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EC Foodie Restaurant e 食无忧 @ Taman Segar

2009-11-11T11:05:00.000+08:00

There are a lot of eateries near my housing area. Sometimes, I don’t even have the opportunity to try them out and … *poof* the old one closed down and another new restaurant sets up and opens up for business.

EC Foodie Restaurant, e 食无忧 located just next to Maxis Centre at Taman Segar is considered as a newly opened restaurant; replacing an old HK style Char Chan Teng.

One night, I had a chance to drop by for supper with theSugar and Tingie.

If not mistaken, this is balley with milk 薏米撞奶. It has an interesting name, but lack of milky taste.

Sugar’s Passion Fruit Juice was a little oversweet.

My Honeydew Milk was a rich one and we love it.

What’s on our supper???

2 bowls of la mien (I forgot the name), we ordered.

The noodles were good, slightly spicy and abundant with minced meat and mushrooms

Fried turnip cake in XO sauce, XO 酱炒萝卜糕 was pretty good. However, we still miss the one from Canton-i.

Their Shanghai Xiu Loong Bao 上海小笼包 was a surprise to us. The taste of XLBs mimics the one from Dragon-i and priced slightly cheaper too. We love this. And due to their opening special in last September, 3 of us get to enjoy a basket of XLB at RM 0.10

Don’t forget to top ginger and vinegar to the XLB　before eating :)

The egg tarts were yummy too. The only complaint -... they are too small.

MOF @ Pavilion KL

2009-11-06T09:31:00.002+08:00

Matcha … Azuki … Matcha … Matcha … Matcha … Azuki … Azuki … Matcha … Azuki … Matcha … Azuki … Matcha … Matcha … Azuki … Azuki …

I love Matcha
And I love Azuki …
If ever they can combine together
To be the perfect match?!

Yep, I found this at MOF の Japanese Sweets at Pavilion KL.
It was few months ago while I had a short shopping with theSugar. We took our seats here after the ‘walkout’ and opted this from the Zenzai section.

Matcha Zen 抹茶ぜん– RM 13.50
Look, the scoop of Green Tea Low Fat Gelato Ice Cream swam in the middle of Hokkaido Red Bean Paste with few of her best friends – the Japanese Dumpling. The Hokkaido Red Bean Paste is made from premium air flown Hokkaido Red Bean.

Japanese Green Tea Ice Cream is bittery in taste while the Azuki Red Bean Paste is slightly sweeter than we thought. Once you have both of them together, it turns out to be the perfect combination. The sweetness of Azuki brings out the fragrant green tea from the Ice Cream. And the Azuki is no longer that sweet. Moreover, the Ice Cream is low in fat! I don’t mind having a few more scoops.

Tambun biscuit from Him Heang

2009-11-03T09:27:00.000+08:00

We love this cutie little biscuit from Penang.
This little biscuit,
At the size of ping pong ball or smaller,
Stuffed fully with fragrant green bean paste that has stirred fried with lard

Him Heang Tambun Piah
(Tambun biscuit)
Is her name.

We have this only once a year
We will buy 10 to 12 boxes at once
For friends and relatives
And keep 2 or 3 boxes for ourselves.

I can
Finish half box
16 pieces
In one day

1 piece
1 pop
Into my mouth. ^^

Oh no… I am craving for it now… again.

(My brother brought a box home yesterday. Crave satisfied… for now)

Him Heang Sdn Bhd
162-A, Jalan Burma,
10050 Penang.
Tel: 04 – 2286129, 2286130
Business hours: 8.30am – 5.00pm
Close on Sunday

Peach Yogurt Baked Cheese Cake

2009-10-28T00:18:00.002+08:00

When the baking mood comes, I will disappear myself into kitchen and appear myself in the living room after some hours. *just like playing the Apparition and Disapparition spells from Harry Potter.*

Last Friday, the baking mood dropped by. I got stimulated and disappeared into the kitchen again. With the help of the little elves (the handy little machines), I baked the Peach Yogurt Baked Cheese Cake. :)

The Peach Yogurt Baked Cheese Cake is baked into golden Yellowish.

The Velvety cheese part is extremely silky smooth and soft. It melts between the hard palate and tongue. Simply irresistible + Cheesilicious!

We finished the last piece on Sunday.
The family complained… Not Enough peaches. I should have line-d in more. Gotta put in more peach slices next time

:)

Chinoz on the Park @ KLCC

2009-10-23T00:37:00.001+08:00

Another back dated post, I must say; my best-ie and I were celebrating The Sugar’s birthday > half years back in Chinoz on the Park @ KLCC. (sorry for such a long delay).

Complementary bread and butter. You can opt for the refill of bread :) we did that while taking our time to flip through the menu.

Pizza is always good for sharing. We had their fragrant wood oven pizza - Frutti di Mare

This pizza is topped with tiger prawns, mussels, and calamari and abundant of mozzarella + the basil leaves (if I am not mistaken) (But according to my friend, Jimmy, the leaves are called rocquets). This was my first time having leaves on pizza. The birthday gal disliked the leaves.

We ordered chicken from the main where it is the pan-fried chicken breast, coriander lemon crust, sauté potato and served with the thyme jus. Chicken breast is always dry; I love the way they serve the chicken breast where it is loaded with lots of sauce.

