If you enjoy nutritious and clear soups, one place that I would like to recommend is The Zun Express at Mid Valley. The Zun Express is part of the Eu Yan Sang group and they are located right next to Eu Yan Sang shop on the lower ground floor of The Gardens, Mid Valley.

The restaurant is always packed with people and just once after we tried it, we’ve also been consistently going there to eat most of the time when we are in Mid Valley.

The reason is that the attraction for us are the soups. They are various nutritious soups offered at very reasonable prices, between RM8 to RM12 per portion and it is good for at least 2 persons to share if not 3. When you order the soup, you will also be given a portion of rice and this is how I actually like to have it. Just plain soup with rice will make a very satisfying meal for me.

Other than the soups, they also offer a variety of noodles. So far I’ve tried several of the noodle dishes but my favourite there is still their Hokkien noodle. If you take a look around, most patrons tend to order a portion of the Hokkien noodle to share if not as an a la carte main course for themselves. It’s definitely one of the better ones you can find in a shopping mall.

As the foods served there are presented in a rather clear and simple manner, it somewhat gives me the impression of healthy home-cooked meals. Whether or not there’s MSG in there, I don’t know but it just seems like pretty healthy cooking since I don’t see excessive oils being used and the taste is not overly tasty. Whether real or imagined, at least when eating there we psychologically feel we’re not in need of things like Lipovox to burn off the fats even after downing an entire bowl of noodles.

If you aren’t weight-watchers, after your hearty meal there, you may want to treat yourself to some desserts. They have some simple ones like gwai ling kao, honey dew sago, mango pudding, etc. We’ve ordered them before but I’ve not tried any as I’m not a sweet-tooth person. But I did see some nods of approvals from those who slurped every spoonful of it. Even my son enjoyed the mango pudding and honey dew sago.

As for drinks, our favourite is their Rooibos tea. We’ve always ordered the same thing each time. It comes in a pot and it can be refilled so it’s good to share it if everybody agrees to a good and hot pot of tea.

In summary, I would recommend The Zun Express as the food are not only satisfactory to us, the prices are also rather reasonable. If you are a member of Eu Yan Sang, just present the card and you will get a 10% discount.

I’ve also read reviews of a similar chain restaurant in the heart of KL called The Zun Kitchenette where they offer more varieties of food and is also under the same umbrella of the Eu Yan Sang group. Perhaps I will try that place out if I’m in the area.

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Yesterday I had lunch with a friend at Oriental Maju Palace. We ordered dim sum as they are famous for their dim sum dishes. We’ve been there a couple of times now but I kept forgetting to write about it. And oh, sorry no pictures to show because the food was always so irristible that we digged in immediately when the food was served.

What I like about the restaurant is that the variety of food they serve is quite varied and the choices are pretty different from other dim sum restaurants. Usually when I go for dim sum, I often enjoy the steam dumplings more than the fried stuff. But at Oriental Maju Place, I really enjoyed some of the friend foods they have. I don’t remember the names though.

One of my favourites is a deep friend dumpling with mango. Another is deep fried cheong fun that comes with a steamed layer on the outside, served with some vinegar chilli sauce with onions. Yummy!

If I remember correctly, we ordered about 5 items to be shared amongst the two of us, and 3 out of 5 items were fried stuff. Couldn’t resist them, although I felt really unhealthy afterwards! Luckily I’m not a diet freak or else all the oily food would have to be offset with some best diet pills to be taken for weeks!

If you’ve never tried the dim sum at Oriental Maju Palace, do give it a try. It’s located on the 5th floor of Maju Junction in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Go have a feast!

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I happen to be at Tropicana City Mall one afternoon looking for a decent place for a quick bite at lunch time. Then I came across a small burger outlet called Ninja Joe. Ninja Joe serves pork burgers so it is definitely non-halal. No other burgers if you are hoping for more variety.

The way to order the burgers is a little different from what we are used to at McDonald’s or Burger King outlets. Instead of value meals, you order the burgers in the quantities you want, followed by add-ons like fries and drinks to make it a meal set. The burgers on the menu come in single, double, and more servings. There were two of us at the time so we ordered double ninja burgers with a side of fries and lime juice.

Also, you get to choose from different flavours available. I don’t remember what the selection was like, but we ordered both the burgers in Teppanyaki sauce. There’s also a notice on the order counter that says that no MSG is used in the preparation of the burgers.

