I Just Wana Eat

Kafe Indulge @ Off Jalan Kuchai Lama

2012-01-27T16:43:00.004+08:00

Went CNY visiting at Alicia & Jesmond's home sweet home yesterday, and as it was near dinner time, Alicia suggested that we have dinner nearby at this cosy little cafe, that serves good mille crepe. I was instantly 'attracted' to the idea, and can't wait to head on there.

Kafe Indulge's very simple set up

Kafe Indulge in fact carries a very simple set up, with very light deco, and simple tables and chairs.

Recommended the Lime and Mint bliss by Jesmond, and just love the refreshing taste of lime 'meets' mint.

Lime and Mint Bliss. Price-RM3.90

Was told that it was just recently that Kafe Indulge also offer local dishes in their menu.

Jesmond had the very healthy aglio olio pasta.

Shereen and I shared the mee mamak. The yellow noodle wasn't too spicy, just right, fried together with prawn and chicken. Overall, taste good, but somehow lacks the 'wok hei'.

Mee Mamak. Price-RM9.80

The other dish we had that had us very satisfied was the Chicken Piccatta. Tender chicken that was juicy inside, with slight crisp, from the flour dough used to fried the chicken. Yummy!! And the mushroom sauce has just the right creaminess.

Chicken Piccatta. Price-RM16.90

After sipping just one spoon of the soup, we were all caught with delight as to how delicious the Nyonya Laksa tasted. The richness of the coconut broth laksa and the thickness of the soup made this a winner dish. It also came with ingredients such as prawns, cockles, fish cake and chicken. Yumms! Can't wait to come back to have this 1 bowl on my own.

Nyonya Laksa. Price-RM11.90

While having our dinner, saw many fresh Mielle Crepes was brought out from the crepes making room. And looking at the amount of these Mille Crepes arranged in the big fridge, it goes to show that Kafe Indulge does sell lots of them. Thus, can't wait to indulge them ourselves.

Alicia told her the Rum & Raisin flavor is 1 of her favorite, however, it wasn't available on that day, so we went for the Original flavor, and the Black Forest flavor.

These Mielle Crepes looked simply irresistible

Love the Original flavor Mille Crepe - not too sweet, and can taste the lightness of the cream used filled in between the thin fine layers of crepes.

Mille Crepe - Original Flavor. Price-RM7.90

The Black Forest Mille Crepe also tasted good, carrying the same texture, with layers of chocolate, and also black cherry filled in parts of the layers.

Black Forest Mille Crepe. Price-RM8.50

We had some interesting topics that night, on discovery of teachings, and general sharing on life. Should have these sessions more often.. :)

Wonderful session between me, Shereen, Jesmond and Alicia.

Can't wait to be back here to try its other offerings.

Kafe Indulge
A-0-11, Kuchai Business Park,
2, Jalan 1/127,
Off Jalan Kuchai Lama,
58200 KL.
Tel : 03-7984 0866 / 016-266 1332 (N.H. Han)

Allegro Cafe @ SS15, Subang Jaya

2012-01-23T19:54:00.006+08:00

This is a much overdue post, a dinner meal I had before Christmas.

Spotted this interesting almost hidden spot cafe, on the upper floor, as I finished drink 1 night at Wing's Cafe..
Thus, arranged to have dinner there the following week.

As I stepped in, immediately fell in love with the ambiance. Nice, cosy, well decorated, and exudes a much romantic feeling, with much use of yellow lights all around, and most of all, the lighted Christmas tree.

Cosy ambiance, and lots of use of yellow lights

Romantic setting

I had the Spaghetti Carbonara. It was a tasty carbonara dish, but always face the problem of too rich of the creamy sauce for one to finish it all.

Spaghetti Carbonara. Price-RM24

X1 had the Chicken Paparazzi... Good choice of dish, and the pan fried chicken breast was so flavorful (well fried that it has a thin crisp layer on top and edges of the chicken), and topped with lots of wild mushroom and cream sauce. I will surely order this, to have on my own, during my next visit. :)

Chicken Paparazzi. Price-RM26

A look inside, from where I was seated.

Allegro Cafe
1st Floor, Trattoria Italiana,
11A, Jalan SS15/4,
47500 Subang Jaya.
Tel : 03-5631 5682

Hokkaido Ramen-SANTOUKA @ Tokyo Street, Pavilion KL

2011-12-01T08:20:00.004+08:00

Heard so much about Tokyo Street at Pavilion, that I just have to take a few hours off to head down to KL for lunch.

Before stepping in to Tokyo Street, not too bad an idea to pose with the macho Ultraman.

A pix with 'Ultraman'

SANTOUKA was the main reason I made this visit, as I've heard so much about the authenticity of taste of this ramen store.

Check out the display of what's await here

As we wanted to save our stomach for the other food outside, Shereen & I just took a set to share. Had the 'Small Ramen & Char Siu Rice Bowl Set' and took the 'Shio'/Salt soup base as were told this is the original soup base. The set too came with a cup of chawanmushi, pickle, salad and a cup of green tea.

Known for serving soup at the perfect temperature as the soup is not meant to be boiled, I do like the soup base that carries the pork bone taste. The elasticity of the ramen does spells freshness too.

The Char Siu served on top of the rice, tasted excellent. Love the aromatic taste, and tenderness of the char siu. NICE!!

The cup of green tea was also worth mentioning, as it has a fresh tea aroma. Liked this..

Small Ramen & Char Siu Rice Bowl Set. Price-RM33

Inside SANTOUKA

Love the very Japanese feel outside SANTOUKA

Its been so long since I last been to Pavilion, and its definitely a wonderful feeling to have seen how much it has improved, especially with creation of Tokyo Street, a place that combines everything Japanese.. Good 'FEEL'..

Hokkaido Ramen - SANTOUKA
Tokyo Street @ Pavilion KL
Lot 6.24.03, Level 6,
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur,
168 Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100 KL
Tel : 03-2143 8878
Fax : 03-2143 8879
Email : Santouka.Malaysia@gmail.com

32F @ First Subang Mall, SS15

2011-11-16T17:08:00.012+08:00

I have been a real slack in updating my blog, and I can't wait to get back to it.. My time has been totally occupied since the last 2 months, as I started 'working' at 32F, a kiosk, selling shaved ice at First Subang Mall. Within the kiosk, I'm also selling my baked goods, under a sub-branding, called 'Sherlyns Little Dream'.

For those who have not been to First Subang Mall, it's located at SS15, Subang Jaya, which is in between SS15's Shell/McD/Mosque, and Hong Leong/BP Healthcare. Some tenants within this mall are Overtime, Library, Coffee Chemistry Signature, Loudspeaker karaoke, Edo Ichi, I Love Yoo, Chatime...

32F stands for 32 Degrees Fahrenheit, which means 0 Celcius ie. freezing point of water. As the business is all about shaved ice, thus the licensor has chosed this name to reflect what the business is all about, ie. at point of ice formation.

Story on the wall, about 32 Degrees Fahrenheit

Here's story on how this kiosk is created

I love 32F shaved ice as it has a really soft, smooth, melts in mouth texture. And what's more, its made from freshest and natural ingredients, and love the taste, that is not as sweet as some of the dessert offering out there.

There are 4 steps to ordering :
1 - dine-in / take-away
2 - choose shaved ice flavor (for shaved ice, option of basic and premium flavors available) and its size
3 - choose 1 free basic topping (for toppings, option of basic and premium toppings available)
4 - sweetness level (level of milk to be added to shaved ice)

32F's shaved ice menu

Some of the shaved ice flavors matched with toppings, offered as Combo

From all the shaved ice flavors I've tried, Mango and Green Tea are my top favorite. This 2 flavors are from the Premium flavors, which cost RM5.90 for a mini, and RM6.90 for maxi, which comes with 1 free basic topping.

Currently, there are 7 basic flavors and 5 premium flavors offered at 32F. There are more flavors that will be introduced from time to time.

Apart from the product, here's sharing some shots around the kiosk.

Preparation in progress, for opening day

This is a shot of how the kiosk looks like, currently.

View from the front

View from the left, with product shots

Seating area, behind the kiosk. Shot during opening weekend.

It was surely nerve wrecking during my 1st few shaving experience.

Full attention required, during the shaving process

Doing final touches on the Mango shaved ice

Here's some shots around the kiosk... I'm only selecting a few of my favorite shots..

Ian posing next to 'Kids Wonderland' product shot

To the very last sip

Me & my Bud

A baby that is just so cute

Lovin the mango shaved ice

Haneda proudly showing off her Mango shaved ice

Who can 'promote' my shaved ice better than Ian? hehe.. He totally loved the 'Passionfruit' shaved ice

Triplets, each with 1 of their favorite (shaved ice above served in Mini take-away cup)

To-date, have received very positive feedback from customers that tried 32F's shaved ice. Come try it for yourself.

We are currently giving out our loyalty card without expiry date, whereby with purchase of 10 shaved ice, 1 shaved ice worth RM4.90 will be given free.

Do LIKE 32F on Facebook.

32F
K-01, LG Floor Kiosk,
First Subang Mall, Jalan SS15/4G,
47500 Subang Jaya
Tel : 010-225 6428

Business Hours :
10am-10pm daily

Antipodean @ Telawi, Bangsar

2011-09-17T04:03:00.005+08:00

My dear friend, Janis, has been expressing how much she loved Flat White from Antipodean, and so, when she brought another mutual friend, Chloe, to try this out, I collectively received good feedback from these 2 coffee connoisseur.

Did some search online on blogs for this place, and somehow, the food and place looked really enticing. My chi-muis agreed to meet up here, and so we had our dinner together.

I liked the setting of Atmosphere, with cool use of black and red. And it was surely apparent, that they are serious about coffee. Info I gathered from KLue is that they uses quality coffee beans roasted by Indonesia's top specialty roaster, Merdeka Coffee, which is a boutique coffee company dedicated to sourcing, selecting and roasting the best Indonesian coffee. With its fair-trade policy, they only purchase their coffee from small Indonesian growers

Inside Antipodean

1st thing to order - Flat White.. Finally get to taste! Me too really liked this, like the 'kau'-ness (thickness) in the coffee (as some flat white I tried elsewhere, are usually rather bland), and just the right after-taste feeling, of the coffee lingering within.

Flat White. Price-RM8

Order are to be made from the big size menu ie. as written on the 'blackboard' wall. Just thought that they should also have hand-out menu, for easy reference.

Antipodean's menu

They have decent amount of selections, but confined to limited choices within a selection. Eg, they sell pasta, but there isn't many types of pasta dishes to choose from. Well, suppose this is acceptable, as long as what's offered is good.

Breakfast is served throughout the day, and thus we ordered the Big Breakfast. Came with toast, choice of bacon, chicken, beef or pork sausage, mushroom, scrambled egg, and hash brown. We took the pork sausage, which was tasty, and I super loved the saute-mushroom, which was saute to perfection, and just liked chewing and feeling the texture of the mushroom. :)

Big Breakfast. Price-RM18

This has to be my No 1 favorite Asian salad. The sauce that came with this plate of salad was really yummy.. It has the right balance of sourish taste, which made everything that went along with it, tasted so good, even the fried onion was good... It has quite a fair bit of shredded chicken too.

Burmese shredded chicken salad. Price-RM15

We placed the rest of the orders, after Jane arrived, the 'very-soon' mummy-to-be.

The pasta (conchiglie) has this chewiness, that somehow went pretty well with the feta cheese. The pumpkin, too, fills in as the right combination with this pasta dish, and it was sweet.. Nice! Gives a feeling of 'healthy' despite having feta cheese in this dish.

Pumpkin, sage and feta cheese pasta. Price-RM17

I took a bite of this croissant, scramble egg with bacon. I liked the open sandwich style, as it gives us the impression, wow, there's so much to eat.. In fact, nothing will not taste good taken with bacon, as bacon has the natural aroma and saltiness that perks up your appetite.

Croissaint, scrambled egg with bacon. Price-RM16

We too had the grilled chicken with tomatoes, green bean, and balsamic vinegar... The chicken was tender, and carried a level of sweetness (think was marinated with honey as well), and topped with the balsamic vinegar, 'perfecto'!.

Grilled chicken with tomatoes, green bean, and balsamic vinegar. Price-RM18

Lots of packed coffee, ready to go

A small area for the kids. Parents will surely appreciate this corner, to keep their children a little busy

We somehow will make 'special' effort to meet, prior to a chi-mui close to giving birth (same case with Rina the other time, but too bad, she could not join us this round). Can't wait to see the little Jane popping out.. must be as good looking as the parents.. :)

From L : Jo, me, Jane, Clarice

Antipodean Cafe

20, Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar.
Tel: 03-2282-0411

Business hours :
8am-10pm

Fang Xiang Bah Ku Teh @ Setia Alam, Shah Alam

2011-09-08T15:22:00.003+08:00

The 3 of us were seated at Pappa Rich, Setia Alam this morning, when Ryan posted to Cass and I, why don't we bring Cass to eat Bah Ku Teh, since we are so nearby Klang.. After looking at each other for few seconds, we decided, yea, why not... So Ryan politely informed the staff that we are leaving to eat Bah Ku Teh, and he will make it up with future visits to Pappa Rich.. Haha..

Ryan suggested this Bah Ku Teh place at Setia Alam, which I've never heard of. This part of the shoplots (not same area as Pappa Rich/Old Town) is relatively new, with not many shop lots occupied. He recommended this place as she thinks is quite good..

So here we are :

Fang Xiang Bah Ku Teh

We were asked if we want to take this special part of the pork, which we agreed to, when we were told, this part of the meat isn't too fat... Cass & I were presented a bowl each of this special pork, which I later found out its the waist part of the pork (apparently it isn't easy to slice this part of the pork). Just by looking at it, it spells the word 'tender meat' to me.. and true enough, it indeed was, and just loved the whole part of meat, which comes in form of almost neat layers... Most importantly, the fat part was just nice for me.
The bah ku teh soup is unlike the usual, as it doesn't has the strong herbal aroma that bah ku teh usually carry, and this, comes in a form, which tasted more like thick gravy from stew pork.

Special Pork. Price-RM12

Mr Ryan, being the gentleman, did the serving..To make him happy, we complied. Haha..

Dai Kuat (big bone) that Ryan had

Fang Xiang combines 'Xiang' which means fragrant, whilst 'Fang' was taken from the lady boss name, which also represents 'Se Fang Fat Tat'.. The lady boss is a pretty young gal, which wanted to be different (she ought to be the 1st lady owner of bah ku teh pottery, and especially since, she is young - only in her mid 20s).

Each pot of bah ku teh is cooked personally by her brother, as it is very important for them to maintain the 'fo hau' (the right heat to cook).

There is also option the more soupy version which comes in claypot, and they will soon introduce more dishes, namely signature prawn, and their homemade taufoo. As it is, they have added dim sum which is also made by themselves, to their list of offerings.

