Everyday Food I Love

Restoran Choon Soon is a decent ‘Tai Chow’ located along Jalan Klang Lama opposite Mazda showroom off the other side of road. "Assam Fish" Deep Fried Tilapia fish is one of their signature dish, you'll notice that almost all tables ordered this dish. The tilapia is deep fried to perfection then wrapped with lotus leaf which is laden with lots of assam sauce and onion. The lotus leaf parcel is then fried again to give it a greater depth of flavour.

Shi Yue Tian claypot rice is cooked with no ordinary gas burners but instead with traditional clay charcoal stoves. The nice aromas from the ingredients and gravy are slowly simmered to perfection and sealed inside the claypot with low fired heat of charcoal stove.

Zi Zai Restaurant's started by chef, Mr Tan Hock Chai who strive to offer the cheapest and most delicious food for his customers. Signature dish of this restaurant is the "Poon Choi" (basin dish) which you need to make reservation few days in advance. The Poon Choi that can be found here at Restoran Zi Zai boast some very exquisite items, which includes Abalone, Roasted Duck, Braised 3 Layers Pork, Steamed Chicken, Sea Cucumber, Fish Maw, Mushrooms, Hock Chew Fish Balls, Fried Fish Fillets, Sweet & Sour Prawns and vegetables such as Broccoli, Chinese Cabbage, Yam and Sweet Turnip. Advance booking require if you are here for "Poon Choi".

Restoran Choon Soon is a decent ‘Tai Chow’ located along Jalan Klang Lama opposite Mazda showroom off the other side of road. "Assam Fish" Deep Fried Tilapia fish is one of their signature dish, you'll notice that almost all tables ordered this dish. The tilapia is deep fried to perfection then wrapped with lotus leaf which is laden with lots of assam sauce and onion. The lotus leaf parcel is then fried again to give it a greater depth of flavour.

This is a Chinese "Dai Chows" restaurant nestled in Southern Park, one of the small housing area in Klang, it serves as an economical homey flavour food and is usually busy at peak hours. Their Signature's Sizzling Or-Chien (Oyster Omelette), Smoked Duck, Braised Pork Knuckle, Steamed Fish, Tofu and etc.  Easiest way to get here is exit through Kesas, drive along Jalan Banting until you pass Aeon Jusco, Bukit Tinggi entrance and the General Hospital. Once you see a Shell Petrol Station on your right, be prepared to turn left at the next traffic light which is located opposite an Esso Station. Once you take the turn, you will notice a 7-11 store. Turn left again at the next junction and drive along the road till the end, last corner shop.

Damai is a hotspot for delicious hawker's delights. Walking through the alley of shops at Damai Plaza Phase 4, filled with tables and chairs, the variety of mouth-watering hawker's food will definitely lured you to stop-by.

Pusat Makan Dan Minum Cathay is located near Hings Tower in Penampang. Caters to the nearby neighbourhood, the restaurant offers cheap and delicious hawker's food during the night. One of the highlighted dish is the dark and tasty Hokkien Noodle.

Tucked in the housing area in Taman Delima, Kedai Kopi Fu Xin is another restaurant catering to the neighbourhoods. During the evening, the restaurant is usually filled with huge crowds of mostly families with kids or groups of friends, who stayed nearby the neighbourhood.

Kedai Kopi Hilltop offers variety of dishes under one roof. From seafood, Tai Chow and Wor Tip to Grilled Fish and Western food, you'll definitely be spoil by choices.

Restoran Heng Long is a "Chu Char" stall just located next to Happy Garden wet market. They serve a reasonable good stir-fried Chinese food, noodle, rice and food price are quite reasonable too. Only open around dinner time.

If you are looking for late night food, Kedai Kopi New Hin Kee is one of the restaurant which operate until 1am at Towering area. The restaurant which occupied two units of shop lot, offers variety of food from 'Tai Chow', Soup Noodle to Western Food.

Chong Siew Lan Restaurant is located in Serdang Lama (from the Sg Besi trunk road-bypass the Mines and head towards UPM-a short distance after the flyover-keep left and turn left at the first junction-the restaurant is on your right-behind it is a Chinese school "Kung Mun") and the kitchen is run by a woman cook with the help of her daughter and some servers. They serves Hakka's home cooking style food here. There is no signboard for the restaurant but was never short of patrons, most of their customers come from the nearby industrial area and as far as Putrajaya.

Old Klang road is really a food heaven for me, to my suprise I found another hidden gem for good fried noodle and some home cooked dishes at this restaurant. With only less then 10 tables but never short of regulars customer keep dropping by, to buy take away and dine in. Judging by the look and smell of Hokkien mee ordered by the table next to us, I'm sure it's pretty good, will try it on my next visit!

For the frequent clubbers, Chinatown Seng Kee will sound very familiar to them. This is one of the popular supper hangout for after clubbers. Located along a busy street at Chinatown, Petaling Street. There lies this little restaurant that serves amazing claypot Loh She Fun and famous roast pork noodles.

Thinking about huge Chicken Chop with rice or meaty Pork Ribs King with Rice? Head to Kedai Kopi Hong Seng and you won't regret it.

Char kway teow, literally translated as "stir-fried flat rice noodle", is a popular noodle dish in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore. Although Char kway teow has a reputation of being unhealthy due to its high saturated fat content, the dish was first invented mainly served to labourers. The high fat content and low cost of the dish made it attractive to these people as it was a cheap source of energy and nutrients. Throughout the years, these delicious dish gained its popularity and become a common hawker's food loves by all.

If you love Chinese porridge, How Lee Coffee Shop is the place to go. This shop has been around for decades and the surrounding areas of Foh San hasn't change much over the years. I highly recommended the Seafood Porridge (Large) for under RM20, this is considerably affordable by Kota Kinabalu's standards, remember to add century egg and seaweed for extra flavoring. What's nice? The pork leg vinegar and Kon Lau Mien (top with pork lard oil), if you like this dish, this is also the place to indulge. How Lee opens from 6pm till late and if you want to savour the porridge here, it is best to get there early as seats and tables are very limited.

After going through some minor renovation, Like to Eat Restaurant had transformed to a casual and comfortable, family-friendly restaurant.

These ‘Three dishes and one soup’ normally include a meat dish, a fish dish, a vegetable dish, and a soup. Although it is not a rule, if we have guests at home or go to restaurants, this is normally what we would order. The stable food is usually steamed rice. I'm back to Bornion Restaurant for a complete sit down dinner!!!

Chinese like their soup, traditionally served invigorating tonic their body system and best known for Cantonese food which is easily found everywhere. The food is quickly stir-fried with just a touch of oil and the result is crisp and fresh. With Cantonese food, the more people sitting at a meal the better, because dishes are traditionally shared so everyone will manage to sample the greatest variety. A corollary of this is that Cantonese food should be balanced: traditionally, all foods are said to be either Yin [cooling] like vegetables, clear soup; or Yang [heaty] like starchy foods and meat. A cooling food should be balance with a heaty food and with not too much of one or the other.