Su Ok San Korea BBQ Restaurant - One Avenue Ampang

If you are making a visit to “Little Korea” in Ampang, make your way to Su Ok San, one of the many Korean restaurants there. The restaurant is run by Koh Wi-Hwan and his family. Food is genuine (when we were there, there are many Koreans taking their lunch), service is efficient and there is an air of friendliness in the place.

Address: B6-G Jalan Ampang Utama 2/2, One Ampang Avenue, 68000 Ampang, Selangor
Tel: 603 4257 3668, 016 6695001 (Koh Wi-Hwan)

Email: kwiwhan2001@hanmail.net

Business hours: 9.30am to 10.30pm

Close: Open every day

Payment: Cash, Visa, MasterCard



They serves a wide range of traditional dishes that have made Korean food famous, like its beef and octopus stew, the BBQ meats like bul go gi and a wide set of condiments including kim chi and their specialities are:

· Beef and octopus stew (bul nak jeon gol)

· BBQ beef marinated with soy sauces served with vegetables (bul go gi)

· Steamed rice with vegetables and minced beef served with hot chili sauce in a stone pot (dol sot bi bim ba)

· Traditional kim chi and pork belly soup (kim chi chi gae)

· Korean pancake with spring onions and seafood (hae mul pah jeo)

· Boiled beef rib soup (gal bi tang)
· Korean glutinous noodles in cold beef soup (mul naeng meon)
· Boiled grouper in hot pot soup (mae un tang)

· Ginseng chicken in a soup (sam gae tang)

Kin Chi with Pork Belly Soup

Alvin and I ordered the traditional kim chi and pork belly soup with BBQ beef. 

Seafood Kim Chi Soup

Tan ordered traditional kim chi with seafood soup and set comes with BBQ beef too.

BBQ Beef

The pork belly soup and the dainty BBQ beef are very tasty. I finished Tan's portion too as he does not eat beef :)

Side Dishes

Lunch was served with a table full of side dishes; chinese cabbage kim chi, chives kim chi, radish kim chi, potatoes, bean sprouts, spinach, brinjals, fried long beans, fish cakes and mini korean pancake. There were just too much food for the three of us.

Out total bill came up to RM60.00 (no sales or service tax) including rice and ice water. If we have more time, we would have tried the BBQ.

Restorant Orchard View Yong Tau Foo - Ampang Baru

Restorant Orchard View Yong Tau Foo is located  at 621 Jalan Merdeka, Ampang Baru, Ampang, 68000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Malaysia
GPS Coordinates: N 3 8.6655 E 101 45.82152
Telephone: 0342917808
Business hours: Daily from 8.00am to 5.00pm.
Close: Alternate Wednesdays (except public holidays)

ORCHARD VIEW Yong Tau Foo is one of three shops in Ampang Baru that makes Ampang famous for yong tau foo. Started at a house in the late 1970s, Orchard View moved to its present location in 1986. The restaurant is run by Daniel Hoh and his mother, Chuah Sew Hung.

We tried some of their specialties...

Yong Tau Foo



Fried Sui Kow

Yong tau foo including white soft tau foo (bean curd), sui kow (dumplings in soup and fried), various vegetables (bitter gourd, ladies' fingers, red chili, green chili and brinjal) with fillings and fish balls. For our party of 4, we ordered 30 pieces, a mixture of everything.
 

Paper Wrapped Chicken

 Paper wrapped chicken (chee pau kai in Cantonese) - we ordered 2 pieces, one for Tan and one for myself. The chicken which is wrapped inside tracing paper remained tender and juicy.

Nan Yu Vegetarian Dish

We also try out their Nan Yu Vegetarian dish - cabbage, mok yu, red dates, foo chok and glass noodles cooked in Nan Yu. I must say it is really delicious.

Apart from Yong Tau Foo and their other speciliaties, they also serve assam laksa, curry laksa and many other dishes.

Our total bill for 4 pax came up to RM47.00 including drinks. I'll try their assam laksa the next time I visit as many people eating it. Looks delicious and smell great too.

Fish Head Noodles - May Mey Gourmet Seafood Restaurant

May Mey Gourmet Seafood Restaurant is a seafood restaurant by night but during the day, there is a stall in this restaurant that sells delicious fish head noodles and Fook Chow fish ball noodles.

May Mey Gourmet Seafood Restaurant is located in Kuala Ampang, before Mei Keng Fatt Seafood Restaurant. During a hot day, the restaurant is super hot even though there are fans running at full speed but you will still see the lunch crowd.


Fish Head Noodles in Milky Soup

The fish head noodles comes in milky soup as well as in Tom Yum soup. I've tried both variations but my preferred choice is still with the milky soup.

You may request for the lady boss to use crispy fish head or crispy fish meat if you do not fancy fish head. If you don't like the crispy version, you can also request for the non-fried version of fish meat. You can also request for Fook Chow or normal fish balls to be added too.

Fish Head Noodles with Fish Balls

Mine is always crispy fish meat with normal fish balls as I want the best of both worlds.

