Feedmelah.com As Seen In The Star Newspaper [Part 2]
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We’ve been so busy lately and with all the news about MJ’s untimely death, Swine Flu, sports news and other things, we didn’t even realize that The Star Newspaper took another one of our articles and featured it in the Sunday Metro!
This is the second time (read our original feature here) we’ve been featured in The Star and we only found out about it when Fatboybakes of http://fatboybakes.blogspot.com/ left a comment in our post telling us about it.
Thanks for letting us know!
You can see the full article, which is about The Wok, Kota Damansara on The Star Metro website.
I’ve also paraphrased it below:
IF you’re in search of authentic Penang nyonya food, make a beeline for The Wok Cafe which opened at The Strand in Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, recently.
Shares foodblog Feedmelah.com, apart from a good meal, patrons can also check out the antique crockery on display which is for sale.
“Stepping into the shop, you feel as if you were stepping back into time. The whole shop is decorated with antique items, from the wooden wall fixtures and the grandfather’s clock to the pictures hanging on the wall.
“It’s a time capsule. The wooden fixtures, lights, tables … all that you see are real antiques. The wooden fixtures were brought in from Penang.
“Uncle Robert, who owns the shop, is from Penang. He has a shop in Penang called The Hot Wok which is now being run by his son. Most of the food stuff is imported from Penang to maintain its originality of taste. Trust me, eating here is as good as eating in Penang.
“For starters, we had the lobak and tau kua (fried taufu). I enjoyed the lobak as it was crunchy and the filling was full of meat unlike others with hardly any meat and rather soggy because it had been sitting out for too long. It was well worth it.
“Next, the Ju Hu Char is a typical nyonya dish made with shredded turnips, carrots, cabbage, dried cuttlefish, white lettuce and a bit of sambal thrown in. Eaten wrapped in fresh lettuce leaves, it really kick starts your palate in preparation of more good food to come.
“The perut ikan (fish stomach) is 95% vegetables and 5% fish stomach. The very tasty curry style dishone of their specialities and a nyonya favourite. The mint leaves gave it that fresh minty flavour which blended well with the curry.
“The roast pork cincalok is good as well – crunchy siew yuk fried with preserved baby shrimp (cincalok) with red onions and chillies; just imagining the combination makes me drool. You can’t ask for a better combination.
“The spicy sweet mango salad is a Thai influence and the added kick here is the heh kou (prawn paste) from Penang. The difference is obvious, the paste is smoother and has more flavour and sweetness.
“The assam prawns was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The prawns were fresh and well done and the sourness of the assam complemented the dish as it seeped through into the prawn meat. Yummy!
“But the dish which stole the show was the Curry Fish Head. This is their speciality, and it is for a reason. You have to pre-order this two days in advance because Uncle Robert personally goes to the market to get the freshest and biggest fish head to serve.
“Chilli Brinjal Tau Cheow Prawn is fried brinjal with prawns and tau cheow (bean paste). It was very tasty with the tau cheow giving a nyonya flavour to the whole mix.
“Lastly, you can’t go without dessert. To end the superb meal, we ordered the Nangka Sago. Nangka means jackfruit in Malay. This dessert had chunks of nangka coupled with coconut milk and ice shavings. Refreshing on a hot day. An old-time favourite, the sago and gula melaka was so good we had second helpings.
“We also sampled their assam laksa and Penang Char Kuey Teow. They were good too though we were overstuffed by then.
“And all this food only set us back RM229 for 11 diners.”
The Wok Cafe is located at 26-G, Jln PJU 5/21, The Strand Damansara, Kota Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya.
>feedmelah.com/blog/2009/03/23/restaurants/selangor/petalingjaya/kota- damansara/penang-nyonya-cuisine-the-wok-cafe-the-strand-damansara-kota-damansara
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