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| A Little Eating Steamed Ginger Paste Fish Head |
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| A Little Eating - Indian Dosa |
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| A Little Eating - Nasi Lemak |
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| A Little Eating - Pork Chop |
" There are so many big problems in the world. We can't solved all of the big problems, but we do have control over our choices "
The 1st quarter (Jan > March) of 2026 was an eventful one ie the multi-racial population of Malaysia (Malays, Chinese, Indians & Eurasians) was in festive mood celebrating the arrival of the New Year day, Thaipusam, Hari Raya (Malay New Year) & Chinese Lunar New Year. Public holidays were declared & there was an exodus of urbanites from big cities returning to their hometowns to celebrate with their loved ones or on vacations to beach resorts & islands, historic towns & touristy places etc ! So a little pleasure for those hitherto leading a stressful LIFE, festive fun for the Young Ones & also a great time to escape the hustle & bustle of city LIFE ! For the locals, it is RTM (Radio Television Malaysia) time or in Malay language it is Rehat, Tidur & Makan (Rest, Eat & Sleep) when on vacation !
- Happy New Year Day Jan 1 2026
- Kuala Lumpur City Day & Thaipusam (honouring Lord Murugan) Feb 1 2026
- South Vietnam Visit Jan 18 > Feb 5
- Chinese Lunar New Year Feb 17 > March 3 2026
- Malay New Year (Hari Raya) March 20 > 23 2026
When eating becomes a favourite past time, do you Eat to Live (for health) or Live to Eat (for enjoyment) ! Or one should eat to live & not live to eat ! Or shall I say people who love to eat are always the best people ! You don't need a silver spoon to eat good food ! Also when you are eating in a group, this gives rise to the issue of one man's meat is another man poison (good for me but bad for another). Hence you could ask yourself, do you like century egg porridge, Musang King durian (love or hate), the hard chicken biscuits, beggar or salted chicken, braised chicken feet, Chinese-style nasi lemak, curry fish head, hot coffee & tea mix called cham ...... frankly I loved eating all these food ! In special re-union occasion with ex-colleagues, you pamper yourself with a 8 course lunch or dinner in a well known established restaurant; during the Chinese New Year, a "Lou Sang" dish tossing to good fortune; for Mooncake & Dragon Boat festivals, I loved eating snow skin mooncake & sticky rice dumplings; for Indian festive season, traditional vegetable food served with banana leaf; for Malay New Year, look for "lemang" - a Minangkabau food made from glutinous rice cooked in hollow bamboo tube !
During the months of Jan > March 2026, the following were my favourite food I savoured together with my wife, family members, siblings, travel buddies etc, striving to keep myself with good company, eating good food & in good mood too !
Interesting to note that when you are a loner, one tends to go for a liquor drink; when you are with a friend or family member or travel buddy, you form a union & talk about the good old days or exploring travelling opportunities especially if you are a retiree & ended the chat with a small eat; when the number goes up to more than three (especially the money minded ones), the noise level heightens & you may resort to agree to disagree or in worst case scenario, throwing out friendship into the thin air !
My favourite food & My simple delight
- Nanyang Cafe prawn won ton noodle soup
- USJ Pan Mee
- USJ Dosai
- Ampang Yong Tau Fu'
- Pudu Hakka Tai Bu Noodle
- USJ F4 Chan Sow Lin steamed ginger paste fish head
- Wei Kee roasted duck meat rice
- Meng Kee glass char siew rice
- USJ Ulu Yam Loh Mee
- Klang Bat Kut Teh
- Subang Jaya SS15 wet market chee cheong fun
- USJ hand-made bao
- Sunway Bukit Mertajam yam rice
Restoran Xfrens, Jalan SS18, Subang Jaya, Selangor (Friday March 27 2026) - lunch (a table of 4) with my family members in Restoran Xfrens, Subang Jaya (near my neighbourhood) after preforming Qingming prayers in PJ Oldtown, Petaling Jaya & Sungei Besi, Kuala Lumpur, savoured 5 tai chow dishes + rice + hot tea = Rm164.85 (US$41.20)
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| Gu Lou Yok (Pork) Rm24 (US$6) |
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| Hokkien Mee Rm14 (US$3.50) |
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| Steamed Thai-style Red Tilapia Fish Rm59 (US$14.75) |
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| Stir-fried vegetables Rm18 (US$4.50) |
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| Pumpkin Bean Curd Rm18 (US$4.50) |
The Han Room, 3rd Floor, Garden Mall, Mid-Valley City, Kuala Lumpur (Malay New Year Hari Raya Day 4 Monday March 23 2026) - a re-union dim sum lunch (a table of 8) with 7 of my ex-colleagues (batch of 1980s) in The Han Room in conjunction with the Malay New year festive holiday season, savoured 17 dim sum dishes (Rm375 = US$94), each contributed Rm47 (US$11.75) for this traditional Cantonese brunch experience featuring a variety of bite-sized shareable baked, steamed & deep fried dishes served in bamboo baskets or on small plates + hot Chinese tea !