Wa, so much info I digested over brunch today... and the good news is, they will open another outlet at Bandar Bukit Tinggi 2, by mid Oct... I can head there then.

Fang Xiang Bah Ku Teh
13A-1, Jalan Setia Prima S U13/S,
Setia Alam, 40170 Shah Alam.
Tel : 016-205 7655 (Syvonne Lee)

Business Hours :
7am-3pm (Mon-Fri & Sun),
7am-3pm & 6-9pm (Sat)
Off day 1st & 15th of lunar calendar

Dae Jang Gum @ Taman Danau Desa, KL

2011-09-07T01:17:00.008+08:00

Initial plan to head to Seoul Korea to celebrate my birthday required a slight as we found out the place was closed when we reached there (least expect a Korea restaurant to close during eve of Raya)... anyway, gotta resolve to Plan B. Suggested by Kim to go Dae Jang Gum (what a popular name used for Korean restaurant), which is located on the same row.
And lucky we were early, as the place got really busy towards later, as some of the customers which I saw, walked towards Seoul Korea, and turned back to Dae Jang Gum, after finding out it was closed.

We were served with banchan. The spread doesn't excite me too much, guess I have been spoilt with choices from Seoul Korea. However, they were decent, and we still had 2nd round of helping.

Spread of banchan

The kimchi soup was good... spicy enough.

Kimchi Pot. Price-RM15

The korea seafood pizza was 1 of the best that I tasted. It was really crispy on the edges, yet was with the right amount of thickness, and ingredients filled within.

Korea Seafood Pizza. Price-RM20

The BBQ pork was indeed very tasty, and was springy when chewed.

Pork. Price-RM28

Of all, the ginseng soup was quite a let down. It has a very bland taste, and doesn't carry enough ginseng taste that is expected from this bowl of goodies.

Ginseng Soup. Price-RM25

We just had to order the fried glass noodle, which happened to be 1 of my favorite in Korean food. Just love the texture of the noodle, and this plate was fried with enough ingredients... The sesame seed and oil used lent a wonderful aroma to this plate of noodle, and overall, tasty.

Clear glass noodle. Price-RM20

The seating outside

Thanks bud, for buying over this banoffee cake from Alexis... ignore the 'melting effect' of the cake. Btw, bud, I love this necklace & pendant !

Me with the 3 gals. Thanks gal for the birthday celebration.

We too had the hot & cold sake the other night.. The hot sake tasted weird, somehow... but the cold sake was a lot of better.

Dae Jang Gum
shoplot, same row as Seoul Korea/Jalal Yusof makan
Tel : 03-7982 1004

Business hours :
12-2pm, 6-10.30pm (close on 2nd & 4th Sundays)

S'mores @ The Sphere 1, Bangsar South, KL

2011-08-28T23:20:00.000+08:00

Met up for Chloe's farewell, as she is leaving to Shanghai soon. This was my first time to Bangsar South area, and was recommended to have lunch at S'mores by Chloe and Pacino whom work around this area.

After placing order, I was like 'hai em hai ka' (for real or not?), as their set meals come in such a reasonable price..
Each set comes with choice of drink (lychee, tea or orange juice), followed by soup, main meal accompanied by 2 side dishes (2 side dishes doesn't apply to pasta order), followed by ice-cream as dessert. Whaaaatttt a deeeeeal! I was also pleasantly surprised that the portion of the main meal was in fact, biggg...

For the drink, I liked my lychee drink.

Here's the starter for 4 of us - mushroom soup

Quickly took a shot of us for remembrance, and if its not apparent, I gotta say we were 4 souls in highly good mood, thus the great conversation. We were so relaxed, and it did not felt like, we have spent a good 3 hours, just like that..

From L : Chloe, whom is leaving to Shanghai soon; Pacino, the pro photographer; followed by me & Shereen, my BFF, the expert in mind & soul

Every of the meals ordered tasted excellent. Bet no one regretted their choice. :)

Shereen took the chicken pesto cream pasta. I tried hers... I was immediately hit with a 'wow' feeling.. or maybe a double 'wow... This creamy sauce, despite it is cream based, doesn't give the overwhelming creaminess, and the chicken was well grilled, that it brought so much flavor to the taste bud. Thumbs up for this.

Chicken Pesto Cream. Price-RM12.90+ (lunch), RM15.90 (dinner)

Chloe took the aglio olio with tuna. The tuna surely brought the right combination to the pasta. Also nice.

Aglio Olio with Tuna. Price-RM10.90+ (lunch), RM13.90 (dinner)

Pacino recommended this as a must have to me, as a 1st timer. The Australian white tuna fish was grilled to perfection. I liked the dense texture of this fish, giving me a real solid feeling. Not sure if there is such a way to describe fish. The 2 side order - corn cob was ok, however, i really liked the mash pumpkin. Healthy tasting yet yummy.

Australian White Tuna. Price-RM14.90+ (lunch), RM18.90+ (dinner)

Pacino had the Swiss Chicken Corden Bleu. I forgot to ask a bite on this, however, it really did look irresistible, when it was cut open, showing what awaits, inside this piece of chicken.

Swiss Chicken Cordon Bleu. Price-RM13.50+ (lunch), RM18.50+ (dinner)

Printed frames of picture, all over the wall.

Bar counter within the restaurant, with circles used as the main deco

Back side of the restaurant.. Sufficient seating area

S'Mores, the place to be, for good food, good price

I will very very soon be visiting S'mores for the 2nd time...

S'mores
Unit G2, GF, The Sphere 1, Avenue 1,
Bangsar South 8,
Jalan Kerinchi,
59200 KL
Tel : 03-2240 0069

Business Hours :
12pm-1am (Mon-Fri), 5pm-2am (Sat), 6pm-1am (Sun)

Email : reservation@smores.com.my
Website : www.smores.com.my

One Six Eight Pan Mee Restaurant @ Desa Aman Puri, Kepong

2011-08-28T00:54:00.006+08:00

After shopping at SSF with empty stomach, we were 'desperate' to fill our stomach by the time we finish at 4.30pm+. Oh, Kepong is one of the area that I am so unfamiliar with. However I remember this area nearby where I went for Fei Fei Crab, quite some time ago..

Reached without any problem, and after rounding 2 rounds, spotted this pan mee shop that seemed favorable looking to us - having enough customers, at this hour of time.. (5 mins to 5pm).

When we walked in, I asked sis, why so messy, with lots of tissues on the floor. Then we realized, that was because it was their closing hour, and staffs were busy cleaning up to close for the day. We were just in time to make the 2nd last order.

They only had 3 choices - pan mee soup, pan mee dry and another more superior bowl of pan mee for sharing.

We opted for the soup and dry pan mee.

While I was eating my soup pan mee, sis immediately nodded when she took one spoon of the dry noodle. Asked her if the nodding was for the taste of the noodle, and she said, yes yes... Uh.. that got me excited to take a bite..
First I gotta try mine..
The soup, sweetness from the broth was apparent, and the soup isn't the clear clear type, as it was filled with minced pork, shallot, spinach,and mushroom.. And the pan mee texture was soooo good. It was really smooth. I liked it as it is.

Soup Pan Mee. Price-RM5

The dry pan mee version was even better.. if I said this was the best dried pan mee noodle I had, I am not exaggerating. The pan mee smoothness surely deserved a thumbs up, but it was the special thick sauce, which was so tasty that made a whole lot of difference. Wonder what is the secret recipe, but surely yummy to the max.

Dry Pan Mee. Price-RM5

Simple set up of the restaurant

Shop was closed, by 5pm...

I will definitely come back again if I am at this area. The best of all, we don't feel thirsty after this meal, which we are not sure if no MSG or minimal of it was used.

One Six Eight Pan Mee Restaurant
3-13 AA, Jalan 2/2,
Desa Aman Puri,
52100 Kepong, KL
Tel : 03-6276 5208 (May Lim)

Business Hours :
8am-5pm
Closed on Wednesday, alternate weeks

Seoul Korea @ Taman Danau Desa, KL

2011-08-21T16:17:00.007+08:00

After hearing how much Yee Miin love Korean food, I decided to bring her to my No 1 favorite Korean restaurant, before she heads back to Christchurch.

When we arrived at 6pm, Seoul Korea just reopened for dinner. We were the 1st customers in, and before long, they were totally packed.. What a good business on a Thursday night.

Absolute charmer, Ellie

I was salivating as the banchan were placed on our table. My absolute favorite ought to be the cuts of seaweed... so tasty.

Yummylicious Banchan

As Maegan and Ellie can't take spicy food, we ordered the BBQ chicken and Seafood. Thought it was a generous portion of BBQ chicken at a price of only RM25. I think we can now hardly find any other Korean restaurant serving BBQ chicken at a price this low.
We simply love the well marinated chicken. Tasty was all I have to described this.

BBQ Chicken. Price-RM25

I don't usually enjoy kimchi soup, but I thought this would be a must try for Korean food lovers. After taking a sip each, Yee Miin and I were continuously complimenting this hot pot of kimchi soup. This was just perfect... Not overly spicy, has just the right level of 'kimchi-ness', and we absolutely loved this.. ~ double thumbs up ~

Kimchi Soup. Price-RM16

The seafood was also good. They were soaking wet with marination, and after being barbecued, it doesn't overkill the freshness of the prawns and squid.

Seafood - Prawn & Squid. Price-RM25

Half way cooked...

A satisfying Korean meal.. Can't wait to see Yee Miin & her kids, again.. Hope won't need to wait another 4 years for that.

For my earlier post of the same restaurant, click here

Seoul Korea Restaurant
(above mamak - Jalal Yusof)
1-1 (1st Floor), Plaza Danau 2,
Jalan 4/109F, Taman Danau Desa,
58100 KL
Tel : 03-7982 4607 / 017-688 1491

Additional note : Seoul Korea is located opposite Danau Idaman condo entrance beside the Shell petrol station in Taman Desa.

Business hours :
11am-10.30pm (they close after lunch, and reopens at 6pm)

Fat Spoon @ Uptown, Damansara Utama

2011-08-13T15:59:00.005+08:00

Uptown is an office area that is never short of F&B outlets. After discovering Fat Spoon, waited for the right Sunday to come for lunch (parking will be too much a hassle during weekday).

Just loved the homely atmosphere within, and the ID that gives such a raw feel to it. Also interesting to see the kitchen utensils, pot, tiffin etc, hunged at one corner of the cafe.

A nice Sunday afternoon spent at Fat Spoon Cafe : nice place, good food!

The counter area, and drink making area

Menu, posted within this old ladybird storybook. Good recycling effort, and presented in a rather unique way

As it was Shereen and my first time here, we naturally will look out for its specialty. And Fat Spoon being known to offer grandma's recipe, we wanted to look for something that could gives us such originality in taste. We both thought the owners was rather 'original' in presenting their menu, and after flipping through (trying not to be distracted by pictures in the story book), we decided on Perut Ikan Meehoon.
It came with lots of mix of vege, asam keping, some fish, in this overall thick broth and 'crowded' looking plate of noodle. We really liked this, as it brought a tangy and spicy Nyonya taste to our taste senses.. Meehoon soaked all the 'goodness' within, and every bit was to its satisfaction.

Perut Ikan Meehoon. Price-RM8.90

We also shared the Ulam Fried Rice which was no less satisfactory. The wok-fried rice with sambal and aromatic herbs was tasty, and loved the fried chicken.

Ulam Fried Rice. Price-RM11.90

Me & Shereen

Lychee sorbet with mint - a refreshing drink, to cool and good end to a relaxed Sunday afternoon

Interesting washing and toilet area, with pages from old comics pasted everywhere

During our visit which was a month plus ago, they were busy taking shots to put together a video for their 1st anniversary. Happy 1st Anniversary, Fat Spoon! May you have many more wonderful years serving us good food..

Fat Spoon Cafe
73 Jalan SS21/1A,
Damansara Utama,
47400 PJ
Tel : 03-7728 3323

Business Hours :
12pm - 9.30pm : Tue-Sun

Coffee Chemistry Cafe @ Sunway Giza, PJ

2011-07-04T23:14:00.016+08:00

Positioned itself as serving world's finest coffee, and being the 1st that brings in 'Graffeo' coffee to Malaysia, Coffee Chemistry Cafe, or better known as CCC, does set itself apart from other cafe. And I find it quite an interesting combination, that this cafe shares the same space with HTC and Digi..So those who come for HTC and Digi, may possibly be CCC's customer, and vice versa.

The eateries at Sunway Giza has bloomed of late (unlike earlier days where it was relatively quiet), and to find this place, one should look out for MOVIDA (CCC is located inside Cubic Platform, above MOVIDA), next to Full House.

Graffeo was founded in 1935 on the streets of San Francisco's Italian culinary capital, North Beach. Graffeo is one of North America's oldest artisan coffee roasters serving rich, dark, fresh roasted beans.
Malaysians are surely blessed by entrepreneur that brings in products that is different from what's already in the market.

As you enter, you will see lots of HTC products on display.

Best of HTC products

3 LCD screens, displaying their range of products, pictures of customers, etc

After we ordered, we have some time to kill, so took some shots, here and there.

Love the classy signage of Graffeo

There is also a HTC training room, with meeting in progress

Me, sis, and her daughters

My nieces, posing with their food... yumms yumms...

I took the set lunch that came with option of either black coffee or ice lemon tea, with choices of main. The coffee was a strong thick coffee, with good coffee aroma. I will surely come back again for its coffee, that comes with coffee art, as I've seen many impressive 'designs' on CCC's Facebook page..

Black coffee

This was the spaghetti that came as part of my set lunch choice. This mushroom spaghetti is surely a winner. Not only it came with lots of mushroom, and big chunks of garlic, this plate of spaghetti really has this super intense strong aroma - garlicky, and tasty to the max. Good choice !

Mushroom Spaghetti.

We also ordered the Ham, Tomato & Cheese (stands for 'HTC') wrap. Every bite out of this tortilla wrap was filled with lots of goodies. A healthy choice, yet yummy.

Ham, Tomato & Cheese Wrap

The homemade mushroom soup was delicious too... Right thickness, with lots of finely cut mushroom.

Homemade mushroom soup

Took the cafe specialty, of their homemade chicken mushroom puff pie. This pie version was rather different.

It came with creamy mushroom sauce, and chicken, and mushroom. We just didn't like the slight sourish taste inside, despite the crunchy flaky crust.

Homemade chicken mushroom pie. Price-RM8.90

After filling our stomach, we felt more relaxed, and walked around the cafe, a bit.

