Dining at Bangkok House with RM29 for RM50 Groupon Cash Voucher

I dare say Bangkok House serves one of the best Thai food I've ever eaten in KL. Heck, their tom yam soup is even better than my Grandma's she's Thai tom yam soup.

Considering this is my third time visiting this place, nuff' said. This Groupon voucher contributed to my 2nd and 3rd visit here.

RM29 for RM50 Bangkok House Cash Voucher

Bangkok House is actually operated by a Muslim family ( it's Halal ) of Thai descent which specialises in Thai cuisine and currently has three branches. Namely at 3 Two Square, Sunway Giza Mall and 1 Mont Kiara Mall. I always visit the one in 3 Two Square, since it's nearest to UM.

Bangkok House at 3 Two Square

The cosy and white themed interior.
It was a bit quiet then as we went there at 3pm.

The 2nd time we the four of us came here, we ordered dishes with rice. This time, we had Julia with us. We opted for individual ala carte meals and shared a Tomyam soup.

Tom Yam Chicken (Small), RM15
Julia: This is one of the best tomyam I've ever tasted!

1. Kao Kluk Kapi (RM16). Fried belacan rice with marinated chicken soya.
Personally, this was the most surprising dish of the day. I didn't expect much from it, but the fried rice had just enough belacan flavor to it and the texture of the rice was perfect.

2. Pad Thai (RM15). Thai version of Char Kuey Teow.
Julia: What noodle is this? Never seen it before one... *takes a bite* mmm... So nice!
The noodle is actually really thin Kuey Teow. It tatses even better than Char Kuey Teow!

3. Kao Pad Sapparod (RM18). Pineapple fried rice.

Kanom Jeen Kiewan (RM15). Thai noodles with green curry chicken.
When this dish was first served, we were wondering how to eat it. Being the 'jakun' us, we poured the curry over the noodle. is it correct?  The noodle was something like thick Bee Hoon, it complimented the strong flavours of green curry very well.

Kao Rad Panaeng (RM15). Chicken Rendang with rice.
This wasn''t much to our liking as it had a really strong santan taste to it. 

After all this, all five of us were full to the brim but we were still eager to have one of their desserts. We wanted Red Ruby but unfortunately it was not available ;((( We loved it the last time because the jackfruit and the chestnut were really sweet, at the same time the coconut milk was really smooth.

In total, the bill added up to RM105.15.We only paid RM5.15 extra after using two vouchers. Julia was definitely a happy kid!

I would definitely visit here again even without a cash voucher. But since it is available on Groupon, why not? Hehe :D



Bangkok House, 3 Two Square
Lot C13-01, 3 Two Square, Jalan 19/1, 46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Phone: 03-7954 9872 / SMS – 012-206 9872.

Seremban One Day Food Trip

This is actually a long overdue post which happened on the 18th of May.

Since we were in Port Dickson for our batch trip, we figured why not? Being gluttons, what's a trip without good food eh?

We had everything planned just the night before. We planned to ditch *evil grins* everyone else after breakfast for the gastronomic food feast we were about to have.

We left our homestay at 11am to head for our first stop Lucky King Curry Chicken Bun.

Fern with the renowned stall in Lucky Seafood Restaurant

Look at how huge the bread is! It actually looks like a golden peach where a
child comes out of it in ancient Chinese folklore.
When opened up, it is teared open into flower petals like a lotus. 

Us and the bun. It was soooo filling with just the five of us

I really liked the texture of the bread. It was also very fragrant as it absorbed the aroma of the curry stored within it (in a aluminium foil and plastic foil). The curry is above par of what we normally get in Chinese restaurants. The gravy was thick, filled with potatoes and chicken pieces cooked just nicely. I think it must because the bread withholds all the flavors within it, like a pressure cooker. The bun is priced at RM30.

After that we headed to Pasar Besar Seremban which is well known for a number of hawker stalls.

Unfortunately, when we arrived it was 1.30pm. Majority of the shops were closed.
*cries alongside the rain* 

We had meticulously planned which store to tackle and what foods to order. We wanted to have the beef noodles, Laksa, Hakka Mee, Mee Hoon Sotong, and the Mee Rojak. We were only left with beef noodles at that time T.T

The famous beef noodle stall. The queue was pretty long at 1.30pm.

The dry and soup beef noodle (about RM7.50)

The beef noodles had a very unique taste. By unique i mean it did not suit my taste buds very well. The soup one fared better than the dry one. Though one thing  to compliment is the texture of the beef - soft and chewy. 

