Poached egg with black cream on dried scallop toast
When I recently read this article in the Guardian UK on how to poach an egg, I realized that I was on to something. Something good. The article mentions luminaries like Julia Child, Marcus Wareing and Delia Smith amongst the people who know their eggs and how to get it just right. There is the old school way and then there is the new way of poaching eggs.. and then even a tip on a clever cheat!
Well, not all of us are gifted egg poachers but I do know one place that is, and does, the perfect egg. Not only that, the other dishes in its repertoire are just as praise worthy. Believe me it is no understatement when I say, it has been a while since a really good restaurant, opened up in Sunway Giza. My Cookbook is the latest edition to the restaurants in this area, featuring Modern Chinese cuisine, and we headed out there to put their poached egg to the test. Needless to say, it passed with flying colors.
The Black Eye Pea Cake with Salted Egg Yolk
The brainchild of John Teo , the same accomplished fellow who runs New Convox and Jia in Damansara Perdana, this place showcases a laidback, yuppie friendly joint with contemporary furniture, where the hip and happening can “be seen” dining. The outdoor dining area allows for extended tête-à-tête, while one dines on lovely Chinese cuisine, drinking and chatting the night away. They have imported beer here such as Hoegaarden and Cider beer by the bottle that ensures its biting freshness.
This first starter called the Black-Eyed Pea Cake with Salted Egg Yolk is named as such, because it is riddled with black-eye peas or mei tou, the kind you find in a Chinese dumpling. When you bite into the soft cake, you will taste the addictive salted duck yolk, a bit of dried shrimp and if that is not enough, the lovely flavour of dried scallop permeates and completes the ensemble. Contemporary Chinese indeed!
Potato Balls with Cheese, on Whipped potato
King Prawn Porridge with Century Egg and Ginger
half boiled egg served with toast
Chicken Rice
The Chicken is served up in the form of a Crispy chicken roll. I found it was moist with just the right portion of chicken fat to meat ratio, wrapped in a crispy skin. The rice was full of chicken stock aroma. Totally fantastic.
Char Kwey Teow with duck egg and massive prawns
Fried Chicken – way better than KFC, but a tad salty
Giant Wantan with Cookbook Chilli
Prawn Noodles in Prawn Bisque with a poached egg
To me, this was the ‘piece de resistance’. The Prawn Noodles in Prawn Bisque. The flavour of the soup is like nothing on earth. It is so thick and creamy it resembles bisque rather than soup. The slippery egg gives the noodles a rich, smooth feel to it. This was the highlight of my night!
Black Glutinous Rice with Coconut Ice-cream and Homemade Peanut Jelly, and the Chilled Avocado Puree with Yam Ice-cream and Homemade Black Sesame Beancurd
The food here is rather affordable. Appetizers are only RM11.90, main courses RM15.90 or RM26.90 and desserts RM9.90.
My Cookbook comes highly recommended. I will take my colleagues here this coming week for a “Contemporary Chinese” new year get together. I think it’s time for them to experience something new.
Add: My Cookbook, A-12, Sunway Giza, No.2, Jalan PJU 5/14, Kota Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Tel: 03-6140 6113. Opening Hours: noon to midnight. Google Maps
such fine dining touches on old classics at an affordable price! wow, cant believe it exists!
don’t u wish u were back in KL and not in Australiaaaa 😛
The char kway teow doesn’t look very appetizing? Everything else looks sumptuous!
but it was! blame it on my photography skills eh;)
Eh.. can drop by here next time I go IKEA. The poached egg looks very good and prices are so reasonable too 🙂
great idea;)
Wah…must pay this place a visit the next time ayam there. When you taking me there? =P
Tomorrow!
That poached egg looks perfect in all its golden, quivering glory! 😀
(What a night! So much food and fun, as usual….)
Wow, never expected them to serve fusion style of Chinese cuisine. Interesting enough. And to imagine back then I thought they were just another char chan teng like Wong Kok.
Let’s do dinner there soon, or Erawan? double dinner? 🙂
CAN!
everything looks so intricate and pweeetyyy!
it is!
went to My Cookbook last week and thought the food was fabulous…
good!
i’m hoping they expand their menu really soon! i think i’ve managed to try everything here, and i want more, more, moreeeeeeeeeeeee! 😀
you are an exceptional eater sean. for your sake, i sure hope they expand the menu too! LOL
Oh boy – every dish is inviting me to try it!
that’s right. swing by.. it’s worth a try!
The poached egg looked nothing short of fabulous! And the chicken rice is so pretty! The round pieces of chicken are just begging to be eaten! hehe..
i had it again today.. *SHY* burp 😛
Unfair, how come your pix turned out so beautifully? When are we going back for lunch so I can take more pix
dunno? didn’t yours! hehe.. just point.. and shoot la 😛
Yum… that poached egg… Yum!!
I don’t know how to do that. That’s not a well known way to cook eggs but I really want to be good at it. 🙂 I tried few times, it’s really hard!
Hi juno! you can try the “cheat” method mentioned in the attached article! i think it’s awesome. Something i’d totally do! haha
I thought for a second you had published your own cookbook!! Do you ever cook? Or is it joe?
Eggs are hard to get in many places. I don’t quite know why. I miss a big plate of 3 or more eggs. Places here don’t seem to do that. Then again, we are eating in different types of places 😛
me cook? cookbook? duh.. no!
wahhhh all dishes so yummy!!! must add to my list of must eat!
just went again today! it keeps getting better;)
The presentation looks awesome! You’re really good in food photography – artistic! Kudos! 🙂
BTW, there’s an egg poacher thingy that makes perfect poached eggs everytime, don’t know where my sister got that and I guess it’s kinda like cheating but it works fine – comes out right every time.
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll visit this one – the food sounds good and the prices are great!
I’m not a fan of prawn but I think I just gotta try that prawn noodles! Sick pictures la wei, no fair, making me hungry!
I don’t know how you do this, but your picture always make me hungry in the middle of night. lol
Gosh! salivate profusely esp. looking at the chic. rice, no kidding! Im not a fan of half-cooked egg, but those pictures of poached egg and half-boiled egg make me wanna embark on a little advanture. Wish I could make a trip there during my coming vacation.
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