Lala Chong Seafood @ Kayu Ara Damansara

Thanks to recommendation from Meng Hon, last Sunday we (my family + Szee) went to Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant after reviewing comments from food bloggers. Almost all comments on this restaurant are positive (very very positive indeed!). That added our curiosity towards this popular restaurant which was previously located in Subang and now shifted to Kayu Ara Damansara.

It’s not far away from the Atria Shopping Centre. You’ll pass by Damansara Village Steamboat Restaurant which is visible from the main road. Go straight along the kampung-looking road with workshops around you. You’ll come to a T-junction, turn left if you are going to Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant, whereas turn right if you are heading to Pantai Seafood Restaurant. Both restaurants are equally well-known for their seafood and some other signature dishes.

The first thing I ordered was lala, of course, their famous shiong tong lala (lala in superior soup). Then followed by another signature dish, stir-fried pucuk paku with tuna, grilled fish in salt, taufu with gourd (胜瓜豆腐, my parents’ must-order in every Chinese restaurants they visited) and fried mantis prawns in Kong Po style.

The funny part was when I ordered, “猪手 (pork trotter)…” The waitress stunned for a few seconds, then she said “我们没卖猪肉 (We serve no pork here)… ” Ahhh~~ So embarrassing!!! I was confused after reading many blog posts, pork trotter is served in Pantai Seafood Restaurant but not Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant, it’s a halal restaurant here! What a joke I had made.

We were one of the early customers, perhaps that’s why our food was served pretty fast.

Shiong tong lala (lala in superior soup)

Sad to say it's no longer RM10 like what other bloggers said. But RM15 for a big plate for fresh and juicy lala, still worth for it.

Stir-fried pucuk paku with tuna. I like it! This might be a weird combination but with good taste! Pucuk paku with sambal is too ordinary.

Taufu with gourd (with crabmeat)

Fried mantis prawns in Kong Po style. A bit too sweet. Taste like 咕咾肉. Hahaha.

Grilled fish in salt? I don't know what's its name. RM32. Quite a big one. Served with very nice dipping sauce. But this was my first time seeing 'salt baked fish' although salt baked chickens (盐焗鸡) are common.

The whole fish was grilled (baked?) together with its skin and scales. The skin was then peeled off before the fish was served. Stuffed with garlic, onion, ginger and chili padi to reduce the fishiness and enhance the flavour.

The total bill costs us about RM130, inclusive of tea, rice and wet towel for 5 persons, and 2 tit bits. Not very cheap huh after the price was increased. Thanks to dear for the dinner!

老板讲话我吃面。Seapark curry laksa.

今天老板在跟大家说话时，刚好禧打电话来，说他十分钟之内就会到。
当老板还在跟大家说话时，我就以迅雷不及掩耳之势，拿着头盔溜出去了。该没察觉到吧？？

过瘾。

禧迫不及待地领取订了的新电话。

午餐？总算吃到了好久好久以前就在找的一档咖喱面。Seapark 的 Sisters curry laksa，我们真的找了很久，到最后我放弃了。直到上星期禧的同事带他去吃后，我才知道为什么我们找了那么久都找不到。因为我们都是在晚餐时间找！原来她们是卖午市的！

我吃的是中的（不要蛤）

大的

照片拍得蒙蒙的，我也该换架新电话了。;p

虽然不像SS14的会带酸，但咖喱不会太浓，所以吃了不觉得腻。滑鸡真的很滑！而且喜欢她把鸡肉切成一条条，吃起来刚刚好。不喜欢大大块的鸡肉。
我不吃鸡皮，所以下次来不要叫果条。因为鸡皮大小和颜色都跟果条很相似！很难分！

昨天刚下机，今天就得工作的话就是这幅猫脸。我上两个星期也是如此。

回到办公室，老板的话还没说完。

A cheezy and creamy Monday

After came back from Kota Bharu I don’t really wanna rice as my meal. I am not that type of person who must has rice in every meal. I would rather go for noodles or other food, preferably. But the week in KB I had rice every day. At least once per day.

So for dinner last night I opted for something else. Craved for mushroom soup and cheese. I heard that the Italian restaurant in SS2 serves very nice mushroom soup and Szee agreed to have a try. We were so happy to find a parking space right in front of the restaurant, and the following second we found that the restaurant was not open. Joy turned into disappointment in just one second.

At last we turned up in 1 Utama. Heading to New York Deli. Our first time since it opened long time ago. I also heard about the bravo-ness of its mushroom soup.

Roasted Mushroom Cappuccino

Mushroom chunks in cream broth but not too creamy. Even nicer when a pinch of coarse black pepper was added. That was the way Szee likes it. I would prefer richer ones. ;p

Beef Lasagna

Really really cheesy! Got the right thing to fulfill my lust. I managed to finish the whole lasagna! Must start to reduce my diet from now onwards.

Tagliatelle Mushroom Alfredo with Crispy Fish

Creamy! But you won't feel it's fattening. Most of the creamy pasta are just creamy without any other taste. This one was tasty. Szee who doesn't really like thick and creamy stuff indeed enjoyed it very much. The crispy fish was not dory fillet, we didn't know what was it. Butterfish? The texture of the fillet was quite different from what we usually have. Special.

Root Beer Float with Vanilla Ice Cream

For drinks I ordered Dark Strawberry, so-called "their very own chocolate velvet and strawberry". But it was not the same as expected, and I didn't like it. So I didn't take any photo of it.

Thanks to dear for the dinner. It's nice to have the food you wanted so much, right in front of you.

By the way, Chinese New Year is just around the corner. CNY decorations in progress. Szee said the 招财猫 looked like panda, while I said rabbit. What do you think?

Ninja loves pork?

I was in a rush to the cinema when I realized the existence of this place almost a month ago. Yesterday we went to Tropicana City Mall to escape from the super duper hot weather. To enjoy free air cond and eat guai ling gou. Inadvertently we passed by this hidden place in the mall again, and this time we decided to step in and have a closer look.

And we discovered that this place is selling pork burgers! What a surprise! Lately we are getting so excited with these non-halal restaurants.

Their menu is simple enough.
(sorry lar for the blur photos... old phone ma...)

We ordered two. One original and one black pepper. The size of burger is not big, you can tell from the photo. So it's a little bit pricey, actually. But if you love pork, go and have a try!

The taste was good. You won't feel oily or fatty or bloated like some other burgers. To be more appropriate, I mean 腻 in Chinese. But this was good, light n' easy. We had it as our 三点三 tea break. For those with very small appetite, I think this can be a meal for you.

The interesting part is, "it's cool to be Joe!" If you can show any proof that your name is Joe, you'll get RM1 off. Just too bad la we are not called Joe. Haha.

Ninja Joe
LG18, Tropicana City Mall,
No.3 Jalan SS20/27
47400 Petaling Jaya