Today, we bring you a review not of the large franchised food chains but now of the smaller less known places. The question is, does less known mean that the food is any less in quality or could it be better? Lets find out!
This review that I am about to write is a Chinese family restaurant where you have the "tai chous" cooking a variety of dishes you can order.
This place is called the "Puchong Seafood Restaurant which is located near Tesco Puchong. More precisely, No 16G, Jalan Bandar Lapan, Pusat Bandar Puchong.
Even though I have been living in Puchong for quite a long time with my family, we realized there was a restaurant here because it was just so remote. But this is good because there is ample car park and also a nice relaxing environment.
Lets start with the restaurant itself:
Well it is very plain restaurant so you are not paying for any nice decor or furnishings.
Service is very fast and efficient. They have never failed to disappoint me when it comes to service as well.
Moment of truth: The food
1. Butter Sotong
Quite a big portion of the price we paid.
The fried butter really has a wonderful texture and also a very strong taste. Kudos to the chef!
The sotong is crispy and crunchy when you bite into it
Over all,
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2 "Tau Fu Kang"
Now you cannot find this in many chinese restaurants. Not a very common dish
What is it?
If you feel bad eating sharks fin soup, this is the perfect replacement!
Made with crab meat, taufu, mushrooms and a thick broth
When it is served hot out of the kitchen, you can smell it as it reaches your table.
Taste fabulous too!
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3. Stir fried kangkung
Well how creative can you actually get with vegetables?
Still I think the chef cooked this dish quite well
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4. "Stewed Malay Chicken"
This was a new dish that the "Si Tau" recommended us, so we thought we would give it a try.
Turns out he was right to recommend this to us.
I don't really fancy stewed chicken but I must say that this dish made me wanna have more.
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5. Ku Loh Yuk
Last dish of the night
I am an avid fan of ku loh yuk ever since i was younger. I just have some fond attraction towards tomato sauce and sweet and sour.
Really really love the sauce as it really has that rich sweet and sour taste and even children will love this dish.
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So for all those 5 dishes and our rice and stuff, here is the bill:
Quite reasonable if you ask me, usually 5 dishes else where will cost around Rm80
So to conclude: Ill rate this overall, the price is
WAIT THERE IS MORE!
I managed to visit this restaurant a second time!
Lets see how consistant the food is
We talked to the boss and he told us that "everything he recommends is definately nice and reasonably priced"
I guess he has proven us right so far.
1. Chao fan (Fried rice) *The picture shows the portions for 2 people*
A friend of my mum's who just happened to be there said that he visits the place almost regularly to have their chao fan. Looks like it really is a hit.
It has "siu yuk" , onions , abit of small cili padi and some kangkung.
This dish is really no mistake, it smelt great when it first arrived at our table.
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2. Ham Tan Har Kou ( Salted Egg Prawn Bites )
Now this dish is also not a common dish and it really requires skill to make.
I have tasted some restaurants that serve this and it really tastes like crap.
But the chef really has perfected his magic! It has a crispy outer texture and a wonderful aroma as you bite into it.
The prawns are small bite size pieces that make it easy to chuck into your mouth and enjoy
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3. Yau Mak
Stir fried yau mak..... what else can I say?
Quite well done still.
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4. Egg steamed with Taufu
Interesting Combo
It really makes the taufu taste much better. Usually steamed taufu or steamed egg would taste just crappy but itself but by combining it together, you get a richer taste. Plus it is topped off with minced meat which I a carnivore need to have to make my food taste better. It is also coated with a thin layer of soy sauce.
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5. Steamed "Pak So Gong" fish/ Tilapia
My mum commented that I rarely eat her fish at home when she cooks it.
However when this fish came, my tastebuds started telling me, COME ON LETS GET AT IT!
The boss told us that the fish he sells has quality meat and he will never lie to us. Well he totally nailed it!
The meat was very "Sut"(in cantonese) or very succulent. It was a very very good fish. Huge one too.
And there was no "muddy fish" smell. Perfect fish to fill my belly.
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Here is the bill:
Notice that it is abit more expensive than the first time but fish usually expensive, so i would say that with the fish it is reasonably priced.
Price:
This is totally a MUST VISIT place. You will not regret tasting the food here. Plus it doesn't burn a hole in your pocket.
