My pre birthday lunch with KampungBoy, Christine, Chris and Ivy was amazing. I am very happy that they did those extra thoughtful gestures to make my birthday meal a memorable one. I am also absolutely delighted by the fact that Xiao Fei Yang is the chosen venue for our rendezvous. I’ve been there twice; all for the love of the comforting and nourishing brew of “má là” 麻辣 hot pot.
A no-frills, but clean and bright restaurant like Xiao Fei Yang gives me a good vibe. Though located at a hideous part of the city with limited parking space, they were doing brisk businesses.
We had the signature yuan yang soup base – Herbal Chicken Soup and Ma La Peppercorn Seed Soup. The mala soup base was heavy, oily with liberal use of pepper that creates a numbing and tingling sensation on the tongue. The herbal soup was ordered to counter the spiciness of the ma la soup. Deemed useless anyway, because our lips were all swollen after that.
We spotted sterilized utensils, which is provided in most restaurants in China. Just like China’s restaurant diners, we were entitled to pay RM1 for each set of utensils used.
I love these dipping sauces that come with our hotpot. Those spicy and salty dipping sauces gave our hot pot ingredients an extra kick.
simple appetizer that perks up the palate and appetite.
The wait staff recommended us some cold dishes to go with the hot pot. We went for the pork belly slices on a bed of greens, tossed in a delightfully refreshing and tangy dressing. The “unidentified” greens from China was fresh and crispy and went well with the salted pork belly slices.
Another interesting cold dish that we had is saliva chicken. This gross sounding dish is actually very delicious. It derives its name from that fact that it is so delicious that it will make your mouth water.
Hot Pot Ingredients:
Other than XFY’s signature sliced lamb, I reckoned that pumpkin, yam, cold tofu (bottom left) and hand made noodles (next picture) are among some of the “must order” ingredients.
Overall, it was a very satisfying meal where each of us paid about RM 30 for ALL THAT FOOD. Pretty reasonable I would say.
pictures credit to Chris
Thank you for the wonderful surprise and cake that you girls put up for my birthday. <3
I’m a year older, officially. Thank you god for granting all my little birthday secrets last year (secret!!). This year, I will try to live my life to the fullest and to make sure that I love what I am doing. I’m loving my soul mate who is always there for me, my job (except for the daunting professional papers part!) and I love what I do with my food blog, especially.
I’m blessed, and I hope you are too!
Xiao Fei Yang restaurant,
18, Lorong Thambi Dua,
Pudu, Kuala Lumpur 55100
Tel: 03-2142-6789
**Branch opened in Damansara Uptown
muacksss ^^
haihz, can we re-wind back the time to that day?!?!?!
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it’s nice! and they now have a branch at damansara uptown!
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Paying RM30 per pax for all those food is definitely worth it 😀
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Have a Happy Birthday Citygal! The food looks aplenty from RM30/pax. Time to head there to try. Thanks for the review!
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Good to hear that they have open a new branch @ DU but where is the exact place?
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Same row as “Face to Face” pan mee.. facing sprint highway.
saw the branch at Uptown. Nearer for me!
Hmm..even after looking at all the pics of the food, I still only want that cake! ;p
Hi,
Happy Belated Birthday !
I am an avid follower of kampungboycitygal, masak-masak, whiff of lemon grass, precious pea and babe in the city amongst others. Wonder why there are hardly any prominent Malaysian male food blogger or for that matter hardly any Malay food blogger around !
Went to Taipei last year with the famille and used your blog as a guide in visiting a small portion of the many places you have blogged. Thanks !
I have lived in Northern China for a few years and am have grown to love Northern Chinese – 东北
cuisine and Sichuanese cusine – .川菜
The first time I tried Ma Po To Fu at a Sichuan Restaurant I could not believe it was the same dish we have in Malaysia ! Our Malaysian Ma Po To Fu has been adulterated without the liberally sprinkled black pepper powder and the Sichuan Pepper Corn ( Hua Jiao – 花椒 )
I can see Xiao Fei Yang has managed to import this Hua Jiao – 花椒 and placed it in your Yuan Yang Hotpot. Wonder where they source the Hua Jiao from ?
Robyn Eckhardt who is based in KL writes for the Wall Street Journal and the occasion TimeoutKL article blogs a lot on Sichuanese Cuisine – 川菜.
See http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatingasia/2010/04/chengdu-homestyle-restaurant-woman-cook.html
The other world authority on Sichuan Cusine – 川菜 is Fucshia Dunlop who wrote a few books on Sichuanese Recipes and cuisine.
See http://www.fuchsiadunlop.com/
Inner Mongolia Restaurant at the junction of Changkat Thambi Dollah and Jalan Pudu does the same dishes as Xiao Fei Yang.
Will surely try the Xiao Fei Yang with my famille on my next trip back to KL !
Regards
Seg Son
Reasonable enough I’d say. I wonder if this is the same Little Sheep in HK.
The prices of food in those outlets over in HK is amazingly inflated though. But remember there was this HUGE branch overlooking Mongkok.
rm30 per pax? thats not too bad, but the terror looking spicy broth looks like nightmare!
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Yeah…saw the branch at Damansara Uptown. At least it’s nearer for me. =)
i miss their lamb slice…almost 1 year dint visit alr…i think i should re-visit again…
yappie burfday GORGEOUS!
past there most of the time, but have not got a chance to go in yet..with your review certainly added it into the list and of course
Happy birthday to you ~
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happy belated birthday! the meal looks fiery!
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