite but the ribs need quite a bit of bite.  Didn't quite wow us (other than its visual presentation)...lol.

Salted Fish Pork Belly Pot (Ham Yue Fa Lam Poh)
@ RM20 - A favourite of my family for its fatty thinly sliced pork with a salty aftertaste (although the salted fish is always never enough).

Sweet & Sour Pork
@ RM18 - Nicely crispy without being heavily drenched in sweet & sour sauce.  Liked that it had the addition of fresh (not canned) pineapple cubes.  However, there can be inconsistency in the sauce on some days (this was on a good day)! ;)

Ginger & Spring Onions Pork Slices @ RM18

Nyonya-Style Steamed Tilapia
 @ (around) RM30 - The Nyonya sauce is a bit like an assam sauce, just that the sourness is not as sharp.  You can taste hints of lemongrass, tamarind and kaffir lime in the sauce which is lightly tangy with just a little heat.  The fish was accompanied by long beans, ladies finger, brinjal and pineapple cubes.  Absolutely appetising and refresing to eat as the sauce was so good that you'd want to load up on the rice.  The fish was also steamed just right with a nice, soft texture.

Spicy Tom Yam Siakap
 @ (around) RM85 - We had it with sea grouper (also known as ikan kerapu or ikan siakap/barramundi/Asian seabass) that was deep-fried first before being drenched in tom yam sauce which turned out just ok (the earlier nyonya sauce was loads better).  Maybe because I was looking for flavours closer to a tom yum soup but in a much thicker sauce.  Fish prices are based on type and weight of fish.

Sweet & Sour Fish Slices
 @ RM25 - Fish slices (with no bones to contend with) is always a favourite of many (and my family is no exception).  But sweet & sour fish has to be ranked as probably the most preferred way of eating fish slices coz what can beat crispy slices of fish in a sweetish sauce, right?
 
Salted Egg Fish Slices
 @ RM25 - Anything coated in salted egg is always good though this was the first time we had it with fish (it's usually prawn or squid).  This one turned out far better than I anticipated and you can bet we'll be ordering this more regularly.

Dry Chillies Mantis Shrimps
 @ RM25 - Very crispy and you do taste a bit of heat of the dried chillies in this kung po-style sauce (others we had before is usually on the sweeter side with no spicy taste at all).

Yam Basket
@ RM20 - For lovers of yam (of which we are) with a filling of mixed vegetables.

Fried Beancurd with Dried Radish & Minced Meat
 @ RM18 - The sauce of minced pork, fragrant dried prawns and savoury chopped radish over their braised tofu was a hit.  The dried prawns they use is really fragrant and fried till crispy.  The combo of dried prawns and radish was a good pairing to bring savouriness to the otherwise bland tofu.  The best (and our favourite) tofu dish here.

Sizzling Beancurd with Minced Meat & Egg on Hot Plate
 @ RM20 - Again a regular staple (and most ordered) tofu dish you'd find at any dai chow place.  I guess it's regularly ordered coz food on a hot plate is not something we can replicate at home.

Spicy Minced Meat Tofu
- this one we won't be ordering again.

Tofu with Broccoli
@ RM20 - We usually find a tofu dish cooked with vegetables on the bland side or having a subtle taste but this one turned out to be more savoury which surprised us.  We found very fine bits of something all over the dish which I suspect is finely blended dried prawns which brought it that added umami flavour.

Foo Yong Tan
 or Fried Omelette
@ RM12 - Typically a fried omelette dish with small prawns (sometimes there's bits of char siew) and some vegetables (usually onions and chillies but this one had Chinese chives also).

Stir-Fried Cabbage with Dried Prawns
@ RM15 - Their dried prawns are chopped very finely which give the dish the added fragrance.  One of our favourite vegetable dishes here as they sir-fry it expertly without the cabbage being too soggy or too hard.

Belacan Kangkung
@ RM12 - was hoping for more belacan taste.

Curry Mixed Vegetable
@ RM20 - At first look the curry didn't have much of that requisite red, fiery oil on top but the curry flavours turned out far better than it looked.  Would definitely order this again.

