Good Vibes Fest's grab-a-bite@Sepang Circuit

http://foodventuras2.blogspot.com/2013/09/good-vibes-fest-grab-bitesepang-circuit.html

Second Dimsum Visit@Imperial Pot, Publika Solaris Dutamas

http://foodventuras2.blogspot.com/2013/09/second-dimsum-visitimperial-pot-publika.html

Baked cheese cake@Komugi, Paradigm Mall

http://foodventuras2.blogspot.com/2013/09/baked-cheese-cakekomugi-paradigm-mall.html

Late supper/post mortem@Gastro Sentral, Le Meridian Kuala Lumpur

http://foodventuras2.blogspot.in/2013/08/late-supperpost-mortemgastro-sentral-le.html

Pork Burger@Kissaten, Jaya One, PJ

Many have probably raved or blogged about Kissaten's pork burger by now.. And finally I'm trying it.

I gotta say.. It was, a really good pork burger. Meat was juicy and tender, and the egg was nicely fried too, and a bit sweet also, as I noticed that it was a bit caramelized.

The rest of the ingredients: vegs, buns etc were typical accompaniments, nonetheless.. Yums!!!

Enough for a lady's tummy on a greedy day, but may not for a hungry man.

Cost RM 11-12, can't recall the exact digits.

Late lunch@Haute Food n Co, Plaza Damas

My gf, LY accompanied me to the Msian Art Expo, at Martrade, organized by my good friend, Polenn.

Ain't the paintings awesome? I feel like taking up art classes again. Just to paint, draw, colour, express and feel free.

After a stroll at the expo, we stopped by Haute Food for late lunch. Awesome!

The grilled chicken caesar salad (rm15.90) was served with a generous portion, enough for two moderate tummies to share. The chicken strips were freshly grilled and the veges also tasted fresh too. Thumbs up!

The carrot slice (rm12) was pretty delicious also. Had a little familiarity in looks and taste with fruitcakes, but less sweet and more nuts. It was so filling that it can be substituted as a main meal.

The desserts that Ive tried here so far had not disappoint me yet, but the only downside is that it is rather pricey, but value's worth.

I'm dreaming about the sticky date pudding again.. damn...

Tsukumen Ramen@Menya Musashi, One Utama Old Wing

My new colleagues brought me to this newly opened restaurant, Menya Mushasi, inside Isetan. So much has changed inside One Utama. I felt so disoriented. Shows how long I haven't gone into malls.

Back to the Jap food venture, apparently this shop serves awesome fairly authentic ramen.

Gigantic pictures of samurais are displayed on the walls and upon your entry, the chefs in the kitchen will shout out in Japanese, to add to the feel of samurai chefs in action.

When I peeked over, hoping to possibly catch some hot Jap chefs, only to be greeted by Nepalese and Phillipino workers. Aiks.

Ok, on a serious note. The ramen was delicious. I ordered the dry version, but after tasting my colleague's soup version, the soup one would have been a better choice.

Salty, flavourful and the although the pork slice initially seemed too fatty, but it was quite well cooked that you wouldn't taste the over powering porkiness and it was rather crunchy also, as if the pork slice was briefly dipped in frying oil.

The only downside is that a bowl cost between RM 25-30. Ouch! For a bowl of Jap noodles. Phew.

Worthy try, though I can't comment much as I have yet to taste the widely spoken about ramen shop in Pavillion.

Definitely worth trying again.. Once i've extra savings :/ Damn Ringgits!

Free ice cream!@Malaysian Airlines Platinum Suite Lounge, KLIA

Going off to Barcelona for work!

Catching up with my colleague here at the lounge.. while indulging in some Haagen Daz ice cream.... for freeeeeeeeeeeee..... (Adam Sandler style)

Can I steal this fridge home?

Sunday bazaar lunch@Solaris Dutamas

I'm not sure what the Sunday bazaar schedule is like.. But whenever they have it on, it always excites me to see how creative the stall sellers are in selling their trademark goods.

For this particular Sunday, Espresso Lab was selling rm5/cup for a top barista quality coffee. Mmmmm.... :)

And the Wiener stall stood out too. Two pretty girls in red dresses, red lipsticks, and even got their manicure coloured red and yellow to match their Wiener theme.

Heck, they even made biz namecards in red and yellow!

Sausages and buns steamed with cool looking machines. And the sellers raved on their home made sauces: for mine i chose, radish and mustard.

Rm5.50. Not bad, and tasted pretty good too!

And my re-visit to auntie's nasi lemak. Soooo generous. Ayam nasi lemak, RM 4.50. My friend bought the one with sotong, for rm 4.50 too! And auntie gave so much sotong that they spilled out from the banana leaf when she opened up the pack.

Steal dealllll!!

