I reached KL early yesterday at 630pm after sending my cousin sister, who is working as an air stewardess with Emirates Airlines, to KLIA to catch a flight back to Dubai. Apparently, all Emirates Airlines flights to Dubai from Singapore these few days have been fully booked and she has been fly back from Kuala Lumpur.
After that I drove to my apartment in KL for some rest. I took with me to KL two full bags of magazines and I read an interesting review in a Chinese cooking magazine about this Hong Kong style dessert shop in SS2 (Section 2, Petaling Jaya) called Dessert Gor Gor (Gor Gor is Cantonese for older brother). There used to be a Hong Kong style dessert shop near Jalan Alor in Bukit Bintang. My good friend, Azam, who owns an apartment there (and renting it out for RM2800) loves these kind of desserts. The dessert shop in Bukit Bintang however has been closed for quite a while. So, I invited him to try this dessert shop in SS2.
SS2 is predominantly Chinese area in Petaling Jaya. There are lots of restaurant and hawker centres there catering mostly Chinese food. The place is of course vibrant but a bit messy like Jalan Alor and Petaling Street. Dessert Gor Gor is located at Jalan SS2/63, same row with Maybank and opposite of a hawker centre. There are lots of DVD shops and foot reflexology massage parlours. At the end of the end of the same row of shop, there is another dessert shop called K.T.Z which stands for "Remember to Eat" in Cantonese. Haha! Have you ever forgotten to eat? Not me, definitely!
The shop was jam packed with people and looked like a factory canteen. The furniture was spartan. I found myself sitting really close to the next table and could join in their conversation. It was hardly a cozy place to socialize. The kind of desserts offered on the menu was amazing. All sorts of paste, bean curds, milk shakes, ice cream. All desserts! Not a single item of other food like rice, noodle or whatever.
My friend Azam just loves Durian Banjo. Me too! For some example, durian goes well with whipped cream. It is a simple dish. All you need to combine durian and whipped cream in the right proportion and wrapped them in a crepe. Yummy! That is if you like durian.
Besides the durian banjo, we ordered a Tianjin red bean cake and Grind sands glutinous rice balls. The Tianjin red bean cake which is made of red bean and coconut was creamy but not sweet actually. My! Is there coconut tree in Tianjin, China. The grind sands glutinous rice balls were filled with grounded peanut and coated with oat flakes and grounded peanuts too. Very sweet.
How could I miss all those paste? I ordered a bowl of mixed almond paste + walnut paste. In addition, another bowl of taro paste with sago + glutinous rice balls. Guess I will an insulin jab after the meal!
With another glass of apple melon juice, the bill came up to RM39. Reasonable?
Overall, the variety of desserts on the menu was commendable. The environment and atmosphere was horrible for me. But do Chinese cares about the atmosphere and environment. Yes! The more crowded and the noisier, the better. Why? Proof that the food is good. See! When you look for a restaurant, always head for the one that is more crowded.
It was interesting that the shop only offers desserts on its menu. Hence, it is all vegetarian and halal. I still miss the dessert shop in Bukit Bintang, which offers chicken wings, sandwiches, glutinous rice, etc. In addition, they have a "Make Your Own Bean Curd" on the menu. If you order the item, the waiter will bring a small little wooden bucket fiiled with soya milk and small little pot of calcium solution. You pour the calcium solution into the soya milk, mix it and close the lid. 15 minutes later, walah! you got a bucket of soya bean curd. Guess it add some excitement into eating.
If you still have not enough after eating durian banjo, we found an "eat all you can" durian store called Donald's Durian by a roadside corner in SS2.
