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 | Tai See Tow Cantonese Fried Noodle, Lebuh
Pudu.
The original 'Tai See Tow' (means below a big tree). This stall's Cantonese
Fried Noodle and Singapore fried meehoon is excellent and has produced many fine
cooks that carried the same name. As this stall is situated in a back alley,
only tracker can locate this place. They have cut down the big tree that the
stall is located.
Food Quality: 
Location: In the back alley between quick foto and magnum-ene of Lebuh Pudu; at
Jalan Silang's end Opposite lorong Pudu. Open for lunch only.
Price from RM10 per person. |
| Ong Lai Restaurant.
This 'restaurant' is actually a hawker stall located in back alley (between
Bee Seng Hotel and Wilayah Hotel) with open air seating. Their steam fish
Head is very popular and only open when there is enough supply of fish
heads.
Food Quality:
Location: At 60A, Jalan Raja Laut and Lorong Tiong Nam.
Open for dinner. Closed on Monday.
Price from RM20 per person.
| Hokkien Fried Mee, Jalan
Bandar.
The BEST Hokkien fried mee in town. Waiting time can be up to 60 minute.
Note: This stall has not been open for more than one year. Because the owner
was injurded in an accident and is taking a long rest. Please e-mail us if
you find this stall is back in business.
Food Quality:
Location: Behind DCB bank at Jalan Bandar.
Open for supper only.
Price from RM6 per person.
| Low Yau Kee (Old Friend) Porridge at Jalan Bandar.
A very popular stall and probably serving the BEST porridge in town. Their
fish, chicken and chee chap porridge and steamed chicken is excellent. We
believe their porridge is cooked in chicken stock, is very sweet (with MSG
added). The porridge can be sold out by 2000 hours on Sunday. So, go early.
Food Quality:
Location: 82, Jalan Tun HS Lee; at the junction of Jalan Bandar and Jalan
Silang. Opposite DCB Bank.
Open for dinner and supper.
Price from RM3 per person.
| Beef noodle at Star Light Hotel, Jalan
Pasar.
This mum and daughters stall's beef brisket (ngau larm) noodle is one of the
best in town.
Food Quality:
Location: Opposite Klang bus station. Open for lunch only.
Price from RM4 per person.
| Ngau Kee, Tingkat Tong Shin
This stall's beef ball noodle served with minced meat topping is popular and
is one of the best in town.
Food Quality:
Location: Tingkat Tong Shin near Corona Inn. Open for dinner and supper
only.
Price from RM4 per person.
| Cantanose Fried Noodle, Jalan
Alor.
This stall has moved to 25, Jalan 2/71, Taman TTDI.
| Soo Kee Mee Stall, Off Jalan
Imbi.
Again the shop owner was a cook from the original Lubuh Pudu 'Tai See Tow'
but cooking is now done by his daughters. Their catonese fried noodle with
fresh water prawn and fried hor fun with beef is excellent. However, we find
their price expensive especially during the festive season and serving
attitude is bad.
Food Quality:
Location: Jalan Khoo Teik Ee, Off Jalan Imbi.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM18 per person.
| Shanghai Restaurant at JW Marriott Hotel
This new restaurant (in 1999) serve one of the best food in town. We tasted
their lionhead (braised minced pork), braised white eels, chilled glutinous
rice in pumpkin soup, beancurb village style and shanghai steamed dumpling,
and find them excellent.
Food Quality:
Location: JW Marriott Hotel, Jalan Bukit Bintang.
Phone:03-926-8288
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM80 per person.
| Golden Pheonix at Hotel Equatorial
We always look forward to visit this restaurant. We love their braised shark
fin soup, shark fin in claypot (at RM130/person), barbecue ribs, belacan
fried pomfret, Budda jump over the wall (at RM100/person), Japanese bean
curb with vege, siziling venison, Peking duck, Aromatic duck, fried live US
lobster with ginger and spring onion (at RM220/kg), steamed champagne crab
(at RM160/kg), fried rice with salted fish and sweet yam paste. During
winter and spring, giant crab (minimum size 7kg) is available at RM110/kg.
