For some bizarre reason, the mother was in an exceptionally good mood and decided to take me to have a rather extravagant lunch. Ah Yat Abalone Restaurant had been long standing and also welll raved by many people for their abalone dishes as well as their assorted dim sum. 

To my surprise, there were quite a number of tables already filled when we arrived early on Saturday. I guess many families choose today to enjoy a good meal together and despite the many people (even children) the place was not crazily packed or noisy which I preferred. 
Since we ordered the set meal fit for 2-3 people, it already has the standard menu which the chefs have put together for us. Easier for the diners since we do not know what to order and would rather not waste the waiter's time asking several questions over and over again.The first dish is the deep fried seafood wrap. This I quite liked because it was fried to perfection and not at all oily even though it is deep fried. Plus the filling tasted amazing! The set also came with stewed Abalone with Japanese Mushroom and Vegetable. When I saw the huge piece of abalone, my heart almost died because I honestly could not comprehend how much this dish would have costed on it's own. Although it was scarce if you just ordered this without anything else, I think it is just right shared between two people when you have a set meal.

The seafood was nicely stewed, tender but also had a nice bite to it. I could not get enough of the sauce and would have happily mopped it all up if we were not in a rather high-class restaurant. Our set meal also comes with a plate of abalone fried rice. I was already quite full by the time this arrived and slightly put off by the yellow colour. Though, the scent of it was so tempting that I couldn't not eat it so I took a bite and... IT WAS SOOOO GOOD!

There was a very strong flavour of the seafood and also a good 'wok-hei' scent. I couldn't stop eating until I was really filled to the brim.

Although my mom & I really enjoyed our meal at Ah Yat Abalone Restaurant, we definitely would not be back here anytime soon as the prices are a little too high for an everyday meal. Though for special occasions, it's worth dining here.

On the way back from a mini roadtrip to Ipoh, a friend brought me to this restaurant for dinner before going straight home. Apparently he's tried this place before and found the food there to be quite good so was determined to bring us all there to try. So we can validate his point.

It was a weeknight when we reached the place and a little after dinner time, but still the place was quite packed. As always an early sign on whether the restaurant serves good food or not is by the crowd that they have. Already from this I can tell that I was in for a good meal. Though slightly disappointed by the rather sour-puss looking staffs who were not too pleased with serving us whenever we called them over.We got the Claypot Braised Pork Belly with Salted Fish. I have to say that not many places can cook this dish well and I've had my fair share of this, considering that this is a family favourite. But Triple Round cooks this very well as the meat is nice and tender, the sauce is very well flavoured without being overly salty. Then we also got the Steamed Grouper in Soybean Paste. This was only so-so because the sauce was one-dimensional and very little despite us telling them that we wanted more. However I do enjoy the freshness of the fish as the meat was juicy and tender. Because we were all in the mood for some Lala, we order their steamed Lala in wine sauce. I did not find this particularly good because I had better ones before. It wasn't that this was bad or anything like that, but really nothing much to shout about as the lala was on the smaller and most of the shell were empty.Seeing as they had this that night, we also ordered their Sang Cheong with dried shrimp and chillies. Again, this was pretty good but  nothing to shout about. The cheong was less crunchy and chewy than I  would have preferred and lacked quite some flavour. But my friends enjoyed it very much, even the one that never tried sang cheong before.We must always have something green for a balanced diet, so we ordered sweet potato leaves stir-fried with garlic. This was also so-so only though I liked that the vegetable was not over-cooked which would make it mushy.

Actually the food served at Triple Round is pretty good. If I were somehow to be around that area or driving back from Ipoh again, then I'd stop by for a meal. But I most definitely would not drive all the way there from KL town just to eat there. 

For my birthday, a friend decided to treat me to a nice buffet lunch because we'd get to eat all that we want for the same price. We decided on Zipangu because it has gotten raved reviews for it's quality and Japanese food which is something we really enjoy. 

So it wasn't really a surprise that the place was quite filled with people considering that we went on the weekend. There were several families and also many other tables occupied but we got a nice quiet corner by the window. I gotta say that the staff are very friendly and accomodating because they led us to the quiet corner which I had requested for. They were also very attentive whenever we requested for some green tea or anything else. Service is a definite plus. As for the choices of food however, there is the selection of salads and then there were also the standard Japanese fare such as assorted sushi that were continuously made to fill up any empty platters. There was also a large corner for the seafood where it is pretty much available at most buffets. The seafood looked fresh and the two chefs behind the bar were working constantly to slice up the sashimi to make sure that the serving platters were always filled. Everything was very good that I had several helpings of them all. 

All of the oysters were rather large in size, so were the prawns which I ate many rounds of.The dessert corner was my friend's favourite because there were many kinds - assorted cakes and pastries gallore. Since I prefer the savoury food, I did not really indulge in any dessert. However, apparently they were all only so-so according to my sweet expert friend. 

Although I really enjoyed the buffet spread, this isn't a place that we'd return to if it were not for a sepcial occasion because of the rather steep price tag. Though I guess it is kind of worth it if you're a big eater and indulge in most of the seafood. 

My mom's friend brought us to this place for dinner because she's tried the food there before and found it pretty good. Also it's not super expensive - at least the dishes we ordered were not but I am not too sure about thir seafood so I can't vouch for that.The first dish that we order was the steamed Siakap in Ginger sauce. At first I was quite excited when this arrived because the whole fish was literally submerged in ginger sauce, which I quite liked. Though when I tasted it, I was quite disappointed cause there was quite a scarce amount of fish and the sauce was bland. Aside from the ginger taste, there was not much other flavour to it.Since this place had 'sang cheong' which is pig's intestines, we ordered it to be stir-fried with dried shrimp. This was my favourite dish of the nice because the flavour was good, spicy from the chillies that they add in it and also just the right amount of saltiness. Also the cheong was not soft which is a sign that it isn't fresh but it's nice & chewy. I liked this a lot.We also got their claypot kangkong which apparently is one of their popular orders. I don't know why but almost every restaurant is determined to make this vegetable in a claypot, maybe it enhances the flavour or something but to me it is just a gimmick. Maybe.

This turned out to be merely so so only. Even though I love kangkung, this was only ohkay.

A colleague have been giving rather amazing reviews to this establishment and decided to bring us there for lunch one day. Despite it being a work day and late in the afternoon, there were still quite a number of tables filled. Mosftly people in working clothes and maybe one or two families. Apparently a pretty popular order is their tao fu stir fried with mushrooms. This I really liked because the sauce tasted really good while the bean curd was nice and soft, with a nice juicy crunch from the mushrooms. Though I wish this came in a larger portion considering that there was quite a few of us at the table. Something that came highly highly recommended is the Big Prawns Sang Har Noodles. At first I was a little skeptical because the seafood that we're often served is always small and not super fresh. But at Green View, the prawns were really huge and super succulent where the meat peels right off the shell, a clear sign that it is indeed fresh. 

The noodles were nicely crisp at first and perfectly al dente when it has soaked up all the yummy sauce. I had second helpings of this. We also ordered the Kam Heong Crabs which was also pretty big in size. This also tasted pretty good and flavourful without being overly spicy. The crab meat was nice and juicy also, especially at the pincers. Though I had plenty of the leg portion as the meat there is more tender and flavourful. As always no meal is properly complete without some vegetables. They only have a selected amount of choices when it comes to greens so we picked the Cheng Loong Choy stir-fried with garlic. It was alright but nothing too much to shout about and like always, slightly on the oily side. 

The bill came up to quite high because of the two seafood dishes. But if there's a need to try some good seafood and have the money to splurge, give this place a try. :3