Xiao Fei Yang, Damansara Uptown

Last month, me and some friends planned to have dinner at a Mongolian steamboat place in KL........well, that didn't happen. So we ended up in the new Xiao Fei Yang restaurant at Damansara Uptown.

When you walk into the restaurant, you would notice that the place is very clean! Even the utensils are all wrapped in cling film. We ordered the 2 soup combo, one is herbalish and the other spicy-ish.

All wrapped up

Appetizers and chili

2 kinds of soup

What we ordered

Still frozen pork liver

Full of steamboat goodness

After and before. Somekind of noodle that comes out transparent after cooking

The bill

The food was great, but on the pricey side. The bill as you can see came out in Chinese. We tried to ask for a translation or an English version one, but alas, they couldn't do it for us. So the bananas that we are, just paid up.

Thistle, Port Dickson

Two weeks ago, me and the bf decided to have a short trip someplace nearby. The bf surprised me by bringing me to Thistle, Port Dickson (used to be Guoman). We went on a Sunday, so it wasn't too crowded.

On the way to PD, we stopped by Seremban to have brunch at the market. Yep, the market! They have fabulous beef noodles there. Tried it the first time during my college days, and ever since we always try to make a point to stop there for the noodles when we are in Seremban.





Being in Seremban brought me back to my college days. We used to travel from Nilai to Seremban by train and then walk all the way to Terminal 1 for some shopping or to catch a bus. :D

After brunch, we continued our way to PD. Thistle is quite a ways away from the town area, tuck away nicely in a secluded area with its own private beach.




Turns out Thistle has been opened for 377 days only! It is a nice place to sit back, relax and enjoy the facilities. They have a few restaurants, games, a huge pool and a private area for adults with a smaller pool and bar, called Cumulus. Nice!




The room we stayed in had a great view of the pool and the sea. The room was nicely decorated and really cosy. The only flaw was the bathtub, it was kinda old and dirty looking. That's the only complaint I have of the whole place.







After checking out the room, we headed to Cumulus, for a swim in the pool. It was too sunny to go down to the beach, so the pool was a better and shadier alternative. The pool was next to the beach anyways, so we could watch other people going on the jet skis, banana boats and speedboats.



We lazed around till evening and then headed out to find a place to eat. We actually wanted to go to a Mexican restaurant, but turns out it was closed. So we just randomly picked another spot for dinner. The food was quite alright (too much lemon grass in the dishes for my liking) and reasonably priced.

It was back to the hotel after that. We walked around the hotel for a bit and took some photos of the place.

Then we headed back to Cumulus for a drink and to watch the live band. The performance was not bad. 3 out of 4 can sing pretty well. :P





Well, that was pretty much what we did at Thistle. We left the next day after breakfast. A great place for a relaxing weekend getaway.

A porky lunch buffet

As you can see, this is not a halal post :)

On weekdays, Bavarian Bierhaus serves a buffet lunch for RM25++ per person. This may sound like any other buffet, but they do have this special item on the menu.


One fine day, I was on leave, so I picked the bf up from his office and drove to Bavarian Bierhaus at The Curve. Once seated, we were served their soup of the day. I think ours was some kind of pea soup? Kinda icky, not tasty at all.


We then attacked the buffet table. The selection of buffet dishes are only a few, consisting of some cold cuts, sausages, spaghetti and mash. Nothing special here rite?

Buffet fair

And then they take out their secret weapon, The Pork Knuckle! We were served just one, but it was a very generous portion.

The Pork Knuckle, before

A form of measurement

Tucking in

After..........actually still got a lot of meat on the other side

We couldn't finish the pork knuckle, and being the considerate people we are, *ahem*, we offered to generously take-away the pork knuckle. But alas, we were not allowed to do so. So we purposely asked the waitress if they are just going to throw it away to waste? They said 'Yes'.
Geez......so wasteful. :P

Ooooh, Baby!

Sometime back a friend brought us to this seafood place called Restoran Baby Seafood in Klang, at Batu Belah (i noticed a school nearby). The food was great, so we went back again last weekend.

When you walk in, you would notice that everyone is eating their signature fish......dish. It's sort of a Teochew-Thai style. It's unique cause it's served hot with burning charcoal below the dish. It's a must-order. Firstly, a bowl of hot broth will be served. The broth is delicious to drink on its on, but it's mainly for us to top-up on the fish. The broth becomes thick and tasty after a while of simmering on the hot plate.

Ze broth

Ze yummy yummy fish

They also have their signature vege dish. It comes in a thick gravy with slices of ham, salted egg yolk and scallops!! Lots of scallops!

Ze vege swimming in gravy

Another delicious dish would be their Thai style fried tofu. The tofu is crispy on the outside and smoooooth on the inside. This would be one of the few times I like tofu. An honour really.

Look Ma! I'm eating tofu!

Next is the Nestum mantis prawn. The cereal is really tasty and crunchy. We also had the pandan chicken, which was nothing to shout about.

Mantis prawn. Yum yum.

Chicken all wrapped up in pandan leaves

Lastly, we had the stuffed chicken. It was filled with ham and some vege. Quite nice really.

Ze stuffed chicken

Overall the food here is really good. Do go earlier as the place tends to get packed at dinner time. It opens at 6, so it's safe to be there around 6 plus. And go with more friends, so you can sample more dishes. Would definitely go back again for their fish and to try other dishes.