Yut Kee Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur

Warning : This is a highly non-halal post!

Yut Kee Restaurant is a restaurant with nostalgic settings. It has the decorations like an old coffee shop but with modernized services (and the government tax). It's after the normal tea-break time and far to early from dinner time. However, there area still quite a lot of patrons there. Some ordered the "chops", some ordered the bread toast while some went all the way for the Swiss rolls.

As for us, we ordered the Pork Chop and Belacan Fried Rice. The pork chop is served fast, which I think is ready-made and just pour in the brown sauce and reheated a little upon order. However, the meat is quite tender while the brown sauce's thickness is just appropriate. It has a mild sweetness as well. There is a satisfying serving of the sauce which is a good thing for people like me who favours lots of gravy served together with the food. In ordinary chicken chops, etc, the western salads are served. But here, the potatoes, onions, green peas, corns and carrots are served instead. I do think that this combination is not bad, as the sauce can complement these side dishes well. As for the Belacan Fried Rice, the taste is average in my opinion. But the egg mixture in it is still soft and in small chunks which provides some additional textures to the dish. I would definitely order it again, if I would like to have rice the day I would be there again.

Actually, besides the pork chop and belacan fried rice, the recommended food are Roti Babi (I know the name is a little bit... But that's really the name of the dish!) and Kaya Swiss Roll. When we were there, it was 4 pm already and the Roti Babi had sold out. And then, after the pork chop and belacan fried rice, we were too full for the Kaya Swiss Roll. Thus, we would just leave them for next visits. For reviews of the famous Roti Babi, do check out the reviews below.

This restaurant has been a little bit commercialized and there is government tax included in the bill. However, the service there is quite good. When one of the waiter saw that I were to share the fried rice between the two of us, he offered to bring us the bowls and an additional pair of spoon and fork. That's so nice of him, having to be able to try to serve our needs automatically! I think he is a foreigner, and he speaks English, a Filipino perhaps?

Overall, this restaurant is worth at least one visit, for the pork chop (or any other chops, which I suppose would taste similar... :P), the Roti Babi and the Swiss Roll, although I don't have any comments on these two items yet.

The Menu


The Menu


The Restaurant


The Restaurant


The Pork Chop


The Belacan Fried Rice



Other Reviews :
http://wp.peachjon.com/edition_2004_06/2006/09/old-style-kopitiam-yut-kee.html
http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2006/12/nostalgic-dining-yut-kee-jalan-dang.html
http://www.friedchillies.com/fc/more.php?id=1501_0_1_0
http://vsdgrain.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/food-post-yut-kee/
http://makankings.blogspot.com/2006/09/roti-babi-yut-kee.html

Address :
Yut Kee Restaurant (Est. 1928)
35, Jalan Dang Wangi,
50100 Kuala Lumpur.

Wikimapia Coordinates :
3°9'22"N 101°42'0"E

Contact Number :
03-2698 8108

Jack Lee
012-307 1208

Business Hours :
8 am - 5 pm (Mondays off)

Taste of Foo Chow, Kuala Lumpur

Thanks to Eric, we discovered this place that serves nice Fuzhou cuisines. This restaurant is famous of its Fuzhou delicacies such as Fuzhou fish balls, Fuzhou meesuah in red rice wine, etc.


Fuzhou cuisine: taste is light compared to other styles, often with a mixed sweet and sour taste. Emphasis is also on utilizing soup, and there is a saying in Fuzhou style: One soup can be changed in ten forms.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujian_cuisine)

Red rice vinegar is darker than white rice vinegar, and paler than black rice vinegar, with a distinctive red colour from Red yeast rice (红曲米), which is cultivated with the mold Monascus purpureus. This vinegar has a distinctive flavour of its own due to the red mold.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_vinegar)

Misua, mee sua or miswa, is a very thin variety of salted Chinese noodles made from wheat flour. They differ from mifen and cellophane noodles in that the latter two are made from rice and mung beans, respectively and typically a lot thinner than the two.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misua)

The storefront of the restaurant


The Restaurant - Hup Yick Liquor Shop (?)


Newspaper cuttings promoting the restaurant


A closer view to one of them


The Fuzhou Meesuah in red rice wine


The Fuzhou Meesuah in red rice wine


The menu of the side dishes


The Fuzhou fishball


The dumpling


The fried tofu


If you have tried the meesuah in ginger wine soup before and love it, you should like this. However, this Fuzhou meesuah doesn't have the strong ginger taste. In exchange, it has a nice Chinese wine smell and when you take a sip of the soup down your throat, you would immediately feel the warmth that the Chinese wine brought. The soup is red in colour due to the red rice wine. The meesuah' texture is pretty smooth and still in good form when served. For those who cook meesuah before, they would know that cooking meesuah is no easy task as if the time taken is too long, the meesuah would deform and sticking each other. I think the meesuah used is not the normal type that we could get from supermarket, as it is slightly thicker. As for the soup, the thickness of the soup is just nice, it is not too thick nor too watery. However, it does have pretty strong taste of liquor. The restaurant also offers generous serving of meat (I am not heavy meat-eater, :P) together with the meesuah.

