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Merchant's Lane @ Jalan Petaling, KL

2015-09-21T00:33:00.000+08:00

The name of the cafe is quite interesting and I always thought is a name when i heard someone mention. ''mei zheng lin'' chinese of of Merchant's Lane.

The cafe restaurant is situated at the second level, along the way up the stairs we see dark bright sunlight as the ceiling is transparent.

The buildings here are long and depth inside have several different corner for customers to pick on. Outdoors, indoors, sofa tables etc.

My Minion Boy has his seat too!

I like the natural eroded walls but went there during noon, the sun is just right shinning on top of our head. Can't sit there for long.

5oz white @ RM11.00 each

There are 2 sizes in white coffee. 3oz or 5oz and you request coffee of your choice, be it latte or cappuccino. Or you may pick the iced white coffee.

Hongkie Beef Stew @ RM19.00

The beef was slow cooked for 12-hours with their cantonese style until it was so tender and just melted in mouth. The gravy is so thick and comes with strong beef aroma. Mix so well with the mash potato.

Italian Chow Mein @ RM23.00

Italian chow mein is the spaghetti agile olio fried with asian style chilli flake topped with traditional malaysian chicken rending. The chicken is generously huge and meaty. I felt the dish is too spicy for me. I can't differentiate is the rendang or chilli flake that is spicy.

Merchant's Waffle @ RM16.00

Lastly the dessert i was waiting for long, their signature waffle drizzle with the homemade caramel sauce. You get a choice of the ice cream flavour: earl grey, vanilla, kaya toast or panda coconut passionfruit & gulf melaka bits. The waffle is quite unique like eating roti jala kinds of feel, springy and soft. I like the waffle served hot and eating with the ice cream is like both cold and hot in the mouth. yummilicious.

Is usually full house especially lunch and dinner time. More to white collars during weekdays.

Merchant's Lane 美真林

150, Jalan Petaling,
50000 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03-2022 1736

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Closer Kitchen & Espresso Bar @ Mutiara Damansara

2015-09-20T15:00:00.000+08:00

Often see this cafe in FB even its open. Finally today I can try it out. It situated near Tesco, The Curve, just right in front of the guard house of Menara TSR. The cafe is so fresh and bright with full glass drop at the side and front. Many little plants in the cafe.

Inside is very spacious and there is a corner for a long wooden table, good for group of friends for gathering.

Order is at the coffee bar, you may take the menu to your table and walk to the counter to order & pay.

Flat White @ RM11.00

I feel the coffee here is quite strong, is like double shot in my flat white. I like the strong aroma taste, a little bitter but still acceptable without adding any sugar.

Mushroom Cappuccino @ 10.00

The mushroom cappuccino soup came with two little but thick pieces of garlic toast bread. I was expecting some cappu in the soup but hmmm just some ''bubble foam'' on top. This is a soup base instead of those thick flour soup. Inside comes with generous shiitake mushroom tiny pieces.

The Perfect Salmon Parcel @ RM18.00

Got this with a surprise. Salmon in a pastry puff ! Inside stuff with a thick piece of seared salmon fillet and top with melted cheese on a bed of spinach. Not much seasoning in it but it goes well with their moroccan spicy sauce. I like the arugula salad.

Aloha Grilled Chicken with Pineapple @ RM18.00

This sandwich is quite big portion. I definitely unable to finish it all. It comes with oregano bread serve with mixed lettuce, thick & succulent chargrilled chicken. Topped with caramelised pineapple ring and freshly sliced onion. The chicken is tender and meaty, good for those on diet as there is no fats at all.

Really love this place, sun shines inside but don't feel any heat.

Closer Kitchen & Espresso Bar

G-02, Menara TSR,
No.12, Jalan PJU 7/3, Mutiara Damansara,
47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-7732 4896
Hours: 8.00am - 8.00pm

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Hinz Cafe @ Bandar Menjalara, Kepong

2015-09-12T18:09:00.000+08:00

Drop by to visit a customer and came across this cozy cafe nearby. Looks simple and nice like a homey place to have a coffee break.

Handmade deco on each table

Flat White

Different between mocha and mochaccino is that Mochaccino will have more foam than mocha. Yes 2 inch of foam on top. The portion is huge for a tall size. Taste wise, it is actually quite mild of both choco and coffee. For me, i prefer a stronger and thicker taste.

Breakfast Set : Omelette w Caramelised potato

I was in a hurry and they recommend me for this omelette breakfast. Huge portion of omelette and inside stuff with red capsicum and tomato. The taste is quite blend but serve nice with the caramelised potato. Coleslaw and salad is very flavourful.

Wall drawings at the cashier corner

Hinz Cafe

73, Jalan 11/62a,
52200 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03-6270 0008

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Pacific Coffee Company Cafe @ Gurney Paragon Mall, Penang

2012-09-09T20:27:00.000+08:00

Walking around the new Gurney Paragon Mall and saw this Paciffic Coffee Company having this all-day breakfast set promotion. There are 4 choices of set meals from RM9.90 including a fresh brewed coffee. Topped up RM2.00 to exchange for a Latte or Cappuccino.

Breakfast Set @ RM9.90 + RM2.00 (upgrade)

It comes with a Tomato Strudel and I upgrade to Cappuccino. The Tomato Strudel is a pastry topped with lots of brown sesame and stuffed with dry tomato paste. The paste is very sourish and tasty while the strudel pastry is very crunchy. It's addictive eating it.

