Hence, this time, I make sure myself visit the single most popular and opted as the best Dim Sum in Hong Kong by many people, Tim Ho Wan Dim Sum, which is also a Michelin starred restaurant.

Oh, they are the cheapest Michelin starred restaurant too from what I search.

I also had read about the long queues to dine here. Luckily, you don’t need to be in Queue. Just go and grab a number, and come back at a later time.

Oh, a thing to note yes, nearby the shop, is a boy’s heaven. Boys? Well, it sold loads of toys that guys like, especially RC cars and guns. Yes, those air guns. Man, just look at those superbly crafted guns is an art. Ranging from pistols to snipers. Too bad, I can’t bring it back to Malaysia or else I will DEFINITELY get one!!!!

Oh….look at how small our tables are!!

After quite a long wait (almost 90 minutes of waiting), finally it’s our turn. We are lucky as many people had took the number but does not come back in time, hence it jump past few numbers very quick.

At this point of time, I also noticed that at Hong Kong, it’s best to go as a couple for those places that need to queue. You will get your seat faster.

The restaurant is really really small, which can accommodate at max around 30 person at one time only, which explains the long long long queue eh. 

Traditional glutinous rice with chicken (古法糯米鸡) arrived first at our small small table. The first thing I get to notice is the strong lotus leaf smell when it’s on our table. The rice is very soft. However, I don’t really prefer this type of marination. 6.5/10

The Steamed Fresh Shrimp Dumplings (晶莹鲜虾饺） is pretty awesome as the prawns inside is huge, and most importantly, the prawns are still juicy, unlike most places where the ingredients are usually dried up due to being steamed too long. 7.8/10

One of the most famous dish here is the crispy cha siu bao (酥皮焗叉燒包). However, this dish ruined everything. No, it’s not because that it’s bad.

I din’t expect that the char siu inside is so damned hot, and hence the first bite of mine, the whole burning hot char siu fly straight back to my throat. It totally ruined everything as while my throat  is very pain that I can’t really enjoy the food. To make thing worse, Tim Hou Wan does not served any cold drinks at all, and I have to live with the hot tea, which, well, just won’t help in my situation.

However, the char siu bao is really good. 8.0/10

Steamed rice noodle with char siew is pretty good too since the rice roll is silky smooth, something which you can’t get in Malaysia. 7.5/10

Teochew Fun Guo (潮州蒸粉果) seems to be pretty famous in most Dim Sum Restaurant in Hong Kong, but it’s not something which I and LY enjoy. It’s main ingredients are dried shrimp, dried radish, chopped peanuts, mushroom and few more. 7.0/10

The Siu Mai (鲜虾烧卖皇) here, to me is out of the world delicious!!! It’s literally the best ever Siu Mai I ever tasted before. I don’t know the ratio of the pork and parwns, but man, it’s delicious!! Some little bit of mushroom slices make this even more wonderful! 9.8/10

In total, it cost us HKD 110, which is definitely one of the cheaper Dim Sum among all those famed ones in Hong Kong.

Yes, it might be expansive if you were to compare the price to Malaysia, but bear in mind that in Hong Kong, cost of living is very high that almost every meal is at least double the price from what you get in Malaysia.

Oh, and besides, if you were to compare with others Michelin starred restaurant, Tim Hou Wan is definitely far far cheaper since most of them cost at least HKD150 per person to dine there.

However, if you were to asked me will I ever queue up for 90 minutes again for my next trip in Hong Kong, it will definitely a big NO.  90 minutes is just way too long for me.

Another however, since Tim Hou Wan is very near to ladies street, I might as well go and take a number, then walk around for like 1 hour before I going back and wait for my number. A 20 minutes or so queue is bearable.

Total Damage: HKD110 for 2 pax

Operation Hours: 10am-11pm.

Location: Shop 8, Taui Yuen Mansion Phase 2,2-20 Kwong Wa Street, Mong Kok

1 particular person helped me a lot on planning my itinerary, which is Northasian, the forum + blog owner of AllAboutHongKong. Just go over her (I think….) forum, and you can ask her for advice, all for free and most importantly, prompt and good advice. Thanks again, Northasian.

It’s a food court in the Mong Kok Cooked Food Market, and finding a place to sit is real hard…..even when ‘dap toi’ aka sharing table with others. 

