1U’s Vietnamese Cuisines And Kepong’s Porridge
It wasn’t easy to ask Juliana out for a date and it took days, weeks and months just to wait for her to say “Yes” so that we could meet up and catch up with each other. And last week, she finally had the time for me. I picked her up from her hostel at Serdang and we headed for 1U where we would be meeting Milly.
Meet day dreaming princess, Juliana and potential mom, Milly.
We went to Vietnamese Kitchen for lunch, which I had a good impression of during my last visit with Sook Ying. I got to say, they serve the best water chestnut drink ever. Just the right sweetness with lots of chunky water chestnut to chew on. I think they even added eggs into it as well. Milly ordered tau fu fah with added toppings like dried longans, sea coconuts, raisins and red dates. It was really smooth, soft and delicate.
Milly ordered a bowl of kuey teow with pork ball noodles. The meatball tasted normal yet nice. However, there were only three meatballs, which I don’t think is worth the price. I mean, three only? Its not even enough to fill my teeth’s gap.
Juliana ordered some Vietnamese fried rice or something like that. It came with one deep fried chicken spring roll, lots of cucumbers, turnips and other vegetables, topping off with some chicken meat and crushed peanuts.
As for me, I ordered a plate of fried bee hoon in XO sauce, topped with some vegetables and fried eggs. Nothing special but at least, it tasted good. The bee hoon was served in a plate of deep fried spring roll skins. Nice!
I got shaky hands. -sweat-
I also ordered a side dish, mango / banana with prawns rolls which was totally finger licking good. The natural sweetness of the fruits and prawns, combining both of them together produced a unique taste. Definitely a must try dish when you are here. Even fuzzy eater like Nee also loves it.
The bill? RM77 for the three of us.
After our lunch, we went to watch “Dreamgirls“! Finally! For your information, Malacca’s GSC decided not to screen “Dreamgirls” for unknown reasons and watching “Dreamgirls” was one of the things I must do when I was in KL.
The movie was awesome. I have the soundtrack long before the movie was released and hence, when they were singing the songs, my fingers / legs were actually tapping along with the music especially during those catchy tunes. After watching the movie, the soundtrack is even better than before. Jeniffer Hudson deserves the Oscar however her singing is really over powering and at one point of the movie, it was annoying.
During the movie, Emily SMS-ed me whether I would like to try her tiramisu which she baked herself during the afternoon. Furthermore, she wanted to meet Juliana as well. Hence, after the movie, we headed to Section 14 to meet up with Emily. It was a short meet up as she had a birthday party to attend while my friend was waiting for us for dinner. We were at the road side, eating tiramisu and taking pictures, with those Indonesian workers looking at us like one kind.
Kai Hong, one of my best and finest makan kakis I have in KL decided to bring Juliana and me to Kepong / Bandar Manjalara to eat crabs and seafood for dinner.
However, upon arriving, we realized the restaurant was closed. Since we have parked our car and everything, we went to the opposite stall that sells clay pot porridge. For a stall that sells only porridge, they do have a lot of customers as it was full house when we arrived.
The specialty of this stall is that they cook and serve their porridge in clay pot and they will only cook them when you order. Hence, rest assured that your porridge has fully absorbed the tastes of the ingredients like oysters, peanuts, porks, fish, chicken, eggs or any combination of your choice.
Kai Hong ordered a kung pou tin gai (宫保田鸡 / Paddy chicken / Frog (?) in dried chilies.) which was totally mouth watering. Every table ordered this! The gravy was really thick, sweet yet spicy as they cooked it with lots of cili padis, dried chilies, gingers and onions. Mix the superbly thick gravy with the porridge and you get a bowl of aromatic yet spicy porridge.
Being the greedy guy, I ordered a combination of oysters, porks and eggs porridge. Ha! Actually, I wanted to add chicken meat too, but there wasn’t any chicken that night. It was the egg that gave the porridge the yellowish colour. The oyster and pork also gave the porridge a natural sweetness to it. However, I couldn’t find any oysters inside.
Kai Hong footed the bill and it was very cheap indeed. My porridge was RM6.50 while others was around RM3 to RM5. Cheap and delicious, what more you can ask for? Even Juliana finished her pot bowl of porridge. Told you, Kai Hong is my one of the best makan kakis I got to know in KL.
Updated : The stall is at Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong. It is somewhere near Tuck Kei Restaurant and is along a row of dai pai dong.
We said our good byes and in no time, my food adventure for my second day in KL ended.
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March 14th, 2007 01:42
Eh??? Bandar Manjalara got those type of porridge? HOw come nobody tell me b4 1
I’ve always missed that type of porridge with “tin gai” which I tried a few years back in Singapore.
I look for so long, then u all got it just out of luck.
