Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Kong Xi Kong Xi to 妈咪

3-Mar~ That day was my mum big day….the actual day was actually on 24-Mar, but today indeed was my mum’s Chinese birthday..

My mum’s favorite, Starview Restaurant. This good-old-restaurant used to be situated right just opposite the Telekom at Jalan Burmah. But right now, it had been moved to a better place. Situated right in the heart of the newly open New World Park. And here we are, ordered some of the signature dish as well as my mum’s favorite dish.

Here you go. Bon Appetite!!

The first dish to serve was this Mantau with Lotus paste a.k.a Sau Pau. Sau Pau is normally served during ones birthday. Back in those days, this dish brings affluent and long life for that particular person. It was made similar like the peach where Chinese believed only served for angels and goddess. Inside this fluffy Pau, you will find some rich and semi sweet lotus paste. Yum!!Then was this Golden Sharkfin. I guess that’s not much to explain as if you have gone through my previous blog you will indeed get a hint on what and how to make this delicious dish. All in all, Starview still beat the rest and served one of the BEST Sharkfin..LOL Next was this 5 Happiness. It was a typical Chinese starter where it was a plate of 5 combination of cold and hot side dishes. Well, let’s start from the left from clockwise. It was this Fried Mantis with Dried Chili. Smells and taste just as good as it looks!! Next, was this Deep Fried Fish cake with prawn. The fish paste was blended finely and added some chopped spring onion and prawn, then it was deep fried. Then, it was this Yam Ball. Chargrilled BBQ Chicken or better known as Char Siew were wrapped in this pastry made of Yam, and deep fried to conserve the crunchiness. The dish far behind was another signature dish of Starview, the Stir Fried Egg with Sharkfin. Chinese called this as Kwai Fa Chi. Kwai Fa was referring to this a type of flower. In the center of the plate was the cold dish, the Salad made of tomatoes and some leafy vege served with loads of Thousand Island sauce.We were then served this simple dish of the vege. The Siu Pak Choy was cook tenderly with some chicken stock. To boost the flavor they put in some salted egg to make a beautiful finishing of the dish.Next, was this, which I claimed interesting dish. Have you ever tried before the Peking duck?? Well, the conventional way was to wrap the popia skin with the finely sliced of the skin of the peking duck. Put in some cucumber stick and some spring onion and dipped with the special prepared sweet sauce. What happen to the meat then?? Normally, the chief will stir fried them with black pepper sauce. This restaurant was way too creative where they combined the western and the oriental serving of the duck. Over here, instead of popia skin, they served Mantau as the replacement. Instead of skin, they sliced thinly the skin and also the meat itself. Put on the crispy skin with some cucumber slices and spring onion, and then spread the mantau with some sweet sauce. The feeling was awesome as it was fluffy on the outside and springy on the inside.On the center of the plate, you can see how interesting the chef prepared the meat of the duck. They shredded the meat and mixed with some sweet and sour chili sauce. These mixtures were then put on the pie tie. It was the meaty feeling that makes you fall in love with this dish!!Then was this steamed Cod Fish. The fish meat was fresh and it tastes yummy too!! During birthday, not only they need Sau Pau but also this Longevity Noodles that hopes to bring long life for the particular person. This noodle was stir fried with lots of bean sprouts and some prawns and garnished with some egg. Surprisingly, this noodle was not oily at all!!Last was this White Fungus with Longan and sweet dates.Nevertheless, eating out at Starview never failed us!! If you looking some fine cooking of Chinese food, do drop by and taste them yourself.
Just don’t forget the Peking duck!! Finger licking good… LOL

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