Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Summary Kl Trip May 2008

I'm so glad to be blogging again. My hands are itchy after a month of "suitcase blogging". Instead of individual posts, I managed to consolidate the photos into mosaics and I'm really proud of myself! Considering that I can be a technology idiot, this is huge for me!

So I'm starting where I left off. THE KL trip. Besides eating and meeting up with Malaysian floggers, we did heaps of wedding stuff..and I'm proud to say our outfits have been settled. Nothing like the photos I have posted previously but it is a lace gown. Reception venue was inspected as well.

The amazing thing about KL is the variety of food there. The stomach flu episode left us weak with little to no appetite but we were determine to eat!

1) We stopped by at Du Viet for a late dinner.

My creation


Ah..a warm bowl of pho shared between the two of us calmed our tummies. I ordered a hot honey drink and AR took the soya bean drink. The soup was terrific. I was surprise to see the thick sauce that went with the paper rolls but we weren't complaining. I was disappointed by the durian pancakes though as they tasted more whipped cream than durian!

Du Viet
Damasara Uptown
Petaling Jaya
Selangor

2) I have previously arranged a meeting with a girl from the bridal forum at Fong Lye, The Gardens. Unfortunately, for some reason, we missed each other despite being there at the appointed time. Well, I still enjoyed the food at Fong Lye though!

Malaysia 1

Seriously. We had the rice vermicelli beef noodles (see the soupy noodles trend here?), Taiwanese sausage on glutinous rice and this spicy flaky beef pastry item. What impresses me most was the accompaniments that went with the beef noodles. The marinated lotus root, fried dumpling and tofu were addictive. While the food was a tad too salty for our tastebuds, it was certainly delicious. One of our best finds in Malaysia so far.

Then we decided to go healthy.

3) Lei Cha (Thunder tea) to the best! From my aunt Irene recommendation, we traveled to Puchong just to taste this. The ingredients were pounded finely-hence the name Thunder. A green tea soup was provided and u can pour the soup over the rice. We had the brown rice Lei Cha.

KL-Ho Boh Lei Cha

One thing I like about Ho Boh was their 60s style decor. While their menu wasn't extensive, the thunder tea rice served was filled to the brilled with ingrediants. The tea wasn't too strong and was palatable (unlike others that I have tried). I had the sour plum drink which was refreshing for sunny Malaysia.

Restoran Ho Boh
21A, Jalan TK 1/11A,
Taman Kinrara Seksyen 1,
Jalan Puchong, Batu 7 1/2,
47100 Puchong,
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel: 012 2797312

See also
A Whiff of Lemongrass


So here we go! The Malaysian food done! We have the Singapore one next!

15 comments:

Lyrical Lemongrass said...

Looks like you had a good time eating! I'm sorry I didn't get to see you. Hope to meet up with ya the next time you're here.

armand said...

Yum... :)
We really enjoyed all the meals above so much.

tigerfish said...

Yum yum! more yum next! YES. The YUM spirit!

Anonymous said...

That food looks wonderful. I really like your photo collage - I would like to figure that one out.

Little Corner of Mine said...

Wow, all the good food you had and more is coming. Don't worry, I will be patiently waiting. :)

Unknown said...

too bad that I didn't get to see u, theres alwiz next time rite? anyway do u mean the taiwanese place at mid valley lye foong?

Kenny Mah said...

Ditto what LL and KBCG said. Sorry I missed you this round, maybe the next time you're back? Definitely go cari-cari makan together, okay? ;)

Dee said...

Looks like you had fun Daphne. Good to have you back :)

"Joe" who is constantly craving said...

i think its foong lye..but nevertheless yes, unlucky to hav missed out the meetings..hope u had loads of fun and will b bak for more!

Big Boys Oven said...

lovely food aint it! hahahah great to see how enjoy experience you had on this trip!

wmw said...

Now, that's a funny look Armand has!

daphne said...

Thanks everyone! Will be looking forward to more floggers meeting!
Joe- Thanks for the name! Change made!

J2Kfm said...

hi, 1st time here. but very nice blog. I'd like to know how to make the collage as well. save space and easier to load. =P

Fong Lye's food is good, the shaved ice even better! hehe ...

WendyinKK said...

Oh, I've been there before too.
My husband had a hard time, cos he doesn't like it and was looking up and down the menu for something else to order, and settled for a ginger fried rice that he hated as well. But for me, I love Lei Cha.

A humble and handsomeTaiping boy. said...

KL and SG food are best. Thats why I am staying here to enjoy all of them till eternity. lol.

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