KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 -- There are no shortcuts in life. Or so they tell us.

I'm not too sure about that. Sometimes shortcuts can guide us to new experiences... or at least new places to eat.

This was exactly what I discovered, when I cut through the Taman Segar food court (located at the ground floor of the multi-storey carpark). I noticed a good number of occupied tables across a corner stall.

Curious, I checked out the stall (No. 4-G) which had a large sign announcing "Hainan Tea Ipoh Beansprout Chicken Rice & Hor Fun".

There is always time for a quick stop and a couple of bites, surely?

Which is how I found myself seated at one of the tables waiting for my order of Shredded Chicken Hor Fun Soup.

The flat rice noodles are slippe...