We managed to find this wonderful sugarcane juice store near the beef noodle store.
The juice was 100% and made fresh on the spot. It left us a little less disappointed.

Next, we headed to Haji Shariff’s Cendol. We expected that it would be a small road side stall, turns out it was a pretty established corner shop. There were lots of customers at 3pm. We had the normal cendol, the pulut cendol and the Mee Rojak.

Cendol Biasa and Cendol Pulut (RM1.50 - RM2.50)

The cendol managed to enlighten our mood after the huge disappointment earlier on. It was really refreshing. Unlike the cendol found in Melaka or Penang, this cendol had a very light feeling to it. The coconut milk together with the gula melaka made the concoction smooth and extremely soothing to the throat. I'm not exactly a huge fan of pulut, but the pulut in the cendol tasted good. The rice was sticky but not too mushy and very fragrant.

Mee Rojak (RM3.50)

The Mee Rojak is one of the best Rojak I have ever had. Tasty with lots of nuts.

Obviously Aimee loves it too.

After eating so much, we realised that our stomach could no longer take it, we decided to go sightseeing. We decided to go to Then Sze Koon temple / Centipede Hill, which is a hill where we can see the entire view of Seremban town. In Chinese terms, it is known as 蜈蚣山 where a temple is situated.

We walked all the way up from the foot of the hill to the temple. Nearing the top, we were flabbergasted that people's cars were parked there. Call us dumb, I think we're rather athletic. HAHA.

Guanyin statue

What a scary centipede as the entrance signage

True enough, we could see the entire view of Seremban. Too bad we did not capture scenic views from this hill. The temple was quite huge and we spent about an hour and a half here. Although it is called Centipede Hill absolutely no centipedes seen. 

After that, we decided to give our stomach another go before heading back to KL.

We followed the GPS and asked the locals' directions to look for Tow Kee Hakka Mee. But it was so hard to get there that we almost gave up, until we saw the signboard *hoorays!!* It was actually located in a small alley just before a major street turning. 

Tow Kee Hakka Mee. (Large bowl)

Persevering to look for it proved to be extremely fruitful. Xeyan loved it so much that she ordered another large bowl. It tasted like Singapore Mee Poh, just wayyy better.


Lastly, before heading back, we went to Asia Confectionery to get the Seremban famous Siew Pau.

A pack of 6 for RM9.00

Char Siew filling within the Pau

We had to wait 20 minutes to get the Siew Pau. I must say the wait was worth as it was delish. Maybe it was a delusion where it just came out of the oven. Nonetheless the pastry was good. It might be a bit too thick to some people's liking, but I liked it being thick. The pork filling was salty and sweet at the same time. You know how char siew tends to lump up together? In this pau it doesn't, the sauce was sticky yet not too mushy, otherwise just right.

We headed back home at 5pm.


Here is the list of places we visited: 

Restoran Lucky (P.D.) Seafood
4366, Taman Aman, 
Jalana Bandar Lukut, 
71010 71010 Lukut, 
Port Dickson,
Negeri Sembilan.
Tel: 06-651 2392
Opening Hours: 11.30am - 11pm daily

Sin Yee Kee Seremban Beef Noodles (Stall 748)

Pasar Besar Seremban
Jalan Pasar
70200 Seremban
Negeri Sembilan

Haji Shariff’s Cendol
No. 44, Jalan Yam Tuan,
70000 Seremban.
Tel: 016 – 612 8505

The Sze Koon Temple
Bukit Jung,
Jalan Temiang,
70200 Seremban

Kedai Makanan Tow Kee/ Tow Kee Hakka Mee
94, Jalan Kapitan Tam Yeong,
Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Opening hours: 12noon – 5pm

Kedai Siew Pow Asia (Asia Confectionery)
No. 368, Jalan Seng Meng Lee,
70200 Seremban, NS
Tel No : +606-7632 409
Business hours : 7am – 6.30pm

Lunch at Taipei House SS2 with RM15 for RM30 LivingSocial Cash Voucher

I bought this voucher two months back, thinking that we could use it when we were going to be posted in UM for Obstetrics and Gynae posting in June. Finally, we got to use it!!

Taipei House RM30 for RM15 Cash Voucher.
Somehow Livingsocial had an offer for RM13 for 10 minutes! Who could ever resist EXTRA discount?