Never forget the dessert time and the birthday song and candle blowing session.

It is always great to have birthday dinner with friends and family and share the joys and happiness among all. Will have celebration for one another till next year again. Or… in few months time ?! :P

Colourful Pan Mee @ Lin Chin, Serdang

2009-10-19T00:09:00.000+08:00

I love colourful stuff, especially colours in well harmonic combination. Besides fresh ingredients, smell and scent; colour plays a very important role in boosting your appetite. Moreover, with colourful food, you can brighten up your day; blow off the blue clouds that bubble above your head.

One morning, I freshed up my day with a bowl of colourful noodles. Yep, a huge bowl of colourful Pan Mee with both Chris and Christine. This sweet couple brought me over to Lin Chin, a few blocks away from the church in Serdang village, in one of the busiest lorongs. We took a hard time for parking.

Pan Mee comes in various colours. You may ask, are they made from artificial colorants? No… they are made of juices of blended fresh vege.

Opt for
White – for the original normal version
Green – from Spinach
Purple – from Sweet Potato
Yellow – from Pumpkin
Orange – from capsicum

I am a pumpkin lover so I had a bowl of yellow Pan Mee.

The broth was clear, light and flavourful. Love this hot soupy broth together with my Pan Mee.

She had the Purple colour.

I find the texture for Purple Pan Mee was softer than my yellow one.

He had the Wantan Mee.

Get bored with Pan Mee or Wantan Mee, you can try their Curry Mee, Nasi Lemak, Tomyum Seafood Noodles, and Fishcake Noodles…… etc.

And so, I have started my day with colourful food. Have you?!

More reviews at Chris&Chrsitine’s page

Taste Good Restaurant 好记海鲜饭店 @ Bandar Puteri Puchong

2009-10-14T00:11:00.001+08:00

A big thankie to Ken for the invitation. I got to meet up and join the other food bloggers – Witch, Wilson & Rachel, Taufulou; and the very familiar food bloggers – Chris & Christine and Big Boys Oven. Nice meeting you guys.

Puchong is a …. Not to say new but a well developed food hub. Restaurants mushroom in and around this area. Ms. Ong, the person in charged from Taste Good Restaurant welcomed us warmly. She then explained the background and the story of restaurant…

Needless to describe much as the other food bloggers have had this posted up (sorry as I am delaying works again = =), let’s go to the food.

炒双尤 Stir fry Dried & Fresh cuttle fish with Onions and Peas (RM 15). It is the combination of cuttlefish and squids with capsicums and green pea.

苦瓜生骨煲 Claypot Spare Ribs with Bitter Gourd (RM 15) in the very home cooked style.

生煲黄酒金凤鱼 Steamed Mandarin Fish in Rice Wine (RM 23)

上平豆腐 Beancurd in Pumpkin sauce. I find this a little too light for me as I prefer something thick and strong.

红烧猪肉 Braised 3-ply Pork Belly

芭蕉鸡 Sweet & Sour Crispy Chicken is something I love most. The sauce is sourish and refreshing.

奶香蟹 Butter & Pumpkin Crabs is the chef’s signature dish. It is kinda special loaded with tiny-sago-liked-seeds along with the pumpkin sauce. That seeds are actually the butter @@ can’t believe they can actually turn the butter into tiny tiny seeds.

金香蟹 Crabs in Kam Heong Style

上汤珍珠蚌 Clams (lala) in Superior Soup. Fresh clams but the superior soup was slightly on the salty side. This was best with a bowl of rice.

Taste Good Restaurant 好记海鲜饭店
No.21, Jalan Puteri 4/1,
Bandar Puteri Puchong,
47100 Puchong
Tel: 03 – 80607057
Or Contact Ms Ong at 017 – 5751636
Business hours:
Lunch: 11am – 2.30pm
Dinner: 5pm – 10.15pm.

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Mid Autumn Festival Reunion Dinner

2009-10-09T00:37:00.004+08:00

Colourful candles and paper lanterns,
Are something we love playing during the moon cake festival.
As I grow up,
I find candles and paper lanterns are strangers to me.
Till this year’s Mid Autumn Festival
I joined up the children circle (right, a 20+-year-old-girl joined the kids’ crowd)
To bring back my childhood memories… on lantern and candles.

A day I longed has arrived. Finally, family and relatives could get together, for the reunion dinner and the chats with liquor after dinner.

For dinner, every dish was well prepared with loves and care…

Fried seafood tofu

Fried fish cake aka spring rolls

Home made fried wantan

‘Nga Gu’ – the adults’ favourite

Chicken – a must have on every occasion

Braised ginger duck

3 ply pork belly with yam slices – mum's signature dish

Desserts - The red bean tong yun in red bean soup homemade by me and mum. However, There wasn’t any empty space left in my stomach, I da-baoed home.

And now…
I am looking forward the next occasion – Winter Solstice Festival~

Chawan @ Bangsar

2009-10-05T08:40:00.001+08:00

August 06, 2009

The 2 best-ies of mine Christine and theSUGAR are back to KL. Guess their taste buds are already numbed after being fed with bread, western food, cereals, potatoes, bun… for a long time in the land of English.