Sizzling Eggplant with Minced Meat
 @ RM18 - The flavours were good but (unfortunately) this eggplant dish came stir-fried with that dredded herb - Thai basil which we don't like! >.<

Stir-Fried Yau Mak
@ RM15 (L)

Salted Egg Pumpkin
@ RM18 - Just like the salted egg fish slices, this was excellent with the softened pumpkin slices.  One thing I can say is that they do their salted egg dishes very well here...not too salty nor too sweet.

Stir-Fry Sweet Potato Leaves
 @ RM12 - Even a simple stir-fry veggie like this can be inconsistent.  When done well (quick stir-fry on high heat) not much water will be released (and not overly soft), then it's perfect like this one.

If it's your first time here and you don't know what to order, just go with any of their pre-arranged set meals like we did (you simply can't go wrong with any set) + they're also good value.  I've had 3 of their set meals here...Set Meal 1 @ RM63 (Braised Pork Belly with Mui Choy, Salted Egg Pumpkin & Tofu with Broccoli), Set Meal 2 @ RM92 (Nyonya Steamed Tilapia, Braised Pork Belly with Mui Choy again & Homemade Beancurd with Dried Radish & Minced Meat) and Set Meal 3 @ RM168 (Tom Yam Fish, Aluminium Foil Wrapped Pork Ribs, Yam Basket & Stir-Fried Yau Mak) including rice and Chinese tea.

My Personal Opinion
 
As mentioned above, all the dishes we had were decent in terms of taste and we like that they're very reasonably priced and affordable (from around RM12 - RM40 a dish minus fish & prawn dishes).  They're also well-known for their crabs which I see quite a lot of people ordering (they're pricey, of course) but I'm too lazy (my family included) to deal with the mess of eating crabs.

Just like phonghongbakes has found her regular dai chow place, similarly this one is ours at the moment until we can find one that's right in (or closer to) our neighbourhood.

San Tai Thong Seafood Restaurant
13 Jalan Semilang
Taman Tenaga
Cheras
56000 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 016-274 5355

Thursday, 17 August 2023

Jing Hoe Mei (Dai Chow) @ Pandan Indah

Jing Hoe Mei @ Pandan Indah started out as a specialist of steamed dishes like fish, pork and egg.  During the initial months after opening, they were drawing full crowds almost every day, especially during the weekends where waiting for a table was the norm.

I only started eating here when the crowd subsided but in just two visits, I practically tried their entire menu (and that's when I noticed the crowd began to lessen).  After all, their entire menu is limited to steamed fish (done a few ways with different sauces), steamed pork, steamed eggs and (3 types of) blanched vegetables with oyster sauce.

Then I noticed a banner introducing their claypot fish curry and also dai chow dishes a while later.  I guess they realised they had to add more choices to their menu, otherwise the crowd will continue to dwindle down as diners need more variety to get them coming back on a more frequent basis.  That is why they're now also a dai chow place offering a variety of dishes that you can eat with rice.  These were just some of the dishes we had over four visits.

Claypot Pork Belly with Salted Fish
@ RM23 - although we couldn't really taste salted fish in the mix, the sauce had good flavours and you can taste some heat with the dried chillies.

Thai-Style Mango Chicken Chop
@ RM22 - loved the fresh, tangy taste that the shredded mango, onions and chillies brought to the dish with the crispy chicken in a lightly spicy and sweet sauce.

Dry Fried French Beans with Minced Pork
@ RM15 - not quite the calibre of Esquire Kitchen's version but a very decent rendition and our family's favourite vegetable dish from here.  Definitely a dish worthy of repeated orders (which we dutifully complied).

Chinese Watercress Soup
@ RM9.50 (or Sai Yeung Choy Tong) - there are two soups of the day, one with pork and one with chicken.  This one was obviously for me only (pork ribs and chunks of pork belly double-boiled with sai yeung choy).  I love double-boiled soups...I find them so much tastier than standard boiled soups.

Kung Po
Mantis Prawn
@ RM25 - deep-fried mantis prawn meat tossed in kung po sauce with crunchy red and green capsicum, onions and dried chillies but the sauce left us wanting (as it's not among the better kung po sauce we've had).