The first thing 1 should do at Hong Kong is definitely getting the Octopus card. It’s something similar as our Touch n Go card, but far more convenient since many vendors are accepting it. I get 1 each for me and LY for the sake of convenient purpose of KTM rides.

I also straight away reload HKD500 for my octopus card since I heard that many restaurants accept Octopus card for payment. Also, I can use it at 7-11, and best part, by paying just a bit, I can cash back all the leftover amount in the card anytime I want.

For most of the food stalls here, you were need to collect your food yourself. But I was told that they will sent it to me when it was ready. However, the wait is so long (around 20 minutes) that we wonder, is it that I listen wrongly? LY went and asked again, and we are assured that they will sent it to us when it’s done.

It’s usually easy for me to hunt for food since I am using GPS ( Thanks a lot to guys from Malsing and Malfree). Just set it and go.

But it’s totally different in Hong Kong. Without Papago, I am helpless. I did subscribe to the PCCW wireless, where there are over 9000 hotspot in all over Hong Kong. BUT it’s still not convenient at all. The range of wifi is so short, and hence I can’t really use google map with it. 3G is so much a win over wifi.

The Curry Pork in Bread set (咖哩豬柳農夫包) @ HKD48 is well worth all the foot work. The texture of the pork itself is nice and gooding. Besides, the small bowl of curry that were given for you to dip the bread taste nice too. However, it’s sweet based so it’s very different from what we had in Malaysia. 7.8/10

It was noon time and we are walking around quite aimlessly to find where the hell is my target restaurant. There are like a gazillions of shops around, making finding the sign board of anything is just so damned hard.

Both me and LY are hungry, and the burning sun doesn’t help. It was mid-October, but the weather is still hot.

The super crazy famous Gong Cha. We queued up for almost 20 freaking minutes on it!

There are times that we almost gave up for finding where it is, since we are walking around that area for like 20minutes or so, but still couldn’t sure that are we finding at the right place or not.

Luckily, it wasn’t long before I finally saw the Mong Kok Complex word on 1 particular building, which is where the food court – Mong Kok Cooked Food Market located at.

The absolutely unworthy drink. 0.1/10 (It ain’t that bad, but the wait make it so)

After that, we head to the famous Ladies street, which actually reminds me of Petaling street very well. The whole street is full with people around, which makes walking around very hard. Only then, I remember it’s Sunday…..Sigh.

Thanks god too, after raining for the whole morning, it’s finally stopped at around 2 PM and we can explore around here.

While there are many historical buildings around here, there are many food stalls around too. I just love the bubble milk tea here, and I especially enjoy their smaller than usual bubble. 8.0/10

Of course, how can one miss out pork burger when at Macau?!! However, the quality differs from each stall , and while some are super tasty, the one I had is just normal. 6.0/10

The crazy famous Kui Kee that got like 5 to 6 shops (or more) in the tiny Senado Square. And each of them is full with people!! You can sample most of their cookies before you buy, and I guess almost everyone come to Macau will buy something back from them. To me, I am not a fan of all these cookies.

While walking around, we also saw a short line queueing up somewhere, which is Poon Weng Kee Cookies (潘榮記減蛋金錢餅).

Each cookies is hand made and since they did not mass produce, each of them is oh so fresh.

However, seriously I don’t find anything special on this thing that made by using egg yolk, flour, sugar and butter only. 4.0/10

After finish explore around Senado Square, we saw Yee Shun Milk Company(義順牛奶公司).

They are famous for their Double steamed milk pudding, which many had says it’s superb. Too bad, I don’t really like this type of pudding too….neither did LY enjoy it. However, it’s so so so so much better than the one I tried at Fohsan, Ipoh, lol. 5.5/10

All in all, Senado Square is still a must visit place for anyone came to Macau. I regretted very much that I can’t find Margaret’s Cafe to try their famous Portuguese egg tart. Too bad, maybe next time.

Total Damage: Pork Burger + Pearl Milk Tea @ HKD 23

Poon Weng Kee Cookies @ HKD10

Double steamed milk pudding @ HKD20

Location : Sendao Square, Macau

However, almost 99% of my friend who went to China, they all came back and whine about how sucks the food there is. However, that’s also because 99% of them who went to China, they all follow tour, and as far as I know, if you follow a tour for any trip, the food is usually 99% sucks to the max.