Both of them are back with missions. They want real local delicious cuisines.

I decided a new place for us --- Chawan at Bangsar for Malaysian local cuisine and a get together chit chatting.

The partial-opened-space restaurant was a bad idea for us. The weather was kinda warm that day. We sweated a little while enjoying our meal.

We had

Nasi Lemak Ayam Rendang priced at RM 9.90

Asam Laksa (RM 9.90)

Curry Laksa (RM 9.90)

Both the Nasi Lemak and Curry Laksa were good. As for the Asam Laksa, it was just so-so. All of us agree that it is really hard to find a good assam laksa in KL.

Never forget to try out their coffee. This is a place where you can try out all the best and famous coffee(s) from all states in Malaysia. I chose a cup of Kopi Kemaman which is the Terengganu all time classic signature coffee. It is buttery brewed with a subtle cocoa flavour and milk.

They never missed out the Malaysia’s Limau Ais and Teh-O-Limau Panas.

View more at Christine’s page.

Happy Mid Autumn Festival~

2009-10-01T00:34:00.000+08:00

Another year of Mid Autumn Festival has come. I put an effort to make some simple mooncakes.

Tada...~
Here is my first attempt on Red Bean Snowskin Mooncake after chilling in the fridge.

My Red Bean Snowskin Mooncake
Simple and cheap
At the size of slightly larger than 50sen coin
The green comes from the concentrated Pandan juice which was freshly blended.
The red bean paste is the low sugar type where one can simply get it from the ingredient shop.

Happy Mid Autumn Festival to everyone. May you have a wonderful reunion lunch or dinner or celebration!

Wish you all 中秋节快乐， 月圆人团圆，家好月圆

Molten Lava @ One Utama

2009-09-28T07:39:00.003+08:00

I found Churros at Molten Lava

Churros
Tanned skin snack
Also known as Spanish doughnut
Thin and tall
Deep fried dough pastries
With the crunchy outside
And the spongy inside
That Served with melted chocolate sauce

To me
Churros is quite similar to the Chinese You Tiao 油条

The differences,
You Tiao is fatter and come in twin
While
Churros is thin, pack and harder
And with crispy skin

Just a little disappointment,
The chocolate sauce served is not too rich and creamy.
I prefer something thicker and creamier.

Molten Lava
Lot LG312B (opposite Cold Storage)
Lower Ground Floor Oval,
One Utama

Calorie @ Sri Petaling

2009-09-23T08:09:00.000+08:00

What can you do with pumpkin?!
We can have pumpkin tofu, pumpkin porridge, pumpkin steamboat, pumpkin desserts…. And also pumpkin fried rice.

Calorie is like the other Hong Kong Char Chan Teng; selling bun, burger, toast, soup noodles and rice, etc. Calorie is famous for their pumpkin fried rice. Their signature dish is the pork chop with pumpkin where the fried rice is served in the craft real pumpkin ‘bowl’.

I saw this place featured on 8TV Ho Chak programme and decided a visit with youngest brother.

We ordered papaya milk (RM3.90) and a pineapple and lemon juice (RM4.90) to quench our thirst. The papaya milk was a right choice while the pineapple and lemon juice is overpriced. One can just simply make it at home.

Pumpkin is always our love. We ordered the Cheese Pork Chop with Pumpkin.

It took them some times to prepare this in the oven. Have a look, the melted cheese over loaded on top of the fried rice and the pumpkin’s skin is baked into dried but golden brown.

Cheesy-licious

The pumpkin fried rice was fluffy but lack of wok hei and tad dry. We loved the baked pumpkin very much; finished up everything and left only the pumpkin skin.

Have a try if you are a pumpkin lover. Want to know more what’s on their menu?! Visit HERE.

Calorie
77, Jalan Radin Tengah,
Bandar Baru Sri Petaling,
57000 Kuala Lumpur.
(same Row as Hong Leong Bank)
Tel: 03-90576611

San Terri Cottage @ Bangsar Village 2

2009-09-18T11:29:00.002+08:00

Sitting on the bright and colourful comfy sofa, pretending I am the ‘tai-tai’ and enjoying the perfect afternoon tea set?! Am I?!

I stopped by at San Terri Cottage at BV2 one day after a restless morning with nonstop lectures. I told myself I need a break; a break from all those hormones and endocrine systems, a time off from how to reduce the size particles and the machines used. Huh…!

I had an afternoon tea set (starts from 2 to 4pm) at only RM 10.90 which comes with a cup of coffee or English tea and a slice of cake of your choice except 3 or 4 listed.

A cuppa of fresh brewed coffee was my choice. I need caffeine!

I chose to have the blueberry cheese cake which was highly recommended by the polite and helpful waitress. It was actually the American cheesecake (if not mistaken) topped with a layer of blueberry jam. The cake was rich and cheesy. Cheesecake lovers, you will love it! ~

Was I enjoying a ‘tai-tai’ lifestyle at that time? No… I was busy stuffing my tiny-little-useless-brain with new terms; while taking little forkfuls of cheesecake that was trying to stimulate the brain to function. Sigh…

Will make another return for more cakes…

Ole-Ole Bali @ Mon’t Kiara

2009-09-15T08:49:00.006+08:00

Food bonds us together.
Food brings us the new friendship.
Food has become the middle man of our friendship.