Another specialty of the restaurant would be the Fuzhou fish balls. Fuzhou fish balls ain't ordinary fish balls as there are some meat fillings inside the fish balls. You could say that they are fish paste-coated meat balls too, if you like to. :P Personally, I am not too into fish balls and fish pastes. Thus, I don't have special comments about this. But the combination of meat and fish paste is pretty interesting and fresh to me, as it could soften the taste that the fish paste brought. :P

I strongly suggest those who are interested with the Fuzhou meesuah to dine-in as I once tried with huge eagerness to have a taste of it by asking my housemate to take-away and later re-heated at home. But, the soup become too salty to my liking. Anyway, this restaurant is still high recommended by me, and by fellow food bloggers too.

Other Reviews :
http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2006/11/fuzhou-food-hup-yick-jalan-yew-pudu.html
http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatingasia/2007/10/spend-a-bit-of-.html
http://cumidanciki.blogspot.com/2007/06/in-search-of-red-wine-mee-suah-hup-yik.html
http://www.waisikkai.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=429&Itemid=47
http://awhiffoflemongrass.blogspot.com/2007/01/hup-yick-restaurant-taste-of-foochow.html


Address :
Taste of Foochow
14, Jalan Gajah (off Jalan Yew),
Pudu, Kuala Lumpur.

Contact Number :
Tel. 03-9281-8788

Business Hours :
8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Jogoya, Starhill Gallery

Jogoya, Starhill Gallery is having a second anniversary promotion. Ladies are entitled to 50% discount on the buffet price while Gents are entitled to a prawn cuisine each.

19 Nov - 18 Dec 2007
Only from Mon - Wed
Ladies get 50% off price
Gents get a complimentary Prawn Cuisine

Red & White Wine Cocktail FREE Flow (no extra charge)
Daily 10pm - 12am

+603 2142 1268 for reservations & more info

At first, I was overwhelmed to be able to finally have my first buffet ever in Jogoya, Starhill Gallery... But lets look at some pictures of what are offered in the restaurant first...

The paper clips for ordering dishes which are cooked upon order. They are in the shape of the sign of Jogoya Restaurant.


Some soups...




Every table has this kind of heater to keep the soup warm.


Some sashimis...


Oysters


Prawn cuisine that guys are entitled to under the promotion.


Some other food...








Otak-otak


Dessert time... the Tiramisu


Black Sesame Mochi


Cream Roll Cake


Häagen-Dazs® Ice-cream!!!


Alcoholic Beverages...








Please take my opinions at your own risk... :P

The buffet spread is quite grand with various type of cuisines served to fulfill your appetite. However, to me, the arrangement of the setting seems a little bit unorganized. There have been mixed opinions regarding the buffet. In my humble opinion, the variety of food is huge and there are many special food served, such as the Alaskan crab, king prawn, etc. Some hits among the patrons are the Häagen-Dazs® Ice-cream and coconut (Yup, really, they were all grabbed in a few minutes). Oh ya, oysters need to be ordered too, as in the cook only pass a pair of oysters to you upon ordering at the counter (you would get it immediately though).

But, the tastes of these food are somehow average or below average. With the price at near RM 90 for the supper buffet, I was expecting more. To my dismay, my views stand with those who have negative opinions about Jogoya buffet. Though my reviews might sound discouraging, I still think that if you haven't been to this restaurant before, it is good to try it out, at least for the variety of food that you could enjoy there, especially when there is promotion now.

Some tips for the buffet:
* Please make sure you do your booking before you go especially when there are promotions as the crowd can be very overwhelming.
* Booking are easier to make in the morning than other time of the day (based on my experience :P, but it could be due to the fact that there is ongoing promotion now).
* I suggest that you drop your clips on those items which need pre-ordering first as it would take some time for the items to be ready and served in front of you. Then you can go for some ready-to-take food. :P

Some other food reviews:
http://masak-masak.blogspot.com/2006/02/jogoya-starhill-gallery-kl.html
http://kampungboycitygal.blogspot.com/2006/03/jogoya-starhill-gallery_10.html
http://pasankia.blogspot.com/2006/03/jogoya-kuala-lumpur-flagship-store.html

Address :
Jogoya
T3, Relish Floor
Starhill Gallery
181, Jalan Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur

Contact Number :
03 - 2142 1268

The prices for the buffet are:

Buffet Lunch - RM78++
11:30am - 1.40pm (weekdays) 11.00am - 2.00pm (weekends)
Buffet Late Lunch - RM68++
1:40pm - 4.20pm (weekdays)2.00pm - 4.20pm
Buffet Dinner - RM88++
5:00pm - 9.30pm (weekdays)5.00pm - 9.30pm
Buffet Supper - RM78++
9:30pm - 1.00am (weekdays)9.40pm - 1.00am (weekends)

Yummy Yummy @ Petaling Street

My family and I had a dinner at Petaling Street after coming back from Singapore. That particular store is pretty famous with grilled food. It has a continuous stream of customers but limited spaces (chairs and tables) available. Thus, customers will have to wait for some 40 minutes to one hour after ordering and they are suggested (and have to do so since places are limited) to take a stroll along Petaling Street before coming back to the store to enjoy their dinner.


Longan and Winter Melon Juice at RM 1.00


Yin Yong


Thick-sized Mee


Grilled Sotong


Grilled Lala


Grilled Fish