Today is the 7th day of the Chinese New Year and according to most, it’s the day for Yee Sang or Lou Sang (don’t ask me why).
Anyway, the idea we had was just to go eat Sushi King’s offering of the Yee Sang dish (which is quite nice) and the nearest branch that we knew was in Soho KL in Solaris Mont Kiara. Alas when we got there, the place has just seized it’s operations at the end of January. Considering that we pretty much had out hearts set on Yee Sang, we stumbled on a poster that had a promotion from Boston Cafe just a few doors down. I’ve and heard of this place as it’s around our area but have never actually been in. Checking their website, it seems like they have a lot of branches all over the country. The place was completely (and I mean absolutely) empty when we walked it. It was like we booked the whole place to ourselves.
The decor of the place is actually quite nice. It’s quite a colorful place but I wonder if the place is always this quiet.
Since it was only around 8pm and it was still happy hour, we proceeded to order the “buy 2 free 1” offer of Hoegaarden for RM70 which is pretty good pricing for 3 pints.
Since our objective was to Lou Sang tonight, we got the small plate of Salmon Yee Sang which was meant for 2-4 people. It was pretty reasonable for RM18.80.
So, you get the usual mixture of stuff that you expect with the Yee Sang dishes.
Not the best looking salmon in the world but I suppose you can’t expect much for the price.
The plum sauce that flavors the dish laid on generously.
The completed Yee Sang dish ready for us to dig in.
Strangely they only provided us with forks and spoons. It’s quite odd for me to Lou Sang with a fork. We did the best we could. Generally, the dish was quite reasonable for the price we paid.
In addition to the Salmon Yee Sang, B ordered the “Love at First Bite” dish which was a beef noodle soup dish. I didn’t try it myself but she said it was nice with a generous helping of meat. For RM10.90 it was good value. This place has all sorts of “creative” names for their dishes. Reminds me a lot of the (now defunct) Hongkie Place @ E-gate Penang.
A and I wasn’t too hungry so we ordered a “Hancock’s Supernatural” (or something like that) which was a nacho with cheese dish. When the platter served to us, I got a whiff of something strange. I didn’t put too much thought into it until I saw A continuing to smell the nacho he had in his hand. I took one and gave it a whiff and I was right, the strange smell I got earlier was coming from the nacho. It kinda smelled like smelly feet. I wonder what brand of nachos they use. We proceeded to eat it anyway. Overall, it wasn’t bad except for the strange smelly feet aroma of the dish. The nachos are served with the requisite salsa (tastes bottled). I think that this dish is a bit of a cash cow for the place at RM15.95. Oh well, it’s beer food.
We came away from the place thinking that it has some potential for us to return for some food and drinks when we’re in the area but the music they had playing in the background while we were there seemed a bit chinky for me. Maybe it’s just the Chinese New Year atmosphere they were trying to give us.
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