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Gelato @ il Gelato di Bruno

2011-12-12T15:53:00.000+08:00

We stopped by this place at the City-Link mall (next to Hershey's) for some gelato. It was pretty good! We took 2 scoops on the waffle thingy. =P

Macaroons @ Canele (Raffles City, Singapore)

2011-12-03T16:37:00.000+08:00

Had these lovely macaroons which were bought at Raffles City! A bit too sweet but nice! =)

Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee @ Fountain Food Terrace, Suntec City Mall

2011-11-26T04:02:00.000+08:00

This was eaten at the Suntec City Mall in Singapore. We actually stumbled upon it - was looking for something simple and cheap(er) to eat before we head back to M'sia and i decided to eat something distinctly Singaporean (or so they claimed).

It was actually surprisingly pretty good!

Fruit rojak @ The Stadium in Ipoh

2011-03-16T18:43:00.000+08:00

This is the chinese style rojak with fruits. The one served here does not come with prawn crackers but instead it comes with yau char kwai.

Nice! The sauce was god and the peanut sprinkles added to the taste.

Ice Kacang @ The Stadium, Ipoh

2011-01-13T18:39:00.001+08:00

This was nice on a hot day. I like the peanuts they add on it too!

Bean sprout chicken @ Lou Wong, Ipoh

2011-01-05T23:21:00.005+08:00

Ipoh is famous for its nga choy kai - beansprout chicken. Nope, not chicken flavoured beansprout - but chicken served with bean sprout!

Perhaps the most commercialised place is Lou Wong (No. 49, Jalan Yau Tet Shin, Ipoh) - but i used to frequent that place when i had to travel to Ipoh for my court cases. But i was told it was mainly for out-of-towners.

In recent times, i was told that locals still frequent that place - tGiF's parents think it is quite good! So i went there and gave it another go.

The beansprout - can't get them wrong when at Ipoh!!!

The chicken was tasty - but super oily!!!! You can see the oil on the sides of the plate!

The rice was wonderful!!!! =P

And i always need my pork fix - and the pork balls did the trick!

No regrets going there again!

English breakfast in Northern Scotland

2010-09-28T03:32:00.000+08:00

OK - sorry but i cannot remember where is this place!!!! I only know it is in the northern part of Scotland, after Ullapool.

We were driving along the coastal road when we came across this little place serving food - so we stopped there for lunch. It was a 'strange' lunch!!!! We had English breakfast at Scotland for lunch! But is was so so good!

Typical English breakfast - bacon, egg, fried bread, sausages, a fried tomato and black pudding! Black pudding? We din know wat it was when we ate it but we loved it, being typical Chinese! If you dun know wat it is, check it out here.

Japanese @ Misato, Chinatown (London)

2010-09-20T01:14:00.002+08:00

Just walk Wardour Street from Wong Kei and you come across this small unassuming eating joint:-

You would prolly just walk pass by, not paying much attention to it. Not very attractive from the front - but come during meal times and yr attention will be drawn towards it. For you would notice a long steady line outside!!!!

Yes, people queue up and wait for long periods of time (even during freezing winter) just to get a seat in this place.

But once you are in, you may still be surprised at what is the big deal. It serves pretty ordinary sounding Japanese food.

But it is goooooood!!! The portions are HUGE and the price is sooooo affordable! So no wonder you'll see a lot of asian students eating there. You'll prolly end up sitting next to another Malaysian the next time you are there!

I had this grilled salmon bento set the first time i was there

But most people will go for the rice with meat options - the prok or chicken katsu, curried, or the delicious beef! The mountain of rice in the pic above is covering a generous portion of pork katsu!

Seafood @ The Company Shed, Mersea

2010-09-13T00:01:00.000+08:00

It was a plan long made, thought to never happem not forgotten and eventually fulfilled. I've been planning to go for seafood at Mersea for most of the time i was studying at Colchester. I left with my Masters but without the seafood experience... until i returned half a year later!

