~* Toast & Roast *~

My blog was so dead for the past few months. I was occupied by so many things! Thank God, i am now on annual leave since more than a week ago (but it is gonna end real soon!). During this period, i spent most of my time planning for the upcoming Taiwan trip which will happen in February 2012 and re-organising all the folders and files in my laptop. And now, i am here to revive my blog!

Anyway, my colleagues and i discovered this hidden gem in SS2 few months ago, selling melt-in-mouth BBQ pork ("char siew") and Hakka mee.

The melt-in-mouth char siew.

Seriously sinful and able to make one feels extremely guilty. Few pieces of this is enough to makes you think that your blood arteries are blocked and cholesterol level has increased.

Hakka mee with minced meat.

Thereafter, we visited this shop quite often for lunch until recently because we are bored with the same food. It is not an ideal place to visit always but definitely a good choice for sinful char siew and delicious Hakka mee.

Toast & Roast
No.20, Jalan SS2/72
Petaling Jaya 47300
SelangorNo.20, Jalan SS2/72
47300 Petaling Jaya
Selangor

*~ New Paris @ SS2 (Revisit) ~*

Before Lim (the joker in cap) went back to Australia in July for more torturing lessons, we had a dinner with him at New Paris in SS2. It was my second visit.

Like my first visit, we had Champagne Chicken...

(I just don't get it why the watermelon balls had to be there. Perhaps, it should be our dessert and not to be eaten together with the chicken as part of the main course.)

... and Guinness Stout Pork Ribs.
I enjoyed having the gravy with rice!

The following dishes are those i never tried during my first visit:

House special Beancurd with Minced Meat.
It was not as dry as it looked and had exceeded my expectation. :)

Sweet and Sour Pork.

One of the food in the joker's list that he wanted to eat before going back to Australia. It was just alright and had nothing to shout about. Not the best sweet and sour pork i tried.

Kam Heong Lala.

The sauce was nice, especially with rice. It made us asking for more rice. However, there were many empty shells or the meat was very small. =/

Stir Fried Baby Kailan with Garlic to balance the meal.

Credit to Chin Looi for the pictures.

~* When Eating Is The Best Thing To Do *~

Hola~ I tried the chilly pan mee at Super Kitchen Chilly Pan Mee in Kota Damansara last weekend.

It was similar to the dry version of pan mee but this had minced meat, fried shallot and poached egg but no sliced mushroom and black fungus. And the poached egg was not meant to be eaten on its own but it had to be mixed together with all the ingredients in the bowl.

Then, tea time was at the Ikea restaurant. I really wanted to try the open faced shrimp sandwich but i was not allowed to. So, i only had this Daim cake which was very nice but sinful since i have been eating a lot of chocolates lately.

This was definitely ordered by someone who tried to be healthy.

Dinner at Dragon One in SS2 (few shops away from Murni) together with mum. We ordered this Shanghainese Style La Mian with Crab Roe. I read from other blogs that this is so-called recommended but i really found it disappointing. It was somehow tasteless. Totally nothing to shout about. I don't recommend this at all.

Another main dish was Stir Fried Rice Flour Roll with Spicy Sauce. It was crispy outside and soft inside. Good thing about this - it was not too oily.

However, the snack was the best!

Deep Fried Spring Roll with Unagi and Yoghurt.

Warm yoghurt in the spring roll with the taste of unagi even though i could not really feel the meat in my mouth.


Overall, the dinner was just average. I don't think i will be going back there in the near future.

~* New Paris @ SS2 *~

After Hannah Tan's concert which was on last Saturday, Amanda, Siaw Lin, Lim, Raphael, Wen Hao and i went to New Paris Restaurant at SS2 for dinner. Seriously, we spent a lot of time thinking where to eat before deciding to dine at this restaurant.

Guinness Stout Pork Ribs.
The sauce was so starchy and slimy until i had difficulty in scooping the sauce. The only time i could taste the stout was when i ate the sauce alone. Otherwise, it was similar to the Marmite pork ribs.

I sent this picture to boyfriend who is in Dubai right now without pork there when we were chatting yesterday. He "screamed" in the chatroom. :P

Claypot Tofu.
Love the crabmeat and they were very generous with the mushrooms. I flooded my plate of rice with the gravy. Yummmm....

Yau mak.
Okay, nothing much about this besides it was almost gone in few seconds. Not because it was delicious but because of the small portion.



Deep Fried Squid.
It was delicious but the sauce for this was way too sour as if the vinegar is very cheap.



Champagne Chicken.
The specialty there. Okay. Something new. It is usually pineapple pork ribs and now we have watermelon chicken. I know it sounds weird but i am alright with the combination. And the chicken tasted like pork. This dish was the most expensive among all; even more expensive than the squid!



Note: When you say you want the dishes to be small, they really mean it! So, be prepared.

Besides the chicken, the rest were very reasonable. I will definitely go back again.