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| Siew Mai Rm15 (US$3.75) |
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| Imperial Har Kau Rm16 (US$4) |
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| Char Siew Bao Rm12 (US$3) |
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| Phoenix Chicken Feet Rm12 |
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| Port & Century Bun Rm14 (US$3.50) Baked Soft Crusted Char Siew Rm13 (US$3.25) |
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| Claypot Curry Cheong Fun / Beancurd Rm28 (US$7) |
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| Char Siew Cheing Fun13 (US$3.25) |
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| Chicken & Century Egg Congee Rm28 |
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| Roasted Pork Rm40 (US$10) |
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| Thousand Layered Cake Rm12 (US$3) |
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| Deep Fried Meat Dumpling Rm13 (US$3.25) |
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| Cuttle Fish Thai Style Rm40 (US$10) |
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| Loh Mai Kai Rm12 |
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| Radish Cake Rm12 |
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| Pork Rib / Black Bean Rm14 (US$3.50) |
Nanking Street, Sunway Velocity Mall, Taman Maluri, Kuala Lumpur (Malay New Year Hari Raya Day 2 Sunday March 22 2022) - a little window shopping & eating with my wife & 3 sisters in Nanking Street, Sunway Velocity Mall, Taman Maluri, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nanking Street focussed in China specialty food from Mala hotpot, bubble milk tea, authentic Chinese cuisine, Chinese groceries etc.
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| 10 pcs Pork Dumpling Rm18 (US$4.50) |
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| Beef Offal Rice Vermicelli Rm9.90 (US$2.50) |
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| Minced Pork Noodle Rm18 (US$4.50) |
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| Minced Pork Noodle Rm17 (US$4.25) |
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| Complimentary / FOC |
Kanna Curry House, Section 17, Petaling Jaya, Selangor (Malay New Year Hari Raya Day 1 Saturday March 21 2026) - lunch with my ex-travel buddy, Boon from section 14, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, chatting about our good old days traveling to Thailand (by train) & Cambolia (Angor Wat & Seam Reap) ! Boon is keen to visit China in 2026 so I will put on my thinking cap & see whether I could suggest & give him a "lift" to fulfil his China Dream !
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| Thosai Rm2.45 (US$0.60) Teh/Coffee Mixed Rm2.55 (US$0.65) |
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| Vadai Rm1.24 (US$30) |
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| Puri Rm3.50 (US$0.90) |
Peninsular Hainan Coffee, Bukit OUG, Kuala Lumpur (Wednesday March 18 2026) - a down the memory lane visit (last visit was ages ago) to Bukit Overseas Union Garden (OUG) & a little eating (lunch) with my wife in an established Hainanese coffee shop in OUG.
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| Claypot Pork Rice Vermicelli Rm11 (US$2.75) |
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| Claypot Egg Noodle Rm11 (US$2.75) |
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| Fried Kway Teow with Prawn & Petai Rm12 (US$3) |
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| Hot Coffee / Tea Mixed Rm3.40 (US$0.85) |
Liew Bao Dian, Bukit OUG, Kuala Lumpur (Wednesday March 18 2026) - bought hand-made steamed bao buns (char siew, lotus, vegetable variety) as breakfast for the coming weekend !
