Fish Head Mihun @ 2369

2369...after watching Ho Chak!, their fish head mihun is in the top list of our makan-makan adventure.

Let me tell you what does most popular mean. A dedicated chef with his dedicated helpers at a dedicated cooking area. Fish head mihun are cooked at the side of the restaurant. The rest of the dish are prepared in the kitchen. When we were there, literally every table, in fact, almost every customer ordered this.

I wonder how many bowls of fish head mihun sold in a day...

Their most popular dish - sang ha fish head mihun. I must stress on the soup. It has got ginger, tomato, ham coi, evaporated milk and lots of "siu heng zau" (Chinese cooking wine). Prawns and fish are fresh. No wonder the 2 hosts in Ho Chak! were extra excited on this. It's so thick that I advise you not to finish all. Otherwise, be prepared for the after effect of the wine. E.g, My two colleagues were talking non-stop and laughing all the way back to office.

You can also op for thick mihun. Didn't really like their thick mihun. The texture is more like spagetthi...not the soft type.

Served with sambal but you don't really need it. The soup is already so "kau"! I like the idea of serving a small empty by default. You'll need it for the bones. Just leave them on the table? Ah ah...not my style.

"Yu Wat" mihun soup...similar soup base, but without the fish head and prawn. Sure not as yummy wan la.

After 20minutes...can you spot which bowl had the biggest prawn?

How to get there?

Food: Only tried the signature dish. Very tasty.
Ambience: Air-conditioned & outdoor. Comfy.
Price:

Recommended by: Ho Chak!

Organic Life @ Dataran Sunway

Have you been to an Organic restaurant? This is my first experience.

The deco is neat, clean, bright & colourful. Eating there makes you feel healthy :-)

Hot selling main course - Mi Siam. Sweet + sour + a little spicy. This is a must order.

Pumpkin porridge...just like baby's porridge. Simple & nice, healthy & filling.

WARNING: Don't order this. It's tasteless! Shhhhh....don't say I tell you this ar.

I personally love this. Seaweed in roll in between hor fun and stuffed with popiah ingredients. Brilliant combination!

This one is like salad wrap in the sweet sushi skin. Served with pineapple sauce. It's appetizing...very creative. All my friends love this.

Gyoza usually has meat...this is vegetarian. They taste almost the same after dipping into vinegar.

As we all know, Organic food = healthy food. And most of us also know, healthy food = non-delicious food. Haha! But my first experience at Organic Life has changed my perception. Good food can also be healthy...sometimes.

My friend specifically told me to add this to the posting. This is not everyone's food, especially men. Even she herself felt not full after the dinner. So if you're going with your boy friend or hubby, walk to the kopitiam few shops away to grap some BBQ chicken wings :-)

How to get there?
Dataran Sunway is the main commercial area in Kota Damansara. It's about 1km from Ikea. From LDP after 1-Utama, take a left turn like how you go to Ikea. Go straight on from that road, pass by Ikea on your right, Shell Petrol Station on your left, at the traffic light after Shell, turn right. Take the first turning and you're in Dataran Sunway. Organic Life is at the same row with Speedmart99.

Food: Good. Various choices of food.
Ambience: Air-conditioned, colourful & bright deco & settings, very comfortable. Suitable for family as well.
Price: All the above @ RM40. What say you?
Recommended by: Self discover

YiPoh Yim Kok Kai @ Damansara Utama

You might be familiar with Damasara Utama or Damansara Uptown area but you might not notice YiPoh. The sign board is so normal, colour not stand out, shop is simple with minimum deco.

Boxes are ever ready. They offer full moon packages as well.

Their "yim kok kai" are ayam kampung. The aroma of "tong kwai" attacked my nose once I opened the aluminium foil. Then, the lean chicken meat captured my eyes. Within split seconds, my brain sent signals to my hand to grap a piece and put into my mouth! Hmmmmmm....the meat was sooooo smooth & tender. Just like the 2 Chinese words printed on the sign board, "Original". Nyum nyum...I can feel the taste in my mouth now :-D

For the quality of the chicken, RM11 - half bird, RM19 - whole bird, I consider the price very reasonable.

