A wonderful way to start the morning: eggs, milk, tomatoes, cured ham, a bit of onion and garlic. Serve with a side of cucumber and olive oil pan-fried toast! Delicious!

Sorry for the lousy quality photos as they were taken with the slow like molasses, bug-ridden Symbian OS powered Nokia N80.

Review and more details to come. For now, this will do.

In the Central district of Hong Kong, a long time fixture is famous for it's roasted delicacies. This restaurant is called Yung Kee. Started by Kam Shui Fai in 1942 from a dai pai dong streetside café, it is now very famous and has turned into a Hong Kong eating landmark of sorts. Their main claim to fame has been their world-renowned roasted meats, most notably the roast goose (燒鵝) and chinese barbecue pork. So while going around Hong Kong and getting my new EOS-40D, I decided that we need to review a food place. Yung Kee has both a dine-in and take-out section which I will cover more in a bit.

Locating it was very easy and the service quick and rather efficient. It is a bit odd in terms of pre-allocating your seats plus having elevator attendants. I've no complains since we were seated under four minutes. Reservations are recommended however if you decide to have dinner later than 7:30pm as we noticed the crowd increased significantly while we were dining.

We decided to order the signature roast goose and a few side dishes. The serving size was quite large so it became a bit difficult to finish after a bit. Anyways, the roast goose itself was nicely done, not over-done with a nice crisp skin and thick flavor. Some people say that goose is an acquired taste but I think it's quite similar to duck anyways. Yung Kee's roast goose is just right. Overall, the succulent goose went well with our side order of green vegetables and bean curd so it was a nice ending to an entire day walking about Hong Kong. The take-away counter operates independently of the dine-in restaurant so you have to make another order separately. They do pack it very well for travel and you won't have problems taking it on a flight. The goose however wouldn't be as crisp, juicy and succulent as if you dined in however but I guess they weren't thinking about someone taking it across the South China sea and eating it 24-hours later! Still good nonetheless but you have to really try it to enjoy it first!

Yung Kee
T: (852) 2522 1624 F: (852) 2840 0888 E: info@yungkee.com.hk
Address: 32-40 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong

You know comfort stuff -- that old t-shirt you always wear or that little pillow you've had since you're ten. How about the food you've eaten since you were young? Comfort food probably quite unhealthy if you check with today's generation of weight-conscious fanatics. I mention fanatics cos I have had the unfortunate experience of knowing (or meeting) quite a few. Can you imagine clamoring and traveling over four hundred kilometers and taking just two scoops of a dessert. Pure waste. Anyways, Yut Kee features a mix of local and western specialties, all interpreted in that old-world Hainanese cooking-wizardry.

After making more than a dozen visits, I can highly recommend this place to anyone but if you just can't order for four people when you're the only one there then take a pick from this list and you won't be disappointed. In no order of taste or preference: Hainanese-style Pork chops, Roti Babi, French Toast with Kaya, Roti Bakar, Curry Noodles, Belacan Fried Rice and the Lam Meen. Lastly, wash all of that down with a nice hot (or iced) cup of home-brewed (a blend of Malayan and Sumatran coffee beans) coffee. Wonderful! Of course by now you're quite stuffed so I'd say that you have to definitely take-away a few goodies; namely the kaya swiss roll and the marble cake.

Yut Kee, superbly comforting. Opens from 8am to 5pm, closes on Mondays.

35 Jalan Dang Wangi
Kuala Lumpur
T: 03 - 2698 8108

Yummy long beans and minced pork rice

Well, a new home needs a new coffee flavor for the mornings so this time round, we've gone Sumatran with the daily blend being the Starbucks Sumatra blend with it's intense flavor and morning jump-starting capability -- just the thing to get you going in the morning.

Weekends are supposed to be more relaxing so the Saturday and Sunday coffee calls for an earthly, aromatic and herbal coffee. Obviously weekend treats means the coffee must be good since I have time to savor it a bit. We've also gone to Sumatra, actually, to Siborong-borong on the shores of Lake Toba to be exact! Delightfully intense but low-acidity, it's just the thing for a relaxing Saturday or Sunday morning - Starbucks Black Apron - Sumatra Siborong-borong.