Kampong Attap Honey Fried Chicken Curry Rice

Honey Fried Chicken Curry Rice

Kampong Attap honey Fried Chicken Curry Rice has been a popular spot for curry fish head enthusiasts for more than two decades in Kuala Lumpur. The place and the coffee shop has not changed much from the last time I ate here several years ago. One thing that is typical of this popular spot is the difficulty to find a parking spot for the car during lunch break. I had to drive around several times before a could find a spot to park.

Really Authentic Curry Rice

Just imagine the popularity of this curry fish head restaurant. I was there with my spouse and just the two of us would not be a good idea to order a fish head. We would not be able to finish. Instead, we settled for the honey fried chicken curry rice which was equally authentic as the curry fish head. Although, everyone call the cuisine honey fried chicken curry rice, the honey is not pure nor original. I suspect the sweet stuff is just sugar.

Tofu Puffs and Honey Fried Chicken

But the herbs and spices that was blended into the thick sweet gravy made the honey gravy really taste authentic and flavourful. I have been here many times and in spite of knowing the sweet stuff is not honey, I still come back again and again. There are other honey fried chicken stalls in the city but this is the more popular of all. From the consistently huge lunch crowd, you will notice that they are really doing well.

Sri Damansara Fishball and Noodle

A Bowl of Fish Ball, Fish Cake and Fried Soy Bean Curd

The first breakfast I had when I got into Kuala Lumpur was the fish ball and noodle cuisine. My craving was not actually for the fish ball nor the noodle that came with the fish ball but was for some other Malaysian cuisine. I went there because my mom wanted to eat the fish ball noodle soup. The coffee shop that we went to was located in the Kepong Industrial Park in Sri Damansara. A place not easily located even by GPS. The people that frequent the coffee shop are probably returning customers.

Fried Soy Bean Curd

The fish ball, fish cake, fried soy bean curd and the noodle cuisine was typical of any Malaysian fish ball stall. Nothing to really shout about in Malaysia but something that is not really common in Vancouver. I like the fish cake, it was really flavourful and tasty. The skin of the fish cake was fried to golden brown and the inside still remains white like the colour of raw fish paste. Unique, because the fish ball and the fish cakes still retains the flavour and taste of fish.

Vancouver International Airport Food Court

Fried Rice with Char Siew, Mixed Vege and Honey Garlic Pork

Inside the departure terminal of the Vancouver International Airport after going through security screening and CBSA are several locations where there are food courts. At first I was kind of sceptical about the prices but when I saw the listed prices on their menu board I realized that the prices were the same as their franchise outlets on the outside. And since I was hungry and was already lunch time, I ordered myself a plate of Chinese mixed rice from the Hanami food stall in the food court.

Lots of Char Siew and Honey Garlic Pork

In fact, there were a lot of people eating at the food court. The businesses there were really good. Better than many other food outlet outside the airport. I got myself a plate of fried rice with char siew, fried mixed vegetables, and honey garlic pork. It wasn't really authentic but good enough for a hungry person. The portion was also huge enough for two. And, I could not finish because of the larger than normal portion. So, I wrapped up the leftover for my long distance trip.

East and West Fusion Cuisines by Cattle Cafe

Curry Beef and Rice

We went to Cattle Cafe in Edmonds for dinner last night. It is their latest establishment which opened about three weeks ago across from the Edmonds Community School on Edmonds Street in Burnaby. We have previous been to Cattle Cafe and know that their patrons are mostly younger people like youths and teenagers. They serve a variety of Chinese and Western fusion cuisines. Other than being new, the establishment is also much spaciest that their other outlets.

Keow Teow Soup Noodle

Even their menu seems to be new. So, new menu means new prices. The menu prices have increase between ten and fifteen percent. They are now on the higher priced menu outlet. With the same price I paid for five I could have dined in HONS Wuntun House or New Lakeview Chinese Restaurant which are about one kilometer away, and still might get some change back. And the cuisines served here are not exceptionally great either.