Very cute bear, branded with HTC branding

Also, soft toy of the very popular Angry Bird, and other characters

Being located at upper floor, it wasn't too convenient, for sis to have carried the stroller up the stairs...and thanks to a gentleman which is HTC's staff, for offering himself, to carry the stroller down, after we finished :)

Coffee Chemistry Cafe (CCC)
C-3A-1, Sunway Giza Mall,
Kota Damansara,
47810 PJ

Business hours :
10am-10pm (Mon-Sun)

Oriental Cravings @ One Utama, PJ

2011-07-02T13:12:00.006+08:00

This was one of the restaurant that I frequented, when I was working at Tropicana, about 6 years ago. Wanting to touch base as to, if the food here still taste as good, suggested to Eug to have dinner here. He gladly complied, even though he was here during lunch time. Wah! So nice of him. Maybe that's the beauty of meeting up old friends once a while.. Hehe!

Oriental Cravings. Never fail to have good crowd.

I wanted to try their cendol. And surprisingly, my first scoop of this shaved ice into my mouth, I immediately voiced out 'soooo nice, wor!'.. It has the really thick gula melaka, sufficient coconut milk, soft cendol, and I liked the ice that has this slightly 'harder' texture. Overall, PASS!

Cendol. Price-RM4.90

We also really liked this lotus root with petai, with chunks of garlic, stir fried to perfection. The lotus root retained its crunchiness, and the minced pork that went with it, added extra aroma to this dish. Yummy! I will order this again the next I'm here.

Lotus Root Petai. Price-RM16.90

The golden beancurd was as perfect as I last had it years ago. The ultra soft texture beancurd, wrapped around by this thin layer of crispy beancurd skin, topped with the extremely topping, made-up of dried prawn, minced meat, and radish. It was seriously, aromatic, to the max!

Golden Beancurd. Price-RM11.90

As for meat, we opted for chicken with rice wine, the soupy version. This claypot of tender chicken, came with fried egg, black fungus, and cooked with light rice wine, was just the right order we made. Hot and soupy, it went just so well with the overall dish and rice we were having. Well, guess I just love rice wine.

Rice Wine Chicken. Price-RM26.90

Eug & I . Lucky Eug still can smile, despite having to solve his many issues (which comes as a package of being in advertising industry) over the phone.

I can't wait to be back again, to Oriental Cravings. I also remember that their oatmeal prawn was absolutely delicious too.. Will have this the next time I'm here.

Oriental Cravings
G359, Phase 2, One Utama
Tel : 03-7727 2581

The Lounge @ GTower Hotel, KL

2011-06-26T22:40:00.006+08:00

This good deal got me really attracted! A good deal offered by Dealmates - RM49 instead of RM124.. The deal for 2 pax comes with a 3-tier mini pastries and sandwiches set, 1 slice of cheesecake, and free flow of coffee. Wanting to try this, I've purchased this as a birthday treat for Janis..
Having reached here at 7pm, we only had an hour before they close :(

I liked the overall lounge setting. Spacious, with lots of green. Maybe it's nearing closing time, we were the only customers that evening.

We were immediately served our tea set. And was overwhelmed by the number of delicacies that were presented in front of our eyes.

The 3 tier mini pastries & sandwiches set and coffee waiting to be savored

We had the whole lounge to ourselves... cosy area.

From the overall pastries that we took, we felt it was way too much of the pastries that were made of chocolate. I liked the croissant which was fluffy.. as for the rest, it was alright ONLY.. cheesecake was very light, without much of the minimum that would be expected of a piece of cheesecake, cupcake was too dense and wasn't moist, and overall, definitely won't be something worth paying RM124 for.

The overall selection of pastries we had with this set

Its a wonderful feeling for me to see my friends coping well with their life, and I'd like to wish Janis, a very happy birthday, once again. To many more wonderful years to this beautiful life! :D

The Lounge
GF, GTower,
199 Jalan Tun Razak,
50400 KL
Tel : 03-2168 1919

Hummingbirds Coffee Bar @ Telawi, Bangsar

2011-06-23T22:59:00.002+08:00

Change of tenants for the better, why not? Capitalizing on Beatrice Looi's name, this corner shop lot at Telawi is now occupied by Hummingbirds Coffee Bar, which its popularity in Facebook is apparent.. Best of both world for the owner and partner, this cafe shares space with Beatrice's collection.

Seeing some of my friends liking this place on Facebook, I can't wait to try it out myself..And since Illa and I were around here, suggested to her, to hang out here for the afternoon.

Spot the Hummingbirds Coffee Bar

We immediately liked it when we stepped into this cafe, with such charming setting.

Hummingbirds - favorite of many

There were many varieties of cupcakes, macaroons and cakes displayed on the cake shelf. The friendly staff patiently explained each one of the offering to us.. More choice means more difficult to make a choice.

Should we have this, that, this or that? Aiya, not easy deciding la..

We ordered the pot of Camomille Tea, for sharing. And we both loved the piece of cookie that came with the tea. Yummy! Crunchy! Fragrant! But oops, forgot to ask what it was...

Yummy tasting cookie, that accompanied our Camomille Tea

We chose the Raspberry Macaron, crispy, and with thick filling inside. Like the soury taste from the raspberry.

Red Velvet cupcake came in such bright red.. hmm.. the sweetness was just right for me, however, the texture was way too dense, for my liking. I prefer more airy and fluffy cupcake.

Raspberry Macaron. Price-RM5 each, Red Velvet Cupcake. Price-RM6.50

Red Velvet, bursting with 'redness'?

The chocolate fudge cake with ice-cream, was simply divine. Moist chocolate cake with chocolate sauce, companied with vanilla ice-cream, no combination could be better.. This dessert that came with a price of RM16, ouch!

Chocolate Fudge Cake with Ice-Cream. Price-RM16

Illa and I, had an enjoyable afternoon

We didn't realized that we have sat here for hours, yacking away... Thanks to the cosy environment and the staff/owner here who were especially friendly and attentive :D

Hummingbirds Coffee Bar
21, GF, Jalan Telawi 3,
Bangsar Baru,
59100 KL
Tel : 03-2201 5889

Business Hours :
11am-10pm (Mon-Thu), 11am-12mn (Fri-Sat), 11am-pm (Sun)

Ben's General Food Store (BGFS) @ Bangsar Village 1

2011-06-22T20:19:00.011+08:00

One of the most talked about F&B outlets, are these chain of restaurants by BIG. I am no different, and am curious to check out this canteen-like open concept restaurant.

Dina and I reached at 1pm+, and its no surprise that the restaurant was packed. We opted to come back later, and upon 'assigned' to a seat in between people, literally - left, right, opposite, behind, we opted for a seat outside.

Like the use of white by BGFS

Ready to order

I like the seating area outside, with more privacy as we don't need to share our tables.. hehe.. Of course, the concept inside, gives a person a different unique experience all together. BGFS definitely gave me a refreshing dining experience...

Me and Dina - a lunch to celebrate birthday of my sweet little buddy friend..

I like that we can order the salad, with 1 choice priced at range of price between RM9.90 - RM12.90 , whilst choice of 2 salad is priced at RM19.90 and 3 choices for RM29.90.

We ordered the Marinated Button Mushroom - a cold salad that combined barley, spring onion, soy and lemon, and Roasted Cod Fish & Pineapple, that combined green chili, cucumber, tomato, coriander and coconut milk dressing. There were generous portion of cod fish, and combined with the sweet and sourish pineapple, it was a nice healthy combination.
As for the other choice, though their salad tasted slightly bland, we surely got the most natural taste of the barley and the marinated button mushroom.

Marinated Button Mushroom and Roasted Cod Fish & Pineapple. Price-RM19.90 (priced at RM12.90 and RM11.90 respectively, for individual order)

I have heard much about how different pizza from BGFS is, and just had to order this. Seafood has always been my favorite, and we ordered the Pescatora Pizza.... The freshness of mussel, squid, fish and shrimp were apparent, and the tomatoes, mozzarella, garlic enhanced the taste further. The little gravy inside the mussel shell surely 'captured' the natural sweetness of the mussel. Nice! The pizza dough definitely deserve praise, as it was thin enough, with soft tender dough.

Pescatora Pizza. Price-RM29.90

Just love the white raw finishing on the wall

Best use of space inside. Clean and neat space, and just 1/2 hour earlier (during lunch time), it was almost 100% packed.

Ben’s General Food Store
G17-G18, Ground Floor,
Bangsar Village I
Tel : 03-2284 8790

Seoul Korea @ Taman Danau Desa, KL

2011-06-05T22:01:00.012+08:00

Seoul Korea has always been on my list of restaurant to try out, and since we were due to meet for Sam's belated birthday celebration, I took the chance to suggest this place. Dinner is to take place on Sat, and thank god I called earlier to make reservation, as the queue was relatively long (customers were queuing at the staircase, as this restaurant is located at 1st Floor). And I was looking for parking at 7.10pm (my reservation of 7pm will be held for 10mins), and the lady boss already called to check if I was coming, otherwise, they will give up my table for the waiting customers.
Glad that we had a room, and criteria for reservation on weekends is to have min spend of RM150.
Our initial order fall short, and we ordered the extra to make-up to RM150.

We were starving at the time we made our order... and under the full house situation in the restaurant, we didn't need to wait too long for our food to be served.

Doesn't look like so, but this restaurant is full with customers (all seated, with many of them still queuing outside)

To my opinion, Seoul Korea has the best selection of banchan (side dishes), and the tastiest that I've ever tried. Seriously! They even gave pork banchan which was simply delicious, and steamed egg. I also absolutely love the crispy seaweed. Overall, highly satisfied! Can't wait to have this again, and again.

Banchan served by Seoul Korea

The marination by Seoul Korea was absolutely top class, as both the bbq pork and chicken that we ordered was tasty to the max. Tender and juicy. Yumms!

'Dae-Ji Gal-Bi' Pork Spare Rib. Price-RM25

I loved the chicken here, as it still retained its chicken juiciness, even after BBQ. Yumm.. and tasty to the max.

'Dak Bulgogi (Spicy)'. Spicy Chicken BBQ. Price-RM25

The Korea Style steamboat (casserole) looked interesting to us. Though it doesn't look any close to the menu, we liked the sweetness of the soup, and the tender pork which came with its most natural sweetness.

'Bulgogi Jeongol'. Marinated BBQ Steamboat (Casserole)

Have always liked Korean Style Seafood pancake. Thus ordered 1 to try. This pancake was slightly crispy on the outside, while brought us the right thickness throughout, and bite that went along with seafood, nice!

'Hae-Mul Kimchie-Jeon' Korean Style Seafood Kimchi Pancake. Price-RM20

The pork spare rib bbq marinated with traditional korean recipe was alright.. It has a more plain taste, and while chewing the meat, it feels like having finely cut slices of pork. Not exactly something I'd order the next time.

Traditional style marinated BBQ. Price-RM35

Next time I will remember to use the 'flash' function when I passed my camera for others to take pix. This turned out a little blurry.. :(

After paying the bill, we were presented with this complimentary slices of really sweet watermelon, and a bottle of ginger drink.

Complimentary watermelon, which was really sweet, and bottle of ginger drink

Overall, I was highly satisfied with the dinner here, and it had me posting on FB afterwards, that I had the best korean food in town. Can't wait to be back again. With so many choices of Korean restaurants around, its no surprise to me that Seoul Korea is doing exceptionally well... Try it, and you will know it.. and overall, their price of food is truly reasonable. Plus point!

Seoul Korea Restaurant
(above mamak - Jalal Yusof)
1-1 (1st Floor), Plaza Danau 2,
Jalan 4/109F, Taman Danau Desa,
58100 KL
Tel : 03-7982 4607 / 017-688 1491

Additional note : Seoul Korea is located opposite Danau Idaman condo entrance beside the Shell petrol station in Taman Desa.

Business hours :
11am-10.30pm

Gong Cha @ SS15, Subang

2011-05-20T15:15:00.008+08:00

The craze for bubble tea continues, with the presence of another big name - Gong Cha, which has been much anticipated by the bubble tea lovers.

I was happy that I had the chance to swing by SS15 to take-away Gong Cha's drink. This was around the same time that my nieces were falling asleep in the car, while on our way home. Boy, was I not surprised to find that their eyes were wide open when I got back to the car with my drinks... They smell something fishy when the car was stopped. Hehe...

When I stepped in their SS15 outlet (this being their 1st branch, and to-date, they have their 2nd outlet opened at The Gardens), I noticed that all designs are kept the basic. Well, I thought to myself, I can bear with the appearance which may not be as fancy as their closest competitor, as long as I get to taste a yummylicious cup of bubble tea.

Gong Cha kept to its simplicity

Their list of drinks were listed on this 2 TV screens, and on printed leaflet which customers can refer to. They have a total of 28 drinks, which works out to about only 10%+ of its competitors, but I liked the fact that I will be able to try 'em all, sooner, and I thought 'perhaps, they only choose the top of their most favorite to sell in the market'..

As for their price point, they only have 1 size, with lowest price being RM3.90, up till RM6.50 for its tea range of drinks, whilst its coffee price range is between RM6.90 and RM7.50.

It offers extra add-ons at RM1 for the general add-ons which include Pearl, whilst RM1.50 for White Pearl, and RM2 for Special Form.. The last 2 got me pretty curious.

List of drinks listed on the TV screen

Staff at work, to prepare my drink

Oh, 1 thing I like about Gong Cha, for each order, the staff will double check with me on the range of ice and sugar level that I prefer.

I ordered the Gong Cha Signature Milk Winter Melon Tea for myself. I used the straw to take a sip of the milk froth... Sooo extremely smooth, and a strong aromatic taste that lingers... I then continue to sip the tea and milk on the other layers....Oh My! Tasted so good... I love the mild winter melon taste... After that, I sipped back again the milk froth, so that I can taste it for another time, before I mixed the drink together..

Gong Cha Signature Milk Winter Melon Tea. Price-RM5.90 (+RM1 for Pearl)

Here's the actual procedure of drinking the tea..

3-steps to drinking Gong Cha's signature milk tea

I ordered the Plum Green Tea for sis. Love the piquant taste that came from the plum.. Nice!.. The mild green tea taste doesn't overkill as well..

Plum Green Tea. Price-RM4.90 (+RM1 for Pearl)

After the first taste of Gong Cha, I can't keep my mind of it... and the following week, as I was driving pass through Subang, I just kept justifying to myself, that the few turnings getting to Gong Cha wasn't too much a trouble.. And so I was there on the hot burning afternoon... This was the day I saw the Gong Cha signage being put up.. :)

This time, I decided to also go for their House Special, and this time their Signature Milk Green Tea. I like the very mild green tea taste, and at the same time, the same enjoyment I had, in being satisfied over the creamy smoothness of the milk froth on the top. As I was so curious about how their White Pearl taste, I opted for this

A 'savior' on an extremely hot hot afternoon

While driving, I slowly sipped my drink, and slowly chewed the white pearls. I was informed that this was done using seaweed extract (if I am not mistaken), and this transparent like pearl has their texture that feels like thick jelly, yet, has the chewy feeling. Its not overall smooth, and I was extremely curious of this, that I decided to take some out, to check it out, when I arrived at my destination.

Look at how cute these White Pearls are...

