Backdated post. Actual event took place on 27 May 2006.
Birthday, and more birthday celebrations.
This time around, it’s Jane aka. bunny’s 🐰 birthday, and we decided to try out Mongolian cuisine.
Shirley recommended this place since she heard many good reviews and personally tried a few of the dishes here.
This is actually my first time trying out Mongolian dishes and I guess there is always a first time to everything.
I was greeted by a big red signboard stated Inner Mongolia Restaurant when I got down from my car.
From the outlook, it seems more like a China Chinese restaurant and it got me even more curious.
Many thoughts float by, as I started to wonder what Mongolian food taste like.
The closest to my imagination was the drama series like Genghis Khan but never actually tried any before.
All I know was they are famous for their lambs and muttons dishes.
The way you see these dishes being cooked on TV is no joke!
We ordered their famous Mongolian Hotpot.
It is a dish where you cook the thinly sliced frozen meat and briefly cook in the hotpot (we in Malaysia called it steamboat). The meat is then dipped in this special sauce that is so fragrant. It’s called Qi Xing Xiao Liao (Seven Stars).
According to the waitress, the sauce is made of sesame paste, chopped leeks, fermented bean curd, chili oil, and some other ingredients.
The tender meat taste just so good together with the sauce.
The best part is when they allow you to add in pounded chili sauce if you want spicy food!
We ordered a mix hotpot as some of the people couldn’t take spicy food.
We ordered the Stir Fry 3 Type Mushroom 🍄 as Jane loves vegetables 😙.
On top of that we order Roasted Lamb Shank, which in my opinion it tasted like a mixture in between rendang and tandoori.
I must say the meat is amazing as it is so tender and it just melts in the mouth.
Chris kept recommending us to try the Roasted Meatballs, he mentioned he could eat a few bowl of rice with this dish.
Shirley was quick to stop him which creates a good laugh for everyone when they looked at Chris’s innocent and sad face 😥.
In the end, we ordered a few more small side dishes as desserts and snacks.
We ordered their Spring Onion Pastry which taste and feel just like roti canai.
It is very light and fluffy and is well seasoned.
The spring onion taste is also very fragrant.
The Chopped Spring Onions with Egg Pancake had a much stronger taste which some may not like.
The amount of spring onions are also so much more than the spring onion pastry.
We ordered a sweet pastry as dessert which I have no idea what it was.
It was an instant hit among the gang. Everyone loved it!
From its taste, it feels like red bean paste wrapped with sweet potato, which was then deep fried.
It tasted so good and crunchy, but we are glad it is not that sweet. The sweetness is just all right.
Our stomach capacity were totally maxed out but everyone agrees that it was a yummy dinner.
Inner Mongolia Restaurant
Address:
290 Ground Floor
Jalan Pudu
Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: +603-2144 9688
Business hours: Daily, lunch (noon-3pm); dinner (6pm-11pm)