Hoong Tho, eating memories

It was at least 25 years back when we would visit Hoong Tho, for Wat Tan Hor, Jar Wanton, Yue Sang Juk and Yue Watt Yee Meen. Along the way, we stopped coming due to the area turning touristy and the sometimes exorbitant price they charged during the festive seasons. But there are some good memories with my family that jam or price cannot stop me from coming back, though not as often.

I remembered having Yue Watt (fish paste) in Hoong Tho. So we ordered a plate of Giong Choong Yue Watt (Fish Paste Fried with Ginger and Spring Onion)

We also ordered Jar Chuen Kuen (Fried Spring Roll)

Wat Tan Hor - Flat rice noodles with smooth egg sauce

Hoong Tho Meen - basically yee meen (dried fried yellow noodles) with thick sauce with sprinkles of Har Ji (shrimp toast)

As kids, the highlight of our visit is the fried wanton with sweet sour sauce. I remembered that dad always had to request for extra sauce because we kids love them.

Now the same thing applied to the next generation. Wonder if the kids will have similar fond memories like we did.

Map: Google Map to Hoong Tho

Personal glimpse: The fondest memory I had was having Yue Pin Juk (Fish Slice Porridge). This was where I was introduced and where I fell in love with cantonese porridge. They used to set up a small stove at the front of the shop to serve up this dish. But now they no longer serve porridge in Hoong Tho. Maybe some things are best left in the corner of our mind to be drawn out once in a while and reminisced. The longer it is kept, the sweeter they are.

Golden Sea Restaurant [黄金海岸海鲜村] @ Morib

A family trip back in 2013.. more precisely, a company's family day in Morib. We did not manage to visit the beach. The only private stop we made was this restaurant. I feel it is a good stop as the environment is very relaxing. The kids get to play sand a bit. We get the feel of a beach holiday, albeit just for a brief moment.

The highlights of our lunch was the three dishes below..

Salted Egg Mantis Prawn ~ cantonese called Har Go (蝦蛄) / Lai Liu Ha (攋尿蝦) 

Best eaten hot when the batter is still crunchy on the outside and soft inside. The salted egg covered prawns were gragrant and flavourful. It was really good with a cold beer.

Butter Fried Prawn

The prawns size were reasonable. The fresh meat were crunchy and juicy. 

Steamed Grouper

The best way to enjoy fresh fish will be  清 蒸  or simply translated as "clear steam" where minimal ingredients were used. The fish was reasonably fresh (I wouldn't say very very fresh). 

Including a vegetable dish, it cost us about RM100+-. I think it is a good stop for some relaxing environment and reasonably good seafood.

Address:

Lot 13045, Batu 29 1/2, | Kanchong Laut, (Morib), Banting, Malaysia

Quickie: Marmalade @ Publika

Since becoming mommy, there's not much of me time unless you count bathroom time as one. And meeal time is always a rush to serve the kids and keeping them entertain while gobbling down the cold food or warm ice cream. Sigh..
So I count this as blessing when I found a place that the kids can eat and have fun, while we adults can enjoy our warm meal at our own leisure pace. Ah......

So far we find the food decent and quite refreshing. I like the surprising burst of taste from cranberries here, sprinkles of almonds there.

I like the balanced proportion of meat and vegetation. I learnt to appreciate the feeling of satisfied but not stuffed.

And as parents, we are glad they take effort to prepare healthier version of food like preservative free sausages and stuff.

And the kids get to enjoy!
And so are the parents..