Monthly Archives: August 2011

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Sen Tsuru @ Palm Spring

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We went to Sen Tsuru yesterday for dinner upon invitation by his cousin brother with wifey and a friend. It was our first time there. It is actually located at the shoplots @ Palm Spring. Anyway, here’s the address: Sen Tsuru Japanese Restaurant 千鹤, B-G-01, Palm Spring @ Damansara, Persiaran Surian, 47810 Petaling Jaya. GPS : N03 09.063′ E101 36.033′

You can contact them by calling 03-78015562 ( reservation ) or email to sentsuru.kd@gmail.com depending on whichever convenient to you. Surely the easiest way would be calling them. They also have a Facebook page known as Sen Tsuru.

They operate for both Lunch: 11.30am – 2.30pm and Dinner: 6pm – 10.30pm from Monday – Sunday but I’m not sure about Public Holidays so you’ve got to ask them.

[notice]source: Sen Tsuru Japanese Restaurant @ Damansara, Petaling Jaya[/notice]

I was lazy to take pictures especially when the food and environment doesn’t interest me much. I’m kinda choosy at times of the place and food if I were to snap pictures. I’m not a real food blogger but I do blog about the places that I’ve been to if I really want to.

Anyway, we had this All-You-Can-Eat Buffet that cost less than RM50 for Adult and less than RM20 for Child WHICH I think is not the best offer yet! Why? There wasn’t much variety to choose from eventhough it was stated more than 70 choices including drinks to choose from.

We had 2 types of tuna sashimis: maguro and shiro maguro [i thought it was butter fish, not until I Googled the name just now]. We also had salmon sashimis and no other sashimis! That’s all! And that’s what you get for cheap Japanese buffet…

Before I forget, this is the outdoor look of the place which is the corner unit of Block B. There are 3 blocks in total, facing the main roads. I didn’t know there’s a Japanese restaurant eventhough we’ve passed by the roads so many times.

We had rounds of edamame and I don’t specifically like them. But I ate a few. He doesn’t know how to eat them until I told him so. They are soy peas right?

He ordered agedashi tofu that I had a few bites. I’m not a tofu lover but I do like the sauce and the soft texture of the tofu. Very soft indeed!

Food that we ordered differ from the threesomes and pictures are taken from the source as mentioned above. And… not all food that we ate are told here with pictures to see so… I’m here telling you my story with whatever pictures that I can get from the source.

So lets continue…

He ordered this konitana maki [I think I saw crabstick and tamago] and I don’t know how’s the combination tasted.

He ordered this sabayaki that smelled fishy. Luckily is one part of the fish that I never like!

He ordered salmon ninniku yaki that is slightly overcooked. Taste wise, nice with terriyaki sauce [taste-liked].

The threesom order soft shell crab that came with thick batter. I think it would be nicer if the batter is thinner. Soft shell crab is one dish that I never order in any Japanese restaurant that I go to because I don’t think it worth the price.

He ordered tori teriyaki that I forgot to eat and yet I’m a chicken lover! Maybe ours wasn’t tempting enough for me to take a bite.

Ice cream is always the best dessert to end the meal.. BUT we had them in between meals too.. Anyway, they are the only cold desserts that we can order [if not mistaken]..

Is there any other similar Japanese buffet in town? Preferrable with better service because we had our orders either mixed up in the kitchen or never came or came double or came order that wasn’t ours but still we ate. Worst was when food came out minutes to hours upon ordering. Sometimes we have to pay the price for cheap buffets right?

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Dinner Treat @ New Formosa Restaurant, SS2

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It was mom’s Chinese birthday yesterday, the 14th day of Hungry Ghost Festival. So we [mom, dad, brother & girlfriend, me & him, aunty Owyong and 3rd Aunt - mom's sister] had dinner here:

New Formosa Restaurant
46, Jalan SS2/24, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel: 03 7875 1894, 7875 7478 (Restaurant), 019 3353 274 (Jeanie Lee)

Business hour’s: 12noon – 3pm, 6pm – 10.30pm

I think including yesterday, I’ve been to this restaurant 3 times. This restaurant serves Authentic Taiwanese Cuisine. So if you’re looking for Taiwanese food, you may give this place a try. Everybody’s taste bud is different so no harm trying right?

Currently they are having this Summer Promotion which I think mom ordered last night. The promotion is valid till Merdeka Day @ 31 Aug 2011, so hurry up! if you want to try! For more information, please go to the website or call them.