Siew Pao Master@Seremban

During my recent fieldwork in Melaka, Nilai and the final pitstop in Seremban, my dear friend Vivien popped into my mind.. After my tummy started calling out to me... Siewwww paooo... Siewwww paooo....

She was so sweet to search for adds and map for me to make my way to "Siew Pao Master". Apparently serembanites love their paos from here. The name itself intruiged me, and my tummy.

It took us a while to finally find the shop, signage wasn't very good and one who isn't familiar with the roads would have easily missed it.

The pungent whiff of buttery aroma just hits our nostrils the moment we stepped out of the car. Fuh, exciting!

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So happens, a fresh tray of eggtarts just came out of the oven. And vivien said, eggtarts are superb. Luck was SO on my side!

Bought the paos and eggtarts, and went home a happy soul :)

Eggtarts i must say, delicious! The egg was so soft but still a tiny thickened curdle just enough to hold itself together.

The siew paos, yummy too! Fragrant, buttery, and chunky pork bits! Although, I still could not tell at this point which is the best siew pao that I've ever tasted. Tough.. Many famous stalls selling actually taste equally good too.

Any other siewpao recommendations?

Fry fry fry! Dakgalbi @Uncle Jang, Solaris Mont Kiara

This place reminds me a little bit about Myung Dong, Korea. Of course the surroundings could not match up to the environment back in MD itself, but the giant frying pan in front of us would suffice. 

The waiters here are mainly Bangladeshis, who could speak general Korean greetings. 

Cabbage and chicken fry fry fry fry! Dakgalbi!

A pack of instant noodles went in the giant frying pan too. Honestly speaking, it does seem like as if a mamak frying maggi mee goreng in front of me.

The only difference was some dolbokis added in dakgalbi.

And yes.. it looked as yummy as how you would imagine it to be from looking at this picture. The star ingredient was definitely the spicy paste used to fry along these deliciousness.

Super spicy, and the chicken slices were chewy and chunky. YUMS! The sheer fact of  the hot and spicyness makes you eat and eat and still don't feel full.... until you stop for a sip of water.

Surely, it seems like you could cook this at home, but I guess, the price you pay (RM22), is not just to fill up your tummy, but the eating experience that comes with it. Having a gigantic frying pan in front of u, everyone with a pair of chopsticks each squandering away as many strings of noodles and chicken as possible, and wearing a funky plastic apron while eating!

Home made tiramisu@Ms YYY

My friend loves baking like me, but sadly, my laziness takes over the better of me. She still bakes every now and then...

And boy oh boy, today is my lucky day!

Home baked tiramisu, and it truly tastes amazing! Light, fluffy and not too sweet. I had to stop myself from digging further than several scoops!

Anyone interested to order? Trust me, it is really good! And I have high tastebuds for desserts.

Fish noodles@kopitiam next to Say Huat, Seksyen 17 PJ

One of the above average fish noodles i've ever eaten.

Strong fish broth coupled with springy lemongrass. Chef was pretty generous with the fried fish chunks also.

Yums! RM 6.50.

Only downside to this place is: please be prepared to sit in a 'sauna'. The kopitiam was so stuffy and humid, plus steamy hot soup = suckling sweaty Demona.

Coffee that ruined my morning@Dome cafe, The Intermark

This take-away cup was poorly designed. The cup cover did not tightly fit the cup and the material could not hold on the hot beverage long!

The coffee leaked out, burning my hand and I endured an embarrassing moment messing the entire lift area walkway.

Thank gosh for The Daily Sun, to wipe the mess.

I wrote a complaint letter to the management and all I got was a generic 'we will look into it' courtesy reply. BAH!

Banning Dome this point onwards. No courtesy to keep every customer satisfied!

2-in-1 proposal&birthday dinner@Alexis Bistro, Gardens Midvalley

 My bestie was in town, with a group of her doctor workmates from Kuantan to celebrate her 29th birthday. We met at Alexis in Midvalley for dinner, as they were staying in Boulevard Hotel and had also booked a table at the Vertigo for the after-dinner partie.

My last meal in Alexis was several years ago during a business lunch appointment. This was my second. I was craving for something spicy and decided to go ala local. Salted fish fried rice with fried chicken. RM 25++. When the serving came, my first impression was... ,"errrrr....". I held back my comments, in case the fried rice tasted super powerful. Beep, NOT. Just a normal fried rice, with skinny fried chicken pieces. Even Mee Jawa's fried rice with fried chicken tasted 10 times better than this, with a larger portion too.. all for RM10 a plate.

I'm banning this dish from here.

 Duck confit mantaos. Fairly decent tastewise, a little too sweet, but neutralised by the fragrant spring onion slices. Nothing special about the mantaos...quite bland and texturewise nothing unique either. The duck confit's good taste managed to cover up the other flaws. RM 18++, for 3. Worth it? Hmmmm...