We took the bus to Mersea on a lovely summer day. Our destination - "The Company Shed".

A popular choice, no doubt, seeing the number of people eating there. We had to wait outside for a place.

But the wait was worth it! First up - butter garlic mussels!

And then, the main course - mixed seafood dish made up of 3 different sizes of shrimps, crabs, more mussels, clams. No sauce, no gravy - just the tasty freshness of the seafood! Yum!

Kebab @ Rose Burger & Kebab Centre

2010-09-06T03:12:00.001+08:00

I'll be posting food from the UK for the rest of this month - since i can't go there. i can at least talk about the place!!!! =)

I love kebab! Tried many places in the UK - but to me, this was the best i've ever had!

This was recommended by a colleague at a Chinese restaurant where i used to work at. I decided to try it out and have been going back there each time i'm back at Colchester!

The meat is so tender and juicy.

So if you're at Colchester, drop by at Rose Burger & Kebab Centre - 4 Barrack Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 2LJ.

Hokkien fried noodles @ Petaling Street, KL

2010-07-25T18:28:00.001+08:00

This is the famous stall in KL - been around for generations!!!! The best thing is that it is still good - and it opens til early in the morning!!! So yeah, if you can't get yr usual kebab fix after pub-bing (like how u used to in the UK), u can get this - more messy, less mobile but still just as satisfying.

But i must say that while it is good, it is not so wonderful tt i would travel all the way there just to eat it! But if i'm in the neighbourhood, why not?

Bacon Cheeseburger @ Botak Jones

2010-07-04T15:17:00.001+08:00

I was told to try out this place when down in S'pore - Botak Jones. Apparently, very nice burgers but at food court prices. Why? The joints are located at food courts!!!!

Yup, no aircond. But it was alright. Here is the burger i had - bacon cheeseburger:-

The fork there is just to give you an idea how big it was.

The verdict? Nice. Not great but nice. Check out their menu and outlets here at their website.

Tiramisu @ Delicious, Bangsar

2010-06-20T18:20:00.000+08:00

The food at delicious is good - but that's another post. I'm blogging about the desert.

I was told their tiramisu was pretty good. So i gave it a try.

It came in a glass and i was pleasantly surprised! Nice, nice! the pics speaks for themselves.

It was tasty - right blend of ingredients, not too overpowering nor too sweet, wasn't dry. It was cold too which made it nicer - for me anyways!

As a little postscript, these pics were taken a few years ago when i went there for the first time. Recently, i went back there again and din really like again - there was this sour taste to it. Maybe it has gone bad?

English breakfast @ Hotel Ibis, Reading

2010-06-13T17:25:00.002+08:00

I love English breakfast! I love bacon!!!!! Enuf said.

I was at Reading last year for work and stayed at Hotel Ibis. Nothing spectacular but it was strategically located and the place was clean. Loved the place.

The icing on the cake was the breakfast - it was buffet style and i would be there early every morning, reading the newspapers and watching the news on the TV while enjoying my food.

They have bacon, eggs, sausages, cereal, fruits etc. I would go for a few rounds, ending off with more and more bacon. It was really good - not overcooked till it was hard and crispy but it was nice and tender.

Surely one of the highlights of my trip! =)

Burger @ Carl's Junior, Midvalley

2010-06-06T18:26:00.000+08:00

have a big craving for burgers? Well, u may want to try out Carl's Jr!

Take a look - the finger is in the pic to give an idea of how big the burger is - compared to those from fast food restaurants.

So yes, the plus point is the size! It doesn't disappoint! A look at the pic above also assures u it is not dry!

Another plus point are their fries - you can actually taste the potato and bits of skins still on the fires - not processed stuffs!

And you can help yrself to as much relish as u like!

The downside? Well, the taste just wasn't there for me. And the price is a huge put-off. I might as well go to places like Chile's and eat their burgers there - and request that it's medium rare.

Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa @ Kampung Baru, KL

2010-05-30T18:13:00.001+08:00

I love nasi lemak!!!! Yeah, i would travel all the way down to KL in the middle of the night to a place where i dun belong (yeah, we were greeted by looks - not stares, but looks), just to eat it!

I'm talking about nasi lemak antarabangsa. At the time of writing this post, i discovered that it has now many 'modern' branches all over! But i went to the original one at Kg Baru.

Apparently, it is called nasi lemak antarabangsa cuz people of all races came to love it! It is almost as old as i am - which makes it pretty old!!!!

The verdict? The memory of it tasted better. But it wasn't too bad. I like the rice which was not too sticky nor too soft. The sambal is the kind on the sweet side. It would be nice if it came with peanuts.

But i would not travel all the way there again just to eat it - i might perhaps visit one of its modern branches!

Pork noodles @ SS3, PJ

2010-05-26T18:09:00.000+08:00

This used to be the place for pork noodles. The wait was expected - after all, good things comes to those who wait!

It was the best pork noodles at that time. It was so tasty and jammed packed with pork - pork liver, minced pork, pork meat, pork intestines, chee yau char! So be warned - if u're not into entrails, then avoid this like a plague.

But the last few times i was there, i found the food to be a little cold - not as hot as i would like it to be. And in recent times, i've discovered another place - IMHO, a place which serves better pork noodles! More about that when i get pics of it - but still, this one at SS3 is still pretty good.

Lemongrass prawn spaghetti @ Food Foundry

2010-02-14T23:54:00.000+08:00

This was really yummy! The prawns were fresh - easy to get the shells off and crunchy. The pasta was done very well - not too hard nor overcooked.

Just a little warning tho. It is a little spicy! Oh, and when i had it, it was very oily!!!! It would have been nice if they had some bread/baguette to dip into the oil at the end of the meal (just like how Michael used to do back in Rayleigh Tower!).

Beef noodles @ Wisma Sabah, Sabah

2010-02-07T18:04:00.001+08:00

The last time i was at Kota Kinabalu, me mate Chris asked wat i wanted for lunch. Beef noodles, i said, without hesitation. So she brought me to Wisma Sabah, at one of the higher floors. Sori, i can't remember which floor. But a lot of office people eat there - so it's not a touristy place but a place for the locals.

It didn't disappoint. As you can see, it has all the 'spare parts' of the cow in addition to the beef slices. The soup was beefy good - and as an extra, the chilly sauce they served there really packed a punch! :-)

Jap food @ Sushi Tei, Tropicana City Mall

2010-01-23T17:30:00.001+08:00

One of the first few places we dined at the Tropicana City Mall was at Sushi Tei. To be honest, we din think much of the main courses of rice and ramen. But the appetizers (yeah, a lot eh?) were pretty good!

Dai Dai Roll

Ika Sugatayaki - grilled cuttlefish

Hand rolls - Salmon Skin (R) & California (L)

Roti planta @ Pelita, PJ

2009-05-26T12:11:00.001+08:00

Roti planta is basically your normal roti prata but cooked with margarine. Planta is the name of the common margarine brand used.

It is also usally cooked with sugar so it has that sweet taste.

One of the best in town is the one made at Pelita, SS2. It is nice, crunchy and just sweet!

Duck confit at Le Petite

2009-05-24T23:12:00.000+08:00

The last time i was down at Singapore, me mate Yu Jin (and his missus) took me out for dinner. They took me to this place called La Petite Cuisine. French food!

I opted for the Duck Confit - after seeking approvals from Mr and Mrs Cheah. I like the Duck Confit pasta at Delicious (that's another post for another day!) so i decided to try the original Duck Confit!

It was good!

Besides the duck being very nice and tasty, the potato thingy that came as the side was pretty good too!

The address for the place is #01-05, Serene Centre, 10, Jalan Serene, Singapore 258748.

White Lady @ Taman Hui Sing, Kuching

2009-05-06T11:19:00.000+08:00

The last time i was at Kuching, me mate, Ru, took me to an open air food court near to the Kuching International Airport and i finally tried it. To be precise, it was at the Hui Sing Hawker Centre, Lorong Taman Hui Sing 3.

