Nyonya Restaurant – 12 May 2017

The entrance

We were here last year for Mother’s Day and this year’s Mother’s Day we decided to celebrate at the same restaurant again, Nyonya restaurant.

If I remember correctly, this restaurant has been around since the 80s and has always been located on the same row as Sri Siam restaurant.

This place serves a wide selection of Nyonya food. Check out the menu below:-  

We ordered their signature dishes, which have been our all-time favorites:-

* You will be served with peanuts as an appetizer- RM4.00 for a small plate.

Ikan Gulai Tumis RM43.50 (small). This is one of my favourites, it’s spicy assam fish with pineapples, lady’s fingers and topped with mint leaves. There is no santan in the curry and I simply love it. I could just drink the curry of its own. But bear in mind, your tummy will feel hot and spicy after that.

Ence Kabin Chicken RM40.00 (large) – Juicy, tender chicken fried to perfection. Everybody will love this and it's suitable for kids.

Sayur Paku RM16.50 (small) – This is one of my favourite vegetable dishes. Sayur Paku is crunchy and cooked in “belacan” chili paste. There is a sauce and it’s spicy. The spiciness is similar to Ikan Gulai Tumis.

Beef Rendang RM22.70 (small) – The beef is cooked to perfection and the meat is soft and not chewy at all. The rending sauce covers the beef entirely. It’s just a bit spicy.

Kerabu Mango RM16.50 (small) – Raw mango sliced with peanuts and sweet and spicy sauce. Beware of “cili padi” that is chopped very small and mixed together with the sliced mango.

Ice Kacang RM5.40 – Since there was no more water chestnut, we had to settle for Ice Kacang instead. The Ice Kacang was very normal, shaved ice with gula Melaka, condensed milk, cendol, grass jelly, pink jelly, beans and corn.

The service in this restaurant was fast. Perhaps some of their signature dishes may have already been pre-cooked. The price of the dishes is reasonable, depending on the size of the dishes that you order, i.e. small, medium or large. Please take note that if you order a small dish, it is really small and perhaps sufficient for 3-4 persons, unless you order a few small dishes to sample their wide spread of Nyonya food. Sometimes, if you are lucky, there will be “Nyonya kuih” as well. Just go to the cashier and you will be able to see their selection of Nyonya kuih at the transparent glass cabinet.     

The ambiance of the restaurant is simple and pleasant. There is parking in front of the restaurant but since there are a few restaurants on the same row, the spaces may be taken up quickly during lunch and dinner time.

Other services offered will be their baby full moon gift pack. I ordered the baby full moon gift pack from them and I must say, it was done very well and was reasonably priced and my guests loved their Nasi Kunyit and Curry Chicken. I ordered the gift pack A. They have the following packages:-

                         

Full Moon Gift Pack A – RM8.90

1 Bowl Fragrant Nasi Kunyit

2 pieces of Nyonya Curry Chicken

2 pieces of Angkoo Kuih

2 Red Eggs

1 Packet of Pickled Ginger

Full Moon Gift Pack B – RM13.50

1 Bowl Fragrant Nasi Kunyit

4 pieces of Nyonya Curry Chicken

4 pieces of Angkoo Kuih

2 Red Eggs

1 Packet of Pickled Ginger

Full Moon Gift Pack C – RM17.50

1 Bowl Fragrant Nasi Kunyit

6 pieces of Nyonya Curry Chicken

4 pieces of Angkoo Kuih

4 Red Eggs

1 Packet of Pickled Ginger

Their Nyonya specialty dishes are definitely a thumbs up and we will definitely come back again.

  

The details of the restaurant:

Nyonya Restaurant

No. 52, Jalan SS2/24

47300 Petaling Jaya

Selangor Darul Ehsan

Tel: 03-7875 9709

Opening Hours (Daily):

Lunch : 11.30am-3pm

Dinner: Mon-Fri 6.00-9.30pm

           Sat-Sun 5.30-10.00pm

Website: http://www.nyonya-restaurant.com/about-nyonya-restaurant/

Tanjung Bunga Restaurant - 30 January 2016

This Nyonya restaurant has been around for quite some time at “Chow Yang” but my friends and I just discovered this place to have our “lou sang” gathering to usher in the year of the Monkey.

Siew Hua made the booking as she had to pre-book the “yee sang”. The restaurant only served jelly fish and no salmon for its “yee sang” dish. Somehow, I don’t think I tasted any of the jelly fishes at all!!

Yee Sang with jellyfish. Where's the jellyfish? RM58.00

This place serves a variety of Nyonya food and we ordered their specialties, i.e. Inchi Cabin chicken, Sayur Paku, Coffee Ribs, Assam Prawns and Curry Fish Head.

Curry Fish Head (medium) RM49.00.

This dish is spicy and the curry is very rich, thick and “lemak” creamy and is cooked together with brinjals, lady’s fingers and cabbage, just how you want your “Assam Fish Head” to be cooked.

Coffee Ribs (medium) RM25.00

There was a coffee smell when this dish was served on our table but when you eat it, I felt there wasn’t any coffee taste. The meat was tender and coated with dark sweet sauce.

