Roasted Goose at Spring 99 Restaurant @ Glenmarie

We were treated to a roasted goose dinner recently with a group of friends. I've never heard of Spring 99 before this, but I was told that it has very good char siew (barbequed pork). So obviously I jumped at the opportunity when we were invited to dinner at Restoran Spring 99.

We were served roasted goose, char siew, steamed chicken and a bevy of other dishes. I was very keen to try the roasted goose as it's not something that's easily available in Malaysia. Apparently the goose is imported from Shenzhen, just like those served in Hong Kong. I love roasted goose from Hong Kong, it's a can't miss dish whenever I visit. The roasted goose served at Spring 99 was very good. I liked the crispy skin and the meat was tender too. If you needed any indication on how good the roasted goose was, I ate a whole plate all by myself. We were also served the steamed chicken but I can't comment on it because I didn't try it. I was too busy eating the goose.The piece de resistance is of course, the char siew. The char siew served were "pun fei sao" and it was totally delectable. It sounds like a cholesterol-laden dish, in fact, it is, but all that caution will be thrown to the wind the moment you pop a piece into your mouth because the char siew melts in your mouth, literally! It was so good! I usually like my meats lean, but I'll make an exception for this one. The char siew were coated in a sweet sauce and were very addictive, especially the slightly charred bits that gave it a smoky edge.

To counter all the oily food, we were served blanched ladies fingers (okra) that were tossed in a lime-based sauce with bird's eye chilis. It's a very interesting way for eating ladies fingers. The ladies fingers were still crunchy and the lime-based sauce were appetizing and certainly helped us clean our palate after huge helpings of roasted goose and char siew.

I also liked their house specialty drink called Seaweed lime. It's a very refreshing drink made with seaweed that gave it some bite.

Restoran Spring 99 takes orders for the roast goose (3 days advance) and also does other dishes on weekend nights.

It is located at 3 Jalan Peniaga U1/35, Hicom Industrial Park, Glenmarie, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor.

Tel : +6012-302 9698

Food hunt at Lyndhurst Terrace, Hong Kong

We bought tickets for the Star Ferry at the Star Ferry Terminal to get across to Central where our food hunt begins. The ferry is quite like the one we have in Penang, the only difference being the view of the skyscrapers across the sea. Hong Kong’s skyscrapers are the real deal.

I found Central to be just as chaotic as the rest of Hong Kong, even more so actually because Central is the business district of Hong Kong.

It was at the snaking alleyways of Lyndhurst Terrace that we tasted HK’s most famous egg tart, ex-governor Chris Patten’s favorite, at the equally famous Tai Cheung Bakery. The melt-in-your-mouth pastry and smooth egg custard is absolutely delectable! At Wong Chi Kei, we had wanton noodles with mushrooms and shrimp roe for breakfast. The noodles were wonderful, firm yet springy. The soup that came with the noodles were very flavourful!

We loved the crispy fish skin that came with a helping of very flavoursome soup. We've never eaten fish skin done this way before and found this extremely tasty! This makes a good snack albeit not a very healthy one!

The Macau Pork Chop bun was fantastic! Across the road from Wong Chi Kei is the very famous Yung Kee Roasted Goose. We queued up for close to half an hour for our take-away of roasted goose. Suffice to say that it was well-worth the wait. We also stocked up on crispy egg rolls and almond cookies at Kee Wah Bakery down the road. Next time I'm in Central I'll be sure to check out other great places to eat! There's just too many to conquer in a day!