Monday 3 August 2015

Yummy Hunanese Lunch At Restaurant Yi Pin Xiang, Nilai

Thank God Almighty for smooth and safe flight back to Malaysia. Our plane arrived at KLIA2 - Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 on Monday early morning 12.55 am. Our friend and his son from Semenyih came to pick us from the airport. He had prepared a midnight or early morning snack of hot porridge and satay for us in his house. By the time we went to bed, it was about 3.00 am.

By the time everyone was awake the next day, it was around midday. It was time to go out looking for lunch. After circling around the place, we came upon this Chinese Restaurant Yi Pin Xiang in Nilai.
The restaurant is on the first floor.

It occupies 2 shop lots. A friend familiar with the menu did the ordering of food. Hunanese dishes was a first time for some of us.

We started with an appetizer - Fried Shredded Potato.

Steamed Rice - Sunwhite Fragrant Rice (Grade AAA), served in little cute bowls.

Deep Fried Salted Eggs Pumpkin in a basket, very tasty.

Hot Pot Pig's intestine.

Boiled Fish with Bean Sprout in Hot Chili Oil. Something different but it was quite oily and spicy.

On a closer look - Treasures of fish slices, soya bean sprouts, greens and lots of dried chili and Szechuan peppercorns, etc.

Fried Balsam Pear (Bitter Melon) with Salted Egg and Preserved Century Egg.

Steamed Chicken, sprinkled with some sauce, diced peanuts and sesame seeds and diced spring onions.

Boiled Shredded Tripes with Chili Oil.

Pumpkin Porridge - on the house.
We enjoyed this porridge very much, very suitable for a hot day. And we thank Jennifer, our friend for this yummy lunch treat.

The LORD is a friend to those who fear Him.
He teaches them His covenant.
My eyes are always on the LORD,
for He rescues me from the traps of my enemies.
(Psalm 25:14-15, New Living Translation-NLT)

45 comments:

  1. Hello Nancy, I am glad you had a night flight home. And what a great lunch, so many delicious looking dishes. Thanks for sharing! Happy Monday, have a great new week ahead!

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    1. Hi Eileen, our friend introduced this cuisine to us. First time tasting Hunanese cuisine. Have a happy Tuesday!

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  2. Hunan dishes are delicious. I had the same few dishes you had...the pig intestine, salted egg pumpkin ( yummy) :) but in Semenyih. Wow... Looking at your pics makes me drool. Aiyo makan punya pasal...mana boleh diet lagi haha

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    1. Hi Elin, haha...I know you love the innards. I like the deep fried salted egg pumpkin and the pumpkin porridge. I will try to make them. If now still don't want to eat, wait till when hahahaa...

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    2. Yea..me too ..will try to replicate too. Will show you the one I ate in Semenyih...you will love the fish dish..Hunan style :)

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    3. Ok, looking forward to see what you had.

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  3. Another nice lunch!

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  4. I'm happy that you landed safely. Now this dinner that you showed us. I doubt that I would be able to enjoy anything and I'm usually a person who would want to try but this time, sorry.
    Have a wonderful Monday Nancy. See ya.

    Cruisin Paul

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    1. Hi Paul, I too do not fancy some of the dishes. But I do find the deep fried pumpkin and porridge very tasty. Have a beautiful day!

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  5. Again, some of the food I probably wouldn't care to try but these must be eaten on a regular basis there. You are such a good sport to try so many dishes.
    Hugs,
    JB

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    1. Hi Julia, I am not familiar with some of the food too. The rest are quite common to us. Have a beautiful day!

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  6. I know I've told you this before, but you sure know how to eat. Oh my. It all looks so very tasty.

    Have a fabulous day Nancy. ☺

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    1. Hi Sandee, over here we have a wide varieties of cuisine to experience. There are many more I have not tried. Have a wonderful day!

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  7. Very nice ambiance, Nancy, and lovely presentations. I love steamed rice! :)

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    1. Thank you, Linda. Steamed or boiled rice is our common food. And we need all these tasty dishes as accompaniment to go with the rice.

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  8. Yummy..especially drooling over the salted egg pumpkin :)

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    1. Hi Lay Hoon, salted egg pumpkin is my favourite item! Have a happy day!

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  9. I have not tried salted egg pumpkin before..

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    1. Hi Sharon, it is my first too and I liked it very much.

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  10. Thank you for visiting. I have already followed you. Have a lovely day!

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  11. As always, food looks great & definitely porridge to eat with them. Yummy!!!!

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    1. Hi Irene, I love the porridge! Very tasty and good for hot weather! Have a beautiful day!

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  12. Nancy, Hunanese cuisine is very new to me! The dishes look good and I am sure I would enjoy them.

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    1. Hi Phong Hong, I think you would enjoy these tasty dishes. In fact I like the pumpkin dishes very much.

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  13. I love salted egg pumpkins. You make me hungry each time I visit you.

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    1. Yes, that's also my choice. First time tasted this.

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  14. Glad to hear of your safe landing, lovely choices for lunch such a wide variety.

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    1. Thank you and we were ready to visit Sekinchan after our day of rest. Have a happy day!

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  15. Never tasted Hunanese cuisine before. Looks like they like spicy food.

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    1. Hi Rose, it was my first time. I wouldn't mind trying other dishes from the menu if I have chance to visit again.

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    1. Hi William, it lunch for 8 people. Have a lovely day!

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  17. wow salted egg pumpkin. didnt know about such cooking. but sounds good. the flavour could blend. i love salted egg dishes

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    1. Hi Irvine, I think you would like the salted egg pumpking. Very tasty!

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  18. Always interesting to see what everyone else eats.

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    1. Hi Rose, sometimes we can identify with the dishes but sometimes certain food seem weird too.

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  19. The bean sprout-fish-chilli thing and that dish with lots of colourful chillies seem to be staples of Hunan food. I used to go to a restaurant and loved those as well. (Somehow stopped going already haha. Must start again!)

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    1. Hunanese food slightly different from the usual Chinese food that we used to eat.

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  20. The food looks heavenly, Nancy. :)

    Balsam pear - I learned something new from this post, thank you.

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    1. Hi Sharon, I have just learned that balsam pear is another name of bitter melon or bitter gourd. I am more familiar with bitter gourd.

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  21. Hunan food is very hot and spicy. Good to see that all of yiu enjoyed the food.

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    1. Hi Mun, we have no problem, we can take hot and spicy food.

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