Hakka Cuisine for Lunch

Yesterday me and my friend went to The Curve for lunch, as well as to enjoy the nice and relaxed sunny Monday. Initially we planned to have lunch at Sakae Sushi, but it was soon cancelled after being offered their 'incredible' services. Yes, incredible in the sense of incredibly bad! We stood at the entrance waiting to be seated after informing the manager/senior staff (the guy was wearing a suit and tie) of the number of seats needed. We were the only customers in the waiting line at that time, but the waiters paid no attention to us. There were plenty of empty tables actually. After waited for a couple of minutes, we called the waiters but were completely ignored. Okay, that's the last straw, we left. This is not the first time I encountered bad service in Sakae Sushi at The Curve anyway...

We decided to try a new restaurant instead, so we picked Ying Ker Lou that serves Hakka cuisine. The contemporary decor in the restaurant exudes tranquility with dark brown leather and wooden furnitures and fittings. While the ambience looks rather calm, the 'noise pollution level' is not much different with a typical Chinese restaurant. Yup, I can say it's quite noisy during lunch hours, especially if you intend to enjoy a quiet lunch.

I like the look of its main entrance. :)

Since it's a weekday, we ordered a special saving set lunch each. Each set lunch comes with dim sum and drink, apart from the main meal.

My friend had the Hakka Pan Mee, a generous portion with pork meat balls and mushroom slices.

I ordered the Crispy Fried Chicken with Fermented Bean Curd that comes with a bowl of rice. The portion is just right for girls, but might not be enough to feed a hungry guy. Back to my meal, I quite enjoy the crispiness of the chicken although it's not juicy and succulent.

Here are the free dim sum that comes with the set lunches, one spring roll for each person (haha, kinda stingy). Don't expect much of this 'free' item though, it's filled with turnip and one thin stripe of carrot (yes, just one...). Basically this is the same sort of spring roll where we can get from the roadside stalls that sell fried stuff. The one and only good thing about it is you don't see oil dripping out from the spring rolls, not even a drop. Less oil = healthier, right?

Our side order, the Fried Yam Cake. Again, it's not the typical ones in dim sum restaurants, where the oil keeps on dripping out like crazy and you can even taste the oil in your mouth. The outer layer/skin is quite dry as if they bake the yam cake in an oven. The inner texture is softer, filled with bite sized yam cubes.

The bill arrived at less than RM50 for two persons. The food is not bad, however it's not up to the standard yet judging from the fact that it's a restaurant and the pricing charged. Will I visit again? Hmm... maybe yes and maybe no, but I'll prefer to save the money to try out other restaurants.