Dessert Temptation : Hui Lau Shan (许留山)

     The third location for our final food review is a dessert shop called Hui Lau Shan. Hui Lau Shan is the Cantonese pronunciation for these 3 Mandarin characters-许留山, which is pronounced Xu Liu Shan in Mandarin.

     The little shop is located in the middle of the wide walkway from the Orange Atrium to the Blue Atrium in Sunway Pyramid 2. It has a limited number of tables and chairs, but the environment is pretty simple and nice. Hence, this makes it look as if it is a cute, little dessert shop.

     When we entered the shop, only three tables were occupied. Somehow, it seemed like 40% of the shop was already filled due to the small, confined space.

     Once we opened the menus,  most of the food is orangey-yellow in color, because most of the desserts are made out of mangoes. The sweet, scrumptious mango fruit that can be planted in the tropical weather of Malaysia.

     The six of us ordered 4 types of desserts, which are 2 Triple Mango Delight, Mango Feast and Mango Zimi in Double Juices. 

     The first bowl of dessert which is chosen by Shao Perng, arrived within a few minutes. It is topped with mangoes, and another layer of white, milky liquid lies at the bottom with little red beans sunken at the bottom of the bowl. According to the menu, the white liquid was actually coconut milk, which is called santan in Bahasa Malaysia. Shao tasted it and immediately said it was good.

     The second bowl and the fourth bowl of dessert was ordered by Kay Kay, which is also something like the first bowl, but without coconut milk and red beans. It was more like a lighter mango dessert. Pieces of mangoes with little, sliced pieces of translucent jellies is dipped in a bowl of shaved ice that has a mango flavour.

     The third bowl of dessert consists of three different types of desserts. One of them was a biscuit-like dessert, with a creamy layer in between two pieces of biscuits. As you munch, pieces of frozen mango could be found in that creamy layer. Another one was a small bowl of shaved ice that is mango-flavoured, with little round balls that are made out of dough, which are called "Tang Yuan" in Mandarin. The "Tang Yuan" was soft and chewy, and it matches with the mango-flavoured shaved ice.

     The last one was a small bowl of mango-flavoured shaved ice, with pieces of mangoes and thinly-sliced coconut in it. The coconut was silky smooth, and they tasted really fresh.

     The mangoes in every dessert were very fresh and sweet. None of them tasted sour and stale. These must be fresh mangoes with good quality.

     Desserts are never wrong to have after a meal. The sweet taste of desserts just feels perfect on our taste buds. If you’re looking for some light dessert after a meal, Hui Lau Shan is definitely the place to go !

Triple Mango Delight.

Mango Icy Zimi in Coconut Milk.

The Mango Feast!

And there's us busily eating our desserts with the feeling of satisfaction.

Pasta Zanmai

     On a Friday after classes had been dismissed, the six of us went to Pasta Zanmai which is of Japanese origin to have a taste of their food.

The menu.

    All of us already had our lunch earlier on that day, the only person who hadn’t is none other than our group representative, Rachel. And so, she ordered a set of food called "Chicken Teriyaki to Onsen Tamago Rice".

    The cutlery was given in a little basket that contains wooden chopsticks, forks and spoons.

    Green tea was served in a clay teapot and several cups were provided.

   When the food arrived, we could smell a sweet scent coming from the Teriyaki chicken. It must be the famous Japanese Teriyaki sauce!

  The Teriyaki chicken and rice came with two side dishes which are a bowl of Miso soup and a bowl of salad filled with fresh vegetables with a special type of sauce.

     A partly-cooked egg also came with the Teriyaki chicken placed on top of the Japanese rice. However, according to Rachel, the egg was a little too raw for her liking. Perhaps the Japanese like it that way. The rice tasted good, because it was Japanese rice called Japonica, not like the usual type of rice we have every day on our menu. Rachel said the miso soup tasted good because of the salty taste with some seaweed and tofu in it. Miso soup is quite famous in Japan as it is a traditional Japanese food.

     During the meal, we talked to each other and asked questions to know more about each group members. It was a round table, therefore it was easier for us to communicate.

     Overall, it seemed like a pretty good restaurant to go to on occasional days or even just dinner with friends.

Group picture!

First Stop : Bar.B.Q Plaza

     For the first food review, the 6 of us went to Bar.B.Q plaza at Sunway Pyramid for lunch.

Bar.B.Q plaza is located at the opposite of McDonald's and next to Bread Story. On a weekday, the crowd was less compared to what we usually see on weekends. It’s always crowded ! On that particular day,half of the tables were empty, and so we easily got a place to sit.

     The menu was given once we sat down ,and we ordered the Family Deluxe Set that contains a plate full of thinly-sliced pork, and another plate filled with vegetables like cabbages, fish meat, chicken, prawns and some other seafood products.

     For drinks, Rachel and I both ordered Ribena with Lemon and 3-flavoured assam juice respectively.

Water is first added at the side of the saucer as a kind of soup. And then the gas was turned on by the efficient waiter. When the food arrived, we were already very hungry so we started placing all sorts of food onto the saucer and barbequed them. Cabbages were put into the soup to be boiled.

We were each served with a bowl of rice to be eaten with the barbequed meat and vegetables. When one side of the meat on the saucer was cooked, each of us flipped the meat so that the other side can be cooked too. Everyone was busy turning the meat over to allow the meat to be cooked thoroughly. It didn’t take long for the meat to be cooked. Soon everyone was grabbing food with our chopsticks and putting them into our mouths. A sweet sauce should be accompanied by the barbequed meat for a better taste. 2 bottles filled with cilipadi and chopped garlic was prepared at each table and we could choose them according to our preferences.

     Overall, the food tasted really yummy especially the meat because they were really fresh. And the sauce just makes the food taste better altogether. The vegetables were fresh and the seafood products tasted good too. The fish noodles were really good too as they were chewy and tasty. These fish noodles are actually noodle-like fishballs. Cabbages can be also refilled, for FREE !

     The price of the food was quite reasonable, as we all had a great serving of meat, vegetables, seafood and rice. Somehow it feels quite like a balanced diet to me. Overall, we had a very good time having lunch together and chatting about random stuffs.

     It was a good eat. However, please be aware that after coming out from the shop, you might smell like you have just been barbequed ! This is because of all the smoke that’s floating around the restaurant. No big deal. You could always bring some perfume to be sprayed on after a meal !

Kay Kay & May Kee.

Rachel and Xiao Wei.

And the price for our hearty meal is as shown in the picture:

Introduction of our lovely group member !

Dear readers, welcome to our blog !

First off all, I would like to introduce you to the team members of my business communication group. There are a total of 6 of us, and we all have our respective responsibilities as a group member.

I shall begin by introducing our group representative, or what we always call a leader, Rachel.

She’s in charge of arranging a specific time for us to meet up \, and she helps to decide whichever restaurant we should head to. Besides, she’s also one of the photographers for this assignment. A foodie like her sure knows which place to go for some good food.

Next, we have our second photographer, Arveen. And the guy who starts the conversations during our meal.

And here’s May Kee, our group’s music finder.

The girl in the picture is Xiao Wei, our blog editor.

And here’s Shao Perng, another of our food taster.

And then there’s me, Kay Kay, the writer for this food review.