Restoran Mei Hiong, Kuantan

Just like anyone else (IT savviest) would, I googled to find out what is the best food in town. 


Kuantan is near the sea, hence it is famous for seafood, dried salted fish etc. Looking at what's interesting, 8TV has introduced in Ho Chak food programme about shark meat in Kuantan before! Having the hate of people gobbling down shark fins at wedding dinners (that explains why we choose not to serve shark fin soup in our wedding), it has a lot of guilt this time round to have shark's meat for lunch. Trying to justify and lessen my guilt, it is brutal to take the shark fins off the shark and throw them back to the sea, whereas, in this case, the shark is killed for its meat and is far off better than to let the shark die in a struggling way. Full of Sin still, I chose to experience shark meat for this ONE TIME!






Fried Shark Meat & skin with chillies
The texture of the meat taste like sting ray, the skin taste like the catfish's fat (omega 3). 








Fried slipper prawns with dry chillies and onions
The slipper prawns are fresh and springy in texture. The sauce coated on the prawns are sweet and spicy, just the way I like it.




Oyster Omelette
The omelette is over cooked, it was dry and the oysters has shrunk. Not recommended.






Bitter gourd Soup with fishball
The fishball is big and taste fresh, but i find the bitter gourd is too little.




Stir fried Potato Leafs

Ratings:

Ambience: 4/10 (Two shops, one shop is airconditioned)

Service: 6/10

Food: 7/10

Price: $

Non-halal

Verdict: Overall is good, shark meat alone is over rated  :)

Restoran Mei Hiong, Kuantan

No. 52b, Jalan Tanjung Api, Padang Lalang, 25050, Kuantan

Tel: 09-5177581

Yamagoya Ramen @ Solaris Dutamas

I always look forward to Saturdays, coz usually we will either eat out or I will be the one cooking, or even fun, we will have friends coming over for simple gathering. Since we had tea at The Bee's, we decided to stay at the mall for dinner. 

I have heard compliments about this ramen shop where they made their ramen in the shop and have their pork bone soup fly in from Japan. Without much hesitation, I know we will be visiting this ramen shop in no time!

We had a hardtime locating the shop because it is not located in the mall, but rather the dutamas (old wing?) side, opposite thirty four. It was crowded, and we were at the bottom of the waiting list. The waiter is very friendly, and assured us that we will get our seats in 15 mins time. Well, if the ramen is that good, 15 mins is definitely worth the wait. While queuing for our turn, I noticed there are quite a number for Japanese dining in too! Yea, I am quite convinced.

The ramen making machine has taken half of the shop front space, hence limiting their seating capacity. 

They kept their promise, and we got our seat in 15 mins. Without much hesitation, I ordered Yamagoya Ramen (signature) & Yamagoya Ramen with Black Garlic. The service is fast, we got our food in 5 mins.

The ramen (noodle) is cooked to perfection in the right springy texture. The strand of the noodle is not as thick as what we usually had, just slightly thinner. The broth is A-W-E-S-O-M-E, although I find it slightly too salty. Adding in the sesame seeds into the broth even enhance the flavour.

The black garlic Ramen is almost the same like yamagoya ramen but topped with black garlic. I find the black garlic flavour too strong and has covered the original flavour of the broth. 

Ratings:

Ambience: 5/10

Service: 7/10

Food: 7/10

Price: $$

Verdict: worth the wait! Definitely will come back for more!

Yamagoya Ramen @ A2-G2-8, Solaris Dutamas

Operating Hours: Mon - Thurs 1100 - 2200; Fri - Sun 1100 - 2300