Jaya One Roasted Duck- DUCK KING (王帝鸭）

Finally, me and my friends had visited this restaurant at Jaya One. It is located in the centre of Jaya One complex. My friend was highly recommended this as he claimed that the Roasted duck skin is crispy and less ducky smell.  With the name "DUCK KING", I  have higher expectation on this shop. My friend said this is the best roasted duck he has ever had. Better than Long Fong and Yat Shen.  I shall see how it is better than Long Fong and Yat Shen.

 This place is packed in the afternoon. Most of the customer are enjoying the food very much

      Lunch hour during the weekday ( Wednesday). Crowded. It is amazing!

We can see how is the kitchen work. It is only separated with a thick layer of glass. The chef are busy preparing food for the customers. At lease we can see how clean is the kitchen if we are able to see through the kitchen.

This is the duck we have ordered. Look at the roasted duck, it is very well cut and nice presentation.

Crispy Roasted Pork Belly

"Char Siew"  /BBQ pork .Very well Roasted too. No "Char" on the meat. Perfect!

Deep Fried Crispy Kai Lan. All the food seem very well prepare and nice presentation. Really a very high standard restaurant. 

Anyway, no matter how nice is the food presented, I think the most important is the skill of the chef and the taste of the food.

 When I bite the Roasted Duck meat, it is really crispy on the skin. However, the meat is a bit soft. Like my friend said, no duck "bad odour" . After second piece of meat. I realise why no "bad odour". I will make conclusion on it later.

 The roasted pork is my favourate dish. The skin of the pork is very very crispy  and the evenly roast. Awesome!. But the flesh/meat is a bit dry. Anyway, we cannot expect this as this is not the whole pig cut. Therefore, it is expected less juicy.

 This "Char Siew/ BBQ port" is very well roasted also. Like I mentioned earlier, it does not have the Char on the surface. Very well done.

It is look like the food is highly recommended right? I would say- NO. Why??? 

1)  Let's look at the Roasted Duck, It has crispy skin, yes but this is nothing special because it is only treated with hot oil before serve. However, the meat/flesh is very soft and the duck taste is milder, this is because they put the duck into the fridge to marinate for too long.  No wonder my friend said the roasted duck here has no bad odour. (imagine if you take KFC, once you bite the fresh chicken, you can feel the juiciness of the chicken and tenderness of meat with the nice chicken aroma. It is the same theory for duck). Therefore, I can comment this is not fresh duck and you can't get the juiciness and original aroma of the duck like fresh duck. That why I say no good because is not fresh.

However, you can't blame them as this is the Hong Kong style Roasted Duck. The Hong Kong style is they have to put into the fridge to marinate over night before roasted.. Those that like to take plain duck meat with any aroma or taste but with the crispiness of the skin can try this.                                                                  

2) The Roasted Pork belly skin is well roasted but less juicy compared to whole roasted pig. Once again, this in nothing special as I can easily  find something similar or a bunch of them in KL

3) "Char Siew" I would expect at lease they have a strong "Char Siew" smell or taste but no. It is quite normal like other chicken rice shop in Klang Valley. 

4)  Deep Fried Kai Lan- It is crispy. Now is very common in KL also.

From all the comment above, you know what, they theme is "special food of all". I don't see any special a part from the price. 

This is the price: Roasted Duck -RM 52 per duck,  "Char Siew" and Roasted Pork RM 28.00 , Hong Kong Kai Lan (IMPORTED)-RM 20.80. Btw, this price is subject to 10% service charges and 5% gov tax. 

Anyway, I can summarize the roasted duck in town. If you are looking for stronger duck taste, Long Fong is your choice. If you are looking for less stronger duck taste, Yat Shen is your choice. Both of them serve fresh suckling duck with juicy and tender duck meat texture.     The only difference is the duck size is bigger for Long Fong roasted duck compared to Yat Shen. That's why Long Fong duck has stronger duck taste (not bad odour)  compare to Yat Shen. Anyway, Yat Shen has and appetiser soup to serve that make you feel more appealing to the duck.  If you are looking for tasteless duck(like my friend), you can go to any of the so call " Hong Kong Style" roasted duck. It will definitely suit you. 

I think that is all for the above. If you all experience better roasted duck then the above 2 restaurants, let me know and I  will go and try.                    

Famous Buntong Wan Tan Mee(云吞麵）

This is the continue of Buntong, Ipoh trip. Review the "Famous Buntong Bean Sprout Chicken", prior to that, we purposely drive from Ipoh Garden to Buntong,Ipoh just wanted to try "Famous Buntong Wan Tan Mee". This shop was once very famous in Ipoh whereby customers have to queue up to order Wan Tan Mee.　Let's see how good is the Wan Tan Mee.