Closer look at the pork burger with some salad topping

Each burger costs about RM5.90. Of course, they try to work on an economy of scale basis, so the more burgers you order, the cheaper per burger it works out to. Well, a couple of cents cheaper, that is.

How did I find Ninja Joe? Well, not that impressed really. The burgers were a little small in serving if you ask me. Taste wise, it was a little strange for my taste bud. The stuff that I did enjoy was the large and thick fries and the lime juice. A pity that the side dishes were better than the main course itself. But maybe that’s just me. If you have tried it, do share your opinion and feedback.

We did think that maybe the double ninja burgers were meant for one person’s serving instead of one burger each to fill the stomach satisfactorily. But I can’t really imagine eating two of those burgers. Kinda fattening and it makes me feel like a glutton eating two burgers in one sitting! Definitely not the kind of food that will agree with someone who’s on a quick weight loss diet!

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But then again there must be people who find the egg tarts to be good, otherwise John King outlets won’t be mushrooming around town. Furthermore, the prices of the egg tarts aren’t exactly cheap, but still it’s surviving and growing in franchise. They must be doing something right.

I personally enjoy some mini egg tarts that used to be available in PJ’s New Town or State. There’s a coffee shop in the corner where a man slowly bakes the tarts and the queue is usually quite long due to the tarts being freshly baked. The pastry is really soft and buttery, which I find a lot more yummy compared to John King’s.

However, the man no longer sells egg tarts in that coffee shop. Not sure if he’s moved or he decided to close the business. If it’s the latter, it’s really quite a waste. It’s so good that I can eat tart after tart! I ate a lot of them during my pregnancy and luckily I didn’t balloon up then, otherwise I would need the best weight loss supplement to help me get rid of those layers!

What are some of your favourite places when it comes to egg tarts? Many people recommend the shop in Jalan Pudu too. I’ve been there once but have forgotten how to go there now…what a pity

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Lately I haven’t been doing much food or restaurant reviews. The truth is that I haven’t been bringing my camera with me when we go out, so there are no pictures to show even though the places I tried are pretty good. And as you know, a picture paints a thousand words, so I thought without the pictures, I wasn’t going to do much justice to them.

I’ve missed writing about food so I will write about a few that I tried in the last couple of weeks. But they are all related to pan mee because it’s one of my top favourite food  I can eat it day after day!

Last week I met a friend for lunch in town and she suggested that we go for chilli pan mee. The so-called original restaurant offering chilli pan mee is Restoran Kin Kin, off Jalan TAR in Kuala Lumpur. But that place is always packed not to mention pretty hot. So my friend suggested we go to the one a few doors away on the opposite site, which is called Restoran Super Kitchen.

Apparently this restaurant has a few outlets in KlangValley. I didn’t even know that. It was my first time trying their chilli pan mee then and I found that it’s just as good as the Kin Kin one. The additional plus point of Super Kitchen is that it is air conditioned! Well it’s not exactly very cooling since they operate with the doors opened, but it is much cooler and lots more comfortable on a hot afternoon They too offer all sorts of different types of pan mee. I think the next time I’m there I will try the other types.

I also like the kedondong juice that they serve there. Very refreshing and appetizing. After finishing the entire bowl of pan mee and that wonderful juice, I was actually feeling just nice and not totally full yet! I think it’s because I was really hungry then. But luckily I didn’t order anymore, because not long after that I felt really full and sleepy from that lunch!

One other place that I enjoy pan mee is the one at Ikano Power Center. I’ve forgotten what it’s called but it’s located on the lower ground floor where all the eateries are. It’s a small little outlet and if you are not paying attention, you may just miss it. There’re a few different types of pan mee available, from the normal soup and dry ones to sichuan style pan mee. Give them all a try, it’s rather interesting. But me, being a boring person, I normally just go for the conventional type which is just the plain soup one.

In Damansara Perdana, there’s also another pan mee shop called Face To Face. That one is ok, nothing I would say to be overly fantastic. It’s a place that can satisfy my pan mee cravings if I’m in the area and want to go for pan mee. But then again, I haven’t really tried the different types that they have there, only the normal soup on and I find it just so-so.

Do you know of some good pan mee places? I will definitely go try them if you share with me. I’m a pan mee freak! If I keep eating pan mee like this, which is loaded with nothing but carbs, I’ll have to soon go for foods that burn fat! But never mind, eat first, worry later…so tell me, which places have good pan mee?

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