September 15 marks our friendship day. We had a celebration 2 weeks earlier so that Sugar could join us before leaving to UK again. This year, our Annual Friendship Day was at Ole Ole Bali with the theme ‘Bali’. Let see how ‘Balinese’ were we?

Cute message cards prepared by Chris & Christine with love.

And a Scrap Book on us. Credits to Chris & Christine.

Ole Ole Bali is located at Mon’t Kiara; A Balinese theme restaurant that serves a variety authentic Balinese Cuisine.

I adore the ambiance of this restaurant. The indoor is dimly lit; the décor, wood carvings, paintings and sculptures are well themed.

Due to a poor quality camera I had, I found it hard to capture under this dim light. For more indoor, décors and a-look-around-Ole-Ole-Bali’s photos, please view KampungBoyCityGal and Chris&Christine’s blog.

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Barley Lime at RM 18 per jug was enough to feed 6 of us.

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Ole-Ole Trio at RM 38. A platter that comes with Ole-Ole BBQ Chicken Wings, Sate Lilit and Cumi-Cumi Goreng; served with Sambel Matah, Sambel Terasi and Tartar Sauce. This is an ideal snack for the drinkers. Cumu-Cumi Goreng is actually the fried squid while Sate Lilit is the satay-liked seafood on a lemongrass skewer.

I find the Sate Lilit is a little fiery and spicy. Glad to have the glass of Barley Lime to cool me down.

Nasi Campur Ole-Ole at RM 33. The combination of Balinese Grilled Lemongrass Prawns, Squid, Fish, choice of Beef or Chicken Rendang and Sate Lilit, served with Lawar, Sambal Terasi and Sambal Matah. Love the little char-burned Squid. It was neither rubbery nor dry. The squid was still fresh and juicy. We had 2 plates with the choice of Beef and Chicken Rendang each for the 2 couples.
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.Tipat Cantuk at RM 13. It is the Balinese warm Vegerable Salad with Tofu, Rice Cake, Prawns and Hard Boiled Egg and served with Tamarind Peanut sauce.
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I woke up at 5am for this.
Happy Friendship Day to US
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And a belated Happy sweet anniversary to KampungBoy and CityGal!

We can never forget the Esiong, the bean who was in Cardiff at that time. Sugar brought this along for a replacement. This year, The Bean won the most Balinese-style award.
(I stole this photo from KBCG, thanks ya! :P)

BFFs, the treasure in my heart.
We Cherish every moments together.
No matter good or bad, happy or sad.
May our friendship last forever.

Ole Ole Bali
J-0G-15 & J-0G-16 SOHO KL,
Solaris Mon’t Kiara,
Kuala Lumpur.

Pyong Yang Restaurant @ Jalan Ampang

2009-09-11T07:24:00.003+08:00

Pyong Yang Restaurant is the one and only restaurant that serves North Korean cuisine in KL. (Please correct me if I am wrong). It is located behind the Gleneagles Hospital on Jalan Ampang, KL.

It was a unique and special dining experience I had where they have performances such as dancing, singing and musical play played by the pretty Korean waitress themselves. Glad that aunt dragged me along. This dinner wasn’t just an ordinary dinner. It enhanced my knowledge on North Korean’s tradition and cultures.

As this was a back dated post, I wasn’t too sure with the name for every dish. I will try my best to name / identify them; and I will allow the photos do the talking.

The restaurant itself filled up with Koreans on the night I dined in. Only us, the Malaysians sat on a long table.

Glass noodles

The mushrooms Stirred fried style – it was quite similar to what we had in Chinese cuisine.

Steamed fish

Stewed chicken

The potato pancakes. You are given a few fresh – carrot, cucumbers, tamago (omelet) slices and meat slices. What you have to do is: wrap up a little of each fresh with the pancake.

Kimchi

Mimic the Chinese 狮子头but this was in a soupy version

Bibimpap – the hot piping one.

An alcoholic drink that similar to the Japanese sake. However, this is made by the mushrooms, I guess.

Never end a meal without Dessert(s):

Glutinous Rice Cake with something inside.

The Glutinous Rice Cake with Honey. Love the sweet and chewy desserts.

At near 9pm, there were karaoke session and performances by the pretty waitresses themselves. They dress up to dance, sing and play different kind of instruments.

I find North Korean Cuisine is slightly different than Korean Cuisine where North Korean Cuisine is quite similar to or fusion with the Chinese Cuisine. Like the glass noodles, stewed chicken, stirred fried mushrooms and the soup version of meat balls, they are light and not spicy, not oily, not greasy, no colorants.

A great place for an extraordinary dining experience!

Pyong Yang Restaurant
290A, Lorong Palas,
Off Jalan Ampang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur.
(Located right behind BHP Petrol Station)

Tel: 03-42579986
Business hours:
11.30am – 10.30pm (daily)

The after lunch snack ---太子城特式枕头包

2009-09-08T17:37:00.001+08:00

Time for a-after-lunch-Snack :)

This is a stall featured up on Chui Ling’s One Day Five Meals before. Mum and I purposely drove over and searched for it.

Look… Pumpkinsss

Their infamous bun --- Pumpkin Pillow Bun priced at RM 1.30.

