Hakka

Mr. Happy and I continue to devour any new taste opportunity that comes our way. Tonight we went for dinner at Hakka, an open air restaurant behind the Pavilion Mall in Bukit Bintang.

Hakka ='s Fun: The restaurant attracts large parties of people who gather at the round tables to share heaping portions of pork, steamed chicken, spicy prawns, and fried intestines (!!). Twinkle lights and red Chinese lanterns add a festive touch to the night. Each dish is served in small, medium, and large portions and roughly range in price from RM10 for a small to about RM25 for a large.

Hakka ='s Yum: Our group ordered a DELICIOUS dish of pork belly. It is cooked in a sugar and soy sauce and you eat it with steamed buns that are served on the side. This was everyone's favorite (except Mr. Happy, my vegetarian) We also ordered noodles with pork, steamed sweet potato leaves with garlic, and a tofu hotpot. We washed it all down with large bottles of cold Tiger beer.

What the heck's a Hakka?: For those of you who, like this eater, aren't familiar with Hakka cuisine, it's a cooking style specific to Southeastern China. Hakka restaurants are very popular throughout Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Our food at Hakka was fantastic and the menu is extensive. We stuffed ourselves and all agreed we can't wait to go back. There's a lot more I want to try -- although I'll probably give the fried intestines a pass.

I think Mr. Happy may have overdone it!