Thursday, August 7, 2008

Pepper soup and Claypot Chicken

花 雕 鸡
(Mandarin: Hua Diao Ji)
(Cantonese: Fa Diew Gai)
辣 汤
(Mandarin: La Tang)
(Cantonese: Lat Tong)

Does it look appealing? Delicious huh? I don't know what does it called in English. Therefore, I've written the description in Chinese for your viewing pleasure. And, this is a store which serves non-halal food, Muslims were not given a choice to dine here coz they serve PORK. Sorry for the inconvenient causes.

Ok, here's how to find this delicious food. This store is situated behind the Serdang post office. It closes on every Monday. It opens from 7am-2pm and 5pm-10pm. *my memory failes me to recall the exact timing. This is the roughly timing, will give u the exact timing and location when I visit the store again.

Ok, here's guide when you're there. Grab a seat inside. There are around 5 air-conditioned room. You gotta be fast as it's selling like hot pancakes (the seats inside I mean). KL weather is hot especially in the afternoon (that's the time you'll be having lunch). Therefore, the seats outside is usually not demanded.

Then, get someone to order for you. Famous ones there are those shown above and there's another dish, 醉 虾 (direct translation: drunken prawn; mandarin: zui xia; cantonese: zhui ha; english: prawn stewed with wine). It'll cost about RM35 per pot, depends on how much share that you order.

The two dishes above are the most common ones there. Everyone who dine there will order this 2 dishes. Don't be greedy, if there's 2 of you, order 1 share each. It's quite big portion, unless you have huge appetite, or else it'll be too much for you. 辣 汤 can be ordered alone with pork, chicken, pork intestines and pork stomach, pork liver (I guess you can ask them take out some of the things that you don't want). And, you could actually add things like Fish Paste (鱼 滑 ), Straw Mushroom(金 针 菇 ). It's up to individual what they wants to add but of course additional charge is applicable for those who wish to add anything into their soup. The soup will cost about RM7.50 per share while the chicken will cost about RM8 per share.

Next, get a dish of vegetable. You'll have a list of varieties to chose on. Ordinary chinese would know this, it's essential everytime you dine in a chinese restaurant. It'll cost around RM8 per plate? I've even seen people ordering tau-fu (豆 腐 ), it's normally served cold, with fried onions and corriander as decorations or steamed hot. *I haven't been trying this, so I'm not sure how they serve it.

I think that's all for now. See ya soon =D

text, pix & captions by KEM a.k.a. Fr1skyFay