Most Malaysians also complaint that food in China is wayyyy too oily, but you might have to take note that in China, they uses chopsticks and rarely use spoon. They don’t pour the gravy on their rice like what we always do.

And hence, I always have faith for food in China. Luckily, even since the first time I visited Zhuhai, I am in loved with the food here. This particular restaurant - Hong Yu Xuan, which served authentic Szechuan （川菜）is my absolute favourite restaurant when I am in Zhuhai.

Century egg, also being listed as 1 of the most disgusting food by CNN is 1 of the must order appetizer here. I am not a huge fan of century egg back at Malaysia, mainly because we either eat it plain like that, or fried it when eating lor bak.

However, the century egg here are dip with the chilli oil and chillies on top just make this an amazinnnng appetizer. Absolutely perfect! 8.8/10

Their steamed grill fish is also 1 of the signature dish here. The fish itself is briefly grilled before it was steamed. It’s a bit spicy and taste a little sweet, but overall, very nice. However, since most of the fish here are grass carb, a freshwater fish with loads of bones, it’s a minor setback.  7.0/10

And finally, the dish that I loved the most here – Xiang La Prawns (香辣虾）. Although the prawns is a bit small, but the numb and spicy feel when eating it, while drinking some nice cold beer, man, it’s good to be alive! Besides, we also opt to have some black fungus and Enokitake (golden needle mushroom) in it. Arghh…how I wish I am in China now!!! 9.5/10

Usually when the portion is not big, they will mix all the prawns, crab and frogs（牛蛙） in 1 bowl, but since there are 6 of us, they separate it into 2 bowl. The Xiang La Crab (香辣蟹）taste exactly the same as the prawns, and it’s as yummilicious as it. 9.5/10

Oh ya, before I forget, there are 3 level of numbness and spiciness level that you can opt for, which is either small, medium or big. We usually opt for small spicy and small numb, but 1 day I would definitely want to try the big version, hehe.

The forgotten dish actually tasted quite nice too, but well, the overall taste of the crab and prawns is just too strong that makes the fish forgetful. 7.5/10

My absolute No.1 favourite restaurant in Zhuhai. The whole row got many other restaurants, just that I don’t have the chance to try it all yet.

Total Damage: RMB674 for 6 person (Most of the food here including the fish and prawns is very cheap, it’s just that crab is usually very expansive in China. The crab alone cost at least RMB300 already)

Contact: 07563228229

Location: 珠海市情侣南路青蓝食街344号

And yes, this is where the famous 14 year old kid who earned the Bah Kut Teh King award years back. You can read many news regarding this story in the restaurant hanging on the wall while waiting for your Bah Kut Teh being served.

And of course, Chinese tea is a Must!

Rice and You Char Kway, normal nia.

And then, taa daaaaa, the – Bah Kut Teh Soup Version. The soup is thick and tasty, the meat is super soft and tender, which is just yummylicious! Notice most of the meat in the pictures are fatty one? HAHA!

I absolutely love the Bah Kut Teh here and no, at here, you can ask for extra soup without getting scold. Oh yea, the Bah Kut Teh here is also served in 1 whole claypot instead of multiple small bowl. 8.8/10

And finally, the Dry Bah Kut Teh which invented by the kid and earn the Bah Kut Teh king status. IMHO, it doesn’t taste anything like the soup version, but it’s just delicious!!!

It’s cooked with dried chillis, cuttlefish, ladies finger, oyster sauce, dark soya sauce and maybe some secret ingredients. Oushuuummm!!! 9.4/10

As an otak-otak lover, I will order it if it’s on the menu. Although it says that the otak-otak served is from Muar, but sorry la, the difference is too big. I won’t say it’s bad, but well, it’s something that you can skip. 6.4/10

Yap Chuan, always my choice of Bah Kut Teh whenever I am in Kuala Lumpur, especially when I don’t need to drive all the way down to Klang.

Total Damage: RM43 for 2 person

Operating Hours: 9.30AM till 9.30PM daily

Location: Jalan Polis, Pandamaran, Klang (if you got a GPS, just search for the Police station of Pandamaran). The stall is located at a long stretch of hawker food along the road, nearby to Public Bank and Toto.

