Restoran Bich Tien @ Kepong

To my knowledge, there are only two nations' food that are healthy. Food that do not have much fat or salt in it. If you are thinking Japanese and Vietnamese food, you're spot on.


There are many Vietnamese restaurants in KL, most of which are in a shopping mall. Those are the more 'commercialized' ones, where you have tall, slim Vietnamese waitresses decked out in traditional 'ao dai' waiting on you.


Bich Tien is not one of those. Bich Tien is an unpretentious papa-mama shop. Its proprietor is a Malaysian Chinese who is married to a Vietnamese lady. Their staff are their family members and relatives. And they are dressed like you and I, in ordinary clothes.


Being a papa-mama shop, their menu is not extensive. It is just a one page two-sided A3 laminated paper. However, they have my favourite items, which are the beehoon salad and beef koay teow soup.

Beehoon salad with spring rolls - RM7.90

They have a few choices of 'toppings' with the beehoon salad. I've tried some of them and my favourite remains the one with the spring rolls. The spring rolls were crunchy on the outside, and soft with yam and other vegetable fillings on the inside. Very aromatic and yummy. 

Beef koay teow soup - RM8.90

Their other item that I like is their beef koay teow soup. Like most Vietnamese beef noodles, the beef was soft and tender. As for the noodles, it went very well with the sage leaves that were included in the plate of raw beansprouts, giving it a fruity flavour.


Address:
No. 15, Jalan Metro Perdana Barat 2
Taman Usahawan Kepong

Vietnam House @ First World Plaza, Genting

We've eaten umpteen times at Vietnam House whenever we're at Genting although this is the first time I'm blogging about it. Yes, we were at Genting again, yesterday. It was very misty in the afternoon, and the temperature indoors at Highlands Hotel was 26 degrees Celcius. The mist cleared by nightfall, though.


But I digress. Vietnam House is probably one of the more authentic Vietnamese restaurants in the region of KL and Selangor. Our friend, TC has moved to Johor Baru to start a business and was back in KL for a week, so we decided to meet and catch up in Genting. Don't ask me why Genting instead of somewhere in KL.


The test for authenticity is always the Vietnamese Vermicelli. The authentic ones come with cold vermicelli, and piping hot pork chop and deep-fried spring roll. Vietnam House did not have pork chop, but served it with grilled pork and deep-fried spring roll. Alternatively, you can opt to have Chicken or Lemongrass Beef instead, which I did.

Hubby's fave - the cold vermicelli with piping hot grilled pork and deep-fried spring roll

My fave - the cold vermicelli with lemongrass beef -- the sauce is poured into the noodle and mixed well. Both noodles come with a bowl of the piquant sweet and sour sauce.

TC ordered the bamboo fried rice which he said was rather good, but paled in comparison to the vermicelli with lemongrass beef.

TC also wanted to try the Prawn Sour Soup, which the waiter said does not taste like Tom Yam. It certainly doesn't. It's not spicy and does not have any lemongrass flavour, which Tom Yam Soup has. It was too sour for us, despite our request to tone down on the sourness.

It's like a mini steamboat. After bringing the soup to a boil, put the prawns and accompanying ingredients in.

The total bill for the meal, inclusive of peanuts, two glasses of water and a pot of Vietnamese Tea came to RM81.90.


On our way home, Ms Sherlock Holmes a.k.a. yours truly, started counting cars again (ref: Who Goes To Genting?). Yeah, I think I have a fixation with car number plates. Perhaps Genting should hire me to conduct a daily survey of the cars...LOL!!!


Well, the result of my obsession was that 50% of the cars that were parked from level B6 to B9 at First World Plaza last night, or should I say at 1-ish in the morning, had Johor-registered number plates. So, the question and possible answers that occupied my mind as we drove home was why did so many Johoreans choose to come to Genting when Genting has a resort in Sentosa, Singapore? Not to mention Sands, too? 


P/s: Forgot to mention that hubby and I earned ourselves two free combo meals voucher which we redeemed for supper at Good Luck Restaurant. We ordered the Roast Pork Noodle Soup which was really good. TC who forgot to bring his Silver card had to pay for his own supper. :)