: : Da Qin Hua : :
A true treasure found right here in Kuching. Was recommended to go here by one of my technicians. Said that the food was spectacular and very very nice as well. Not to mention that the chef hails all the way from Shanghai. Added to the fact that the food was cheap, dirt cheap. Plus, not that many people know about it yet but just wait. In another 2 more weeks, there will be a chef from Shanghai specializing in dimsum and another one from Beijing, specilizing in BBQ stuff. Oohh! Can’t wait.
Anyway, I still managed to have dinner last week with Min Yen, Jackson and Lesley at this quaint little cafe. Even with Jackson suffering a bit, we still went to eat there. We finally found the place behind the Amway office at 3rd Mile. You won’t be able to see it from the road as it’s at the end of the shoplot that is two blocks from the road. I had to embarrassed myself while putting the steering wheel lock : kept honking the honk twice! The airbag on the Altis gets in the way.
I was strongly advised to try out the Chinese tea as the proprietor brings it all the way from Shanghai. So, we ordered a pot of Oolong tea. It was different and very nice. The tea leaves were actually quite big, not shriveled up as the ones found in specialized Chinese tea shops (which is sprouting everywhere in Kuching like mushrooms).
The first dish that came was the kailan cooked in oyster sauce. So nice and tasty. Wah! From the picture, you can see it was actually very simple. Also, it’s quite a lot of kailan for their standard dish size. We all ate it with rice which was of good quality. If the rice is not good, the mood throughout the entire meal would have been spoilt. I think it was Thai fragrant rice as it was (of course!) fragrant, the rice granules were small and uniform yet firm and basically, tasted really good. As for the kailan, it was fresh and crunchy. Very nice.
Homemade tauhu but plain and simple i.e. minus the garnishings. Very tasty with the rice. Ahhh…
Stir-fried lamb with onions and chilli. Cooked in darked soy sauce. Yummy yummy yummy. It was extremely tender as the lamb was sliced very thinly. Also, they added in cummin seeds! Never had lamb this way before. Added an interesting Indian taste to an otherwise Chinese meal. Very good decision, I’d say.
Last dish : chicken cooked with fresh chillis and peanuts. Oh this was so nice. So very nice.
Well, that’s it. Now, thinking of how to persuade Min Yen and the others to go there again.
