Eat @ Margaret's

After a throughly exhausting session troubleshooting the office new switch(es) I was glad to be able to sooth my tired mind (and hungry stomach!) with a visit to one of USJ's most famous yong tau foo places. Presenting...Margaret Yong Tau Foo!

Table, reserved

For a group of three we ordered 26 pieces of assorted yong tau foo, 3 pieces of 'tau kan' (basically some sort of soya bean sheet stuffed with fish paste), a bowl of rice and sugarcane for all. On to the pictures...

Home made boiled sugarcane, very soothing

Thick sweet sauce and pretty good home made chili sauce
A good combination!

A glimpse into the kitchen

The fried brinjal and 'foo chook' came first
Crispy and tasty!

Big? =P

White taufoo, taufoo puffs, fishcakes,
bitter gourd, ladies fingers and chilies

Taufoo puff (taufoo pok) explored

Apparently they use a mixture of fish paste
and sotong for the white tau foo
It is so good!

Their signature 'tau kan'
Pretty good but pricey

Ladies finger and white tau foo take to the stage

They taste as good as they look

Finished?

Not so fast, here's the encore!

One word, tasty. Would I return? Yes. Was the service good? Yeah although you do hear horror stories about their service and attitude. Was it worth it? Yes, the yong tau foo servings were big and packed with meat. Thumbs up!

Let me just break down the pricing for you peeps. Each piece of yong tau foo goes for RM1, the 'tau kan' is priced at RM2 a piece, rice at RM1 a bowl while a cup of sugarcane costs RM1.30. Not too bad really. They do serve other dishes like vegetables, assam fish and paper wrapped chicken too, no idea about the prices though.

For people who are not to familiar with the USJ area this place might be a wee bit difficult to find. In fact I had to rely on a hand drawn map done by my colleague! So uh...mebbe I'll just give you the coordinates to this place 3°2'33"N 101°35'35"E. TADA! It's somewhere near Goodyear Court 9 actually. Happy searching!

Andrew's super smashing housewarming partay!

Pics of me at said partay oh yeah?

Bottoms up babeh!

Chicken wings taste so good they make me fly

Donut is good yeah
Btw those two ladies are shopaholics...next trip...BANGKOK!!!

Torn winnings, courtesy of Danny
He actually picked it up from the road see...
Still it bought me a lotta luck...woo!

They shoot golfers...I mean gophers...

At Andrew's smashing housewarming party yesterday,

Buddy A: When I lived there I had some crazy friends.

Buddy A: Each time they saw some gophers while they were driving they would stop the car and shoot at them with rifles.

Buddy B: That's sick!

Me: No need for a license to kill gophers eh?

Buddy A: No need, they are considered to be vermin around there.

Buddy B: What? Golfers are considered to be vermin around there? WTF?

Buddy A: Not golfers, gophers!

The rest: ROFL!

Cybercafes to close at midnight? WTF?!!

So some of you avid gamers might have heard the whole fiasco over cybercafes in the Subang area being forced to close at midnight due to some ruling. Now it seems that all cybercafes in Malaysia will have to close at midnight. Shocking? Fuck yes!

Sauce here!

KUALA LUMPUR: All cyber cafes will have to close by midnight daily and operate only from the ground floor of buildings once the guidelines to control them are enforced.

Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin said that under the new guidelines, cyber cafe operators were also banned from using tinted glass.

“Operators must ensure their shops can be seen from the outside,” he said.

“The new rule also requires those below 12 years old to be accompanied by their parents or guardians to cyber cafes and they are only allowed to stay until 10pm,” he told reporters at the Parliament lobby yesterday.

The guidelines have been drawn up and ready to be enforced at anytime.

However, Hamzah did not say when the ministry was going to start enforcing them except to say it would be “as soon as possible”.

Hamzah said cyber cafes were also banned from other co-business activities, including having games, gambling, pornography, music and publications with negative elements.

“Cigarettes and alcohol cannot be sold or consumed at these premises,” he said.

Hamzah said operators were required to keep a register to record the entry and departure time of their patrons.

“This is to ensure that all patrons are checked by operators at all times. The owners of the business must also send the names of students who come to their premises to their schools,” he said.

Hamzah said some students had been found to play truant by changing their uniforms and visiting cyber cafes during school hours.

“We will also issue a warning to operators who allow students into their centres as this (truancy) has been getting out of hand,” he said.

Cyber cafes which did not comply with the guidelines would be blacklisted.

“The names of offenders will be sent to all local authorities and they will not be allowed to open such businesses again in any part of the country,” he said.

Although I don't frequent cybercafes that often anymore, on the occasions I do go out for a gaming session with the guys I notice almost everyone games until early morning. So now the government is asking all gamers to just stop gaming at 12? Or just stay at home and play online?

What is the government's justification for this new ruling? If it was to keep underaged kids away from cybercafes they could easily just enforce a ruling prohibiting all underaged customers staying after 12 (oh wai- they already have that ruling...)

With cybercafes being so widespread and popular...I wonder how the cybercafes will be affected. If the enforcement is as stringent as what's being done in Subang (MPSJ actually sealed up FTZ, a popular cybercafe near Asia Cafe) I shudder to think of the fate of gamers everywhere!

Kin No Uma

So a couple of weeks back me and Wei Siong managed to score some seats at Kin No Uma, the Japanese restaurant at the Palace of the Golden Horses. It was a lucky break for us as the entire restaurant was fully booked for a month. Yes, fully booked for a month. We only managed to get the seats after somebody canceled their reservation.

If a restaurant is doing so well, the food must be good no? Or maybe it was the 50% discount promotion that's attracting all the customers...

The golden horses

Nice surroundings

Dusk has come

'Special' sushi, limited to one piece per customer
It was just soft shell crab sushi...

Sashimi was good, on par with a restaurant located inside such a prestigious hotel

Extremely fresh oysters, no need for lemon

The teppanyaki beef was tender but it wasn't cooked on the spot


The two bestsellers of the tempura section, super crunchy (and fresh) squid rings and prawns
I like!

Pretty good garlic fried rice and unagi
The unagi could have been fatter though

The yakitori was tough and cold, skip this one

Now this is one of the best chawanmushi I have ever tasted!
I think this beats out the one I had at Momo...

The usual 'make your own' mixed ice (ABC)

I had to literally scrap the bottom of the barrel to get my ice cream
They should really refill the ice cream section quicker!

Another one bites the dust

All that waiting does make the ice cream taste better

We had to queue to get the cup of cappuccino
For the record it was very strong and very bitter...

Our ratings say it all

What can I say besides this meal was great and definitely worth the money. The price per person of RM40 cannot be beat! Of course they won't be running this promotion forever, in fact it has already ended. But their next promotion is 40% off the list price, but only if you have the proper coupon (which were given out during dinner). So this means...I will be back!