Yuan Fong 7 Koitiam, Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan, Selangor (Sunday March 15 2026) - lunch with my wife & 3 sisters (weekend gathering) in a newly opened Ipoh based hometown Kopitiam (Coffee Shop) near my elder sister's home place.
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| Kai Si Ho Fun Rm12.50 (US$3.10) |
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| Bubur Cha Cha (Sweet Dessert) Rm5.90 (US$1.50) |
KL Pudu Wai Sek Kai, Kuala Lumpur (Tuesday March 10 2026) - visited Hong Thai Travel & Tours & picked up tourism brochures on Shandong (China), South Korea & Japan followed by a Hakka Tai Bu noodle lunch with my wife.
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| Hakka Tai Bu Noodle Rm12.50 (US$3.10) |
Restoran Wai Kee Dim Sum, Pudu, Kuala Lumpur - bought assorted char siew bao @Rm3.00 = US$0.75), lotus bao & vegetable bao as takeaway (Tuesday March 10 2026)
Maju Restaurant, USJ, Subang Jaya, Selangor A Little Eating (Monday March 9 2026) - a little eating (breakfast) with my ex-travel buddy, Mr Choy who was my travel buddy to Cambodia, Vietnam & China during the mid- 2010s !
Restoran Puchong Batu 14 Yong Tau Fu, Taman Equine, Selangor Sunday (Sunday March 8 2026) - weekend gathering & lunch with 3 sisters in Taman Equine, Seri Kembanga, Selangor
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| Yong Tau Fu (Tofu filled with ground meat) Rm2.40 [(US$0.60) per piece |
Restoran Nasi Pelangi, Sunway Leo Mall, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor (Friday March 6 2026) - 1st time visit, window shopping & a little eating (savouring the famous Big Mountain Leg yam rice with pork meat soup for 2 !)
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| 2 Yam Rice + Tofu / Egg + Pork Soup Rm21 (US$5.25) |
Wei Kee Restaurant, USJ Taipan, Subang Jaya, Selangor (CNY Day 12, Monday March 2 2026) - bought 2 takeaway packets of famous roasted duck meat rice from Wei Kee - yummy yummy taste !
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| Roasted Duck Meat Rice Rm12.50 (US$3) |
Gerai Makanan Kie Kee (Chicken Rice & porridge), Section 4 PJ Oldtown, Petaling Jaya, A Little Eating (CNY Day 13 Sunday March 1 2026) - meet up with my ex-travel buddy Huii & Boon for a morning coffee chat followed by a steamed chicken & noodle lunch in an old established chicken rice stall in PJ Old Town, Selangor (my wife's birth place)
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| Steamed White Chicken (1/2) Rm24 (US$6) |
Fei Lou Sum Wantan Mee Stall, SS14, Subang Jaya, Selangor Feb 28 2026 (Chinese New Year Day 12 Feb 28 2026) - bought 2 takeaway packets of wan tan mee (breakfast) from 1979 established wan tan noodle stall nearby my neighbourhood in Subang Jaya - 1979 was the year I moved into my newly bought house in Subang Jaya !
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Sin Kiew Yee Shin Kee Beef Noodle Restaurant, Jalan Tun H S Lee, Kuala Lumpur City Centre (CNY Day Thursday 10 Feb 26 2026) - a little sightseeing in Kuala Lumpur city center together with my wife followed by a beef noodle lunch in one of the oldest established beef noodle restaurants (recently renovated, air-conditioned) in Kuala Lumpur; long queue, waiting time 10 to 15 minutes !
