Dining With Jewelle

One of hubby’s aunt sent us some mooncakes a few days ago.

This time, besides the shop bought cakes, she also gave us a box of mooncakes specially made by her.

Folks, these are the Teo Chew style mooncakes.

As you can see, the main ingredient is steamed yam.

FYI, this is the only type of mooncake that required deep-frying (as I read it) and the flaky crust is prepared by hand, layer by layer. Imagine the work!

I’ve never had this kind of mooncakes before and it was really nice. Unlike the usual mooncake, this type doesn’t taste too rich. I don’t really eat mooncakes because they are either too sweet, rich or too filling and I usually stick to the cheapest type which is the red bean paste.

Read more about mooncakes here.

So which is your prefered kind of mooncake?

When we’re out with the kids, having lunch or dinner is usually limited to places where the service is quick with Chinese dishes (Eu takes after the father and dislike spicy food so Indian food is out).

One of them in Kiulap is Teo Poi Hoon.

I’m not sure if this place is halal but I do know that they don’t serve that meat and they get a lot of Malay patrons. In fact, on the day that we went there for lunch, the place was soon packed and 70% of the patrons were Malays.

Menu-wise, it was extensive with most being Chinese dishes. Eu asked for fried noodle and hubby got himself a seafood claypot. Food were okay, nothing spectacular but definitely dishes that you are satisfied with and when it comes to eating, that’s all they need to be!

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We were headed to Seri Q-Lap and I wanted to have some no-fuss and super quick Chinese food, since it was past noon and the kids should be starving.

The only place for this in Kiulap is of course the Hua Hua Restaurant.

When we arrived, downstairs was nearly full and we were indeed lucky. 10 minutes later, despite having some more tables upstairs, there were already a few families turned down as the place were filled to the brink. However I was disappointed as they ran out of their chicken rice (imagine, it was only 12.30 pm!) and had to settle for these …

This place also serves dim sum but since we were having lunch, only called the “har kau“, prawn in soft translucent wrap (hubby said the skin was too thick - I didn’t try as I think I am also allergic to prawn!) and “pai kut” (spare ribs) which was ok.

The place is fine, normal Chinese restaurant with quick efficient service and attentive enough staffs, nothing to overtly praise but the type of place you will always go back to.