ShihLin Taiwanese Snacks

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

Carl's Jr.

Let the pictures do the talking...

























This is so far the best burger I have enjoyed from a burger chain.
Quality : McD < Wendy's < Carl's Jr.
Price : McD < Wendy's OR Burger King < Carl's Jr.
Conclusion : Price = Quality!

(As the last time I went to Burger King should be some time ago, thus, no direct comparison of quality here.)

I tried the Jalapeno Chicken. The chicken patty is juicy, tender and fresh. Served generously with lettuces, olives slices (I think), it was ok as I don't really enjoy olives that much. Personally, I preferred Charbroiled Chicken Club burger and Charbroiled Santa Fe Chicken burger. Charbroiled Chicken Club burger has chicken bacons in it while the Santa Fe Chicken don't. Comparably, these two burgers tasted nicer than the Jalapeno. The breads are different, they are like the wholemeal bread rather than the normal white ones. The chicken patties wise, they are both juicy and tender. But, I noticed that if the size of a chicken burger is smaller, the bread used would be the wholemeal type. Ya, most likely the bread type earns my vote.

As part of the combo, there is a drink and Fries included. The fries are also very yummy. They are not the typical off-the-shelf thin version fries or the crinkle-cut fries. If you are observant enough (or perhaps you don't need to be observant to notice this), some of the fries still have the skin attached. However, they are soft, crunchy (not too crunchy as that would mean over-fried) and they are served hot!

And the beef burger comes in really hugeeeee size, but not so for some of the chicken burgers. Since I never tasted any beef burgers before, no comment on this.

Another credit to Carl's Jr. is the free flow of drinks and pickles. The drinks are not limited to soft drinks only. There are iced lemon tea and coffee as well. I would certainly want to visit Carl's Jr. again, despite the pricing which costs around RM 20 something for a combo set.

Other Reviews :
http://kyspeaks.com/2008/01/11/ky-eats-carls-jr-burger-screw-the-diet/
http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2007/07/carls-jr-1-utama-shopping-centre-old.html
http://ipohwav3.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/carls-jr-1-utama-pj/

Branches (the ones I know) :
Sunway Pyramid
One Utama

KFC Breakfast

KFC has finally offered breakfasts in its outlets. Tempted by the nice flyer's pictures, I decided to try it out as there are some discount vouchers included in the flyer. Thus, on a Sunday morning, we went to the Taman Equine KFC Outlet. We ordered the KFC Egg Wrap because we missed KFC's Bandito so much. As part of the breakfast, we also had the KFC Chicken Platter because there is the discount voucher for it.

What we see
The KFC Chicken Platter and The KFC Egg Wrap (Looks nice? :P)


What we get
The KFC Egg Wrap wrapped in a flat way (I thought it would be something like a roll since the picture indicates a nice roll)


What we get
The KFC Egg Wrap (I understand why it is called egg wrap instead of egg roll now)


What we get
The KFC Chicken Platter (Oh, I don't know that is called scrambled egg!)


The Menu and Price Listing (I didn't get paid for this, :P)
(Extracted from http://www.kfc.com.my/menu_breakfast.html)

KFC Sausage Combo
RM 7.70
(Ala Carte RM 6.70)


KFC Chicken Platter
RM 7.10
(Ala Carte RM 6.10)


Chicken Porridge
RM 5.00
(Ala Carte RM 4.00)


Noodles o' Chicken
RM 5.00
(Ala Carte RM 4.00)


Nasi Lemak Enak
RM 4.60
(Ala Carte RM 3.60)


KFC Egg Wrap
RM 6.20
(Ala Carte RM 5.20)


Cheezy Chicken Muffin
RM 5.30
(Ala Carte RM 4.30)


Juniof Breakfast
RM 6.95
5 % discount for Chicky Club Members.
(Valid with Chicky Club Membership Card)

Yummy Yummy @ Kim Gary

Kim Gary, MidValley


The inner view of Kim Gary, MidValley.

Borsch Soup(Top) and Cream Soup(Bottom)

I love the borsch soup, it's appetizing, with its sweet-and-sour taste.

Fruit Milk(Left) and Honey Lemonade Juice(Right)

The honey lemonade juice tasted better to me than the fruity milk. It has a sweet and sour mixture of tastes which clearly moisture your throat. :D

Condensed Milk and Butter Thick Toast

A must-have if you ever visit Kim Gary. The condensed milk tasted no very sweet when it's together with the layers of butter. Nice and tasty~~

Cheese-baked Rice with Chicken Fillet

I love this one~ My top-rated dish of Kim Gary, besides the spaghetti below... :P

Hong-Kong-style Fried Spaghetti with Chicken Fillet

Nice nice~~ I love this one.

Shredded Chicken Curry Baked with Swiss Cheese

I still prefer the cheese-baked rice, but my sister said this tasted better.

Hot and spicy nooldes with minced pork and vegetable wanton, prepared in "typhoon shelter"-style

Well, honestly saying, I don't think this dish tasted good. It was like tasteless to me. Sorry, dude~

Fried Vegetable Wanton

Fried Vegetable wanton coming together with the hot and spicy noodle, tasted good, to me at least. I guess maybe because I have a preference over fried crispy dishes...LOL

Yummy Yummy @ Kim Gary

15th of October 2005, this was the eve of my buddy's birthday. With the thought of letting her bf celebrate her birthday for her, I booked her birthday's eve. We went to MidValley, which is easily accessible by public transport from our house. When we reached there, we first bought 3 movie tickets for the movie Wait Till You're Older which is a highly recommended movie. Then, we went to Secret Recipe to buy 2 pieces of cake before we headed to our destination - Kim Gary. She chose that restaurant as the venue for her birthday treat from me. Guess she really likes the Chessy Steamed Rice there very much.

We ordered two set lunches which include an appetizer, a main course, a dessert and a drink. For each set, the price ranging from RM 13++ to RM 16++ depending on which topping chosen. For the appetizer, we can choose from cream soup and tomato soup (Luo song tang). For main course, it's the Cheesy Steamed Rice, but for toppings, we could choose from a list of choices. There are the Chicken Chop, Pork Chop, Fish Fillet, etc. And there are two kind of sauces that we could choose from, the white and red one. I ordered the Red Sauced Fish Fillet Cheesy Steamed Rice while Hooi Weng chose the White Sauced Chicken Chop Cheesy Steamed Rice. As for the dessert, since we have tasted the default jelly which we thought was not that nice, we decided to add-on RM1 for a change to a strawberry yogurt. For drink, we got ourselves "yin-yong" (a HongKong style of drink which is actually Coffee + Milked Tea), and they tasted quite nice.

Some pictures of the food we took at Kim Gary, MidValley:

Cheesy Steamed Rice with Fish Fillet
Cheesy Steamed Rice with Fish Fillet

Cheesy Steamed Rice with Chicken Chop
Cheesy Steamed Rice with Chicken Chop

Appetizer, Dessert & Drink
The Appetizer, The Dessert, The Drink - The Three MustEaters. :P

Yummy Yummy @ Saisaki

Well, it's a good day for a buffet, isn't it? :P We had Japanese Buffet in Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant which is famous for its category. We also ordered a small bottle of Sake at RM 12. The buffet is available at around RM 50 including tax. Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant is located at Wisma UOA II, Jalan Pinang, which is near to KLCC.



Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant



Chopstick and Toothpicks



Some food there.



Some food there.



Some food there.



Some food there.



Green Peas and tiny tomato (I love it!)



Dessert



Dessert



Dessert



Sake (Small)



KLCC Night View



Magnificient KLCC Night View