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Dim Sum at Gingko Restaurant, Chengdu

joyce — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:27:26 +0000

We went Gingko Restaurant today in Chengdu. They serve very nice Cantonese dim sum. Eating out in China concerns a lot of doubtful people. Doubting whether they are hygienic! Which is the main issue. This restaurant is very clean from inside out. They have open-kitchen and very cozy and clean washroom. Food are nice, place are clean, great !

Ginkgo Restaurant

The interior

Dim sum

More dim sum in the kitchen.

Much more dim sum…

Ha Gao, very delicious, with 4 or 5 medium size prawns inside.

Steam Bao, Chicken Jaws, Pork Ribs.

Xiu Lung Bao

Wow…hold on! That’s not a car of food we ordered. Waitress push a car of dim sum and desserts, “FYI” only… They bring hot from oven dim sum and desserts for you later on after order.

Zhu Ciong Fan, fatty prawns lies inside.

Fatty juicy prawn.

A cold dish, prawns and some salad-liked stuffs inside.

Well… kinda empty inside huh…

Cha Siew Bun

Siu Mai, delicious !

Spring Roll… i guess…

I know… i know… we’ve ordered too much? Well… since I’m here, if i dun bite them, i feel sorry

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Sashimi and Sushi

joyce — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:37:27 +0000

I went to a Japanese Restaurant for sashimi the other day. Tomoe Japanese Cuisine is popular with it’s fresh food. Well, at least i went for a few times and things are fresh to me. Sashimi for that night was satisfactory. Dipping with wasabi and when sashimi lies on your tounge, you will then close your eyes to enjoy the fresh, sweet, soft and melting piece of fish.

Some people doubted that is it good for health by consuming raw fish. Well, it actually depends. While fresh, raw fish is definately a healthy food. If you are eating out in restaurant, it could be a problem choosing the right restaurant serving fresh fish.

Sushi, or Sashimi may be one of the best sources of nutrition. They are packed with protein, dense with nutrients and they are low in fat ! They are definitely an excellent source of lean protein and contains very little heart clogging saturated fat. Fat available is mostly in the form of Omega 3 fatty acids.

The only type of food borne illness you can get from sushi is from a certain type of worm but sushi chefs are trained to remove this. How about the presence of parasites in raw fish? Eventually, most parasites cannot adopt to human hosts, frequently. If an infected fish is eaten, parasites are simply digested with no-ill effects.

Tomoe Japanese Cuisine

The restaurant

Tomoe menu

Sashimi

Fried Udon

Soft Shell Crab Roll

Shioyaki (Salted grill squid)

Japanese Satay

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Tomoe Japanese Cuisine
Location: Ground Floor, Lot 9896 Section 64, Jalan Mendu, 93200, Kuching.
Distance: 5 minutes drive from Kuching City.
Contact: 082.335 399
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A Dine Away from Kuching City

joyce — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:18:56 +0000

We drove almost 30 minutes from Kuching city to reach this small town named Batu Kawa. Although it was quite a long drive, we were determined to get our money’s worth from every dishes we ordered, food was really tasty and dirt cheap. It only cost us RM47 for food (four dishes) and drinks! Besides, we requested for the smallest portion and food came to us was not what we think as “small”, the portion is quite big.

Food Valley Seafood

Butter Squid (strongly recommended by JoyceLiew.com) – Sliced squids were nicely coated with tasty butter. Some squids were the size of a bracelet. I don’t think you can get anything like this in Kuching city and yet, it’s only RM 8 !

Fried Tofu – Their signature tofu if i’m not mistaken. It looks like tofu was wrapped with a thick layer of flour. Apparently, it’s not; it’s crunchy ! And it’s only RM 6.

Crab – I think this is the cheapest crab you can get in Kuching; RM 18 only.

Prawn Paste Chicken (strongly recommended by JoyceLiew.com) – Strong prawn paste taste with tender chicken, RM 8.

Local Sauce “Belacan” and Spicy Chili with Soy Sauce

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Food Valley Seafood
Location: No 53, Batu Kawa Bazaar, 93250 Kuching.
Distance: Approx 30 minutes drive from Kuching City
Contact: 082- 683807, 016-890 6180, 016-885 8513
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“Not Available”

joyce — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:30:54 +0000

What comes out your mind when you see "Not Available" and "Out of Stock" on the menu that you are reading while you’re dining out. It is understandable for one or two dish being labeled so. But, when you start to place your order and the waiter/waitress started to spell out the word " N o t A v a i l a b l e~ ", for me, i’ll start to get irritated. I came across restaurant that keep telling me this and that is not available, it heats my fire up and i started to question back, "So what do you have?"

I really get annoyed when they show diners a menu but part of them are not available. If they are no longer available, why don’t they just change a new menu?! It is definitely funny when you show your patrons things that does not exist.

Well, normally dishes were labeled unavailable without telling you why unless you questioned. The picture below was provided by my friend, Carolyn who took her dinner at Mother’s Recipe, a dish that was stated unavailable, and surprisingly with a reason, a reason of "Cook On Leave" ! How cute.

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