When we think of fast food, what comes to mind would usually be the big American chains. Burgers, fried chicken, and maybe even of porridge and sandwiches are usually to be expected.
However, one of the truly fastest dinner you can get is at a Chinese tai chow style eatery located at SS2 by the name of New Paris Restaurant.
KY, Rachel, Horng, Kimberly, and Kerol at New Paris restaurant
New Paris had a humble beginning, many years ago this was an operation with tables and chairs sprawling under a tree. Today, the restaurant has grown to occupy three shop lots and three floors.
The ambiance might have changed, but the one thing that stays true is the speed of service.
Business is often pretty brisk despite the size of the restaurant. Once customers leave a table, the workers will simply detached a layer of plastic table cloths together with all the plates, and new diners can take their seats within about 10 seconds.
pork knuckle, spinach, Guinness pork ribs, four types of beans
Here’s the blow by blow account of our dinner at New Paris, time stamp gathered from JPEG EXIF data.
8:22 p.m. – we were ordering our final dish.
8:24 p.m. – first dish arrived! The German pork knuckle (RM 38), one of their claim of fame, was crisp on the outside, but juicy and fatty on the inside. Very savory, very sinful.
8:27 p.m. - sautéed spinach with garlic and topped with salted dried “silver fish” (RM 9). Not anything particularly special, but provide balance to the meat dishes we ordered.
8:28 p.m. – Guinness pork ribs (RM 18), one of my favorite new style Chinese dishes. Tender ribs soaked with the goodness of Guinness black beer, providing that hint of bitterness that is so addictive.
8:34 p.m. – spicy squid with long bean (RM 15). A little bit of spicy seafood with the meat and vegetable dishes. This dish was somewhat a disappointment, squid tasted a little stale. I wouldn’t order this again.
9:03 p.m. – paid and left the building
Another famous dish at New Paris is their watermelon chicken w(Huai Bin blogged about it here) which we did not order this time around. Though the food at this place isn’t exactly the best nor they are very special, they are still pretty tasty. Of course, the super fast service makes up for any short falls.
Where else could you have a full Chinese tai chow meal within 45 minutes?
Address:
New Paris Restaurant
No. 62, 64, 66, Jalan SS2/72
47300 Petaling Jaya Selangor
GPS: 3.118758, 101.62938
Tel: 03-7955 9180
BB battery tips:
For the Blackberry addicts, including the newly converts from Xpax BB, one of the most tragic things that could happen is when you are out and the Blackberry starts to run low on juice.
For casual users, most BB models could last for 1.5 to 2 days under moderate to heavy usage. However, for the true addicts, you might find yourself left stranded with your BB notification light blinking amber before the late night is over.
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- Turn the back light dimmer. I set mine at 20%, you can also consider setting the back light to auto shut off in shorter duration.
- Minimize the usage of vibration. Vibrating alerts consume quite a bit of power, use it only if you have to. I set mine to vibrate only when the phone is in the holster.
- Switch off WIFI scanning when you’re not using. This seems obvious but a lot of people overlooked it.
- Turn your bluetooth off when not using.
- Set Twitter auto update to 10 or 15 minutes. Cheesie used to set her UberTwitter client to refresh at 1 minute interval and wondered why her Blackberry 8520 couldn’t survive past dinner time.
- For models with 3G/HSDPA support, consider switching to only EDGE/2G. I get about 30% more life out of a full charge and don’t see a lot of performance impact unless downloading big files.
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By Huai Bin on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
Oh I love this place! Last time I went was during CNY, had a company yee sang dinner there.
Good food, but really packed despite the 3 storeys during some days.
By fietheelf on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
i want…food..
By KY on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
Huai Bin,
Yah, packed but still super fast!
fietheelf,
Eat!
By Tony Wan on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
It’s located so near to my rented house… but I seldom eat there LOL
By KY on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
Tony Wan,
Often than not the places closest to us are those we go the least. lol
By Jess on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
hungryyy,,,roarrrr
By Ee Vonn on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
Wow I HEART this RESTAURANT MANN!
By JD on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
I would say the food there used to be better. But somehow the food has taken a dip in quality for the past 1-2 years. It’s almost always packed and fill with students from UM and hence, it’s quite cheap compare to the other restaurants around.
By KY on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
Jess,
EATS hehehe
Ee Von,
Sweet
JD,
For every single restaurant that’s been in operation for a few years, there’ll be at least one person who said “it used to be better”. heehee
By eyeris on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
I always order the sambal petai there, with the pork knuckle. awesome combo heh heh.
By KY on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
eyeris,
That sounds like a good combination to me too!
By eiling on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
yeah I remembered you guys telling me about the 2.5 minutes record serving time!
By Cheesie on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
so near never ajak. ish.
By ciki (Cumi & Ciki) on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
aiiyoh yar man.. i love the pink plastic table cloth here. so no nonsense .. so fastfood daichow style.. fast fast fast!
By KY on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
eiling,
hahah insane right?
Cheesie,
Er.. :X
ciki,
Haha yah, super speed F1 style!
By Simon Seow on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
I’ve been patronizing Paris since I was a child. They used to be at some houses. Lemon chicken was made popular by them to my knowledge. It was the first time I ate lemon chicken when I was 5 there. Other restaurant at that time doesn’t have that dish.
By KY on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
Simon Seow,
oOo I didn’t know they were selling lemon chicken for that long. cool
By kitkat on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
wow…sounds delicious….cant wait to go there to try the mouth watering food…plus…THEY SERVE THE FOOD SO FAST….
By KY on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
kitkat,
Hahah make it happen!
By ShaolinTiger on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
Nom noms the champagne chicken, haven’t been there for yonks man.
By KY on Nov 12, 2009 | Reply
ShaolinTiger,
Time to head there again soon!
By Marcus Lee on Nov 14, 2009 | Reply
Hi KY,
Perhaps you should write a food review about Restaurant Greenview. Their cheesy crab, sweet & sour crab, and sanghar mee (fresh water big prawn noodle) are just top-notch.
This is a mid to higher price range restaurant, easily cost RM60 – 80 per head for a group of 4.
By KY on Nov 14, 2009 | Reply
Marcus Lee,
I’ve been to Greenview quite a long time ago, but only had the fresh water prawn noodle, should try some other stuff one of these days.
By K. on Nov 15, 2009 | Reply
I actually turn my BLACKBERRY down to 10% , I swear I can still see what’s on the screen ! ( Yes apart from the dusts )
10 seconds backlight timeout and I could do a 1.5 day of heavy usage if I want to.
However , if u care about batt life in the long run , charge when it dips to 40-50% , and do not leave it on charger past 97%. Download “I charge cool” app that shows u charge rate down to a single percent.
If you’re constantly on the run for period of days then it’s an obvious choice that u might wanna consider a 2nd batt.
By KY on Nov 15, 2009 | Reply
K.,
Ooo that’s pretty good, 1.5 days. Thanks for the tips on “I charge cool” apps!