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  • London: The Breakfast Club

    London: The Breakfast Club

    London: The Breakfast Club – Have been looking for a good breakfast in London lately and I found this on a recommendation by a friend – The Breakfast Club. I went for a brunch last Saturday and it was a crazily long and cold 45 minutes queue for it. I guess, the food is really good, or the premise is very small.

    After spending almost an hour outdoor in the cold air, the lady came out and told us that our table is ready. Indeed, the place is rather small. Hungry and cold, I quickly placed my order and ordered the first thing on the menu, a Full Monty Breakfast @ £9.70, which I guess is one of their best one since it’s the first Club Classic section. It’s a typical English breakfast set which consiss of bacon, sausage, black pudding, eggs, home-style fried potatoes, mushrooms, beans, grilled tomato and toasted multigrain bloomer.

    I don’t know whether is it my oriental taste bud is not suiting the English food, or what, I find it not that interesting. Black pudding is the least interesting of all, so do the salty sausage. Overall, it’s somewhat similar to other English Breakfast that I’ve had before, except the potatoes was quite nice. I don’t like the portion of the mushroom was that less. Try the All American pancakes for your first visit, it seems to be a better choice as my friend told me.

    Click here for the list of outlets for The Breakfast Club. The one I went to was at Camden Passage, out Angel Station.

  • 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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  • Klang Valley: Beautiful Mess 5.0 of myBurgerLab

    Klang Valley: Beautiful Mess 5.0 of myBurgerLab

    Klang Valley: Beautiful Mess 5.0 of myBurgerLab – A torrent of slaps fell on Friday night. I thought that with that kind of wet and roaring weather, people will tend to stay at home for meal or go somewhere near to grab a quick bite, but then the usual evening queue at myBurgerLab was on!
    Indeed, the burger shop is doing very well. Queued for about 20 minutes and the burger of the night was Beautiful Mess 5.0 (RM18) – Charcoal bun stuffed with portobella fries, thick and juicy beef patties, sunny side up, and mozarella cheese.
    One more thing, thumbs up for the good service of myBurgerLab’s staff who always put a smile on the face. =D Another thing is that they should seriously a bigger space is needed, it’s hard to get a place to sit.
    BEAUTIFUL MESS 5.0! Look at the deep fried portobella!
    Eating mate of the night – Connie, Quenna, Siyi.
    Eating mate of the night – Jason, Henry, me, Simon, Connie, Quenna, Siyi.
    My Burger Lab
    No. 14, Jalan 21/22,
    Seapark 46300 Petaling Jaya,
    Malaysia
    Business Hours: 5pm – 10.30pm (Tues – Sun)
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  • Klang Valley: Three Little Pigs & The Big Bad Wolf

    Klang Valley: Three Little Pigs & The Big Bad Wolf

    Klang Valley: Three Little Pigs & The Big Bad Wolf – The pork crave still haven’t ends in me yet since the last pork meal at S.Wine, it’s not the craving for siu yok or cha siu, it’s Western version of pork dish and I want more! Last weekend, I went to this pork shop – Three Little Pigs & The Big Bad Wolf at Bangsar Village Mall (what a long name?!). Very easy to spot as it’s located just by the car park.
    I was there for a late birthday lunch with Clarice, it’s almost 3pm already, but the restaurant was really packed with people, mostly ladies! I wonder where are the guys? Almost tea time and the people just never stop walking in from the front door.
    Since it’s just two of us, we got a table pretty quickly. Without much hesitation, my order went to the two famous dishes The Wolf’s Favourite (RM27+) and also the Mighty Pork Burger (RM24+). Serving was pretty fast, surprisingly for that much people in the restaurant.
    The Wolf’s Favourite is their signature pasta which basically is carbonara enhanced with smoky pork and mushrooms, further topped up with a beautiful poached egg. It’s fragrance is good, the pork feels like bak gua to me and the combination of poached egg creates a unique carbonara experience, without the cream. It’s a little bit salty on my taste buds, but undeniably, still OK-good.
    If were to choose between the two dishes, my choice went to the Mighty Pork Burger which has a thick juicy pork patty which I still can imagine biting a mouth of it right now. Egg was just a compliment to the burger which I find it like McBreakfast egg, but still, I like the tender pork patty. Will come back again for some other pork dish!
    Three Little Pigs & The Big Bad Wolf
    Lot G1A, Ground Floor, Bangsar Village
    1 Jalan Telawi Satu, Bangsar Baru
    59100 Kuala Lumpur
    Telephone: +603-22832270
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  • Set Lunch At Salsas Restaurant, Penang Road

    Set Lunch At Salsas Restaurant, Penang Road

    Set Lunch At Salsas Restaurant, Penang Road – I’ve so many food to blog about and now I’ve the time to write them up all on my blog. Some are dated back to last year. Haha. Forget about the date, forget about time, let’s indulge with some food pr0n, shall we?

    In the finally weeks of December 2011, I went to meet up a good friend, Yiphing, together with other buddies for lunch at Salsas Restaurant, Penang Road. It’d been some times that we did not come out, sit down and eat. Everyone has their own business now.

    Yiphing suggested Salsas Restaurant for our meet up lunch as she’s working as an intern at that area. I guess this was my second time eating out at Salsas Restaurant as the first time was long ago when Salsas was still at Kelawai Road.

    Salsas Restaurant serves western food and they have a variety of set meal to pick for lunch. The price of set lunch starts from RM13.90+. Well, I picked a set meal that costs RM15.50+ and that’s a Baked Penne Pasta as a main course.

    Each set meal comes with a starter of soup or salad, a main course, a desserts and a drinks.


    This is Yiphing.


    Starter – Mushroom Soup with Toasted Bun.