Sayur Paku (medium) RM25.00

This is one of my favourite dishes. Sayur Paku was crunchy and cooked in a spicy sweet sauce. I was “drinking” the sauce.

Inchi Cabin Chicken (medium) RM20.00

Juicy, tender fried chicken to perfection. The kids just loved it.

Assam Prawns (small) RM29.00

The prawns were fresh but I didn’t taste the assam at all. Perhaps, my mouth was already full of the curry taste.

Minced Meat Taufu (medium) RM15.00

We also ordered the Minced Meat Taufu (medium), especially for the kids but somehow this dish was not very appealing to the adults. Also, the red ruby water chestnut dessert, which was just alright.

 

Red Ruby dessert RM4.00

The service in this restaurant is fast, even though it was very busy. Most of their customers were families and extended families. The price range for the dishes is reasonable, depending on the size of the dishes that you order, i.e. small, medium or large.

The ambience of the restaurant is a simple setting and pleasant. You need to go there early for dinner as parking may be a problem. There are too many restaurants at “Chow Yang” and of course, the parking bays nearer to the restaurants will be taken up quickly, unless you don’t mind walking, then you can park at the housing area nearby.

Their Nyonya specialty dishes are definitely a thumbs-up and we will definitely come back again.

  

The details of the restaurant:

Tanjung Bunga Restaurant

No. 129, Jalan SS2/6

47300 Petaling Jaya

Selangor Darul Ehsan

Tel: 03-7877 4531

GPS co-ordinates : 3.116029, 101.616522

Open for lunch and dinner

*Better to call and pre-booked your table as it can be very busy

Summary of my review of Tanjung Bungah Restaurant:   

+ Nyonya Dishes

+ Easy Parking if you go early

+ Reasonable price

+ Good service

- Very noisy

- Cramped as it's small

Heritage Village, Jaya - 4 October 2015

This was my 2^nd visit to this Nyonya restaurant, specializing in Nasi Lemak and Nyonya dishes.  

This place served a variety selection of Nasi Lemak, i.e. you can have Nasi Lemak biasa or with Nasi Lemak Chicken Rendang, Assam Prawns or Beef Rendang (to name a few). If you don’t want to have Nasi Lemak, you can have the Nyonya Fried Rice, Char Koay Teow and side dishes like Pie Tee, Chicken Lor Bak, Rojak Buah, Ju Hu Char and other curry Nyonya dishes with rice. Their selections of drinks are fruit juices and local favourites like Cincau, Bandung Sirap Cincau, Organic Soya, Teh Tarik. No alcohol served in this restaurant.     

The service in this restaurant is pretty slow. The 1^st time I was there, I took the menus myself. As it was quite busy, I did notice that an elderly couple walked out from the restaurant after they were not being given menus. As for my 2^nd time experience, the waiters and waitresses are not really friendly and appear to be clueless sometime, i.e. especially when you call them, one waitress seems to pretend not looking at you. Seriously, they need to do something with their servicing of customers.  

Once you have chosen your food and beverages, you need to pen down the code from the menu into a small piece of paper (your handwriting must be easy to read, neat and precise) so that they don’t get your orders wrong!

On my 2^nd visit, my family and I ordered the following:- 

Nasi Lemak Chicken Rendang (RM10.90)

Chicken Curry Kapitan with Rice (RM10.90) and Add-On Beef Rendang (RM8.90)

Nyonya Fried Rice (RM15.90)

Duck Egg Char Koay Teow (RM14.90)

Pie Tee (RM9.90) and Chicken Lor Bak (RM8.90)

The restaurant is small and although the service is slow and bad, the restaurant is normally crowded during weekends. We had to wait for approximately 15-20 minutes before foods are served.  

The Nasi Lemak and Nyonya Fried Rice are definitely thumbs up, Pie Tee and Chicken Lor Bak are alright but disappointment was the Duck Egg Char Koay Teow and definitely NOT RECOMMENDED. The Duck Egg Char Koay Teow was very plain, Koay Teow, beans sprout and duck egg!! What happen to “See Ham”? That’s a must for all Char Koay Teow! The portion is reasonable for 1 person, unless you go for their Signature King Nasi Lemak, which I ordered the 1^st time round and shared it with my parents.

The ambience of the restaurant is simple setting and pleasant. Not to worry about parking at the basement parking at Jaya and the fee is RM2 for weekends (not sure about weekdays), unless you don’t mind going round and round to find for a free parking on weekends at Jaya square.    

The details of the restaurant:

Heritage Village Jaya Shopping

No.L3-13, Jaya Shopping Centre

Suite 8-2, Menara CSM

Jalan Semangat Seksyen 14

46100 Petaling Jaya

Selangor Darul Ehsan

Tel: 03-7496 5647

Opening Hours : Daily from 10.00 a.m - 10.00 p.m. 

Summary of my review of Heritage Village:

+ Nasi Lemak and Nyonya dishes 
+ easy parking
+ reasonable price
- slow service 
- waiter and waitress not so friendly