It was actually there that she suggested i start this food blog.

It was also there that i had White Lady! According to the Wikitravel page on Kuching, the stall that serves it is 'Ah Meng's Stall'. Evaporated milk with syrup and fruit base. Very nice, very refreshing!

Salted fish fried rice @ Black Canyon Coffee

2009-05-04T01:02:00.001+08:00

Well, i'll give them marks for presentation!!!

Also, dun be deceived by its looks - it is actually quite enough for me for lunch.

I actually liked it. The rice was nicely fried and there was a generous helping of salted fish in it - unlike other cheap salted fish rice, i could taste salted fish in almost every bite!

But if u're a meat eater like me, u might want to compliment this with something else.

Maggi Mee Goreng @ Lotus, DJ

2009-05-01T17:07:00.002+08:00

Lotus is one of the most frequented supper venues among my church mates. And 9 out of 10 times when i eat there, i'll go for their maggi mee goreng, tak mahu pedas (fried Maggi Mee, not spicy).

It is arguably one of the best around. As you can see, it is quite substantial and loaded with lots of vege. My biggest criteria is the noodles itself. It is just nice for me. Not too soft (overcooked) nor too hard. Just nice! :-)

Coconut Ice Cream @ Bach Dang, HCMC

2009-03-31T17:45:00.005+08:00

Wow! Has it been that long??? 4 months!!!!!

OK. I'm back. With some vengeance!

It was the last day at Ho Chi Minh City - and many things were left undone. But there was one sight that we just could not miss! So while the students did their last minute shopping, Carol and I went off searching for the famous Coconut Ice Cream!

It is at this place called Bach Dang. Where is it? Hhmmm.... if you go out of BenThanh Market and the huge roundabout is across the road, you just head towards yr left. Keep walking and you'll arrive there.

Sori but we were in such a rush that i cannot remember how long it took. Suffice to say, i've never seen Carol walked that fast before!!!!

So was it all worth it?

Here it is:-

It was topped with local fruits - watermelon, dragon fruit, dessicated cocunut, and some other fruit! Personally, i thought that the fruits did not add anything to it. But Carol thought otherwise.

What is more important was the ice cream itself. Below the fresh fruits.

And it was REALLY GOOD!!!!!

The ice cream was smoooooooth! Like Rob Thomas and Santana! It was of high quality! I just had Baskin Robbins last nite and was disappointed to find tiny pieces of ice in the ice cream. You will not find such things here.

The taste was good too! But then again, there is no reference point for comparisons since you seldom get cocunut flavoured ice cream. But it tasted good, it wasn't too sweet and the coconut taste was pretty authentic! How more authentic can it get when it was served in a coconut shell itself - after finishing the ice cream, you can still scrape the coconut flesh off the shell and enjoy it.

Excellent stuff! the weather there just complements it. It is so hot and humid and the coolness and refreshing taste of the ice cream just melts the heat away.

And what a better way to round it off than by having a cup of real Vietnamese drip coffee? I love the coffee there! :-)

Yong tau foo @ Puchong Yong Tau Foo

2008-11-29T18:01:00.000+08:00

We heard about this yong tau foo place from the papers and from blogs. So we decided to try it.

The place is simply called 'Puchong Yong Tau Foo'. It is quite deep in Puchong - the 14th Mile, to be exact. But no worries - i am not recommending you to try it out!!!

The novelty of the place is that the food is only stuffed after you have chosen it. The idea is that it is freshly cooked. And people have said that the stuffing is done generously.

I beg to differ. The stuffings were far from generous. For RM1 a piece, it sure was not worth it. The taste was nothing extraordinary too. Just go to your neighbourhood yong tau foo stall and it will not be that much different.