Braised Pork Belly with Preserved Vegetables
 @ RM25 - nailed the tenderness of the pork belly and (sweetish) mui choy but the sauce (again) could be better.  Sauces are very important in Chinese cooking as their success can make or break a dish.  I suppose it's the same in western cooking as well that they even have a specific position for a Saucier in a commercial kitchen whose role is as important as the Chef de Cuisine or Sous Chef.  Sauces bring life to a dish! ^_~

Pan-Fried Egg Foo Yong-Style
 @ RM18 - a simple dish of fried omelette with char siew (sometimes it's made with lap cheong but I always prefer the char siew version), prawns and shredded vegetables (usually onions, capsicum, carrot, chillies and spring onions).

Braised Eggplant with Garlic & Chilli @ RM16 - another frequently ordered dish since the first time we had it.  Bits of minced pork tossed in a garlic and chillies sauce with braised and softened eggplant.  Manyak sedap (as some Chinese would say)! ^.^

Stir-Fried Roasted Pork
@ RM23 - this is a dish one would usually make with leftover siu yuk or siu yuk we buy from the market (they aren't as good grade as those siu yuk from roasted meat stalls + they're cheaper too).  At home, we'd simply fry them in thick dark soy with lots of garlic (not that I've done it before since there's never ever leftover siu yuk in my house!).  The one here stir-fried with onions and spring onions, the sauce tastes much better than just dark soy.

Steamed Egg with Tofu & Fresh Prawns
@ RM18 - this was a dish we tried on an earlier visit at a time when they specialised in only steamed dishes.  The first thing I noticed was just how much bigger the prawns were this time (I think this coincided with the time of a reported drop in prices of prawns by 40% in the market).  If I had known then, I would have ordered more prawn dishes....lol.

Stir-Fried Kangkung with Belacan 
@ RM12 - a vegetable dish that's regularly ordered at a dai chow place is this ma lai chan ong choy that's a firm favourite of many.  I did like the ma lai chan lat chiew but wish the dish was a bit drier.

Stir-Fried Beef Slices with Mushroom in Black Pepper Sauce
@ RM26 -  I was in two minds about ordering beef at a Chinese restaurant as some can be quite chewy.  Luckily I was proven wrong with this tender beef stir-fried with red and green bell peppers, onions and shimeji mushrooms.  The black (peppered) sauce was delicious too though I wouldn't mind a heavier dose of black pepper seasoning.  Yummmm! ^o^

This was the dish that impressed me the most from what I've tried here so far...and I'm sure it'll be regularly ordered from now on.  The price of RM26 for this dish is a real steal since beef is expensive.  I've had a similar but less stellar beef dish (recently) that cost me three times more! >_<

Tofu with Minced Meat in Chilli Sauce
 @ RM20 - a take on the ever popular mapo tofu but the sauce was a bit too wet and didn't have that authentic, true blue spiciness of the real deal.  Not something we'd order again.

My Personal Opinion

This has now become our go-to dai chow place since there aren't really that many dai chow restaurants to pick from in my neighbourhood.  Although I can't say they're good in every dish (that we tried) but I can certainly say they nailed some of them which have become our favourites.  Their decision to provide more variety than just steamed dishes is certainly a step in the right direction and this change bodes well for them as the place is back to packing in the crowds.

Let's face it, steamed dishes have limited fans coz the majority (children especially) wants a choice of food with sauces or food that is deep-fried and dai chow is always a welcomed family dining choice (especially with children in tow).  So, it looks like Jing Hoe Mei is not just a one trick pony at only steamed dishes, they're equally adapt at cooking other favourite dai chow dishes as well.

I hope they go from strength to strength as I certainly wouldn't want to lose a dai chow restaurant, a type of restaurant that's already sorely lacking in my neighbourhood.  It's a type of meal that's very ngam for my family (especially my husband who prefers to eat rice than anything else).  I also like that the food portions aren't too big and at the right prices too (of around RM22 - RM25 for meat, RM18 - RM20 for egg & tofu and RM12 - RM15 for vegetables), so we end up ordering four dishes for the three of us (the variety of which means everyone is bound to get a dish they like).

Update: The place has since closed (which came as a big surprise) seeing how they were doing very good business (always crowded with the need to wait for a table).  Unconfirmed rumours for the closure was due to a rift between the bosses and/or that profits/income weren't enough to make it worthwhile after paying off all expenses.

