Lunch @ Ban Heong Seng, Scudai, JB

After our yummy meal @ Ban Heong Seng Restaurant (Jalan Tahar, Scudai, JB)

Oyster Rice

Achar

Beggar Chicken (Signature Dish)

Deep Fried Tofu

Fried Tang Hoon

Fish Tail in Soya Sauce

Steamed Melon Soup

The last time we visited this private eatery in Johore Bahru was on Thursday, 17th March 2011 with Dick Lee, Richard Lim, Phillip Lim & William Lim.

We have regularly been thinking of this place since. However, they do not entertain walk-in's as one has to order the food a day in advance. Reason being it takes at least 8 hours to cook the Beggar Chicken that is wrapped in mud and buried in ashes. Some three weeks ago, we had an itch to eat at this place again. So, called them on Monday to order the above dishes.

Phillip, William, Dick & Cheng Heng met at Richard's place in the morning and we arrived at Ban Heong Seng by 10.30am. The traffic at the Causeway was clear and the ride was pleasant. The above dishes were promptly served and we ate our fill. The five of us practically finished everything. What an appetite we had.

The total bill was reasonable priced @ Rm168 (Approximately S$70).

Restoran Chua Kee, Gelang Patah

Restoran Chua Kee
67 Jalan Kachang Panjang
Gelang Patah, Johor
Malaysia

 Braised Belly Pork in dark sauce with Preserved Vegetables

Herbal Chicken

 Bitter Gourd Soup

Stir Fry Sambal Kangkong

 Steamed Otah

Heading to JB after the hearty meal














Dick, Cheng Heng, William and Richard met at Thomas' place at 10.30 in the morning. Thomas drove and was assisted with an GPRS and a professional JB navigator, named Dick Lee.

We headed for Woodlands and cleared both customs without any problems, arriving at our destination at Gelang Patah half an hour later. We had the above dishes with plain rice. I personally loved the Braised Belly Pork, which was arteries clogging good and Steamed Otah. The ice Honey Lime juice was also very tasty. Fortunately, they were promoting this juice in sealed 1 litre bottle priced @ Rm20 each and we bought some home.

Next, we headed to My Pharmacy in Taman Sentosa - JB, for our usual chronic ailment medicine before making our way back to Singapore.

Buffet Lunch @ Ban Heng Restaurant (Aranda Country Club)

Ban Heng Restaurant

The Yaukwees (Unfortunately, Phillip Lim was not able to join us)

Top Shell in Sweet & Sour sauce

Fruits with Prawn Salad

Deep Fried Seafood Roll

Deep Fried Cod Fish with Soya Bean Sauce

Braised Sliced Goose Meat in Teochew Style

Deep Fried Crispy Duck

Fried baby Kai-Lan with Oyster Sauce

Fried Kang-Kong with Sambal Sauce

Fried Venison with Ginger & Onions

Fried Prawns with Cereal

Deep fried Pork Ribs with Coffee Sauce

Fried Bean Curd with Crab Meat & Eggs

Fried Dry Kwei Teaw

Steamed Live Mullet Fish in Hong Kong Style

Chilled Longans with Pineapple

Hot Mashed Taro with Gingko Nuts

 The Yaukwees group above gathered at Ban Heng Restaurant in Aranda Country Club, Pasir Ris, on 10th February 2012 (Friday) for a buffet a-la-carte lunch. Unfortunately, Phillip Lim was not able to join us.

Food quality was above average taking into consideration the price of $16.80++ per person. There are a total of 62 dishes to choose from. The cod fish is recommended and we had three plates of it.

I thank my wonderful friends for attending my belated birthday celebration. Imagine, 51 years of friendship! God Bless all of you. Two more birthdays and I qualify for Senior Citizen EZ-Link Card.
After which, can travel on public transport cheaply.

Lunch @ Eric Lim's Home

Chef Eric invited us yaukwees, namely, Thomas Tan, Dick Lee, Richard Lim, Phillip Lim & William Lim to his home today for lunch.

Like true yaukwees, we arrived at 12 noon sharp and were Chef Eric's pioneer guinea pigs to savor his claypot chicken rice. HAVE FOOD WILL TRAVEL! Apparently, this dish was cooked in an electric rice cooker...Cheating!

Anyway, a generous amount of marinated chicken, mushrooms and lup cheong were cooked together with the rice. There was also a nice plate of kailan boiled to perfection and the blended chilli paste was shiok.

Yaukwees, I leave the comments to you.

What's most important is that we all had a jolly good time.

Happy Chef Western Food

Chicken Kiev, this is the signature dish of Happy Chef. A generous portion of ham was stuffed in chicken white meat, coated with batter and deep fried. However, it was overdone and the meat was tough. The ham was also too salty.

Price: $8

Fish & Chips - Phillip & I agreed that this dish is much better. The fish fillet was done just right and very juicy and the batter remained crispy to the last mouthful. Price: $6













They have 30 dishes to chose from. It will take quite some time to decide which is the best one.

This stall is located in Tai Hwa Eating House @ Block 466 Crawford Lane next to the famous Tai Hwa Pork Noodles.

Lunch @ Raffles Town Club hosted by Thomas Tan

The Yaukwees, namely, Thomas Tan, Richard Lim, Phillip Lim, Dick Lee, Eric Lim, Joseph Bong and William Lim had our first gathering this year on 6th January 2012. A lunch at Raffles Town Club was hosted by Thomas Tan. We met there at 12 noon.

The ambience of The Cafe & Terrace on Level 2 is tastefully decorated and has excellent food quality. Besides our individual set of food shown above, a huge claypot of fish head curry to share was highly recommended by the staff of this restaurant. I must say the curry was really good. Very lemak!

We had a jolly good time over our meal till 3pm. It was a cheerful start to usher in 2012 and we look forward to more of such light-hearted lunches to come. Thank you Thomas!