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It was the first day of Chinese New Year so naturally we went vegan for that day. Not being a vege lover, it was pretty difficult for me to stick with vegetables and bean curd and what ever vegans eat and by the end of the day i was really craving for meat!

Yee Sang

So anyways, we went to Shui Yuan Court Vegetarian Restaurant for brunch. It’s located on the same row as Sai Kong Restaurant in Kepong.

We often go there when we were little to celebrate grandma’s birthday but haven’t been there since she’s gone. I don’t even remember how is the food there.

Appetizer

The place was really packed on chor yat (first day of CNY), we had to wait quite long for a table. Finally we got a table up front but the restaurant is not spacious so people kept bumping into our chairs!

Lousy shark fin soup

The service was so bad that i vowed never to return.

First nobody attended to us. The staff was busy with other customers. When finally one of the staff came over to place order, she was very impatient and rude. She kept pushing us to order the CNY set and seemed very frustrated when we ask about the dishes in the menu.

Salty fish vegetarian style

Mom relented and ordered one of the CNY set. The set is inclusive of yee sang, 1 appetizer, 6 main vegetarian dishes and a dessert.

Vegetarian braised pork knuckle

The food was just so-so and there were no vegetables, almost all were beancurd and doughs.

The vegetarian shark fin was the worst being too salty that nobody wanted second helpings.

Vegetarian prawn

By the time we managed to finish the 3rd dish, we were so jelak. I actually felt nauseated because of all the dough.

Mushroom with fatt choy

The best dish of the day must be the stir-fry mushroom with fatt choy.

We didn’t even manage to eat the last dish which was the glutinous rice because we felt so full. In the end we ta pao it back for dinner.

Glutinous Rice

As for the dessert, we didn’t get any. The staff ran out of ice and didn’t other to tell us so we waited almost more than 1/2 hour for it and finally we left without it!

Everything cost arounf RM350++ which to me is rather pricey for food in this standard. Won’t return again (eventhough sis swears that their food is usually good during non-festive days).

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Shui Yuan Court Vegetarian Restaurant
Jalan Helang Sewah (Same row as Sai Kong)
Kepong Baru
52100 Kuala Lumpur

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I have yet to find an authentic recipe but i found this one on MalaysianFood.net which looked simple enough.

I’ve made some adjustment to recipe to suit my taste and some alternatives to substitute the ingredients. My notes are written in red :).

Sorry for the not so nice presentation - i forgot to wipe the rim of the plate LOL

Ingredients:-

• 3lb whole chicken, cut into 8 - 10 parts, skinless preferably *3/4 chicken cut into small pieces with or without skin
• 2 tbsp tumeric powder
• 1 tbsp salt
• sufficient peanut or vegetable oil
• 1 cup red onion, chopped
• 2 tbsp ginger, grated *1 and 1/2 tbsp ginger, grated
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 can [6 oz] tomato puree *3/4 can tomato puree
• 1/2 - 1 cup or to taste, chili paste *1 cup of blended dried chili (de-seed)
• 3 tbsp of hot chili sauce, or to taste *3 tbsp of chili sauce
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 2 tbsp dark sweet sou sauce
• 1 large onion cut into rings
• 1/2 tbsp sugar
• salt to taste
• 2 cups water
• 3-4 kafir lime leaves *zest of 1 lemon
• 3-4 pandan leaves (optional)
• corn or vegetable oil for pan frying
• coriander leaves for garnishing (optional)

Method:-

1. Lightly coat chicken pieces with tumeric powder and salt( 1tbsp) and let it stand for at least 30mins.
2. Heat wok and pot on hight, add sufficient oil to fry chicken till golden brown then drain.
3. Leave 4 tbsp of oil in the wok add chopped red onion, ginger, garlic, stir fry a few seconds, add blended chili paste and stir fry 1-2 mins.
4. Add chili sauce, tomato puree, tomato sauce, dark sweet soy sauce, sugar and salt to taste. Stir fry 1 min.
5. Add lemon zest/kafir leaves, pandan leaves, 2 cups of water, bring to rapid boil, immediately reduce to medium heat, simmer uncovered for 10mins.
6. Add chicken, stir well to coat the chicken evenly.
7. Bring to boil again, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer slowly for at least 25-35mins.
8. Add onion rings, simmer 3-5mins
9. Add garnishing.

My ayam masak merah turned out quite yummy except that it tasted more like curry chicken due to the tumeric powder. Haha.

Not bad for a first time.

Sis recommended a restaurant by the name Remember 126 located at Kg. Bukit Tinggi. Yes, the name is really cheesy so i didn’t expected much from that place initially LOL.

Happy CNY!

It’s located along Lebuhraya Karak, just 15mins from Genting Sempah.

The restaurant is spacious and airy and is extremely clean. I was impressed with their public toilets which was very clean as well compared to the usual dirty toilets in Chinese restaurants.

There’s pond and a yellow school bus as deco too. Cute :P.

Yee sang

We ordered a yee sang with jellyfish as appetizer. It is Chinese New Year after all.

We had a fun time tossing the yee sang but i dropped my chopsticks in there haha. Is that a bad omen? Oh well…

OUG roast duck

The service here is more than excellent. The staff were attentive and courteous, we were tended too promptly and they had great suggestions too. It’s a refreshing change because most restaurants offer really bad service during CNY.

Future brother in law brought the famous OUG roast duck along to the dinner too. The staff quickly took the package from us and served it nicely on a plate without even us asking.

I would return to Remember 126 just for their good service. Definitely.

4 heavenly king

The food on the other hand is rather decent but again not spectacular.

Curry wild boar

We ordered 5 additional dishes, the four heavenly king, curry wild boar, sweet sour pork, paddy frog soup and steam river patin.

Sweet sour pork

My fav was the steam fish which was smooth and sweet. The curry wild boar was rather good too although the meat was hard too chew. It was average.

The sweet sour pork however was just ok. The pork was a little too hard and dry. Pineapples was missing too :(.

River patin

As for the paddy frog soup, it was surprisingly good. I don’t eat frogs but i tried the soup and had a bite of the flesh. The flesh was really sweet and firm, it was like eating chicken but it was a whole lot nicer. The soup on the other hand was full of flavor. Delicious!

Frog meat

The bill came to about RM189.00 approx. Super affordable and worth it.

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Remember One Two Six Restaurant
PT3347, Kg Bukit Tinggi,
28750 Bentong, Pahang
Handphone: 012-2251894

Other reviews:-
Remember 126 Restaurant, Bkt Tinggi
Remember 126 @ Bukit Tinggi, Bentong Pahang
REMEMBER 1 2 6 RESTAURANT @ BUKIT TINGGI, PAHANG

Chinese New Year is all about family getting together annually to celebrate the coming of the year. Friends and family gather and have a feast fit for a king. In fact the whole 15 days of the new year is celebrated with abundance of food and grand dinners.

Thus, the importance of dinnerware should not be forgotten.

Chinese New Year especially stresses on throwing out the old and unlucky and replacing with the new and hopefully lucky ones. That is the reason Chinese throngs the malls buying new apparels, undergarments and even furniture and home decorative like frames and curtains.

One thing that people forget is the tableware and flatware.

Dinnerware should suit the occasion too. I believe that good looking and sparkling dinnerware sets the mood to the festive season. Don’t you agree that pretty looking dinner plates and spotless cutlery makes the food look more sumptuous?

Dinnerware with simple but elegant designs such as these fine china and matching set of silverware (Silverware Wikipedia) with exotic carvings like these will totally be the centre of the party or for this case a grand meal.