Cappuccino

This is my first time drinking pacific coffee and i was stunned with the thick foam on top of the cup but did not overflow. The foam is quite thick and taste with a mild coffee aroma. The cappuccino is quite nice and i can really taste the light bitterness without adding sugar.

Mochaccino @ RM11.90

Breakfast Set : Chicken Pie @ RM7.90 (with Coffee)

The chicken pie was heated and served hot. The pastry on top is super duper crispy. Everything turn a mess when I start cutting my pie. Despite the ugly situation, the pastry really taste crunchy and delicious with the strong buttery taste. Inside is stuff with minced gravy and just one or two chicken dice. It's like thick campbell soup base in it. Taste soft but acceptable.

Breakfast set: Turkey Cheddar Sandwich @ RM7.90 (with Coffee)

You can choose to have it heat up or not. Comes with wholemeal bread, turkey ham, 2 slices of cheddar cheese and lettuce. It taste good and the combination of turkey ham and cheddar is delicious.

The cafe is operate by a young man who is the barista too. The environment is cozy and comfortable. There are sofas corner which is a nice place to relax.

Pacific Coffee Company Cafe

G-03 & G-A5A, Gurney Paragon Mall,
No. 163, Persiaran Gurney,
0250 George Town, Penang.

Tel: 03-2288 1599

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Lam Mee Ya @ Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang

2012-09-08T22:14:00.000+08:00

LamMeeYa has been opening several outlets is major shopping centre nowadays. It was like ages since my previous visit at the 1Utama branch. Their food is getting more variety and recently serving the double boiled soup and all kinds of healthy fruits juice too in Empire Shopping outlet.

Lam YeeMee

Order the Lam Yee Mee for myself instead of the normal thick yellow noodle. Sick of the thick noodle on my last visit in 1U. This time the yee mee taste really better as i like the aroma of yee mee noodle. It's served with prawns, meatball, sliced chicken and some vege. I'm glad that they removed the prawn shell for me. Everything is delicious.

Special Chilli Sauce

The gravy mix well with their special chili sauce. Feel its not so spicy this time. Great !

Steam bread with kaya and butter

Find it funny that day served bread here too! The bread is steamed soft but its not heat enough to melt the butter. Somehow i just feel it taste normal. Nothing special about this.

Royal Milk Tea

The milk tea here really not bad. Nothing to complain from a Noodle Shop. Smooth and fragrance of tea is strong too. I'm not sure what is the difference between this royal milk tea and their normal milk tea. Visually is the mug that makes the different and both has so much bubbles on top too. There is a difference of 20 cents on price oh.

Lam Mee Ya

LG31, Empire Shopping Gallery, Jalan SS16/1,
47500 Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-5022 2055

Website: http://lammeeya.blogspot.com

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Pastis Cafe & Dining @ The Gardens, Midvalley

2012-09-05T00:58:00.000+08:00

Pastis Cafe is located next to the escalator to basement car park. The cafe looks bit high class, something like hotel's lounge bar. Basically they are more towards western style cakes & coffee, with some pasta and sandwiches. Saw most customer here to enjoy the hi-tea.

Hot Mocha @ RM9.90

It is served with a piece of biscotti. Taken a hard time to stir the mocha because the cream is almost half of the glass. The coffee is very creamy and sweet at the end because lots of chocolate jam are not melted. Will request for light cream the next round. I feel so fattening now.

Mushroom Soup @ RM15.90

It comes with a huge serving bowl or i should is a plate instead? Only the middle is sink into where the soup are filled. It's served with 2 soft bread too.

Mushroom Soup

Quite disappointed with the mushroom soup as it was over extremely salty The texture and taste is actually very good and nice. But just too salty. I wonder does the chef added triple portion of salt in it. We requested for a cup of hot water to add in, hoping to dilute the saltiness. I saw the table next door is smiling and i think they did the same too.

Lamb Pie @ RM19.90

The lamb pie is topped with a chunk of mashed potato and some salads at the side. It was showered with delicious brown sauce. The mashed potato is quite rough but can easily taste the real potato taste. The pastry of the pie is delicious, and there are lots of lamb meat cube in it with some potato cubes too. Even the salad is nice with their salad balsamic sauce. Afterall its delicious but again quite salty.

Pastis Cafe & Dining

G-235, Ground Floor, The Gardens,
Mid-Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 KL

Tel: 03-2288 1599

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Restoran Soon Hock 順福家鄉飯店 @ Sungai Buloh

2012-08-27T18:52:00.000+08:00

Came across Restoran Soon Hock through a friend. The restaurant is located at Desa Aman which take the 3rd turning at the round about of Sierramas Sg Buloh. Go further in at the left side will see this 2 story building. Beware the roads are quite bumpy.

Restoran Soon Hock

The Restaurant owner ran out of the restaurant when seeing us puzzling where to park our car. He lead us to a proper space and mention that any where can be park even in front of the 2 houses next to the restaurant and opposite has a covered car park too.

Coconut @ RM4.00

I order a coconut first due to the hot weather recently. It's not sweet but very cooling with a mild coconut taste.

Steamed Tilapia - RM23

This is one of their signature dish - Ka Heong Steam Fish (家鄉蒸魚). The fish is almost 1/3 soaking in the soy soup broth with lots of sliced mushroom, to fu, tofu pok, black seaweed, spring onions, ginger, garlic and etc. The soup is sweet and taste bit like there are chinese wine added. Its quite spicy too with the chili padi in it.