Look at this old man so engross in cooking Wan Tan Mee. FYI, this old man is the boss.

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This is the evening crowd at 9.15pm. full house. No joke. A small place but yet have such a crowd. Must be very famous.

                                                                                                       　                                               　The shop name is Cheong Kee (祥记). The board also engraved surname 陈


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                                                                       

The appearance is so appealing. Eee...! the meat look difference from others. Suppose to be "Char Siew" but this is different. Let's look at the bigger picture as follow.

 This is like braise mince meat. But don't know how's the taste.

When I lifted up the noodle with my chop stick, I got a feeling, is it really good? The noodle look so sticky! How is the taste? Ok, I will tell you last at my comment. Now take a look at the Wan Tan (云吞).

                                                                           What is this???

The Wan Tan (云吞) is small. How's the taste?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Finally, this is my comment on the noodle. You know I have ordered 1 1/2  portion for the noodle. I was a bit regrets  when I lifted my chop stick(as showed in the photo). It is sticky. I asked myself  "can I finished the whole plate? " When I put the noodle into my mouth, OMG! it is salty. No other taste but saltiness. You can imagine how can I finished my 1 1/2 potion? But I have no choice as I don't like to waste food. Still I bare myself to finish it.(suffering man!). The noodle texture is too soft and the sauce/gravy is thick and salty. The mince meat is well mixed with the salty gravy. The Bean Sprout is nice ( no comment on bean sprout). 
 
The Wan Tan (云吞) has nothing special. Just the Wan Tan skin wrapped with the meat(not even prawn). Quit disappointed. Overall I can't get satisfaction. That's why we decided to go to take the Buntong, "Famous Buntong Bean Sprout Chicken" later.

RM2.00 a glass of "Teh Peng". Most expensive in town

Have you ever try RM2.00 per glass of Teh Ais at traditional coffee shop??? You will probably say "what so great about this?" RM2.00 only!

If you happen to be around Segambut, KL. Try to look for this shop.It is only 2 doors away from Public Bank, Segambut. You will surprise that how come this shop selling Teh Air and Kopi Air for RM2.00 per glass. This is Crazy!                                                                                                                                

The interior of the shop has no different from the other traditional coffee shop. Why charge so expensive? Somemore, no aircon.

Look ordinary. Still don't understand why charge so much.

Finally, this is the Teh Air. Look so common right? But the unique is the taste for the Teh Air. It is so rich, with a very well concoction of Vaporated Milk, Tea, and malt (i guess). And I would said is the awesome blend.

Some might say it is too rich and filling. I would say "NICE".  RECOMMENDED!

Famous Buntong Beansprout Chicken

I'm sure a lot you have familiar with Lou Wong, Onn Kee and Cowen Street right? They all serves Bean Sprout Chicken. Some say Onn Kee chicken is nice, some say Lou Wong chicken is nice. I think most peoples will prefer Cowen Street Beansprout Chicken- For those who has never try Ipoh Cowen Street Beansprout Chicken, go and try it. I will recommend.

Beside the above mentioned, have you all heard of Famous Buntong Bean Sprout Chicken? It is located nearby the morning market(Buntong Pasar). Their operation hour is from dawn until midnight. This shop have been there for  more then 20 years. This is the second time I was there and this time the purpose is to share with you all.

As usual, they serve Kuey Tiew (Hor Fan) soup or rice. I have ordered a bowl of Kuey Tiew because before that, I was  just have my dinner. (My dinner is Famous Wan Tan Mee at Buntong. I will tell you later). Look no difference from others except the soup look a bit pale.                                           

                                                                  The meat balls in soup is also my favourate dish. This meat balls is so springy and nice taste. It is probably the same supplier for Lou Wong and Onn Kee because taste and texture is about the same.                                                  

Wah!!! Ipoh bean sprout i can say is  the best bean sprout in the world.( Correct me if I'm wrong). When you bite, it is so juicy and crunchy. The best part is there is not awful taste as compared to those bean sprout in KL. I can finished one big plate of Ipoh bean sprout.                                               

This is their chicken. The skin is more yellowish than other chicken because they serve only "kampung chicken" as compared to other.

The workers are all wearing uniform-blue T-shirt with yellow collar.

The place is still crowded after 10.30 pm.

This shop the worker are friendly and the chicken is not too bad. But nothing impressive. The Kuey Tiew is a bit hard and less smooth compare the Ipoh Town (not to mentioned the name). And the bean sprout is less juicy.(maybe soaked too long or over cook a bit).  I have no comment on the meat ball because it came from the same factory I guess. But the soup of the Kuey Tiew has less prawn taste. More toward the "meso soup"(味精汤).  I won't recomment, but if you want to try yourselves, you can contact the number as showed at the sign board. I hope they can improved and make it the best at Buntong/Ipoh.