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  • Discovering A Small Part Of France In Big KL

    Discovering A Small Part Of France In Big KL

    This is a guest post by Edith @ www.applesonsticks.com
    As a foreigner, living in KL is not as challenging as eating in KL. My first week after arriving here I was so excited about diving into the culinary world that I forgot how all this new exciting food was really new to my body, and therefore ended up with food poisoning and indigestion on a regular basis. All that was cured with the help of a lifesaver, and even though I love Asian food, I soon found myself missing Western food, or at least the part that I’ve gotten used to in France.
    That’s where my French friends came in handy, because they have been living here longer than I have, and knew the best, yet hidden places in KL. So one fine day we went to a place called Levain Boulangerie Patisserie, which is a place located far from the hustle & rustle of the chaotic city. Quietly placed in a renovated bungalow, Levain Boulangerie Patisserie welcomes guests for breakfast, brunch, dessert, tea time, coffee, and any event that requires cake! The first meal I served there was brunch, and it was perfect for that! No need to wake up early on a Saturday, taking all the time you need to get up and to your destination, after which you get most comfortable with your croissant, fresh orange juice, and cappuccino. Although it’s difficult to stop at only 1 serving – once you enter and the fresh bakery smell hits you, with the trey in one hand and the clips in the other, you find yourself overwhelmed with choices of pastries, breads, cookies and cakes. I ended up ordering more than I could take, but luckily you can always get take away!
    If you are hungry for a larger meal, you can choose from a variety of hot meals prepared in Levain’s kitchen – pasta, sandwiches, salads, and morning meals such as pancake platters and French toast with fruits. If you are less hungry, and just in for a hearty treat, there is an unlimited assortment of pastries that will make your mouth water. It’s almost impossible to choose from all the goodies laid out before you. Melon buns, cheese tarts, chocolate chip cookies, donuts, brownies, croissants, mini croissants, danishes of all sorts looking delicious for an offer you can’t refuse.
    But maybe you’re looking for something special. In that case you must try their offerings of cakes, pralines and macarons! All the cakes look amazing, and you get to choose between Chocolate Truffle, New York Cheesecake, even Chocolate Tiramisu, and many more. Macarons come in all colors and flavorings, and the pralines are really just an endless sea of the most gourmet recipes I’ve seen.
    All topped off with a fresh juice of mango, orange or pineapple and a lovely tea or coffee to pair it with. I had one of my best brunches in this place, no doubt, and I think everyone would find their menu just overwhelming. There’s really a treat for every individual in this place, and the location it’s served in is no more below than is the food. Especially if you’re looking for a small part of France to experience the French breads again, you ought to try this place out.
  • Bangkok: Must-Eat Swensens Ice Cream

    Bangkok: Must-Eat Swensens Ice Cream

    Bangkok: Must-Eat Swensens Ice Cream – You know right, one of the must-eat thing in Bangkok or anywhere in Thailand is Swensen’s Ice Cream. Why? It’s because it’s dirty cheap, no I should say low-priced! Yeah, the desserts are so much cheaper than the Swensen’s in Malaysia and Singapore. Ice cream desserts in Thai’s Swensen’s starts from 69Baht (about RM7), and in Malaysia it’s from RM15, there’s so much difference!
    After some research, I found out that Swensen’s actually specialize in ice cream desserts and founded in San Francisco, California. Somehow, the Swensen’s in Malaysia and Singapore serves food, which seems more to be a Western cuisine restaurant than ice cream restaurant.
    So in Thai, the Swensen’s only serves ice cream, and you must just try it out!
  • Klang Valley: Signature Cake @ Thirty 8, Grand Hyatt Hotel

