KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 28 -- "Is this the right place?" my girlfriend asked.

"I don't know. My dad said to look for a bunch of car workshops, and I assume these are the workshops we're looking for." I replied, painfully aware that this end of Segambut is practically made up exclusively of car workshops.

Ever since my father's office moved to Jalan Ipoh a few months ago, he's become our household's de facto guide for the best food around Jalan Ipoh and Segambut.

We were following up on a tip from him about a dai chow that reportedly serves shark lips - a delicacy seldom seen even in Chinese speciality seafood restaurants.

Eventually, after following directions from the little mass surveillance device in my pocket, we reached a triangle-sha...