Yes, Gong Cha will definitely occupy a special place in my heart. ^<>^

GONG CHA

Gong Cha
SS15 and The Gardens Mall
Tel : 03-5638 3328

Website : www.gong-cha.com.my

The Vanilla Place @ Empire Gallery, Subang

2011-05-18T23:13:00.007+08:00

After reading much about this little cafe that opened at Empire Gallery, I can't wait to try it out myself. The 'Tea for 2', available from 3-6pm, seems like the most worth it deal in town, priced at RM18.80. Just wanted to point out that it seemed a little misleading from the menu as it states 'Tea for 2 (RM18.80 per pax)', but it's confirmed that RM18.80 is for the entire set, meant for 2 pax.

Well, once seated, I first ordered the 'Tea for 2'... Its true, it has a long list of mini delicacies, however, of the 13 different types of dessert/finger food served, the quality of it, really wasn't there. Perhaps the most worth it is the tea for 2 pax. The excitement of being presented the mini items ended as soon as I taste the food.

Tea for 2. Price-RM18.80

All the food from the 1st tier of plates wasn't quite edible, to me. The mini cupcakes were not at all moist, and topped with hard sugar icing swirls, the cookie doesn't taste good, and so was the macaroon. It doesn't have the delicate fine taste a macaroon should present.

1st tier of plates - OUT...

The 2nd tier - mini scones was absolute dry, mini brownie was alright, and was topped with overwhelming amount of cocoa powder, which choked us, and as for the 1 big size of strawberry dipped in chocolate, nice in size, but taste sour. The chocolate helps us from finishing the strawberry.

2nd tier of plate - also OUT..

3rd tier of plate was the most decent of all.. The tomato bruschetta was real tasty, topped with lots of cut tomatoes, and avocado, the tuna sundried and tomato sandwich was alright, however the mini pie and mini quiche was just normal, with soft crust. The thing I most not like was the top hat, which has a real thin skin, with finely shaved carrots.

3rd tier - was ALRIGHT, compared to the other 2 tiers

In terms of satisfaction, thank god that we got it from the Spaghetti Carbonara as it was really tasty and good. It has really lots of cream, and loved that each bite of spaghetti, or the ham or mushroom has sufficient cream to go with it. Yumms.

Spaghetti Carbonara. Price-RM14.80

My niece went to the cake display shelf, and as much as I tried to convince her to choose Pavlova, she still wanted the Oreo Cheesecake.

Qi taking her pick

The oreo cheesecake was alright, though it won't be my absolute favorite. Its a very dense texture piece of cheesecake, with a little oreo here and there. It also has this thick chocolate that served as the base, and by the side.

Oreo Cheesecake

In terms of the right cosy atmosphere, The Vanilla Place will be the right fit.

Cosy

Spot this cafe in the middle, while walking towards Toy 'R Us.

The Vanilla Place
Level 1 - Empire Shopping Gallery,
Subang Jaya
Tel : 03-5022 2198

Oriental Pavilion @ Jaya 33, PJ

2011-05-14T14:15:00.009+08:00

A dinner arranged by my dear friend, Jo Har, for a few ex-colleagues to have a meet up with the Rock-Queen, Sio Chian (our ex-boss), in conjunction with her new sports car.. Hehe.. what a reason, to meet up. As I suggest, we should go to further destination, like Seremban, for BBQ crab next (also to celebrate a few new cars ^^ )

A little waiting took place during the dinner, and Ms Tan filled us by sharing on 'feng-shui' and the '5 Elements', talk. Interesstting...

Sio Chian showing off her 'green' new camera.. Whatever possible, she now uses 'green'..

Just a little thing would have gotten us confused... doesn't really fancy the menu that goes by partly cost indication by pax, and some by portion.

Despite that, we really liked the Chinese food served here, cos I hear a few 'xxx is nice' throughout the dinner.

The dinner started with this serving of yummylicious roast chicken. The chicken was roasted till real crispy on the skin part, while remaining its tender juicy meat inside.

Roasted Chicken. Price-RM76 for whole chicken

Loved the beancurd, with slightly crisp skin, holding the soft yet 'compact' texture. These beancurd were laid nicely on top of lots of spinach, topped with lots of mushroom.

Braised Imperial Beancurd with Spinach. Price-RM24 per portion (we ordered 2 portions)

This vege we ordered seemed to have some similarity as the beancurd dish. The spinach was cooked till just nice, and we get this really soft spinach, cooked in imperial sauce. Enough for all us to get quite a big bowl.

Spinach. Price-RM48

The 'nai pak' was a favorite too. Just simple stir fried with garlic, we love simplicity of this dish, and ordered a 2nd serving.

Nai Pak. Price-RM20 per portion

By the time we were served with this longevity noodle, we were all full, and thus couldn't really finish. It was fried with mushroom, crab meat and vege. I love the taste of this too.

Noodle. Price-RM20 per portion

Despite some of us that were really full, we decided to add this order - Baked Otak-Otak Cod Fish in foil. Glad we did. Just love how aromatic this dish was, baked together with otak-otak. The cod fish was very fresh, and a bite combining this and the otak-otak, absolutely yumms..

Baked Otak-Otak Cod Fish in foil. Price-RM16 per pax

These were all that made it the other night. Hope to have more ex-colleagues join us in future.

Love the color combination of those standing... :)

While we continued chit-chatting, noticed that phenomenon of IPhone! As ALL OF US (except 1), are IPhone users... We respect choice by different individual, but we suppose to see another converting to IPhone soon..

Check out the fanciful IPhone covers (and how the Nokia seemed so out.. hehe)

Took the opportunity of the 2 birthday girls, and some Red Velvet that I brought, to sing this 2 lovely ladies a birthday song..

Candice & Sio Chian. Have a great birthday celebration.

Hope to catch up again real soon.

Oriental Pavilion
Lot P104, 1st Floor, Jaya 33,
3, Jalan Semangat, Section 13,
46100 PJ
Tel : 03-7956 9288

The Street Cafe @ Sunway Pyramid

2011-05-10T23:15:00.005+08:00

Have long heard of this little cafe serving Korean food at Asian Avenue @ Pyramid, and finally got to try it last week. Reaching during lunch time, it was all crowded, and we literally got the last table available.

I liked the concept, which ties in relatively well with the name, STREET CAFE, as in fact, you get the feeling of eating at a street.. (better still, air-cond street ^^)

Busy lunch crowd

I often get a little over-excited when visited a new place, for the first time. Flipped through the menu and decided on this few items.

One thing that looks extremely tempting to us was the Korean Rice Cake in chilli sauce. We opted for the original version. This was served piping hot, and we had to be extremely careful while taking each bite. Extremely chewy texture and was spicy. Just the right portion for us.

Korean Rice Cake in Chilli Sauce. Price-RM5.90

We took the Korean BBQ chicken mixed rice with kimchi tuna soup set. By the time we finished the rice, it has still remained super hot. With the chicken, there were beansprout, carrot, dou miau / pea shoots, mushroom - enough things to eat with the rice. This rice came with sweet, and slight spicy sauce. Overall, we didn't quite like this.

Korean BBQ chicken mixed rice with kimchi tuna soup set. Price-RM17.90

The kim chi soup which was part of the set, was really nice... Yes, everything was basically piping hot... It has the right level of spiciness, and lots of tuna, which tasted like chicken, to chew on, and lots of kimchi. Liked this...

Ordered the Street BBQ chicken set, which came with rice, kimchi and soup. This was ordered for my nieces, but they 'noticed' even the very slight spiciness, so we ended up having this. The chicken was marinated well, and was juicy.

Street BBQ chicken set. Price-RM10.90

Me, sis & my nieces

Street Cafe offer value for money Korean food, and is the first and only place offering HALAL korean food.

The Street Cafe
Lot 197, 1st Floor,
Asian Avenue ,
Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall,
3, Jalan PJS11/15, Bandar Sunway,
46150 PJ, Selangor
Tel : 03-5632 9822

Website : www.thestreetcafe.com.my

Chatime @ The Gardens

2011-04-29T18:14:00.012+08:00

The craze over Taiwan bubble tea has been apparent in the recent months, with the arrival of 'Chatime'. Well, there are other player in the market prior to Chatime, however, Chatime has been successful in branding and ensuring they are located at prominent and visible locations.

I simply love their logo, purple font in 'modern' typeface, 'accompanied' by the tea leaves

For a bubble tea product which started from 2003 in Taiwan, and has since spread its wings to 12 countries, including Malaysia. It boasts an impressive 450 stores worldwide. WOW!!!

Chatime entered Malaysia, with Pavillion, being its first flagship outlet, and just few months after (w/c 25 Apr '11) , into its 6th and 7th outlet at The Gardens and SS15 respectively. Chatime took the opportunity to officially launch its 6th outlet at The Gardens by holding an official media launch in The Gardens itself, on 28 April 2011

Here's some of its popular drinks :

From L to R : Red Bean Milk Tea, Pearl Milk Tea, Passion Fruit QQ, Grass Jelly Fresh Milk, Matcha Latte

I was treated to the Grass Jelly Fresh Milk. I just love this milky, healthy drink, filled with lots of incredibly soft grass jelly, which it was easier to finish up once I finished the drink.

My Grass Jelly Fresh Milk

I can't take my eyes away from the Pearl Milk Tea (as shown in the middle)

Absolute cute sticker to promote its range of 'Mousse' Tea

Jeff & Mei Yan started the media launch by creating 'little' conversations with the media and guests

The CEO of Chatime Malaysia shared on their business plans, and looks like they are looking to grow this world renowned bubble tea franchise rapidly, with plans of opening another 25 more flagship stores in the next 2 years. Oh, what a wonderful piece of news for bubble tea drink lovers.

Sharing of expansion plans by CEO of Chatime Malaysia, Mr Bryan Loo (needless to mention, the CEO has to be 1 of the youngest CEO in Malaysia, and he was repeatedly complimented by Jeff on how good looking he is, and how celebrity looking he is..... and yes, this I ought to agree)

After the official ribbon cutting, some Malaysian personalities were invited to demonstrate their latest beverage series - the Mousse Bubble Tea. 3 steps to drinking the mousse bubble tea.
1) Enjoy the rich flavor of mousse by sipping the top layer
2) Slowly insert the straw to enjoy freshness of tea at the bottom layer
3) Stir both layers till even and indulge in a perfect union..

Here are the drinks from the Mousse Bubble Tea range :

From L to R (Top): Black Tea Mousse, Chocolate Mousse, Jasmine GreenTea Mousse, Matcha Mousse
From L to R (Bottom) : Ichiban Roasted Tea Mousse, Tie Guanyin Tea Mousse

They all loved their Chatime drinks

Beautifully decorated cake by Delectable - totally stunning...

Guests were then invited to Chatime's outlet in front of CIMB, where Mr Bryan explained to the media on process of making the tea. Brewed tea and cooked bubble jellies will be discarded after 4 hours if not used.. (but they usually finish them up in an hour or so)..

Explanation in progress

Explanation on the steps of making the renowned bubble tea

A staff from Taiwan showed the actual making of a bubble tea - scoop 2 scoops of bubble jelly, pump in the syrup, then the milk/tea, shake for 20 times, and then pour them out (she certainly poured out the drink in the most stylish manner)... The process was then tried out by a local artiste.

The local artist took a shot on making the bubble tea

Thumbs up from another local artist, and Mr Bryan Loo

Busy busy outlet

I suppose consumers like the fact that they can choose the level of sugar and ice placed into their drinks. Price of drinks are either RM4.90 or RM5.90 for Regular size, and additional RM1 for Large.

Having a list of more than 120 beverage products comprising of tea, coffee and fruit pumps. When will I finish trying them? hehe..

Chatime available at :
Times Square, SS2Mall, Sunway Pyramid, First Avenue, The Gardens, SS15 and Pavilion
All outlets operate from 10am-10pm, with the exception of Pavilion (10am-11pm)

Alexis @ The Gardens, KL

2011-04-27T16:33:00.013+08:00

Alexis, my all time favorite fusion restaurant, with elegant contemporary interior was the place of choice for my buddy's belated birthday celebration. The popularity of Alexis is obvious, as this one at Gardens, being the biggest amongst its 6 outlets, were almost 100% filled, on a Monday night.

With its food quality that meets the mark on every visit, its no surprise that they are this popular.

Caesar salad came with fresh lettuce, bacon and croutons.

The penne carbonara was very tasty. Cooked together with bacon and mushroom, this creamy egg based sauce was just nice, and like the sauce that was 'trapped' in between the penne.

Penne Carbonara. Price-RM34

The kerabu fried rice tasted really good, having all the right element. The rice fried with long beans was soft, the fragrant salted fish, crispy and aromatic fried tumeric chicken, crispy keropok, and really fabulous tasting sambal belacan.. We had to asked for another serving of its belacan, as its quite small portion, and after that, had to order another side order of the keropok, for us to dip along with the belacan. Yumms!

Kerabu Fried Rice. Price-RM25

The gamberetto is 1 of my favorite.. thus, request to order this.. This thin crispy pizza, with tomato based is topped with garlic prawns, oven dried tomato, and lots of rocket. Rocket is a weird tasting green, with slight bitterness, but after getting used to this taste, I kinda liked it.. I liked the succulent juicy prawn too..

Gamberetto Pizza. Price-RM34

The tapas being baked button mushrooms came last. The highlight for this ought to be the mushroomy sauce with lots of garlic, that goes so well with the baguette. As the whole bowl are being baked together with the mushroom, the mushrooms were kept to its hottest, throughout.

Baked Button Mushroom. Price-RM16

We ordered the birthday girl's favorite, the Mixed Berries meringue, a dessert made out of whipped egg white and sugar. I love the delicate crisp crust of the meringue, balanced with extremely airy texture inside. A bite combining the creamy part of the cake that binds the meringue together with the berries (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries) wasn't sweet, slight sourness from the mixed berries plus the sweet meringue, this ought to be a blissful moment, for any cake lovers.

Mixed Berries Meringue. Price-RM15

My all time favorite - tiramisu was the other cake that was ordered. What I love most is the caramelized almonds that topped this cake.. This cake was also super yummy, with spongy cake layers, surrounding the layer with cheese and chunks of chocolate. The strawberry sauce adds taste to the entire cake.

This 2 will now be my super favorite cake - side by side...

Tiramisu. Price-RM15

A bottle of good wine to celebrate the occasion

A toast to the birthday girl... "Happiness always"..

Alexis
The Gardens, F209 Lingkaran Syed Putra
59200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03-2287-2281

Home Made Fish Head Noodle @ Kota Damansara

2011-04-26T23:11:00.006+08:00

Heard so much about Kennedy's at Kota Damansara, but being there on a wrong day ie. Monday (found it closed), had me & Cass opted for Home Made, fish head noodle instead.

I was extremely pleased to find this popular fish head noodle in such spacious and comfy environment.

Nice place for lunch

We had a little boy that required lots of attention...

"Give me your IPhone"....