Jing Hoe Mei
No 38 Jalan Pandan Indah 1/22
Pandan Indah
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 011-3190 3753

Friday, 25 November 2022

One Dish Meals (or Siu Chow) @ Various Places

Siu chow and tai chow are probably two of the most common lunch or dinner choices among Chinese families.  Where tai chow is considered more premium as it involves a number of cooked-to-order dishes eaten with rice, siu chow (literally translated as small fry) on the other hand are one-dish meals with rice (also cooked-to-order) which are regarded as a more economical lunch or dinner option.

Siu chow
usually involves a meat fried with a small amount of vegetables and it's popular with many patrons coz it's viewed as a complete/balanced meal which one can have that's freshly cooked and served hot at an affordable price.  These days I rely on such meals rather frequently too.  It's great when I don't have to cook (or too lazy to cook)....and sometimes it can even end up being cheaper than cooking.  The beauty of it is each of us can then order exactly what we like...and all I need to do is fry up a big plate of vegetables (sometimes) to supplement our greens intake.

There are many of these siu chow places on ShopeeFood (where some of them are also tai chow places). Although most of them cook almost the same well-known dishes, we order them from different eateries so that we don't get bored with the taste...and here are some of them.

#1 - Pandan Jaya World Restaurant, Pandan Jaya

Marmite Chicken Rice 
@ RM12.90 - Pleasant flavours of a well-loved marmite sauce with tender, boneless chicken chunks.  This one obviously wasn't mine though I actually don't mind the sweet flavours of a marmite sauce once in a while but try to stay clear of something sweet.

Speciality Black Pepper Pork Chop Rice
@ RM15.90 - Fair (some will say small) portion of about 4 chunks of delicious and lightly crisp, cut up pork chop cooked with slices of carrot, green bell peppers, red chillies and onions in a black pepper sauce that you can definitely taste.  I'm guessing that speciality means their signature dishes.  I did love the taste of this hot and super peppery black pepper sauce but if you can't take the heat, you better stay clear of this one.

Speciality Sliced Pork with Preserved Mustard
@ 13.90 - Ordered this thinking it was mui choy but turned out it was cha choy.  There are so many translated names (from Chinese to English) of these salted vegetables that they can be quite confusing (only the Chinese names are precise).  These Chinese tai chow/siu chow restaurants usually do have the names of the dishes in Chinese but they're lost on those who don't read Chinese.  Cooked with sliced pork, cha choy and tomatoes, the preserved vegetable was very soft but also too salty for me as expected.

Spare Rib with Fragrant Sauce R
ice @ RM12.90 - Turned out to be boneless pork chop (instead of pork ribs) and there were also just 4 (slightly) thick slices...what to do, pork is expensive these days...but so is seafood....even chicken has gone up in price.  Well, is there anything that hasn't risen in price?  Cooked in a sauce that resembled a cross between kung po and marmite but not as sweet.  I guess that's their fragrant sauce.  I quite like it actually.

Sliced Fish with Ginger & Spring Onion
@ RM13.90 - A frequent order of mine at any siu chow place as it's a lighter meal for me than meat.  I was glad to see that they weren't frozen dory but fresh fish slices (about 5 fairly big slices, I think it's toman) that were soft and flaky + the sauce was nice too.

Sweet & Sour Sliced Fish Rice @ RM13.90 - Ordered sweet and sour fish next but (unfortunately) got a wrong order of the same ginger and spring onion fish again. >.<

Pork Belly with Salted Fish Rice
@ RM12.90 - Another good dish that came with a tasty sauce although I was looking for a bit more salted fish and dried chillies taste.

Concluding Thoughts - Nothing we tried disappointed.  Standouts were the black pepper pork chop and fragrant spare ribs.  Portions were acceptable.  Prices among one of the lowest.  Pleased to see compartmentalised packaging of the dish separate from the rice.

#2 - Wong Chao, Taman Shamelin Perkasa

Sweet & Sour Pork Rice
 @ RM14 - Usually, sweet and sour pork will be one of our first tries to gauge if a shop is any good.  Unfortunately, the pork nuggets were dense in texture coupled with a sweet/sour sauce that was underwhelming.

