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If you are craving for dim sum at the oddest hour, maybe you can try out Yen Yen A One Dim Sum situated at Old Klang Road. 

It opens 24 hours all day long and serves a handful of dim sum with just RM 3 per basket. How cool is that!

This is the best place to visit when you are having a low budget but still wants your Siew Mai craving fix.. 

The service was fast but you might need to wait a little as they only heat up the dimsum once you ordered.

Hong Kong style Siew Mai

 I wanted to try out more dimsum but too bad there's just two of us so we ended up having 9 types of dimsum in total.
The taste was above storebought/ night market dimsum but lower than regular dim sum shop. 
Enough to satisfy your craving but not to say mind blowing. Certainly can't complained with the price we were paying.

Hong Kong style will always be my favourite!

The Royal Siew Mai was similar to hongkong style siew mai  with added green onions and chives.

Royal Style Siew Mai

Salted Egg Siew Mai had a a cube of salted egg yolk garnish wrapped in it, but the taste was not distinct.

Salted Egg Siew Mai

The shrimp dumpling was alright, soaking in a herbal soup. Warming and comforting.

Shrimp Dumpling in Angelica Soup

 Pork and ham roll was one of the dim sum with a modern twist. I would like it better without the sticky sauce.

Pork and Ham Roll

Chee Chong Fun  was over steamed so it ended up sticky and mushy. The diced char siew was jumbled up at the center of the chee cheong fun instead of a even distribution.

Char Siew Chee Cheong Fun

Fried Shrimp Dumpling

Salted Egg Custard Buns

Custard-y goodness!

 This basket of Minced Meat Buns will instantly filled you up! Again, the filling was generous and the minced meat had the right portion of lean meat and fats.

Minced Meat Buns

The total bill was RM 30 and it was doubtlessly filling for both of us.
I wouldn't mind visiting again, especially when I was craving for some hot bits at late night.

MJ
xx

Yes, you heard me right!
Coca-cola chicken wings are legit and super easy to make.
These sticky and sweet BBQ-like chicken wings are addictive and serve best on its on. Careful, you might not be able to stop once you start to chomp on it.
Best of all, it requires 4 ingredients only. 

Let's get things started!



Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes

Ingredients (serves 2)

12 chicken wings
1 can of Coca Cola 
Salt and Pepper to taste
3 tbsp Cooking Oil
Ginger,sliced (optional)

Steps

1. Rinse the chicken wings a few times and drained off the excess moisture.
2. Season the chicken wings with generous pinch of salt and pepper.
3. Give the chicken wings a good rub and set aside.
4.Meanwhile, heat up your rice cooker and pour in at least 3 tbsp of oil.
5. Fry the chicken wings, 2 minutes on each side. 

Remember to stir it if not it will get burned like this!

Tips
1. Only Coca-cola original works the wonder! Coke light is a no-no.
2. Collect salt,pepper or sauces packet if you didn't finish it while you dine in or through drive thru. It will come in handy in occasion like this!
3. Try not to crowd the chicken while cooking. I cooked mine in 2 batches and the skins was nicely browned.
4. Remember to stir the chicken now and then. I forgot to do that to mine, thus having some sides burned.

Total Cost: RM 9.10 ( RM4.55 per pax)

Chicken wings RM 6.50
Coke                RM2.10
Salt and Pepper FOC
Oil                   RM0.50


Be sure to try this as this is a fool proof recipe and takes very little effort and time.
Till then!

MJ
xx

There's no need for a reason when it comes to a weekend food trip.
So off we went to Negeri Sembilan to hunt for some good food!

1. Pasar Besar Seremban

We reach this place about 9 am on a Sunday morning and it was rather packed. 
This is the time where your friend showed off his parking skills with limited parking spots and narrow roads due to cars double parking.

Went on the first floor to get our stomach filled and these were what we ordered.

The beef noodle at Stall 748 was really famous but somewhat I just don't get the hype. The taste was decent  but hardly anything to shout out. The "lai fun" was springy and combined with the gravy it was smooth with the aroma of sesame seeds, scallions and chopped sour pickle vegetables. It had it's own unique flavour and the beef tendon and slices were tender enough. Maybe I'm just not a die hard fan of beef noodles.

Dry Beef Noodles RM 7 ( Stall 748)

This Hakka Mee was one of the must order. The noodle was bouncy with a QQ texture while the portion was just nice. The minced meat serving was generous enough but a little too salty for my liking.

Tow Kee Hakka Mee  (Stall 810)

This squid beehoon had caught my attention as I had never heard of anywhere that served this. The beehoon was slightly fried before adding the gravy, thus an extra charred flavour to the already savoury runny gravy. It felt like a basic comforting breakfast with the gravy taste lingered in your mouth paired with the squid and three layers pork. 

