Koon Kee Wantan Mee

it’s been some time since i last ate here. i guess it’s been more than 2 years.

after thinking what to eat on friday night, we decided to head to Koon Kee for a wantan mee since we are in Petaling Street

i don’t remember it was so expensive man… a glass of mostly diluted sugar cane drink is RM3, a plate of wantan mee is RM4 and a bowl of Sui Gao (6 pieces) cost us RM5. all in all, it cost us RM19.

if you asked me, i would say the noodles is good. but not to the extend of heavenly good. in fast, i can get a good wantan mee + sui gao + drinks for two at a cheaper price.

well, i guess that’s what happens when you get famous. but then again, the rentals on the shop may have gone up too.

anyway, we might go there again if we crave for wantan mee in Petaling street and have extra cash. it’s ok to splurge once in a while in good (but not spectacular) food once in a blue moon, right? haha!

Petronas Twin Tover Skybridge visit (03.02.11)

it is still pre-CNY and we are already on leave. and yeah, since i’ve been itching and bugging my wife to go with me for so long, it is finally the right time to go!

and so the day started very early as the tickets are limited (less than 2000 tickets if not mistaken) and get snapped up very fast. first come first served and no booking in advance. in fact, i think i wake up earlier than i do on working days.

we reach the ticketing counter at 7.30am and it will only open at 8.30am. the queue is long. the photo above is an understatement as the queue goes zig zag and the counter is not visible. haha! most of the one queuing for the tickets are foreigners. there are only a few insane malaysians who would want wake up early for this…

apparently, the ticket to the skybridge is not free anymore. they started to charge people fees since october 2010. i guess the management had finally thought of making money out of the skybridge. haha!

 

in fact, you can choose from the 3 packages as per the above. and just like any tourist attraction in Malaysia, the charges differs between MyKad holders and foreigners.

• skybridge only
• skybridge + observation deck
• skybridge + observation deck + meal

you’ll be going up to one of the towers (higher than the bridge of course) for another view if you choose the package with observation deck.

we finally got our tickets at around 9am for a 9.40am visit. that also is because the staff are offering those who wants to go to the skybridge only the privilege to get the tickets first. else, it would take us another half an hour to queue.

i can see most of the people are queuing for package 2 or 3. which is expected as they don’t come here often and are able to pay for it (if they are choosing the third package).

 

while waiting for our turn to get to the bridge, there is a room where they have exhibitions on the architecture and some games too. but what i loved the most is the video of how the tower was built.

5 minutes before time, there will be an announcement for us to proceed to the skybridge!!! woo hoo!!! but not before a video presentation. boo!!!

the group will be given two tags, one in red or black as to differentiate the lifts that we are taking later. he above is my tag. apologize for the crappy photo as it was taken in the video room.

before taking the lift, we were ushered into another room for a video presentation. this is for me the boring part of the visit as the video was highlighting the ONLY the achievements of Petronas. looks like a propaganda if you ask me. haha!

anyway, we were finally ushered into the lift after 5 minutes or so. in  matter of minutes, we have reached the 42nd floor. it was so fast that i did not feel the lift was moving!

once people are in the bridge, most of them are either busy snapping photos or just admiring the view. we are only allowed to be there for 15 minutes, so have to enjoy/make use the most of it.

i think i just let my photos do all the talking once we are in the skybridge.

along the skybridge

snapping photos

view of the park

one of the annexes for the tower. looks empty.

Jalan Ampang. or is it Jalan P. Ramlee???

from the bridge to the top of tower

bottom of the bridge

empty space for rent anyone

 

view of the KL Convention Centre.

by the time we left the bridge and reached the ticketing counter at around 10.15am, the crowd was still there.

i think we will go there for a second next time. we haven’t got to go to the observation deck yet. and also the lunch/dinner (if i can afford it. gulp!).

but please, spare us the video propaganda. opps, i mean presentation. hehe!

sometimes it is not the food

there’s one mamak stall in a lane (or Soi in Thai. haha!) between Lebuh Ampang & Jalan Tun HS Lee that is always jam packed with people during lunch time.

it was very near my ex-company but i did not had the chance to try it during my 2 years plus working in that area due to the reason above and also due to a rumours that my ex-colleague told me. not going to tell about it as it is just rumours though.

anyway, i only went to try it last year and revisited it recently.

this is the stall. it’s hard to miss it during lunch time as it will be full of people sitting and also standing while waiting for their order. and oh, the smoke AND….

the way the owner cooks! the constant spinning of the wok, the way he toss the vegetables, prawns and sauces makes me think that he is dancing instead of cooking. it’s a good entertainment while waiting for your food though.

and here is my plate of nasi goreng + telur mata. i opted for telur mata instead of prawns as i don’t feel like eating prawns that day. but let me assure you, they are generous with the prawns from what i see from plate of nasi goreng belonging to the guy next to me.