    Starter 2 – Healthy Salad.


    Main Course – Baked Penne Pasta in cream sauce with shredded chicken ham, mushroom and cheese.


    Main course 2 – Grilled chicken breast with mushroom cream, served with fresh vegetables and potatoes.


    Desserts – Vanilla ice cream and a piece of cake.

    Overall, I find the food at there is not bad and kinda affordable. The place is crowded with office workers around that area during lunch. The desserts was just normal in my opinion.

    Salsas Restaurant is located in Continental Hotel.

    No 5, Penang Road, 10000 Penang, Malaysia.

    Telephone: +604-2633923

    Business Hours: 11.30am-2.30pm / 6.30pm-11.00pm

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  • Chicken Cordon Bleu At Max Deli Western Food

    Chicken Cordon Bleu At Max Deli Western Food

    Chicken Cordon Bleu At Max Deli Western Food – Max Deli Western Food is a food stall located in food court of Tanjung Bungah area, just right opposite of The Cove Condominium. They actually serve affordable Malaysian-style western food and I found it kinda good.

    I don’t really have a favourite western food corner in Penang now, last time I used to like James Foo’s Western Food at Fettes Park, but after upgrading to a better outlet, there have always been crowded and taste wise is not as good as before. It doesn’t feel comfortable eating at there because there’s always very many people. The one at Mount Erskine is not bad too.

    Back to this Max Deli, I find its Chicken Cordon Bleu is not bad, crunchy enough with thick filling of cheese and sausage. Presentation might not be good but it costs only RM9 per plate.

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  • Lunch At Little Cottage Cafe

    Lunch At Little Cottage Cafe

    Little Cottage Cafe is quite well-known among Penangite with two outlets, one on Jalan Burma, and another one in Waterfall Hotel, Jalan Utama. It’s my first time visiting the Little Cottage Cafe on Jalan Burma and I went there to have lunch with my girlfriend. I was busy taking video of the place and I have forgotten to take photos of the interiors, so I will repost a video version. =D

    The interiors is very cozy and warming feel with nice cottage style dining and give you an experience that you are like being in a small county, it’s so not in Penang.

    They have standard set meal lunch which starts from RM9.90 and we both ordered the RM15.90 set. It started with a mushroom soup. The mushroom taste was strong but then one thing I wasn’t that favour about it is that it’s a little bit too waterish. If it’s creamier than it’s great.

    Bread bun and butter is also one of the appetizer that comes with the soup. Love the warm bun with butter in it.

    Here comes the main course which is the Black Pepper Chicken. Well, the black pepper sauce was there and it’s a grilled chicken instead of deep fried chicken. The presentation was good and serves with little vegetable salad and mash potato. The mash potato to me was OK-good and the chick was tender enough. As for the sauce wise, the taste was there, not too over, not too less, just nice. Overall, I couldn’t comment this is the best, but it’s not bad. Somehow, I like the Little Cottage Chicken Chop more which comes next.

    The Little Cottage Chicken Chop is deep fried chicken chop poured with a kind of sweet and BBQ sauce which makes it tasted good. The chicken was crispy and I like the crunchyness when biting on it. Serve with a little bit of onion and I think this is kinda special and tasted nice when eat with the chicken and sauce. As I said, I like this more than the black pepper chicken, this is good. =)

    The last course was the coffee / tea but desserts comes before it. Having a sweet tooth is so nice that I love desserts so much and this little desserts is actually a pudding of milk and pandan which is kinda special with a sense of local style, some how it’s just too small.

    Well, Little Cottage is a nice place to have your meal given with its nice and cozy interiors.

    Little Cottage Cafe 1 (You can park at New World Park and walk there)
    96-A, Burma Road,
    10050 Goergetown,
    Penang

    Tel:+604-2286318
    Fax:+604-2274452

    Email: info@littlecottagecafe.com

    Website: http://www.littlecottagecafe.com

    Business Hours: Open daily from 11am-3pm / 6pm-10.30pm

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  • Pan Seared Salmon Dijon Cream Sauce at Spring Chamber Restaurant @ the Sun

    Pan Seared Salmon Dijon Cream Sauce at Spring Chamber Restaurant @ the Sun

    Do you know about the Sun Yat-Sen Centre on Macalister Road? It’s a museum, but then there’s also a nice fine dining restaurant in it. Now you know, the restaurant is called the Spring Chamber Restaurant serving western food in a romantic, cosy and a little bit of heritage-feel restaurant.

    My cousin brother had gotten a straight A result in his recent exam and his family treated me a dinner as a celebration at Spring Chamber. The set dinner is pretty straight forward with a flat rate RM42.00 nett with a few choice of main courses. I picked the Pan Seared Salmon Dijon Cream Sauce.

    The appetizer was a tempura seafood fruit cocktail accompanied with mesclun lettuce. It’s pretty nice.

    Then next up was soup of the day which was a pumpkin soup. I felt this was just OK-OK only. It’s not creamy enough.

    Here’s my main course. Looking good from the food presentation, the side lyonnaise potato was salty and nice, sauce was good but then there’s too much fish bones in the salmon. It makes eating the fish difficult and not enjoyable. And one more thing that the salmon was like a bit hard. Well, I think it’s just an OK-dish again, not so favor about it.

    Lastly, I got a Cherry Cheese Cake which I’ll say the best part of the dinner after appetizer. Haha.

    If you looking for a nice environment and romantic place to eat out with you closer one or friends, this is a good place.

    Spring Chamber Restaurant @ the Sun,
    Sun Yat-Sen Centre 65, Macalister Road,
    10400, Penang.

    Tel: +604-2265181 / +6012-4511710
    Website: http://www.atthesun.com.my

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