Totally unexpected pleasant dining experience despite...
Woo Ng Kee was not our first choice - in fact we wanted to dine at Xigong but was informed that they had been fully booked. I remembered Woo Ng Kee and I remember that a dear friend told me that food was good - they accepted and we headed to new destination.
From its humble beginning selling roast duck, Woo Ng Kee has grown leaps and bounds, slowly but steadily.. that they have now expanded to 3 shoplots & recently opened new restaurant in Puchong. With their big portion and reasonable price,
◾curry fish head - everyone agreed that the curry gravy was one of the best around. I could taste the santan but not too much that it made me jelak - quite balanced and definitely one rice puller. The mixed fish head + fillet were fresh too. ◾猪朋狗友 - zhu pang gao yau.. essentially braised pork trotter (no dog meat inside) but using the old age technique of braising dog meat in the past... Hence the name! I'm a dog lover ◾Ginger braised duck - quite spicy due to the ginger but it didn't deter the hungry pack from devouring it. ◾signature deep fried seafood taufu - one piece for each one seemed not enough. Good stuff! ◾salted egg yolk calamari - I've tried enough of this dish to know which one is good; and this was definitely one of the better ones. Crunchy, savoury and sweet... ◾Buttermilk chicken popcorn - worked wonders with the kids because the gravy was good to mix with rice. ◾sizzling beancurd with minced meat & egg - a classic dish done right ◾美兰美兰我爱你 - one of the signature creations where they stir fried "mei" cai and kai "lan" together hence the name after an old Chinese song. ◾stir fried sweet potato leaves - good enough.
I didn't know that their roast duck was so popular that it was sold out when we arrived - only to be told by the lady boss that we had to pre-book on weekends to avoid disappointment. Guess that I have to make another trip for the famed roast duck.
My suggestion - come earlier to eat on weekends. They were clearly overwhelmed with the weekend's strong crowd, and I literally had to walk over to the counter to place order. And then it took them more than 40-45 minutes to finally serve the first dish. That is, I had to walk over and remind them. We literally had to shout because it was very noisy inside the restaurant - no proper sound...
Read moreRecently went there to obtain my Poon Choi. , It came with a portion of yee sang as well. All for 328. That completed my reunion dinner with my family. All ended well and happy with fullness . This little know restaurant was kind of a hidden rough gem offering shunde style cooking, given a localised input thru'out the years staying true whenever possible. Not to be deterred, this restaurant had a full house for the 3 sessions. Noticed most patrons were local of the elderly kind with their families, all young or old which tells me, their cooking std was not bad at all. It's a fact the elderly kind were the most critical of patrons when it cones to food in their mouth. They wouldn't had Brough their families here to eat for their reunion dinner if the food /dish wasn't up to their taste for should important occasion As for me, we didn't ordered their most expensive of menu but the most basic yet we were full. MY dayghter did made an observation that she found their Yee sang was the freshest and best tasting she has had the last few years prior. Infact we'd made 2 other evening there just to taste their Yee sang offerings It wasn't too sweet and had the right tanginess level not often tasted at better level class of restaurant around a 10 kilo meter range. It was that good and cheaper perhaps. Non from KL come even close. Fir the whole reunion dinner it costed us less than rm 400 for a...
Read moreA hidden gem located in Selayang - Kepong KIP area. Recently discovered this restaurant from recommendation of someone. Based on their photos and newspaper clipping, I believe it's a time honored brand. Most of their workers who taking orders are local chinese, and their customers are mainly local customers also. The worker who taking our order were very friendly and helpful, they helped us to change a larger table when they saw us having a smaller table which might not be enough for 7 pax.
Food are delicious especially their roasted duck and Claypot kangkong. I believed their curry fish head also one of their famous dishes but too bad we are having 2 kids together us and they unable to take spicy food. In terms of the pricing, it costs us less than RM300 for 5 dishes, including steam fish, roasted duck, prawn, Claypot kangkong and toufu. This price is included rice and drinks for 5 adults and 2 kids. It's very reasonable and acceptable for me....
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