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  • Klang Valley: Hakata Ippudo Ramen, Pavilion

    Klang Valley: Hakata Ippudo Ramen, Pavilion

    Klang Valley: Hakata Ippudo Ramen, Pavilion – Ramen craze back again. Ever since I had ramen in Singapore – Marutama & Ippudo, then at 1 Utama – Menya Musashi, I am so in love with very good ramen and the soup. I had Ippudo in Singapore before so I know it’s good, the recent opening of the outlet at Pavilion, KL makes me feels excited and so last week I went to try it out with my babe.
    We went there with an exciting and hungry feeling. Just as in Singapore, you have to wait, not queue, but give your name to the receptionist and they will call your name when it’s ready to be seated. Not so long for 2 seats, less than 10 minutes of wait and we were in!
    The interiors are very interesting, modern, mysterious, dark with loud pop music playing, just as the outlet in Mandarin Gallery, Singapore, but bigger space. Without much hesitation, it’s food time!
    We ordered a Akamaru Tamago (RM30+) which the soup is cooked with Ippudo’s secret miso, garlic oil, belly chasu served with kikurage, bean sprouts and spring onions. Awesome max, I suggest you get this instead of the standard Shiromaru Motoaji. Yummy, but it’s a little bit salty, but after all it’s good. (On par with Menya Musashi’s but I tend to favor towards Menya’s because I can control the soup with the garlic and chili oil).
    There’s also rice – Hakata Meshi (RM11+) which is rice topped with chashu and mentaiko, served with shredded egg omeletter. This is a nice one too!
    Lastly, the small side dish that we ordered was the Baruketsu Tofu (RM18+), spicy tofu and minced pork with crispy noodle in hot stone pot. Somehow, the one I had in Singapore was nicer as the noodle was way crispier and the gravy was more saturated, it’s a bit waterish here.

    Nice atmosphere and location for ramen, price wise cheaper than in Singapore, but if were to pick the best ramen broth, sorry my choice will go to Menya Musashi.
    Hakata Ippudo Ramen (below GSC)
    Level 4, Pavilion Shopping Mall,
    Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
    Telephone: +603-21106233

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    Pictures are taken with Canon EOS 60D + Tamron F/2.8 17-55mm
  • Klang Valley: Betty’s Midwest Kitchen

    Klang Valley: Betty’s Midwest Kitchen

    Klang Valley: Betty’s Midwest Kitchen – Finally, I’ve got a chance to try this American restaurant at Aman Suria. I actually went there last year with Arron & Tee Jin, unfortunately it was closed. I’ve been hearing good review about it too! Well, finally is finally, it’s also sort of a small farewell dinner with my boss and the senior interior designer of my intern 2 weeks ago.
    America On A Plate – well said. Not surprised to see the restaurant was already full with people. Found a seat and quickly made the order. There’s Dog Food, Meatloaf & Pork Chops for the 5 of us, as well as a small coleslaw as side. The restaurant is so not halal with a wall of PIGS pictures. Anyway, the dinner was just awesome and happy talking with Mr Boss and the designers. For the first time that we have a casual talk among each other out of work.
    One funny thing is that the gravy of all seems to taste the same, you will feel it in the Dog Food and the Pork Chop, but after all, they are good. Well, Betty’s, I’ll come back when I have the chance! America & the food rocks.
    BTW, I love America, more than the food!
    Dog food! You don’t have to be a Chihuahua to eat this. Fries mixed with cheese and their special gravy. Yummeh!
    Yo Obama, do you eat these always?
    Betty’s Midwest Kitchen
    A-G-40, Jalan PJU1/43,
    Aman Suria Damansara,
    46301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
    Telephone: +603-78800196

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  • Klang Valley: Namoo On The Park, Publika

