Restoran Yang Kee

After picking my god-sister from her hostel today, we went to Taman OUG for our lunch. Our destination for lunch today was Restoran Yang Kee located in the same row as Steven's Corner. This place was famous for beef noodles and stewed beef with white radish but surprisingly the three of us didn't order any of these food. I was never really a beef lover and god-sister due to religion reason can't consume beef but the surprise came from Hubby. He was a beef lover but he didn't order their specialities beef dishes too. He and I ordered minced pork dry noodle and the the noodle came with a selection of either pork balls or beef balls. Since this restaurant was all about beef, both of us chooses beef balls. Our beloved cheeky god-sister choose minced pork soup noodles with pork balls.

Both types of noodles (dry/soupy version) were good. I love their noodles texture. It was soft but yet chewy enough. The minced pork coated with dark soya sauce was good too! This place is definitely worth a second visit. I hoped to order their speciality dish next round.

Minced pork noodles dry version with beef balls

Minced pork noodles soupy version with pork balls

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Axian Dim Sum

We were in Bandar Puteri Puchong in the morning for the purpose of going to Bakewithyen to do some baking stuffs shopping. At first, I had suggested to Hubby to have Dim Sum in one of the Dim Sum restaurant's branch that we frequently visit but once we parked our car nearby the restaurant, I had spotted another Dim Sum restaurant nearby. The name of the restaurant caught my attention - Axian Dim Sum. At first, I was thinking whether is it coincidence the restaurant owner was named Axian or is it the Axian that hosted the show Taste with Jason. Since we were tempted to find out more, we had diverted our direction to this new Dim Sum restaurant. As soon as we entered the restaurant, it was packed with people and the tv host Axian's picture was display in the restaurant area. So, our guess was correct, it was really Axian - the tv host and now he's the Dim Sum restaurant owner as well.

Overall, the Dim Sum in the restaurant were okay; not bad but not really that great either. The only Dim Sum that I found that was special will be their specialty; Lau Sar Pau - creamy egg custard bun. I loved the hot pipping eggy custard that burst into our mouth once we took a bite on them. Superb! Their Char Siew Bau and Siew Mai were good too. The char siew fillings was sweet and the pau skin was soft, tender and not too thick while the taste of Siew Mai was just perfect; they were generous in their pork fillings too.

The rest of the Dim Sum we tried was just mediocre. Nothing to shout about. I guess I still prefer the other restaurant nearby and of coz the best Dim Sum will still be in Ipoh. I am so craving for Foh San Dim Sum now.....

Lau Sar Pau - one of their speciality Dim Sum

The creamy and hot fillings of custard and egg yolk oozing out when you open up the bun

Shanghai Xiao Long Bao

Char Siew Pau

Sweet savoury char siew filling

Siew Mai

Har Kow

Fried Radish Cake

Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fun

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Baked Seafood Pasta

It's seafood dinner for tonight... Oops.. I should be more specific.. It's baked seafood pasta for dinner. I had used fettucine for this recipe. The sauce in this recipe was actually the bottle of pasta sauce left in my fridge for quite some time. As I had make a promise to myself to avoid any food wastage, therefore I decided to used up the remaining pasta sauce. Hence, it definitely makes my preparation much easier. You don't believe it's that simple? Go thru the steps below and see for yourself.

Add 1-2 tsp salt to water. Bring the fettucine to boil and cooked al dente.

Place the fettucine in the baking dish. Set aside.

Add 1 tbsp olive oil to wok and add in minced onion and garlic. Cooked till fragrant and add in octopus and prawns and some herbs of your choice (I had used Italian seasoning - a combi of few types of herbs). Stir-fry till prawns turn slightly red.

Add in red capsicums and green peas. Stir-fry for a few minutes.

Add in pasta sauce. Stir till all are well mixed.

Transfer the sauce and fillings into the baking dish with pasta.

Topped the fillings with sliced crabsticks.

Sprinkle shredded cheese on top. and bake in oven for 15-20minutes at 200 Celsius.

Garnish with herbs again to enhance the aroma and bake in oven for 15-20 minutes at 200 Celsius.

Final product - baked seafood pasta.

So, what do you think? Pretty simple right... It's so simple that I think I wouldn't be ordering these types of food in restaurant anymore. I can have it in the comfort of own home and choose the ingredients that I love to be in this dish. Yumz yumz...

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