The bun is soft and fluffy. The inner layer is abundant with pumpkin spread. The spread of pumpkin is at the right amount of sweetness. The sweetness was actually come from the fresh orangy pumpkin itself..

Besides wholemeal pumpkin, we had milk butter flavour. It was just okay for me.

I highly recommend their Wholemeal Pumpkin Pillow Bun (RM 1.30 per bun) which is healthier and Yummy with the thick spread of pumpkin.

Besides the wholemeal Pumpkin pillow bun, they do have others buns namely milk butter, pandan, blueberry, kaya, red bean, strawberry, green tea…

And also baos (in round shape) like chicken mushrooms, vege, petai, Mui Choy Kao Yok bun….

Click to enlarge for a look onto their menu and price.

Pau Bantal aka Pillow Pau
太子城特式枕头包
40A, Jalan Bunga Tanjung 10,
Taman Seraya,
68000 Cheras,
Ampang.

Kechara Oasis @ Jaya One, PJ

2009-09-04T00:43:00.005+08:00

What comes to your mind when you first come across vegetarian cuisine?
“Meat-less!” (Yes they are, for sure)
“It is something for Vegetarian only.”
“It is something that I am going to have on chor yat sap hmm”

After my first experience dining in a vegetarian cuisine, I must change my mind and disagree with the latter two.

My very first Vegetarian dining experience was at Kechara Oasis Jaya One with KampungBoyCityGal, Vkeong and Jason and friend. It was a great lunch and we actually ohhh-ed and aahhh-ed over the lunch. We kept guessing the ingredients they used and how they make them. :P

Kechara Oasis 如意轩 is located in Jaya One, Petaling Jaya; a new age Vegetarian Restaurant that serves healthy vegetarian cuisine. Being new to Jaya One, I still find it easy to get to this place.

The interior design and the decorative items are in the Tibetan style.

The VIP dining area

We were eager to try out their Tibetan Butter Tea 藏式酥油茶 (RM 12.80). It is a kind of tea that made of butter, salt, tea leaves and to be consumed once it is made and while it is still warm.

The buttery, greasy and creamy Exotic Tibetan Tea. The Tibetans have this as part of their daily requirement as it keeps them warm living at high altitude.

Kechara Salad (RM 38) comes with regular portion. A refreshing dish that tastes so-alike-like the Yu Sang we use to have during Chinese New Year.

5 Mandala of Prosperity (RM 58 for small portion) mimics the 4 or 5 seasons we used to have in the wedding ceremony. It comes with butter mushrooms, BBQ skewered ‘pork’, luncheon ‘meat’, Vietnamese Spring Rolls and stir fried beans with lily bulbs. We kept guessing, how they made the meat into real meat texture?!

Tibetan Vegetable Momo (RM 21) is the steamed and pan fried Tibetan or Nepalese dumplings. Personally, I heart this because of the buttery taste of the dumpling skin. The dumpling was juicy and the vege inside was fresh.

Yu Xiang Egg Plant (RM 20 for regular portion) is great too. Just like what normally my mum cooks this at home. It was loaded with minced ‘meat’ and dense and flavoured with chilies.

Golden Pocket with Broccoli priced at RM 20 was a good try. The golden pocket was flavourful and abundant with minced ‘meat’ filling. They were nicely wrapped and poured with the special gravy cooked with gei zi.

Vietnamese Spring Rolls (RM 13.80), the crispy and crunchy one.

Fish Head Meehoon priced at RM 20 for this big bowl.

I find this lack of sourish taste as compared to the hawkers’ type. However, according to the restaurant manager, the sourish taste comes from the sour plum itself. The sour plum has its natural nutrients and this mild sourish will not directly damage to the wall of stomach even if you had this whole bowl.

Last but not least from the main courses, we were wow-ed with their Kechara Oasis Fried Chicken (RM 17). It was surprisingly great!!!

KOC in short has the texture so much similar or exactly the same as fried chicken. Some of the customers even said KOC is way more delicious than K*C (you know which). Why not head to Kechara Oasis and try it yourself?

Who says there isn’t any good selection of desserts in Vegetarian Cuisine?!

We tried on the Crystal Fruit dessert (RM 10). The little and cute tiny crystal layer with orange-y custard fillings in it.

And Red Bean Banana Roll (RM 10). Red bean paste and banana slice inside and finally the roll is dusted with icing sugar and rolled over.

I prefer the red bean banana roll to crystal fruit dessert. The red bean banana roll is indeed a flavourul sweet tooth with real sweet banana taste.

Now, I must change my mind towards Vegetarian Food. It is not for vegetarian only. It is for everyone (Vegetarian, Non vegetarian) and even our Muslim friends (as Kechara Oasis has obtained the HALAL certificate). It is not some kind of food that you can have it only on chor yat sap hmm. You can even have it every day till you tried up all of them from the menu (they keep on experimenting on new recipe/ dishes). I must admit, their menu is quite appealing :)

Kechara Oasis
Unit 19-LG1, Level B1
Block D Jaya One,
No. 72A Jalan University,
46200 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor.