Beef in Fish Noodle Soup

Any one of the two Cantonese restaurant can serve up some real authentic Cantonese cuisines in comparison to Cattle's east west fusion cuisines. I don't think we will be coming back to this joint anytime in the near future. I think like most diners, I prefer authenticity and taste over creativity when price becomes the deciding factor. Even the diner was not really as packed as it used to be when they were at the other end of the road.

Pork Chop in Cream Sauce with Rice

I ordered the curry fish and were served with curry beef instead. I did not complain but eat whatever that was served to me. The rest were pork chop in cream sauce with rice, fried chicken breast with teriyaki sauce with rice, keow teow noodle soup, and beef in fish noodle. Again, none of the cuisines we had eaten were authentic in anyway. They were like packaged instant noodles and instant rice cuisines. And service were slow. In fact, we had to wait about twenty five minutes for all our orders to be served.

Spaghetti Meatballs

Spaghetti Meatballs

Last night was my turn to cook dinner and I made it simple with spaghetti meatballs. I had bought some Italian meatballs from the local supermarket earlier in the morning before I went to work. So, when I cam home in the evening, I boiled a pot of water for the spaghetti and heated the wok for the meatballs. Once everything was cooked, I simply put everything together. First, I separated the spaghetti into separate plates.

Italian Spaghetti Meatballs

Then, I placed three meatballs in each plate and poured the spaghetti sauce onto the spaghetti and meatballs after that. Both the spaghetti sauce and the meatballs were purchased from Costco Wholesale, I did not prepare anything from scratch. That was the easy part. Basically, I only have to warm everything up and serve. My kids actually like spaghetti meatballs, but I am not a real fan of this Italian specialty cuisine.

Lucky Joy Chinese Seafood Restaurant

Ginger Onion Lobster Cuisine

It was about three months ago during a snowy night that my family and I last dined in Luck Joy Chinese Seafood Restaurant in Richmond. We usually dine here once in a month and would come with friends to enjoy their seafood cuisines, especially the lobster. They serve the lobster in three different type of recipe. We like the ginger onion lobster the most. Last night we dine there with some friends and surprisingly it was not busy at all in the diner.

Fish Fillet in Black Bean Sauce

We ordered the six dishes set meal which included a complementary soup, crab (exchange for a lobster with additional ten dollars), a bowl of dessert for each patron at the end of the meal, and a choice of six cuisines selected from their menu. We are actually very familiar with their cuisines and know what to select even before reading the menu. Time and again we order about the same familiar cuisines because they are the most suitable to our taste and flavours.

Clay Pot Onions and Jumbo Shrimps

Each time we dine here, the lobster cuisine is our most unique cuisine. The other cuisines are just common seafood cuisines. And among the other cuisines, we normally would order the clay pot Halibut and Tofu, Honey Garlic Pork Ribs, and clay pot onion with jumbo shrimps. Yesterday, we actually ventured out of our normal cuisines a little and ordered two cuisines that we had never ordered before and they were the beef brisket, clay pot tofu with eggplant and fish fillet in black bean sauce.

Uncle Fatih's Pizza

Uncle Fatih's Pzza

Once in a while we will do take outs for dinner and last night I decided to take home Uncle Fatih's pizza. I bought two large pizzas and mixed two slices of each toppings to make up eighteen slices. My kids actually love pizzas like most Canadians. Uncle Fatih's Pizza is uniquely different from most pizza parlour. I have previously eaten in one of their pizza place but that was a long time ago. I know that my eldest kid have eaten Uncle Fatih's pizza and said it was good.

Mixed Toppings

There were like at least ten different toppings in the two boxes. And the kids really enjoyed the pizza dinner. We had pepperoni, vegetarian, chicken, ground meat, sausage, all cheese, potato, mushrooms, and broccoli toppings. Uncle Fatih's pizzas is one of the best we have ever eaten. On the price point, Costco Wholesale still has the most affordable price but on taste and flavour, I would say Uncle Fatih. And definitely better than Domino's pizza.