Ah Tuan Ee @ The Curve PJ

Despite knowing its existence for the longest time, Jenn & I have never seemed managed to make it here. That was, until one particular day when I was feeling a bit adventurous that both of us decided to give it a try. Nyonya food was normally not in my highest priority when it comes to dining out.

We didn't know what to eat when we arrived at The Curve one Friday evening. Then we spotted Ah Tuan Ee's as we crossed over from IKANO Power Centre using the overhead bridge. Lazy to venture further, both of us decided to try this out.

Interior was done Peranakan style... but I reckon more towards Oriental style!

Pineapple fish @ RM20.80 - Fish slices topped with pineapple and sweet & sour sauce. Comfort dish but I thought that the fish slice was rather big . It would be perfect it was smaller :) the Pineapple provided a sweet note to the dish.

Perut Ikan @ RM16.80 - one of Penang's favourite! Concoction of 12 different vegetables & herbs, with prawns and fish maw, cooked to perfection as a spicy, sweetish, sourish, soupy and truly aromatic dish. Let me see how to put it... the gravy tasted just like asam laksa. From its outlook, it looked just like rojak sayur-sayuran but I have to say this.. not everyone appreciate perut ikan so it's more like an acquired taste!

Stir fried brinjal with sambal @ RM11.80 - a simple and flavourful dish but not memorable.

Fried sotong @ RM18.80 - fried squid rings coated with spicy flour & served with sweet chilly sauce. The squid rings were lightly battered with curry-like powder before deep fried, resulting in a delightful crunchy dish. Loved it to the bits! I cleaned almost 80% of the plate :P

Leo's verdict - Overall our dinner was satisfactory. The supervisor was very helpful in recommending the dishes to us even though I didn't ask for any. Dishes were served rather fast and cleaned up as fast too... LOL! Just remember to try the fried sotong ok?

Thai Express @ The Curve, Mutiara Damansara

Thinking of what to eat for lunch, Jenn & I passed by this outlet. Express = fast & we need a quick fix for our hunger. So we just popped in & placed our order.

Iced lemongrass tea @ RM5.90 - it looked like plain water (colourless) when served but one sip was all it took to know that it tasted plain too without much lemongrass flavour. Disappointed!

Initially, Jenn asked for som tum but it was unavailable.. so she ordered tom yam soup with chicken @ RM9.90 - the soup was the clear type. It was quite spicy with generous amount of chicken & oyster mushroom. No complain!

As for me, it would be khao mun gai or bangkok chicken rice with special thai ginger-chilly sauce @ RM16.90 - the name sounded attractive even though I had no idea on what it was. It's Thai version of chicken rice. The chicken was deep fried & the rice was served in claypot (oily rice).

Leo's verdict - the only thing that bugged me was the malfunction air-cond which apparently has been like that for a long time. I remembered that it was the same on my first time here. I was sweating while eating... not a very good eating experience. But then, the food was OK! For those who are afraid of heat, please sit outside instead.. coz at least there's wind!