Today hubs was in the mood to venture a little further out of our neighborhood for lunch. Since the start of the Recovery MCO, we've only been eating out at our neighborhood or places near our neighborhood. Today hubs brought us to Cheras for an indulgence in sublime homecooked style Hakka dishes.
The Yong Tau Foo platter was so good that we ordered another portion for takeaway for our dinner tomorrow. As Maria only comes in twice a week now, I take every opportunity to tapau food back so that we don't have to cook. Cooking = washing = oh. my. poor. hands. 😖 I'm still nursing a painful right wrist that cannot be turned at most angles. Though recovery is slow, it's getting better. I have to be careful not to overuse my right hand.
The braised yam with pork belly was a delight and the sauteed brinjal with minced pork tastes like the one cooked by the MIL.
Steamed pork belly with prawn paste and red chillies (very tasty but a tad salty for our tastebuds), steamed tofu with homemade fish paste (perfect!), braised chicken with ginger and wine and sauteed 'lai park' veggie.
Eight Treasures serves very good 'Pan Mee' too but when we were there at 11-ish a.m., it was already sold out.
The menu isn’t diverse enough to please those who expect to see a thick menu with at least 30-50 dishes but it reads as a strong statement that the food is modest traditional Hakka dishes. Eight Treasure doesn’t pride itself on inventiveness or fancy presentation but the food exudes the quality and taste, as can be evident from the steady stream of patrons walking in and a full-house eatery by the time we left at around 12-ish noon.
Today's lunch is definitely well worth venturing out to Cheras. Thankfully there was no sight of the usual traffic crawl along the highway. After lunch, we went to our favorite bakery to get low-sugar chocolate cake and chocolate chiffon cake for the girls to bring to school tomorrow.
Restaurant Eight Treasure
20 Jalan Waras 1,
Taman Connaught, Cheras
56000 Kuala Lumpur
+603 9130 1066
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