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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Restoran Ruby, Jalan Landak, Pudu

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Sometime, me and my colleague will venture a bit further for lunch if we're bored with the food near Pusat Bandar Damansara. A bit further means, we'll drive down to Pudu and look for better food. One of my colleauge brought us to a restaurant that cook up some nice Chinese dishes during lunch time near Ruby Complex. There's no signboard outside the restaurant but I saw inside, there's a small sign board with Restoran Ruby printed on it.



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Arriving there at about 1 p.m., we just parked near the road side along Jalan Landak. The place is almost packed with customers either enjoying their lunch or still waiting for the dishes to be serve. Luckily for us, there's one vacant table available.




We ordered a pot of Chinese tea as usual. Me and my colleagues are very heavy Chinese tea drinker, we can go up to 6 to 8 times of refilling the hot water. My colleague made her order because she's a regular here. As regular, she got privilege because the chef cook up our dishes first lol.




While waiting, I took picture of the experienced boss cum chef dishing out out lovely lunch. First up, is the Fried Pandan Chicken. It comes with chili sauce but who needs it when the chicken is already so flavourful of the aromatic pandan leaves. Fried al dente, crispy outside and still juicy and tender inside. Now I know why I can see almost every table has a plate of this dish. A must have if you come here for lunch.

Rating: 4.5/5



Fried Pandan Chicken


Next, we have Sweet and Sour Pork. Normal right? WRONG! It's not easy to cook up a good Sweet and Sour Pork, not to mention one that is this good. The sauce tasted just the right balance of sweet and sour, the best thing about it is that it's not too watery nor too thick. It stick on the fried pork just nice. The fried pork is crispy and not too lembik (very soft). The cut is just nice not much of fat. It's very hard to find restaurant nowadays that can cook up such a perfect Sweet and Sour Pork.

Rating: 4.5/5


Sweet & Sour Pork

Simple dish here is cook al dente, just like the Kung Po Chicken that was served next. Really, simple dish is something that is very difficult to cook it perfectly but the chef of Restoran Ruby did a great job in perfecting his skill. Even though it not as much of wowing as the Sweet & Sour Pork, the Kung Po Chicken here is still beats most of the restaurant I went to before. The chicken is tender and the sauce is not too over.

Rating: 3.75/5


Kung Po Chicken


Balance out the meat with Stir-fried Potato Leafs with Belacan. There's nothing special about this dish but the vegetable is not over cooked, tasted just nice and crunchy.

Rating: 3.5/5


Stir-fried Potato Leafs with Belacan


Last but not least, Xing Kong Tofu (Star Bright Tofu?), lightly fried tofu in thick broth with beaten egg pulp. There's also cauliflower, shitake mushroom and sliced pork. This dish is good to go with white rice. Taste very nice.

Rating:3.75/5


Xing Kong Tofu

Oh, as a regular here, my colleague also took the liberty to get some yummy and crispy pork lard from the boss, she told us that this is one of the best made pork lard she ever tasted in Klang Valley. She's right too, it was snapped up by us in just a few minutes.

Rating: 4.5/5



Sinful yet irresistible.


Address:
Restoran Ruby
Jalan Landak, Pudu,
Kuala Lumpur.

Open from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for dinner. Closed on Sunday.

Google map here.

15 comments :

choi yen said...

The fried pandan chicken really make my saliva dripped all over my keyboard~~~~ & the pork lard, OMG!!! I 1 2 kill u!!!

"Joe" who is constantly craving said...

wah damansara to pudu..thats still quite far to drive rite for lunch?

pork lard with rice ar? so shiok..

wmw said...

Your pics are clear! :o)

HairyBerry said...

give me a bowl of rice, some kicap, some of those fried lard and i'm a happy man! ;D

Simon Seow said...

mimid3vil: kekeke, go and order lor

joe: yep, sometimes we're a crazy bunch, need some stimulant working in the boring office.

wmw: thanks ;)

nic: I understand what you mean, slurp.

Ciki said...

that last picture should be a dish on its own.. :P

Simon Seow said...

Cumi & Cuki: It is, that's why got rating lol :p

teckiee said...

hahahahhahahaha the chu yau char on its own? ah..high rating woor.. I've got to try this shop

Simon Seow said...

teckiee: lol sinful food always high rating one mah, go try, quite near mah going there from your office.

Precious Pea said...

I just had my lunch and now am hungry again!!

Anonymous said...

Go there and tell the boss my name .. you guys might get discount... Am i right Simon!!!
-Felice-

Simon Seow said...

Ivy: Go eat again then lol.

Felice: Damn right lol.

angeline said...

My favourite fried pandan chicken.. and the others as well, it looks delicious. My stomach start drumming now...OMG!!

Simon Seow said...

angeline: go and order pandan chicken alone, it's good.

Rebecca Saw said...

wahh.. i believe u!! frm the pics alone i can tell tht one mean sweet sour pork! and tht pandan chic too!
Heck, everything looks good!