Xian Ding Wei Taiwanese Tea Room @ The Curve

Date: 8 Aug 2010 Comments:0

We found ourselves in Xian Ding Wei at The Curve last weekend after walking all over the place trying to find something for dinner. This outlet is quiet small and cramped, and on a Saturday night it was so crowded we barely could move after sitting down.

Interesting looking spicy sauces that we never got the chance to try.

Interesting lamp on the ceiling.

Chopstick and porcelain spoon. And spoon holder.

We ordered set meals. The set meal comes with a main meat dish, rice with braised pork gravy, three side dishes and soup.

The three cup chicken, served in a bowl set over flames to keep warm. My first time eating this dish, and I think they rather tasty. The sauce goes really well with hot fluffy rice.

The name “three cup chicken” (三杯鸡) comes from the three key ingredients: sesame oil, Chinese rice wine, and soy sauce. The “Cups” refer to the equal ratio instead of literal measurement. A true and authentic Taiwanese three cup chicken calls for basil leaves, the soul of the dish that lends an exotic aroma and minty nuance to the taste.
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Taiwanese style sweet and sour pork, served with warmer as well. The meat was the mushy and succulent type rather than the crispy type. The sauce was a tad too sweet for our liking, though.

Sweet and sour pork. Deep fried pork in batter served with sweet and sour sauce with cubed pineapples, capsicums and onions.

The three side dishes. Pickled cucumber, corns and something that taste like ginseng roots.

Old cucumber soup.

Steamed white rice bathed in braised pork lard gravy. They just made my day.

Xian Ding Wei has an extensive menu featuring many of Taiwan’s popular food and dessert. Methinks it is worth a second visit.

Xian Ding Wei Taiwanese Tea Room
G41A, Ground Floor, The Curve,
Mutiara Damansara, Selangor.
Tel: 03-7725 7331

Serves: Taiwanese cuisine and dessert, non-halal

Eggs in the Basket, with Love

Date: 4 Aug 2010 Comments: 2 so far

Eggs in the basket is a simple egg and toast dish consisting of an egg fried in a hole of a slice of bread. The slice of bread can also be substituted with a waffle or bagel. Initially I had wanted to buy some thick bread to try this recipe out, but I found myself hungry in the middle of the night and raided the kitchen to make this. Yes I ate it for supper, but I can see that this dish fully belongs to the breakfast food category that goes with some bacons and sautéed mushrooms fabulously. Of course, to keep it simple, a dash of crushed pepercorns and some ketchup is all that is needed to gobble up this tasty combination of egg and bread.

You can use anything to cut out the hole. Glass rim, cookie cutter, or even tear it out. I used my onigiri maker, which explains the rounded triangular shape.

Ingredients:
X slices of bread
X eggs
butter (or your choice of frying oil)

Method:
Make a hole in the bread
Spread butter on both sides of the bread
Heat up the pan, melt some butter
Slide in the bread and break the egg into the middle
Fry until egg is in desired consistency, flip if necessary

I used butter to pan fry them for the wonderful smell. Be careful not to crank up the gas too high or the bottom will be burnt before the egg cooks on top. Else, give them a flip, but it wouldn’t look nice as the egg will be all messed up.

This dish is known by many names, such bird’s nest, cowboy eggs, egg-in-the-hole, the Elephant Egg Bagel, frog in a hole, gas house eggs, moon eggs, one-eyed monster, and Rocky Mountain toast.

As you can see, I reserved the cut-out of the bread and make a heart shape out of it. Buttered them up and brown them in the pan. They are great for soaping up runny yolks. And of course, it is a pleasant surprise to make for your loved ones. Cut up some fresh fruits or vegetables to garnish. I had some apples and lightly fried tomatoes to go with mine.

Tutti Frutti @ Sunway Pyramid

Date: 2 Aug 2010 Comments:0

I first heard about frozen yogurt (froyo in short) from an American food blog that I visited. Eagerly waiting for it to reach the Malaysian shore, I am happy to find that there’s one frozen yogurt place in Sunway Pyramid. So near, so totally accessible!

With my partner in crime, me (ala Icecream Girl superhero mode) infiltrates the frozen yogurt shop!

Not really. Simple and straightforward, there’s not much secret to discover. The small shop is arrange in such that the customer:

(1) takes the cup according to the sizes,
(2) dispense some frozen yogurt into it,
(3) add the toppings and sauces,
(4) pay and enjoy.

Its really quite an assembly line feel. You don’t get to choose a scoop or two, you get however much you take.

As far as I could remember, the have frozen yogurts in original, chocolate, vanilla, banana strawberry, passionfruit and pomegranate flavours. I might miss some flavours.

The wet toppings. The fruits are sour. =.=

Hershey’s chocolate and strawberry syrup, and some chocolate rice.

Dry toppings. They have Oreos and Oreos powder! I like the cornflakes. They complement the sweet froyo very nicely.

The whole cup will be weighed and prices calculated according to:

RM0.53/50grams

My froyo cost me RM11.66. Yum. I like the mochi toppings. They also have this card where you get to collect stamps and buy the 10th cup for 50%.

Tutti Frutti
LG 2.08, Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall
Jln PJS 11/15, Bandar Sunway,
46150 Selangor
http://tuttifruttimalaysia.com.my/

Serves: Frozen yogurt with choice of toppings.