Overhere, you can have a dinner for RM500 or more per person. Once, we had
an abalone for RM1500 at this place. May be after patronage for nearly
twenty years, with change of chef, occasionally we find their dishes are
unable to meet our expectation. Hence, they are at the current rating.
Food Quality: 
Location: Jalan Sultan Ismail.
Phone: 03-261-7777.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM80 per person.
| Yee Foong, Loke Yew Flat.
A stall serving excellent home made fishballs and wanton. Apparently, the
stall owner would not open shop if he can't find sufficient good fish for
his fishballs. Hence, he put up his phone number for customers to call in to
check.
Food Quality:
Location: Ground floor, Melati Flat, 24, Jalan Loke Yew.
Phone: 012-212-9596
Open for breakfast and lunch.
Price from RM3.50 per person.
| Soon Kee Beef noodle, Jalan
Silang.
This old shop serves an excellent minced beef and meat balls noodle.
Food Quality:
Location: At the junction of Jalan Bandar and Jalan Silang.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM3 per person.
| Wei Kee Restoran.
This non aircond restaurant is the first in KL serving roasted goose and
their roasted duck is excellent too. Apparently, these goose and duck are
imported from China. Whole goose price from RM70.
Food Quality:
Location: 50, Lorong Yap Hin, Off Jalan Pasar, Pudu. (behind star cinema)
Phone: 221-8428
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM13 per person.
| Lien Bee Hokkien Mee.
This stall serve one of the best fried hokkien mee in town and is generally
full from 8pm.
Food Quality:
Location: In the back alley of the coffee shop at junction of Jalan Cheng
Lock and Jalan Bandar.
Phone:
Open for dinner.
Price from RM10 per person.
| Restaurant Lee Tong Kee, Jalan Bandar.
This old shop is known for their ipoh hor fun. Although the soup is not as
good as those in Ipoh but the hor fun is authentic from Ipoh, which is fine
and smooth. Apart from hor fun we find their beef brisket and wanton good
too.
Food Quality:
Location: 77, Jalan Tun HS Lee.
Phone: 230-9276
Open for breakfast and lunch. Closed on Sunday.
Price from RM5 per person.
| Chinese Restaurant at New World Hotel.
We tasted their shark fin soup, fish, etc which are excellent. But too
expensive to justify.
Food Quality:
Location: New World Hotel, Jalan Ampang.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM150 per person.
| Nam Heong Chicken Rice, Jalan Sultan.
Used to be the best chicken rice in town. we believe there has been a
changed in management (style?) and has affected their quality. Should try
their beef brisket soup which is good.
Food Quality:
Location: Jalan Sultan.
Open for lunch.
Price from RM6 per person.
| Pan Mee, Lorong Haji Taib Off Jalan Raja
Laut.
This pan mee stall is very popular. Daily output is in excess of 300 bowls.
Food Quality:
Location: Lorong Haji Taib, near Stanson Confectionery.
Open for lunch.
Price from RM3 per person.
| Pork Meat Ball Noodle, Lebuh
Pudu.
This stall's pork meat noodle is the most well known in town.
Food Quality:
Location: Lebuh Pudu near Jalan Silang junction.
Open for lunch.
Price from RM3 per person.
| Koon Kee Wantan Noodle, Jalan Cecil.
Probably the most well known wantan noodle place. We like their char siew,
chicken and soey kow.
Food Quality:
Location: Jalan Hang Lekir. Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM6 per person.
| Pork Meat Ball Noodle at Weng Heng Coffee Shop, Jalan
Imbi.
This stall pork meat ball is popular
Food Quality:
Location: At Jalan Imbi and Jalan Barat juction.
Open for breakfast and lunch.
