Second day in Paris...while my colleague is meeting up with our customer, Vivian and myself had the day off to explore Paris.
After walking around Champs-Elysees and did some shopping, we stopped for lunch at Le Bristo Marbeuf. Not our first choice as the restaurant recommended by the pharmacist (from whom we bought some skincare) was already closed for lunch.
Le Bristo Marbeuf is a traditional Bistro de Paris, located near the Champs-Elysees in the Metro; Franklyn Roosevelt.
We ordered escargot which never made to our table. Very disappointed :( In France and not had escargot.
While waiting for our main course to be served, we had to be contented with bread... actually, the bread was quite good.
Vivian had frog legs while I had pork. Both our dishes are French but looks like Chinese dishes.
Tried some of Vivian's frog legs...prefers back home's "kong poh" frog legs better.
I had pork which taste like "tung po" meat. Love the pork and mashed potatoes very much.
After lunch, we continued our shopping and took a city tour around Paris on the hop-on-hop-off bus.
When we arrived in Paris, we were (at least I was) very worried as the taxi driver kept asking my colleague why the hell we ended up in Saint Denis. Apparently it's a bad neighborhood but we had no choice as there are no more hotels available during our visit to Paris. To me, it's a blessing in disguise as we found the Saint Denis Brasilique, a beautiful church and this beautiful restaurant that serve delicious French food with excellence service.
Restaurant Mets DV Roy was recommended by the hotel front desk and we were not disappointed. Vivian and I ordered set lunch and Salman decided to go just the main course.
Vivian's appetizer is melon with thin slices of meat. I had prawns on a bed of salad and avocado. Very nice!
For main course, Salman had salmon fish. Vivian had steak and I had duck. Nice presentation and very delicious. The baked potatoes taste really good.
Had creme burlee and chocolate cake with ice cream for dessert. Yum Yum and super full. We had a great time, sitting in front of Saint Denis Brasilique and watching people walking by.
Have not been to Bangkok for close to 5 months now and been craving for Thai food. Today, as we were driving past SS2, I saw Sri Siam back in business next to the old shop and I told my hubby that tonight's dinner will be at Sri Siam.
Sri Siam is now located at No. 56, SS2/24, 47300 Petaling Jaya....still the typical neighbourhood restaurant with minimal decor.
We ordered mixed seafood tom yam, "pla jaramed three tastes" and "four heavenly king" to go with white rice.
Mixed Seafood Tom Yam
The mixed seafood tom yam was great with rice but a little on the salty side. My hubby and I finished the tom yam soup despite the saltiness :)
Pla Jaramed Three Tastes
The "pla jaramed three tastes" is deep fried siakap with sweet, sour and spicy sauce. The siakap is very fresh and crispy. My favourite dish for the night.
Four heavenly King
The "four heavenly king" is petai, brinjal, long beans and four angled beans cooked with sambal belacan. It is "heavenly" as the name suggested.
Both my hubby and I enjoyed our dinner but I must still make sure I eat authentic Thai food next week when I'm on transit in Bangkok.
The Ong family gathered at Restaurant King Crab for duanwu festival dinner. This place used to be Bibi's favourite but since we found Perlama Seafood restaurant, we seldom come back. Today, we choose to come back because duanwu festival is on Monday and everyone's working. It will be too late to drive to Perlama after work.
We had...stir fried baby kailan which was quite nice. The leafy veg is to my liking as it's crunchy and not too oily.
Pork ribs....this dish was not that great. Too much fat.
Mango chicken was great. I like the sour taste. Very refreshing and appetizing. Two types of crabs, "kam heong" and sweet & sour crab. These crab dishes are no where near those that we had in Perlama seafood. We ordered deep fried "mun tou" to go with the sweet and sour crab.
"Kam heong" lala and fried "tong fun".
Our total bill came up to RM440.00 which to me, was very expensive as we did not have any fish or prawn dishes apart from the 2 crab dishes.
Very disappointed as the quality has dropped and it's getting very pricey. For that price, we would have better choices at Perlama Seafood.
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Sausage Platter
Been a while since my last meeting with ex-colleagues from GSK for drinks. Normally we will end up in Orient Express but this time, Rodney recommended this place to us...it is run by an ex-GSK marketing folk and we were told that food is good. We arranged the session on a Wednesday to avoid the Friday's crowd but to our surprise, the place was pretty packed.
Crispy Pork Knuckle
As usual, we ordered a number of dishes to share, family style. The waiter recommended:
Mixed Sausages Platter (Dynamite Chili, Chorizo, Pork Basic, Smoked Chicken, Potato Salad, Apple Sauce & Mustard; RM60++). Thumbs up for this dish. Great with beer. Crispy Pork Knuckle (roasted potato, sour cabbage and apple mustard gravy; RM45++).
Spaghetti Carbonara, very creamy and the bacon bits gave it a nice smoky flavor. Thumbs up.
Chorizo & Bacon Pizza, pretty tasty. Choi Yen ordered salad which was also nice. On top of these dishes, we also had the usual stuff like french fries, deep fried mushroom and onion rings to go with beer.
To cap it off, the chef (Ken Tan) made us warm bread pudding, served with homemade ice cream. Really love the dessert and the ice cream :)
We were all pleased with the food and I'm sure we will come back again :)
Last Sunday, before heading home from our food hunt excursion to Klang and Tg. Sepat, we stopped at Jing Too Restaurant for dinner . We did not know what was good to eat in Sepang. So we asked around and was recommended by a local to try Jing Too Restaurant.
Sea Cucumber with Bamboo Shoot
We asked the captain to recommend their (Hock Chiew's) famous dishes. First dish, sea cucumber with bamboo shoot. Sounded great but we were disappointed to see the good ingredients (costing RM70) cooked in tomato sauce.
Chicken in Chinese Wine
Next dish, chicken in Chinese wine (RM15). Hmmm....not too bad but the portion was a little too big as only 3 adults are taking this dish.
Mantis with Salted Eggs
Mantis with salted eggs (RM18) is the star of the night. Everyone loves this dish.
Taufoo
The other two dishes, taufoo (RM12) and stir fried kangkung (RM8) are also not something we will shout about.
Jing Too Restaurant is located at 261, Kg. Bharu Sepang, 43900 Selangor. TEL: 603 31421740.
The craving for scones hit both my hubby and I today... so, off to The Teapot Cafe, SS2 we go. Had to go round twice before we get a parking lot and when we arrived, the cafe was already crowded. Waited a while before we get a table.
Earl Grey Tea
We ordered the Devonshire set which comes with a pot of English tea, sandwiches, scones and a piece of cake, and I topped it up with additional piece of mini Chicken pie.
Devonshire Set + mini chicken pie
The Dovenshire set is good for two and cost RM19.90.
Tuna Sandwiches
The tuna sandwiches were awesome. Lots of fillings. Love the sandwiches.
Awesome Scones
The scones are served with clotted cream and strawberry jam. Super delicious. Really love the scones and would come back for more :)
The Tiramisu cake and the mini chicken pie is not so great. Was a little disappointed with the quality of the chicken pie. It used to be very tasty but not anymore.
Overall, my hubby and I had a great afternoon eventhough the Tiramisu cake and the mini chicken pie were not up to our expectation.
The Teapot Cafe is located at 169 Jalan SS 2/24 47300 Petaling Jaya, TEL: 03-7875-3024