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| Mixed Beef Noodle Soup Rm15 (US$3.70) |
Restoran Kingdom Palace, Damansara Intan, Petaling Jaya, Selangor (Chinese New Year Day 7, Monday Feb 23 2026) - the 7th lunar day is the first lunar month is Renri celebrated in Chinese tradition as "everyone's birthday" or the "birthday of humanity"; legend states the goddess Nuwa created humans on this day after spending the first six days creating animals, making it a day to celebrate the birth of all humankind ! Attended a re-union lunch (an annual affair) with 10 of my ex-colleagues (the batch of 1980s), savoured a CNY set menu of 8 Chinese cuisine dishes (a table of 11 - total food bill Rm2,475, each paid Rm225 (US$56) for this sumptuous CNY meal ! A big thank you for Rosemary who organised this CNY lunch & Shook Chee for her contribution of nyonya baba kuih ! Good food, good time & good company ! After the CNY lunch, our group paid a CNY visit to say hello to my ex-colleague, Phillip Eu in his SS2 residence in Petaling Jaya.
Nanyang Cafe, Sunway Pyramid, Bandar Sunway (Chinese New Year Day 14 Monday March 2 2026) - window shopping & my favourite wan tan noodle lunch & hot Nanyang cham drink with my wife in Sunway Pyramid, Bandar Sunway, Pataling Jaya, Selangor .
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| Prawn Wonton |
Prawn Wonton Noodle in Soup
Rm17 (US$4.25)
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Yuan Fong 7 Kopitiam, Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan, Selangor (Chinese New Year Day 4 Feb 20 2026) - CNY lunch with my wife & 3 sisters in Yuan Fong 7 Kopitiam, Taman Equine, Selangor, a newly opened restaurant (originating from Teluk Anson, Perak) & famous for its Perak food cuisine ie Teluk Anson laksa & kai si ho fun & serving Ipoh-style breakfast !
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| Char Siew Egg Noodle Rm9.90 (US$2.50) |
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| Anson Laksa Rm11.50 (US$2.90) |
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| Fried Carrot Cake Rm8.90 (US$2.20) |
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| Char Siew / Egg Rice Rm10.90 (US$2.70) |
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| Ipoh Curry Noodle Rm11.50 (US$2.90) |
CNY lunch in my elder sister's house in Taman Equine with my brother's family members (CNY Day 2 Wedesday Feb 18 2026)
CNY lunch in my brother in law (Meng Sum)'s house in USY11, Subang Jaya, Selangor (CNY Day 1 Tuesday Feb 17 2026).
CNY Eve dinner in my SS17 Subang Jaya house with my family members (CNY Eve Monday Feb 16 2026)
Chinese Lunar New Year Goodies
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| Dried Persimmon |
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| Yee Sang |
F4 Chan Sow Lin Fish Head Restaurant, Persiaran Subang, Subang Jaya, Selangor (Sunday Feb 8 2026) - weekend lunch gathering with my sisters from Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan, Selangor - a "factory-style" restaurant, my favourites dishes are steamed ginger paste fish head, Hokkien mee, Gu Low Yuk, stir-fried sweet potatoes, fried salted egg sotong, pumpkin flavoured bean curd etc
Hock Kee Kopitiam, Sunway Square, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor (Saturday Feb 7 2026) - my first time visit to Sunway Square & dinner with my family members in Hock Kee Kopitiam
Restoran Nelayan Noodles (Saturday Feb 14 2026), SS14/2, Subang Jaya, Selangor - weekend dinner with my wife in Restoran Nelayan Noodles, my 1st time visit to this neighbourhood restaurant, savoured a bowl of fih maw noodle soup & wolf herring fish ball noodle soup.
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| Fish Maw Noodle Rm14.90 (US$3.70) |
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| Wolf Herring Fish Ball Noodle Rm10.90 (US$2.70) |
F4 Chan Sow Lin Fish Head (Sunday Feb 8 2026) - lunch (a table of 5) with my wife & 3 sisters & ordered from the menu 5 tai chow dishes + rice + hot Chinese tea = Rm157 (US$39)
A taste of Vietnamese food (Jan 18 > Feb 5 2026) - my 19 days free & easy visit to South Vietnam (Phuc Quoc, Pach Gia, Can Tho, Ho Chih Minh City,m Cu Chi, Phan Thiet, Bao Loc, Phan Rang, Dalat & Nha Trang) - savouring street & restaurant food, hotel buffet breakfast ie Banh Mi, BBQ pork rice, roasted pork, beef pho, chicken rice & traditional Vietnamese food etc.