Homemade Tofu
 @ RM18 - This was a hefty portion of at least 8 pcs of deep-fried house-made tofu with a crisp exterior.  The dish was passable though I thought the tofu texture wasn't as soft or smooth as some I've eaten before.

Concluding Thoughts - This place used to have a very limited menu (though they've recently added a few more options).  After trying two dishes that didn't really tickle our tastebuds, suffice to say we won't be ordering from here anymore.

#3 - San Tai Thong, Taman Tenaga

Kong Fu Yi Mee
 (or Cantonese-Style Noodles) @ RM15.50 - This one was pretty forgettable as the eggy sauce wasn't great and the noodles were a bit too crispy.

Fried Roasted Pork in Dark Sauce with Rice
@ RM17.50 - Not my order of cuts of pork belly stir-fried with dark soy and lots of garlic.  From just the looks of it, it should be tasty.

Stir-Fried Fish Slices with Ginger & Spring Onions with Rice
@ RM19.90 - Loved the plentiful spring onions cooked just right but the fish (I think it's toman) was just lightly fishy with a rather rubbery skin.

Sweet & Sour Pork Rice
@ RM16.50 - One of our least favourite rendition of sweet and sour pork as the pork chunks had too much batter which turned out soft rather than crisp + there was way too much sauce on the rice since the dish wasn't packed in a separate compartment from the rice.

Braised Pork Belly with Mui Choy Rice
 (or mui choy kau yuk) @ RM21 - Thick slices of pork belly (three, I think) cooked till super tender together with mui choy (preserved mustard greens).  Portion was small for the price (and it definitely needed more mui choy) but tasted great.  This happens to be my son's favourite dish from here. ^o^

Braised Pork Belly Meehoon
@ RM21 - This order was inevitable since the braised pork belly was so good. The meehoon was tasty as it soaked up all the flavours of the sauce.  Now this portion was big (big enough to satisfy two small eaters)....but don't be too happy first coz it's the meehoon portion that's big, not the meat...haha! ;)

Braised Pork Belly with Preserved Vegetables
 (a la carte) @ RM34 - Still smitten by the flavours of this ultra soft mui choy kau yuk, we ordered a serving of it on its own.  Portion was still small and the mui choy was still too little (haiz).....but the sauce went great with rice.

Salted Egg Yolk Pumpkin
 (a la carte) @ RM25 - we ordered this to go with the dish above (and boiled our own rice) and were very pleased that the dish travelled so well, reaching us as if it was just served at the restaurant.

The salted egg yolk pumpkin knocked it out of the park with its softened (but yet crispy) pumpkin slices and robust salted egg yolk taste with bits of fragrance from the crispy curry leaves.  The dish was rich in flavour, so sharing is crucial...lol.

Concluding Thoughts - Most of the dishes we tried were satisfying and some were really good.  Portions are decent (except for the braised pork belly) but prices are certainly on the higher side.  Standouts include the braised pork belly dishes with mui choy and salted egg yolk pumpkin.

#4 - Wah Kee Stir-Fried (Restoran Ma Bao), Taman Maluri

Kung Po Prawn Rice
 @ RM13.90 - Found 6 - 7 smallish prawns with sliced onions, ginger, spring onions, dried chillies, cashew and ground nuts in the dish.  Since prawns are expensive, one can't expect to get much for RM13.90, so they tried to load up the dish with more dried chillies to camouflage the few prawns given.  But the vast amount of (inedible) dried chillies they used was just ridiculous that it made it too spicy in the end which also made it difficult to eat as I had to pick out all the chillies. >.<

Nestum Cereal Fish Rice
@ RM12.90 - Nestum-coated deep-fried fish pieces (probably dory) cooked with fried curry leaves.  The Nestum coating was fragrant and crispy with further aroma from the curry leaves.  It was an ok dish but overall feels dry when eaten with rice.  My son is fine with a dish that's dry but I need some sauce with my rice.

Concluding Thoughts - Although we've only tried two, the flavours did not impress especially the smallish kung po prawns.  Even though prices are reasonable, we doubt we'll be ordering from here again.