    Klang Valley: Signature Cake @ Thirty 8, Grand Hyatt Hotel

    Klang Valley: Signature Cake @ Thirty 8, Grand Hyatt Hotel – KL has so many nice food place to explore! I am starting to miss the time exploring those beautiful cafe & restaurant in KL already. Although they are rather pricey, yet, I try to spend it budget-ly and experience the ambience and food fully.
    So Thirty8 @ Grand Hyatt Hotel, located just right beside of Kuala Lumpur Convention, the name seems to be very ‘atas’ high-end and it’s not overly high-end as I expected. Haha. It get a bit confusing at first because I was not welcomed by the hotel lobby once I stepped into Grand Hyatt, instead I have to take the elevator to go to 38th floor, where the real Grand Hyatt Hotel’s lobby is, pretty interesting.
    At just a level down the lobby, 37th, it’s where Thirty8 is, the hotel’s lounge. Having a 360 degree view of Kuala Lumpur, the view from here is just magnificent, and you will just in love with it. Pick a good spot, facing the Petronas Twin Towers preferably and enjoy your moment there.
    It was an afternoon for my and Clarice. I think it would be even better at night, but afternoon gets to photograph easily with plenty of natural lighting, but then night view would be stunning too.
    So, our main purpose was just to try their Thirty8 Signature Cake @ RM25 which literally is chocolate cake, but it’s more like mousse cake which is very soft. The special part of it is the presence of dry ice that create the smoking vapor effect which ‘WOW’ people. Topped with caramel and side with a banana ice cream, this dessert is very sweet! Yes, I mentioned very sweet. So beware if you are not into super-sweet dessert.
    Next time, if there’s a chance again, I would like to try their ‘Straight From The Oven Chocolate Cake, Raspberry Sorbet, Vanilla Anglaise’, which is a highly recommended cake too!
    Thirty8 Restaurant & Lounge
    Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur,
    12 Jalan Pinang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.
    Telephone: +603-2182-1234
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  • Klang Valley: Paddington Garden, Sunway Giza

    Klang Valley: Paddington Garden, Sunway Giza

    Klang Valley: Paddington Garden, Sunway Giza – Paddington Garden is pancake specialized cafe located at Sunway Giza and serving the same menu that they had in Taiwan (yes, it’s from Taiwan). I went to for an afternoon tea to try out their pancake few weeks back, I thought I almost had found a similar nice pancake like the one I had at Hoshino Coffee in Singapore, but then it’s the pancake at Paddington Garden is just the other way around.
    I am not a pancake-pro, but I like it to be sweet and something like what I had at Hoshino Cafe. I didn’t now what to order, and randomly ordered a Tiramisu Pancake. Turned out, it’s not what I wanted and it tasted somewhat, bitter with the espresso topping! HAHAHA. Well, I need sweet pancake, any recommendation?
    Paddington Garden of Pancake
    F-03 First Floor (Inside of Sunway Giza)
    Sunway Giza Mall,
    Kota Damansara.
    Telephone: +603-61431632

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  • Klang Valley: Awesome Tiramisu @ Alexis, Bangsar Shopping Centre

    Klang Valley: Awesome Tiramisu @ Alexis, Bangsar Shopping Centre

    Klang Valley: Awesome Tiramisu @ Alexis, Bangsar Shopping Centre – I am starting to miss this tiramisu from Alexis. The world is so big that there’s so many better food out there! Before this, I always thought of China House at Penang has the best tiramisu cake, but actually not, Alexis has even better one!
    I actually get to know about it by a friend that she claimed that Alexis has a better one. This sparked my curiousity and no doubt, it is. Talking about Alexis, they serve various western cuisine, as well as fusion food too, but my visit was just for the sake of tiramisu. They have a few outlets, one at The Gardens, Mid Valley, another one is outside of Bangsar Village Mall, one is at Bangsar Shopping Centre (the one I went) and another one at Ampang.
    It’s kind of ‘atas’ to me with a nicely decorated minimalist interior and if you come at certain nights, they have relaxing jazz music accompany your meal. Pretty cool! Too bad I am already back to Penang, don’t get much chance to visit again. Hmmm!
    RM15 per piece. What’s good about the cake that it’s the sweetness is just nice and the cake is overloaded with caramel peacan which resulted the sweetness and the crunchyness of it. Cake itself is not too soft but the thing lack of is the alcohol taste. Some might not like the sweetness of it, but not me and comparing with China House, I’ll take this. Yay.
    Dear Clarice with the cake!

    Alexis @ Bangsar Shopping Centre

    Lot 15A 1st Floor

    Bangsar Shopping Centre
    Bukit Bandaraya
    50450 Kuala Lumpur
    Telephone: +603-2287-1388
    Click here for information of other outlets.
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  • Klang Valley: Acme Bar & Coffee, Troika, Kuala Lumpur