Salted Egg Bittergourd @ RM10.00

The bittergrourd is sliced super thin and deep fried with salted egg. It is perfectly crispy and aromatic taste of salted egg tasted like snacks. I can hardly feel the bitterness of the bitter gourd. It taste something like fried potato.

Fried Tofu with Pumpkin sauce @ RM12

The whole metal bowl is full of pumpkin sauce. It's like a golden treasure box. Many ''treasure'' inside besides the fried tofu, there are also generous of green peas, prawns, button mushroom, and bottom is a layer of steamed egg. I enjoy my rice with the pumpkin gravy.

Fried paku vege with sambal belacan @ RM10.00

The paku vege match well with the sambal belacan. It is quite crunchy and smooth.

The food portion served here is actually quite big although we order all smallest portion. Price is reasonable too despite just behind the high-end area. Total bill comes to RM55 for 3 person excluding the drinks.

Restoran Soon Hock
順福家鄉飯店

No. 170, Batu 11, Desa Aman, Jalan Sungai Buloh,
47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor.

Tel: 03-6148 8973

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Winter Lover Bakery House @ The Strand, Kota Damansara

2012-08-20T18:22:00.000+08:00

Winter Lover Bakery House is located at the Strand, Kota Damansara, a row behind Alliance and OCBC Bank. It's at the first floor above the KungFu cafe. A bakery house that features in Mille Crepes, Macarons and Flower Tea.

A very clean and cozy environment for relaxing especially during the weekends or holiday. The first cafe I experienced to leave our shoes/ slippers outside. I can feel like walking bare-foot at home. Plus, the wooden flooring are quite clean and non-dusty.

Winter Lover Bakery

Chocolate Mille Crepe @ RM9.90

Grand Marnier Chocolate Mille Crepe

Tiramisu Mille Crepe

Mango Mille Crepe

Strawberry Mille Crepe

Choco Banana Mille Crepe

Rum & Raisin Mille Crepe

3 in 1 Mille Crepe (Vanilla, Chocolate & Strawberry)

Raya Limited Edition: Dark Chocolate & Black Forest Macaron @ RM5.90
Macarons @ RM3.90

Flower Tea Series: Detox and Beauty @ RM9.90
Additional cup @ RM1.00

Ice Lemon Tea @ RM4.90
Classic Chocolate @ RM6.90

All sorts of Flower Tea

Flower Tea

All sorts of Macarons

Winter Lover Bakery House

Out of the above, I love the 3 in 1 mille crepe the most as it tasted just like soft ice cream cake. The mango mille crepe is very flavourful too. Strawberry and Rum & Raisin mille crepe is the most popular among my friends. Their mille crepe is not very thick creamy type that I don't feel much jelat after eating much. I don't really fond of the macarons, too sweet for me.

All mille crepe are @ RM9.90 each. Currently they are having the promotion of buy 10 at the price of 9. There are more than 18 choices of Mille Crepe available here and some are seasonable or limited edition i.e., Musang King Durian Mille Crepe that is only serve in Weekends on first come first serve basis.

Winter Lover Bakery House

No.22A-1, Jalan PJU5/21,
The Strand Kota Damansara,
47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Business Hours:
Mon - Thurs: 12pm - 9pm
Fri - Sun: 12pm -10pm

Tel: 017-599 6962

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Dontaku Ramen Japanese Restaurant @ 1 Utama

2012-08-17T12:38:00.000+08:00

Dontaku is a Japanese Restaurant located at the lower Ground of 1U shopping centre. They are specialised in Ramen, bento sets and hot pot sets. Nice japanese decoration and photos all over the wall and also the ceiling.

Salmon Sashimi @ RM12.80

It comes with 5 pieces of salmon, fresh lettuce, threaded white radish, some preserved ginger and wasabi. With the price given, i would request for a better and thicker chunk of salmon sashimi. Their salmon is abit darker in colour but luckily tasted fresh. Besides, the white radish are juicy with strong aroma of radish.

Weekend Special Bento Set @ RM19.80

This is a pork meat set inclusive of a hot pot, tempura, sushi, salad, gohan, pork chop, pork char siew and 3 type of pork pickles. The hot pot comes with many sliced of pork meat, cabbage, and bean sprout.

Shabu Hot Pot

The pork meat texture is like shabu shabu because the meat is so thin and attached half portion of fats. It not very flavourful but got the natural sweet taste and dipping in the sesame shoyu sauce makes it delicious.

Side dishes

Tempura is prepared fresh that comes with a prawn, eggplant, ladies finger, and sweet potato. The crumbs are very crispy and flavourful with the tempura shoyu sauce inclusive of garnish radish. The sushi roll with tiny crabmeat stick tasted normal.

Side dishes

Two sliced of pork meat and pork chop at the side tasted tender and crispy. A bit oily from the pork chop though. The 3 pork pickles are quite similar ingredients. The only thing can differentiate is the color of the sauce. They tasted, salty, sweet and miso respectively.