Turns out, her bf intended to also propose to her on her birthday! My second time witnessing a proposal! My first was at the beach, at night... but... the couple did not last. Oops.
He bought her a huge bouquet of lilies and I bought her a red velvet cake, from Just Heavenly. RM 68.
The cake had a generous coating of cream cheese, quite enjoyable to eat, I must say but still, the cake could not match up to Patisserie Rui's rendition of her red velvet cake. Hers is by far the best red velvet to me till this day.

Putting aside the lousy food, it was a truly happy and JOY-ous occasion for my bestie and she got plastered at Vertigo later on. She got the super duper cool birthday blast she wanted all these years, and possibly the biggest birthday gift ever.. a husband! Haha.

Brunch@Food Bazaar,Publika,Solaris Dutamas

After Sunday service, we all grabbed a quick bite before heading to IKEA - furniture shopping for our new church site. Publika's really getting the crowd in, with weekend bazaars, exhibits and events. It's quite nice how they also blocked off a section of the road within Publika for families, especially those living at the condo above, to do out-door cycling activities.

We spotted these 3 Caucasians, sweating away like suckling pigs, while shouting, smiling and promoting 'Andy's BBQ'. I was sorta' impressed by the amount of effort they put in for a weekend bazaar type of selling. They brought their own BBQ grill set, grilling em' beef and chicken patties away. Heck, they even had custom made doggie bags and serviettes.

A shredded spicy chicken patty burger, with a cuppa' home made coleslaw, deep fried SWEET potato sticks and a chocolate cupcake... all for RM 9.90. Honestly speaking, everything tasted really delicious! Except the cupcake. Thumbs up for efforts and taste! On subsequent Sundays, I no longer see them tho'. Hmmm....

Super spicy nasi lemak ayam. Quite a huge serving alright. While the makcik was packing my nasi lemak, a chinese girl came over asking for a pack of meehoon and she asked for discount just because she ordered TWO packets. Sweats. I don't think she would make much taking into consideration the rental, cost of ingredients, the amount of food she was selling on the table, and having two kids with her. Makcik was so generous that she really did give discount, and since I was standing there as well, she also gave me a RM 0.50 discount too, thus my nasi lemak cost RM 4.50. Cheap!

Beer food after a Glorious Golden Day

The sun shone as brightly on these yellow fellow Malaysians, gathered for a united purpose. Duduk Bantah! Clean Election! Chinatown stall owners were gleaming with pride: both as Malaysians and the overwhelming business, especially mata kuching drink sellers. Hey, even foreign Pakistani / Bangladeshi workers joined in the parade, selling mineral water bottles to make a quick profit.

I really respect em' guys, putting in all their time and efforts, making these banners. Mind you, the age group ranges from teenagers to old uncles and aunties. What a great day indeed!

Ain't no crappy mainstream newspaper gonna quote this as "few thousand people only -LAH". I was one of them in that crowd. Having to body-to-body my way from Burger King to Masjid Jamek LRT station, I'm pretty confident that the crowd comprised of a few thousand people X many thousands more.

Some posters are humorously creative! Even Angry Birds came to support this cause. It really felt like a yellow themed carnival. People were mingling around, regardless of race. Balloons and flags everywhere. People singing, chanting, cheering. I also caught glimpses of a Shrek chic, Scream guy, Masquerade girls, and a yellow power ranger. Hahaha. The scene was definitely different from Bersih 2.0.

Little did I know, when I left Masjid Jamek, soon after tear gases were fired right at where I was minutes ago. On the train, we passed by the Liberation Square and fiery red tanks and black suited armed men were lined up like soldiers gearing up for battle.

Until today I just could not understand, why the gathering was not allowed in Dataran Merdeka, yet 100,000 (apparently) UMNO members in RED gathered in the Stadium Bkt Jalil. Is this the smelly stench of .... fear?

Mainstream media in the next couple of days definitely got me to roll my eyes out of irritation. Youtube probably painted a more holistic pictures of what happened on 0428.

Whatever happens, let us carry out our duty as Malaysians fight for a clean election!

All hard work comes sweet with a icey cool pint of Konig. After a real sweaty hot day, AHHHHH!

Beer food platter to commemorate the Yellow. The bacon strips with tomatos were delicious! Oh yea, the lamb meatballs too. The colour of the sauce may put you off a bit, but the taste was goooood. RM 50

Chicken wings RM 20. Um, so so chicken wings. 3 sets of chicken wings. Quite steep for such a portion. Taste wise, nothing great. Anyway, it never goes wrong with beer + chicken wings.

Next stop, Bersih 4.0? Election? Shytty news on the paper?

