Snowflake, SS15, Subang Jaya, Selangor

Before we went to Sunway Lagoon for Raymond Lam Desire Tour Concert, Wilee and I went to get her fix of snowflakes craving. This is the second time I eat snowflakes. This cooling dessert that is originated from Taiwan was brought in by two locals that learned how to make this in Taiwan. Through trial and error they finally able to improve the taste and quality.

The modus operandi here is order, pay at the counter and receive this Beeping UFO thingy. Bring it to your table. It will flash and vibrate when your order is ready. Just bring it to the counter and get your order.

SS15 housed the main branch of Snowflake. There are two three more outlets, one in Pavilion, Kota Damansara and Kuchai Lama. Wilee the regular customer told me that she found the main branch still the best in terms of quality and quantity.

The crowds are crazy.

Expert Snowflakes Customer

I just ordered what Wilee ordered. Follow the expert mah. The Soya Ice Series with Option 4 (Taro (Yam), Cincau and Pearl for toppings). By default, there's herbal jelly. Soya Ice series, as the name suggest the ice is made from soya juice. This is the first time that I eat shaved ice made of soya. It's very nice, the soya flavour is so rich. No wonder Wilee always order this almost every time she come here.

She told me the green tea taro is very nice too. Okay. I'll try that next time.

Yums. I'm craving for it as I am writing this.

One happy customer.

Address:
Snowflake
No.61A, First Floor,
Jalan SS15/8A,
47500 Subang Jaya,
Selangor.

Tel: 017-623 8966

Opening Hours:
1pm-11pm Daily

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New Beggar's Delicious Restaurant, Ijok

Last Saturday, WackyBecky invited me to join her and her friends for a meal of beggar's chicken in Ijok. I don't know where is Ijok so I met them in Kelana Jaya first. Only then she told me that Ijok is actually before Kuala Selangor. -_- It will be much nearer going there from my house which is near Kepong. It also started to rain cats and dogs in LDP all the way to NKVE.

It's quite easy to go to Ijok. If you are from PJ area, go into NKVE from the Tropicana toll. Drive towards Sg. Buloh. From the Sg. Buloh exit turn left into Sg. Buloh and follow the sign to Kuala Selangor. Just all the way straight after you see Ijok sign, still go straight then look out on your left for the New Beggar's Delicious Restaurant signage, turn left into a trunk road. After turning in, you'll notice that you're going into a palm oil estate. About 1 minute drive later you'll see New Beggar's Delicious Restaurant on your right. If you're coming from Kepong, just follow the Sg. Buloh road from the cross road that turn left will be LDP. Go straight using the fly over towards Sg. Buloh.

Purple crackers. We didn't eat though.

It's quite cool to eat in some faraway place from the city. It's feels so peaceful here. Then I thought, it will be nice to have a BlackBerry here so that I can take picture and upload to my Twitter. Best of all is I'm using Xpax, which is now having the Xpax Big Freekin Sales. For the BlackBerry Advance (2.5G) is just RM 2.50/day. If I use it for 5 consecutive weekdays and I'll get Free BlackBerry Access on Saturday and Sunday. Free Twittering and Facebooking all the way. Also can check on my location using Google Maps if I got lost lol. Especially since Xpax got a very wide coverage so I think Ijok should have no problem.

Doing a quick calculation, if every weekday I use Xpax BlackBerry Advance to access Internet for like 20 days of weekday. I get weekend for free. So it comes down to RM 50 per month only for the data access. Which is cool for me because I seldom use voice call. I mostly SMS, Twitter and Facebooking only lol. I also can check my Gmail with the integrated mail services from BlackBerry push mail services. What more I can use MSN to chat with my friends in Ijok. Just as I was thinking about it WackyBecky suddenly pull me from my thought. She wanted to see where that beggar's chicken is cooked.

So, I ask one of the staff there using Cantonese. Later we found out they speaks Hokkien, which WackyBecky can speak, she's from Penang. As we were led to the cooking area, which is behind the house of the owner, the boss is already starting to open our orders of beggar's chicken, beggar's duck, beggar's pork knuckle and beggar's fish from the harden mud.

We then make our way to the oven area behind the house.

This is where the beggar's (insert meat) is cooked.

They use wood for the fire.

It needs about 4 hours to cook the beggar's chicken (RM 41). So, the chicken is expected to be very tender. Chinese herb is used to cook it. It's like herbal chicken, just that the way they cook it is different. Not too bad.

Rate: 3.5/5

Beggar's Chicken.

The favourite for all of us is the pork knuckle (RM 41). Oh my god, it literally melts in your mouth. It don't feels very fatty at all. The yam that it cooks with absorb all the gravy and pork goodness, so you must try the yam too. Sinfully goodness.

Rating: 4.5/5

Beggar's Pork Knuckle.

The glutinous rice is another favourite. It is like a very big bah chang. WackyBecky told me that there's about 10 salty egg yolks inside, also with shitake and pork meat. The aroma is a bit different from the normal bah chang. Maybe it's because this one is baked instead of steamed. It's also not watery like the steamed version.

Rating: 4/5

Glutinous rice.

The beggar's duck (RM45) tasted not like your usual duck. The gamey taste is not that strong already and the texture feels more like chicken rather than duck. The gravy goes very well with the duck. We all voted that the duck is better than the chicken lol.