Hot Green Tea @ RM2.00 (refillable)

Dontaku Ramen Japanese Restaurant

LG352, Lower Ground Floor, One Utama Shopping Centre,

1, Lebuh Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-7727 8389/ 03-7728 3389

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Village Park Restaurant @ Damansara Utama

2012-08-16T00:33:00.000+08:00

Village Park Restaurant is well-known of the famous Nasi Lemak in Klang Valley. The restaurant located at Damansara Uptown which is always crowded. I always reluctant to wait for a seat when I was young. That time there is one unit of shoplot. Currently they had extended into two units shoplot, it is much more spacious and tables to cater the crowd.

Nasi Lemak Ayam Goreng @ RM7.50

This is the most wanted Nasi Lemak in Village Park. Comes with some cucumbers, ikan bilis, fried ground nuts, hard boiled egg and the chili sambal. The rice was nicely cooked with coconut milk fragrance. Best mix with the sambal and ikan bilis itself. Glad the sambal is not very spicy, it is slightly sweet with lots of onions in it.

The ayam goreng generously a big whole thigh. It was fried till golden brown in color and very aromatic. Marinated with their secret recipe, the skin is so crispy with spices taste so delicious.

Fish Ball Noodle Soup @ RM5.50

The fish ball noodle comes with lots of fish balls, fish cake, fu chok and lettuce. The fish ball is very bouncy but taste is just mild. I just like the fish cake and fu chuk in this bowl of noodle soup because they taste better. The fish ball soup is not standardise. I think it depends who is the chef. Sometimes it's quite tasteless like water.

Cham Tarik

The cham tarik which mix of coffee and teh is very thick in taste and tarik till very smooth texture. The sweetness is just alright to take care of our health, its not very sweet afterall.

Tropical Blend @ RM3.70

I like this tropical blend with the mix of pineapple, orange, and carrot. Very refreshing and cooling.

Village Park Restaurant

No.5, Jalan SS21/37, Damansara Utama,
47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-7710 7860

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Pontian Wanton Noodles @ SS15, Subang Jaya

2012-08-15T01:46:00.000+08:00

Pontian Wanton Noodles shop has been opening several outlets in the Klang Valley. I always feel the chinese name 笨珍 funny. I totally din't aware that they are a restaurant selling wanton noodles and laksa until one day my friend took me there for makan.

Pontian Wanton Noodle (w char siew) @ RM4.50

The noodle is top with 2 deep fried wanton, few pieces char siew and some veges. I love the deep fried wanton because it's very crispy and taste pretty well. Noodle is springy too. There are 3 types of sauces to be picked on for the noodles: original soy sauce, chili sauce and tomato sauce.

Besides, they have this pickled green chili is so sourish delicious. Recently is hard to find in normal restaurants because most of the restaurant are lazy to prepare it.

Pontian Wanton Soup

Dry noodle comes with a bowl of soup and 2 wanton in it. The soup broth is quite good and taste strong. Although the soup wanton is quite tiny but can really feel some meat in it.

Pontian Char Siew Noodle @ RM10.90

Pontian Wanton Noodle (only wanton) @ RM10.90

The wanton only noodles without char siew comes with 4 deep fried wan tan (2 extra for replacing the char siew). The wan tan meat is actually little too small piece, can't even feel it if i'm not concentrating.

Pontian Noodle (w Chicken Feet)

The chicken feet are braised perfectly with the black sauce taste. The skin is so soft and easily tear. This time i order the noodle with tomato sauce. It taste funny like just mixing with kimball tomato sauce but its quite unique and the more I eat the more I accepted the taste.

Pontian Curry Laksa @ RM10.90

Their curry laksa is rich with coconut milk and very thick broth. The taste is bit mild therefore mixing with the chili paste enhance the taste better. Inside comes with fu chuk, hard boil egg, cockles, bean sprout, and some mint sauce on top.

Red Bean @ RM10.90

Red bean is quite diluted and it comes with sago in it too. Very sweet piece of dessert.

Lime Jelly Ice @ RM10.90

This is really very refreshing. Comes with jelly and sourish lime, flavourful and cooling.

Not too bad overall. Price is cheap and reasonable. Instead of having it at those hawker stall which is so hot, may as well enjoy my meal in an air conditional shop.

Pontian Wanton Noodles

No. 15, Jalan SS2/64,

47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-7873 1024

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Kalamazoo Cafe @ Aman Suria

2012-08-13T01:44:00.000+08:00

Introduce by a friend to this unique Cafe. Kalamazoo Cafe is located at the end of Aman Suria just a few shops away from Betty’s Midwest Kitchen. Not everywhere you get to have non-halal food but here do. Kalamazoo cafe serves pork in western style !

KALAMAZOO

Pork Loins @ RM15.90

What a special dish that i hardly find in most restaurants. The loins' part of a pig. The meat are oven baked topped with pineapple chutney. Sides are mashed potato and long beans. The loins meat looks whitish in colour, quite chewy and it's not tender enough. For those who like lean meat, will like this because no fats at all. The combination of the sauce is weird that brings a sweet taste on the pork.

Callahan’s Roast Chicken @ RM14.90

It was served with a big piece of drumstick, beded with mashed potato with some lettuce, tomato and cucumber at the side. The chicken is well roasted with the skin roasted dark brownish. The meat is quite tender and juicy serving with the sauce. I like the mashed potato soft and sandy.

Pork Burger @ RM13.50

The pork burger is stacked up with soft bun, lettuce with mayonnaise, pork patty, melted cheese, and tomato. Don't worry with dirtying your hands. It is nice to hold it tight with both hands, biting it will splash out some of their homemade sauce.

Sauces

They even added effort on the sauce served. This is really something special and unique.

