Upon celebrating my 31st birthday (alamak….tak sangka I’m already 31 years old!), Alex asked what would I like to eat. Ya… he often let me decide.. therefore I hardly have surprises. LOL!!
This year, I’m telling Alex… I don’t feel like having Western or Japanese food. Lets go for Chinese cuisine 😀 I’ve heard many good reviews about this Chinese Restaurant that we intend to go to.
We put up a night at Cititel Hotel and then came here for dinner.
The Han Room is located very near to the entrance of The Gardens Hotel. Hmm… I should say, just next door.
We were served with this small plate of titbits (RM5). Its pretty addictive and nice. Not those dull looking titbits that I usually had. The above titbits has mild spiciness, comprised of crunchy peanuts, long beans, fried beancurd.
I’m not a tea expert, but I like to choose Chinese tea over other drinks when I dine in a Chinese restaurant.
Alex was still enjoying the titbits while we were waiting for our food to arrive. I like the ambiance here.
An appetizing Paku in Spicy Sauce (RM8) ,a cold dish as our starter dish. It wasn’t really spicy actually. Crunchy fern mixed with shallots and dried shrimps. The dressing is abit spicy and sourish, something like kerabu.
Our meat platter. 2 combinations – Roasted Pork + BBQ Pork (RM30) with dipping sauce. I dislike the yellow dipping sauce. The smell was so strong. I think its made of ‘bamboo shoots’. While the red one is chili sauce.
The beancurd (center) came together with meat. The beancurd was really smooth. Love both ‘siew yuk’ and ‘char siew’. Juicy and succulent!! Not forgetting there were not much of fats attached. Love them! I’m sure you have your favorite place for siew yuk or char siew. 😉
It was a gloomy evening. Why not order a soup dish. We chose Braised Lobster Soup in Pumpkin – RM28.
The soup portion was enough for both of us. Rich flavors and ingredients. Each scoop has spoonful of lobster meat. The soup taste kinda reminds me of shark fins soup 🙂 Don’t worry….there ain’t any shark fins in the soup.
Pumpkin vs. My Face. My Face wins…. LOL!!
Then came this bowl of ‘geng’ noodle.
Fresh Water Prawn with ‘Hor Fun’ in Superior Prawn Soup – RM25
The soup flavor was so rich. Robust flavors of prawn roe. And the hor fun was smooth too. Nice to have this especially on rainy day.
Alex doing the un-shell job 😉
Only half piece of fresh water prawn was served with the hor fun. No doubt the prawn size was quite big lar.
Before ending the dinner… I wanna have some desserts! I ordered Thousand Layered Cake (Ma Lai Kou) – RM6. It was served warm and the texture was light and spongy. However it doesn’t look as though it has many layers pun. T_T
Last one would be tong sui for a sweet ending. Hehehe…. Mango Sago with Pomelo – RM8. Hmm… the mango sago tong sui was just average. I deducted points because the pomelo has bitter taste 😦
Alex also got me a small moist chocolate cake by Delectable. Its called 7 sins of chocolate. Wa…so sinful! (Chocolate cake crumbles with chocolate ganache dollops, topped with a generous layer of chocolate mousse, chocolate nibs, chocolate buttons and cocoa dustings) Okay…there goes my 31st birthday celebration. Muak Muak…. 😉
Verdict : At Han Room, the food prices are of course higher than those normal Chinese Restaurant. But speaking about the environment, service and the quality of food I had, I’m pretty satisfied. After all its a once in a while thing ma. They do offer dim sum and set menus. You can drop by their website to take a look.
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Food looks so good. Can order for 2 only? I always thought these big Chinese restaurants, you’d need big groups of around 10.
suituapui – Ya…it does taste good too. Can… the ala-carte portion was enough for both of us.
If like those usual Chinese restaurant here… I will order for ‘small’ portion. So, not necessary to dine in big groups. 😉
Happy Birthday =)
Thanks Candice 🙂
Hi Melissa, happy birthday… super like your blog! 🙂
Thank you Siew Sian. Thank you for reading and the super like. hehe… 😉
31st bday on the 31st? 😛 happy belated bday ya! Stay pretty 😀
CleverMunkey – LOL! Bukan on 31st lar… 😀
Anyway thanks ya…I want stay pretty 😀
Wow what a beautiful birthday celebration you have . Yum yum 😀
The sang har ho fun and pumpkin lobster soup look tempting woh . Wanna try .
Wakakaa
Thanks for sharing Mel . May you have a prosperous and happy year ahead .
Thanks Jenny. Yalor….both were good ler… 😉
Wah, disclosing your own age here ar? *wink* LOL, those foods look yummy but also kinda pricey eh, i know it’s a bit late, but still…. Happy Belated Birthday to you Melissa!
Thanks Ken. Ya…abit pricey. For special occasion okay lar.. 😉
Happy belated birthday!
Would love to try this restaurant especially their fresh water prawn with hor fun!
Thanks Chong. Hope you’ll like it too 😉
wah tak sangka you already 31yo! manyak pandai jaga muka dan badan ar 😀
is the geng soup spicy? it looks pretty red..
Constance Ant – keke….ada ke? TQ TQ *blush* Mayb cos my face is chubby. So dun look like that age kua.
That geng soup no spicy….
thanks 4 sharing. d food really look super yummy.
but I always tot Han Room at Bangsar. haha
happy birthday to u again, pretty mel mel. ^^
Thanks again, Ah Mag 😉
The food we had was quite nice… lol..apalah Han Room @ Bangsar 😀
happy belated birthday!
why didn’t smile in last pic?hehe
Thank kiu Applefish ^_^
Hmm…that last pic tired liao… :-p
Happy Belated Birthday to you Melissa! Looks like you had a great birthday dinner. I just took Chloe here the other day for her birthday brunch too 🙂
Thanks again, Baby Sumo.
Ya… I enjoyed my birthday dinner 😉
Ahh….Chloe sure enjoyed her birthday brunch too.
happy belated birthday, melissa. and 31 is young … i wish i were 31 again, almost! 😀 the food choices you made look great. i want the roast pork and the lobster-pumpkin soup 😀
Sean – Hmm…. I wish I am 26! keke….
Ya…. I do thought we made the right food choices. Cos they were all quite nice and suits our taste. 🙂
Happy Belated my dear Melissa 🙂
The food u order seem like not so enough for 2 person (my standard lah, haha) 😛
One of our fave spots to noms in Gardens. Actually..its our fave! LOL.
and happy babeday too!
Happy birthday, Melissa! Awesome celebration with great food.. Drooling while browsing through the photos especially the pumpkin soup~~ I miss Malaysia !
Wow that Roasted Pork looks amazing.
BTW belated Happy Birthday
Happy Belated birthday! Most of the dishes at the Han Rom are good, I like dim sum there too.