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Lor Mai Kai Pau at Desa Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur
When I first heard about a pau with lor mai kai filling, I was intrigued. Lor Mai Kai, as most dim sum goers will know, is glutinous rice steamed with chicken and mushroom and is very flavoursome. It is also known as Lor Mai Fan which means the glutinous rice.
One dim sum shop in Kuala [...]
Steamed Buns with Char Siew (roast pork) filling
I hesitate to call this a char siew pau (or char siew bao). It isn’t a char siew pau (steamed bun with roast pork filling) in the truest sense of the word. I guess you could call this a char siew pau with a twist.
A usual char siew pau will only have the white steamed [...]
Beef Noodles and Seafood Noodles in Restoran Fatty Sang, Kepong
I sometimes like having a bowl of seafood noodles and the most famous seafood noodles in Kuala Lumpur are in Yu Ai, which costs a bomb at RM15.90 a bowl. Crazy ridiculous prices! So, when I found one in Kepong that cost only RM5.50 for a large bowl of seafood and noodles, I knew I [...]
Restoran Chung Wah - The better Chicken Rice Ball in Malacca (Melaka)
On a previous occasion, I wrote about visiting Malacca (Melaka) and having the chicken rice balls at Hoe Kee restaurant. It was nice, but something in my gut told me it was not quite the same as the one I had previously eaten at.
I was down in Malacca again recently and this time, I found [...]