Tel: 03- 79681818
Fax: 03- 79688118

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Dessert's Bar @ Casa Tropicana, PJ

2009-09-01T00:42:00.003+08:00

When it comes to desserts, those who are on diet might say… No… not desserts again or some might even want to close this window/ tab. Well, try not to do so as these desserts are meant for everyone.

Dessert’s Bar, serving desserts in a healthier way. Not too sugary sweet, not too extreme with fats. Every single calorie is taken care of. Every desserts and main courses are prepared by fresh real fruits and fresh ingredients. You can just sit back and indulge these desserts without any guilt.

You will never go wrong ordering their famous smoothies. You are given options to customize your own smoothies by choosing your favourite fruits and blend with choices of vanilla or chocolate and soy milk or fresh milk.

Christine’s glass of smoothies in the combination of Mango, Vanilla and Soy Milk (priced at RM 8.80). It was a rich and creamy one. Great for sharing

Strawberry & Banana (RM 9.80) is a daring combination. First, you can taste the sourish strawberry and later the sweet banana taste. You will find this kinda ‘new’ and ‘interesting’. Dare to try this out?

Minty Lemon is my glass of smoothies. I always love the real refreshing beverage.

Iced Latte for Citygal.

We started with something light. I am the big fan of Goma (sesame) flavour. I will order Anything that come with black sesame. The Ice Cream Crepe – Goma / Black Sesame Flavour (priced at RM 7) was something I love. It is the hot piece of crepe with a large scoop of goma ice cream and finally sprinkled with black sesame.

Hot + Cold = ?

Let your taste buds experience it.

Grape Cheesecake (RM 8) – the dense and cheesy-licious baked cheese cake.

Belgium Chocolate Fondue (RM 23.80) comes with 6 delicious scoops of ice cream - black sesame, strawberry, chocolate and a fruits platter. Just place the dippables into the hot, melted premium Belgium chocolate and finally coat with nuts and pistachio. Hmmmm, lovely.

We had their mains such as

Grilled Chicken with Portobello Mushroom Wrap (RM11.90)

Grilled Chicken with Jalapeno Cheese Wrap (RM10.90), this is nice especially paired up with their special honey mustard sauce. Can I order for extra sauce?! :P

Never forget to try their muesli. They are packed with abundant of dried fruits, plentiful of mixed nuts – almonds, walnuts… and oats. You will find ‘Healthy’ in every servings of muesli.

Will you say NO to desserts again???

Us – Christine & Chris, Citygal, Sugar and I

Between, we were lucky to enjoy everything at half price on Dessert’s Bar anniversary week!

Thanks to Dessert’s Bar!!!

Dessert’s Bar
B-0-12, Block B, Casa Tropicana,
No. 5, Jalan Persiaran Tropicana,
Tropicana Golf & Country,
47410 Petaling Jaya.
Tel: 03-78850227
Fax: 03-78830356

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Memorable Birthday 09 Part 5: Dome @ KLCC

2009-08-28T00:39:00.003+08:00

Continue from Memorable Birthday 09 Part 4: The Blast @ Wong Kok Char Chan Teng

*Note: this was a 7-month-ago story*

Who doesn’t like birthday celebration?! Where you can chat with your friends, get together with your not-so-frequently-contact friends, having big Birthday blasts, eat eat eat and drink drink drink.

This is my last and final episode of Memorable Birthday 09. I had a small sweet Lunch with another best-ies at Dome, KLCC. Looking for a table wasn’t that easy especially it is the time for lunch during weekdays. OL and office staffs had overflowed the restaurant. Hence, We had to queue up for a table

As I said, it was a sweet lunch, we ordered ourselves the Yummy Desserts.

Vienna is something my best-ie loves a lot. She had it. Vienna from Dome is actually a single shot of espresso infusion, topped up with hot water and finished off with fresh whipped cream and a dusting of chocolate. It’s so Vienna!

I had the Hot Chocolate which was actually a shot of Dome drinking chocolate topped up with gently steamed milk and finally dusted with chocolate. There was an additional piece of marshmallow that gave a boost of sweetness to my cup of hot chocolate!

Chocolate Mousse Cake was the chocolate mousse between the layers of chocolate fudge cake. It was covered in a rich chocolate ganache and hazelnut praline. This was so chocolicious and we actually licked clean the chocolate left on the plate.

Black & Tan was actually new on the menu (seven months ago. unsure if they added on or deleted this from the menu). It was the moist dark chocolate cake coated with tangy cream cheese froasting. And finally topped and decorated with chocolate chips. The cream cheese frosting was quite a refreshing one and went well with the dark chocolate cake.

Guess I had a wonderful, Lovely Chocolicious Sweet Lunch.

Here is the end of my Memorable Birthday 09 celebration. There will be more in upcoming years (I hope). See you then, for another Memorable Birthday in 2010. Muacks!~

PS:
Friends, best-ies… you all know what to do lar. Nyek-nyek-nyek-nyek…

Memorable Birthday 09 Part 4: the blast @ Wong Kok Char Chan Teng

2009-08-25T07:27:00.000+08:00

Continue from Memorable Birthday 09 Part 3: Mini Uhu! Hu! from The Loaf @ Pavilion KL

*Note: this is a 7-month-ago story*

They, who were just had their trip in Cameron Highland, drove by my house.
They, who were really tired after their trip, dragged me out
They, who dragged me out, wanted my ID
They, who wanted my ID, to claim the super gigantic Milk Tea

And yes, we were at Wong Kok Char Chan Teng for the birthday blast.