Blue cheese burger @ Tony Romas, Sunway Pyramid

2008-11-22T00:02:00.000+08:00

We went there as a farewell for some of the students opting to go to the UK for 2nd year. Initially we were supposed to go to Fridays but it was full. So we ended up here - quite reluctantly for me! The only thing good about Tony Romas (i've been told) is it's pork ribs. But they dun have that in the local outlets here.

So i settled for this burger. Wasn't that bad. For one, it was big enuf to satisfy me! Almost had difficulties biting into it. Secondly, i loved the cheese. Nice!

But with almost every other gourmet burger that i have eaten in M'sia, it was just too well done - and ended up being rather dry. This was even when i specified i wanted it medium. Maybe i should ask for medium rare next time?

Deep fried Mars Bar @ Chippy, Raffles City shopping centre

2008-10-11T15:19:00.003+08:00

This has to be the ULTIMATE comfort food!!!!

Super unhealthy? Four small pieces of Mars Bar - choc with caremel inside, deep fried! Crunchy on the outside, soft and gooey on the inside! Top it with vanilla ice cream AND chocolate syrup!

Baby back pork ribs @ Tony Romas

2008-10-01T20:32:00.004+08:00

One of the places i had to eat at when in S'pore recently was Tony Romas. Now some may ask why go there when we have so many TR outlets here in M'sia, the prices being cheaper compared to the higher exchange rate across the causeway.

The reason is simple - PORK!

The local TR outlets do not serve pork! And TR is famous for its pork ribs. I love pork ribs. I love pork! The best pork ribs i've had was at some restaurant at near the border of Austria and Germany at Fusen. It was huge, tender and so delicous! But i digress.

So off i went to the TR at Suntec City. I was early to beat the dinner crowd and also, i had a concert to go to after dinner.

No hessitation - i went for the Original Baby Back Ribs. I went for the smallest portion - so that the hole burnt in me wallet is just as small!

It came with jacket potatoes and corn. The jacket potatoes were wonderful! It must be the bacon bits! It's exactly like how the jacket potatoes taste like in the UK. Lovely! The corn was really juicy and sweet. I left it to the end so it was almost like a dessert.

OK - the ribs. It was good! The portion was small compared to the one i had in Germany. The meat was tendr and came off the bone easily. The sauce was a little on the sweet side but there wasn't too much of it to overpower the ribs.

It was a satisfying meal! I topped it off with a cup of coffee.

The service was pretty good too - nice sweet waitresses. Only complaint? They stole S$0.50 from me!!!! After paying the bill, they brought back the bill wallet with my change and i left it there until i was ready to go. I opened it and found only the bill! No change!!!! Oh well...

Cirspy Jumbo Combo @ Cafe' Cartel, Singapore

2008-09-12T01:51:00.001+08:00

We were starving after the run and just wanted to stuff our faces.

WS and i remembered that Cafe' Cartel (yes, the "Cafe'" is written that way) serves free flow bread!!! So off we went, to the branch at Raffles City.

Upon perusing the menu, i suggested the Crispy Combo which was meant for 3 people. Then i looked below it on the menu and saw that they also had a Crispy Jumbo Combo for 5 people!!!! Yes, we had that! The 3 of us.

Here it is - it was amusing as the girl at the next table could not stop staring at it when it came. And she kept on throwing glances at our table!

It consisted of fried chicken, fish fillet, rodeo wings, mixed vege, wedges. It was also suppose to have prawn dippers but they ran out and replaced it with calamari (i found a 'lost' scallop in the midst of the calamari!).

The fried chicken was really good. Skin was crispy but not too much flour. Meat was juicy and tasty. Huge portion. Boneless. Went really well with the BBQ sauce.

The calamari was alrite. The wedges - well, they weren't our priority. The vege was quite miserable - just the baby carrots and a few pieces of cucumber.

Very satisfying! less than RM40 per person.

The rodeo wings were nice - i love wings so it was hard to get it wrong.

The fish fillet was pretty good too! The fish was fresh and the batter again not too thick.

