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Tourism Malaysia

Tai Zhi Wei Formosa Noodle House ??????? at Taman Sutera Utama, Skudai

This Tai Zhi Wei Formosa Noodle House ??????? (N1.51609 E103.67048) is located at the corner shop lot unit of Jalan Sutera Tanjung 8/3, Taman Sutera Utama, Skudai – Johor Bahru. The corner lot is the ‘foot reflexology centre’ and this cafe is just situated beside it. The area is well ventilated but it can be warm sometimes during the hot humid weather of Malaysia.

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The owner of the cafe was friendly and he introduced some of their authentic Taiwanese dishes for us…

*  Taiwanese scallion pancake – ???
*  Braised pork rice – ??? (recommended)
*  Taiwanese beef noodle – ???????
*  Chicken chop rice – ???
*  Taiwanese minced pork homemade noodles – ????? (recommended)
*  Pot sticker – ?? (recommended)
*  Rainbow dumplings – ???? (recommended)

Really appreciated for the recommendation, we like some of the dishes very much! But some were mediocre…

The Taiwanese scallion pancake – ??? was served slightly dry and the scallion was too little, but the sauce was nice.

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The braised pork rice ??? was one of our favorite! The pork were braised to perfection! It was tender, succulent and tasty! I love it!
Must try if you are pork lover!

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The beef noodle ??????? was taste average, but the homemade noodle was nice and springy. Strongly recommended on the noodle.

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The chicken chop rice ??? served with vegetables. If the chicken chop serve in more moist then it will be perfect…

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The taste of the minced pork homemade noodle ????? was ‘authentic’ and delicious! It served the similar taste that I had in Taipei, oh…this noodle really made me missed my days in Taipei…
Recommended!

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The pot sticker – ?? (or Chinese pan fried dumplings) was served in juicy and tasty! It was not too dried, we all like it! Another recommended!

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Rainbow dumplings ???? was Perfect! Each of dumpling skin was not artificial colouring but it was from the natural resources…natural, seaweed, yam, pandan and others. The fillings were fragrant and fresh, some with minced pork and some with chives or seasonal vegetables.
Each of them had different taste where you can enjoy the delicious dumplings one-by-one slowly…
Recommended and must try!
 
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Overall, the foods were nice and tasty. Some of them need some adjustment to suit the public taste, or it just my personal opinions. But the bottom line is…the price is very reasonable! You may say, it’s cheap and good! Go and try it out yourself with all these affordable Taiwanese Cuisines at Tai Zhi Wei ???, Taman Sutera Utama.

Beside the foods, I would like to highlight the lemon juice. The lemon they use was not the local normal lemon, the taste was super refreshing! It’s a good way to cool you down under the hot weather.

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Cuisine in Melaka

HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO SINGAPORE

Friday March 9, 2012

High-speed rail link holds great prospect

I’M looking forward to the potential high speed rail (HSR) link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore “High speed rail-ity?” (The Star, Mar 5).

As a frequent traveller to Malacca, Johor and Singapore, I would greatly appreciate an additional option to travel down south.

Air travel, with all its perceived luxury, still brings with it delays, long wait times and the inconvenient (though admittedly necessary) security screening.

All these on top of the 40-minute travel time to KLIA/LCCT from Kuala Lumpur or Petaling Jaya.

If it’s true that the high speed rail journey would only take 90 minutes, we could be looking at significant time saving in our travels.

Some, like me, can still remember the days before we had the North-South Expressway.

Narrow roads and slower speeds had a big impact on whether we would travel.

Since the NSE opened, people get to see more of their extended families, businesses have flourished along the highway, commuting has become more common and we have generally seen a significant overall improvement in our lives.

With the NSE becoming congested, it is timely for the Public Land Transport Commission to consider high speed rail as an alternative.

Taiwan HSR is an apt comparison, given the relatively similar population size along the Taipei-Kaohsiung corridor as the KL-Singapore route.

If Taiwan can generate over 30 million passengers annually, and with an operating profit, why can’t we?

In our case, HSR may be even more catalytic than the NSE, given the significant journey time reduction and the convenience it provides.

I can only imagine how extensive the effects can be on the wider economic sectors, namely tourism, retail, construction and property, not to mention the broad-based productivity improvement.

Although I am as equally wary as the next Malaysian of yet another mega project, I also think that the high speed train will be one mega project that the country needs.

FREQUENT TRAVELLER,

Petaling Jaya.