Kalamazoo Cafe

A-G-36, Jalan PJU 1/43,
Aman Suria Damansara,
47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-7805 1436

Website: http://kalamazoocafe.com.my

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Restoran Kong Sai (广西仔) @ SS15, Subang Jaya

2012-08-12T15:56:00.000+08:00

My ex-boss has been bring us for lunch at Kong Sai Zai quite frequently. It's located at the busiest area of SS15, hardly get a car park space there but if turn in from the back lane, Restoran Kong Sai has actually a open space car park in between 2 corner shop lots of theirs (one with zircon one without).

Quarter Chicken (lower part) @ RM16.00

Restoran Kong Sai is famous of their steamed chicken. A must to order when dine in here. They serve Village Chicken (菜园鸡), those which are more tender than the Kampung Chicken. The chicken meat is so smooth and no hard or springy at all.

Special Sauce

One of their specialties is also on this unique sauce. Combination of spring onion, fried onions, fried oil, oyster sauce etc. It has the fragrance taste that is quite similar to ppl using ''minced ginger'' sauce.

Trotters in Vinegar (猪脚醋) @ RM12.00 (small)/ RM15.00 (medium)/ RM18.00 (large)

This is also one of the dish we will always order at Restoran Kong Sai. Their portion is big too, the picture above is just small pot. The trotters are marinated and braised till the meat is juicy with the vinegar soup. Especially the soft bone pork is so nice. I personally love the vinegar soup so much because it's not extremely sour or thick.

Fu Yu Yau Mak @ RM8.00 (small)/ RM10.00 (medium)/ RM12.00 (large)

Stir fried with spicy bean curd and garlics. It looks whitish in color and taste salty.

Fried omelet @ RM8.00 (large)/ RM6.00 (small)

The omelet was nicely fried. It's quite thick too with the generous of prawns, red chill, onions, spring onions, dry radish. Its simply nice with the crunchy dry radish and crispy outer layer. I think i can finish up the whole plate by myself.

Double Boiled Soup @ RM5.00 each

They are quite famous and particular with their boiled soup 炖汤. This time we order the watercress and old cucumber soup. Both soup tasted so rich and thick. It comes with a big bowl, huge portion for a pax. Each bowl can actually divided into small 5 bowls. Worth for sharing.

Restoran Kong Sai

No. 48, SS 15/4C,
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 019-384 2922

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The Hungry Hog @ SS15, Subang Jaya

2012-08-11T21:53:00.000+08:00

The Hungry Hog is a cafe that served the honest food of Pork. The restaurant is located at the busiest city of SS15 Subang Jaya. Inside has lots of small porky deco thats really cute and some frames on the wall related to Pork.

Besides the main menu, they serve Set Lunch on Tuesday - Friday from 12.00pm to 3.00pm. Pricing from RM8.90. Each set lunch comes with iced lemon tea/ regular tea/ plain water.

Bacon Pasta @ RM10.90

A spaghetti served with bacon, olive oil, garlic and chili flakes. The spaghetti texture is cooked just nice of springy and bit chewy. Its quite mild in taste with just the olive oil. Luckily the cutlets bacon is marinated well to average up the taste. Quite a healthy and simple dish. I'm okay with it but if someone with a stronger appetite may not like this.

Plain Jane @ RM10.90 (normal hours is RM12.90)

A homemade pork burger patty and buns served with garden salads and chunky fries. The fries are freshly served that tasted thick and crunchy. The garden salad is fresh and comes with several cherry tomatoes too. However, the salad is without any dressing. Further asking from the waiter, they provide us a yellowish dressing that taste something like vinegar. (Dressing is upon request)

Plain Jane Porky Burger

The burger comes with tomato, lettuce, mayonnaise, a thick pork patty and a piece of cheese. The cheese will slowly melted on to the pork patty while i start to eat. Pork burger patty is minced with onions that taste juicy and very tenderly soft. Especially with the cheese it really taste delicious. Enjoy my lunch so much !

BFF

The Hungry Hog

No. 71, Jalan SS15/4C,
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 012-225 0877

Website: http://www.hog.my

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Hokkien Pan Mee SS19 @ Restoran Lian Heng, Subang

2012-08-09T00:55:00.000+08:00

Lian Heng Coffee Shop is located at SS19, at the corner of a row of shop lots.

Hokkien Pan Mee Stall SS19

There is a famous Hokkien Pan Mee stall inside. It's a family business and they really cook non-stop especially during lunch hour. We need to collect a number card from the stall first then wait for them to come over for your order. Patience is important in order to eat this pan mee.

Hokkien Pan Mee @ RM4.50 (small) RM5.00 (big)

They only serve the traditional style of ''tear'' pan mee. Very different from the long noodles we have nowadays. The texture is smooth and each pieces are roughly the same size. It is very soft and bit chewy. Serve it with the special chili sauce into the soup make it perfect. Besides, the pan mee comes with minced pork with mushroom, crispy ikan bills, some sliced pork and sweet leaves. Everything is delicious !

Hokkien Pan Mee SS19

No. 22, Jalan SS19/6,
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

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Henry Cook @ SSTwo Mall, SS2

2012-08-08T22:56:00.000+08:00

The logo of 2 chillis attracted me to go nearer to Henry Cook's restaurant and decided to dine in after looking at their menu. The restaurant is a mix of asian cuisine and nyonya fusion. The place inside are comfortable and cozy with unique decorations of kitchen utensils on the wall.