My favourite among the three.

Squid Beehoon  RM4.00 (Stall 753)

2. Tze Koon Temple ( Centipede Hill)

Initially, we have another stop at Restoran Asia for curry laksa before this. Unfortunately, it was closed at the day we were visiting. 

Not a fan of centipede.

For Prosperity!

Journey to the West Crew

Just chilling!

Tze Koon Temple was tranquil and serene. You can have a view of the township from the temple. It was windy and weather was just nice. Best of all, it was free of charge!

3. Taman Rekreasi Seremban / Taman Tasik Seremban

We passed by this place while going to Tze Koon Temple, so we had a little pit stop.
This park was really well maintained that it would put parks in KL to shame. 

It was nice to take a stroll and even for picnics! There was also a group of people throwing a party. 







4. Haji Shariff's Cendol

We dropped by Haji Shariff's Cendol while deciding where to have our lunch.
There were already people streaming in the shop although it was barely noon. 

You will have to help yourself at respective counter at Haji Shariff's for rojak and cendol.

I personally enjoyed their fried fritters in the rojak a lot! It was crispy, fresh and non greasy. The gravy was on point and the spicy burning after taste was addictive. 

Rojak RM 4

The ABC shave ice was refreshing and the taste of rose syrup and the peanuts powder really stood out. They gave a helpful amount of corn and cube jellies too.

ABC Shave Ice

The cendol was the runny type with a lot of evaporated and coconut milk. The fresh made cendol was love, without the addtional flavouring and colouring.  We definitely slurped this down in no time. Two bowls of cendols and a bowl of ABC costed us RM 5.50.

Cendol

5. Gin Men Teppanyaki

We went over to this place as we wanted something heavier but cheap.
Do take note that this place only opens from Thursday to Sunday.


















Of course, we ordered their 3 flavour fish as it was their specialty. 
The fish was fresh and moist, it was still juicy after getting on the grill.
We get to taste the fish with fried shallots, minced ginger and garlic and sambal.

My personal favourite would be fried shallots as I thought it brought out the sweetness of the fish. They also topped the whole dish with their special sticky sauce which was pretty good.

3 Flavour Fish  RM37

 Their otak-otak was decent. It came over with a mayonnaise based sauce which made it pretty funky. I would opt for their lala or squid instead of this if I were to visit next time.

Otak- otak RM12

 The tofu was soft in the inside and crispy on the  outside. It served as a good snack than a dish and it was silky smooth.

Grilled Tofu RM 6

 The stir fry sweet potato leaves was crunchy and sweet, with the hint of "wok hei".

Stir fry Sweet Potato Leaves RM 12

They have stuffed crabs too!

6. The Verte

After a stuffed meal, we thought of taking a walk/ stroll around Port Dickson beach where we stumbled upon this garden theme restaurant. It is situated beside Avillion Resort.



We wanted some dessert but the kitchen was close by the time we arrived. We just lingered for a while to look at their menu and I reckoned it will be a big hit among couples as the ambience was classy and westernized.



7. Kedai Teh'O 50 Sen

We immediately stopped by once we saw this little stall on the side after we left from The Verte 
(about 200m away) as it had a big sign of Coconut Shake!

Besides, the name of the stall was pretty quirky too and yes, you can have both iced tea and hot tea for RM0.50 each only.

The local community seems to dine in there. It was just a simple stall and it took us quite sometime before the coconut shake was served.

Coconut Shake RM 3

It was perfect for a hot afternoon and of course it was up to standard  with the thick coconut concoction with a hefty scoop of vanilla ice cream.

8. Lucky King Bun

After a little stroll, our stomach made enough space for another round of food. Since we were already in PD, we went over to try out the chicken curry bun. We went to the original branch instead of the AC one in Seremban.

I would say this was the best chicken curry bun that I had. Better than the one in Kampar.
The curry was rich and creamy and there was tons of potato and chicken in it!
Also, the chicken was succulent and tender. 

The buns was also fluffy and had that familiar old school taste. (those bread that you get from a Chinese Bakery)

Very filling portion for four of us.

Chicken Curry Bun RM 32

Flower Petal Bread

I enjoyed their durian puff quite a lot. The custard  was filled at every corner of the choux puff and it was creamy and durian-licious.

The custard was more on the sweet side as compare to Taste Better (the famous on in Malacca) and on the denser side.

I should get more of it the next time!

Durian Puff RM1.60

Siew pau was crusty and flaky, and the filling was savoury with the right amount of fat and meat.
I always like my siew pau with a little sweet crust glaze on the outer layer and this was just nice. Plus, it was fresh from the oven.

Pork Siew Pau RM 1.70

Flaky Siew Pau RM1.60

Thank to my very tall friend for the photos!