    Klang Valley: Namoo On The Park, Publika

    Klang Valley: Namoo On The Park, Publika – So many to write about in my blog, my Taiwan’s trip, some cool food in Klang Valley, my internship experience and the Miao Hui in Penang that happened last month. Stay tuned to my blog, keep reading, keep sharing, I will bring more good photos and content to you all. =)
    Few weeks back in KL, I went to Publika for dinner. The initial plan was S.Wine at B.I.G, but then when we arrived, the lady told us that the kitchen has closed! What a bad timing, and we ended up at Namoo In The Park, a contemporary Korean-Fusion restaurant with a cute name and contemporary atmosphere. I pretty much like the interiors of this little restaurant that locates on the first floor of Publika.
    Recently have been eating a lot of nice restaurant food lately, going broke but I just can’t stop myself from exploring more of them. HAHA. Talk about the food, it’s Korean Fusion, so it’s Western-Korean mix. The rice burger is uberly nice and big portion. Fish & Chips was huge too, but a little bit too standard and the famous potato cake was not my type of desserts, too sticky with a mooncake feeling.
    Afterall, not bad, can come back again. So is not bad, can come back again.
    Henry, Quenna, Siyi, Hooi Pheng, me, Jason.
    Bibi Rice Burger.
    Shrimp Rice Burger.
    Namoooooooooooooooooooooooo.
    Namoo On The Park
    4A, Level G3 (above MPH Bookstore)
    Publika, Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur.
    Telephone: +603-64116698
    *Opens daily, last orders about 9.30pm.
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  • Klang Valley: Nadeje Crepe Cake At PJ Three Two Square

    Klang Valley: Nadeje Crepe Cake At PJ Three Two Square

    Klang Valley: Nadeje Crepe Cake At PJ Three Two Square – That Saturday didn’t just stop like this at the Bak Kut Teh and also cycling in the morning, there’s still one late afternoon desserts chilling time and that’s to the newly open Nadeje Crepe Cake located at PJ’s Three Two Square.

    Those who have been to Malacca must have know about the famous Nadeje Cafe which sells crepe cake. I wasn’t that excited because it has become something that’s not Malacca’s specialties anymore as you can find it in Klang Valley! Nevertheless, I still brought a happy and tired to visit the place and spend a small afternoon with crepes.

    A little bit disappointing when I see the cafe is not as beautiful as the one in Malacca. There’s so less seats and we waited for like 15 minutes to get a seat. I believe the open up this cafe in PJ is to cater for take-away instead of create a nice atmosphere for people to enjoy like in Malacca. There’s only a few seats out on the corridor and inside. So, it’s not my next hangout place. Haha.

    I like Pearl Of The Orient. Do you notice that Earl Grey taste like your soap?
    Henry, Siyi, Weishi, Jason, Ling Jia, Quenna, me, Wei Kean and Mei Jia.

    Cake was not bad, crepe all taste the same to me. Haha, somehow I still like the Hokkaido Chocolate @ Twelve Cups, Penang. Yummeh! What do you think about Nadeje?

    Nadeje Mille Crepe
    B-01-01, Dataran 3 Two Square,
    Jalan 19/1, Section 19, Petaling Jaya.
    Telephone: +603-79600025
    Business Hours: 11am – 10pm
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  • Klang Valley: Famous Seng Huat Klang Bak Kut Teh

    Klang Valley: Famous Seng Huat Klang Bak Kut Teh

    Klang Valley: Famous Seng Huat Klang Bak Kut Teh – Yes, Klang is very famous for Bak Kut Teh! But there’s too many bak kut teh out there at Klang and it’s pretty hard for us to decide where to go for after our cycling at Bukit Cahaya. Some people says that when it’s too famous, the quality turns bad, but we just didn’t care, we went to the one that is most discussed on the internet, the most results on Google search result and it’s this Seng Huat Bak Kut Teh, also known as the Bak Kut Teh below the flyover bridge in Klang.
    We were so hungry after 3 hours ride of bicycle at Bukit Cahaya and it took about 20 minutes from Shah Alam to reach there. Thanks to GPS, we actually missed the junction and took us another 10 minutes to turn back in. Aduhainya.
    Combined two tables for 10 of us, didn’t really know how to order, so it’s the Seng Huat people who made the decision for us, a mixture of different pork meat, with vegetable and toufu pok. That’s our lunch!
    The taste is pretty nice, definitely better than I had in Penang but somehow there’s one at Aman Suria – Shun Heng Bak Kut Teh seems to have a stronger taste. Afterall, it was a good one!
    One more thing, it’s only RM11 per person, cheap!
    Seng Huat Bak Kut Teh
    No. 68, Jalan Besar,
    41000 Klang.
    Telephone: +6012-3098303 / +6012-385514
    Business Hours: 7.30am – 12.30pm / 5.30pm – 8.30pm daily
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  • Klang Valley: Dai Chao At Ping Wah Restaurant, Taman Paramount