Henry Cook

Henry Cook Deco

Beef Stew Pot with Baked Hot Potatos @ RM19.00

We actually wanted to order with Yellow Fragrant Rice but they had ran out of it. So we get the hot potatoes. It comes with a separate pot full of beef, carrots, tomatoes and green beans. Vege salad at the side and chunks of hot potatoes in the middle.

Beef Stew Pot

The beef is boiled till soft and juicy. I love the gravy mixing with the hot potatoes. We had not enough potatoes and order an extra portion to eat with the beef. Extra portion of Hot Potatos @ RM3.00

I must try the Yellow fragrant rice next time since it was sold out must be very nice.

Chicken Kebab with Cheese @ RM9.40

Chicken Kebab with Cheese

It is wrap with a wheat pita bread. Inside are stuffed with all kinds of sliced vege salads, carrots, onions, kebab chicken and salad sauce. The portion is quite big that stacked up about 2 inches. I can't actually take up to bite like a burger coz everything will be falling off. At last i eat it with knife and fork.

The marinated chicken kebab taste good and tender. However half way eating the bottom portion of pita bread is getting wet due to the salad sauce. Don't quite like the wet texture.

Chicken Bamboo Noodle @ RM9.90

Noodle

The noodle itself are make of wheat and makes the texture very rough. The chicken bamboo ball is interesting, bouncy and able to taste the chinese bamboo in it. A big warm bowl comes with topping of bean sprouts, fried onion, some red chili in a clear broth.

Hot chocolate @ RM5.50

Surprisingly the hot chocolate really quite nice too.

Henry Cook Logo

Henry Cook

LG-54, Lower Ground Floor, SStwo Mall,
No. 40, Jalan SS2/72, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-7954 1125

Website: http://www.isgourmet.com/

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Soular Pot & Iwate Ramen @ Sri Petaling, KL

2012-08-07T01:18:00.000+08:00

Iwate Ramen is the only outlet located at Sri Petaling, recently the most crowded commercial place. Is hard to look for a parking space there. Iwate Ramen is famous of their soup broth which is thick and whitish in color. There are so many varieties from pork, beef, mushroom, oyster, etc.

Soular Pot & Iwate Ramen

Soft Bone pork Ribs Ramen

Soft Pork Rib Bones

Ramen Noodles

Golden Egg Yolk

The soft golden egg yolk first caught my eye. It looks so yellowish like just cooked. The ramen are quite springy and it does not become soft although soaking in the soup for some time. Their generous of serving more than 3 pieces of soft bone pork ribs. It melted in my mouth. I enjoy drinking the thick soup broth too, and the sesame in it does enriched the taste.

mixed mushroom ramen

There is so much of the fresh shiitake mushroom. However, the broth is a bit too salty.

The food here overall are good but honestly is too pricey. Each of the Ramen cost at least RM15 up to RM30.

Soular Pot & Iwate Ramen

No. 123, Jalan Radin Bagus, Bandar Baru Sri Petaling,
57000 Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03-9057 4909

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Serai @ Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang

2012-08-05T23:52:00.000+08:00

SERAI Restaurant at Empire Subang features a choice range of Malay, Thai and Western specialities. It is quite a nice and relaxing dining place. Is full house during lunch time even on weekdays.

Minted Calamansi Soda @ RM10.50

This is one of their signature drink. It tasted sourish, sweet and so refreshing with the lime and mint.

Satay Chicken @ RM15.00

This is the first time I tasted a super tender chicken satay. As satay I used to eat is mostly quite hard, but this is totally quite soft like just perfectly cooked. Very meaty and juicy, goes well with the satay peanut sauce.

Nasi Lemak @ RM16.00

Friends ordered Serai's signature nasi lemak. Comes with a huge chicken drumstick that surprised us. Is quite a big portion of nasi lemak served with sambal prawns, crispy ikan bilis, cucumber, peanut and 1/2 hard boiled egg. The chicken is marinated well with special spices and roasted aroma.

Sang Har Yin Yong @ RM19.00

I ordered this sang har noodle but was quite disappointed as the taste is not up to my expectation. Too salty of the gravy and noodle has no ''wok'' fried taste. Something to highlight, the ''sang har'' prawn although looks small and cute but is tasty and quite fresh.

After all, a nice ambiance for a corporate lunch here. Will be back to try out other food and desserts.

Serai Restaurant

LG37, Empire Shopping Gallery,
Jalan SS16/1, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-5637 0706

Website: http://www.seraiempire.com.my/

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Uncle Seng Fresh Own Made Noodles @ SS15, Subang

2012-08-04T00:51:00.000+08:00

Almost everyone in Subang Jaya knows about Uncle Seng noodle. The noodle was fresh own-made by the owner named Uncle Seng. Introduced by a Friend to have a try here. The shop is non-air conditional but will still be crowded with customers especially during lunch hours. You will need to share tables with others. Almost 80% are the colleague students nearby.

Uncle Seng, Fresh Own Made Noodle

Green Chili and Special Chili Sauce

One of the specialities here that Uncle Seng makes their home-made red chill sauce too. I saw ppl pour almost the whole noodle turns real red. A little spicy and tasted like sambal.

Original Home-Made Noodle @ RM4.50

It looks fair and not attractive, but once you taste it, will feel totally different. The noodle is springy texture like ''ramen''. It can be eaten like this or add on with the vinegar green chili and red chili sauce.