Pineapple fried rice @ restaurant outside Kinabalu Park

2008-09-10T17:56:00.000+08:00

This place is meant (i think) for workers at the Kinabalu National Park. It is just across the road from the park. As there are only 2 restaurants in the park, and both are quite pricey, i went over a couple of times to this place for me meals.

The first time round, i ordered the pineapple fried rice. It turned out better than i expected!

There was a generous serving of prawns, squid, fish cake and fish slices to go with the fried rice.

The rice was a wee bit soggy - but it was an enjoyable meal, with the cool air and the view of the mountain at the distance.

Pork Ribs noodles @ Toa Payoh, Singapore

2008-09-08T14:54:00.000+08:00

The place is a kopitiam opposite Trellis Towers at Toa Payoh. Our mate told us we could get our breakfast there.

I ordered the prok ribs noodles from the prawn mee stall.

It doesn't look much but it was pretty good. It used the prawn based soup which was tasty - much better than the prawn mee soup from Tan Kee.

The ribs were boiled to perfection - at least, to my liking. It was juicy and tender and came off the bone easily. Finished off everything including the soup! :-P~

Duck noodles @ Imperial Treasure Restaurant, S'pore

2008-09-07T19:27:00.002+08:00

I blogged previously about having dim sum at this place (see here).

We were pretty hungry when we got there as we did not have breakfast. WS decided to get something more substantial in addition to the dim sum and ordered the roast duck noodles.

It looked good and he confirmed that the taste corresponded to its looks.

Mille crêpe @ Food Foundry, PJ

2008-09-06T11:36:00.000+08:00

After a spot of filming we did on our chapel grounds, Michelle, Samuel and i headed off for tea. Sam recommended we try Mille crêpe nearby. Michelle has heard about it and was game. I had no objections.

What is Mille crêpe? Well, let's turn to Wiki for help:-

Mille crêpe is a French cake made of many crêpe layers. "Mille" ("mil") means "a thousand," implying the many layers of crêpe.

The place is Food Foundry, a corner lot on the ground floor of the flats nearby my church grounds.

The food? It was not too bad. We tried the normal one (vanilla), a strawberry one and a chocolate one.

We all concluded that the best was the cheapest one - the vanilla one. It taste exactly like how it is - layers of thin pancake with the flavoured filling.

Not too bad. The place was nice too - when we were there, it was rather breezy.

Duck rice @ Wong Kei, London

2008-09-04T21:05:00.003+08:00

Yes, the infamous Wong Kei!!! The place where tourists go to see just how rude the waiters can be. It's also the place where students go as it is the cheapest duck rice in town!

To be fair, the waiters have mellowed thru-out the years. I guess the novelty of rude waiters has worn off. I found some of them to be polite, even!

Almost each time i traveled to London, i would go there to fill me tummy! It was the cheapest duck rice in town. And i must admit the quality wavers.

I usually order the duck and roast pork rice.

The roast pork is so good. The layers of fat and meat topped with crunchy skin - lovely! The duck also has the layer of fat between the meat and the skin - British ducks! You can't find that here in M'sia. I haven't found any yet. All healthy skinny ducks here!

The portions are large. Generous cuts of pork and duck, all on top a great big plate if rice. Don't forget the 'chilly oil' too. The meal also comes with a small pot of chinese tea, on the house!

There is a section at the front reserved for individual customers - also a good chance to make conversation with strangers and other tourists.

I love going to that place. The smell of the place is so typically like a chinese restaurant. I hear the frenly banter in cantonese between the staff. There's usually this 'uncle' who'll be whistling so old chinese tune. Not the best duck in London but it's one of me fav places to go to.

Dim sum @ Imperial Treasure Restaurant, Singapore

2008-09-03T21:50:00.006+08:00

Kit had to make reservations as it was a Saturday. When we arrived, we were given a table but was told that we can only have it for the one hour that we had reserved for. Well, that was a good sign, i guess. Lots of people wanting to eat here.

'Here' is on the 5th floor of Ngee Ann City along Orchard Road.