Rating: 4/5

Beggar's duck.

The stuffed fish (RM 33) is the last to come. All the fish meat are taken out to make fish paste and the stuffed back to the fish. After baking it, the fish are deep fried. Hence the fish skin is very crispy and there's still a bit of fish meat sticking on it. So when you bite into it, you'll find 3 different layer of texture. The fish paste is full of real fish meat too not floury at all.

Rating: 4/5

Stuffed fish.

We ordered another plate of stir-fried potato leaf (RM 8) because we thinkg that we have to balance all the meat with some green. The vegetable is very fresh and not old at all.

Stir-fried potato leaf.

It's a wonderful meal with some wonderful people in a wonderful place that is quite close to nature.

Guess where the fish came from? If the fish here is not fresh, I don't know where is.

I guess the owner is a Koi enthusiast too.

Old school toilet. It's better now, they have flush. 20 years ago, place like this where got flush.

There's no signboard on the restaurant.

Address:

New Beggar's Delicious Restaurant
Ijok, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel: 03-3279 1936 or 019 317 3687

GPS Coordinates:
N: 101 25' 8.7"
E: 3 18' 24.0"

Reservation is a must because of the time taken to prepare the dishes. Your mobile no. will be your reservation no. You'll get scolded if you don't show up after you booked.

Restoran Famous Seremban Favourites, Aman Suria

Warning: Tidak Ditanggung Halal

Three weeks ago WMW suddenly messaged me in MSN out of boredom. In the middle of the conversation, she ask want to go makan some time? Then I replied that I haven't get to try the char siew in Famous Seremban Restaurant before and so we set the date and wait at Oldtown Kopitiam in Aman Suria first because I don't know exactly where is Famous Seremban. Need WMW to show me the exact location.

So, last Friday morning, I started driving from my place at 10.30 am. Aman Suria is only 20 minutes drive if there's no traffic congestion. I have to bloody made a wrong turn and ended up in PLUS highway which wasted me 30 minutes. Le Sigh. So, I was 30 minutes late, no excuses there, brunch will be on me.

The Famous Famous Seremban Restaurant.

I've been reading a lot of good reviews in the food blogs that I read. This is the first time I come here. WMW is a VIP regular here. No, I didn't exaggerate, the staffs there recognized her and she always get additional freebies. More about that later.

Bill the owner is Married But Available a Master of Business Administration (MBA) holder.

The sinful char siew (BBQ Pork) that I came here for.

My lean cut char siew

I ordered "pun fei sau" (50% fat 50% lean meat) but it turn out to be like 20% fat and 80% lean meat. Still, it didn't disappoint at all. It's tender and juicy even with so less fat. For ladies who want to eat lean and tender char siew, this is the place to come. The char siew is very flavourful even without dipping the char siew sauce. The char siew sauce comes separately so that customer have a choice whether to eat with or without it. WMW's cut is more accurate to the "pun fei sau" ratio, she let me tried a piece and I'm in heaven. The char siew literally melts in my mouth. The best char siew I've ever tasted in my life. Normally I don't like char siew because the one that I've eaten it's either over burned or very dry. The char siew here is different. I will surely come back for more char siew.

Rating: 4.5/5

Hakka Mee

Of course, in Famous Seremban it is not only char siew one can have. To go with the char siew, one can op for your normal oil rice or hakka mee. That day I opted for hakka mee. I comes with just minced pork and a bit of soup. Simple but nice. The minced pork just nicely complimenting the hakka mee. I like that the minced pork is diced so finely which goes very well with the thin hakka mee. One of the nicest hakka me I ever had.

Rating: 3.5/5

WMW ordered plain dry loh shu fun (needle vermicelli) to goes with her char siew tao (the edge of a char siew)

Fried dumpling.

We also ordered fried dumpling. The texture of the fried skin is al dente, crunchy yet not oily. The fillings also taste great but if there's more fillings this dumpling will be perfect.

Rating: 3.5/5

Pork balls and fish balls.

The staff there called the owner Bill and told him that WMW brought a friend to the restaurant and we got two freebies. A bowl of pork & fish balls and a bowl of pork wanton. The fish ball is very fresh and doesn't have preservatives added. The pork ball also not bad but still lack the texture of a perfect pork ball that I have in mind.

Rating: 3.5/5

Wanton in soup.

The wanton is just normal, I've tasted better wanton. Maybe it's very hard to get good wanton in Malaysia, no wanton I tasted in Malaysia match the one I tasted in Hong Kong.

Rating: 3/5

The variety of food available in Famous Seremban.

So, the rave reviews that I read is right, the char siew here is really good. The hakka mee and fried dumpling also not bad. Will I come back again? Of course, better to come with WMW too, can get freebies lol.

It's better to come before 12 p.m. to avoid the crowd and so that you can select the best cut of char siew. ;)


Address:

Restoran Famous Seremban Favourites
80-1 Ground Floor, Jalan PJU 1/3B
Sunway Mas Commercial Centre
47301 Petaling Jaya

(7.30am till 4.30pm daily- char siew available only after 10am)
Call to check 017-279 8582
Closed on Tuesdays

Address copy and paste from WMW.

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