Sek Yuen Restaurant, Jalan Pudu

(Non-Halal)


When the dust has settled, another year gone...Ah Hah! Time for me to look through my photos and post pics from the "cold files". Hahaha....Long after it's been blogged by others, I take my own sweet time in putting this up, which is good in a way as it evokes pleasant memories of yet another floggers outing. Shall we go back in time...back to July 2007 when we went to Sek Yuen Restaurant, Jalan Pudu?

The old & original Sek Yuen, still serving diners after all these years

Coming back here was indeed taking a step back in time for me. I've not been to this place for the longest time and looked forward to dining here as part of a Pudu food crawl. We sat over at the air-conditioned outlet which is just next to the old one. We already knew what we needed to order and as the whole bunch of us sat down, the staff was surprised that we ordered only 3 dishes (as we had to save space for Round 2).

Braised Stuffed Duck - with ginkgo nuts, mushrooms and some other mushy stuff which I can't remember! The gravy was super yummy and this dish was cleared in no time and so was the gravy, all lapped up! Hahaha....

The Kar Heong vegetables was basically Chap Choy (mixed vegetables), a medley of mung bean noodles, dry lily bulbs, sweet bean curd slices, chives, shredded cabbage; fried with fu yue (fermented bean curd). This was one tasty dish as the fu yue gave it a very robust flavour.

The chicken skin with fish paste was nice though this dish couldn't really fill one's stomach. So I would say it's a wonderful (and pricey) snack instead. The skin was crispy and the fish paste was fresh which made this a good bite! Should go well with beer drinkers :o).

The bill for this meal came up to be slightly higher than expected and we suspected that the owner might have been a bit upset with the 12 of us taking up a big table and ordering only 3 dishes. Prices - the braised stuffed duck (RM70/USD21), the chicken skin stuffed with fish paste (RM60/USD18) and the vegetable (RM15/USD4.50) which seem to be the only reasonably price dish. Anyone else can confirm the prices of the duck and the chicken dish??? Anyway, I still enjoyed myself and I wouldn't mind coming back here again once in a blue moon even if it means having to pay a bit more for nostalgia. Well, Chinese New Year is coming soon and this could be just the place to set the mood...


Sek Yuen
313 & 315, Jalan Pudu
Kuala Lumpur

Tel : 03-9222 9457

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People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren't so crazy about the first time around. ~ Author Unknown

2008's First Entry Of Few Words!

Waiting for countdown to 2008!

12 midnight!

The view from the garden

Close up - 1 a.m. shot, my first few photos for January 1, 2008


HAPPY 2008! HERE'S TO AN EVEN BETTER YEAR!

Happy 2008! - Floggers' Meet at My Elephant, Sec 17 Petaling Jaya

By now you would have read at several blogs of the Floggers' Meet that took place on Dec 28 at My Elephant. But as 2007 is coming to an end, I'll like to put up my post on this gathering too to welcome 2008!

Blogging/flogging (food blogging) has allowed me to make a lot of new friends, near or far. I can only say it's a shame I didn't start blogging earlier because had I knew, I would have gotten to know even more friends!

Well, this time round it was apt that we had a gathering to celebrate a belated Christmas and to welcome the new year. About 40 floggers, bloggers and their guests turned up for this event. As the attendees started turning up at early as 7 pm, it was a chance for some of us to meet for the very first time and for the rest, it was a reunion since the last major gathering at Sandias though some of us has kept in constant contact since then. Food was served at around 8.30pm to the hungry crowd which had earlier kept themselves busy taking photos of the place and chatting with each other. My apologies as some food shots are missing while some were blur as I sat in a dark corner, relying on prolonged shutter speed. The food tasted okay that night but I suppose My Elephant could do better if it was not for the fact that they had to tend to 40 hungry people all at the same time!

Choo Chee Goong (Rivers Prawn in Thai Yellow Curry)

Green Curry Sea Crabs with Gingko & Tofu

Kom's Chicken Wings with Mango & Kiwi Dressing

Pak Choop Pang Tod (Thai Style Vegetable Tempura)

Tom Klong (Northern Thai Tom Yum with Fish Cutlets)

Chillied Lamb - This I really liked! I simply love lamb!

Steamed Fish Thai Style

After dessert was served, we handed out mini awards to the bloggers/floggers in attendance to add some fun to the night. Awards/Prizes given are in brackets.

Most Kissable Lips - Jason (Lip Balm)
Best Earned Nick - "Nipple" Joe (Pacifier)
Activist Food Blogger - Tankiasu (Rocket Logo)
Sweetest Blogger - Christine, Aiwei, Jun, Yin (Sweets)
Handsomest Blogger - Ekeng, Riz, CatsnDogs (Sweets)
Sweetest Blogging Couple - KampungBoyCityGal (a pack of sugar)
Most Poetic Blogger - Nic (writing set)
Almost a Vietnamese Blogger - SC (coffee)
Best Male Cook Blogger - KusahiKeat(wooden spatula)
Most Idolised Blogger - Boolicious (Kiddy plastic cooking set)
Most Enlightened Blogger - Lianne (lightbulb)
Most Flirtatious Blogger - Kenny Mah (condom)
Blogger with a Gender Crisis - Teckiee (boxer shorts)
Hungriest Blogger - Paprika (Carrots)
Spiciest Foodsite - Adly (Cilipadi - Bird's Eyes Chillies)
One of the Best Bakers in Town - BBO (Gardenia buns)
Former (to-be) M'sian Blogger - XLB (Malaysia Flag poster)

Most Recognised Blogger (in KL, PJ, Klang, Shah Alam and even Bangkok!)
- Jackson (Funny specs)

Most Royal Blogger, Queen to King Crab
- Precious Pea (Pepper crab instant noodles)

Celebrity Blogger Of The Year
- Lyrical Lemongrass (Own article with her photos all over)

As for myself, I was awarded the Human Tripod award, thanks to my famous or some would say infamous style of taking photos, resting my camera on my hand! Hahaha...I got a Teddy Box with three sticks of chewing gum inside which I can assemble into a mini tripod they say... and the box itself can be used as an arm rest! :oP

And now, I would like to wish you all a very....

featuring the young, bold and beautiful bloggers!

It was indeed a fun filled night on top of all that food! Here's to friendship and all good things in the years to come...

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey