Claypot Station Restaurant @ Jalan PJU 5/12, Sunway Damansara PJ

After spending half a day scouring this area to look for lightings, Jenn & I felt hungry as it was way past lunch time. Both of us had little for breakfast earlier that morning. So we drove around Sunway Damansara area and spotted this particular restaurant.

We didn't ponder too long before deciding to try out their food because 1) we are very hungry and 2) it was about to rain. Upon entering the premise, we realised that we were the only patrons at that time... it made us wondering about the food's quality but looking at my watch, it was already 3pm (past lunch time). The decor is nothing to shout of, as everything is kept simple with the usage of wooden table and plastic chairs. They post pictures of the dishes at the restaurant's wall.

We'd decided to order two mains and one side dish...

I settled for Claypot Fa Tiu (chinese wine) chicken. I really liked the combination of fa tiu wine & dark soy sauce that smothered the chicken slice. It was good until the very last drop. A must order dish!

Jenn tried their Claypot Assam fish fillet. The hot assam curry tasted real good... not too spicy, slightly sour and good to go with rice. However, the fish fillet turned out to be a disappointment. The fillet was deep fried before served in the claypot, and it was very soft... eewwww!

Signature fried taufu - one of the best dishes! Crispy on the outside while soft and smooth on the inside. Topped with dried shrimps, spring onions, red chilly and their special sauce, it is a must try dish.

Leo's verdict - As their name suggests, claypot dishes are their specialty. Overall, the food was OK except for the fish fillet (the assam gravy was good though). All their claypot dishes come with complimentary bowl of rice. The restaurant served flavourful and warm claypot dishes and best of all, free of Ajinamoto (as so they claimed).

The Wok @ Jalan PJU 5/21, The Strand Damansara PJ

Actually we stumbled upon this restaurant by chance. We were looking for a new place to have dinner, and we haven't explored The Strand before. I just drove around the area and noticed this place, situated along a rather quiet and dark street. Most of the shoplots were still empty at that moment. There were a lot of cars parked outside and that prompted us to give it a try.

The whole place has a very Oriental approach in its exterior and interior design. For example, you'd notice this unique partition that looks like from ancient Chinese era from the outside.

And as you walked inside, you'd notice similar design for its interior, giving you the feeling of back to the future.

Apart from food, they also sell some antiques which are placed at one corner of the restaurant.

Teapots can fetch as high as RM500!!!

Stir fried eggs with prawns - I always like eggs prepared this way. The prawns were huge too!

Stir fried roasted pork with dark soy sauce - the meats were sinful but the gravy was good. But I think that it was quite salty...

Deep fried red snapper with special sauce - I ordered a RM13 fish initially... but then they served this snapper without our consent and told us that the other fish was out of stock. In the end, I was charged about RM50++ for this fish... quite disappointed and felt like being robbed in the daylight... sigh!!!

Herbal tea which was ready made powder mixed with hot water... very artificial and I didn't quite like it.

They gave me free dessert - red bean paste... but I'm not buying.

Leo's verdict - in the end, we felt cheated as they didn't inform us about the availability of the fish that we ordered. A simple dinner that I thought should be less than RM50 turned out to be RM90++... the food is quite OK but the ethics are not there... I don't know if I will ever go back the second time again!

Sentul Ah Yap Charcoal Fried Hokkien Mee @ Sunway Damansara PJ

Frankly, it was quite a long name :) one of my close friends had mentioned about this place and commended on their hokkien mee. My friend is quite a fussy eater and so when he praised the normally-hard-to-prepare dish, I knew that I gotta give it a try.

Like most hokkien mee restaurant, they fried hokkien mee outside...

The menu is a laminated A3 size coloured paper with some pictures, description and price... how simple!

Newspaper cutting and reviews on the restaurants were pasted on the wall...

Hokkien mee @ RM6 per pax - it requires skill to whip out a good hokkien mee, and I think that the chef had done a good job. Using charcoal, the mee was full of "wok hei"... more aromatic compared to when using gas stove. Generous amount of pork lard, small prawns and other stuff.

Yin yang bones @ RM15 - basically it was 2 types of cooking style... mayonnaise and marmite pork. The taste was so so only...

Leo's verdict - Well, all I can say is that the hokkien mee is good... better compared to Damansara Hokkien Mee which I think the quality has dropped significantly. Now I know where to go to satisfy my hokkien mee craving.

Chilly Pan Mee @ Kota Damansara

Jenn and I used to come to this area a lot last time. But we stopped for a while... and today, we came here again in search for dinner. Upon exploring this area, we noticed this particular restaurant which was quite packed with customers. We parked our car and walked in...

The menu was rather simple with not many options available, which is good as I don't have to crack my head browsing through the menu and decide on what to eat.

Jenn placed her order for dried pan mee - without even trying the chilly, she poured a big spoon of dried chilly flake into her mee... and it was very spicy.

Pan Mee Soup - the traditional version for me... they gave generous amount of minced meat, anchovies, potato leaves and mushrooms. However, it tasted rather plain and not as good compared to Lim Kee.

Leo's verdict - another restaurant in this booming area, which will be packed with commercial activities in the near future. But then, it's not as good as what I'd tried in face-to-face or lim kee pan mee.