Trip to Malaysia Part I

I flied to Malaysia since mid December last year... First meal in Malaysia at 10.00 pm was in the restaurant opposite our house.

Even it was quite late, still have a few tables.

Hokkien Mee, last time I had it was delicious but this time it was too salty.

Wa Tan Hor : Just the way I like, the gravy was tasty and I like the texture of the noodle.

Frog legs clay pot : Soft and tender with a hint of ginger.

Steamed fish (sorry I don't know what the fist is) Fresh firm and sweet.

Buttered salted egg calamari : Amazingly good. I have never had any buttered dishes in Thailand before. Here in Malaysia, there are buttered eel, butterd soft shell crab, etc.. I love this dish.

The next day, Deryk's friends took us to eat Nasik Lemak at Village Park Restaurant in the Damansara Uptown area.

It was quite busy there which means the food should be good.

Nasik Lemak with Ayam Goreng

My dish, the nasik lemak comes with the usual condiments like sambal, fried ikan bilis, chicken, cucumber slices and hard boiled egg. The sambal was a bit sweet (not too sweet) unlike sambal I had before. Deryk said it is the way sambal should be.


The fried chicken was a must; it was marinated and cooked perfectly, hot, moist and crispy.

Nasik Lemak with ayam rendang

Others ordered Nasik lemak with ayam rendang, it looked tender and they all finished, shouldn't be bad.

At the front of restaurant.

After lunch, we went to tapau Cendol in Section 17, PJ. Deryk said this one is the best in town (for him)

no space.

I like the traditional ice shaving machine... long time never seen.

I forgot to take the photo but the cendol was nice, not too sweet and the little green noodle was nicely soft.

This lunch, we had varieties of food at SS2

Deryk's Kon-Lo(dry) Chiyok(pork) mee, I am still confused what is the different between wantan mee and kon-lo mee.


Lobak (Five-spice roll) : First time I had this one, my friend said there is this kinda food in Phuket also.

Behind is Henrik's dried Wantan Mee with BBQ pork.


The popiah here has a bit different filling from the one in Thailand.


It was fat and juicy, and generously loaded with fillings, I don't really know what there are.

Char Kuay Tiew : Very very delicious. I wanna have it now !

Zanotti

Lucky I had a chance to be with my mum in her birthday this year, normally I was always working in Bangkok while she was in the South of Thailand (my hometown). I baked her my favourite dark chocolate tart (but made it sugar free since she is diabetic)

Sugar free chocolate for the filling and diabetic sugar for the crust.

We booked our favourite Italian restaurant, Zanotti, and they let us allow us bring the dessert ourselve because they don't have sugar free desserts. Our dinner time was 19.oo on 13th Dec 2008 for 7 people.


I brought the sparkling red wine that Bobby gave me last time we visited him. It was so crisp, I like. (cockage ฿500)


Complimentary 1 : This was new for me, last time I came here, they haven't serve this one yet. Deep fried mushroom. It was ok but some pieces tasted weird.

Complimentary 2 : Bruschetta, they make it so good. First time I came here and tried this one, I thought that '' wow, ok this meal gonna be good'' and it was.

A big basket of bread, I like it all.

Antipasti special for 4

Incredible huge ! On the menu, antipasti is ฿550 per person, you can choose how many serving you want... We ordered just for 4. I am sorry I can't really remember the name. From top clockwise : Buffalo cheese with capsicum and spicy green leaves, Parma ham with grilled eggplant, Lobster salad, Foie gras with raspberry sauce, Veal and tuna sauce, In the middle is Eggplant Parmigiana. Every thing was wonderful, esp Eggplant parmigiana and foie gras. We order another Foie Gras Salad but I forgot to take photo. It disappeared so fast by Peipei.


Spagetthi with clam and scallop special ฿650 I ate a bit of this, the seafood thing was good and fresh.

Pizza Parma Ham ฿550 Hi light of the meal. The saltiness of Parma Ham goes very well together with the creaminess of Mascarpone cheese. Amazing !!!! The crust was thin and crispy. I have no wonder why this dish is the signature of the restaurant.

Urgggg!!!! I wanna have one now !

Haha... Peipei also love it.

Grilled Lamb Cutlets ฿650


I ordered medium. It was good, perfectly cook but still can't beat Gianni

Grilled Special Dover Sole ฿3000

The wait staff recommended us the imported fish they just got today. We only knew the price after saw the bill...o_O my goodness ! The fish was fine but if I knew the price first, I definitely don't order. So pricey T_T.

Duck breast ฿360 Forgot the full name, the taste was standard, anyway, perfectly cook, pink inside (I was too full, so I tried a bit)

Time for dessert !

The service was very nice, they served my tart in a very cute plate, made it looks much better :D

Complimentary 3 : Italian dessert. They normally dust icing sugar on top but they knew my mum can't take sugar, they served another one without sugar.

Another memorable meal, the atmosphere, the service, the food, the people...everything was so perfect (except the price..lol)

Happy Birthday mum !

Zanotti Ristorante

21/2 1st Floor, Saladaeng Colonnade Condominium,

Silom Rd., Silom Bangrak, Bangkok 10500

Crystal Jade, Siam Paragon

Wanted to try this restaurant since I was in Sydney. Crystal Jade Golden Palace has a few branches and they serve food in different style.

This place is located in G floor, Siam Paragon.

soya sauce and chilli

Jelly fish ฿200

Peipei's favourite, everytime going to Chinese restaurant, we have to order this for her (of course non-spicy). she is a very unusual girl, always like eating adult things.

Marinated chicken in rice wine ฿220

Not bad but not great, I found it was a bit mild in flavour but Peipei like it again

Can see from her face :D

Braised seafood and scallop thick soup ฿160

Very good and tasty, full of seafood. They put crab roe in the soup make it so rich.

Sichuan hot & sour soup ฿130

Nice aswell, a little bit hot and sour just like its name.

Cold Beancurd & Century Egg ฿150

I love this cold dish, Tofu was smooth as it should be. Perfect egg, the yolk was a dark green, cream-like substance while the white becomes a dark brown, transparent jelly with little flavor or taste.

like a jelly!

Braised vegetable with crab roe ฿300

Beautiful! Veggie was soft and fresh, the topping was light yet tasty.

Roasted duck ฿220

One of the best roasted duck I had. The skin was so crispy, the meat was juicy and succulent.

Singapore fried rice vermicelli ฿200

We were quite disappointed for this dish, pretty normal. Maybe I don't really like cumin flavour in the noodle dish.

Fried rice with shrimp, mushroom, pork and vegetable ฿220

It looks so plain but after we tasted...sublime!!! The rice was perfectly fried and seasoned just beautiful.

I will definitely order it again for next time.

Braised pork rib with spicy sauce ฿260

Nothing excited about this dish, the pork was not tender enough.

Pan fried sweet red dates ฿200

It was ok but not so great, I had the better one. This was a bit too oily and not so crispy as I like.

Mum (blur) & Me