The tauge there is as fat and as crunchy as those in Ipoh. Eat with the chicken...perfect!

Besides rice, they also serve noodles. Ordered herbal kuey toew soup. The herbs in the soup taste different from herbs of the chicken. It's less "heavy". Had to ask for cili padi.

I was there on a Saturday afternoon for late lunch. Not many customers there since it's almost 2pm. While I was still eating, the male owner cum chef came out to have lunch with his son (about 5 years old). Two tables away, I saw there were rice, yim kok kai and some other dishes on their table. The little boy sat down first, followed by the father. First thing the father did was to scoop a few spoons of the gravy from the yim kok kai onto the plate of rice in front of his son.

I thought to myself. The yim kok kai must be nutritious, and definitely safe to consume :-)

How to get there?
Take LDP, from SS2 to 1-Utama, turn left into Damansara Utama right before BhP Petrol Station. Yih Poh is on your left, same row with The Ship.

Food: Tasty, healthy.
Ambience: Air-conditioned, Comfy
Price: Reasonable
Recommended by: One Day Five Meals

Food Republic @ Pavillion

I've been to Food Republic in Wisma Atria at Orchard, Singapore. Some stalls here are from there...except those oink oink wan la.


Went there twice with colleagues. Here are the stalls we've tried:

Thye Hong
Famous Prawn Mi from Singapore. Fried laksa mi/kuey teow. It's not majority's favourite but some people really like it.

Vietnamese Stall
Bread => Something different. Bread a little hard but it's not bad.
Beef Noodle => So so only...
Dried Noodle ==> Quite tasty...can try.

Rama 9 (Thai Food)
Tomyam => Besides sour & spicy, their tomyam taste a bit sweet & has coconut milk. I like it!
Fried Kuey Teow => Sweet + sour + spicy + crushed nuts + tauge. It's appetizing!

Little Wok
Fried Yee Min => Compare to most food courts, this one looks & tastes good.

Taiwanese Stall
Spicy Beef Noodle (ma-lak) => Serves with tender beef. Not as spicy as I expected. I guess they make the soup mild for a larger categories of customers.

How to get there?
Lower Groud Floor @ Pavillion

Food: From Singapore. Lots of new stalls not found in other food courts.
Ambience: Comfy.
Price: Slightly more expensive than KLCC food court.
Recommended by: Self discover.

Kedah Laksa @ SS2/1 @ Alison Mamak

Kedah Laksa anyone? Here's a great place to get some great tasting kedah laksa. I call this place 'The most organized street stall"... why? Can you see the 'Please Queue' sign??

That wouldn't make me name this place the "The most organized street stall"...

See that? "Please collect your order and pay here"... Organized lehh...
I went there for this (RM3.50)...Go easy on the chili padi...
They also have Mee Jawa (RM3.50), Teow Chew Chai Kuih (RM0.70), Guah Chang Kuih (RM0.70) and some common chinese deserts. The fastest selling is the Teow Chew Chai Kuih. On this visit, I was there at 9.30pm (they open around 9pm) and nothing left...

BTW : Don't look for "Alison" mamak, you won't find one. 12 yrs ago, when I frequent this place with my buddies for our regular mamak session, this place was known as Alison mamak. Don't really know why but I know there used to be a unisex hair saloon named "Alison".

How to get there?
From Taman Bahagia LRT Station (on your left) go straight. Turn right at the traffic lights. Take the first left. The first street on your left, that's SS2/1. The last stall on your left.

Ambience: Street stall.
Price: Cheap
Recommended by: Self discover, 12 yrs ago. Also recommended by One Day Five Meals... 1.2 months ago.