    Klang Valley: Acme Bar & Coffee, Troika, Kuala Lumpur

    Klang Valley: Acme Bar & Coffee, Troika, Kuala Lumpur – Troika is one of my favourite building in Kuala Lumpur, designed by Foster & Partners architect and it’s standing beautifully just right across the KLCC park. It’s actually a high-end city condominium with restaurant at the mid-level sky bridge and also at the ground floor. Of course, it’s a high-end fine dining restaurant at the sky bridge on 24th floor, there’s also a bar as well as another Italian restaurant (unfortunately, only the Cantaloupe fine dining restaurant can get the best view of KLCC).
    Coming back to Acme Bar & Coffee, or ABC in short, is another restaurant at Troika, but located on the ground floor. The restaurant, of course serve western cuisine, as well as food with a fusion of localized taste and price starts from RM25. It’s rather pricey, although some accept it because of the location and interior setup of the place. Don’t expect the premise to be big, it’s actually smaller than I expected, but the raw steel and wood design, blend with English-style design actually attracted my senses quite a lot.
    Let’s talk about food. When people discusses about ABC, the first thing comes to mind must be their famous Cempadak (Jackfruit) Cake, but that’s desserts and served in the end. Of course, they have a good Smoked Buffalo Wings which we didn’t order, unfortunately. The menu’s variety is quite choice-ful and me and my friends were confused picking out our main course.
    Just Mac & Cheese – RM27.
    Angel Hair Pasta with Scallops – RM-forget.  Another interesting dish with lots of pan-fried scallop.
    Sambal Hebi Aglio Olio Spaghetti – RM31. Interesting combination of local and western taste with lots of shrimp.
    Grilled Jumbo Hot Dog – RM-forget, but I know it’s the lowest price of all and my friend said it’s good! Yes, it indeed looks good.
    Marinated Grilled Lamb Shoulder – RM-forget but it’s the priciest of all you see here. The portion is quite big which I promise a full stomach after this.
    Cempedak (Jackfruit) Cake – RM15. The famous cake of this restaurant. Truly, the taste of jackfruit is very strong and powerful which will be pleasant for jackfruit lover.  Many complains it’s overrated, but yes I still like it, but not the price.
    US! The food gang, the interior designers.

    Yes, the food is very over-priced in my opinion, but it seems to be a nice place for hangout with friends actually. Food taste is still up to standard in my tastebuds and service was pleasant. If there’s a chance, I want to go back for a breakfast as they have different menu. After all, the down point is still the price, really pricey. Bahhh.

    Acme Bar & Coffee
    Unit G1 The Troika
    19 Persiaran KLCC
    50450 KL
    Telephone: +603-2162-2288
    Business Hours:
    11am – 12am (Mon – Thurs) | 11am – 1am (Fri) | 9.30am – 1am (Saturday) | 9.30am – 12am (Sun)

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  • Kwong Sang House, George Town

    Kwong Sang House, George Town

    Kwong Sang House, George Town – Heritage-style cafe and restaurants are now here and there in this UNESCO World Heritage City of George Town. There’s so many to visit right now and I know that there’s still more to come in the future! Somehow, do you realised the food that each of these heritage-style cafe offered are similar? Coffee, pastry, pasta, pizza and sandwiches. Hopefully I will something different like parmesan port chicken pie, jumbo hot dog, grilled marinated lamb shoulder, pork chops and stuff like that.
    Anyway, Kwong Sang House, a restaurant converted from an ex-tailor shop which has a tailor-theme in the little heritage shophouse which serves food like pizza, pasta, chicken chops, fish and chips and more. Food is tuned to a more localised taste, similar to those western food stall that you can find at food court, but with a better setting, bigger portion and more beautiful food presentation.
    I recently went to tried their Spaghetti Aglio Olio & Chicken and Ham Pizza. My personal liking goes to the spaghetti, but then it’s not better than the one at I had at Redbean Bags @ Publika. Chicken and Ham Pizza was rather plain with lesser ingredient. I might come back to try out some other food in their menu provided the price is quite reasonable at about RM10-RM20. The restaurant itself is simple and relaxing too!
    Kwong Sang House 廣生洋服 
    36 Leith Street 10220 Georgetown Penang
    Tel: +6012-556 5509 / +6012-4939 230
    Business Hour: 12pm-2.30pm, 6pm-11pm (close on Thursday)

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  • Klang Valley: Western-Style Breakfast At Antipodean, Bangsar

