Restoran De' Champion Duck, Bandar Menjalara

When Jane told me about the drunken duck, I was very keen to try it within the same week. But she said we need to order the duck in advance, walk-in was just too risky, since De' Champion only prepare a limited number of drunken ducks per day. Never did I expect that it took us almost 5 months to finally arrange to eat at De' Champion...

De' Champion restaurant serves 3 types of duck, De' Champion Roast Duck, Drunken Duck and Herbal duck.

Since there was only 3 of us, we only managed to try 2 of the 3..

We obviously had the piece de resistance, the Drunken Duck (RM52 for whole duck)

As the name suggested, this duck was marinated and served with chinese wine. The skin was thin and crisp, while the duck meat was tender and wonderfully infused with light, herbal flavour. The base of the plate was filled with the aromatic alcohol and we were each given a small serve of the sauce too. The alcohol tasted very much like brandy, but the lady boss confirmed that it's actually a wine ordered from China. Very addictive (even if you're not a drinker :p), this dish does get a tad overwhelmingly rich at times, the sides of cucumber serves well to clear the palette.

De' Champion Roast Duck (RM16 for quarter) was recommended by the lady boss.

Since this was their popular dish, we had to try. The duck was plump, but the skin, compared to it's drunken counterpart, was not crisp at all. The sauce was slightly herbalish, skewing towards sweetish aftertaste. My vote still goes to the drunken duck.

WF, who absolutely loves char siew, had to order a small portion of Honey Char Siew (RM16)

The fatty char siew was rather divine- the fats melt in my mouth almost immediately while the meat was extremely tender too. The coating of the char siew was pretty sweet, since it is, after all, Honey char siew.

Overall, an enjoyable brunch, I'll definitely pop by again.

Restoran De' Champion Duck is located at 10, Jalan 3/62D, Medan Putra Business Centre, Bandar Menjalara, KL.

Four Seasons Restaurant, Cap Square

Went to Four Seasons a while back (and I mean a while back :p) for dinner and finally decided to do a post on it. No rush I guess, I've read so many review and I can take my time? kekeke

Having dinner at Cap Square was a very quiet affair, and i mean pin drop you could hear quiet. So obviously we were given very attentive service, there were only our table and another to serve. Ordering was prompt...

The famed roasted duck (RM25)..
Looks pretty good. Jeremy thinks it's delicious. Elaine, WF and me find it just mediocre. The skin was ok, not as crisp as I would like, and the meat was solid. At some parts, a tad dry. Maybe my expectations was way too high..


The roasted pork (RM16)

This was pretty good. Skin was popping crunchy, the meat texture was just nice, though not melt in mouth (since it was rather cold)..

Ah, something piping hot..Beancurd with mixed veggies (RM33)

Gravy goes well with the rice, had a lovely tinge of salted fish flavour.

The spareribs peking style (RM18) was.....

Surprising small in portion. There were 5 of us and they served 5 pieces. The piece I had was rather tough and the taste, well, very similar to sweet sour spare ribs. Average dish.

The Baked spare ribs with salt and pepper (RM18) fared better..

In portion and taste :p. The meat was tender and fragrant; garlicky, salt and pepper bits came with every bite. I like this dish, very tasty indeed.

Stir fried brinjal with cabbage (RM24)..

Something that was not in the menu, it was recommended by the manager. To be honest, the first impression when I saw this dish was it's a mix of whatever veggies that was left. Nonetheless, it tasted quite good. I love brinjal and cooking it with dried shrimps and mince meat cant go too wrong, right?

Overall an average experience, I find the pricing rather steep for the portions.

Four Seasons Restaurant is located at Lot G16-17, Capital Square Center, No 7, Persiaran Capital Square, Capital Square, KL.

Spring Golden Restaurant, Shah Alam

Very, very old post....I was at Spring Golden Restaurant a few months back.
My brother wanted to introduce to me another char siew place in Shah Alam. Since we went to Meng Kee, I wonder where we'll go this time..

When we parked right in front of the restaurant, I exclaimed Oh, we are eating at Spring Golden!

My brother looked so disappointed that I almost laugh out loud. I've never tried before, just that I've read in WMW's blog before, I assured him.

We had some dumplings and wantans to start the meal..The dumplings were large and the filling had a nice spring to it. The wantans were even lovelier than the dumplings as the filling was a tad different. Yummy yummy. Most unfortunately, I've forgotten to take the picture of the wantans :(.

We had some roasted pork and roasted duck..Both are average. Roasted pork was somewhat dry though the skin was crunchy. The duck was ok, I find the skin not fragrant enough.

And the star...char siew..

It's called crystal char siew as the char siew is coated with a thin layer of crisp caramel. We ordered the pun fei sau, but were served lean instead. Not as tender as Seremban favourites, but delicious nonetheless.

Spring Golden Restaurant is located at 3, Jalan Peniaga U1/34, Hicom Glenmarie, Industrial Park, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor.

Restoran Sunrise, SEA Park, PJ

I have been eating Sunrise's roasted duck for few years as I used to stay at that area years back.

My friends always said that I'm lucky to stay at SEA park at that time, which has loads of delicious food. One famous restaurant has got to be Sunrise, famed for it's roasted duck.

Restoran Sunrise only opens for lunch, but will be packed to the brim even before 12 noon. Patrons come from all over Klang Valley just to savour this succulent dish. Business is so good, I once sat next to the staff in charge of chopping the duck; she was chopping non stop; the only time she stops is when the ducks are fully sold off or while waiting for the next batch of roasted ducks. I think she was chopping 1 to 2 ducks per minute...

So why so famous?

I think Sunrise serves one of the crispiest roasted duck around; the skin is thin, crispy and flavourful at the same time. And as the roasted ducks are sold at high speed (lots of people do take away too), you are sure to get piping hot roasted duck which is really, a delight. The meat, well I guess depends on the parts you get, are mostly tender. Usually for duck, I'll opt for breast meat. However, when it comes to really juicy duck meat, I think Loong Foong's (also in SEA park, only opens for dinner) roasted duck fared better.

The only side dish available is vegetables, else you'll get your dose of rice, preserved veg soup, chilli sauce and their dark herb soy sauce to go with the roasted duck..

I won't say that this is the best roasted duck, let's just say it's one of the good ones around. Half duck costs about RM25 (i think..hehe)

Restoran Sunrise is located at 31, Jalan 21/1, SEA Park, 46300 Petaling Jaya. Tel: 603-78769689