Price from RM3 per person.
| Retoran Hup Yick (Fuzhou
Fishball)
Hockchew (Fuzhou) food is rear in KL, this stall offer Hockchew fishball and
red rice wine noodle. We find their foods unique; unlike conventional
fishball, their fishball (at 60 cents each) has a meat core; red rice wine
noodle is not too strong and dumpling has a very thin skin and solid
filling.
Food Quality:
Location: 30, Jalan Yew, Pudu, KL.
Phone: 221-5564
Open for breakfast and lunch.
Price from RM5 per person.
| The sambal/chilly steamed fish stall at Jalan
Petaling.
The stingray, squids and prawns are our favourite. Food is usually served
with ladyfingers cooked with spicy little shrimps.
Food Quality:
Location: On the pavement of a bank at Jalan Petaling. Near the "mata
kuching" stall.
Open for dinner.
Price from RM7 per person.
| Claypot Chicken Rice at Restoran Sin Hiap Seng, Pudu
This stall is over 20 years old and their claypot chicken rice and soup is
good.
Food Quality:
Location: Next to May Bank at Jalan Pudu/Jalan Sayur junction.
Open for dinner.
Price from RM5 per person.
| Ipoh Hor Fun Stall at Ching Hai Coffee Shop, Tingkat Tong Shin
We find the ipoh hor fun, prawn wanton and steamed chicken at this stall is
one of the tops in town.
Food Quality:
Location: Tingkat Tong Shin opposite Corona Inn.
Open for breakfast and lunch only.
Price from RM3 per person.
| Kuan Kee Porridge, Jalan Pasar
This stall's porride is smooth and don't have that much msg. We like their
fried intestine.
Food Quality:
Location: RHB Bank at Jalan Pasar and Jalan Seladang junction, Pudu.
Open for dinner only. Closed on Monday.
Price from RM3 per person.
| Thim Kee Steam Fish, Pudu Plaza.
A stall known for their steamed telapia and most tables ordered two fish. On
our first visit, we ordered fried telapia topped with bean sauce, steamed
fish head with herb, omelette and boiled veges. We find the fried telapia
crispy, the steamed fish head's gravy sweet, the omelette is crispy on the
outside and moist inside, and the price is cheap.
Food Quality:
Location: At the junction of Jalan Landak and Jalan 1/77C, opposite Pudu
Plaza, Pudu.
Phone: 03-986-3097.
Open for lunch only. Closed on Sunday.
Price from RM15 per person.
| Meng Kee, Tingkat Tong Shin
This shop's home made barbecue pork (char siew) is very popular among lunch
crowds. As to have delicate store to serve seat-in and take away customers
respectively.
Food Quality:
Location: 13, Jalan Tingkat Tong Shin.
Open for lunch only.
Price from RM6 per person.
| Xin Cuisine, Concorde Hotel
Prices at this Chinese restaurant used to be expensive; due to current
recession, they now (Nov 98) have 'all you can eat' for RM40 per head which
is value for money. Generally, their food is good and dimsum is popular but
pricey. The adjacent 'Crossroads' lounge with liveband is a popular spot for
after dinner.
Food Quality:
Location: Concorde Hotel, Jalan Sultan Ismail.
Phone: 244-2200
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM40 per person.
| Tai Thong Restaurant, Wisma Selangor Dredging.
A chain restaurants with posh setting, a idea place for business lunch and
dinner. Their quality is good and consistent.
Food Quality:
Location: Wisma Selangor Dredging at Jalan Ampang; Jalan Imbi, etc.
Phone: 03-262-4433.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM50 per person.
| Marco Polo Restaurant.
Setting of this restaurant is upper class, however, their price is resonable.
Food Quality:
Location: 1st. floor, Wisma Lim Foo Yong, Jalan Raja Chulan.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Phone: 03-241-2233.
Price from RM50 per person.
| Wong Ah Wah Roast Chicken Wing, Jalan
Alor.
This food stall is well known for their bbq chicken wing and their a la
carte (cook to order meal) is popular too.
