My uncle and aunt are 'dim sum' fanatic I suppose because they really know where the good 'dim sum' restaurants are... 'Li Yen' is one of the restaurant famous for its 'dim sum' and I've been invited by them to celebrate my aunt and cousin joint birthday celebration... 

I will talk about the quality of their food later on but what I would like to talk about now is their service... To me, it seems like their service is not as famous as their 'dim sum' offering... Not to say bad but for a high class restaurant serving first class food, the service is left wanting!!!

After sampling their 'dim sum', I'm really sad to say that I'm a bit disappointed with it... Don't get me wrong because the foods are nice and all their ingredients are top notch... You get BIG prawns which are fresh and succulent in almost every dish as expected from a high class 'dim sum' restaurant... So why am I disappointed then??? Because I'm expecting it to blow me away with their offering but frankly speaking I don't get it... 

I consider the price to be really expensive (most of the dish range from RM9 to RM11) and I expect them to beat the hell out of all the other 'dim sum' restaurants especially 'Oriental Pavilion' located at 'Jaya 33'... But it is the other way round!!! 'Li Yen' got it's ass whoop BIG time by 'Oriental Pavilion'!!! In my opinion, 'Oriental Pavilion' serve some of the best 'dim sum' dish and their price is quite reasonable if compare to 'Li Yen'... 

Overall Rating - 3.2/5

Li Yen

The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur

168, Jalan Imbi,

55100 Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia.

03-2142 8000

We 'KIDS' decided to buy something special for our beloved aunt this time since all of us are working now...

 My uncle which is always happy especially when there's a baby around!!!

 Super duper chubby baby 'Chayson'!!!

 Kids nowadays!!!

 Cheese cake from 'Lavender Bakery'... The cheese cake is awesome...

Complimentary birthday cake from 'Li Yen'!!! This really surprise us all because the cake looks fabulous and you know what, it tasted really good as well!!!

I'm dead serious about cycling again and you know what, my beloved 'GT Pantera' is up in 'Kuala Lumpur' in one piece!!! I managed to transport it up last weekend and now I'm in the process of cleaning it up... The first thing I did was to give her a new pair of shoes... The one she had were in terrible state!!! The rubber  had hardened and cracked can be found on it's sidewall...

The picture above is the original tyre that came with the bike when I bought it around 16 years ago!!! It was from 'WTB' a renowned company that produces awesome products for everything mountain biking... The name of the tyre is 'VelociRaptor'... The tyres had served me well all those years... It was a remarkable tyres... It just grip to whatever surface thrown at it... Sand, mud, clay, tar and etc without failing... The thread of the tyre is very unique because it is a front and rear specific tyre... Besides that, the thread is really chunky and the wear rate is really good... After all those years of cycling, the depth of the thread is almost the same as new!!! The only downside of this tyre is rolling resistance... When cycling on tar or road, you need to use up twice as much power to get it into speed!!! Really tiring if you ask me... But once you hit the dirt, it just transform into something else... Since there is a lot of rolling resistance, you can expect that this is not a quiet tyre... It is super duper noisy!!!

This is the new tyre that I've changed to... It's call 'Small Block Eight' from 'Kenda'... The thread pattern is not as aggressive compare to the 'VelociRaptor' but it more than make up for the lack of rolling resistance... This time round, I'm looking for a more road friendly tyre and this is what the shop recommended... After trying it out, I'm really happy with my purchase... The tyre is really quiet and not forgetting smooth and it makes my bike so much faster... Again thanks to the lack of rolling resistance!!! I'm not sure about the performance when it hits the dirt though but currently I'm more than happy about it...

Next stop will be changing all the cables and fine tuning the gearing system!!!

There was constant craving for sushi recently and finally I managed to cure the itch by going to 'Sushi Zanmai'... I've been there for a few times but if I'm not mistaken, I've never posted one before... If you ask me, I like 'Sushi Zanmai' more than the others budget sushi restaurant... It just taste better in my opinion... Judging by the queue, I'm very sure there are a lot of people agree to what I've just said!!!

RM0.20 for one of these wet tissue which I find it acceptable... You won't be charge if you're not using it...

Green tea... RM1.00 for either hot or cold... The good news was the green tea's refillable!!!

My favourite!!! 'Unadon'... Actually I only like the 'unagi'!!! Obviously, these pictures were taken before I started my strict no rice policy!!! RM16.80 for this... 

'Kaki Kimchi Naba'... It was basically a mini shabu-shabu with lots of vegetables in it... This set came with 5 raw oysters and it cost RM16.80 as well... Quite value for money if you ask me...

Raw oysters!!!

'Soft Shell Crab Maki'... Also one of my favourite... As both of us don't fancy raw food, so 'sashimi' is a BIG no-no in our menu... 

 This cost RM7.80...

'Tamago' which coincidentally also one of my favourite sushi!!! RM1.80 which was only a tad more expensive from those selling in 'Pasar Malam'!!!

 'Kappa Maki'... RM1.80 also...

 'Futomaki' which was selling at, you guess it... RM1.80 also...

'Chawanmushi' one of my darling's favourite... RM4.80 for this...

Overall we were really satisfied as 'Sushi Zanmai' managed to cure our cravings and the offering were nice and definitely value for money...


Overall Rating - 3.8/5

Sushi Zanmai
SK 9A, 2nd Floor, High Street,
1 Utama Shopping Centre.
03-7724 2030