Truth be told, I have never eaten authentic Taiwanese food before. I always assumed that it would be similar if not the same as Chinese food. I suppose Taiwanese food is different as they put more flavors into a dish, making it's gravy much more flavourful than Chinese food. Somehow the gravy always turns out black-ish in colour.

We decided to order two set meals and one ala carte. The set meal included steamed vegetables, winter melon soup, rice, and something fried (it tasted vegetarian but the three of us has no idea what it is), it still tasted good. These are the dishes we ordered for three people:

3 Cups Sauce Chicken Rice Set 三杯鸡饭套餐 (RM16)

This is a chicken dish which literally translates as "three cups chicken", named because the sauce is made of a cup of rice wine, a cup of sesame oil, and a cup of soy sauce. I must say the gravy tasted very nice! Together with the steamed cabbage, this set gave a home cooked food feeling.

Taiwanese Sausage Rice Set 香肠饭套餐 (RM14.00)

What's different about Taiwanese sausage and English sausage is that it has a sweet taste to it, and the meat is chunkier rather than the smooth texture of English sausages. Although Taiwanese sausage is normally taken as a snack 小吃 rather than a set meal, they served the sausages with rice. The set would have turned out dry if not for the braised pork 卤肉 gravy over the rice. Nonetheless, this was a very pleasant meal.

Braised Pork Rice 卤肉饭 (RM3.90)

Talk about value for money! Minced pork with rice topped with pickled vegetable and herbal egg. It's a very self sufficient bowl of rice. It could be better if there was more fatty pork and more gravy.


I would say that this meal was a good exposure to Taiwanese food and I look forward to trying Taiwanese food again. Overall, the meal added up to RM41.15. We only paid RM11 extra after using the cash voucher. I still have another voucher to use in this coming month (I don't mind visiting this place again!)


Taipei House 
No 9. Jalan SS2/64
Petaling Jaya, 47300

Tel: 03-7865 9110

Dining at Tai Lei Loi Kei: Set Meal with Sawdust Cake for RM9.90 with Groupon Voucher

Tai Lei Loi Kei is one of those restaurants which catches my attention whenever I drive past a row of shop lots. It must be because of the colours of their signboard. Red, green and white.... it reminds me of Christmas. I've always wanted to try this place out but never came about it. This voucher awarded me with the opportunity to try it out.

RM9.90 for a pork/chicken chop meal with sawdust cake

Tai Lei Loi Kei is actually a Macau fast food chain franchise that came to Malaysia in 2013. I had no idea that it was a fast food restaurant where we had to self service ourselves. It's like the non-halal version McDonald's or KFC, a breakthrough for the Chinese community I must say.

A super cute door handle of the restaurant. Pig for Pork!
The interior of Tai Lei Loi Kei. Exactly as how a fast food restaurant should look like.

After ordering and paying over the counter, we waited for our number to be called. After 10 minutes we collected our food over the counter and food was served!

Chicken Chop Bouncing Noodle (RM12.90)
Curry Pork Chop Noodle (RM13.90)

Supreme Pork Chop Rice with Egg (RM12.90)

Polo Pork Chop Bun (RM12.90)

Oops, pictures do look a little bland. (It's hard to take nice fast food pictures with our limited photography skillls LOL) Personally I preferred the chicken chop over the pork chop. These meat are REAL meat, not your mashed-up burger pattys. To pick over rice, noodle or bun, I would recommend the bun. I mean, the rice tastes like what Hong Kong Kopitiams a.k.a. 'Char Chan Teng' serve, while their bouncy noodle is similar to wantan mee. So why not try out their bread which is unique to this franchise?

Ice cream? Tiramisu? It's sawdust cake!

The star of the night was definitely the sawdust cake. We ordered two chocolate and two original flavoured cups. With expectations that it was just an ice cream cup, it proved to be much creamier, smoother, and went very well with the sawdust (crushed biscuits). It's so good, I'll probably attempt to bake this at home!

To add on the the value to this voucher, we were allowed to add on any drink for the price of RM2 only. Both their Macau milk tea and honey lemon drink were very good!

I liked how we paid only RM9.90 for this meal that came with a really filling main course and its saw dust cake. To allow add-on drinks for only RM2 proves how voucher-users-friendly they are.


Branch we visited :
Tai Lei Loi Kei
32, Lorong Batu Nilam 3D (Bandar Bukit Tinggi),
41200 Klang, Selangor.