as for the taste, it’s good but not over-the-top good though. for RM4.50 with a limau ais. i wouldn’t complain though. in fact, i will come again!

as i was on half day leave that day, i got the privilege to spend more time at that stall. from what i noticed, most of the patrons are guys and mostly working with banks as office boy. not surprising considering the number of banks in that area.

i think this stall is very interesting not because of the food but rather as it is a melting pot for the banks’ office boys/clerks to meet up with each other. lots of topics you can hear from there. i heard lots of stories when i was sitting there for the past 1 hour. (*i heard, k? not eavesdrop. haha!). and i wonder why those clerks are so free to have long lunch…

so, with cheap food + in-house entertainment + gossips, it is worth going there for lunch. AND if you are working in that area and wondering why is your department’s clerk is disappearing from the office, you may try your luck here! haha!

*note, the best time to have your meals there is not during lunch hour. haha! and also during puasa time.

Birthday celebration at Ichiban Boshi (29.12.10)

it’s GF birthday and both of us were hanging around Pavilion thinking of what to eat.

we ended up in Ichiban Boshi which comes as a surprise to me as she doesn’t like japanese food at all.

it all started when she joined this new company where she started to get used to japanese food. and i used to brag to all my friends that my GF doesn’t like that cuisine hence my wallet remains stable. haha!

not anymore i guess…

anyway, we got ourselves comfortable and ordered just a few stuff to fill ourselves up.

1st up. baby octopus (RM6). there should be 3 octopus. i ate one of it. haha! there’s also another plate of sushi that we had but i forgot to take a photo of it.

 

next up, salmon cheese roll (RM11.90). very very filling with the cheese and all that. both of us are not really sashimi fans, so the cheese will cover up a bit of the raw taste though.

i ordered a normal teriyaki chicken rice (RM15.90). comes with a miso soup if i remembered correctly. the portion is quite big… in form of the rice. haha! taste wise, i can’t say much. it’s teriyaki falvoured. haha!

the one that GF ordered is kinda special. Udon in white soup (RM11.90).at first glance, looks like fish head noodle, but the taste is not bad though!

all in all, including drinks and taxed, it cost us less than RM60. i would say at least there’s a japanese restaurant with reasonable priced food.

and oh, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR!!!

Bak Kut Teh Stall in Jalan Sultan

it’s one of the friday nights when no one in the house is cooking. which usually mean a walk down to Petaling Street for my fix.

i was thinking whether to have a yummy ‘lou shu fan’ for my dinner in Jalan Sultan or to have Bak Kut Teh located along the same road which i had never tried before.

alas, i had decided to take the road less taken…

yes. bak kut teh conquered my mind this time.

i had walked pass this stall for so many times and noticed that there are quite a number of customers patronizing here. so i decided to pop in.

there were a number of choice in the stall too. but i guess BKT is their main dish as that is the largest word. haha!

my bad for the lousy photo that did not show much of the BKT.

at first sip, there is something that is vastly different from other BKT. the main thing is, instead of the intensity of ‘dong kwai’, this BKT is a bit heavy on star anise. yes. star anise. it may take some time to get used to, but the taste is still similar to the usual BKT. but the good thing is, you won’t get the heaty feeling associated with ‘dong kwai’ after eating it.

there are two type of serving, either in claypot (RM9.00) or in bowl (RM7.00). servings in bowl will be for those who want to order other dishes also.

as with most of food stall, there are no name for it. but as you walk along Jalan Sultan, you will definitely notice this stall.

will definitely come again to try other dishes that they offer!

Soong Kee Beef Ball Noodles

After a hard day of work, i crave for a beef ball noodles for my dinner. what better place to have one than Soong Kee?

this place brings me lots of memories when i was in my previous company. hence the reason i came here.

but enough about the nostalgia. let’s talk about food. nostalgia aside, the main reason i went to Soong Kee is because their beef ball noodles kick ass!

a small serving above cost RM4.50 now compared to RM3.50 two years ago. but i think the price is still reasonable considering the minced meat and the beef balls are a lot.

the noodles may look dry but looks can be deceiving. once it has been mixed with the minced meat, it has all the textures that you should get in a good bowl of noodles. the beef balls are springy without any strong beefy smell.

but there is nothing special with the soup though. for me, there is not much flavours in it. there only one taste – salty. that’s why i never bothered to order the soup version of the beef balls noodles here.

for a better soup version, it is better to go to Sin Yee Kee in Seremban. yeah i know it is a bit too far, but be rest assured, there will be another beef noodles tasting in KL very soon. yum!!!

be sure to sit near the cooking area as sometimes if you are lucky, you’ll get to see the chef/cook making a Bruce Lee movements. i guess he must be a big time Bruce Lee fans! haha!

Soong Kee is located at the end of Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin. you’ll notice RHB Bank just opposite it, be prepared if you are going during lunch hour though!