Went to Lai Po Heen in Mandarin Hotel, Kuala Lumpur in the occasion of my brother's birthday. Classic Cantonese cuisine with seafood and dim sum specialties. Lai Po Heen’s elegant decor is based on the grand ancestral homes of Chinese tycoons from the turn of the century.

This is an appetizer, and if I'm not mistaken, it tasted like a sushi roll, lol.

Shark fin soup. I guess it's the best shark fin soup I've ever had :)

What took me by surprise is this surprisingly expensive normal fried chicken. Doesn't even beat Kentucky's fried chicken half dead.

Starting from now, the dish served are 50% faster. Meaning, before we even get to enjoy the meal, next dish is served. With speed and non-precise.

Came a few seconds later after the fried chicken is the steamed fish. How do they expect us to enjoy the hot fried chicken OR the hot steamed fish before finishing the other dish? I decided to finish the chicken first, and sacrificed my hot fish.

The now, 'cold' fish, is served with rice vermicelli (i think) and see those crushed brown nuts or so on top of the fish? Again, I'd prefer to have the fish without it. It's too hard to be chewed on. Doesn't add to the fish flavor, instead, it destroyed the fish's flavor.

Prawn dish. This tasted quite good too. Not too sweet and love the sauce :)

Chinese mixed green vegetables. Tasted quite good but no added twist to it.

Noodles, anyone? This one here is quite a large portion. Couldn't finish it all.

As dessert lover, I was hugely disappointed with their last dish for dessert. Couldn't believe that they would serve this kind of dish for dessert in their luxury restaurant.

What's on the big plate is the some mixed pieces of fruits, and green tea pudding. It's like a child's play. The green tea pudding tasted quite okay but with such a lousy presentation, it just destroyed the whole mood. Definitely, not a dish i would hope for when i dine in any other restaurants.
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Food: 4.9/10
Beverage: 7.0/10
Service: 6.8/10
Place: 7.5/10
Price: 2.0/10
Comment:-
I've never tried their dim sum before. It could have been better if we did have for it for dinner compared to these packaged course dinner meal. The food served is extremely disappointing. Not up to my expectation. Besides the shark fin soup, nothing's really outstanding that night! Service, well, there weren't many people dining there that night, so they're basically standing around the room, waiting to be called for duty. So, i guess i could add some score to this part. Oh, the beverage score was quite high because the Chinese tea tasted quite good (=/). The place was fabulous. Nicely decored and classic. The price? Consider itself lucky for i have restrained myself from scoring them 1.0/10 because of the shark fin soup. Nothing more. After looking at all these photos, what do you think this package of meal course costs? around RM500+? It costs RM1000+, mind you. And to be served with these kinds of dishes are absolute fool. Come on, I could get a lot more delicious & better dinner less than that amount! I wouldn't recommend this place for anyone. Not for the meal course, definitely. The meal course may be bad, but I'm not quite sure about their dim sum. But i guess it could be any better. Not a place to be back again.

Went to Ko Hyang in Gardens, Mid Valley the other day. I don't really remember when though (>.<)

Complimentary + refillable 3 types of side dishes. Frankly speaking, I don't find anything special about this appetizer: kimchi (was O.K), the packaged fried fish cake + sausages, and anchovies? This appetizer doesn't make a real biggie for me. But a lot of people keep on asking for theirs to be refilled. Are they being greedy or they just don't possess taste buds?

Some kind of Korean canned drink. Apple crushed juice. Sweet tasting and you get to chew on those crushed apple. It's not even homemade! What's so special or tasty about it? Get real!

Sik Hye, a traditional sweet Korean rice beverage, almost like the Chinese barley drink but nicer.

Okay, so here's something which i think quite delicious. Looks nice too. It's a bowl of noodles with various greens and egg on top. What's looking delicious is the egg yolk lurking out. You gotta mix everything together before you put it into your mouth.

Japchae, a Korean dish of stir-fried cellophane noodles. It tasted quite good :)

Kimchi Jeon, a dish that looks quite appetizing, making people wanted to eat it more. I prefer to eat it without dipping it too much into the spicy sauce though. The spicy flavor would cover the other taste buds.

After watching the Harry Potter: The Deathly Hollows Part I, me and my sis went to Elcerdo to join my other family members for dinner. This is my second visit to Elcerdo. El Cerdo is a Spanish word meaning pig. So yes, using your common sense, Elcerdo serves Spanish cuisine and specializes in pork dishes.

