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Stumbled upon Patrick Teoh’s blog and discover this video promoting a Steamboat Restaurant (Hot Pot).

Patrick Teoh has his own Blog here

This dish originate from and is very popular in Bidor, Perak. It is wan tan mee in herbal soup with a chunk of roasted duck meat. The soup is delicious, I can vouch for that!

I do not know how many of you have seen a durian like the one shown below:

The first time I saw it, I thought “Wow, it looked like a drumstick!”. Of course, out come my trusty Canon to record this image for posterity.

Taste varies from slightly bitter-sweet and creamy (on the “meaty” end) to bland and fibrous nearer to the “bony” end. The “meaty” end is “wong yuk kon pau” taste. I felt rather full after eating this delicious and unusual-shaped fruit. By the way, this pod have only one seed.

I was having a McValue Meal (Fish) at the IOI outlet a couple of hours ago and something strikes me as odd. In all the pictures of this product I have seen the fish patty and burger is ALWAYS shown with a full slice of cheese. But the one I was eating has only a HALF slice in it.

Thinking back, I realised that for the past few months, the McFillet Burgers has always been served with only half a slice of cheese. I remember it USED to be served with a full slice.

Now don’t get me wrong. I am NOT a cheese fanatic and I do not mind the burger being served with only half a slice. But then shouldn’t the images of the product be shown with only a half slice instead of a full slice?

I’ve ate at a few of their outlets here in Kuala Lumpur and they are all the same; only half a slice whereas the pictures in the advertisement panels show a full slice. Wonder if it is the same throughout the country or even the world?

Can someone clarify whether this constitute false/misleading advertisement?

On a slightly different note but still on the subject of McDonald’s, on one occasion, a small cockroach emerge from under the table just after just after I finished a McFillet Burger. I grabbed my camera a took a couple of shots of the cockroach. A picture of this cockroach is shown below.

Big M should really be more conscious of the cleanliness of its outlets.

Never knew Kuala Kangsar has this gastronomic secret. Must make it a point to drop by with my makan kaki sometime.

Original article in NST 16th July 2007.

50 years of eating outlets: They travel far and wide for this ‘pau’

By : M. HUSAIRY OTHMAN

Chong Cheen Yee is the third generation to run Yut Loy, famed for its ‘pau’ that comes in four flavours. — NST pictures by Jamah Nasri

Mention Kuala Kangsar and one of the first things that comes to mind is Malay College Kuala Kangsar. But when MCKK students reminisce about their alma mater, what comes to their memory is a little restaurant called Yut Loy, as M. HUSAIRY OTHMAN discovers

Megat Mohd Shahrin Hamdan says Yut Loy is a students’ meeting place (right),Azemi Zainol Abdin says ‘pau’ like this is not available elsewhere (left)

IT is almost a ritual for former Malay College Kuala Kangsar students Megat Mohd Shahrin Mohamed Hamdan and Hussein Mohd Ariff.

Their annual old boys’ reunion is incomplete if they do not drop by at Yut Loy.

“It’s a great place to catch up with your seniors and juniors and exchange hilarious stories about the time when we were students,” said Megat Mohd Shahrin, 38, who is a a television producer.

He remembers the days when the “naughty” ones would stroll into the shop and head upstairs via the wooden staircase for a quick cigarette or two.

“It was worth the risk. Of course, once in a while, a few would get caught by prefects for smoking and being in an out-of-bounds area.”It has almost become a tradition and till today, MCKK students continue to come here,” Megat Mohd Shahrin said, with a laugh.Despite being based in Kuala Lumpur and saddled with a hectic work schedule, he makes it a point to drop by whenever possible.

“The moment I’m in Ipoh, a quick drive here is a must. After all, it’s not even 50 km away.”

Hussein agreed that Yut Loy was a great place for networking.”During the old boys’ weekend here, you meet senior politicians, corporate figures, the rich and famous. Basically the who’s who of the country.

“We get to know each other and exchange contact numbers for future dealings,” said the 37-year-old.

Former Tenaga Nasional Bhd staff Azemi Zainol Abdin, 61, who made a brief stopover at Yut Loy on his way to Kuala Lumpur from Bukit Mertajam, said: “This (detour) is just for the pau. You can never get it (pau) like this anywhere else in the country.”

A regular customer sitting nearby was overheard telling his amused friends that a good pau would not stick to one’s teeth.

Meanwhile, a local who wished to be identified only as Lim said he takes his friends to the coffee shop and treats them to the famous pau whenever they drop by.

“A visit to Kuala Kangsar is simply incomplete if one does not try the pau,” he said, as he watched his friends, happily munching away on fresh pau.