Food Quality:
Location: 1, Jalan Alor, Opposite Nova Hotel.
Open for dinner.
Phone:
Price from RM20 per person.
| Hunan Garden Restaurant.
This Crown Princess Hotel Chinese restaurant specialize in Hunan dishes. We
tried thier eel soup, etc and find them good. However, like all other Crown
Princess' F&B outlets, their price is steep.
Food Quality:
Location: Crown Princess Hotel, Jalan Tun Razak.
Phone: 03-262-5522.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM50 per person.
| Restaurant Woo Lan.
Another popular place for steamed fish head (with olyster sauce and minced
ginger). Other popular dishes are Vietnamese sotong (cooked with chilli and
tomatoes, hence hot and sour), Hong Kong Tau Foo, etc.
Food Quality: 1/2
Location: 34, Jalan Tun Sambanthan/Jalan Scott (Brickfield). Next to the
catholic cathedral, beside flyover.
Phone: 03-274-8368.
Open for lunch and dinner. Closed on Monday.
Price from RM20 per person.
| Chicken Rice Stall at Ching Hai Coffee Shop, Tingkat Tong Shin
We find this stall's chicken rice above average and their braised pork with
yam, braised pork with preserved veg and pig stomach and pepper soup is
good.
Food Quality: 1/2
Location: Tingkat Tong Shin opposite Corona Inn.
Open for lunch only.
Price from RM8 per person.
| Lai Po Heen, Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
An expensive hotel retaurant. We savoured their dimsim for lunch eg har kau,
siew mai, chicken feet, beef dumpling, rice parcels, egg tart, etc. Instead
of mince meat as in other restaurant, they use whole meat, hence dimsum is
chunky.
Food Quality: 1/2
Location: Mandarin Oriental Hotel, KLCC.
Phone: .
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM30 per person (for dimsum).
| Celestial Court, Hotel Imperial Sheraton.
For two persons, we ordered steamed goby fish, fried vege with scallop,
fried chicken with black pepper, hot and sour soup and mixed fruit. We find
the food resonable but the price too expensive, need to compared with
London's price to justify.
Food Quality:
Location: Hotel Imperial Sheraton, Jalan Sultan Ismail.
Phone: 468-9900.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM120 per person.
| Tai Thong Dragon Court Restaurant, Plaza
Berjaya.
Visited this restaurant for a family meal during 1999 chinese new year. We
ordered one of the set menu and find the following to our liking; yeesan and
fried rice with waxed meat. Service is quite prompt but reception can be a
bit disorganize.
Food Quality:
Location: Ground Floor, Plaza Berjaya (or Kompleks Nagaria).
Phone: 03-244-6888.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM50 per person.
| Ah Koong Eating House.
An up market fish ball noodle place with aircond seating and has quite a
large variety of 'add on' e.g. abalone at RM50/pc, prawn at RM15/bowl,
pomfret porridge at RM12/bowl, etc. We find their soup base quite good but
the price is on the steep side.
Food Quality:
Location: Opposite McDonald's Shaw Parade, Pudu. Available also at USJ9/5P.
Phone: .
Open from 0700 hours to 2200 hours. Closed on Wednesday.
Price from RM6 per person.
| Sun Foong Bak Kut Teh, Medam
Imbi.
This bak kut teh shop is well established and is popular with tour
operators. Instead just meat, their claypot bak kut teh comes with
vegetables, etc.
Food Quality:
Location: 35, Medam Imbi, Off Jalan Imbi.
Phone: 248-0905
Open for breakfast and dinner.
Price from RM10 per person.
| Hakka Restaurant, Jalan
Pinang.
This family run restaurant serve both Hakka food and Cantonese food. Their
bean curd, hakka mee, fried beehoon with crab, taufoo, braised sea cucumber
and steam boat is popular and resonable priced.
Food Quality:
Location: 6, Jalan Kia Peng.
