Category: Food Reviews

Hobahn – Korean Restaurant at Waterfront, Desa ParkCity

I love korean food. But I always had to go all the way to Ampang for good yet decently priced Korean grub. The nearest Korean restaurant near Bandar Sri Damansara (where we’re staying) was in Kepong Baru and it’s not exactly very near also. The traffic was another factor that prevented us from having Korean food as often as we like. Then came Charlie, and it’s even more difficult to find a place that could accommodate dogs.

That’s why I was very thrilled when I noticed that a Korean restaurant had opened at Waterfront Desa ParkCity, our regular place to walk Charlie. Recently, Waterfront management has begun to allow dog owners to sit outside of their restaurant premises with their furkids and this Korean restaurant is one of them. So another plus point for me. As far as I’m concerned, only Kluang Station and the steamboat place there do not allow dogs inside or out – so my middle finger to them.

Charlie chilling out while we nom on Korean food.

The Korean restaurant is called Hobahn. It’s situated right between Aino Kitchen and the pharmacy.It offers the Korean BBQ that we’re all familiar with and plenty of other dishes and pretty good set deals. And the best thing of them all? It serves pork :D

Hobahn Korean Restaurant

I have dined there 3 times and I was happy everytime. Unfortunately I have not gotten the chance to taste the BBQ because it’s always just the two of us but I’m definitely going to give the BBQ a go.

Pork bibimbap for 1 person but good enough for 2 – tasty :)

Kimchi tofu soup – hot, spicy and appetising..also good enough for 2 people.

Teriyaki fried chicken – crunchy and flavourful. Thumbs up!

The restaurant is clean and comfortable, got indoor and outdoor.

A picture of me cause I feel like it.

Bonus point for kimchi lovers. They sell them by the boxes so you can enjoy them at home.

Total damage: RM52.80. Before I finish, I would like to stress the importance of keeping your dogs well-behaved whenever you bring them out to public places. Make sure they’re toilet-trained and do not bark incessantly and keep them under control at all time. Don’t let them climb onto tables or lick from the restaurant’s utensils. All I’m saying is, you want to be able to bring your furkids out, then you got to be a responsible dog owner and convince the restaurateurs that not all dogs spell trouble. If you are unable to control your dogs, please don’t bother and ruin it for the rest of us. Stay home and watch lots of Cesar Millan instead.

Hobahn Korean Restaurant
GF-12, The Waterfront @ Parkcity,
5 Persiaran Residen,
Desa Parkcity,
52200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603-62808713
Fax: +603-62808715

Pre-CNY reunion dinner at Fitou with #porkgang

Since everyone has somewhere to go during Chinese New Year, #porkgang decided to get together with all the furkids to celebrate pre-CNY at Fitou, Desa Park City. Eric booked the table under “porkgang” and according to Kerol, that was exactly what was written on the placard on the table. Haha. There were 13 of us not including 5 bitches and 1 dawg.

Food was awesomesauce, especially for the price. The salads were particularly outstanding.

Country Farmer salad. Prawns, thick bacon and fresh crisp lettuce. Nais!

Pork burger. Big, juicy & delicious!

Paella for 2. Very moist & flavourful. Thumbs up!

Some kinda pork in black pepper based sauce. Pretty good if you like the spicy.

Carbonara. Rich and creamy in the tastiest way ever. Awesomesauce!!!

Introducing the bitches and the stud….

CheddieSluttyBitch. As you can see, living up to her namesake.

KoyukiGanasBitch. Should change name dy. KoyukiMensaBitch or something. Fucking smart, cannot believe.

EmoQQ. Possibly the soon-to-be latest addition to my family :) She looks a splitting image of #EmoCharlie <3 <3

Last but not least, the handsome EmoCharlie. Which is him? The one that looks exactly like daddy, of course.

And now…the secondary characters at dinner.

Ah Horng & Selina.

Haze and the ex joined us a while later and I didn’t get to take any picture of her. I love Haze very much and you shall find out why in coming posts. In the meantime, check out her blog for awesomesauce makeup & fashion tutorials. And if you want to revamp your blog, look no further cause Haze is your woman.

Here’s a photo lifted from Haze’s blog.

Damn hot right? Well, truth is she doesn’t look like that without makeup, so what I’m saying is her makeup skills are damn l33t. Hahahaha jangan bunuh aku!!!

Yours truly and ST.

After dinner, we walked the dogs at the park. All the pups running alongside and chasing each other. So HAPPY!!

And the last picture to complete this entry…

Furong jiejie and Charlie.

Happy Chinese New Year peeps!

Fitou Brasserie
Lot GF2, The Waterfront @ Park City,
5 Persiaran Residen,
Desa Park City,
52200 Kuala Lumpur.
Contact: 03-6280 8978

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Thai Fish Farm Restaurant

My mom has been raving about this place for a while but we never got around to check it out. Apparently they offer really delicious seafood with decent price tags to boot. The way my mom described the place seemed a little far-fetched too. According to her, it’s nestled in the hills of Hulu Langat and the signboard is so small and inconspicuous, first timers are very likely to miss it. If you’re lucky enough to find the entrance though (which is just a couple of hundreds metres from the infamous Lookout Point), you have to drive some distance on a nasty, bumpy dirt path to the restaurant, which is built right by a supposedly natural pond!

I was a little skeptical but imagine my surprise when everything that my mom said turned out to be true. It was fun, much like embarking on a dangerous gastronomic adventure right in my backyard.

It was Sunday evening and the place was packed to the max. We had to queue up for a while but the operator was very efficient in crowd management. Before we got a table, they had already taken down our orders so by the time we plonked our starved, skinny arses on the seats the food were already coming in droves.

#1 – Full house.
Thai Fish Farm Restaurant

I really like the atmosphere. Bustling with people and unpretentious, people are there just for the great food.

#2 – Seated by the pond.

#3 – Grilling away.
Thai Fish Farm Restaurant

#4 – Grilled crabs.
Thai Fish Farm Restaurant

Love the crabs! They’re not unlike the ones from Hing Ket Grill House in Klang. I don’t really fancy crabs with rich sauces anymore ever since I had the ones served in Hing Ket. Once you’ve tasted crabs in its natural juice with no flavourings except for salt, it’s really hard to eat crabs in any other way.

We ordered quite a lot of stuff…

#5 – Delicious tom yam.
Thai Fish Farm Restaurant

#6 – Guinness & Todi.
Thai Fish Farm Restaurant

#7 – Thai steamed fish. Very, very, very good.

If you’re there you must absolutely order the fish because they’re all freshly caught from the pond right next to you.

#8 – Catching dinner.

#9 – Squid fried in salted egg – quite different from the ones I’ve tasted at other places. Instead of having the squid deep fried in salted egg yolk batter, it’s just ordinary deep fried squid topped with salted egg yolk sauce. I actually prefer this style because it’s lighter on the palate.

#10 – Squid with petai – I couldn’t stop eating this.

We also had vegetables, grilled lamb chops (YUMMY!) and kerabu kaki ayam (chicken feet skin salad).

#11 – We finished off dinner with some red ruby from the dessert station. Each bowl goes for RM5 and you’ve got quite a selection to choose from.

Altogether, bill came to a little over RM230 for 6 people. I was a very satisfied patron :) I can’t wait to go back again with the #porkgang!

KM4, Jalan Ampang-Hulu Langat, Ampang
68000 Selangor
GPS Coordinates: N 03 09.621 E101 45.260
HP: 019-260 6493
HP: 012-363 4991
Website