Wanton Soup

The wanton noodle comes with a bowl of generous wanton from Uncle Seng, there are almost 7 wantons in it. I can really taste and bite the pork meat too, especially the wanton skin is smooth.

Curry Chicken Noodle @ RM5.50

The curry sauce is thick and rich of taste. The chicken is quite tender too. Uncle Seng noodle mixed well with the curry sauce.

Chicken Feet & Mushroom Noodle @ RM5.50

The chicken feet and mushrooms are well marinated with the soy sauce, very flavourful.

The food here is quite cheap at only RM4.50 for a normal noodle and RM5.50 for special ingredient such as curry chicken, mushroom chicken leg, mix of char siew and wanton etc. Further, the food portion here is huge too!!

Uncle Seng (Fresh Own Made Noodles)

No. 68, Jalan SS 15/4B,
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Closed on Monday

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Delicious Cafe @ Bangsar Village 2

2012-08-03T00:27:00.000+08:00

Have been some time I didn't step into delicious cafe. Saturday went there with mum but the cafe is full-house. Luckily we waited for just 10mins then we got a table.

DELICIOUS

Tall Latte @ RM9.90

Ordered a tall latte for sharing. Its smooth and taste nice. We dint add any sugar coz is not very bitter.

Grilled mushroom with toast @ RM21.50

Mum order this and she ask me is the toast is soaked with oil or olive oil. I have a bite and I almost throw out becoz I just feel mouthful of oil squeezing out when i bite the toast bread.

By the way, the grilled mushroom is nice, but not the bread -- TOO OILY. Even if its olive oil is not eaten like this.

Lambshank Pie @ RM24.90

My pie looks great and I love the smashed potato on top with the gravy. Besides, the separated salad is fresh and nice dressing.

Lamb shank

The lamb meat is tender too !! But one thing disappointed was the top part where the smashed potato is heat up but inner part of the lamb is not really hot, the meat is just warm. It can be better.

The cafe is cozy and comfortable for friends and family to gather. They serve nice desserts too.

Delicious Cafe

GF-1, Ground Floor, Bangsar Village II,

2, Jalan Telawi 1, Bangsar Baru,

59100 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel: 03-2287 1554

Website: http://www.thedeliciousgroup.com/

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Goku Raku Ramen @ Mid Valley Megamall

2012-08-02T23:53:00.000+08:00

Has been listening about this Goku Raku Ramen for long, finally I have a chance to tried it out on a busy weekend afternoon at Mid Valley.

Goku Raku Ramen

Goku Raku Ramen Menu

Ultimate Ramen @ RM16.90 (small)

There are 3 options of soup base to pick on: Tonkotsu Soup (pork rib bones), Shoyu Tonkotsu soup and Miso Tonkotsu Soup.

Ultimate Ramen (Miso Tonkotsu Soup)

I chosen the Miso Tonkotsu soup base. The Ramen topped with numerous ingredient inclusive of char siew, flavoured egg, black fungus, spring onions, leeks, bamboo shoots, cabbage, seaweed and fragrant garlic oil. The egg white is perfectly set while the yolk remains velvety and squishy, extremely soft and delicious. The 2 pieces of char siew is super tender, it comes with a layer of fats too which tasted yummy. Love drinking the broth that tasted flavourful and strong smell of miso and sesame perfectly complements the broth.

Kobuta Meshi Don @ RM6.90

This is a mini don that comes with generous of simmered pork cubes and spring onions on the Japanese Rice. The pork cubes has the smokey smell like roasted in ashes for quite some times. The meat is almost soft and rough like floss meat that will melt in my mouth. The rice is little chewy to serve well with the pork cubes and some pork gravy.

Gyoza @ RM7.90

The pork dumplings are pan fried perfectly with a brownish roasted at the bottom skin. I like to eat the dumpling skin which is little crispy and thin. Inside are stuffed with mixed pork patty and spring onions. The pork meat is like steamed cooked which remains some pork essence broth in it. Very juicy pork dumplings. I find the shoyu sauce served are too salty, would rather it the dumplings alone without any sauce.

Matcha Float @ RM8.90

It was served in a tall glass. Very greenish in color and topped with whipped cream and green tea ice cream. I personally enjoy the green tea ice cream very much but the drink is quite disappointed, as it tasted very powerish.

One thing to highlight, I also ordered a glass of warm water and when I call for the bill, I was shocked with RM2.00 charge. Written on the bill is Lemon Water with remarks: Warm and No lemon. First of all I did not request for no lemon, and the waiter should have highlight this to me in advance. RM2.00 for a glass of warm water is more expensive than a mineral water ! At least they serve me with some lemon, i wouldn't had been so pissed off.

Goku Raku Ramen

極樂

Lot S25 & S26, Level 2, Mid Valley Megamall,

Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 KL.

Tel: 03-2282 3924

Website: http://www.gokuraku-ramen.com

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Restoran LYJ 李雄記冷氣酒家 @ Kg Baru, Sungai Buloh

2012-07-30T23:40:00.000+08:00

A famous restaurant at Sg Buloh new village. Many functions like Wedding, Annual dinner held here, as they have an extra outlet next door to cater the larger group of ppl.

Tea Pot Soup @ RM26.00

I find this very special. Especially this is a herbal soup with pork. Is kind of a clear soup but contains strong herbal taste.

