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Pictures of the used to be much-hyped and hoola place has been sitting in my old folder for months. It wasn’t until my reader request for a map to Choon Yien that reminded me of Food Foundry.

The Slice of Heaven – Mille Crepe, a french cake made of many crepe layers. Light and lustrous, I used to crave for this every single day that I feel sick of it. However, looking at pretty pastry layers after some time, my cravings came back. How nice if Nadese Patisserie’s mille crepe is being delivered to my door stop right away?

The price has hike up from RM 7 to RM 9 per piece but that has never stop patrons from keep going back and Food Foundry has even expanded to another outlet at Bangsar.

Food Foundry’s nasi lemak, I heard, pales in comparison to their neighbour, 6 to 10 Grill which is pretty much reputable for their delicious nasi lemak with a choice of mutton curry, beef rendang or chicken.

Location Map to Food Foundry, Section 17

BG-8, Happy Mansion
Jalan 17/13,
46400 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor.
Tel: 03-79553885

Food Foundry, Petit
Ground Floor, No. 1, Lorong Kurau,
59100 Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-22822822
http://www.foodfoundry.us/

Recognition from the local press is a sweet thing, and thumbs up for The Star for putting up a Food Blog column that feature Malaysia Food Bloggers every Sunday on Sunday Metro. I’ve seen food reviews of Boolicious, Wantan Production, Eat First Think Later, Lyrical Lemongrass, Sweets for My Sweet Tooth and it comes to my surprise that our review on JCO Donut was being featured last Sunday. The teeny weeny bit, no itsy-bitsy bit of The Star-dom will definitely push us to eat more and write more.

Proud to acclaim ourselves as regular customer of Choon Yien, this place never fails to serve us with some above average cha siu (sweet bbq pork), siu yoke (roasted pork) and crispy skin chicken. I suppose that Choon Yien is an open secret among KLites because it is so hard to secure a table or seat during lunch hour.

The serving staff, James can get real snobbish and impatient during weekdays but he’ll greet you as “Brother” or “Man” after peak hours. Funny character.

A perfect prelude to the hearty meal would be the complementary soup of the day. It varies from day to day where sometimes we get lotus root soup, chicken feet with peanut soup or the Chinese watercress soup, being our favourite. It is good cooling soup, nutritious and satisfying and always reminded me of mum.

A special mention to the chicken stock base rice, fluffy, fragrant with some garlic and ginger residue.

Unlike Meng Kee’s version with a few layers of sweet and sticky glazing applied, Choon Yien’s version is simmered with some soy based gravy and sprinkled with the perfect amount of garlic crust.

“Boon Fei Sao” (half fat and half lean) is our default order because too much fat is gross while the leanest pieces are not always tender. Boon Fei Sao is wonderfully tender and so, so succulent.

The siu yoke that looks promisingly good. Distinctive layer of crispy skin, fats and meats are felt in our mouth. Even though they are not reputable as the best siu yoke in town, but I love the fact that it is not too oily and I feel less sinful to indulge on these goodies.