On to the dum sum. We had the standard har kao and siew mai.

The har kao was simply lovely! The prawns in them were so fresh and crunchy.

The siew mai maintained the standard set by the har kao. WS jokingly complained that it had too much prawns in them!

We also ordered the woo kok - deep fried yam puffs. The yam was superb! My only minor complain was than there were enuf filling in them for my liking. But the wonderful yam made up for it.

I insisted on the following deep fried prawn dim sums.

Finally, to fill up, i had the lotus leave rice. It was great! So tasty. The mixture of the taste was so good - from the lotus leaf to the rice to the prawn and pork and other stuffs in it.

Set lunch @ Esquire Kitchen, Sunway

2008-09-02T21:32:00.001+08:00

It was Friday and we had to go 'rescue' one of our mates. That meant going out for lunch with her!

We were at Sunway Pyramid and ended up at Esquire Kitchen - the lady's choice. I suggested that we tried their set lunch - basically, we can choose one pork dish, one chicken dish, one fish dish, and one vege. It came with an egg foo yong. I kinda decided on everything and no one really had any violent objections.

We went for the classic Tung Po pork, fish stir-fried with ginger and onion shoots, lemon chicken and kai lan.

It was all generally quite good. The pork was tasty - and unhealthy! The fish was nice. The chicken was alright. The egg tho was really sad. Aren't there supposed to be prawns in egg foo yong?

Anyways, all this for RM55 excluding drinks. We had chinese tea which was free flow and took the opportunity to have a long comfy chat after lunch.

Rawa tosai @ Sri Paandi, Bangsar

2008-09-01T23:48:00.004+08:00

I was an hour and a half early so i decided to look for place to have tea. I wandered around and to my surprise, there was a Sri Paandi outlet there. It's near the First Coach Bangsar stop.

Not wanting anything too heavy, i decided to go for the Rawa Tosai. I almost always go for this when we go to the section 11 outlet for breakfast.

I like it as it is usually quite crunchy! It's not too filling and it has the bits of vege in it which adds to the taste. The chutney they serve at Sri Paandi's is also quite nice. On some occasions, i found that they serve a special chutney - mint chutney! Now that's really nice!

Japanese dinner @ Sakae Sushi, Subang Jaya

2008-08-28T21:32:00.005+08:00

It was a belated birthday celebration for me sis-in-law and we ended up at Subang Parade. I suggested going to Sakea Sushi since i knew she liked Japanese.

It was a Saturday night and there was a queue formed outside when we reached there. A good sign.

i was hungry and i started off with this before the mains arrived.

It was rice and mango wrapped with salmon. The mango went really well with it.

I had Chicken Katsu Curry rice. it was kinda small for me - yes, i'm comparing with the portions found at Misato, London (must blog about that another time). But it was nice. Typical Japanese curry. The photo was too blurry so i won't embarrass meself by putting it up!

Me sis-in-law had the Beef Bibimba - according to me sis, this is a Korean style dish.

Basically, the food is served on a hot stone bowl. Not too bad.

I ordered soft-shell crabs which were nice too.

And i really wanted to try their special makimonos - i ordered the Sunshine Maki - generally prawn in rice wrapped with mango. A wonderful blend of tastes. Nice!

Another plus point of this place is that they have kiddies sets too. Me niece had a 'Minibus' set!

Will definitely go there again. It came up to RM210 (around 30 quid) for 5 adults and 2 kids.

French fine dining @ Lemon Grass, PJ

2008-08-27T20:39:00.009+08:00

I believe the name of the restaurant is Lemon Grass. It is actually part of the Taylor's School of Hospitality and Tourism. The students run the place and get practical training.

They were hosting the dinner at the end of the National Rounds of the LawAsia Moot Competition 2008. We were ~~tired~~ exhausted and just wanted to be fed and go home and sleep. Yeah, we were sore losers! Lol!

The table set-up. Looks good-eh?

We started off with some finger food. Nothing to shout about and the baguette base wasn't nice - 'lau foong' edi!