Standing Roast Chicken @ RM44.00

This is one of their signature dish - Stand roasted chicken. Yes is a whole chicken serve on the table. This chicken is to be tear off ourselves to eat. There are scissors and plastic gloves provided. But if you are lazy, they can chopped into pieces for you like the above pic. The chicken roasted just nice and juicy. I love the crispy skin with roasted aroma. Its a kampung chicken but still not very hard to bite.

Sour plum and Chilli Sauce for the chicken

Stir fry Kangkung with garlic @ RM13.00

Lala with Ginger @ RM25.00

The lala is quite huge and sweet. I love the ginger sauce too, good to serve with rice.

Claypot beancurd @ RM14.00

Brown Rice @ RM1.50

Overall food here is nice with reasonable price for family and friends gathering.

Restoran LYJ

李雄記冷氣酒家

PT 11, Jalan Perkhidmatan, Kampung Baru,

47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor.

Tel: 03-6140 2678

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Jom Bali Cafe @ Carrefour Subang Jaya

2012-07-28T22:55:00.000+08:00

Jombali is located at Subang Jaya Carrefour. They are serving the local malayasian cuisine. The food served very slow and they are like lack of staff because it is hard to call them. The waiter waitress are always very busy.

Sambal spaghetti with chicken

Its a mix of malay and western style. The spaghetti is fried with sambal paste, tasted sour and spicy. The chicken is disappointed because its not tender and tasteless.

Ginger Barley with Honey

It taste sweet and interesting with the ginger taste.

Kantonis Fried Sang Mee

Jombali serving set lunch during weekdays from 11.00am to 3.00pm. At the price of RM10.90 you get a main dish and a glass of drink.

It actually looks nice when served. The noodles are not still very crunchy although after soaking in the hot gravy for some time. Disappointed me again, the gravy is almost tasteless. We had to add on black soy sauce to enhance the flavour. Not to mention other ingredients, the prawns itself taste very artificial. It's almost transparent and no natural sweet taste at all besides crunchy.

Firewood Roaste Ice Coffee

Got a free drink with a nice name of Firewood Roaste Ice Coffee. Tasted just like normal ice coffee but at least better than the expectation of the noodle.

Jom Bali Cafe

F3-11, Ground Floor, Carrefour,

No. 3, Jalan SS 16/1, 47500 Subang Jaya,

Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Website: http://www.jombali.com.my/

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Restaurant Hing Kee 興福美食之家 @ Bayu Tinggi, Klang

2012-07-27T22:42:00.000+08:00

Restaurant Hing Kee located at one of a shoplot in Batu Unjur Klang. Something special here is that their Main Chef sits while cooking. This is because the chef is a handicapped sitting on a wheel chair. I really salute and appreciate his attitude and cooking. Furthermore, the food are delicious.

Minced Meat Noodle @ RM9.00

This is one of the signature dish in the restaurant. The sang mee is rinsed and stir up with the dark black sauce. Topped with a blanket of minced meat sauce and fresh spring onions. The noodle is quite springy chewy but is mild to eat alone. Best to serve it with the minced meat.

Hin Hwa Birthday Noodle @ RM12.00

Hin Hwa is actually the name of a place. The birthday noodle is nice fried with mushroom, marinated minced meat, onions, egg, carrots and vegetables. Personally feel the marinated minced meat is very special. It is soft and tender like has been quoted with cooking flour makes it very smooth. The fragrance of the ''wok hey'' is super strong that makes the dish so lively. Very addictive !

House Special Chilli Sauce

The house special chilli sauce. It was so fresh greenish in colour, which is grind til very thick and sticky. The taste is bit sourish and spicy that enrich the taste of good.

Claypot Pork Ribs with Yam @ RM15.00

The claypot came sizzling and boiling with the sauce. There are quite a number of pork ribs and cutlets of yam in it. The gravy is getting thicker while we eat as the yam is slowly melting. I can finish my white rice with this gravy. Like eating the yam cubes that taste fresh and crunchy. The pork ribs is tender and bit chewy, but somehow taste like chicken meat to me.

Restaurant Hing Kee 興福美食之家

No.4, Lorong Bayu Tinggi, 1C/K5,

Batu Unjur, 41200 Klang.

Tel: 019-204 8988

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Movida Kitchen, Bar & Club Lounge @ Sunway Giza Mall, Kota Damansara

2012-07-25T21:52:00.000+08:00

Movida has been operating in Sunway Giza since the mall is open. I always thought they are just a bistro or pub but they actually serve meals too. You can choose sitting inside with air-conditional or outside smoking area but still very windy and cooling during the night. Here is really a great place to hand out with friends or even colleagues.

Franziskaner @ RM48.00++/ glass

During Happy Hour all beers are buy 1 FREE 2 until 8pm. After 8pm is buy 1 Free 1.

Spicy Thai Pizza @ RM26.00

I like their thin crust dough instead of the thick ones. Tops with homemade thai paste, which chicken fillet, bird eye chili, onions, fresh mushrooms, coriander and cheese. Especially when bitten the bird eye chilli, my lips goes numb very fast. The crust is crunchy especially at the side.

Movida Kitchen, Bar & Club Lounge

C-03 & C-03A, Block C, Sunway Giza Mall,

No.2, Jalan PJU 5/14, PJU 5, Dataran Sunway,

47810 Kota Damansara, Selangor.

Tel: 03-6141 8022

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