    Klang Valley: Dai Chao At Ping Wah Restaurant, Taman Paramount

    Klang Valley: Dai Chao At Ping Wah Restaurant, Taman Paramount – The KL call it Dai Chao (大炒) and the Penang call it Zhu Char (煮炒) and few weeks back, I went to this dai chao located at Taman Paramount introduced by Beng Tian. Looking at the name, it reminds me of Penang because Ping Wah is actually the Penang Chinese Girls High School in Penang or there’s one lok-lok stall call Ping Hua too. Haha.
    This dai chao actually sells Hainanese-style dishes. I don’t really know much about it, it’s just a simple dinner with 3 dishes for me and Beng Tian. There’s a Kailan fried with salted fish, omelette with preserved turnip (chai poh egg) and the very special pork fried with potato. The dinner was good especiall the pork with potato because it’s something different that I’ve never tried before, Kailan was as usual pretty standard and the omelete was pretty nice too!
    2 person, 3 dishes, 2 herbal teas, RM27. What do you think?
    Ping Wah Restaurant @ Paramount Garden
    31, Jalan 20/16,
    Taman Paramount, PJ.
    Telepehone: +603-78758987
    Business Hours:
    11.30am – 2.30pm
    5.30pm – 9.45pm
    Close on Sunday.
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  • Breakfast At Kampung Broga

    Breakfast At Kampung Broga

    Breakfast At Kampung Broga – After the awesome, healthy and fun hike at Broga Hill, the stomach gets very hungry because I did not eat anything before the hike. Luckily there’s a small Chinese village nearby – Kampung Broga where you can find a hearty breakfast at one of the kopitiam there. It’s just 5 minutes drive, and the village is very very small. Well, you can say you reaches Negeri Sembilan at here, because the little village cut through the border of Selangor state and Negeri Sembilan state. No matter which state it is, food and refreshing drinks were more important at that time!
    Introduced by a friend Zee Yin that she read on blogs that this little kopitiam serve good Cham Peng (mix of Kopi & Tea with ice) and so it’s our place for breakfast. Surprised that there’s no one in this little coffee shop and we shouted ‘Hello, anyone here?’ for several time, yet no one were there. Only after 10 minutes, someone walked toward us from the next door. It’s the owner, chilling at some other place as I guess they expect no people. Haha. Well, indeed true that throughout the morning, it’s only us! There’s one group of people walked in, but walked out just after that; very zho siao (playful) of them.
    Very cute and unsual cut for Cham Peng. Very homy.
    Well, you actually can find a variety of food in this little kopitiam that you see no food stalls. They serve steam bread, half boiled egg, wan tan mee, chicken feet mushroom mee, fried rice and more! Food actually served from the shop next door, but they shops are so friend that they serve here and there. Wan Tan Mee was my breakfast, noodle was springy, char siu was sweet, but wan tan were no where to be good. For only RM3.50, that’s where the taste goes to at this little town that not many people aware of. After all, the Cham Peng complimented my breakfast after a tiring and exciting hike.
    Place for breakfast after hiking? This is it. Friendly owner, simple local food, and nice Cham Peng.
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  • Klang Valley: Grafa Cafe, A Hipsy Bicycle Cafe

    Klang Valley: Grafa Cafe, A Hipsy Bicycle Cafe

    Klang Valley: Grafa Cafe, A Hipsy Bicycle Cafe – Recently just found out a cool artsy & hipsy cafe at Subang Jaya and it’s called the Grafa Cafe. Located in the heart of SS15, the cafe welcomes you with a artsy futsy retail store in front where you can find arts stuff, t-shirts, bike gear and more. Afterall, it’s a cafe with a bicycle themed.

    Selling food from local style seafood nasi goreng (fried rice) to pasta, Coney Hotdog and sandwiches, this is a cafe of fusion food between the east and the west. The cafe itself is simple and nice, with wide varieties of food and I must mention this – the food portion is huge for pasta and nasi goreng!
    Coney Dog.
    Spaghetti Carbonara with Meatballs.
    Nasi Goreng Sotong.
    Taste wise? Well, it’s not really reach my liking for the Meatball Spaghetti Carbonara (RM20). Thea carbonara cream sauce is good, but not the meatball. On the other hand, the Coney Dog was nice with lots of minced meat topping on the hotdog.
    Gary, Jason, Henry, Hwa Jie, Quenna, & Connie. =D
    It seems to be a nice place to hangout, with big food portions, but kinda pricey and I am not going to order the Spaghetti Carbonara again. Haha. Would I come again? This is like some place that I would only go once, unless friends invited me there for a meal, maybe?

