Hong Kong Kim Gary Restaurant @ Queensbay Mall

I've been reading quite a lot of reviews on several of their outlets in Malaysia. Hubby went to their outlet in Gurney Plaza with his ex-colleagues previously before he started his home based job. He wanted to bring me there, but I was not in my mood to try it yet.

On a weekday evening, we passed by this restaurant in Queensbay Mall. Surprisingly, it's full house. This time, I pestered hubby to bring me there instead. :) We had no idea what to ordered cuz the menu is extremely long. I told hubby, why not to order those highly recommended in other reviews? So, here we go......

First, we had French Toast (RM4.50) as a warm-up. This is highly recommended by a lot of floggers. So, definitely we didn't want to miss it. :) To limit my calories intake, I just tested a mouthful. The creamy peanut butter melted in my mouth, wooolala......

This is my main meal, the rice with Roasted Honey Spare Ribs & Veggie (RM9.90). This is also a good choice. I like the combination. The spare ribs are delicious too.

Hubby ordered the rice with shreded pork, fried egg and mushroom (RM9.50). The taste is totally different than mine. It's flavourful with the aroma of mushroom.

Disappointingly, the drinks were the last to turn up. Both of us ordered hot milk. Hubby had egg in boiling milk (RM3.50) while I had my honey milk (RM3.90). I got the better choice, cuz my honey milk tasted much more yummy even though it's a bit sweet. :)

Kim Gary (Owned By Natural Habitat Sdn. Bhd.)
Tel: 604-6448208
Queensbay Mall's outlet: First Floor, South Zone.

Spiral Pasta In Carbonara White Sauce

It's been a while I stopped posting home-cooked meal. Now, I'm back to cooking again after the house renovation completed. :)

Today's recipe is on spiral pasta. Normally I use spiral pasta in either fruits & veggie pasta salad or pasta with meat balls in tomato sauce. This time, I make an attempt to cook in different way. So, I came out with an idea to cook spiral pasta in Carbonara white sauce. Ingredients wise, I just add whatever I have in my fridge. Although it is just an ordinary pasta, but the combination is just nice.

Spiral Pasta In Carbonara White Sauce
Serves 2

Ingredients:

Spiral pasta, qty for 2
1 can of Prego Carbonara White Sauce
2 mushroom chicken sausages, coursely sliced
6 big button mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 medium size onion, peeled, halved and thinly sliced
Some broccoli, cut into florets
Some cauliflower, cut into florets
2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
Some water
Salt to taste

Methods:

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook spiral pasta as per packaging instruction. Drain and transfer to a large bowl.

2. Boil broccoli and cauliflower in another pot of boiling water. Drain and set aside.

3. Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a pan. Stir fry onion till fragrant.

4. Add sausages, and saute till it turns golden brown.

5. Pour in the broccoli and cauliflower and mix well.

6. Add the pasta sauce and some water and let the sauce simmer for a while.

7. Pour in pasta and sprinkle some sea salt. Stir until heated through.

Goh Huat Seng Restaurant

Mum and dad used to bring me to dine in this Chinese Restaurant, Goh Huat Seng. It was our favorite place for dinner after shopping in the town. After so many years, it's my turn to bring my parents back to this old place for some savory dishes.

This time, I also brought along my nephew Jimmy for the makan trip. The following dishes are either his favorite or my parents favorite. Of course, hubby & I love it too. :) We are not picky eaters. :P

My dad and nephew chose to have "lor ark". The quarter duck together with intestines is very delicious. The sauce was not salty, just nice. This was served with their special home made spicy and sour sauce. Hmm... makes me think of my mum's home mode "lor ark". One of these days I must pester mum to cook one whole duck, haha...

Tofu is everybody's favorite. I ordered the crab meat Japanese tofu. A generous amount of crab meat and fish maw are included in the gravy besides the vegies. I could find a whole crab claw. The gravy really goes well with rice.


Plum sauce crispy chicken drumstick. I just took a piece, and my newphew ate up the majority of them. The plum sauce is tastier than others we had at other places.

My mum ordered this asparagus stir fried with sambal and prawns. The asparagus is absolutely fat and juicy and the medium size prawns are very springy.

The cost for all the above dishes was only RM44, but some other things made it expensive. For example rice (RM1 for each bowl), tissues, and 2 types of ground nuts (RM2 per per tiny plate). So the total we spent was RM61.70.

Many people visit this restaurant for charcoal steamboat. I was drooling when I saw a group of people enjoying their hot pot of steamboat. This place is still very popular and crowded during dinner time. Do call for reservation.

Address:

Goh Huat Seng Restaurant Sdn. Bhd.

No. 59-A, Kimberly Street, 10100 Penang.

Tel: 04-2615811 & 04-2615646

Kek Seng Coffee Shop @ Penang Road

Not long ago, we dropped by Kek Seng Coffee Shop for a simple lunch. Hubby has never been there before, so I brought him there to try their specialty ice-kacang.

Long ago, my eldest sister and his boy friend (my brother in law now) used to bring me along for their dating, hahaha...I was just a primary school kid that time. This coffee shop was the one that we used to go. :) What a sweet memory as an unwanted third guest.

We ordered an ice-kacang with 2 scoops of their home made ice-cream. We chose to have sweet corn and durian flavored ice-cream.

Also, we ordered 2 plates of chicken rice. We were extremely hungry, so the chicken rice tasted really yummy to us. :) Simple, but delicious!

We tried the lor bak, poh piah and prawn fritters too. I personally like the lor bak. Not like other lor bak, each roll of this lor bak is consist of a strip of lean pork. Also, the five spice smell is not too strong. Hmm......I just love it!

Address: 382-384 Jalan Penang, 10000 Penang.

Opens everyday from 8am to 5pm.

Dinner @ Four Seasons Tea Restaurant, Sunway Tunas

I know I'm really slow down in food blogging these days. With the current house renovation, I've taken a break from cooking for 2 weeks plus. My mood to blog is affected by the dust & mess in the house. Sigh…

The other day, again, we back to Four Seasons Tea Restaurant for a simple dinner. Hubby did not take his lunch on that day. So, we decided to have "Chu Char" instead of their noodle stuffs.

First, this free soup was served. It was the old cucumber soup with pork ribs and dried cuttle fish. It's a delicious soup, but no doubt, it contained Ajinomoto for sure.

My favorite dish, the Sweet & Sour Pork. The taste is just ordinary. In fact, the sauce is a bit too sweet.

For the greens, we opted for Four Season Vegie, which consists of French bean, lotus root, angled bean and celery. This is something simple but able to boost the body with Vitamins and fiber.

Oyster omelette. This is different from hawker stall's fried osyter, cuz it does not have tapioca flour.

Claypot tofu, this is a huge pot of tofu for both of us. It has a lots of ingredients. Besides tofu, you can find leek, carrot, Chinese cabbage, mushrooms, onion and generous amount of roasted pork slices.

Overall, the dinner was quite fulfilling. :)

Address:
Main: 80-U, Jalan Trengganu, 10460 Penang.
Tel:04-2818193 & 016-4118193

Branch: 49, Persiaran Mahsuri 1/1,
Sunway Tunas,11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang.
Tel: 04-6466193 & 016-4118193