Phone:
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM40 per person.
| Mandarin Palace, Federal Hotel
A very traditionally decorated restaurant serving not a bad dimsum and food.
For dimsum, their pricing is cheaper than other hotels.
Food Quality:
Location: 2nd floor, Federal Hotel, Jalan Bukit Bintang.
Phone: 03-264-9166
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM40 per person.
| Pan kee, Jalan Loke Yew.
Wantan mee and char siew is their speciality
Food Quality:
Location: Along Jalan Loke Yew.
Open for lunch.
Price from RM4 per person.
| Royal Lake Club.
This private club has a few F&B outlets;
Buttery: Food in here is value of money. You can get fried rice, fried
noodle, etc from RM3.20 per plate. Their banana fritter ala mode is nice.
Pool side hawker stalls: Over priced and very small portion.
Bunga Raya chinese Restaurant: Not qualified for 1 star rating.
Food Quality:
Location: Royal Lake Club, Lake Garden.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM5 per person.
| Singapore Prawn Mee, Jalan Bandar
This stall claim their prawn mee is the old Singapore style. However, we
find them unexciting.
Food Quality:
Location: Jalan Bandar.
Open for dinner.
Price from RM5 per person.
| Kedai Kopi Blue Boy
This coffee shop has about 7 stalls that serve vegetarian foods only. A few
years ago, before turning vegetarian, the fried koay tew was one of the best
in town.
Food Quality:
Location: Behind Blue Boy Mansion, Jalan Tong Shin.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM5 per person.
| Overseas Restaurant.
A good chain restaurants with fairy consistent quality.
Location: Jalan Imbi.
Food Quality:
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM50 per person.
| Restaurant Teo Chew.
Another chain restaurants with average cooking. We find their dimsum is
better than average with chunky meat instead of minced meat like others, but
serving temperature is lower than idea and more expensive.
Location: Various e.g. Jalan Pudu, etc.
Phone:
Food Quality:
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM50 per person.
| Chef Rasa Sayang Restaurant.
One more chain restaurants. They emphasize on shark fins soup (from RM30 to
RM110 person). We find their cooking average.
Location: 104, Jalan Imbi. Phone: 244-1193.
203, Jalan Bukit Bintang. Phone: 242-9348.
Water Front Klang City Hotel, 19, Jalan Batu Tiga Lama. Phone: 344-4760.
Food Quality:
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM100 per person (if include sharkfin soup).
| Lee Ho Fook Shark's fin Restaurant.
This is a Hong Kong style restaurant. Their speciality are shark fin, roast
pig, peking duck, etc. We find their food conventional.
Location: Life center, Jalan Sultan Ismail.
Phone: 264-3391.
Food Quality:
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM40 per person.
| Coca Restaurant.
An upmarket steam boat (hot pot) restaurant, favour by japanese and expat
for its cleanliness and cosy environment.
Location: 1st floor, KL Plaza, Jalan Bukit Bintang.
Phone: 245-9600
Food Quality:
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM35 per person.
| Esquire Kitchen, Sg Wang Plaza.
A budget restaurant. Their Shanghai style noodles is popular.
Food Quality:
Location: Sg Wang Plaza, OUG Yaohan, IOI Mall, Atrium.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM10 per person.
| Six Happiness Restaurants.
Yet another chain restaurants. A popular restaurants for wedding dinner.
Their food is best described as run of the mill, mass production.
Food Quality:
Location: Wilayah Complex, Jalan Campbell.
3rd, floor, Summit Square, Selayang.
Phone: 03-291-5666.
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM40 per person.
| BB Seafood Garden
We visited this place for a lunch and ordered baked snail, fried ostrich
with back pepper, claypot taufu, fried kailan and steamed cod fish. We find
the food ok.
Food Quality:
Location: Occupied former Hakka restaurant location at Jalan Bukit Bintang.
Phone:
Open for lunch and dinner.
Price from RM40 per person. |
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