女兒紅 Nu Ey Hong, 脆皮撈竹笙麵 Dried fried pork Belly w/Wanton Mee & 祖傳漿配八爪魚 Octopus w/Special spicy sauce @ 一樓餐吧 Yilo Restaurant & Bar SS23

11.Nov.2020 Breakfast 

Day 239 MCO 行動管制領 Covid-19 Day 29 Conditional MCO Dine-in food

@ 一樓餐吧 Yilo Restaurant & Bar SS23 (click here to Google Map)
23, Jalan SS 23/15, Taman Sea, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
GPS Location: 3°06'59.6"N 101°36'46.2"E
女兒紅 Nu Ey Hong rm$19 👍👍👍😋😋 7.5/10 

脆皮撈竹笙麵 Dried fried pork Belly w/Wanton Mee rm$15 👍👍👍😋😋 7.5/10 

祖傳漿配八爪魚 Octopus w/Special spicy sauce rm$20 👍👍👍😋😋😋 8/10 

Total bill: rm$41.75 (10% Service Charge, 6% SST)
Budget: rm$35 - rm$50/person
Payment: Cash or Credit Card
Cuisine: Full Bar, Chinese & Thai styles dishes and Beer Bites
Highlights: non-Halal, Indoor air-conditioning, opens from Lunch and Dinner with Drinks, Supper, close Late
Parking: MBPJ
Thoughts: A perfect finishing for the day. Too bad both SS15 and SS23 only offers the 状元红 Zhuang Yuan Hong not in Mugs but only in Jugs at rm$56/jug which is good for 2-3 person consumption. But, still enjoyed the "状元红 Zhuang Yuan Hong", now for the 3rd time! The rm$20 "祖傳漿配八爪魚 Octopus w/Special spicy sauce" was a bit expensive but very nice, and comes with excellent spicy home-made sauce as its dipping. 

The Pub is packed at 7pm on a weeknight, despite only maybe 1/3 occupancy is allowed during the CMCO period. The SS23 branch offers 12 high seat bat stools facing bar counter but now closed and 15 "4-seater" tables with CMCO only 11 tables with 2 customer max/table; all of that maybe adding to only a 22 customer capacity scenario, of otherwise 72 customer capacity Pub.

Food today: 7.5 / 10 👍👍👍😋😋😋

Price: 6.5 / 10 👍 
Value for Money: 7 / 10 👍👍
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 8 / 10 👍👍👍
Parking: 7 / 10 👍👍
Website: https://yilo-restaurant-bar.business.site/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YiloBar/
Telephone: +603-7803 0168
Operation hours: 12:00pm - 12:30am (normal times)

  

女兒紅 Nu Ey Hong rm$19

  

脆皮撈竹笙麵 Dried fried pork Belly w/Wanton Mee rm$15 & 女兒紅 Nu Ey Hong rm$19

祖傳漿配八爪魚 Octopus w/Special spicy sauce rm$20

  

The Menu

 

The Pub

 

@ 一樓餐吧 Yilo Restaurant & Bar SS23

 

女兒紅 Nu Ey Hong & 配酒南乳花肉 Deep Dried Nam Yu Pork Belly @ 一樓餐吧 Yilo Restaurant & Bar SS23

21.Oct.2020 Happy Hour

Day 218 MCO 行動管制領 Covid-19 Day 8 Conditional MCO Dine-in food
@ 一樓餐吧 Yilo Restaurant & Bar SS23 (click here to Google Map)
23, Jalan SS 23/15, Taman Sea, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
GPS Location: 3°06'59.6"N 101°36'46.2"E
女兒紅 Nu Ey Hong rm$19 👍👍👍😋😋 7.5/10 

配酒南乳花肉 Deep Dried Nam Yu Pork Belly rm$17 👍👍👍😋😋😋 8/10 

Total bill: rm$41.75 (10% Service Charge, 6% SST)
Budget: rm$35 - rm$50/person
Payment: Cash or Credit Card
Cuisine: Full Bar, Chinese & Thai styles dishes and Beer Bites
Highlights: non-Halal, Indoor air-conditioning, opens from Lunch and Dinner with Drinks, Supper, close Late
Parking: MBPJ
Thoughts: And so, Day 8 of the Conditional MCO ending today to a more restricted CMCO to try to curb the still rising Covid-19 spread in Klang Valley. Effectively the CMCO will be with more restrictions applied from tomorrow Oct 22, 2020 to try to reduce the infectivity rate of the Covid-19. The latest news is for only those involved in public service and industries are told to work from home. As for "The Rest" they can continue to operate as usual under the new norms. "The Rest" should be meaning restaurants, eatery and green zone malls or shops. But for industries like offices should allow only a maximum of 10 per cent of workers covering accounting, finance, administration, law, planning and others to be in the office which will then be limited to only 4 hours from 10am to 2pm for 3 days a week. 