#5 - Ah Keong Steam Fish Restaurant, Taman Lembah Maju

Cantonese Fried Kway Teow + Meehoon (or better known as kong fu chow yin yeong) @ RM12 - My most favourite stir-fried noodles and my very first order from this place.  Came in a very good portion size (that may satisfy even a man's larger appetite).  Liked that the meehoon was crispy and the kuey teow well fried. The gravy isn't the best tasting, neither too thick or too watery, but still decent.  The liew (ingredients) were a little lacking with just lean pork (not much of it though), fish cake slices and lots of choy sum but no prawns.
 
Sweet & Sour Grouper Fillet Rice
 @ RM16.90 - Always love sweet and sour fish but to get grouper (sek pan or kerapu) is a bonus as most would use the least favoured dory, many do it with toman (snakehead) while some (very few) do it with sang yue (also known as snakehead) which I think is the tastiest option.  Got 6 - 7 good-sized pieces of lightly battered grouper that were fresh and flaky but would have liked a bit more crisp on the exterior.

Cooked with onions, tomatoes, cucumber and (fresh!) pineapple cubes together with garlic slices, the sauce had a nice balance between sweet and sour, slightly more sourish than sweet which I prefer.  When the fish of choice is garoupa (and not frozen dory), it tastes so much better (even better than toman).

Mixed Vegetable Rice @ RM15.90 - Fried with aromatics of ginger and garlic slices for better flavour with a variety of vegetables (may be different depending on what they have) consisting of pak choy (napa cabbage), celery, carrot, cauliflower, sugar snap peas together with abalone mushrooms, black fungus, lean pork slices and prawn (yes, singular!).  Cooked to the right doneness and finished with good dash of Shaoxing cooking wine (that I could taste) which just lifted up the taste of the vegetables and sauce.

Kung Po
 Chicken Rice 
@ RM15.90  - I've always liked things cooked kung po style with its slightly spicy sauce due to the dried red chillies.  The menu said chicken but the pic showed pork but what came was definitely chicken.

Kung Po Grouper Fillet Rice 
@ RM16.90 - Ordered this after being encouraged by the earlier Kung Po Chicken which didn't disappoint.  Cooked with thinly sliced carrots, onion wedges, dried red chillies and spring onions with some ginger slices, I really enjoyed the taste of the sauce.

Ginger Pork Onion Rice 
@ RM15.90 - The menu mentioned the inclusion of a fried egg but there was none. Flavour-wise, it was ok but definitely preferred the sweet-sour and kung po versions.

Kari Pork Rice @ RM15.90 - They do a decent rendition of curry with pork slices with onions and curry leaves.  The curry is fairly thick with quite nice flavours.

Braised Pork Rice
@ RM15.90 - Fatty pork belly cooked in dark sauce with onions and bird's eye chillies (for a bit of heat).  This one obviously was not mine.

Concluding Thoughts - Tasty, subtle flavours.  Fair portions.  Prices slightly higher than the rest.  One of our favourites.  Standouts were the simple mixed vegetable rice and sweet and sour grouper.

My Personal Opinion

With very limited siu chow and tai chow places in my neighbourhood to rely on for our weekday (and sometimes weekend) dinners, we had to seek out more of such places (near us) since dishes with rice (or be it just a one-dish meal) is the preferred choice of dinner for my family.

We found one recently in Fun OK Seafood Restaurant (that has now moved to a bigger space in Ampang) and can now add Pandan Jaya World, San Tai Thong and Ah Keong Seafood to our list of tai chow places to eat.

Now that the 2022 World Cup has finally descended, these are good options since I'm foreseeing little to no cooking during this period...kekeke! ;P  The weekend's here...my snacks are ready.....C'mon England! ;)

Pandan Jaya World, No 1G Jalan Pandan 3/6, Pandan Jaya, KL
Wong Chao, No 1 Ground Floor, Lorong 6B/91, Taman Shamelin Perkasa, KL
San Tai Thong, 13 Jalan Selimang, Taman Tenaga, Cheras.
Wah Kee, No 1 Jalan Jejaka 3, Taman Maluri, KL
Ah Keong Steam Fish, 21 Jalan Maju 3/1, Taman Lembah Maju, KL

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