Mother’s Day Dinner at Overseas Restaurant, Jaya One
Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mothers in the world! Yesterday was the second Sunday in the month of May, which also coincides with Mother’s day. This year marks the first year that I’m celebrating Mother’s day with my mother-in-law instead of my mother. Of course, this doesn’t mean that I forget about my own mother. I have in fact purchased something special for her earlier but haven’t had the chance to pass to her yet. She’s still in Europe for business trip!
Anyway, this year, we had a double celebration together with my brother-in-law, since it was his birthday too! We had dinner at Overseas Restaurant, Jaya One. It was my first time going to Overseas at Jaya One and the first thing I liked about it was the parking! I liked the fact that parking was ample in Jaya One, unlike many other restaurants which give us headache to find parking. The rate is also reasonable at RM2 per entry too!
Oriental decor at Overseas Restaurant
The decor in Overseas restaurant boasted of oriental lamps, amber lighting and comfortable table spacing. Food was ordered once we’re seated and while waiting, I took some opportunities capture the moment. This was Hanson Ho, my nephew-in-law. Caught him while he’s taking a sip of tea! *LOL*
Nephew-in-law
This is Saucer and his beloved mom.
Saucer and his mom
Soon, the dishes arrived. Another good thing about Overseas is that they served the dishes pretty fast! I think we waited for barely 15 minutes when our dishes came one after another. It started with a plate of shiny, glazed BBQ pork or ‘char siew’ which we saw hanging at the kitchen counter. This was one of the better char siew that I’ve eaten, with the right combination of fatty and lean meat, and the right amount of glaze and crispy burnt edges! Should order this if you ever go to Overseas!
Shiny BBQ pork
We also had the Braised chicken in claypot, where the chicken meat was boiled until tender and fall-off-the-bone texture. I know most of the older generations might love this due to its softness but I found this a little bit on the bland side. The taste of chicken was just very mild after hours of boiling.
Braised chicken in clay pot
The Stuffed Sea cucumber was something unique as I’ve never eaten sea cucumber cooked like this. I believe this was one of Overseas’ signature dishes too as I observed a few other tables ordering the same dish. The sea cucumber was boiled until very soft yet with a certain amount of firmness and the stuffing was a mixture of fish paste and vegetables. Such a chewy and healthy dish, perfect for all mothers!
Stuffed Sea Cucumber
With all the meat and seafood, there had to be a dish of vegetables too. We had a plate of mixed vege consisting of asparagus, lotus root, celery and carrot.
Mixed vege
My favourite dish of the night was the Braised Pig Trotter! It was cooked with sour and spicy gravy, which was most appetizing! I also loved the ‘kai choy’ that went along with this dish. Correction, I think I loved the ‘kai choy’ more than the pork in this dish. *LOL* Went very well with rice and the gravy was just mouth-watering (literally).
Braised pig trotter in sour and spicy gravy
Last but not least, we had the Steamed Patin (silver cat fish) with soya sauce. This was not bad, though not exemplary. The meat was not flaky, nor was it starchy. It was slightly above average. I guess I would always prefer salt water fish to the fresh water ones.
Steamed Patin with soya sauce
After the filling dinner, we had a cake-cutting ceremony with mother-in-law being the center of attention. We took a family photo together, and she looked so happy and glowing!
Happy Mother’s Day MIL!
How did you celebrate your mother’s day?
Overseas Restaurant
Unit 35, LG-1-1, Palm Square, Jaya One,
No.72A, Jalan Universiti,
46200 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor.
Contact no.: 603-7956 9911
Business Hours: 11:30am – 2:30pm & 5:30pm – 10:30pm
Comments (39)
so sweet! =D eh i oso never try Stuffed Sea Cucumber owh.. looks nice.
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Nice hor? Tasted pretty good! Better than just the sea cucumber on its own
wow….i love the food at this restaurant…luckily did not bump to u and lionel cause i plan to bring my parents to Duck King Restaurant at Jaya One too but my dad suggested another chinese restaurant at SS1.
really nice family dinner and mothers day celebration…
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LOL! Why did you say ‘luckily’ you didn’t bump to us! You don’t like to see us is it?
Haven’t been to Duck King before… so where did you go in the end then?
I love the last picture!
And now you got me craving char siew…how la?? I’m supposed to be on diet… >.<
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Those char siew were gorgeous, weren’t they! Don’t worry babe, another few weeks to go.. then you can eat whatever you want!
love the last pic! 3 of u looked so sweet!!!! last nite we went to pantai seafood to celebrate and it was packed like a bagful of nuts!
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Oh seafood! That must be awesome too!
Saucer’s mum so leng lui wor
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Haha OK I’ll let her know
Lovely pics
Mine was a simple Duck Satay Dinner
The most important thing is the company! And Duck satay is awesome!
hi,dropping by and enjoying the photo,,,, see told you i would be back,,, take care now be back again
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Hi!! Thank you for coming back
And thanks for the compliment! 
hehe, sure there were lots of other families celebrating mother’s day in that restaurant~~ this is one of the best day to earn money for the food industry, haha..
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Oh well, that’s true… It’s either that or you have to cook yourself
try the one at Jalan Imbi. I think that overseas restaurant is the best. and our family always take the “shun hock”. yes, fishes from the sea are still the best, but with fresh water fish, i think “shun hock” is one of the greatest. and overseas restaurant serves very nice ones. well… at least i like them.
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Jalan Imbi branch is nicer eh? OK I’ll make sure to order ‘shun hock’ when I visit Overseas restaurant next time!
Overseas – very famous, never been – not even the one at Imbi even though I usually stay around there when in KL. The food looks great except the patin! Not a fan of patin fish…
Belated Happy Mum’s Day to Saucer’s mum. So sweet, the mother-son pic. Mummy’s little boy eh? LOL!!
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LOL! Mommy’s little boy indeed! *shh*
actually now that I look back at the patin fish, it doesn’t look very good huh? The colours made it look like it’s raw
the food looks good lei~
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Not bad, not bad
I love everything except the fish..LOL
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LOL! Why don’t you love the fish!
I like that Shiny BBQ pork very shinny indeed..I like the last pic too
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Oh yea, the BBQ pork was GOOD!
nice post with good pictures and i love that plate of char siew looks damn good!!!
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The char siew tasted good!
cool! dishes look so good, i want the sea cucumber! saucer’s mom looks like all those chinese series actress.. kan? u’ll NEVER see me taking a pic with my MIL like dat! lol..
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Haha she looks like chinese series actress? OK She’s going to be so happy to hear this.
Why won’t you take pic with your MIL like that? 
sweet! we had some Italian food during mother’s day.. will blog about it soon, hopefully! =)
)Oh Italian food! Nice! looking forward to your post
Jor..the char siew really shinny..hehehe.
i onie have Ramly Burger for Mother’s dAy…i wish to have one too….make some puppy face** LOL!!!
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Yea the char siew! *drools*
Wah Ramlee Burger! Haven’t had that in ages! Hard to find a ‘ori’ Ramlee burger, I always saw ciplak brands burger selling around my area only
what a lovely treat for your MIL…
i alos just visited my MIL after our family day out and my mom…too sad she’s so far
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Aww.. I’m sure your mother knows your sweet thought! It’s always the thought that matters eh?
wow…the BBQ pork really very very shiny. Look so tasty.
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Yea very tasty and shiny
So sweet….
I love the char siew from this restaurant too
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