Ben and I started day 7 with breakfast with my father. After 12 years leaving Malaysia, we tried to meet up with families as much as we can.

My father brought us to another Bak Kut Teh restaurant. In Malaysia, pork rib soup is served whole day; breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. This particular restaurant only served breakfast because they will sell out by lunch time. Apparently, it is run by an ex-neighbor.

Chinese tea is always served with Bak Kut Teh. Tea has cleansing effect on greasy food and cleaning tea cups, :-).

Fresh cut chili and raw minced garlic are a must condiments for Bak Kut Teh, accompany with light and dark thick soy sauce.

My father ordered an individual pot of “big bone” as I recalled correctly. Look at the skin of the pork. The bak kut teh here is different from our first bkt meal. The broth was thicker (more gelatinous) and darker. I think this version is the one that made in a big pot where the meat has been simmering for a longer time. (more…)

Ben and I met up with Ben’s girls brigate friend, JT for dinner at Din Tai Fung in Subang Jaya. It was a long way from Kepong and the worst is the traffic jam. But JT is the best; she travelled back from Singapore over the weekend just to meet up with us.

We must have Din Tai Fung’s signature xiao long bao. We had the pork version.

Juicy xiao long bao.

Finely julienne ginger to accompany the xiao long bao. (more…)

Near noon, Ben decided to walk over to Jalan Yap Kwan Seng for lunch.

Fish head curry was what he had in mind. Kampong Pandan restaurant is one of the popular place to go for fish head curry.

A platter of fish head curry. There are wash stations for customers to wash their hands before and after fish head curry as most locals will eat with their hands.

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After breakfast, we went for a walk at the surrounding area while it’s still cooling in the morning.

A view of the city skyline.

A different view of the Petronas twin towers. There is a reflecting pool and an island with lush palm trees.

The reflection of the twin towers in the pool. (more…)

This is one of the few posts on site seeing for this trip.

We went to the iconic Petronas twin towers in KLCC which had been the tallest buildings for a moment.

The bridge between the two corn like structures. Ben had been on the skybridge during a previous visit. We did not go up this time.

The accessible part of the Petronas twin towers to the public is the shopping mall. (more…)

We went to the hawkers center near Carefour in Kepong for dinner.

The hawkers center is open air with stalls lining both sides of the seating area. It’s a great place to dine out as there are so many choices.

I had a kaya bao for snack earlier. It was RM1.60 (CAD0.55).

Ben had papaya which is commonly sold in long slim plastic bag. It was $1.00 (CAD0.35).

In the hawkers center, I picked a claypot chicken rice with the doctor’s advice in mind. It had salted fish too. It was RM6.00 (CAD2.00). I cant believe it’s so cheap. (more…)

While I was having lunch with my ex-colleagues, Ben went to the neighbour hood area to hunt for food.

He had a crispy toast for snack.

He had “Sang Har” Yee Mee for lunch.  “Sang Har” mean fresh prawn.

The prawn was large and meaty. (more…)

I met with a few of my ex-colleagues for lunch in Berjaya Times Square. I was so happy to see them after more than 10 years I left the company.

We had lunch at Old Town White Coffee in the Berjaya Times Square for their convenience.

White coffee is a must which I had.

I had a chicken rice noodle soup to allow my stomach to recuperate. In fact, Ben and I went to a clinic in the morning and was advised to stay away from spicy and deep fried food. (more…)

Ben’s sister brought us to a Pan Mee restaurant for dinner.

The above dry pan mee is the restaurant’s specialty. Ben and his sister had that.

Not sure what was the above crispy bits, perhaps shallots and garlic. They were great.

Fried anchovies are a must ingredients for pan mee. In fact, the broth is made from simmering anchovies. (more…)

After attending to family matters, Ben’s sister brought us out for a late breakfast. Since we had not recovered from food poisoning yet, we had something light.

I had wonton noodle with “jar yoke”. “Jar yoke” was a dish which my grandmother used to make at home. It’s made with pork belly marinated in five spices which were deep fried and braised with wood ear and sour cabbage. I wish I had learned how to make it from her.

The noodles here were not exactly like the wonton noodles we get in Vancouver. These were thicker. (more…)