The Star Friday December 23, 2005

Bad dining experience unearths favourite dish

Cungdinh Vietnam RestaurantOne Bangsar, Jalan AraBangsar BaruKuaal LumpurTel: 03-22835088Business Hours: Mon-Fri, lunch (11am-3pm); dinner (6pm-11.30pm). Sat & Sun, lunch(11am-3.30pm); dinner (6pm-midnight).

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.Hong Kong actress Angel Wong Chui Ling is not adventurous with food.The sight of friends enjoying exotic food such as duck eggs with visible blood vessels puts her off entirely.This was the dining outing she experienced 12 years ago, which proved to her that she would always remain to the "tried andtested" recipes only."We were dining at our favourite Vietnamese restaurant at thetime," said Wong."But I could not brave myself to eat what my friends ate so Ichose Beef Noodle Soup instead," she added.But that incident turned out for the better as Wong discovered adish that would remain tops in her list of favourite foods."Until today, I cannot forget the tasty beef noodle soup thatsaved me from eating the duck eggs."During her recent trip here, Wong visited the CungdinhVietnam Restaurant in One Bangsar to check out the Beef BallSoup Noodles and she was taken in by the flavours."The Beef Ball Soup Noodles here is one-of-a-kind. The taste isunique."

Wong trying her hands at grilling prawns.

Wong said it was hard to find Vietnamese restaurants in Malaysia that serve good, authenticVietnamese cuisine."The noodle that this restaurant uses is similar to vermicelli and it is very smooth."One of the reasons why Wong chose Vietnamese food as her main diet is because of her lifetsyle."Keeping fit is part of my life and eating healthy food contributes towards this lifestyle."Wong is also the ambassador for Yoga Zone, which has several centres in the Klang Valley.The actress started taking yoga actively about a year ago after a friend introduced her to theexercise."I attend yoga classes five times a week at Yoga Zone to keep fit."