I ordered their 3 layer milk tea.. This was by far the best I've tasted of 3 layer milk tea, after those that I tried from Kuching years back...Has this fragrant gula melaka taste, that compliments the other 2 layers made-up of tea and milk..The sweetness level was just right too.. Yumms....

3 Layer Milk Tea. Price-RM3.50

I ordered the Deep Fried Fish Head Mee Hoon. I have always liked my fish head noodle with milk, and also filled with lots of spring onion, tomato, salted vege, and I was happy to found generous portion of deep fried fish head, and fish meat. I liked the crunchiness on parts of the fried fish, enough meat for me to bite and the chewiness on some parts...
Overall satisfied with this bowl of noodle.

Fried Fish Head Mee Hoon. Price-RM8.50

Cass had hers with fish paste. Trust it would have been equally good.

They do not sell just fish head noodle, and within their menu, they also sell various toast breads, rice dishes... with a little similarity to chains such as Kim Gary and Pappa Rich..

Home Made Fish Head Noodle
(saw row as Pappa Rich - and they have another branch at Mid Valley)
8-1 & 10-1, Jalan PJU 5/5,
Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara,
47810 PJ
Tel & Fax : 03-6141 7978 / 012-236 1312 (JC Chin)

Another outlet of this

Restoran Tain Siang @ Bandar Botanic, Klang

2011-04-18T18:33:00.001+08:00

Since all family members were around yesterday, decided to have dinner together. Finding the right place to eat may not be as easy, as all had different opinion. We ended up trying out Restoran Tain Siang at Bandar Botanic.

Open amidst rows of new shoplots, this Taiwanese steamboat concept stood out from far, with its bright green signage, occupying 2 shoplots.

Still a lot of work in progress around Restoran Tain Siang

Peep through the window decal

This is surely a high-end steamboat. They only offer ala-carte, and not charged per pax. Seemed like nothing cost less than Rm10 per plate. A 6pcs fish egg ball cost RM20, 5 pcs "mongolian" wrap cost RM17.. However, we were curious to try, and ordered 10+ plates to try..

Just part of the menu

I didn't managed to snap pictures of the food we ordered, as the waitress placed them in, all within minutes, without asking prior, and so she decided what goes into which side of the pot. :(

Something that we found special was the 'Squid Sausage', as shown in picture (below), strips of black sausage with white dots. It curls up within secs of soaking them in the hot soup, and tasted very springy. This unique plate of sausage came with a price, at RM32... hmm..

The handmade prawn paste glue tasted coarse and pretty normal, whilst the handmade noodles, which costed RM10 for the small plate was way too expensive. Its real thick noodle texture, and required 15 mins cooking (why sooo long?)..

From L : Five Flower Pork - RM20, Handmade Prawn Paste Glue - RM15, Handmade Noodle - RM10, Squid Sausage - RM32

Their USP, whether the spicy or soup, is that they used 62 different type of herbs to cook the soup base. And the spicy soup based, has this, strong taste which suited well to Taiwanese taste bud. We all loved the soup base, and has this very natural sweetness (they claim no usage of MSG).

The hot pot, and is almost ready to be eaten

Huge space, with quite a number of tables filled up

They currently have this offer of, YOU BUY RM500 voucher, WE ARE THE HOST voucher worth RM300 will be given free OR YOU BUY RM1,000 voucher, WE ARE THE HOST voucher worth RM1,000 will be given free. With the bill coming up to RM315, its only natural that we went for this promo.

Quite a smart gimmick, to get customers to return for at least 2x, instead of 1-off.

Based on the number of filled up table, I would think that there is still market for this kinda business. As this is a rather fresh and new offering, in Malaysia, and worth trying, at least 1x. The set back is, you may not leave with fully filled up stomach. :) UNLESS you are willing to part with lots of $ from your wallet.

Restoran Tain Siang
25-29, Jalan Kasuarina 2, KS/7,
Bandar Botanic, Klang
Tel : 03-3325 1799

Business Hours :
11am-11pm

Lam Mee Ya @ Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang Jaya

2011-04-11T20:50:00.011+08:00

A meet-up at Empire Shopping Gallery, with my dearest ex-colleagues/boss, Alicia and Remus. We gave Remus the choice of where to eat, since he is now based back in KK. He opted for Lam Mee Ya, which didn't took us long to agree... He totally loved the food here, as he just had lunch at the same place, and again, during dinner ._.

One thing which I took notice from the 1st time I've been to Lam Mee Ya, is their menu. Overall, its a menu that carried clean look, with clear white background and most importantly, delicious looking food. Simply love their food photography...

Just love their menu... Uhhh.. everything looks so good

Remus immediately ordered the famous Lam Mee Ya char siu bun...
Oh, it was just sooo good... Soft bun, filled with lots of fillings, which tasted extremely delicious. The minced pork was extreeeemely tasty...

Char Siu Bun. Price-RM2.90 each

A change from my usual visit, where I usually go for their lam mee, we decided to order dishes...

Each of us had a bowl of their 'dan dong', and I had the white radish.. It came really hot, and we slowly take each sip with full satisfaction. Can really taste that this has been boiled long enough, for all its natural taste of the ingredients to have came out so strong.

White Radish Soup. Price-RM7.80

Jes opted for the steam rice with lard, good choice! looked absolutely delicious.. Am sure it brought extra 'kick'... the rest of us took the steam rice..

Lard Steam Rice. Price-RM3 (normal steam rice - RM2.80)

Asam Squid and prawn, I have nothing much to say, except that it was just too spicy for us...

Asam Squid & Prawn. Price-RM8.80

The Steam Pork with Black Bean sauce looks appetizing on the menu, and it doesn't fail when came to the real thing. This went so well with our rice.

Steam Pork with Black Bean Sauce. Price-RM7.80

The asam chicken tasted just nice. Chunks of chicken fried, and then cooked together with asam sauce. The asam with just the right level of sourness, made this a real appetizing dish.

Asam Chicken. Price-RM7.80

The sweet and sour pork had just the right texture, and had this caramelized effect. Nice.

Sweet and Sour Pork. Price-RM8.80

Another dish that got us praising was the pork leg with vinegar. Pork cooked till tender, whilst the soup was sour enough, with slight sweetness, made us wanting for more.

Pork Leg with Vinegar. Price-RM10.80

Each time I met Alicia together with Remus, it reminded me of the good old days. I had a wonderful dinner, despite us feeling rather hot, seated quite near to the kitchen.

Jes, Alicia, me and Remus

Lam Mee Ya
LG31 Lower Ground,
Jalan SS16/1,
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor
Tel : 03-5635 9818 / 5635 9858

TJ Haus @ Subang Jaya

2011-04-07T21:58:00.013+08:00

This meet up was in celebration to Aloysius and Janice's birthday. How quickly each year passes by. This place has long been mentioned by Aloysius and Sam, and we finally get to try it.

I walked up the stairs with much anticipation, and enjoyed my every steps, admiring the deco hung at the wall.

The wall and stairs leading up to TJ Haus

As I stepped in TJ Haus, I see a restaurant filled with neat decoration, that combines English style and garden-like.

Inside TJ Haus

While waiting for us to arrive, Aloy ordered this, to first fill up his stomach. The chicken was coated with breadcrumbs, fried till crispy, while retaining moisture within, topped with mushroom sauce. I liked how the sauce complimented the chicken. This plate also came with potato wedges, and salad on the sides.

Chicken Chop in Rich Mushroom Sauce. Price-RM19

Upon my arrival, we ordered the rest of the food for the night.

Pumpkin is not my all time favorite, however, I liked the thickness of this pumpkin soup, garnished with whipped cream and pumpkin seeds. Tasted so rich.

Pumpkin Soup. Price-RM7.50

For the appetizer, we went with the rosti - Swiss dish containing mainly potato. The portion of this appetizer was quite big, however, the grated fried potatoes was rather little, but that was fine, as we had really lots of Swedish marinated salmon, topped with sour cream. This also came with lots of greens. Yumms. From the little share of rosti that I tried, I really liked this. The potato smell was just aromatic, and the onion just complimented it, and this was fried with slight crispiness by the sides. I likeeeee!

Graved Lachs with Rosti. Price-RM19

The crispy duck was highly recommended by Sam and Aloy whom has been here. Duck in a Western restaurant? Interesting.. So we did ordered.. This German Style crispy duck was made by grilling to perfection, topped with brown orange sauce, served with red cabbage and boiled potato. The sour-y tasting red cabbage taken together with the crispy duck, brought just the right taste to the senses.

Crispy Duck. Price-RM24.50

The grilled fish was really fresh, served with thick sauce, topped with tomato, and grilled potato, lots of broccoli and salad by the side. Those that love olives will especially love this, as the sauce had lots of olives too.

Grilled Fish. Price-RM28

As for dessert, we ordered their famous chilled cheesecake, a piece each meant for the birthday boy and girl. A refreshing cheesecake with peach topping. Everyone just loved this, as the texture was really dense, and just so creamy and rich.

Cheesecake. Price-RM12

The other dessert that we ordered was the fried banana. I liked this. With it being fried, its crispy on the outside, coating the sweet and soft banana. Taken with vanilla ice-cream, this dessert is really not bad.

The yummy cheesecake waiting to be eaten.

Map to TJ Haus

TJ Haus Restaurant
27, 1st Floor, SS18/1B,
47500 Subang jaya
Tel : 03-5636 4508

Business Hours :
11am-2pm, 6-11pm
(Closed on 1st and 3rd Monday of the month)

Bon Bon's Cafe @ Damansara Jaya

2011-04-06T17:00:00.001+08:00

Having frequented Siblings for countless times, I have always heard of Bon Bon's Cafe, operated by Sibling's owner's sibling.

Being at Damansara Jaya last 2 Saturdays, suggested to Ivy to have lunch here, as I'd most like to try their delicious cakes.

A cafe kept to its simplicity, we know the crowd were all there for their good food, and yummy cakes.

Inside Bon Bon's Cafe

Serving mostly Western dishes, they also offer 2 local specials of the day - my favorite bitter gourd mee hoon (which I usually take when I go to Siblings). A bowl of meehoon that I was highly sastisfied with - though simple, I liked the natural sweetness from the soup broth, the smooth tender chicken (think its effect from quoting with cornflour), and the bitter small sized bitter gourd, that has turned less bitter after the cooking.

Bitter gourd Mee Hoon with Chicken. Price-RM10.90

If you ask for their teh tarik with less sugar, it really comes as requested. Love the teh taste.

Teh Tarik

They didn't have a lot of cake selections at the time we were there, so we opted for the chocolate walnut banana brownie with ice-cream. Ice-cream comes with additional RM2. The brownie was chocolaty, extremely moist, and soft - this combined with chunks of walnut, and some banana, it was simply divine.

Chocolate Walnut Banana Brownie. Price-RM7.90 (w/o ice-cream), RM9.90 (with ice-cream)

Leng Lui, Ivy and I

When I left, I checked when can I come back for their famous durian cake, and I was told, the lady boss has not made this for the past few years, and doesn't plan to sell this anymore. Sigh! However, I was extremely impressed with the long list of cakes that were available (made by just a handful of staff including the lady boss), with advance order required.

Bon Bons's Café
22 Jalan SS22/21 Damansara Jaya, 47400,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Tel: 603-77286357

Business Hours :
8am-6pm (Mon-Fri), 8am-5.30pm (Sat)
Closed on Sunday

Rojak Atria @ Petaling Jaya

2011-03-29T00:29:00.004+08:00

During lunch last Sat at Bon Bon, Ivy told me that she often has craving for this rojak, operating by the little street, next to Atria. Oh, so I must try this, after lunch..

This Rojak Atria operates from just bike, which customers can opt to eat at the food court area. You can find Mr Rojak on the little street facing 'Language School'. Since it was Sat, there wasn't that many people then.

For the regular take-away, the boss will have the ready packed rojak by the side, ready to go.

Rojak, ie. fruit salad drowned in prawn-based dressing with chili sauce are found at many places, but to find really good ones, it isn't that easy.

Mr Rojak

The rojak man said "don't go away la, show that got leng lui buying ma' ha.ha.

This plate of rojak has all that I like - they are all so fresh, as the rojak man slice in the fruits using his knife only at time of packing - young papaya, mango, pineapple, cucumber, turnip. With order of the big portion at Rm4.80, the amount of fruits is really a lot.. and came with 2 pcs of crackers.. I didn't know earlier, and asked for additional 1 pc which cost only RM0.30.. Light and crispy, yumms, and the price, worth it.. (Pack of small rojak - RM3.80)

Overall, the sauce is not too heavy and just the right thickness to coat all the fruits.. I will definitely drop by to take-away a pack of rojak if I'm around the neighborhood.

My plate of appetizing rojak (before and after quoted with sauce)

Rojak Atria
SS22/23, PJ, Selangor

Business Hours : 11am-5.30pm
Close on Tue (unless it's a public holiday)

Restoran Yin Her @ Sungai Buloh

2011-03-26T01:46:00.008+08:00

With my aunty and uncle from Perth for a short trip, it gave more reason for me to meet up with my other relatives. Each time when meet up, the most popular question heard, will be 'where shall we eat this for lunch/dinner?'... Last Tue, Aunty from PJ suggested to have dinner at Sungai Buloh. This is 1 area that I am least familiar with.
When we reached the restaurant, we headed to the non air-cond area, facing the pond . Though without air-cond, it was a chilly night, as it was just after rain, and with slight wind breeze, what a nice weather...
After taking a look around, one thing prominent was the lush greenery - lots of plant...

Surrounding of the restaurant

Just next to the restaurant, there is a lake for fishing, with charge of RM20 per 3 hours.

There were a few man, patiently waiting for their rod to get hooked..

Our plates of food were served relatively fast, and I was told that this restaurant is really packed on weekends. No luck for crab the other night, as they have not been getting their regular stock.

As we looked at the plates of food placed on the table, we knew we are to savor good tasting food - Bon Appetite..

This was the braised yee mee and hokkien mee hoon noodle we had. The hokkien mee hoon was a little too wet. However, it doesn't lack the taste a good plate of noodle should have. The yee mee, just the right taste I'd like in a plate of noodle. Braised till just soft enough, and not soggy. Overall, these 2 plates has generous amount of ingredients - like vege, squid and pork.

Braised Yee Mee. Price-RM12

Hokkien Mee. Price-RM10

The winner has to be this plate of fried tanghoon. This was cooked to close perfection, not too dry, tasty overall, with lots of beansprout, prawn, cuttlefish, pork and not forgetting the dried prawn that was found in every other mouth of tanghoon I had.

Fried Tanghoon. Price-RM10

The salted mantis shrimp has this really wonderful aroma - the crunchy bites of this will set you wanting for more. Uncle said, this is best taken with beer. Makes a wonderful snack food too.

