Chinatown Revisited

It was an impromptu visit to Chinatown aka Petaling Street as Hubby and I have been talking about the famous beef noodle there. We both walked to Hang Tuah Station from Times Square and I decided to capture what's left of the infamous Pudu Prison into monochrome pictures. I like monochrome picture because it gives a quiet and tranquil effect which I really like.

Sadly, the remaining walls of the Pudu Prison are vandalised with grafitti. Nothing has been done to preserve the historical building apparently. 

That's Hubby walking along the Pudu Prison wall.

Us pretending to be tourists at Hang Tuah station.

Masjid Jamek.

Graffiti art along Klang River.

And once we arrived at Petaling Street, we were soaking wet because it rained heavily the moment we got down from Pasar Seni station. To make things worse, we found out Shin Kee beef noodle shop was closed (it's a Wednesday, gahhhh).

But fear not as when you are here at Petaling Street, you will never run out of good food. Brought Hubby to Kim Lian Kee Restaurant which is known to be one of the oldest Hokkien Mee Restaurant in Malaysia. Located at the heart of Petaling Street, it's hard not to notice this restaurant and it has been in business since 1927.

Hubby and I were here for the first time. Yay!

Soaking wet. Blame the rain.

Both of us are very happy nonetheless.

Just love this picture so much.

Have to post one nice picture of myself too.

Hokkien Mee! For KL-ians, it is a popular dish which we can proudly present to Penangites or Johorians or Sarawakians because I think KL has the best Hokkien Mee ever. Go to places such as PJ, Damansara Uptown or Sentul and delicious Hokkien Mee can be found easily.

Also ordered our favourite steamed egg.

The restaurant is located on the second floor of the building.

Find the entrance just right next to Magnum.

Kim Lian Kee Restaurant.

This is my favourite Taufufa (Soy custard) stall. 

And also the famous Luohan guo drink stall.

Hubby loves cold drinks.

Proceed to Koon Kee Wan Tan Mee after that.

Love this blurry shot of me taken by Hubby.

Haha.

Happy tauke preparing Wantan mee for his customers.

Wantan Mee!

Hubby said it is goooood.

 I love Wantans.

Then we saw this small stall selling chinese sausage.

Ordered Garlic and Black Pepper flavour.

Rawrrrrrrrr!

Saw this uncle cutting his freshly made Kuih Kapet for his customers and his customers comprising of middle age aunties were requesting for the sides of the Kuih Kapet because of the crispier crust.

My garlic sausage.

Saw this cute stall selling all cutesy Hello Kitty stuff. Pink madness

Touristy shot CYK's version.

Touristy shot CSY's version.

Old architecture at Petaling Street.

At Jalan Sultan.

Profile picture. =D

Sorry for the lengthy post with countless pictures.

A reminder to myself : Shin Kee beef noodle shop closes on Wednesdays.

by

CSY

San Nae Deul BBQ Korean Restaurant @ Ampang

When you say Ampang, Korean food comes into my mind immediately! I don't watch K-dramas nowadays because I find the storyline repetitive but my passion for Korean food remains undiminished. Well, this time the three of us head over to San Nae Deul BBQ Korean Restaurant for lunch and the rest of the post will be mostly food pictures taken with Hubby's iphone. Gave up bringing my dslr camera as I had to take public transport and I'm timid like that.

And where is it exactly? Located at the shoplot right next to Galaxy Ampang. Same row as Dakgalbi Scandal. 

 Hubby and his mum.

 One thing we like about this restaurant is there are many small private rooms for the customers to enjoy the meal without disturbance caused by other customers. Pretty good for a private gathering.

The mascot of the restaurant is a pair of cow and pig in traditional Korean costume.   

 Look at my happy face. =D

 Fresh lettuce is served to wrap the beef and pork slices.

Non stick BBQ grill plate. They are using gas fire instead of charcoal fire which we initially thought would be the norm for all Korean BBQ restaurants.

 We ordered beef and pork slices which are not as thin as they look. Slurps.

 Will you please look at the variety of the side dishes (banchan)! So many and I lost count of them. Around 17 side dishes if I'm not mistaken. The side dishes are super delicious. Double thumbs up.

Sizzling beef slices. Very yummy indeed.

The satisfied me. Would love to come back for more. =)

San Nae Deul BBQ Restaurant

No. D12, Jalan Dagang B/3A,

Taman Dagang 68000 Ampang.

Tel: 03 - 4270 6344

by

CSY

How To Cook Dukbogi (Spicy Korean Rice Cake)

Dukbogi, also known as Tteokbokki is a very popular Korean dish especially when it comes to Korean dramas. Almost every main actress in K-dramas will crave for Dukbogi at some point in time and the main actor will come to the rescue by cooking or buying dukbogi.

So the question is how to cook it? It is a very simple dish though. Gathering ingredients is the difficult part as not many people realise where to get the Korean Rice Cakes or the Hot Chili Pepper Paste unless you live in Ampang and Korean marts can be easily found there. 

If you are not living in Ampang, maybe you can try searching for the ingredients in these hypermarkets: Kepong Jusco, Kepong Tesco, Hero Supermarket (Taman Tun Dr Ismail).

The most important ingredient of all, Rice Cakes. I got it from Hero Supermarket at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.

 Gochujang or Hot Chilli Pepper Paste from Kepong Tesco.

Radish for the soup base.

Onions, scallion, minced garlic and chicken meat. Remember to wash the rice cakes with running water and season the meat with salt and pepper.

Add in the radish into the boiling water (roughly 3 cups of water). 

 Then add in three to four tablespoons of Gochujang. Then leave it boiling for about 10 minutes.

 Time to add in the rice cakes and leave it for another 10 minutes.

 Don't forget to add in the chicken meat and the rest of the ingredients. A tablespoon of sugar and corn starch will do to make the sauce thicker.

 The Dukbogi is ready when the amount of sauce is reduced to half and is thick enough. Also, make sure the rice cakes are soft as well.

And the result!

Besides rice cakes, Koreans add fish cakes into their Dukbogi as well but I couldn't find any so I replace fish cakes with chicken meat instead. 

Enjoy!

by

CSY