We had a simple dinner at Wong Kok. Not many photos I could take as my friends started to ‘swallow’ food as soon as the food were in front of them.
And here, I will just let the photos do the talking.

This blast was incredible. Thanks for the cakes and dragging me out for this wonderful celebration. Knew you guys were tired after the long trip. And sorry for such a late review. :P

PS: and never say i never blog about you guys, tag on you guys :P

Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant @ One Bangsar

2009-08-20T11:34:00.005+08:00

Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant, located at One Bangsar is a pretty luxurious and sumptuous seafood restaurant. Thanks to KampungBoyCityGal, I got tagged along for this invited dinner. And it was very nice meeting Vkeong and Jade for the very first time :) (thank you very muchie too, Jade)

The restaurant is prettily decorated and this ambiance setting promises an enjoyable dinner.

We started with Loh Han Vegetables which is priced at RM 40. The huge portion of vegetarian dish came with abundant of mushrooms, dried bean curd, broccolis, carrots, baby corns…. Additional of Gei Zi and Red Dates boost up the sweetness of this dish.

Fresh Water Prawn with Special Sauce (RM 135 per kg) that topped with handful of chips was sourish + appetizing.

Every mouthful of prawn was ‘lively’ and ‘bouncy’. and you know you wil love this!

Baked Cod Fish with Oat (RM 130 per kg) was appealing. It was quite a unique way to serve the cod fish with oat. Especially the sauce, it was creamy and tangy. The sauce itself can definitely draw your stomach a few bowl of rice.

Wok Fried Rice with Pumpkin Cubes (RM 40 for large serving) was something I love. I always love dishes with pumpkin in it. The rice was fluffy and fragrant and fried with wok hei. Additional of pumpkin cubes enhanced the sweetness and it brings the lovely and appealing colour to the whole dish.

It’s the time to get your hands dirty!!!

We were lucky enough to get to try their well-known Butter Crab (RM53-60 per kg). Look at the crab, they were super huge to ‘swim’ in ‘fitting’ whitish plate.

They are so meaty and the claws are gigantic in size! It was so fingers-licking good!

The crabbies were coated with thick creamy and buttery sauce. The sauce was best with fried or steamed bun

The fried buns / steamed buns (RM 6 for 12 pieces)

Next was the Salted Egg Yolk Crab. The crab was overloaded with the salted egg yolk. This dry version of crabs had over votes. We couldn’t stop ourselves from slurping over the crab. Once again, it was so fingers licking good!

Last but not least, we were served with the desserts --- Chilled Honey Dew with Avocado and Aloe Vera. It was a very refreshing dessert after dinner. However, this is prepared upon request. If you wish to try this out, do make a reservation before heading to Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant.

Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant
One Bangsar,
No. 63, Jalan Ara,
Bangsar Baru,
59100 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-22822555
Fax: 03-22844827
Business hours:
Lunch: 12 pm to 2.30pm
Dinner: 6pm to 10.30pm

Click on BSCG website for more details and reservation.

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Vkeong

Memorable Birthday 09 Part 3: Mini Uhu! hu! from The Loaf @ Pavilion KL

2009-08-17T08:24:00.001+08:00

Continue from Memorable Birthday 09 Part 2: Kampachi @ Pavilion KL

*Note: this is a 7-month-ago story*

It was after the birthday lunch at Kampachi, both my best-ies spent me the Cheesy-licious Cup Cakes, the Mini U-hu-hu from The Loaf. Yay, I had another 6 minis as my birthday cakes.

The variety of Mini Uhu! hu! Cheese cakes available that day.

The Minis were well-packed in the box. We took quick some times to select out minis and finally, we had these 6.

Priced at
RM 2.80 per minis
RM 15 for half dozen
RM 29 for one dozen
RM 56 for two dozens

Inspiring Fluffy, it was so so so fluffy!

Blueberry Treasure loaded with a layer thick of blueberry sauce / jam

Tangy Lemon with the smiley that can cheer you up all day.

Luxurious Chocolate. It’s so chocolicious!

Glizy Strawberry

Durian Cheese Cake with the oh-so-Durian taste

We loved all of them. The mini cheese cakes’ texture was soft and fluffy, light and flavourful. It’s so U HU HU! Now I realize why they named it as Uhu! hu! Cheese cake.

I am not a big fan of durians and I don’t take durian since young. However, both my best-ies ‘forced ‘me to try a forkful of Durian Cheese Cake which they claimed it was great.

My-Oh-My, I have to say sorry because I really can’t take the heavy Durian stink that wouldn’t go away. No matter how much peppermint fresh spray I sprayed, the horrible smell never run off. Ew…. That was quite an oh-so-different experience I had on my birthday.

Dear both best-ies, I don’t take Durian. Please, no more next round of Durian, k?