We had some not impressive mock-tails to quench our thirst too. I went for fruit juice after this and even that wasn't very nice.

Here's our menu for the night:-

Appetizer - Paprika oil seared scallops on yellow watermelon with coriander pesto, alfalfa sprouts and coconut lime foam.

I was ambivalent about this. Scallops were nice. It however din go too well with the watermelon.

This was followed by pumpkin soup (for details, refer to the menu above). No one around me liked the soup at all!

The main course - cod fillet on a bed of mash potatoes

I thought the fish was a bit... fishy (in cantonese, 'sang') but the rest din think so. Still, it was nice and fresh.

The best part tho was the mash potatoes. Lovely!

And finally, the desert! Mango and Passion fruit mousse cake, chocolate macaroon and citrus crème brûlée (burnt cream!).

The mousse cake was too sour for the guys and too sweet for the girls!!!

The remaining two were winners to all of us! Yup, end off on a high note. Only small complaint wiil be that they were too small!!! A good complaint, dun u think?

Prawn Mee @ Tan Kee, Jalan Pahang

2008-08-24T22:31:00.005+08:00

We actually set out to look for this curry laksa place. But due to moi, we arrived there late and the food was sold out. So using Al's GPS gadget, we decided to try out this prawn mee place which is situated along Jalan Pahang - some people have alleged that this was the best prawn mee in town.

It's called Tan Kee - a little shop which only sells prawn mee.

When the food was served, it looked promising!

There were large prawns on each bowl. And the surprise was that it was served with some pork ribs too. The meat was tender! The soup was a little salty.

The damage - RM24 for the 3 of us!!!! That includes 3 bowls of prawn mee and 3 iced chinese tea. The mee should be RM7.50 a bowl which isn't so bad seeing the size and amount of prawns served.

However, we really din think much of it. The prawns were nice and big. The pork was yummy. Overall, it wasn't bad but it sure wasn't that good. It lacked the prawn taste in the soup. But that's our view anyways.

Seafood bak kut teh @ Bandar Nam Tung, Sandakan

2008-08-23T14:18:00.005+08:00

Me mates told me that in Sandakan, i have to try their seafood bak kut teh. Well, i like seafood and i like bak kut teh. So i had to try it once i was there.

I managed to find out the place to go to from a taxi driver - but it wasn't necessary as one of students kindly took me there in the end! Cheers, Sam!

Located at Bandar Nam Tung, just take the Leila Road and head out of town for around 3 km (my estimation).

I found out that unlike the bak kut teh here where you out everything in together, the seafood bak kut teh is served separately. So Sam ordered pork, prawns and fish slices. It came in 3 different bowls.

The seafood bak kut teh is cooked with a lot of ginger so it ended up giving it a spicy kick - not that i din like it!

The prawns were super fresh and lovely. The seafood and ginger gives it its own distinct taste. Not bad, not bad at all! Although i have to admit that bak kut teh cooked with pork is still the way it should be! Pork with all the 'spare parts'! ;-P~

Tomato Mee @ Taman Hui Sing, Kuching

2008-08-22T22:05:00.002+08:00

I guess it's only right that the first post on this blog is regarding the food i ate when the idea of this blog came up!

It was the last nite of my 3rd trip to Kuching, Sarawak and i guess i had to finally try the Tomato Mee. Ru took me to an open air food court near to the Kuching International Airport and i finally tried it. To be precise, it was at the Hui Sing Hawker Centre, Lorong Taman Hui Sing 3. It was there that Ru suggested that i start a food blog! And as they say, the rest is history!

The Tomato Mee din blow me away like the Sarawak Kolo Mee but it wasn't too bad. I was surprised to find out they used a deep fried noodles for it - something like the crispy yee mee. The tomato sauce with fish slices, prawns, sotong and char siew is poured over it. The sauce is alrite - not too sour a'la bolognese and not too sweet like the sweet and sour pork. More on the savory side.