    Grafa Cafe
    55, Jalan SS15/4B,
    47500 Subang Jaya.
    Telephone: +603-56117600
    Business Hours: 12pm-1am (daily)
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  • Lai Quen & Si Yi’s Birthday @ Tokyo Kitchen

    Lai Quen & Si Yi’s Birthday @ Tokyo Kitchen

     
    Lai Quen & Si Yi’s Birthday @ Tokyo Kitchen – I getting to like work day because I seems to have more gathering during work time than during uni time where uni time is all filled with assignments. HAHA. Somehow, I still prefer study than work lah. XD So, yesterday after work I went to Kota Damansara again, this time to try out another restaurant – Tokyo Kitchen.
    The interior design, pretty interesting. Sad didn’t get to sit in.
    The Yee Sang! Doesn’t taste food, but the salmon was very thick cut!!!!! Thumbs up for the salmon.
    All interior designers here! Hou geng ah.
    Lou lou lou.
    He is Jason. =D
    He is Henry.
    Buddy, Arvin!
    Well, it’s a gathering, it’s a Pre-Chinese New Year dinner celebration, it’s a new restaurant exploration and main thing, birthday celebration for Lai Quen & Si Yi. =) It might seems to be a normal dinner for 2 birthday girls, but it turned up with birthday songs and birthday cake, filled with laughter, sweet smiles and happiness.
    Oh yummeh fruit cake!
    Sweet ladies – Connie, Quenna, Si Yi, Hooi Pheng.
    Birthday girls! Qunna & Siyi.
    How about the food? Tokyo Kitchen is a nice restaurant located in Sunway Giza with very homey interior decoration, unfortunately we didn’t get to sit inside as it was full. Price of food starts from RM15 and above and overall presentation looks good. I ordered myself a set of Chicken Teriyaki & Udon Set for RM26.90+. It does seems good with such price as you get a rice and noodle, but then taste wise I felt it’s not as good as Miraku or Edo Ichi, nor Sushi Zanmai.
    Salmon Sashimi Set.
    Ooops, forgotten to ask about the name.
    My friend ordered Salmon Sashimi Set, which however looks good with very thick cut of salmon. Overall, food taste is not that awesome, it has good decoration and personally still prefer Zanmai for price, or the best Edo Ichi for taste. =D Frankly, it did not capture my heart for good Japanese restaurant, maybe it’s good to you?
    Flower girls. Playing around with the props at the restaurant.
    … … … … No comment.
    Henry Gor!
    Funny that the restaurant waitress wants to take a photo of us too, guess they want to use it to advertise or something.
    Anyway, it’s good night out with them after a long day of work at the office and feeling of having friends at a place I do not call home is nice.
    Thumbs up for happy birthday Quenna. =)
    Thumbs up for happy birthday Siyi.
    Happy birthday to Quenna & Si Yi. 恭喜发财！生日快乐！=) 
    Hohoho, suddenly I felt so young because I am not even 21 yet. Haha. Time to plan for the next exploration, 7 months left for me to be in here, so I’m gonna explore everywhere as much I can. =D Any good place to eat, see or play in Klang Valley or around?
    Tokyo Kitchen
    C-1-G Sunway Giza Mall,
    Jala PJU5/14,
    Kota Damansara, 47810.
    Petaling Jaya.
    Telephone: +603-61511268
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  • Klang Valley: Flying Wan Tan Mee, Seapark

    Klang Valley: Flying Wan Tan Mee, Seapark

    Klang Valley: Flying Wan Tan Mee, Seapark – Last time, I went to eat myBurger Lab, passed by and saw the Wan Tan Mee guy doing stun with the noodle, tossing up high in the air to collect dust, and just recently, I went to try it out! Haha.
    It’s pretty interesting that playing with the wan tan mee, as if I am not wrong, tossing it up in the air will cool the noodle for better texture in the mouth and make it more springy. I don’t know true or not, but of course it will sure collect a lot of dust in the air. I feel that it’s more like doing a show than the purpose.
    But anyway, I went there for dinner, ordered a plate of Wan Tan Mee dry with Char Siew and Wan Tan and it costs RM6. Well, I’ve to say that the noodle is quite good in the mouth, not to soft and just nice to my preference. Seems like the tossing works. The Char Siew on the other hand is nice and sweet but lack of a bit of BBQ taste, unlike the killer Char Siew at Meng Kee, Glenmerie. And the Wan Tan dumplings were very standard, nothing to complain about.
    My friend told me that it used to be even better, but so far I feel that  it’s a good plate of Wan Tan Mee, not costly and I will come back again for dinner next time. =)
    Flying Wan Tan Mee
    Jalan 21/22, Taman Sea,
    Petaling Jaya.
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