The fish head noodles is served with separate add-ons like 'tong choi" and sambal belacan with lime. If you like chilli padi, you may request for it. I normally take mine with sambal belacan and chilli padi but I will skip the "tong choi".

Most time, we will end up soaking in sweat due to the heat but very happy because of the delicious bowl of noodles :)

Parklin Vegetarian Food Stall - PJ

Parklin Vegetarian Food Stall is located at Atria Food Court, Jalan SS22/21, Damansara Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Open for lunch only and closed on Sundays unless if it's the 1st day or 15th day of the Chinese calendar.

Fried Noodles with Char Siew and
Deep Fried Oyster Mushroom

My husband and I would normally go for vegetarian brunch on Saturdays at Parklin Vegetarian Food Stall.

Parklin Vegetarian Food Stall is run by a mother and son team. They serve a wide selection of tasty and economy vegetarian dishes including vegetarian Bak Kut Teh.

My hubby's favorite is fried noodles with chai char siew and deep fried oyster mushroom.

Brown Rice with Veg Curry and
Char Siew

Mine is always brown rice (they offer white rice too) with the mixed vegetable (cabbage, long beans, potatoes and tau foo pok) curry and chai char siew.

Their vegetarian pig's trotter in vinegar is equally delicious.

Sun Ming Restaurant @ Taman Connaught

Sun Ming Restaurant is located at 137, Jalan Sarjana, Taman Connaught, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 603-9133-2151
Closed on Tuesdays.


Siew Yok and Char Siew

This place is famous for their roast duck and char siew (BBQ Pork). Lunch time is always pack and long queue for take-aways. Best time to visit is around 11am when the roasted meats are ready and delivered piping hot to the counter.
 

Roast Chicken

 We ordered "yau fun" (oily rice), siew yok (roast pork), char siew (BBQ Pork), cheong (roast pig's intestine), roast chicken and "suen lat choy" (sour and spicy vegetables).  

Roast Pig's Intestine

Thumbs up for all the dishes but my favourite dish is still the char siew. The roast pork is not too bad too but the BBQ pork is simply marvelous, melts in the mouth and not too sweet. 



Suen Lat Choy

The suen lat choy (sour and spicy vegetables) gets it name from the sourness of the tamarind juice and the spiciness of the dried chillies that are added to the soup. The other key ingredients are of course the left-over meat (pork/chicken) or chicken parts (e.g. the neck and bones) and "tua chai" (mustard green).

We left the place with a big smile on our face. Total bill came up to RM79.00 including drinks and an additional plate of char siew. 

Food Foundry - Happy Mansion PJ

FOOD FOUNDRY by Asianage Holdings S/B is located at BG-8, Happy Mansion, Jalan 17/13, 46400 Petaling Jaya, Tel : 603-79553885



Vanilla Melli Crepe

I've passed by Food Foundry many times but never thought of dining at this place until last Sunday when my niece bought me the Vanilla Melli Crepe and Chocolate Melli Crepe while we were waiting for our dinner at 6 to 10 Grill and Nasi Lemak place.



Chocolate Melli Crepe

  I simply fall in love with the Vanilla Mille Crepe. Each mouthful is a heavenly. Will definitely go back for more.

Lerk Thai - Setiawangsa Jusco AU2

Lerk thai offers a bountiful mix of authentic palace cuisine, hybrid fusion dishes and street food. With the plethora of dips and pastes used in their cuisine, food lovers can now explore a wider selection of culinary delights at Lerk Thai.

Located at Setiawangsa Jusco AU2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 54200 TEL: 6016 210 0162, it is the nearest mall/Thai restaurant from my office and since KH wanted to go to the mall to draw cash, we decided to take lunch at Lerk thai AU2.

We ordered the set lunch menu for 4 person (RM79.90++) with comes with Tom Yum Seafood Clear Soup, Special Prawn Cake, Stir Fried Beef with Basil Leaf, Crispy Omelet with Crab meat, Fried Kangkung Belacan and white rice.

Tom Yum Seafood Clear Soup

The Tom Yum Seafood Clear Soup is cooked with lots of lemon grass. It served in individual bowl. Quite tasty but I still prefer the spicy Tom Yum soup.

Prawn Cake

The special Prawn Cake is great, especially if it's dipped with Thai chilli sauce and taken together with the shredded cabbage and carrot.

Stir Fried Beef with Basil Leaf

Simply love the Stir Fried Beef with Basil Leaf. Unfortunately KH does not eat beef :( Ernest and I had to clear this dish.

KangKung Belacan

The Kangkung Belacan is crunchy and not too spicy or salty. The Crab meat Omelet is also not too bad even though I could hardly see any crab meat.

Crispy Omelet with Crab Meat

Nice quite and air-conditioned place for lunch. Overall food was quite nice but a bit pricey as the dishes are simple dishes.

Lemon Grass Drink

Try the lemon grass drink. Apparently it's a good cleanser that helps to detoxify the liver, pancreas, kidney, bladder and the digestive tract. It is said to cut down uric acid, cholesterol, excess fats and other toxins in the body while stimulating digestion, blood circulation and lactation. Not sure about it's medical value but I simply love the drink.