ZestPJ dot com and theQguides dot com just recently organized a bloggers food review at Pj Hilton.
Incase your wondering, ZestPJ is the hotel’s blog for its restaurants and bars, and theQguides is a beverage and food website portal.
How it Works.
1. Book online with this NEW! COOL! LATEST! QuickBook system. It’s fast, it’s free and they have got loads of great eateries joining our lineup of bookable
2. Receive a confirmation via email and SMS within four hours, by 11am the next day, or 30 minutes before your dining time, whichever is applicable
3. You earn free points towards your next free meal. This is what you will see on the homepage of theQguides. Just Type in the name of the restaurant.. and you are on your way.
Anyway, the restaurants reviewed that night were,
1. Genji
2. Toh Yuen
3. Paya Serai
The people involved were: babe in the city kl, bangsar babe, places and foods and cumi & ciki (us!)
As we drew lots for our dinner venue, Cumi & Ciki and Places and foods, got Toh Yuen.
So, off we went with ‘Places and foods’ to Toh Yuen.
Fred, the Sous Chef with his magnificent smile. He tells us that the latest promotion/novelty for that month is the ‘claypot’. Claypot what you say? Basically claypot everything.. any meat you can think of , was up for the eating, in claypot style. Being typical red meat eaters, we could not resist the claypot beef.
Wobbly, cartiligous and meaty, like an ample Botero model before liposuction, the beef was divine. I ate this is silent reverence, just happy to be shoving each succulent piece into my grateful, gaping, maw.
The signature Toufu. Fantastic texture and taste. Slightly crispy deep-fried outer, with soft toufu center tempered with some crunchy bits, of well.. crunchy bits of tiny things you put in toufu. (They cannot tell you what’s in the signature toufu. They COULD tell you.. but then, they’d have to kill you).
The soups. Not a fan of the sharks fin, we had the scallop alternative instead. All good and I especially liked the fact that the soups were not too salty or laden with MSG.
The night was progressing really rather well. Amidst stories from the lovely couple of ‘Places and Foods’ of skydiving and hot air balloons, we felt a warm glow of pleasure, blanket us, insidiously.. not unlike how dusk gives way to complete nightfall. Maybe it was the wine, but the company was excellent too.
Century egg with slices of abalone. My two most favourite food items teamed into one spectacular dish. Fred, the sous chef, is a genius. The only other coupled food that could top this would be sea urchin + foie gras.. TRULY!
The Broccoli, abalone, Sea-cucumber. Healthy yet tasty.
Snow peas from snowy twin peaks.. no? Well, I am assuming so, otherwise why call them snow peas right? But seriously they name them snow pea, because of their tendency to grow at the end of winter, just before the last spring freeze. These voluptuous, crunchy, little beauties can be covered with snow during the time, but still keep right on growing. (hence the name.. got it?)
Finally, the moment I had been waiting for since sitting down at the table.
Dessert.
Double boiled YIN WOR! Bird’s nest! .. Fantastic.
If I had gone home and died that night, I would have died a happy person.
Other delicious desserts (Tong Yuen), but paled in comparison with the Bird’s saliva .. for sure.
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After dinner, the chill out session and post mortem begins at Uncle Chilies.
Superwilson, working the floor. A real lady’s man la, this one… 😛
Also the lovely babes from PJ hilton and our host from theQguides.
Click here, ZestPJ dot com and theQguides dot com , for more information.
The Nomad Gourmand and Bangsar Babe, all bring out their dancing shoes.
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At the end of the night, we go home.. back to the places we came from. What a great night out.
The next day, as if to tell you that they take their job seriously, I found that theQguides had sent out an email thanking me for my participation the night before, and asking me for my feedback on the restaurant I had visited. This counts for the free points I can earn towards my next free meal.
Life is good!
Add:
Toh Yuen Chinese Restaurant,
No 2, Jalan Barat,
Petaling Jaya,
Malaysia 46200
Tel: 60-3-7955-9122
Fax: 60-3-7955-3909
i was so lost admist all the yummy dishes at Paya Serai, i walked up and down until Head Waiter asked me if i need any help :p
Thanks for the write up Ciki. Good to finally meet up with you and Cumi. Let's do this again real soon ya?
I'm a ladies man??
I'm not. Frat is! LOL
Seriously… after having so much fun at Hilton PJ… the next day at work is really realllllly sloooow. Time takes forever to pass… until the next "Happy Hour" session.
Anyway, it was great to have finally met Team Cumi & Ciki. Soooo… when we going to Sid's at TTDI? This Friday?
i think u would not b alone in dying a happy person if u ate ALL of the above..
how come Frat Mustard was there?? Lol…
Wow – you are one lucky couple!!!
That looked like a banquet! Yumms.
babekl:
woa.. that would be like exercising even between ur dishes right?
Lisa:
yes what a great night. see you soon:)
superwilson:
same same:P
Frat:
it's monday! already planning for friday ar u:P
Joe:
agree!
Thule:
good question.. eek! he's everywhere!
Bobo:
aww, thx!
Pureglutton:
it was..
Eating and drinking is serious business… as I am learning… so must plan… well ahead of time 🙂
Ooooo…the tofu looks yummy!! Actually, everything looked good…I would die happy if I ate all the above too! Nyek nyek nyek… =P
You ended up with the best cuisine in da world ( bull's eye ), congratulations !
Only thing missing is the team…meet sat1aug09rianagreenpj7pm,ok?
tq c ya
i wish 1 day i would be like u guys eating around together;-)..seems so much joy
Looks really good! I agree w bsg, chinese 's stil the best cuisine!!
After dat go 8KM routine jog or not?? 😉
Nice coverage. Starting from the reservations online till the food and beyond. Oh ya, the photos are great too!
Hi, I happened to find your blog through Black Tie, White Lie's blog. I hope you didn't mind that I commented here. 🙂 Keep up the great work!
Alexander
Alex's World! – http://www.kakinan.com/alex
That's a really efficient system they have there.
*tak tak tak… pressing the letters of Q-g-u-id-….
They are generous with the bird nest huh~~~
i silently awaits the next makan session…
Wah, that's a lot of food. Yah, the century egg is such a simple thing, but ranks as one of the best ingredients hor. Yum2.
Frat:
yup2.. i see that now;)
bbabe:
agree. but genji is great too;)
BSG:
? is that a secret code?! hehe
breadpitt:
when u get some time off la.. 😉
TNG:
really? i like em ALL!
Lithium:
NOT! hehe
Alexander:
Aww.. thank you for the encouraging words and thx for stopping by;)
jason:
LOL, yeap.. agree with ya
mimi:
yes, very generous!
Wilson:
same here… 😉
LL:
totally agree. simple effective ammonia based pong… hehe