Pre-Birthday Dinner with My Lahling

After a scrumptious lunch with my brother, I had another pre-celebration with my partner. We were undecided where to go. Surely not Chili's again hah..hah.. 

So when we got to 1 Utama we decided to re-visit Madam Kwan's. It has been a long time since we dined there.

We noticed a change in the decor and service appeared to have improved (or so we thought). It did not take long for us to be seated.

The menu is still pretty much the same, I think. 

I ordered the Lychee & Lemon Cooler to share. It was nice but terribly sweet. I was still quite full from lunch and I was having some tummy issues. Oh dear... But I made it through dinner with no untoward incident heh..heh...

I got myself the Cantonese Fried Beef Noodle. It was a very generous serving.

I have had this dish before and I'm afraid I was very disappointed with this one. There was no wok hei fragrance and the whole thing was just salty and flat. The beef slices were very tender but bland.

My partner's Cantonese Fried Noodle was served some 10 minutes later (I waited before starting on mine) and he too complained that it did not taste good. But on a positive note, the prawns were fresh.

Eh? Where is our starter? I guess service has not improved as we had thought.

Halfway through our mains, our satay was served.

Six generous skewers of Chicken Satay (Beef Satay is also available) served with satay sauce.

It did not taste like regular satay as it had a very strong curry flavor. The satay sauce also tasted like curry. It was nothing like the satay we had before. But I have to say that the chicken satay was tender and moist. Very good chunks of chicken but a pity about the taste. 

It was the Ais Campur that saved the evening. 

Look at that, so loaded with ingredients. A major improvement from the one we had before. The shaved ice was still very coarse but this ais campur is a lot more enjoyable, not too sweet and the toppings provided all sorts of textures and flavors.

By this time, my tummy settled somewhat and the dessert cheered me up. It was a wonderful dinner, though our noodles were a big let down. All was not lost thanks to the lovely dessert.