Mantis Prawn. Price-RM20

The steam lala was one of the favorite for all of us... This thin shelled lala, gave a nice chewy texture, and the soup which has a strong taste of chinese wine, and was cooked using wolfberries, ginger, and just enough chilli padi - its important that chilli padi doesn't overkill the whole taste. Nice!!

Lala. Price-RM25

We were then served complimentary dessert, a bowl each - the barley fu chok, with sago. Lovely way to end our dessert. Was told by cousin, that if we were to order rice and dishes, the owner will serve complimentary soup. I supposed every customer welcomes free stuff, yea?

Complimentary bowl of dessert

I had a wonderful dinner, catching up with my aunties and uncles. The dinner was 'spiced' up by my entertaining 'Aunty Mei Kei'.. :)

A group photo with all my relatives...

Another photo together, this time, just the ladies.. :)

Restoran Yin Her
(from Subang Terminal 3, go straight and turn left, heading to"Kg Baru Sungai Buloh". Then turn into a rocky pathway when you see "Restoran Yin Her" sign on the left).
AL 114, Jalan Welfare,
Kampung Baru, Sg Buloh, Selangor.
Tel : 03-6156 5876 / 012-298 1889

Business Hours : 11am-10.30pm (Mon-Sun)

McD @ Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang

2011-03-23T16:59:00.007+08:00

When sis told me she had breakfast at McD a week earlier, where by purchase of 2 cups of coffee, she received 2 sets of Big Breakfast free. I had to ask her to repeat her statement, as I find this deal to good to be true.

So I was really happy to find this McD's breakfast ad, with a cut-off coupon attached.

What a deal, from McD

Our attempt to have breakfast on a Sunday, to both McD outlets - failed, as both places were totally swamped with people... So, we postpone to claim the offer on Monday instead.

Though there was still queue, however, this is just a fraction of Sunday's crowd. The staff practically worked non-stop, in their attempt to serve the customers promptly. Well, there is surely a good reason to this fabulous deal - its a celebration in winning the Gold Putra Brand Award for 2 years in a row.

The Big Breakfast Set that consist of sausage McMuffin, scrambled egg and hash brown

Yumms, all ready to eat

What a big difference, after 11am, when the breakfast time ends

Mom posing proudly with her grand-daughters..

My cut-out coupon states 22 Mar as the last day of redemption, but the below coupon can still be printed out, and valid till 31 Mar for redemption.

The cut-out coupon

Even after this promo period, McD's breakfast is still very affordable...

McD's Weekday Special..

A change from my usual breakfast choices, I will head to McD for breakfast, occasionally, as McD does offer good value, filling breakfast meals.. :)

Oldies & Goodies @ Brinchang Point, Cameron Highlands

2011-03-19T15:15:00.007+08:00

From my last year trip to Cameron, I thought this is truly a restaurant worth visiting. Our initial plan was to have steamboat at this highly popular steamboat restaurant (through some self-advertising that I saw) via internet. However, we came across a local, and was told, the food at that restaurant was over-rated, and instead, we were recommended to go 'Oldies & Goodies'...

Immortality soup - Oh, I wish I could live forever after drinking this.

Love the shiny & 'bling bling' effect used in the menu

Yes, so we did try the steamboat with the immorality soup. The portion look a lot for 3 pax, and of course, its because this big plate was filled up with lotsa of vege at the bottom (you find find very generous portion of vege in steamboats in Cameron, due to their many fresh vege available here). This plate is a combination of frozen 'goodies', and fresh stuff like prawns.

Steamboat. Price-RM20 per person. Above is portion for 3 pax.

I can't remember fully now, but I remember there were pumpkin and lots of others ingredients used in the soup base.

Steamboat, all cooked.. Can't wait to dig in.

Well, overall, I think one can skip their steamboat (unless one would really like to have hot soups from steamboat, in the cold weather of Cameron Highlands).

I find the dishes we ordered tasted excellent, and within very reasonable price.

Just look at how appetizing this plate of fried rice. Using lots of vege, mushroom, prawns, crabsticks, this plate of rice was filled with lots of gravy and came really hot, and just so yummy.

Fried Rice. Price-RM6

The other specialty is the pumpkin that were fried, and then coated with this really tasty, with slight sweetish taste. It gives just the right feeling as you bite it, as this was crispy on the sides, while the pumpkin remained soft and tasty on the inside. However, it was a little salty when we tasted it. Trust this would go well with white rice.

Pumpkin. Price-RM15

This plate of fried noodle was fried so well, and we just love the sauce used in this.

Fried Noodle. Price-RM6

This definitely will be the restaurant that I will visit again, and recommend to friends heading to Cameron Highlands.

Oldies & Goodies Roasted Restaurant
(from the night market spot, turn in where Hotel Star Regency is. Go straight as though you are heading to 'Cactus Valley' and this restaurant is located at the row of shoplot parallel to Hotel Star Regency).
19, GF, Jalan Angsana 1,
Brinchang Point ,
39100 Cameron Highlands, Pahang
Tel : Loong @ 016-549 7774 / 05-491 5800

Pantai Seafood @ Kayu Ara, PJ

2011-03-11T00:40:00.010+08:00

A text that reads "dinner for Steven's farewell on xxxx "... Even not knowing fully why a farewell is taking place, I agreed to it (any reason to have dinner with my closer friends..hehe).

Suggested Pantai Seafood for dinner this round, as I had the urge to eat here (after passing there during my lunch at Lala Chong few weeks earlier)..
I used to frequent this place, and I meant, really frequent, when I was working with 1 of my ex-employer. So, I do miss the food here, somehow. To be frank, over the many many times previously, all were good dining experience. The food has never failed to "deliver".. :)

This was the 1st place that I tried fried kailan... I thought this is an interesting vege to order, for the 1st timers here. The leafy part of the kailan was fried till so crispy, that you simply have no idea it is actually kailan. In fact, it tasted a little like seaweed. Just love the 'oh-so green' plate of vege.

Fried Kailan in 2 varieties. Price-RM12 (S), RM18 (M), RM25 (L)

The pork rib with marmite sauce was absolute delicious too. Tender tasting pork rib, with thick sauce that coats all around the not too fatty pork.

Deep Fried Pork Rib with Marmite Sauce. Price-RM18 (S), RM23 (M), RM32(L)

The fried tanghoon has the right 'wok hei', and tasty throughout.

Since this dinner was 'for' Steven, we ought to respect the one dish he requested for. Steam fish! Okie. Dokie.. We ordered the talapia, teo chew style, steam. The fish was fresh, and we just liked this teo chew style that blends the sourish taste and natural sweetness taste. And not forgetting the salted vege and tofu.

Steamed Talapia, Teo Chew Style. Price-RM26 per kg

Yes, I have been craving for crabs for the past 2 weeks plus. With a little coaxing, they agreed to order crabs. Yay... Had the salted egg crab. I think anything that's cooked with salted egg somehow will just taste good. The thick yolk stuck to all parts of the crab allowed us to have the salty taste that combines just so well, with the fresh crab flesh.

Crab. Price-RM42 per kg (with min order of 2 crabs)

We had a nice dinner catching up, and all the best to Steven, on his new venture (it would have been better, if I had not fell sick, right away, while driving home)... On a positive note, at least I had a really yummy dinner, before losing all my appetite for the next few days.. :)

Up to now, I think all my friends know that a group photo has to take place, before they can dig in. Sorry & thank you friends..Haha...

Pantai Seafood Restaurant
Lot 13575, Jalan Cempaka PJU6A,
Kg Sg Kayu Ara, PJ
Tel : 03-7725 5099/1099

Lala Chong @ Kayu Ara, Damansara

2011-02-27T22:01:00.002+08:00

I used to frequent Lala Chong when they were operating from Kg. Subang. For that, I suggested to to Lena and Cass to have lunch here before Lena heads home the next day. After the lunch here the other day, I somehow think that the food at Lala Chong doesn't taste quite the same anymore.. :(

Their fried rice which used to be my all time favorite doesn't really live up to that, that day... Think it was slightly more wet than usual, and doesn't have as much chicken and prawn like it used to. However, I must say there's quite a lot of fried rice for order of 1 pax...(good enough to be shared by 3 of us)..

Fried Rice for one. Price-RM6

Lena wanted the Malaysian fried chicken wings before she heads back to US :) She got it.. And this fried chicken wings tasted good.. Thin crispy skin.. Yumms...

Fried Chicken Wings. Price-RM13

I seldom find this in most Chinese restaurants, thus decided to order their paku-pakis vege. In the menu, this is to be fried with tuna, but I really didn't liked it the one time I tried this. However their version with sambal is a lot better. Though it looks a little like water spinach, it has a unique taste on its own.

Paku Pakis. Price-RM11

I have all the while love their 'shuet san fei wu' fish. Sounded like title of TVB drama from the past.. hehe.. Its salted grilled fish. Peel of the skin, and savor in the freshest fish flesh.

Salted Grilled Fish. Price-RM27

Slightly blurry pix of us- Cass, me and Lena, but no complaint la...

Lala Chong Seafood Restaurant
Lot 13556, Jalan Cempaka Kayu Ara,
Damansara, 47400 PJ
Tel : 03-7728 1906

Purple Cane @ Shaw Parade, KL

2011-02-25T00:21:00.005+08:00

Our plan to have a quick dinner before movie was diverted to Purple Cane, as it has this attraction that seemed to be calling us to come inside. Hehe..

The ambiance sets a very relaxing mood, and I just like the very 'Chinese' feel... :)

Inside Purple Cane

Instead of ordering drink, I prefer to order their soup. Have always liked their soup that comes in form of tea set. Their special for the day was apple and pear soup. Like them both, as these are clear soup, that brings out the natural sweetness of the apple and pear, boiled together with chicken.

Apple Soup and Pear Soup. Price-RM5 each

We wanted to order in the shortest time, so just pick 2 dishes from their menu of popular dishes. Pointed at the picture, and hola, we were done.

I love this plate of stir fried mix vege, which came with lotus root, capsicum, button mushroom, black mushroom, broccoli, baby corn and fried yau char kuai. The taste from the sauce was just nice, slightly plain, which means not too salty..

Mixed Vege. Price-RM12

The batter of the salad prawn was crunchy, with slightly hard texture, making it a little chewy. This prawns goes well with mayonnaise.

Salad Prawn. Price-RM16

And after the dinner that did not took too long, we headed to watch 'All Well Ends Well 2011'.. Nice end to my evening.
Click here on my earlier post

Purple Cane Tea Restaurant
Lot L1-01, 1st Flr, Shaw Parade,
Off Jalan Pudu, Changkat Thambi Dollah,
55100 KL
Tel : 03-2145 3090
Fax : 03-2145 3093

Soon Soon Lye @ Bandar Puteri, Puchong

2011-02-19T00:49:00.007+08:00

Heard of this fish head noodle place that my sis and family frequented, and since I was at this area with Bud and her kids, I tried to locate Soon Soon Lye... After getting instruction on how to get there by my BIL, we managed to find it after a few turns.

What a hot Monday afternoon.. but glad that the restaurant wasn't too packed.

Ryan, looking oh so serious... ;-P

Once seated and presented with the menu, I took a while to go through, as they offer a long list of varieties, with different combination.

Everything looks so yummy

They have different type of fish, and during weekends, they even offer fresh slice salmon to go with the noodles.

Bud went for the salmon fish head with fish paste.

Salmon fish head and fish paste noodle. Price-RM10.90

I opted for the sotong ball with fish paste. I like the freshness of the sotong ball which comes with small cuts of sotong within. The fish paste was no less in terms of the freshness.

Bud and I both love our bowl of 'lai fun' noodle, with milk, salted vege, yam, fried shallot and spring onion. Yes, the soup tasted really sweet, and we finished up with full satisfaction.

Sotong ball and fish paste noodle. Price-RM10.90

If you don't mind to order something which is a little more expensive, I heard the lady boss sharing that their 'Fried Cod Fish and Belly' is one of the more popular item ordered by her customers.

Here's how to get there :

Restoran Soon Soon Lye Salmon Fish Head
23, Jalan Puteri 2/3,
Bandar Puteri,
47100 Puchong, Selangor.
Tel : 03-8063 5235 / 012-7625 900 (Micheal Mak)

Business hours : 9am-9.30pm

Pinang Lanta Seafood @ Kepong, KL

2011-02-17T18:46:00.009+08:00

I had 1 of the most wonderful time last Friday.. Spending the evening with my best friends from my school days ie. Lena and Cass (and of course with the company of Kelvin), we ended up having an evening overdosed with laughter.

Happy Rabbit Year, from me and my buddies

Engrossed in our photo taking (we snapped hundreds of photos of each other.. oh wow!!), we didn't realized how fast time flies. Needing to fill up our stomach quickly, I suggested Pinang Lanta, which is near to Cass's home.. also, I wanted them to try the steamboat here.

Unfortunately, when we got here, were told steamboat will only be served starting 14 Feb, and thus, opted to order dishes..

Lots of chinese wine was used to steam the lala, however, not sure if lack of supply during CNY, the lala wasn't that fresh.

Steam lala. Price-RM11

Lena, having stayed in US for a while, wanted to eat the loh mee. Frankly, tasted ordinary. Not bad, nor too good.

Loh Mee. Price-RM11

The butter chicken was filled with lots of creamy buttery sauce, and the chicken was fried till real crispy. Not bad.

Butter Chicken. Price-RM16

The highlight of the dinner has to be this plate of fried frog (frankly, I don't think I will be able to eat this, if I see the frog while they are still alive)... The flesh was really tender which tasted like a blend between fish and chicken meat, fried till real crispy with ginger, topped with lots of parsley, we all loved this.

Fried Frog. Price-RM24

Boon, Cass, Lena and I

After dinner, we adjourned to night photography. Which means snapping more photo of each other. Just love these moments.

View of Petronas Twin Towers. Magnificent.

Between having to order dishes and steamboat at Pinang Lanta, I prefer their steamboat hands down.
Click here on my earlier post on Pinang Lanta's steamboat.

Pinang Lanta Seafood
3G, 5G, Blk 5, Jalan Metro Perdana Timur 2,
Taman Usahawan Kepong,
Kepong, 52100 KL
Tel : 013-482 9612 / 016-377 2028

Typica @ Jalan Changkat Thambi Dollah, KL

2011-02-13T00:15:00.008+08:00

I had a wonderful CNY. 1 of the reasons being the fact that a few of my closest friends who work overseas, returned to Malaysia for the celebration. Even happier, when they are able to find time to spend some time with me.

One of them being Keng, who managed to meet up with me before she leaves for Shanghai. She is a dear friend, who has been truly supportive towards me. And she, being ever so flexible when come to making plans, left it to me for suggestion. I thought it will be nice to have a cup of coffee at Typica.

She liked the cosy feeling that Typica offers (though I'm sure there are many of similar cafes in Shanghai).

Inside Typica

Going through the menu, their set of Dessert Coffee interest me this round. I had my eyes on the 'Ice Drip Gula Melaka Coffee', so I opted for this, this round.