We had:

  1. Formosa Special Two Combination Dish 宝岛特色双拼 [can choose any 2 of the selections] so mom chose Fried Butter Eel Taiwanese Style 宝岛奶油鳗 and Taiwanese Famous Three-cup New Zealand Half Shell Mussels (No pollution) 台湾著名三杯孔雀蚌(无污染). I had 2 mussels but not enough to satisfy me. The eels were ok but the texture doesn’t seem to satisfy me either. Maybe the portion of the dish is just too little to satisfy me.. :D They used curry leaves for the eels which something that I never thought I would see te leaves in Taiwanese dish.
  2. * Seaweed soup with minced pork & bean curd & eggs 紫菜肉碎豆腐蛋花汤
    Add on RM45 upgrade to Simmered Winter Melon Soup (save RM15) (order 2 days in advance) 附加 RM45可换成冬瓜盅(节省RM15 )(二天前预订）. We had the Simmered Winter Melon Soup instead. The chicken meat in the soup was soft and tender and bite sized. The soup is clear and acceptable because I don’t like drinking soup that the Chef used too much ingredients in it. The only thing I don’t like is the person who served us the soup. Very like not trained at all.
  3. * Taiwanese Fried Sesame Chicken & Pipa Duck, roasted duck with longan
    Add Rm8 to upgrade to Feng Sha chicken, roasted chicken stuffed with 8 treasures or black pepper trotters (order one day in advance) 台式芝麻鸡配龙眼琵琶鸭 *附加RM8.00 可换成风沙鸡(八宝酿烧鸡)或黑胡椒猪手(一天前预订). I think we had duck only and I didn’t know it came with longan sauce, not until I ate the longan. I don’t like this dish because I find the duck meat a bit too dry for me, even with the sauce.
  4. Grilled prawns stuffed with Special Garlic Paste 蒜茸焗虾. I had a few sticks because nobody wants to eat anymore. I quite like this, maybe because of the garlic. We’re giveing bowls of tea [I think] to wash our fingers and I had to warn him not to drink them. There was once! he nearly drink it! The prawns were a bit skinny to satisfy me so the best is to eat more when nobody wants anymore.
  5. Yam Basket with Fried Fritters & Pork Slices in Black Pepper Sauce & Almond Flakes 佛钵飘香. Some parts uncooked and very salty. The lady boss took the dish back into the kitchen and thinking in our minds, she microwaved it. She should have just make a new one for us. Never like yam so had 1 slice only [the basked was cut for easier consumption].
  6. Steamed Local Sea Bass, Siakap Hong Kong Teochew style港式潮州蒸金目鲈鱼. I don’t know what fish we had but is Teochew style because I saw tomatoes, salted vegetable, etc… and the fish is definitely small, not fresh and overcooked.
  7. Braised Stuffed lotus roots with Special Fish Paste, loofah & Japanese seaweed. 酿莲藕. The so called special fish paste is so nipis! No fishy smell.
  8. Braised  Vermicelli Taiwanese Style (with meat, mushrooms, cabbage and shrimps) 台式卤面线. Not sure if this is the Mee Suah we had because I can’t read the Chinese wordings. Never like mee suah because I find it too slimy.
  9. Taiwanese Famous Hand-made MuaChi, glutinous rice pieces coated with selected peanuts powder & icing sugar 台湾著名手工. Came in bite sized. I ate a few pieces.
  10. Sweet Yam in Honey Sauce Taiwanese Style 拔丝芋头. Is actually yam coated with honey. I don’t fancy eating yam but still I tried.
  11. Chinese Tea, Rice 中国茶,白饭. I didn’t eat rice, only brother and him. I’m not a rice person. Whether you want rice or not, is in the bill.
  12. No service charge, No Corkage charge. 免服务费，免开瓶费.

There are 2 sets that you can choose from. I don’t know how much mom paid so I don’t know which set is it. We arrived [us only] about 30 minutes early after work so we slept in the car. Some more it was raining when we reached the place.

They were a group of people taking photographs of the Mooncake Festival Selections.

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iBilik.com – Malaysia’s Largest Rooms Database

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Do you know iBilik? Bilik means room in Malay; so I guess iBilik is a portal for us to seach for a room or rooms through the Internet. I think most of us have seen the advertisement of this portal somewhere right? Especially on vehicles like taxis.

Is this car yours? Anyway…  If you can’t see clearly the pictures, just click on them for a bigger view..

If you are looking for rooms for rent, you should really try this portal. Why? Because it is easy as ABC! What else? Registration is FREE! You may not be the one looking for a room but trying to rent out a room instead. You can still register as a member. The portal is opened to everyone within Malaysia. That means you can have room rentals in every state!

iBilik offers the cheapest room rental with guaranteed online booking that you can ever find. I’m sure everyone is trying to find the best deal ever especially when we’re on limited budget right? They even offer you Short Term Rental and this is something that I’ve never heard or seen before. Normally who will do such thing? Go for these if you’re need a room for a few months only. I think is cheaper than budget hotels or any other service apartments. But of course with terms and conditions. Find out more from iBilik!

Look! iBilik is everywhere! So what are you waiting for? Go iBilik now! I should recommend this portal to my friends.. By the way, iBilik was previously known as CariBilik. It is so simple that comes with information, pictures and even a map!