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Ok la, it’s not really abandoned, just that instead that it’s a shopping mall with many retail shops in it, there’s only “The Store” departmental store inside. Most of the time it’s quite empty, since peeps in Sungai Petani will go to Tesco (we got 2 tesco here okay?!) or Giant for grocery, and Central Square if they want more. However, during festive seasons, those that hate crowd will come here since most places will be way way too overcrowded.

Well, guess it’s enough talk of shopping mall. This small stall is those that you won’t bother to give it a second look even if you walk past it. It’s only operate during dinner time, and are run by Chinese from China.

They do served rice, but you should try their porridge when you are here. Although it’s just plain porridge, but the porridge itself is very damned smooth. Just superb if you eat it along with the main dish! 8.0/10

They also served Claypot Yee Mee here, which is a bit like the style of Gong Bo Chicken. You can opt for Sang Yee, Zhui Ge (field chicken aka frog), or Wong Sin as the ingredients. The mee itself is cooked to perfection, and the soup itself is nice too.

Oh, do tell them to prepare it spicier if you are the type that love spicy food. And if you ever order this, forget about their Gong Bo version of other dish, since it will be the same. 7.2/10

The Steamed Zhui Ge (field chicken or frog) is just superb. It’s steamed with some Chinese herbs and it’s just taste so nice. I absolutely love the gravy here and can wallop the whole plate of rice just with the gravy.

However, since Zhui Ge should not be cooked too long, with the fire underneath the plate constantly warming up the dish, you should finish this dish as fast as possible or the meat will become too hard and won’t taste as nice as it should be.  8.0/10

And finally, the dish I loved here most, their Signature Steamed Sang Yee. The fish meat are de-boned and are  boneless. I absolutely love this too, and again, just the gravy, is enough for me! The gravy too have some slight hint of Chinese herb taste, which makes it much much better than most normal steamed fish. 8.5/10

It’s had since become one of my favourite place for dinner ever since I had been introduced here. Choices are limited here though.

However, I am really sorry that I totally forget to jot down the price of the dish for it. The fish cost in the range of RM30++, while the Steamed Zhui Ge cost around RM20++

Total Damage: RM65++ for 3 person

Operating Hours: 6pm till late

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With high expectation, I am here, at SS2 mall, waiting to eat the food he always put on his mouth – Chicken Hot Pot.

It’s actually a franchise from China. Someone bring it in to Malaysia, and I heard that it’s a hit when they open their 1st shop in Kuchai Lama. Ever since, few more branch had opened and one of them is in SS2 Mall.

The design of the shop is pretty simple, full with wallpaper of the brand’s history, and name of dishes. There are only few 5 dishes to order here, chicken, prawns, pork, beef and fish. You can opt for mild spicy, normal spicy or extra spicy for each of the dish.

Since the shop name is Ji Gong Bao, I ordered the chicken one first.

However, seriously I really don’t like it. I just don’t like how the way it was cooked and I find that it’s too salty.

Being absolutely annoyed, I SMS my dear friend and he tell me that the chicken is bad, I should ordered the prawns and pork instead. Well, let’s give it a try, shall we?

While being considering prawns or pork to order, I was told that the pork is not ready yet, so yea, here comes the prawns.

The prawns itself? Well, same. I absolutely don’t like it. Again, way too bland.

Oh yea, I guess some of you will noticed that there are actually french fries under the prawns. Can you imagine soggy french fries being soaked with oil?

Noticed why there ain’t any rating in this post?

Yes, I am absolutely frustrated. I rarely go down to Kuala Lumpur, and when I am there, I want every of my meal to be good. Consuming this is just a waste of the empty space in my stomach! UGH!

After complaining much to my friend, he went to SS2 mall and try up this branch, and although he had their pork, he complaint it as much as me. He told me that their main branch is much much much better, but sorry, I will not try this again!

And no, no contacts, no damage (too much damage actually), no operating hours, no google map. NOTHING!

However, once forced to have Chili Pan Mee, which is the dried version 3 years back at a place I forgotten, neither did I remember the shop name. I only remember that it’s quite good, and the shop is full of people. Ever since, I started to eat Pan Mee, but only the dried version, and MUST be spicy.

Then only after some time, I only know that Chili Pan Mee is one of the most famous food in Kuala Lumpur, with 2 of the most famous one are Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee and Super Kitchen Chili Pan Mee.