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The Loaf Kuala Lumpur
Lot 3.13.00 & 4.12.02,
Level 3 & Level 4,
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur,
168, Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-21453036
Fax: 03-21453034
Web: www.theloaf.net

Memorable Birthday 09 Part 2: Kampachi @ Pavilion KL

2009-08-11T08:19:00.002+08:00

Continue from Memorable Birthday 09 Part 1: Memorable Birthday 09 Part 1: Full House @ NZX

*Note: this is a 7-month-ago story*

On the Real day, I had the birthday celebration with Wen Ching and Ting Fang. They are my best-ies since we were seven years old. All Three of us love Japanese Food a lot. Hence, I suggested a lunch in Kampachi at Pavilion KL.

The environment is bright and cozy and the atmosphere is quiet. Here is a great place for lunches or dinners with friends and family; and a perfect place for either Japanese fine dining or their bento(s).

Unlimited refills of Hot Ocha allow you and your friends to have the seats throughout the long afternoon.

We had Bento as our main courses.

1. Tokubetsu Bento is the special lunch box with Grilled Black Cod Fish Teriyaki and Mixed Tempura with Cold Handmade Soba.

2. Soba and Chirashi set is the soba noodles with Deep Fried Prawn and Raw Fish on Rice.

3. Unadon and Salmon Sashimi set is the Grilled Eel on Rice with Salmon Sashimi.

Each set comes with smooth silky chawan mushi made of steams eggs with slices of mushroom and ginkgo is hidden as though the treasure buried beneath the soil.

Besides that, each set comes with fruits as desserts.

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In my view, a meal is not considered perfect without desserts. Though we were very full after the large set of bento, Girls like us always have extra storage in the stomach to take up the desserts.

We ordered the Abekawa Mochi which is available only at weekend.

It is the welknown nuts powder based Mochi for more than 30 years by Kampachi Equatorial. It tasted almost similar to those Mua Chee from night market. However, there were differences too. The Mochi was chewy and chewier than those Mua Chee. They were really generous serving a mountain of nuts powders. We loved the nuts powders a lot as they were really fragrant and crunchy.

Thanks for the hang out, best-ies. Muacks~

Kampachi @ Pavilion KL
Lot 6.09.00, Level 6,
Pavilion,
Jalan Bukit Bintang,
Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 03-21489608

Memorable Birthday 09 Part 1: Full House @ NZX

2009-08-05T07:45:00.003+08:00

Continue from Bye Bye 22, Hello 23…

7 months flies; guess it’s time to do some memory recalls on my birthday celebration. Finally, I have some time to look through my archive and select photos to write about it. This year’s birthday is the most memorable one I have ever had. My friends gave me all big surprises.

The first gang who gave me the surprises is the Murnian Best-ies --- Yen, Khee and Christine (though she was not here, her present was here). It was a super rainy day and I drove them to our destination place ---Full House. It took us some times to travel through the rain and the massive traffic jam.

Full House is well-known ever since it is exposed to the public; it got featured on the newspaper and blogged by bloggers. Full house is prettily decorated and most of their décor pieces are available for sales. So, if you like anything from Full House, you can simply cash and carry the piece.

We all got hungry in that extreme cold weather. As soon as we arrived, hot stuff was something we looked for to warm our tummy.

A pot of tea

As appetizer, we opted for the Classic Caesar salad with Smoked Salmon. It is served with the fresh veges, bacon bits, parmesan cheese and tossed with their house’s dressing.

The set lunches they served are quite a great deal (priced from RM 12.90 to RM 14.90 if I am not mistaken).

We had the Tiffany’s favourite meal which consists of Lime juice.

Cream of chicken soup (with additional of RM1)

Pan Sear Dory Fish is come with Siu Pak Choy and Lemon Grass Cream.

And the Yam ice cream

The Tony’s favourite meal comes with a big mug of ice lemon tea and Yam ice cream too.

Mushroom Cappuccino Soup (with additional of RM1)

Their house’s Wok-Sear Chicken Chop. The Chicken Chop is tender and juicy with a large portion of mash potatoes and drenched with the flavourful slightly black pepper sauce. We almost licked clean the plate.

My both best-ies brought me the Nadeja’s Mille Crepe. I just couldn’t believe it. The Nadeja’s Mille Crepe travelled all the way from Malacca to KL.

My Birthday Cake from Nadeja’s

The cake was made of layers and layers of thin French crepe inter-spread with milky soft cream and chocolate. The sinful chocolate and crème mille crepe cake was something heart alluring and irresistible. They just melted between the tongue and hard palate; my taste buds knocked my head for more.

Birthday kisses from both Best-ies. *Sweet* Christine, you owe me yours.

Click HERE for map.

Full House Lifestyle Store & Café
C-G-11 Block C,
No.2, Jalan PJU 1A/41B,
Pusat Dagangan NZX,
Ara Jaya PJU 1A,
47301 Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03-78850836
Fax: 03-78850839

Thanks to MUNCHY's

2009-08-01T17:12:00.004+08:00

I bought a packet of MUNCHY’s limited edition dark chocolate flavour sandwich biscuits and try my luck on their latest contest.

Yay, I won concert tickets for TWO (tonight 8pm at Bukit Jalil Putra Indoor Stadium)!!!

I am not their super big fans, so I gave these tickets to my parents. (Hope they will enjoy)

Thanks to Munchy’s for holding such a great contest! Love this crunchy MUNCHY’s sandwich biscuit with the rich and real chocolaty taste.