Those living in 'Klang Valley' area will definitely know this steamboat buffet restaurant... It is located very near to the famous 'Yuen Steamboat Buffet Restaurant'... I believe they tried to differentiate themselves from 'Yuen' and hence the inclusion of 'BBQ' to their signboard... This is one of the differentiation I guess as both of them serve almost the same food... Since both of these restaurants fall in the same category, I will try to compare these two restaurant in this blog post...

The other differentiation are the broth... More choices in 'Tasty Pot' and they have something really unique up their sleeves... 'Soya bean broth' and 'curry soya bean broth' which are unique to 'Tasty Pot'... We ordered 'chicken herbal broth' and 'curry soya bean broth' as my darling is craving for the 'curry soya bean broth'...

Frankly speaking, the 'curry soya bean broth' is rather unique and it tasted good as well... I will definitely choose this over 'tom yam' without even blinking an eye... No doubt about that... But I'm afraid the good part ends here...

Can you believe they actually charge each customer RM0.40 for these!!! These are essential items and they are suppose to provide it... I know they sterilizes these dining ware but still I find it ridiculous for them to charge... This is getting absurd in my opinion... 

Lots of choice just like 'Yuen Buffet Steamboat'... 

Different variety of seafood... Thankfully the freshness of these are on the high side...

I find these really cute!!! First time seeing it and I guess these are for the kids!!! I took a few to sample it and it tasted just like ordinary fish ball...

Besides buffet steamboat, 'Yuen' is also famous for their grilled chicken wing and I see 'Tasty Pot' have their own version as well... When in 'Yuen', you need to fight for the chicken wings and it usually take less than a minute to finish the whole tray and you need to wait 15 minutes in order for them to bring another new tray... And you know what, the cycle continues until the shop is close!!!

This scenario can't be found here... Nobody fight for these chicken wings... The answer is really simple... It is not as good as those serve in 'Yuen'... In fact the gap is like the distance from Earth to Moon!!! Really far... But I still ate a lot as I don't really fancy steamboat... If I recall correctly, I ate around 9 to 10 of these...

This is something you can't get in 'Yuen'... BBQ!!! Something I like a lot... But sad to say, the variety of food being BBQ are quite limited... Only two types of fish and you need to wait for a very long time before they start barbecuing another round... Besides fish, they BBQ sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, 'otak' and also lamb which is what they are famous for...

These are good stuff!!!

'Otak' that tasted horrible... I'm from 'Johor' and 'Muar' is very famous for 'otak'... So this kind of standard is a BIG no-no for me...

Sweet potato and potato...

Sausage skewers which unfortunately they don't grill it...

The crown jewel... Grilled lamb...

Grilled lamb that tasted okay... Not the nicest but at least edible unlike the 'otak'!!! Each person entitle to one plate and the portion is tiny!!!

Sad to say but I guess this will be the last time we set our foot in this particular restaurant!!! Nothing to shout about the food and I basically need to wait like forever in order to get those food that I like!!! This is another reason why I keep eating those chicken wings!!! By the way, it cost around RM28.80 per pax if I'm not mistaken...

Overall Rating - 2.8/5

Tasty Pot BBQ Steamboat Buffet Restaurant

9, Jalan PJS 8/18,

Dataran Mentari, Bandar Sunway,

46150 Petaling Jaya,

Selangor.

03-5630 1282

'Immortals' really caught my attention after watching the trailer... No doubt from the trailer the movie looks awesome and from the same guy who brought us '300', I don't doubt its ability to entertain... But a trailer being a trailer, you can't really judge it unless you watch the whole movie and this is what I did...

Like I said earlier, a trailer is still a trailer and what makes a trailer??? Bits from the movie and usually, they only put in the good part and make it look ridiculously good and this is what happen to 'Immortals'... From the trailer, this movie looks like the real deal but unfortunately, when it comes to watching the whole movie this is not the case... Besides that, I must really thanks those in charge of censoring because they censored all the good part leaving almost nothing for us!!! 

For me, the storyline doesn't seems to flow... It somehow feels disconnected and it feels really weird... Not good in terms of storyline!!! What happen to the almighty 'Zeus'??? Where is his thunder bolt??? Instead he's holding a hammer looking like Mjöllnir... One might even mistaken him stealing from 'Thor'!!! And what are those weird looking thing on the head of the 'Gods'??? 

Apart from the weak storyline, character, and acting there is only one thing that I like about this movie... The fighting scene near the end where the 'Gods' and 'Titans' goes head to head... Not really what I anticipated in the first place...

This is the manual boost controller that I've been talking about in my previous blog post... Some of my friends ask why do I change it because to them this is downgrading... True in a sense but sometimes manual is better... Not overly complicated and work just as well... In fact, better if you ask me... Just like manual cars... I like it more than an automatic car and I will take it over an automatic/dual clutch/automated manual or whatever name they decided to call... I don't even have to think about it!!! So no regret here if you insist on asking!!!

To be continue...

As promise this blog post will be about 'eat FOOD VILLAGE' in 'Publika'... This is the official food court in 'Publika'... As you know, we 'Malaysian' love our food very much and it is a must for every shopping complex to have at least a food court to cater for our constant craving for good food... 'eat FOOD VILLAGE' uses the very same concept found in 'Lot 10' which is also famous for their food court... Only famous food shop or stall makes it into their food court... If your food is not up to standard, you can basically forget about opening a stall in their food court in either shopping complex... This is our maiden visit and frankly speaking there are a lot of stalls that we are not really familiar with... In fact, the only food stall that we know is 'Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee'... Obviously, we are going to try those that we have never eaten before...

After Googling around, I found out that this is a very famous restaurant in 'Penang'... They specializes in yam rice as you can see from the signage...

This is the yam rice set and it cost RM9.90 per set... The set consist of a bowl of yam rice, a stew egg and bean curd and a bowl of pork soup broth with some pork in it... The yam rice is not bad but definitely not the best... In fact we are a bit disappointed with it since I've read a lot of good reviews about it... 

We consider the broth as okay only... Truth to be told, there is nothing to shout about it!!!

This is the worse in our opinion... The stew tasted really bland bordering to tasteless!!!

Overall Rating - 2.8/5

Next stop, 'Ah Yap Hokkien Mee & Seafood Restaurant'... 

The business is super duper good and it is really wise for them to use this device... When your food is ready, this device will vibrate and beep so you don't have to stand in front of the stall like an idiot!!! It allow you to find a comfortable seat and relax while waiting for your food to be serve...

Only one word to describe the 'hokkien mee' which is 'AWESOME'!!! I really like it a lot... This plate of 'hokkien mee' cost RM7.90 and I find it really reasonable... Will I come back for more??? A BIG yes from me!!!

Overall Rating - 3.9/5

One of the best selling 'pearl milk tea' franchise 'Chatime' can also be found here... This is my third time trying 'Chatime' and to be honest, I'm still not convince... Actually I wanted to do a comparison between 'Chatime' and 'Gong Cha' but too bad, I lost all my photos so the intended blog post won't be happening anytime soon... But I can tell you the winner here... The winner goes to 'Gong Cha'!!!

RM6.90 for this and in my opinion, definitely not value for money... The taste of the tea is not really strong and definitely not aromatic enough for me... So I don't really know why people are queuing up for this as I can find cheaper alternatives!!!

Overall Rating - 3/5