Jin Xuan Hong Kong Dim Sum

We decided to have dim sum at this well-known restaurant located in Damansara Uptown on our day off college. It's usually enjoyed as breakfast, but having it as lunch wouldn't hurt.

Parking can be a bit of a pain on a weekday in that area but the restaurant do offer free valet services for customers; although it did mean that your car may be illegally double parking, it'll still be looked after so you may enjoy your meal with a relaxed heart. If the parking appears to be all occupied, no worries. There's a building that offers parking nearby that would be just a 5minutes walking distance away for RM1 on the first 3 hours.

Siew Mai (L) & Har Gaw (R) - RM4.50/ea

Siew Mai and Har Gaw, the common favorites by Malaysians; a have to try, in every dim sum restaurant. They both taste very satisfying, food can be tell to be made fresh as the texture of the meat and prawn is chewy and juicy.

Mixed Steam Rice Roll - RM4.80

We ordered a plate of Mixed Steam Rice Rolls (Chee Cheong Fun) stuffed with prawn and meat. Tastes fairly good, but I'd to order ones with individual type of meat instead of the mixed one as the taste of the meat and prawn didn't really compliment each other. The XO sauce served with it isn't really up to par for me either.

Golden Bun - RM3.60

Their popular dish, The Golden Bun or "Lau Sar Pau" is a must try. As soon as you take a bite, the hot and smooth custard just flows and melts in your mouth. Definitely worth the money. The bun itself was well made too; soft and fluffy. Best enjoyed as soon as it is served; hot!

Char Siew Sou/ Baked Roast Pork Pastry - RM4

Made and kept fresh, it is also well baked. Scrumptious to the very last bite. The texture outside is just as it looks like, crunchy. The Char Siew is satisfying too.

Fried Salad Shrimp - RM4.50

Fried then smothered with butter to bake, gives it a crunchy outside but soft in the inside. Size of the shrimp is not disappointing at all. Served with mayonnaise.

Fried Prawn Roll - RM4.50

Not much difference with the dish above but, nevertheless all the same, enjoyable. This one is crunchier though, due to its thin texture. Also served with mayonnaise.

Green Stuffed Chilli

A random craving ordered by a group member. Not spicy at all since, they nicely had all the seeds removed. Good enjoyment for those who can't take spicy chillies.

Deep Fried Turnip Cake - RM4

Our final dish. This is too, is well made. Texture is smooth and savory. Nothing more I can say to it.
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Considering that we went on a weekday afternoon, the food were all still made and kept fresh. The prices were all affordable even for college students like us. Each of us only had to fork out about RM13 to go home satisfyingly stuffed.

Services and environment is good, clean and comfortable. (We had a group mate who wanted to order Milo Ais with little ice but she tripped all over her words and ordered, "Milo Ais, tak nak ais." It wasn't understood so we were sent with another server who would be more fluent with us. You gotta say that is good service for our first server could have just went on and make the order with his own assumptions.)

                                                                       Written by: Kar Kei

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Restoran SS2 Murni

A convenient day for a dinner outing for our group after college, we decided to head on down to the popular mamak 'Murni' in SS2.

This restaurant is popular for it's delicious menu that offers a variety food, from Chinese to Western cuisines, besides the usual mamak food that others serves.

Thirst quenchers

Some of their drinks have really quirky names such as I Love You, I Kiss You, Be Happy, and Don't Worry. We ordered ourselves a I Love You (Soda + Ribena + Lemon + Longan), I Miss You (Passion Fruit + Soda + Lemon + Jelly) which is their recommended and other drinks.

Served in not only an attractive appearance with the colored layers, they taste just as good. Each glass comes in a fair price of RM5~6.

"Trademark" of Murni- Dragon Pizza. The shape and appearance is totally different compared to a normal pizza but, if you had noticed, the shape and the size of it looks like the back of a dragon. It's probably why it's dubbed as the Dragon Pizza.

Looking into the 'stomach' of the Dragon Pizza, it is filled with some omelet, pieces of sausages, mushrooms and fried minced chicken. As you can see, the filling of the Dragon Pizza is disappointingly little but, it is tasty. Besides the filling, the 'skin' of the Dragon Pizza tastes like a normal "roti naan". It's skin is actually made with the dough of "roti naan" and the filling is wrapped by it. Despite the lack of stuffing, it is actually quite filling. 

The price for Dragon Pizza is RM 12.50 nett. It's quite expensive but for it's ability to fill you, it may be worth it.

 

Next up is Chicken Napoleon. Another trademark "must try" of Murni.With a piece of deep fried chicken exterior wrapped around ham, sausage and cheese served with a bonus of fries and coleslaw and a separated serving of black pepper sauce, the presentation was mouth-watering. 

A heads up to eating this dish, there are toothpicks embedded in it to hold it together. You may miss it out if you're not careful, especially when sitting out at night. It can bit of a hassle having to pull them out before savoring it. 

I thought that the balance of taste was tilted off as the taste of cheese overwhelmed the rest. The price is RM12 which, I felt it was a little overpriced as the dish did not meet my expectations.

The last dish we tasted was Roti Hawaii. Also, a recommended dish by the restaurant which, interestingly enough is another stuffed dish. The taste for this was simple delightful. 

Roti Hawaii is stuffed with a choices of  either minced chicken or beef, eggs, cheese, sausages and pineapples, presented with a spider web mayonnaise dressing. It will be served with choice of 3 types of sauces: curry, dahl and chilli sauce. 

The price of Roti Hawaii is considered affordable at about RM5~6. 

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Atmosphere of the restaurant, just like another other mamak restaurants, is noisy however comforting filled with the friendly Malaysian essence. 

Getting the attention of the servers may be a bit frustrating especially when sitting outside and away of the restaurant though they are well-mannered when to attending you.  

                                                                      Written by: Yee Ken

                                                                                       Co-written by: Candy

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