This outlet, the ShihLin Taiwan Street Snacks has mushroomed in a few major shopping malls in recent years. Although the size of the outlet is not big and the menu selection is rather limited, but I believe it is making good money to be able to withstand the operational costs.
The Story of Shihlin
Thousands of Taiwanese crowd the local night markets in search of their favourite and delicious snacks, and Taipei's Shihlin Night Market is the most famous due to its very wide range of local delicacies in its small streets and alleys. If a snack is nice, you can surely find it in Shihlin! The locals say, "If Taiwan has it, Shihlin has it". With Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks®, the Taiwanese and us alike can now do the same and enjoy the wonderful street snacks of Taiwan!!
(Extracted from http://www.shihlinsnacks.com.tw/MY/story-my.htm)
Being recommended by my house mate to this outlet, I finally went to pay it a visit when I saw this outlet in the directory listing of Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall.
As my ultimate aim is to try out the oyster vermicelli that my house mate recommended, I only tried out that exact snack. I admitted that the way it was presented to me was not what I have thought to be. I blamed it to the stereotype of a typical vermicelli soup. :P
It turned out that, this oyster vermicelli has a thick soup base, tasted a bit like slightly thickened shark-fin's soup with a tad of vinegar (maybe more than a tad, :P). It is ready-made, the 'chef' would just pour a big scoop (don't worry, it is really just a snack) of the vermicelli into a white plastic bowl, add some Chinese parsley, exactly two medium-sized oysters and some chicken-meat strips upon order. The taste was weird to me at the first nibble, but strangely it get better the next few. However, the texture of the vermicelli is quite smooth, maybe due to the fact that it is being kept warm in the pot over a long duration of time. Next visit? On this oyster vermicelli, perhaps once in a long while, but the XXL Crispy Chicken that I haven't tasted before, YES! :D
Oyster vermicelli is a kind of noodle soup that is popular in Taiwan and Xiamen. Its main ingredients are oysters and Taiwanese vermicelli, made to be tasty and full of aroma.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster_vermicelli)
The Menu
小吃 Street Snacks
超大鸡排
XXL Crispy Chicken
肉松蛋饼
Crispy Floss Egg Crepe
蚵仔面线
Handmade Oyster Mee Sua
甜不辣
Seafood Tempura
开心便当
Happy! Ricebox Set
饮料Drinks
美味豆奶
Chilled Soya Milk
矿泉水
Mineral Water
The Locations
Penang
Queensbay Mall *NEW!*
Gurney Plaza *OPENING SOON!*
Kuala Lumpur
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
Plaza Low Yat
The Gardens
Selangor
1 Utama Shopping Center
Ikano Power Center
Bukit Tinggi Shopping Center
Sunway Pyramid
Mines Shopping Fair
Malacca
Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall
Johor
City Square Johor Bahru
The Official Website of ShihLin Taiwanese Snacks
http://www.shihlinsnacks.com.tw
Other Reviews
http://www.weatethis.com/2008/03/12/shihlin-taiwan-street-snacks-oyster-mee-sua-xxl-chicken-1-utama-old-wing/
http://riceballz.lilnut.net/2007/11/29/shih-lin-taiwan-street-snacks/
http://kampungboycitygal.blogspot.com/2006/04/shihlin-snacks-one-utama-old-wing.html
http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2005/11/shihlin-taiwan-street-snacks-1-utama.html
http://wp.peachjon.com/edition_2004_06/2006/03/shihlin-taiwan-street-snack-one-utama.html
16.7.08
ShihLin Taiwanese Snacks
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7 comments:
I been to the one in Ikano but I didn't try the oyster vermicelli. The XXL chicken set with rice was pretty okay.
Hi Jason,
Thanks for dropping by. Thanks for your recommendation too, next time I definitely would try out the XXL Chicken. But, there is the rice with it? I thought it's only the XXL Chicken by itself? :P Thanks.
Hi :)
The set comes with rice and century egg. I'm gonna post the pictures up soon in my blog, so do drop by and have a look :)
mari kita ramai2 meriahkan lg mjls hr ry thn ini. dsertakan jgk list rmh terbuka slrh dunia;
http://warisan-marzuki.blogspot.com/2008/10/sywl-jth-dlm-okt-utk-kt-braya-ianya-jgk.html
jk anda ada info lain, sila emailkan lmn web ATAU no telnya ke sronoknya@gmail.com ATAU sms +60128624623 segera!
thx... semua d jmpt hdr & jgn malu2
apa komen anda psl video d bwh ini;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdXf2iI8ap4
http://test.chedet.com/che_det/2008/09/selamat-hari-raya-aidilfitri.html#comments
http://rantingsbymm.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-housing-in-kl-and-jakarta.html
maaflah TUN... drkm pun ms tgh kecewa, lpr, malu & mrh! ampunkan, x?
the XXL chicken was the worst fried chicken i ever tasted to be honest.. KFC's Hot N Spicy is so much better :P
you should try UncleBOB fried Chicken@ JUSCO Queensbay mall. its opening soon.
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