Menus with lots of 8’s (price-wise, of course) peppered all over the media with hotels aggressively pushing various packages to the discerning diners. Not a bad choice, since I prefer softer peanuts to crunchy ones myself.Īs the year draws close to a curtain call (Lunar calendar, of course), almost every Chinese restaurant in Klang Valley has been cashing in on this festivity. Occasionally you do get pickles (papaya, especially) or even ‘kacang putih’ (read Buntong’s post to see what the snack is), but at Gold Dragon City, they gave soft braised/boiled peanuts. Saves time actually, since our office is located merely minutes away from this restaurant at Paramount Garden opposite of Giant hypermarket.Ĭonventional starters or tidbits provided at Chinese diners include – peanuts, peanuts and more peanuts. Initially, this lunch with colleagues was planned for dinner but given the time constraints and logistic matters, we rescheduled to lunch hour instead. A kick back to the old school type of eateries laid back, no fuss, no frills Chinese diner which was possibly once THE place to organize a banquet dinner, but has since relented to the fad (or maybe not?) of lavish celebrations at 5 star hotels instead.Ĭomparing Gold Dragon City to Mun Choong, Oversea or even Tuck Kee (yeah, a post to come after our Reunion dinner next week!) would be more fitting, and definitely in the same league since those Ipoh restaurants mentioned above are nothing but serial old players STILL attracting a constant stream of customers. This Chinese restaurant situated in Paramount Garden holds probably decades of legacy, judging from the outlook and the fact that the moment we entered and were seated at our reserved table a warm, deja vu sensation washed over me. Unless of course, you’re taking into consideration the many varieties of modern Yee Sang with abalone and such.Īfter two gastronomic feasts at Shanghai JW Marriott and Zing Grand Millennium, it’s probably time to set the mood back into place and toss some Yee Sang the traditional way. After all, this Chinese version of a prosperity-laden salad is supposed to be tossed for the notion of it, rather than for its gastronomic value. The very basic/standard/generic/traditional Yee Sang – But we were not complaining though.
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