Restoran Kar Long — Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur

This was the worst meal I had in Kuala Lumpur, not only the taste of the food was bad, but also the attitude of the proprietress was extremely bad. There is basically no parking space at the entrance of this store, so the car has to be parked several hundred meters away to walk over. The restaurant is very old, and many of the surrounding stores are closed. I brought my malaysian friends over for dinner and ordered mutton, pot buns, and pies. The leeks in that pie were like boiled, not fragrant at all, and the mutton was quick-frozen mutton, which was as unpalatable as eating newspaper. The sign says Dongbei Restaurant, but most of the menu is Sichuan cuisine, isn't it strange? Malaysian friends have never eaten Northeast cuisine, so they may not know it. The most irritating thing came, when I went to checkout, the proprietress sat on a chair with an ugly face, wrote a total price on a piece of paper, and asked me whether it was weixin or cash, and the exchange rate for weixin was 1.6. Did I say that the exchange rate is now 1.6? She pointed at the mobile phone software with a bad face, don't you know what the exchange rate is now? At that time the exchange rate was 1.58. I asked again if I could use the POS machine, she pretended not to hear, sat on the chair and looked away, I had no choice but to transfer the money. After I went back, I read the reviews of their home. There were many bad reviews and the prices were calculated randomly. I went back and asked her to calculate them for me one by one. In the end, she couldn't figure it out, and told the bowl to charge 2 yuan a piece, and a 10% service fee. I think she didn't know the purpose of service at all, but she learned to charge service fee. She refused to admit what she had said, and she was very capable of sophistry. The good mood of the day made her angry. At that time, her Malaysian friends felt very embarrassed when they saw it. If your restaurant does not welcome customers, just write it at the door, don't put on a stinking face, show us your face, you want to earn our money, but also put on a disgusted expression. Through this incident, tell the customers who come here to please detour, don't affect your mood, this is not authentic Northeast cuisine! Restaurant owners in Malaysia are all polite, except for...

A number of reviews on this site have complained about poor or rude service - especially to those who aren’t fluent in mandarin. I respectfully disagree. While most of the staff here are mainly conversant in mandarin, they will try to communicate in some other way if needed as best they can. This is also a very busy restaurant, often filling up even during weekdays, so staff are understandably busy and brisk. Do not expect staff to fawn over you or make small talk. They are too busy trying to make sure everyone gets served. I have been here many times and each time, service was prompt and my needs were met without fuss.

The menu has large clear pictures of the dishes on offer written in Chinese and English (some of the translations are hilarious). Food served is mainly northern Chinese (as in north of the Yangtze) and the flavour profiles are different to the type of Chinese food mostly on offer in Malaysia. While it may not be to everyone’s taste, it is authentic and very well made. In my opinion, it is also very tasty and the busy tables here are a testament to that.

My favourites are the jiaozi (boiled dumplings eaten with chilli oil and vinegar - chive and pork, mushroom and pork and pickled vegetables and pork are the highlights), lamb skewers, scallion pancakes (cong you bing), braised beef and potatoes (perfect companion to the scallion pancakes), home style tofu and stir fried lamb and cumin. The pickled vegetable and fish soup, mapo tofu and grilled mantou deserve a mention too.

Jiaozi is delicious. Perfect skin texture, juicy fillings and good size. Jiaozi is not the same as xiao loong bao and they shouldn’t be compared.

Prices are reasonable and service is usually prompt though busy periods might require...

This restaurant was packed when I got there. I went around people to the cashier and asked for a table for one. I had to wait for them to clear and clean my space. I was given a QR code receipt. The wifi and password are posted on the wall across from the cashier. The menu is all pictures and each comes with an English explanation. I ordered their fried rolled wonton- pork & leek, stir fried green beans and shaved lamb with cumin, onions and cilantro. A bottle of Guinness came with a small glass. They brought 2 based on the size of the bottle. The lamb came out first. It is heavy on the cumin but the coriander/cilantro comes through nicely. Then came the green beans. You could see the orange oil from the chilis. It had ground pork as well. A little on the salty side. Overall the beans were cooked nicely and I liked the amount of heat. Hot but not too hot. Eight rolled dumplings showed up last with some ginger strips on the side. The woman who took my order had a younger man come over if I had questions. Every table was full and their were private dining rooms that were full as well. There are 2 frozen food cases up front. I enjoyed my meal. They packed up my items quickly and I was able to pay with my Visa card. Total was 124.9 for all. I have plenty for another meal tonight. Right across from Furama. I will...