Some luck u have there, niama, anyway next time I’m in Malaysia have to go get some directions there hahaha :D
March 14th, 2007 10:27
erm…u cant find any oysters inside. It’s good for ya as it contains zinc which helps in producing good-quality-sperm and….bla bla…
U noe u r having insomnia most of the time, consume that will only make u hyperactive (crapz!)…:P
March 14th, 2007 12:09
The food doesnt look as tempting as Emily’s appearance on this post… ;) mind introducing?
March 14th, 2007 12:24
Wow, I saw sexy gal standing beside u in the pic. It make me jeolouslah…
Em…… she look a bit like “ling xin lei”.
March 14th, 2007 12:37
I don’t mind u got a gorgeous girl for a date but the food..the food..my wife is away and my son and I eat instant noodle :( food food food it looks so good the food i mean and of course u and yr friends oh my god i am gibberish food food food
March 14th, 2007 15:05
ur girl friend “chun” lei…
but the “tin gai” porridge more “chun” la…haha…..
March 14th, 2007 16:30
Boss Lepton : Haha! You cannot rely on yourself alone to find food in KL. You need makan kakis like Kai Hong! Haha! You don’t need to go Singapore just to have the “tin gai” porridge because you can find them every where in KL. Jalan Alor’s one not bad also. Heh!
Ahnee : You must be damn high lately. What happened this morning? :P
Analgestic : For you, I do mind. :P
Fattien : She’s a ex-blogger too! :P
BengBeng : Aww… So kesian! You could have go to some fancy restaurant for some nice food also, but with a price to pay of course. Haha! You must be really missing your wife’s cooking. Go get something nice to eat tonight, k?
MsPretty : LOL. No doubt she’s chun, but like you said, the “tin gai” porridge more chun! Haha!
March 14th, 2007 18:15
I hope to treat you to a meal when I am in KL :) . Thanks for visiting my blog. There used to be a veg restaurant in Jln Sultan i think. Wonder whether it is still there?
In fact it was after I saw yr pics on food n i gave comment that i decided to cook hahahhahahah. So u were an inspiration for my fine culinary literary photographic composition and writing skills hahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahhahaha
March 14th, 2007 20:20
You mou yi hei lah, meet up leng lui also didn’t ask me to join.
March 14th, 2007 20:37
hahah.. liang moi.. macam korean star!!
paiseh.. never know manjalara got this porridge.. maybe been there. but really cant remember :)
gonna have a try also
March 15th, 2007 01:47
Dude let me know where is the place in Menjalara is too, very near where I stay…
March 15th, 2007 04:49
I wan…… fed ex to UK somebody sniff sniff
Eh Jason, you know that restaurant selling crab you’re suposed to go to, my fren said damn fehmes 1 leh. But have to wait very long haha
March 15th, 2007 12:01
hey hey .. been a while yeah. wah .. looks like you can blog about your whole days activity… cool. anyway … nice to be back…
March 15th, 2007 14:22
Both the kung pou tin gai and the lengluis look extremely good!
March 15th, 2007 23:16
I think i would prefer the cake featured in Boss Stewie’s. The one you brought form Malacca to KL. Looks super duper yummy just from the picture!
March 16th, 2007 00:00
Beng Beng : Hehe! Perhaps we will meet up some time or during my next trip to KL? Heh! Wah, didn’t know my blog become an inspiration for you. I’m so flattered.
Bryan : You said you want to sleep and going Low Yat after that.
Cely : Hehe! I only know we entered the place through Bandar Manjalara, if need exact location, I need to ask Kai Hong already. :D
Shaolin Tiger : Will do and get back to you tomorrow once I call my friend tomorrow.
Boss Lepton : I don’t think its that crab restaurant that you are talking about. My friend told me the crab restaurant isn’t that famous compare to Tak Fook or Tuck Kei, but the taste doesn’t lose out to the two. Hmm… I will get the exact address of the stall when my friend is back from his duty.
Timothy : Glad that you are back too! ;)
Neo : I couldn’t agree anymore. Ha!
Jlshyang : Hehe! Come Malacca and try it yourself!
March 16th, 2007 20:14
lolbbqkembangsial !!!
I will pass the map to Jason once I am back to KL !!
March 18th, 2007 09:27
http://kaihongs.blogspot.com/2007/03/nice-stuff-at-manjarala-kepong.html#links
There you go, maps to paradise lolrotf !
June 3rd, 2007 19:46
just tried the porridge, 皮蛋瘦肉(RM4.5)， 田鸡(RM7.5)， 鱼片(RM5)， and 猪杂(RM5). no fried onion, no eggs, no 油炸鬼, quite expensive for me. there is one stall in PJ Old Town that has tastier and cheaper porridge, but I forgot the exact location =P
June 3rd, 2007 23:21
Babelearner : Haha! Try to recall it and then only tell me. :P