I chose Super Kitchen Chili Pan Mee due to I had read way too many bad reviews in terms of service by Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee. Only when I am here, I only noticed that their fierce and infamous rival - Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee are just opposite of them.

As always, my timing for hunting food is usually perfect. Both Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee and Super Kitchen Chili Pan Mee are super empty when I am here, around 10AM ++. Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee got 1 customer while Super Kitchen Chili Pan Mee got 0 customers.

I can fully understand that someone who are working in Kuala Lumpur who has fixed lunch hour to dine here and join the crowd, but I absolutely don’t understand those who have flexible lunch hour, why must you come during their peak period, and then only complain about slow and bad service?

Most of the Chili Pan Mee had the exact same main ingredients, which is a sunny side-up egg, fried anchovies and minced meat.

I never tried eating it without the chili flakes, but after 3 or 4 spoonful of it, it’s as spicy as it looks. Since the Pan Mee itself doesn’t actually have much taste, hence it’s all up to the chili flakes which makes the difference. I can’t say that I absolutely loved it, but yes, to me, it’s good.

It’s spicy, which I like. The anchovies is really crispy, and the minced meat is good too. Overall, they mixed up nicely. It can be a bit salty too if too many chili flakes are mixed into it. 7.7/10

Total Damage: RM10++ (forgotten the exact price)

Location: 33, Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman 1, off Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur

Contact: 03 – 2697  0998

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Again, here I present, the single food that I loved the most in the central region, the most mouth watering, and consider my top of the list food to be eated every time I go down to Kuala Lumpur, Lan Je Steamed Tilapia!!!!

This time, I visited their Kota Damansara branch instead of their main one in Rawang, simply because Rawang is just too far. Like in the past, I always visited a popular restaurant early, as in way early until I am the 1st few customers. This ensure that I don’t need to stand and wait for a table, or getting bad service due to business too good, or being need to dine uncomfortably due to someone standing beside and staring at me and waiting me to leave ASAP so that he can have my table, etc etc…..

Again, it doesn’t disappoint me. The taste is still the same, I still absolutely love it, and finish up the whole fish myself, and even LY’s one. Both plate, the gravy are dried up, with only the bones there….it’s just too yummylicious!!!!!

Only thing that I would complaint is my fish portion is a bit too big, and hence the meat is not as nice. 9.9/10

Oh ya, before I forget, I opt for their extra spicy version, while LY’s one is the normal spicy version, hence you can see that at the 1st picture, my fish got more chillies than LY’s one.

A HQ with 3 branches up till now.

I really miss those days where I am staying in Rawang, and I can eat my favourite food any time I want. Haizz…..

Total Damage: RM40++ for 2 person

Location: F-50G & 51G, Jalan Teknologi 3/9 Bistari “DE” Kota, Kota Damansara PJU 5, Selangor

Contact: 012 – 380 9391 / 012 – 932 9391

I rarely pass by this street in the morning, unless I am bringing my car for service, and every time I pass by this street, I will be curious, what is so famous here that it’s so crowded?

Choices are not exactly that much, well since it’s just a few hawker store, I opt for the Herbal Duck Mee Shua @ RM5, and mang, it’s amazing.

I usually won’t order herbal duck noodle as my choice of food, as to me, most of the soup is basically tasteless, and only the duck itself is nice. But, this, the soup is absolutely rich in flavor, and the mee shua texture is superb too! I basically bottoms up the whole bowl of soup! 8.4/10

The duck itself is great too. Mang, this two picture are seriously making my stomach crying out loud especially I am on diet now and only been drinking milk for my breakfast and lunch today!

The Curry Mee @ RM3.50 however, although it’s full with ingredients such as fresh prawns, cuttlefish, cockles, coagulated pork blood and others, I however find that it’s quite normal only. I mean, it ain’t bad, but the soup is quite forgetful to me. 7.0/10

These hawker stalls are located right in front of the Honda showroom at Jalan Sungai Pinang, and you couldn’t miss it if you are driving along the whole stretch of Jalan Sungai Pinang. However, since the location is right beside the road and a huge drain, so if you are really so particular about cleanliness, then please don’t bother to come here.

Total Damange : RM5 Herbal Duck Mee Shua for , RM3.50 for Curry Mee

Operating Hours: 7AM till finish

Location: Jalan Sungai Pinang, Penang

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