Let's continue on reading the updates on FB and Youtube.

Weekend breakfast meals@Chawan & BEN';s grocer bakery, Publika SolarisDutamas

Publika's really becoming more and more happening, especially having flea market stalls here on weekends.

Bought a red bean bun and curry chicken bun for breakfast (rm6), coupled with home brewed coffee.. Accompanied by final episodes of Revenge season 1.

After Sunday service, i had a quick brunch with my church friends at Chawan. Kopi muar 434 and toast bread, rm10. Phew.

My church friend who happens to be a muarian who happens to live few houses away from the original muar434 coffee says that indeed the coffee is super famous there. But chawan's rendition, was only so so. Toastbread so so too.

This area is becoming my 2nd home. Damn, i should have bought an apartment up here. It is just too pricey now :(

Home cooked crayfishes@Courtesy of Mr Frizzo, thank you!

 My friend Frizzo was such a sweet soul. He had some extra crayfishes and so happens, his wife had a business trip overseas (no cook at home!). Rather than letting these fresh prawns go to waste, he offered to give 'em to me .............. for freeeeeeeeeeeee! (Adam Sandler in Bedtime Stories style)

Boy oh boy, they were gigantic alright!

 The crayfishes were grilled and sauteed with onions and mustard. Cholesterol conscious fellas, stay away!

 The meat was quite dense, and a little chewy. I could taste a hint of the muddiness from the meat, most likely these crayfishes were farmed. 3 pieces of them were enough to fill you up full. But nonetheless, I was happy eating 'em.

Maybe because we all have this generic perception that seafood or prawns are considered a luxury item on the menu. The bigger they are, they pricier they get.

And mine is for freeeeeeee! So yes, I was smiling from ear to ear. The size of the crayfish was almost like the size of my fist. Kapow.

The crayfishes.. GUILLOTINED. You all have served me well. Burps!

Thank you Frizzo!

Serene lunch@The Haven, Jalan Ampang Hilir

I am glad to have discovered this interesting dining place, quietly hidden in the midst of the hustle and bustle of KL city. Haven is a white coloured bunglo converted restaurant, with a wide open space of greeneries surrounding the house. The trademark signature of Haven, is its organic food servings, both dine and purchase. Above is a picture of the organic coffee station, each cup freshly brewed.

The mini grocery store selling organic products. Surprisingly, there were quite a number of people buying these items when I was there. It seems locals/expacts who are living nearby frequently come over to buy the organic meats and vegs. Wow.

A calming view of the compound to ease the tension off, before your meal. I was just imagining how great it would be if my dogs could run and roam around while I chill out by the porch.

Haven's credo for their food servings!

The big breakfast set, RM 19. Bread slice, with 2 choice of breakfast servings. The list contains the usual stuffs served at breakfast meals: eggs (cooked in the style you like), mushrooms, tomatoes, ham, bacon, pancakes, fruits etc. The selection of only 2 types, reminded me of an episode from "River Cottage" of AFC, whereby the chef says sometimes piling all sorts of fried food of every kind in one plate on one serving may dilute the whole feeling of a great breakfast meal and narrowed down to only 2 choices. This rendition, was not bad. Quite good I must say, the eggs were too creamy for my liking though.

The chicken pie was surprisingly delicious! It seemed normal looking when it arrived, but hidden underneath the pastry sheets, were steam hot creamy, tender juicy chicken chunks, with chopped mushrooms. Yums! I think it cost about RM 18 -23. Can't remember the exact price.

Fried fish fingers dish. This dish was average, however marination was not bad. Just nicely salted, coated with herbs and spices. The good thing is that, at least the fish fingers were coated with batter, like many places where you end up digging em' batters out exposing superbly thin slices of dory fish fillets. What you see in the picture, is what you get of the fish fillets.

Lamb ribs, Yums! Is it the organic lamb? Or is it the nicely grilled skills? I don't know. What I do know is that the lamb was tender and juicy. Worthy try! I think this was RM 35-40.

Molten chocolate cake, nicely baked. Not too sweet, and the molten lava chocolate goodie inside was really... finger licking good! I was actually more impressed by the presentation skills of the chef. The chef's sincerity in decorating a beautiful dessert dish can be seen from the well sliced fruits. RM 10.

The cheesecake, was also quite good too. It was not sickly cheezy creamy, just nice, and not sweet too. What made a big different was the drizzled over sour strawberry sauce that blended well with the creamy cheese cake. RM 10. Haven definitely has caught my foodie attention based on this first good impression I had. I sometimes feel that the overpriced organic food concept is a real rip off, because many a times they do not taste good, but this restaurant priced its food items similar to normal restaurants and they actually taste good! A great place for a long Saturday brunch over a cuppa coffee, newspaper and IPAD!