All the restaurants/food joints/shops listed here are my personal favourites – I still go back to some of the places for the food once in a while. Hope the list will benefit those who are constantly not sure what to have for lunch or dinner! :p
My personal favourites of all time, in no particular order:
Ipoh
- Pork chop rice – Restoran KL, Ipoh Garden South
- Tau foo fah/soybean milk – Funny Mountain, Ipoh
- Peanut gruel/mua chee – Hong Kee, Pasir Pinji
- Chicken/bean sprout/hor fun – Cowan Street Chicken Beansprouts & Hor Fun
Kuala Lumpur
- Choc & Cheese/Death by Chocolate – Just Heavenly Pleasures, Damansara Heights
- Tom yum, grilled squid, raw mango salad, fried crullers with pandan kaya – Nong & Jimmy Thai Seafood BBQ, Ampang
- BBQ chicken wings/satay – Restoran Wong Ah Wah, Jalan Alor
- Soo toong pork – Hong La Qiao, Pudu
- Cold tofu salad/spicy ma lat chicken – Dong Bei, Pudu
- Fried lotus root/fish in spicy soup/pumpkin pancake – Gui Zhou Garden, Pudu
- Fried tapioca noodle/Hakka abacus seeds – Lim Kee, Old Klang Road (moved)
- Salt-baked clams/salted egg yolk squid – Sim Hap Kee, Taman Connaught, Cheras
- Hokkaido ice cream – Hokkaido Ichiba, The Garden
- Three eggs beancurd/sweet sour pork – Ipoh Old Town Restaurant, Lucky Garden, Bangsar
Petaling Jaya
- Steam (Double-boiled) Soup – Meng Kee Steam Soup, Taman Paramount
- BBQ pork (char siew)/Hakka noodle – Famous Seremban Favourites, Sunway Mas
- Yong tau foo/wantan mee/chee cheong fun – Yap Hup Kee, Damansara Uptown
- Steamed beancurd with egg/butter mantis prawn – Restoran Ang Kee, Chow Yang, SS2
- Western breakfast set – Tappers Cafe, Jaya One
- Ulu Yam loh mee – Restoran Tua Huat, Section 19
- Butter eel/bittergourd with salted egg/sesame deep fried chicken/bamboo rice – Restoran New Formosa, SS2
- BBQ pork (char siew)/Hakka noodle – Toast & Roast, SS2
- Deep fried eggplant with dried shrimp/deep fried oyster mushroom – Hua Xing, Sg. Way
- Spanish tapas – Bar Madrid, Jaya One
- Fried rice with roasted pork – Dim Sum Kitchen, Damansara Uptown
- Dry noodle (kon loh mee) – Bintang Kopitiam, Damansara Uptown
Subang Jaya
- Pork noodle – Restoran Pomander, SS15, Subang Jaya
Puchong
- Shabu-shabu – Restoran Shabu-Shabu, Bandar Puteri
- Yong tau foo – Puchong Yong Tau Foo, Batu 14, Puchong
- Bittergourd egg/Hakka meat balls – Restoran Ho Boh, Bandar Puteri
Sg. Buloh
- Siew mai and dim sum – Restoran Kong Mah, Sg. Buloh
Klang
- Hakka spare ribs – Peng Heong Hakka Paikut, Lorong Gudang Nanas
Melaka
- Pork satay – Ming Sate Hut, Melaka
Kuching
- Kolo mee – Sin Lian Shin, Jalan Green
- White Lady – Pusat Penjaja Hui Sing (Hui Sing foodcourt), Hui Sing Garden
Guang Zhou
- Xiu long bao – Lin Heong Lau, Shipu Road
Guilin
- Guilin rice vermicelli – Everywhere in Guilin
Hong Kong
- Teng Chai porridge/fried crullers – Shop No. 137 & 139, Lockhart Road, Wanchai