Restoran Eiffel and Poon Kee Chinese Desserts Stall, Cheras

We expected Western food towards a fusion twist. Obviously due to its name. Duh.Oops, the ‘duh’ was on us, except for Ipoh Mali Talak Sombong who had eaten the fare from here before. These were the recommended dishes:-

Crab Meat Pan Meen. Or was it Shrimps Pan Meen since there were a few succulent ones. This was not in the menu but came recommended by the staff.

Crab as well as shrimp sounded similar in Cantonese albeit the intonation. Crabby was missing. Anyway, skip this.Vietnamese Chicken Pan Meen. The strong aromatic lemongrass smell and taste brought out the Other Ipoh Mali (Yang Bermotor) story of why he’s wary of the smell.Fried Rice with Salted Egg. It was flavourful with reasonable salty level. However Ipoh Mali said he had better on other days.Money Pouch aka Kei-Chi (Chinese Wolfberries) Dumplings. These were the first to finish.Green apple and Salad. Tasted sweet and sour, very appetising.It’s a dessert house too so we ordered these individually:-

Soursop Ice Blend. Mine. Too sweet and stinted on the fruit.Icy Mango Milk. Looked so inviting. Other Ipoh Mali (Yang Bermotor), how was it?Ipoh Mali Talak Sombong , what about your ABC Special aka Ice Kacang?Food Cookies, Mint Chocolate Milk Shake. No picture though. Consequence of being too engrossed in Perak food exchange discussion between the 2 Ipoh Malis.

2 scoops of ice-cream, Pistachio and Chocolate. For RM1 a scoop, Phitoy found it creamy, not too sweet and good value.

We went Dutch on:-

Location:- Across the roundabout, oppposite Tesco Extra Cheras. All the while I thought that housing estate is known as Taman Midah but spy the address on the bill. Hmm.

Since it was just across the road, we wanted to show off the best Chinese dessert stall in town to the Other Ipoh Mali (Yang Bermotor). Though near and a walk will be good for a couple of us (ahem), we burned 5 minutes worth of petrol across to Taman Cheras or better known as Taman Yew Lake or Yulek. It was already dark and way too precarious to walk across the busy highway. It’s a fact. Better to be safe than save. :D

Grabbed a good table (means on cemented walkway, not on uneven wet tarred road) and our orders arrived in a minute or so.

Somehow that night’s serving of smooth Black Sesame gruel lacked fragrance but I lapped it up. Not easy to get this anywhere else, okay. The others ordered different varieties and I cannot remember what. Not too sure about the tastes either but noticed their bowls were left empty too. Lighting was bad and I was worn out struggling to take a clear picture of my own dark bowl.

Anyway the conversation was getting too interesting to interrupt. Yes we were discussing food (like you really need to ask) – the inflationary price of cockles and Char-Kueh-Tiau to be precise.

Another ‘Once upon a time, long long ago’ post, checked.