Although it costs an average of RM100 for a dish, there are still a lot of people who dines in Elcerdo. You need to call for booking in order to secure your seats. One thing I quoted from the waitress there, "60% of the diners in Elcerdo are regular customers, whereas the remaining 30% are first timers." Get that, readers?

Also, one of the fun things you could do in Elcerdo is by ordering their suckling pig (It costs around RM200 and I do still think that Chinese made suckling pig tasted better than theirs!). By ordering their suckling pig, you get to use a plate knock on the wooden platter and uses it to cut the pig. Well, of course, that's not all. You will then get to make a wish and smash that plate into a barrow. (of course, nice word will be smash, but in reality, you're just gonna 'let go' of that dish into the barrow and let it heads the rock and smashes into pieces.) Just remember to bring your camcorder if you decide to order their suckling pig ;)

The one i went to is located in Changkat, Bukit Bintang. This is the one I visited for the first time. It's hard to find parking there, but if you're lucky, you get to park right at its doorstep! If not, just park your car in the Radius Hotel nearby and walk there by foot. It's just a few yards away, no sweat!

My second visit is at this place, next to the above one. Frankly speaking, I preferred the place mentioned above than this one here. To me, it seems like the above one is much more comfortable and cozier.

Complimentary bread (refillable) + a cup of mushroom soup to start your meal. Just FYI, there's no sky drink provided. You need to order either the local bottled still water or 'imported sparkling and spring water' from the menu ;P

Here's the cup of soup for every diner in the house :D

Nothing stays the same forever. Not even for Elcerdo's menu. Chefs from other countries are hired to work here in Elcerdo Malaysia AND they don't stay long. So, you may not get the same product the next time you visit.

What you see in the picture is Jamon Serrano from Spain. What I love most in this dish is eating the cold balls of honeydew with the raws :D Not to forget the goat cheese too.

Paella, a Spanish rice dish cooked in a pan. This one here is served with King Tiger Prawn. A delicious dish, everyone should look out for.

This is one of the dishes I'd never forget. Tener Iberico Shoulder Loin Steak served on garlic toast with garden vegetable, potato & green pepper corn sauce. The steak i had was perfectly cooked! It was so delicious!

There's only one thing I dislike on that plate. It was the toast. I expected it to be more crusty, but it just got soaked in the sauce and oil, making it hard to be chewed on (harder than the steak, can you imagine that?) But overall, it's a good dish and the best steak I've ever had in my life! Salute to the chef who made this dish, for it's greatly done! A must try dish!

Nice environment to catch up with friends or colleagues while enjoying alcoholic drinks.

Ordered 2 pints of Hoegaarden Witbier Draught Beer.

Over here is the delicious looking German Crispy Knuckle seasoned (I like the crispy fried skin but Kentucky's Spicy Fried Chicken skin is still the best XD)

Also served with potato, sauerkraut and mustard & beer sauce, & apple mousse.

Specially ordered for the birthday girl. 3 chocolate brownies garnished with a slice of glazed orange, accompanied by crushed nuts & sour cream with mint leave. The brownies were well baked -Soft at the the center, crisp at the top- It was delicious. NOT to forget there's also a cute little wooden piggy as a gift! :D The waiter told me that it's some kind of a lucky pig, so keep it well =3

What's more cute & funny was the birthday song sang by the waiters over there which goes like:-
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, OINK OINK,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, OINK OINK,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY... HAPPY BIRTHDAY...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, OINK OINK!!

Served last, is the digestive drink which contains alcohol. The first time I had it was quite okay. But for the second time, it was too strong for me. But, overall, yeah, it works well with my stomach. LOL.

Average rating: 8.2/10
Food: 9.5/10
Beverage: 7.0/10
Service: 10/10
Place: 6.0/10
Price: 8.5/10
Comment:-
Great food served splendidly by the waiters with professionalism, politeness & smile. Less waiting hour for food serving. Your next dish will be served only when you've finished the dish on your table, which is good. So, they deserve a perfect score for service. They don't serve plain water for free and no free flows for any drinks in the menu. But the drinks were quite okay, anyway :) Hard to find parking space there, especially during night time. Price may be high but food served are valued for its price. A place where you will be back again :)