My coffee was first served with a glass filled with a flower shaped ice-cube made using gula melaka.
I love looking at how my glass of coffee was filled up, in front of me.
I was advised to drink slowly, so that as the ice melts, I will be able to taste the gula melaka better.
Overall, I just love the mild gula melaka taste that blended in so well, as I take sips of this glass of strong coffee.

Ice Drip Gula Melaka Coffee. Price-RM18

Keng went for the Coffee with Pandan flavor fresh milk. She thought this is a rather unique combination and absolutely loved this too.

Coffee with Pandan Flavour Fresh Milk. Price-RM14 (hot), RM17 (cold)

Nothing beats having a slice of cake to go with a cup of coffee. Ordered the Mango Delight cake. I just like the lightness of this cake. I like how the cake is made up of sponge cake being interspersed with mango mousse, with pumpkin seeds by the side, topped with thin layer of cream and chunks of ripe mango. It has a very light taste of sweetness, thus, this cake not only has the perfect combination, it also reduce the guilt of savoring into a piece of cake which usually is a lot sweeter.

Mango Delight. Price-RM10

Me and Keng

Trust it won't be limited to just 2 visits...l will be returning to here, again and again, for sure. Here's link to my earlier post

Typica
GL-08, Ground Floor,

Shaw Parade Plaza,

Changkat Thambi Dollah,

55100 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel:+603 - 2145 0328 / 019-294 9282

Business Hours :

11am-9pm (Sun-Thu), 11am-10pm (Fri, Sat, holiday eve)

Hokkaido Ichiba @ The Garden Mall, Mid Valley

2011-02-09T00:56:00.002+08:00

Sis and I had the chance to go shopping, while the children stayed home. Taking opportunity of the off-peak time, we had our dinner at Hokkaido Ichiba.. Oh, just by the name of it, I so miss Hokkaido.. When will I go back to Hokkaido again? :)

We wanted something simple, so each of us ordered a bowl of noodle.

I love my fine chewy texture of ramen noodle in this bowl of miso soup. Along with it, was a half hard-boiled egg, lots of seaweed, corn and spring onion, and a few big hotate. Yumm. I just love scallops... With all this ingredients, I thought the price was rather fair..

Miso Hotate Ramen. Price-RM16.80

Sis being a spicy food lover ordered the Spicy Miso Ramen. It has similar ingredients as mine, except for this came with chunks of marinated chicken and spicy broth.

Spicy Miso Ramen. Price-RM14.80

We were drooling over its ice-cream menu which has such irresistible flavours of ice-cream, and told ourselves we ought to order these.. However, after the big bowl of noodle each, we changed our mine. Once a while, we are able to control to not over-stuff ourselves. :)

Hokkaido Ichiban
Lot T-201, Third Floor, The Garden Mall,
Midvalley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra,
59200 KL
Tel : 03-2283 1060

My cooking : Turmeric Prawns

2011-02-09T00:26:00.003+08:00

This is the 1 dish that I've cooked on a once a year basis, and each time happen to be during CNY...
I've cooked this once again on the eve of CNY. (total 3 times to-date)
Perhaps this is a simple trick of mine - to not cook this too many times during the year, so that each time, my family member would have forgotten the taste from the year before, and will fall in love with dish all over again.

Turmeric Prawn

You will be pleasantly surprised with how good this taste, just through this rather simple recipe :
(this recipe was from Malaysian Women Weekly)

30g butter
1 tbsp oil
2 tbsp chilli sauce
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 pinches turmeric powder
2 1/2 tbsps lemon juice
300ml thickened cream
500g prawns
salt to taste

1. Heat butter and oil in wok over medium fire till frothy. Add chilli sauce, garlic and turmeric. Stir for 1 min.
2. Add lemon juice. Simmer over low fire, stirring for another min. Stir in cream. Bring to boil, then reduce fire and simmer for 4 to 5 mins or until sauce thickens.
3. Add prawns. Cook, stirring occasionally for 3 to 4 mins or until prawn changes colour. Season to taste with salt.

Happy trying..

Valentine's Day

2011-02-02T00:55:00.003+08:00

There's so many celebration on the way. Another day to CNY, and not long after, Valentine's Day.

Here's some delicious looking cake that may very well fit in the romance of Valentine's. Whether it is for your Valentine in replacement of flowers, or to compliment them, or coming from the girlfriend that would like to give her boyfriend something in return, these cakes are good any how.. :-P

Here's presenting :
(these cakes are available at all times, not just during Valentine's).

Tiramisu Fragola
A sure hit amongst the tiramisu lovers, with this blissful combination between mascarpone cheese, espresso, baileys and sponge fingers. That's not all - it is also topped with strawberries, and chocolate shavings.. Yumms!

Cupcakes
Our rich buttery cupcake topped with buttercream icing
(message can be personalized)

Almond Cream Cheese Cake
Try this version of our love shaped 'butter-less' and 'flour-less' cake. This cake is filled with aroma from almond, and topped with rich smooth cream cheese.
And top with 'red hot' strawberries, what better way to celebrate your Valentine's day..

All the above are homemade. If interested or for further details, just drop me an email at : sherlyn@simplydesirablegift.com

Do also click 'LIKE' on our Facebook page. Just "simply" look for 'Simply Desirable Gift'. *<>*

Restoran Spring Golden @ Kota Kemuning

2011-01-17T01:20:00.004+08:00

A wet Sunday... what a lovely weather to sleep-in...
Has been a while since I heard from my brother on how much he enjoyed the char siu he had at Shah Alam, thus on this lovely Sunday, we and Sam, headed to Spring Golden.

About 10 mins drive from Klang, we reached this part of Shah Alam (which I've never explored previously), and glad to see that there are still char siu for sale.. ^^

A ordinary looking shop, serving not so ordinary char siu..

We have the option to order either wan tan mee or rice, to go with our order, of char siu, roast pork and duck (they sell chicken too)...

I love just by the look of the wan tan mee when I was served... This springy and fine looking wan tan mee lived up 100% of how it looked, as I took each bite. Simply tossed with soya sauce and black sauce, this is good to eat just on its own.

My yummy-licious looking plate of wan tan mee

Oh-My-Goodness were the 3 words I uttered when I saw this plate of char siu. The caramelized taste, with slight crispy texture on some edges of these combination of fat and lean meat, were just perfect !
Indeed when I chewed this piece of meat, it has that 'melting' effect in my mouth, and the entire chunk of meat felt so soft..

Plate of irresistible char siu

The roast pork had very crispy skin, and the duck tasted good as well. Since there is a 'star-product', I suppose my taste bud were 'all-over' the char siu..

Roast Pork and Roast Duck

With a bowl of 4 pcs dumpling, the total bill came up to RM40.80 (including 2 barley drink). Considering the price of meat that isn't anywhere near cheap, I felt that this price was quite a fair one to pay.

The boss was ex-extremely friendly... we somehow were very impressed by how well articulate he is. On normal days, they are close during the evening, except for pick-up order, and for CNY, they are taking order as well (they are only close on 1st day of CNY... looks like we can even add his char siu for our reunion dinner). Their char siu is selling at RM9.50 per 100gm, and he took the time to explain to us how customers will pay differing prices each time, due to variance in char siu grammage.

Spring Garden Restaurant
25, Jalan Sepadu C,
25/C, Section 25,
Taman Perindustrian Axis,
40400 Shah Alam
Tel : 019-337 9319, 016-205 0660 (Max Lim)

Marufuku @ Jaya One, PJ

2011-01-16T01:15:00.005+08:00

Met with Carol, my ex-college mate, for lunch last week. Since her office is near to Jaya One, we headed there. I heard about this sister outlet of Sanuki Udon (much has been read/written on how good looking the Japanese owner is ^^) being at Jaya One, thus wanted to give it a try. I can't remember the name at first, but it wasn't difficult, as once we reached here, we saw a few Marufuku's bunting stand.

Having reached here slightly before 12.30noon, we saw queue of people, waiting for their turn to order food. Being a self-service restaurant, we will have to key in our order (of main meal), into the machine near the entrance. After which, take the slip, and you may order the side order (which has been prepared prior), and then order your drink at the cashier.

Space comfortable enough, to fit, quite a number of staffs

The side dishes

I didn't really liked the onion and vege tempura, as it was cold, and pretty oily.

Onion and vege tempura. Price-RM2

Both of us ordered the Nabeyaki Udon, simply because it has the most ingredients.. hehe.. This bowl of udon was served hot in claypot topped with tempura ebi, fried tofu, shiitake mushroom, dumpling, egg and chopped spring onion.. As much as I enjoyed the piping hot broth, I find it a little salty to my tastebud, and Carol commented of the same, after our lunch. However, I still very much like the udon noodle which was springy...

Nabeyaki Udon. Price-RM10

Hmm.. the guys which were seated 2 tables from us, paid us a little attention, as they seem to look amused when we asked the staff from Marufuku to snap a picture of us. "Why, man? ^^"

Carol and I... I have always thought that Carol has this 'Japanese' look...

Marufuku
Unit L18-G-1, GF, Palm Square, Jaya One,
72A, Jalan Universiti,
46200 PJ
Tel/Fax : 03-7957 6368

URL : http://bit.ly/marufuku

Xin Chun Steamboat @ Kota Damansara

2011-01-04T00:45:00.004+08:00

Being early to Xin Chun steamboat on 30 Dec 2010 (the official last working day for most people), I witnessed how fast the place was filled up with customers. To the end, some customers had to wait for table. Despite so many steamboat restaurants around this area, this is truly a good sign of one that is doing extremely well.

Known for its Pulau Ketam steamboat, Xin Chun offers the 'Pulau Ketam' set at RM13.50 per pax, whilst 'Executive' set is at RM26.50 per pax.

We went for the 2 pax order, for the 3 of us... plus more vege particularly for the health conscious one. I like how much my 2 friends are fairly health conscious, with 1 particularly, is sticking to her non-carbo diet. Salute la... and perhaps, this is something I should pick up, bit by bit, this year? Hmmm...

Janis, the 귀여워 Gwi-Yeo-Weo (cute) girl (she is so crazy over K-Pop ^^), holding the menu board for picture.. Hehe..

It was certainly big portion of ingredients for 2 pax order, and being a fishball lover, I had to wait patiently for the pot of stock to simmer... This 'yummylicious' plate of goodies includes fresh looking fishballs (various types), fish noodle, 'sui gow', taufoo, taufoo pok, beancurd skin, vege, fish meat and prawn.

Huge plate of 'good stuff' for the 3 of us...

A picture as memory before we start our 'work' to put in the ingredients into the hot pot.

Janis, Chloe and I... Decided to put the 'NG' shot of Janis and I, where her big eyes were closed... So cute..

While waiting for the ingredients to cook, our lala, steamed with chinese wine was served. The lala served was the big and heavy shell type, nevertheless, they tasted good. I liked the strong chinese wine taste...

Steamed lala

We went for the mix pot, combining the clear soup, and tom yam soup. Both tasted ordinary, but good enough to go with the loads of ingredients.

Mix pot steamboat

Xin Chun Seafood Steamboat
No 15, Jln PJU 5/3,
Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara,
47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Tel: 012-544 5582

Bubba Gump @ The Curve

2011-01-04T00:43:00.005+08:00

Where else to go when you feel like being overloaded with prawns? I just had craving for Bubba Gump's prawns, and few days later, Jo suggested to meet up here. Just in time!

She bought this hot deal from mydeal.com.my. How cool is that, where mydeal will have new hot deal with different merchants, offering discount between 50%-90%. Once the minimum number of buyers for certain deal is reached, the deal is "on"... Do visit the site to check out the fantastic deals.
This deal that Jo got was the Shrimp Feast @ 50% off. With the price of RM43.35 nett (instead of RM86.70), we get a drink, big portion of shrimp, and a chocolate chip sundae cookies as dessert.

So we were served the 1 pound 'Shrimper Catch-3', with the option of cajun spice and garlic. Of the 2, I prefer the garlic option, as I liked the slight saltiness that came with this. We were peeling lots of prawns the other night.

'Shrimper-Catch 3'. Yumms.

For dessert, we had chocolate chip sundae cookie which was really huge, at least for the 2 of us. It had scoops of vanilla ice-cream, cream, topped with loads of crunchy peanuts, and the chocolate chip cookie as the base (needless to say, it is of the same size of the pan). Quite a refreshing way to have chocolate chip cookies. Overall, I liked this dessert..

Chocolate Chip Sundae Cookie

Jo & I usually hang out with the company of the rest of the gang. So it was quite a nice change, for a 1 to 1 dinner session.

Me & Jo

I have 2 previous post on Bubba Gump. Do check them out here

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Lot 145, 1st Floor,
Jalan PJU 7/3, The Curve,
Mutiara Damansara

Nandos @ Mid Valley

2011-01-04T00:40:00.005+08:00

I have never tried Nando's, until around 5 months ago, where Fei suggested for us to have our late lunch here. I never knew it tasted so good, and I ought to say, its far ahead of K.R. I felt not worth it to have paid that much for a meal at K.R. but for taste of chicken at Nando's, yes!

So, I was craving for Nando's chicken while I was at Mid Valley 2 weeks ago. I didn't realize they have such a huge space inside, and it was really crowded.

One thing that they are ahead than the rest, they have their very own produced sauces. Can't wait to dip my chicken in these 'appetizing' chilli sauce. I love the Garlic Peri-Peri sauce, as its at the right spiciness.

The variety of chilli sauce

We both took the mild Peri-Peri chicken with 2 sidelines (from their list of 10 options, which includes different types of salad, chips and corn).

1/2 Chicken with 2 sides : Peri Potato Salad and Peri 3 Bean Salad. Price-RM14.95

The grilled chicken was crispy on most sides and the chicken meat was marinated so well that almost all part of the chicken was tasty. Its such a nice blend of taste, eaten together with the mild peri-peri sauce (yes, I did dipped a lot of the Garlic Peri-Peri sauce). Also, I love the thick fries... Only the corn was so-so.

1/2 Chicken with 2 sides : Corn and Old Style Chips. Price-RM14.95

I can skip the address etc, as I suppose Nando's need no introduction to most...

Till my next craving.... ^^

Da Tuan Yuan @ Bandar Baru Klang

2011-01-04T00:20:00.006+08:00

For a change, the birthday celebration of the gang took place in Klang... This is in celebration to the early year baby, Sally...

We had our lunch at Da Tuan Yuan... All the food that we ordered tasted aweeee-some...

The assam fish head, was so absolutely tasty.. yumm.. yumm.. the slight sourish and spiciness of the tom yam, makes you wanting for more... The flesh of the fish was so fresh, and had texture that was just so firm. Absolute must order dish!

Assam fish head

The lady boss recommended the marmite octopus.. This is a snack dish, where the octopus was fried till real crunchy, and then, fried together with marmite.. Nice...