There is yet any mentioning of when this new CMCO restrictions will end. Looks like this is going to be the last Happy Hour for today in PJ until the restrictions are lifted again. And it is Happy Hour at "一樓餐吧 Yilo Restaurant & Bar" located in SS23; there is also a Yilo Bar in Subang Jaya SS15.

Driving past Yilo along SS23/15, one can easily mistaken Yilo to be just another Chinese restaurant by the look of its entrance design and the entrance sign board of "一樓" (with a little bit of "地下酒吧" speakeasy motive). Customers will not just be registering entry with "MySejahtera" and temperature check, but also to-be sprayed on for sanitization before entry. Only alternative tables are allowed for seating thus following the social distancing rules. Nevertheless, all allowed to-be-seated tables are all occupied this evening (full house).

SS23 一樓餐吧 Yilo Restaurant & Bar's entrance façade, ornaments and colors are certainly with an Oriental-inspired theme; once inside the Pub Restaurant, then the spiffy and eye-catching red neon lights at the bar counter with the words "杯酒言歡" with "old" Chinese wine pitches/bottles adorning its shelves show case a successive Oriental motif. When the menu comes, the appeal of Yilo does seems to lie in its "招牌必點 House Specials" of rice wine drinks served in traditional Chinese ceramic mugs/jugs, and also its "特調雞尾酒 Signature Cocktails". Tonight, I am sampling Yilo's secret recipe of "女兒紅 Nu Ey Hong", a mixture of smooth and aromatic rice wine with beer. Rather easy drinking concoction but still packs a punch at the end, there is choice of "Mug" at rm$17 (good for 1-2 persons), "Jug" for rm$58 (maybe for 3-4 persons) and 2 Jugs for rm$98. 

The "女兒紅 Nu Ey Hong" also went well with the rm$17 "配酒南乳花肉 Deep Dried Nam Yu Pork Belly" (the portion is more for 2 person consumption); among the 9 下酒菜 beer bites, the chef recommended 祖傳漿配八爪魚 Octopus with Spicy Sauce and 辣椒鹽銀魚仔 Salt-Pepper White Bate  also sounds interesting and looks to go well with the Chinese Wines or with their Ice-Cold Beers! And not just Beer Bites, Chinese Wines or Beers; for lunch there is also a variety of 40+ set lunches menu and over 100+ items of Fish, Chicken, Beef, Pork, or Vegetables recipes to choose from; most of them at rm$10 to rm$20+ per servings. 

With the extensive food and drink choices, there is no need to have your meal somewhere else before heading for the booze in Yilo! However, the Pub can be a little noisy, something like a 日本居酒屋 Izakaya style Japanese Watering hole; where customers come for the food, beer, and socializing. For the atmosphere, somewhat affordable prices of unique Chinese wines, Beers and food variety, "一樓餐吧 Yilo Restaurant & Bar" of either in SS15 or SS23 are both worth visiting again whether lunch, dinner, supper or just for the booze!

Food today: 7.5 / 10 👍👍👍😋😋😋

Price: 6.5 / 10 👍 
Value for Money: 7 / 10 👍👍
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 8 / 10 👍👍👍
Parking: 7 / 10 👍👍
Website: https://yilo-restaurant-bar.business.site/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YiloBar/
Telephone: +603-7803 0168
Operation hours: 12:00pm - 12:30am (normal times)

女兒紅 Nu Ey Hong rm$19 & 配酒南乳花肉 Deep Dried Nam Yu Pork Belly rm$17

  

配酒南乳花肉 Deep Dried Nam Yu Pork Belly rm$17

  

The Menu

  

The Pub Restaurant

@ 一樓餐吧 Yilo Restaurant & Bar SS23