Family trip at Thai Fish Farm, Hulu Langat

Cravings for Good Thai food? With great environment? Try Thai fish farm, Im sure you wont be disappointed. Thai food in Malaysia are incomparable to those in Thailand. Nevertheless, I can guarantee their texture here is the closest you can find in Malaysia. This place gives a feeling as if your in Thailand. The employees can even speak Thai!

 We went there before dark, around 5.30pm. The main road to Thai fish farm is uphill and certain area has no street lamp so it gets really dark and creepy at night. It's probably harder to find the place when its dark. 

                                 Dinner by the river, Where else can you get this in KL?

Here's the best part. **Drum rolls!!** They serve their dishes via boat rides. How COOL is that!

Seafood is definitely served best when grilled . 
There goes our temptations ordering grilled stuff. Their grilled items were the best! 

Sing your hearts out! That's a karaoke hut in the middle of the river. 

You would need a boat ride to get there.

Dish NO.1 : Probably one of the best grill fish you can ever get.  It is not too overdone and the flavor blends perfectly with the fish.

Dish NO.2 : Tom Yam is like the MUST order item if your going for Thai food. The tom yam has an excellent mixture of hot, spicy, sweet and sour taste. 

We ordered 2 types of squid. Greedy Mode, we want to try everything. "Hiak Hiak"

We were shocked when they served this dish to our table. We thought it was not what we ordered. Instantly, we turn it down and claimed that it was not our order. To our surprise, this was the Squid with salted egg that we ordered.

The squid was a disappointment as it was soggy and the salted egg was not very palatable.

On the right was the Grilled squid. The squid was golden-brown, tender and tasteful. Definitely not too chewy or rubbery.

Certainly made up for the other squid.

Love the Grilled Lamb. It was the most popular dish on our table. Finished within minutes! That's how good it was.  It's purely well done. Definitely give a Thumbs-up for it!

Kerabu is another famous dish in Thailand. It tasted a bit spicy and sweet. 

Goes well with all the other dishes.

Above was the fried chicken we ordered. 

Hmm, I wouldn't recommend it because it doesn't taste that splendid.

Kangkung Belacan? In conjunction with cheaper market price for kangkung ? 

At first, we wanted to order their butter prawn. However, we changed our order after a recommendation on the "Samba Patal" Prawn. The prawn was huge, fresh and were surely satisfying to grab upon. 

In total, we ordered 10 dishes ( Ordered 2 Kangkung belacan ) and 4 jugs of juice for 10 people. The bill summed up to RM 350. 

Overall, I enjoyed dining here. Would absolutely come back again.

Restaurant Thai Fish Farm

Km 4 Jalan Ampang

Kampung Nanding, 43100 Hulu Langat

Selangor, Malaysia

Phone:019-260 6493

https://www.google.com.my/maps/@3.1288656,101.8020626,15z

Dining at BAR.B.Q. PLAZA with RM10 for RM20 Groupon Cash Voucher

Everybody loves barbeque and steamboat in Malaysia (who doesn't?). Therefore the greatest restaurant invention of all time must be Bar.B.Q. Plaza.

When we first saw the cash voucher, we got soooo excited and immediately bought two vouchers for the four of us. Little did we notice that the voucher was limited to one voucher per table per receipt. Oh wells, we didn't mind separating into pairs.

RM10 for RM20 Bar.B.Q Plaza Cash Voucher

We ate dinner here last Thursday, and surprisingly the place was packed on a weekday! Luckily we managed to find a table. What's better was that a SUPER SUPER NICE waiter told us some techniques to use both vouchers while being seated at the same table (our hero!!!)

The queue on a weekday. Imagine a weekend!

Here's what we ordered:

The menu.

Can you believe that it is served exactly the same as displayed
in the menu??!!

The fried chicken wings were really yummy.
The flavor, the flour batter, and the sauce were awesome!

BBQ-ing and Steamboat-ing at the same time.

However, none of this would have been complete without their secret weapons.

*Drumrolls*

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*Drumrolls*

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Taadaaaaa!!!

1. BBQ Plaza's speciality sauce. Added with chilli and garlic for an extra kick!

2. Pork lard. Lard makes everything great ;p

3. Cooking plate. What's so unique about the cooking plate is how the barbeque compartment slants towards the soup compartment. This allows the lard, the flavors from BBQed meat to seep into the soup.

Unfortunately after eating all this with rice, we were still hungry. Thank god for the refillable cabbage! The cabbage went really well with the remaining soup. It made the soup really sweet and tasty.

The receipt added up to RM49.70 (combining two separate receipts). With the two cash vouchers, we only paid RM9.70 extra =D