Marmite fried octopus

Gosh, suddenly I forgot what this vege is called, after eating for soo many times...'Guai Dau Miu'.??
Just stir fried is good enough to bring out the natural taste of the vege.... Crunchy too..

The salted egg mantis shrimp definitely makes you wanting for more.. The salted egg can be tasted throughout every bite, and it was so crunchy as well....

Mantis Shrimp with salted egg

The total bill came up to around RM87, not too bad for it is inclusive for the big fish head we had.. Hehe.

Da Tuan Yuan Restaurant
22G, Jalan Tiara 2D/KU1,
Pusat Perniagaan BBK,
41150 Klang, Selangor
Tel : 03- 3342 9309

Poca Homemade @ Lorong Kurau, Bangsar

2010-12-26T00:40:00.009+08:00

After rushing all the Christmas orders, I can't wait to get back to my blogging.

This lunch was about 3 weeks back, where I met up with my ex-classmate, Cass. Much has been read about Poco, and glad that Cass was up to trying Poco with me.

We love the simplicity and the entire non-pretentious feel of Poco Homemade.

Inside of Poco

We had the seaweed roll, which was rolled with chicken, crabstick and some other vege . They were well coated with breadcrumbs, and carried texture that were so light and crispy.

Seaweed roll. Price-RM11.80

We liked the chicken katsu curry don, that tasted very much like home cooked food. Tender chicken meat also well coated with breadcrumb.

Chicken Katsu Don. Price-RM14.80

And it was time for us to order dessert. Love the way the menu was presented to us, in fabric that was sewn. The Rum Mascaporne was not on sale the other day, so we opted for the homemade Tofu Cake. A cake that I have not tasted before.

The menu

It was surely an interesting cake, not too sweet, with very light texture.

Tofu cake. Price-RM8

Cass & I... And look what we spotted in Poco, that reminded of our school days.. ^^

There were many super duper cute rubber stamps made by Poco... Enjoyed stamping them. This is self-explanatory, with their details incorporated.

Contact details of Poco

I am also proud to share that Cass has recently set up her website, selling jewelery pieces that are designed and handcrafted by her and her sis.

I personally like a few pieces that she brought out to show me the other day. Each piece is uniquely handmade and distinctive with materials including semi-precious stones, non-tarnish wires, sterling silver and gold-filled materials. Aiyo... my friend is so talented... ^^

These were just some of the earrings she showcased to me the other day. Love 'em

The lariat necklace that immediately caught my eyes was this particular one, called the 'Mod Bird's Nest Lariat'... Isn't it adorable ??

I just had to have this..... The 'Mod Bird's Nest Lariat'...

If you are interested to find out the whole range of collection or to purchase, do check out : www.the-dressingtable.com

Christmas gift ideas....

2010-12-08T21:26:00.007+08:00

To all visitors to my blog, here's sharing with you all, some Christmas specials that my friend, Dina and I are offering. Don't they all just look desirable? If you would like to have this items to share or as gift to your loved ones, (whether its during Christmas or earlier), feel free to give us a tinkle..

Our signature gingerbread cookies....
They are fragrant with ground ginger, cinnamon and cloves...
A word of caution though, they may be too adorable looking to be eaten.. ^^

Our buttercream frosting cupcake...
Cupcake and the buttercream frosting will just melt in your mouth with every bite. They are sure to capture your heart by its rich buttery smell and taste.

Our fruit cake, a favorite during Christmas season
This moist homemade fruit cake is filled with lots of raisins, cranberries, orange and lemon peel, almonds, with 'em all soaked with brandy (without brandy can be made upon request)

Try our Christmas cookies if you would like to break-away from the usual choice of cookies. They come in more varieties than anyone could ask for, within a box.
This box of cookies comprise of butter swirl cookies, vanilla orange butter cookies, hazelnut nutella cookies and gingerbells.

Here is our summary of Christmas offering, with price included.

Feel free to also visit our website : www.simplydesirablegift.com, to find out more about us.

For any queries, feel free to get in touch with either me, Sherlyn at 010-225 6428/sherlyn@simplydesirablegift.com, or Dina at 017-809 8322/dina@simplydesirablegift.com

Lastly, a very important note : I am proud to share that all products sold, are homemade by the 2 of us..

The Dining Room @ CHR, Cameron Highlands

2010-12-04T19:29:00.005+08:00

Its a bless, to be confined within CHR, as there were just so many spots to relax ourselves. This

The Dining Room, bearing a casual atmosphere for breakfast, turned into such romantic ambiance comes night. Love the lighting that enhances the romantic-ness within, and Dining Room surely sets them apart from any other dining place available at Cameron Highlands.

How do you like the very cosy and romantic ambiance?

Can't wait to do the ordering

We get to order a 3-course meal, with the YTL package, and thus, all were ordered for sharing. Got to try all 6 items. Yay!

We ordered the 'Salad of Tasmanian Crab' which is a cold dish, whereby the crab meat was prepared with lemongrass gazpacho and wrapped around by smoked salmon. Being a crab and smoked salmon lover, I totally loved this.

Salad of Tasmanian Crab. Price-RM45

Our soup was the Thai Butternut Squash. It came piping hot, this soup was seasoned with tom yam spices and scented with Kaffir lime. Has a very refreshing taste to it.

Thai Butternut Squash. Price-RM30

While waiting for the mains to come, Shereen and I were yacking away, with the friendly staff at CHR. Credit has to be given to the absolute graceful, professional yet charming, Encik Zul, Saran, a chatty and cute staff, and Janice, a trainee whom was absolutely sweet. It is the hospitality of the staffs that has indeed alleviated our experience.

Love this corner opposite our table, just by the window

Our mains came in such a well presented manner.. The 1st was the Roast Cod fish, served on a mild tasting wasabi mashed potato, fresh tomato and watercress. The fish was chunky and extremely fresh.

Roast Cod. Price-RM90

We also had the Spaghetti Oglio Olio, served with fresh prawn, crushed garlic and extra-virgin olive oil. A very simple dish that can taste so great.

We were stuff to the max by the time we were half way through the mains.. :(

Spaghetti Oglio Olio. Price-RM60

For dessert, we had the warm baked lava cake...Love this moist tasting chocolate cake, with lots of chocolate sauce, both outside, and inside... ^^ Accompanied by vanilla ice-cream, topped with caramelized sugar, a treat for the sweet tooth in us.

Warm baked lava cake. Price-RM30

We needed some kinda fruit to end the dinner, and a trip to Camerons will not be complete without indulging in strawberries. These huge size strawberries were supplied by Raju's Farm, and were sweet as it is, but its sweetness were enhanced by a dip into the cream, white chocolate and chocolate sauce provided.

Fresh strawberries from Raju's Farm. Price-RM30

Kudos to the chef for the wonderful meal prepared, and once again, thanks to all the staff that made our stay, and dining experiences such memorable one.

The Dining Room
Cameron Highlands Resort

By the Golf Course,

39000 Tanah Rata,

Cameron Highlands, Pahang

A YTL Luxury Resort : Cameron Highlands Resort (CHR)

2010-12-02T23:37:00.005+08:00

This isn't a post on food, but I'm just dying to share some of my favorite shots, which I took within Cameron Highlands Resort.. It was especially lovely as CHR was filled with Christmas deco... I wish that I can stay here everytime I go to Cameron... Yes, yes.. that is possible. Just earn more money... ^^

Here's my top 6 favorite shots... ^^

Shot of ornaments, at the entrance...

Scene at night, of the Jim Thompson Tea Room, with pianist playing some wonderful numbers...

Love this gingerbread house, at The Reading Room

Litted candles... aw... soo romantic....

Christmas door hanger... so nice..wish to bring this home, to hang on my door...

Flower arrangement near Jim Thompson Tea Room..

I know I am hard sell, but I just love Cameron Highlands Resort... What to do??? Haha.

For Malaysians/Singaporeans, there is a special package available, which includes 3D/2N accommodation meals (package with spa also available..).. If were to ask me, the spa is a MUST... absolutely MUST!! Take advantage of this fantastic package..

Get in touch with YTL Travel Centre, for reservation or enquiries. Tel no : 603-2783 1000 or email : travelcentre@ytlhotels.com.my

Gonbei @ CHR, Cameron Highlands

2010-12-02T00:31:00.003+08:00

Gonbei is not only available at Starhill Gallery, but also at Cameron Highlands Resort (CHR), Cameron Highlands. Proudly distinct itself, it is the only Japanese restaurant at Cameron Highlands.

Geared with a twist, this particular Japanese restaurant apart from the regular sashimi, soba, tempura, bento set, it also offer western set, and the ever popular, steamboat. Steamboat is extremely popular at Camerons, and yes, it is just so nice to have steamboat at Camerons, contributed well by its cooling weather.

We love it here at Gonbei. With the open air concept, where only blinds were used, fresh cooling air was the only thing we felt.

Gonbei, view from steps above

At Gonbei, customers can order their main dish, whilst the appetizer, which includes salad, sushi and dessert are on eat-all- you- can basis.

We ordered the seafood teppanyaki set. Extremely tasty. It comprised of squid, beef, fish, chicken and prawn.

Seafood teppanyaki set

The picture on the left was all that we can eat with steamboat order. To be frank, there was nothing too special about the ingredients, but the soup broth used, deserved a thumbs up... Has a natural sweet taste.

R-L : All you can eat with steamboat order, and sushi

To be frank, our stomach could occupy just the main meal, and we had to try hard to eat as much as we can 'afford' to, from the all-you-can-eat spread.
Notice the big size strawberry, they were just so sweet, and can be taken with the various nuts or can be dipped with strawberry sauce or the white chocolate sauce.

The yummylicious looking dessert

Gonbei

Cameron Highlands Resort

By the Golf Course,

39000 Tanah Rata,

Cameron Highlands, Pahang

Jim Thompson Tea Room @ CHR, Cameron Highlands

2010-11-28T19:17:00.002+08:00

Seriously, I couldn't think of any better way to enjoy an afternoon tea set, than having it at the Jim Thompson Tea Room at Cameron Highlands Resort (CHR).

Anyway, I just love everything, literally EVERYTHING about CHR.

The afternoon tea set is priced at RM60++ for 2 pax, and I would say, for the cosy ambiance, it is all worth it.

It was our most leisure afternoon, savouring finger sandwiches, some light-as-air pastries, and home baked scones. The set is also complimented with wide selection of quality tea from BOH.

Doesn't this tea set look so irresistible?

The scone has a very different texture from the usual scone. This has a bread-like texture, and taken with their homemade jam, yumms!

Topping the scone with CHR's homemade strawberry jam

I also particularly liked this cupcake, topped with fresh cream, berries and strawberry.. It was just so filled with butter fragrant...

Love this cupcake within the afternoon tea set

For those who make their trip to Camerons, you will know what relaxing means, when you are seated within the Jim Thompson Tea Room, overlooking the golf course, nice cooling weather, served by super duper friendly staff, and 'complimented' by a nice companion, the whole experience just ought to be something extraordinary.

Jim Thompson Tea Room

Cameron Highlands Resort

By the Golf Course,

39000 Tanah Rata,

Cameron Highlands, Pahang

Restoran Bubur Goreng @ Taman Berkeley, Klang

2010-11-20T01:14:00.008+08:00

Have heard much about fried porridge in Klang... Just by hearing 'fried porridge', it gave me such mixed feelings... It's something so different, makes me really wanna try this, yet, can't imagine how porridge will taste like, being fried.

Was there weeks ago, and all their dishes are prepared in 1 size only... thus, for those who came with only 2 pax, there may be a little disadvantage, as they would probably be so full after just 1 bowl of fried porridge.

All 4 of us agreed that this bowl of fried porridge was indeed tasty. The crispy pork lard used definitely played a big role in making this dish taste so much better.. It also has chunks of chicken, and dried cuttlefish. Yumms!

Fried Porridge. Price-RM12

We also ordered the fried meehoon with mantis shrimp (with a min order of 10pcs).. The mantis shrimp was definitely tasty, though it isn't that easy to peel of its shell, and require some skills.

Mantis Shrimp. Price-RM32

The steam lala was also good, though the size of the lala was a little too small. It's steamed with chinese wine, with ginger and chilli padi. Simple and nice.

Steam Lala. Price-RM18

This restaurant is mainly patronized by families, and the crowd was getting bigger nearer to dinner time. Overall this is a place serving good meal at reasonable price. Total bill came up to RM65.80 for 4 pax.

The restaurant from the outside, occupying 2 shoplots

Restoran Bubur Goreng
32, 34 Lorong Lang,
Taman Berkeley,
41150 Klang
Tel : 016-6868 579

Business Hours :
5.3opm - 2.45am

The Teapot Deli @ SACC Mall, Shah Alam

2010-11-04T00:06:00.006+08:00

I had the best roast chicken, chicken pie and scones, all within a meal. Can you all sense the 100% satisfaction that I had?

I met up with an ex-colleague, Honey (Haneda) on Monday, and since SACC mall was just closeby her house, we decided to have our meal at The Teapot.. Yes, I've eaten at its branch at Teapot, SS2 a long time ago, and looked forward to try this outlet, which is nearer to my home.

Love the cosy-ness within the restaurant. Of course, living up to its name, teapots are the main deco item within here.

The Teapot Deli.. The scones, looking irresistible to me...

Ordered their Roast Chicken, a popular dish here. This was indeed the best plate of Roast Chicken I tasted over. Its delicately marinated chicken leg, roasted with garlic and honey, tasted extremely delicious. The meat was so tender, and the sauce was thick enough. So full of taste. And the roasted potato, was tasty to max!

Roast Chicken. Price-RM15

Took a little Country Chicken Pie to try. This was really upclass. The crust was crispy with soft feel of fluffiness, and a bite of that together with the filling so filled up with chicken chunks, mushroom, Yum Yum! The overall taste was enhanced by pouring the brown sauce on top.. They provide very generous portion of the brown sauce ;)

Country Chicken Pie. Price-RM12

Just look at how rich and filled up was the filling inside this pie

I've tried many other places that sell scones, but if I were name the Best, in terms of No 1, I would think The Teapot Deli's scones would win, bar none!
The fresh scones were placed at the warmer, and will be heated up, just a short while, before serving. It adds the crisp to the scones.. Crispy outer layer, with the light texture of the scone, inside.. OMG!!! We couldn't stop ourselves praising the scones with each bite. The entire scone will be good to eat as it is, and it was extremely filled with fragrant buttery smell.
Best of all, it was extremely value for money. With RM4, it comes with a pair of scone, clotted cream and strawberry jam.

Scones Set. Price-RM4

Me and my lovely lunch companion, a sweet lady that live up to her name 'Honey'..

The Teapot Deli
Lot 2F-29, 2nd Floor,
SACC Mall, 40000 Shah Alam
Tel : 019-277 3043 @ Zakiah

Business Hour :
Open daily from 11am onwards
Closing hour : 9.30pm (Mon-Thu), 10pm (Fri-Sun)
Last order : 8.30pm