    Klang Valley: Western-Style Breakfast At Antipodean, Bangsar

    Klang Valley: Western-Style Breakfast At Antipodean, Bangsar – If you are looking for some western-style big breakfast set, or some croissant with scrambled egg, french toast and more, then Antipodean Cafe at Bangsar is the place for you. Some say it’s very good, some has gave me some unfavourable comment and how about me? Let’s check it out down below.
    Antipodean Cafe is a well-established cafe in Jakarta and it came to Malaysia 2 years ago. Situating near the Bangsar Village Mall, the cafe gets really crowded during the weekends and it took about 20 minutes for us to get a seat inside during lunch time. The place is small and very cramp. Interestingly, there’s no menu, as in physical menu, it’s all written on the huge blackboard and pick it from there. Service was quite good actually as the staff was like keep updating us about the availability of seat when we were waiting out there.
    Mango Lassi was good!
    Big Breakfast.
    So food! Big Breakfast, Croissant Scrambled Egg with Bacon & Vietnamese Fried Beef Noodle were what’s on our table that morning! The food presentation do look really good and the portion is quite big. Mine was the Big Breakfast but then it somehow seems ‘too-western’ for me because the scrambled egg was rather tasteless. The mushroom tasted special, something that I haven’t came across before, and I kinda like it.
    Croissant With Scrambled Egg and Sausage.
    Vietnamese Beef Noodle.
    Vietnamese Beef Noodle feels like char koay teow, but a sourish version. Quite interesting but not my type! Croissant was just croissant to me, you know, quite standard and the side dish like scrambled egg and sausage are just the same.
    Well, I would just have to comment it’s something in between good and bad, might be I have an oriental taste bud, and it might be good for your western taste bud, perhaps?
    Antipodean Cafe
    20, Jalan Telawi,
    Bangsar,
    59000 Kuala Lumpur.
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  • Penang: Lighthouse Coffee, Bishop Street

    Penang: Lighthouse Coffee, Bishop Street

    Penang: Lighthouse Coffee – Drinking a cup of aromatic coffee in the core of UNESCO World Heritage City of George Town, Penang, together with a small slice of cake just bring the relaxing experience to a greater level. Coffee shops are popping up here and there in this little city of George Town. The recent one that I have visited was Lighthouse Coffee, located in Logan Heritage by Bishop Street, it’s just off the famous Beach Street which is filled with colonial-styles building.
    It is a very small cafe which serve coffee of course, a great variety of coffee and desserts cake. I am not a coffee addict, it’s just something to drink for relaxing and to freshen up the mind. So, I went to check around Foursquare and has got some recommendation which is the Mochaccino and tiramisu.
    Well then, Mochaccino and a small slice of Tiramisu was accompanying me and Clarice in the hot sunny afternoon. The Mochaccino was good, the aroma of coffee beans and a little bit taste of chocolate did indeed brings pleasant stream through my taste buds and down my throat.
    Tiramisu on the other hand blends well between the alcohol and the sweetness. Somehow, the texture was not spongy enough and I still prefer the one at China House. However, this is up to the level too for a good tiramisu. It’s just that it has a very small portion.
    So, if you are craving for a coffee and a good quiet place for your afternoon, do check out Lighthouse Coffee.

    Lighthouse Coffee
    Logan Heritage Building
    No 4 Bishop Street,
    10300 George Town, Penang.
    Telephone: +6012-436-0836


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  • Singapore: Momiji Japanese Buffet, Revenue House

    Singapore: Momiji Japanese Buffet, Revenue House

    Singapore: Momiji Japanese Buffet, Revenue House – On a after-work Friday evening, after fetching my brother from the CBD, he brought me and Clarice to the Revenue House at Novena for this Japanese buffet @ Momiji Japanese Buffet Restaurant for dinner. There’s nothing much special of having Japanese buffet in Singapore, it feels the same to me, except that the currency is in Sing dollar. Interestingly it’s located in a government building where it’s very quiet after work.
    Comparing to Malaysia’s, it’s only S$36.80++/per pax, given that you earn in Singapore dollar, it’s pretty affordable comparing to at least RM80/per pax in Malaysia with the similar salary payroll, but in Ringgit.
    Forget about the money talk. Let’s get into the restaurant for food. If you come early, in between 6.30pm to 7.30pm, you can get a free flow of Sapporo beer. I assume that they want to bloated your stomach with beer so you can’t consume much. HAHA.
    Nevertheless, the buffet choices was pretty interesting, there’s a wide range of fresh raw sashimi which I only targeted the raw salmon and shrimp. Other than that, the teppanyaki and cook-on-the-spot section attracted me well, as well as the dinner special of snow crab and crayfish. Snow crab was really interesting with juicy and salty crab meat.
    Desserts furthermore satisfied my sweet tooth with a few repeats of Haagen Dazs ice cream, and cakes.
    Ended with a satisfied stomach, fulled, and a smile on the face. We then headed to Gardens By The Bay for a little night walk to ease the digestion.
    Revenue House #02-02
    55, Newton Road,
    307987 Singapore.
    Telephone: +65-6253-2469
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