Personally, I think fried rice is a master of deception.
The humble dish looks seemingly simple to cook.
But trust me, SEDAP fried rice does not come by easily.
I could go on and on about the dish but hey, you gotta try the Nasi Goreng Belachan at Danga Bay, Johor Bahru.
Its spicy, cheap and downright shoik!
Costing only 4 Ringgits !!
Hello and Happy 2009! Very Hungry People went on a long hiatus to deal with the reality of life and the ups and downs that came with it. Nevertheless, we've learnt the best weapon to combat bad times: FOOD. Here is a small teaser from our recent trip to Melaka (psst, we went there just to eat!).
Had an intense craving for steak yesterday, so YY and i trotted down to Aston's at The Cathay (4th floor).
It was our first time there despite all the ra-ra about their huge portions and nice food at affordable prices. We heard bout the snaking queue too!
And yes! There was indeed a queue though it was still relatively early for dinner (bout 7-ish). We didn't have to wait super long though. Customers (those in front) were given menus and orders were taken in the queue - good for facilitation and efficiency.
The Filipino lady who took our orders was friendly and polite. Good impression despite the wait =)
We were then ushered to our table, where we waited about 10-15 mins for our orders.
The teenager who brought our food to the table wasn't really knowledgeable though. YY ordered the New York Strip while I had the Prime Ribeye, so we wanted to doubly confirm that we got the right cuts. When the first plate came and I asked if that was the New York Strip, the youngster merely agreed with me that it was and hurried away. Being highly suspicious about the cut, we proceeded to ask a older staff who told us that it was the Prime Ribeye. Now I am convinced by his answer because it looked more like the Ribeye cut.
But oh wells, shall pardon them since it was a busy evening and they are so young!
Ok more bout the food. Hmm..every main gets you a choice of 2 side dishes. I had the corn-on-cob and onion rings while YY had the corn and house salad. The onion rings were pretty good I must say. Very tasty. Salad was OK...but not more. Corn-on-cob was quite disappointing cuz it was really soggy. Think they must have boiled it for too long.
As for the meats, both were done to our liking - we requested medium. The texture was pretty good too. I personally feel that steak done medium should have some blood oozing out when you slice thru, and I wasn't disappointed. It was juicy, yet not undercooked or overcooked. =)
Ah! But I was disappointed by the portions. Was actually expecting to be really full after the meal. But it wasn't exactly a huge portion like what others said. Just merely enough, or perhaps the Ribeye wasn't very big. Maybe I should go for the Xtra Cut next time! Haha.
Price-wise, we paid a total of $33.20 including GST. No service charge. We had two steaks and two IBC rootbeers. =)
The ribeye was around $14 and the NY strip was $15.
Apologies for the lack of pictures!!
I have cravings on a nearly daily basis, sometimes even up to more than one craving at a time. A couple of days ago, I had really, really bad craving for katsu-don, didn't matter what kind, I just wanted the soft, sweet and wet rice in my mouth coupled with the caramelized onions. It was really that bad. My stomach was roaring the more I thought about it, the more I tried to put a taste to the picture in my head.
Thankfully..... I did got to satisfy my craving.
Was in Hong Kong a couple of weeks ago so this post is kind of overdue, as usual. Hence, I shall not procrastinate further and here are pictures of the most amazing dinner I had in Hong Kong.
