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2009-11-15 at 12:44
· Filed under 6.0 - 6.9, Chinese, Drink, Eat, GPS, Lunch, Maiden Experience, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian ·Tagged cendol, fried kuey teow, Hokkien mee, kerabu manga, kerabu mangga
... cendol with gula melaka.
... Hokkien mee ala Nyonya style.
... fried kuey teow with sliced sausage and fried pork lard, even cuttlefish rings.
... kerabu mangga without crispy squid slice.
Rating: 6/10
PG and I came to The Strand, Kota Damansara to check out any appetizing restaurant. We came to The Wok as he first spotted it. At first, I wanted to order dishes and rice, but there were only 2 of us, so I dropped the idea. The cendol looks very similar to those from Malacca. The green jelly tastes pretty good, probably the most tasty I’ve had in KV. Unfortunately, the gula melaka doesn’t have the kind of fragrance I tasted in Malacca. Then the Hokkien mee which was soaked in soup came as a surprised to us. It reminds me of law mee. The taste was so so only and the condiment sambal was nothing to shout about. Fried kuey teow was pretty darn good. I’ve finally found a good enough replacement for SS5A’s fried kuey teow, but came at a price. It cost RM8 per plate, which is more than double of that I had in SS5. It even has sausage slice and fried pork lard in it. The squid rings came as a bonus, though I don’t think it enhances the taste. Kerabu mangga was like rojak instead, as claimed by PG. I tasted some sugar in it and soaked in prawn paste. I missed the crispy squid slice from the kerabu mangga in my hometown, but this 1 tasted not bad too, not as sour.
I’ll probably come back for its fried kuey teow again, hopefully soon.
Location: N3 09.270 E101 35.572
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2009-11-04 at 12:54
· Filed under 4.0 - 4.9, Drink, Eat, GPS, Halal, Lunch, Non-vegetarian, Western ·Tagged mango, rice, chicken, cake, latte, hazelnut
... the last piece of Mango Delight in the counter. Yes, it was leftover from yesterday.
... ALGJ's set lunch, chicken in BBQ sauce.
... the aptly named flavoured latte. I went with hazelnut syrup.
Rating: 4/10
My Mango Delight cake was a mess when it was delivered to me. Instead of standing by itself, it was laid down sleeping like a lazy pig. What a way to serve your patron their precious slice cake! I had to flip it up to take photo of it, though the cake looked like it was just gutted by a robber. My latte was nothing to complain about, but for RM7.50 each, I prefer something more tasty.
ALGJ’s chicken set looks nice though, especially that sauce. I might have guessed it wrongly, it could’ve been sweet and sour sauce. Unfortunately, she was super hungry today as she cleaned the whole plate, without any leftover for me to try.
Location: N3 05.692 E101 35.231
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2009-11-02 at 13:01
· Filed under 5.0 - 5.9, Chinese, Dinner, Drink, Eat, GPS, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian ·Tagged nasi lemak
... complimentary soup.
... pickled fruits with sengkuang. No dragonfruits this time.
... organic nasi lemak. The hard boiled egg was so good.
Rating: 5.5/10
Went to Medifoods with ALGJ and TSL. I was still feeling quite full and lazy to think of what to eat. They finally suggested this place. And again, I was tempted with the nasi lemak there. The last time I had the nasi lemak there was not bad, though I don’t have my camera with me, so I can’t blog about it. This time, I brought along my camera.
Unfortunately though, the sambal wasn’t so good this time. Probably because I was still full. The complimentary soup tasted bland and the lacked of dragonfruits kinda put me off, even though I wasn’t a big fan of dragonfruits. The pickled fruits tasted weird, so I’ve only had a little bit of them.
Location: N3 03.820 E101 35.148
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2009-11-01 at 21:16
· Filed under 0 and below, 5.0 - 5.9, Chinese, Dinner, Drink, Eat, Halal, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian, Pork Free, Western ·Tagged aglio olio, boneless chicken, Extreme Latte, linguine
... aglio olio pasta.
Rating: 0/10
This aglio olio linguine was very spicy and yet it was tasteless. Not salted at all. I was expecting it to be soak in olive oil with plenty of garlic, unfortunately, it was soaked in spicy oil. The only tasteful stuff were those beef bacons. Fortunately, the Extreme Latte was still nice. At least it was nicer than The Ultimate Extreme Mocha from Coffee Bean that I had last night, which was practically tasteless and lacked of coffee fragrance.
... Shihlin's boneless fried chicken.
Rating: 5/10
A new outlet of Shihlin opened in IOI Mall’s new wing. AT spotted it from where she sat. If I knew Shihlin was there, I would’ve had it for dinner as I was thinking of having it before looking for EL & AT, but time wouldn’t permit. Perhaps next time I’ll have dinner there instead.
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2009-10-04 at 13:47
· Filed under 3.0 - 3.9, Drink, GPS, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian, Pork Free, Tea Break, Western ·Tagged Belgian chocolate, macadamia nut
After our lunch, we adjourned to our usual favourite place in Solaris.
... Häagen-Dazs Shake of Belgian Chocolate and Macadamia Nuts.
Rating: 3/10
It came with a chocolate stick biscuit, which I thought was a straw. It was so thick that my straw could stand on it on and the straw was even being pushed upward by the viscosity of the liquid. I guess I had the wrong choice of mixing Belgian Chocolate with Macadamia Nuts. I was having sore throat drinking this as the Belgian Chocolate was still too strong for my liking. It was very sweet and diabetic. Perhaps I’ll go with Choc Choc Chips next time. But at RM23.90 (excluding taxes) per cup, it’s rather costly I might say.
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Location: N3 10.544 E101 39.599 (estimation)
*Photo courtesy of Damien Loong
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2009-10-04 at 09:53
· Filed under 5.0 - 5.9, Breakfast, Chinese, Drink, Eat, GPS, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian ·Tagged chicken chop, Hainanese noodle, kopi-o, Lea & Perrins, porridge, roasted pork, roti babi
This post will be dedicated for a fan-sy of mine, AT. She has been complaining that I haven’t had any new posts for so long. So, I purposely wake up early in the morning, with lacked of sleep, just to come all the way to Dang Wangi for some breakfast that I’ve never written before. Though I’ve been to this place once, so long ago. More than 3 years ago though. But I don’t have much recollection of what I’ve had back then.
... each item of outside food will be charged.
... we were given a whole bottle of Lea & Perrins soya sauce. Reminds me of the Ramli Burger at Taman Paramount.
... iced kopi-o.
... chicken chop, Hainanese style.
... Hainanese noodle, doesn't look good. Fortunately the taste wasn't bad.
... porridge, tasted pretty bland.
... the notorious roti babi (pork bread).
... take a peek on the inside.
... roasted pork, each plate cost RM10.
... served with white wine apple sauce.
Rating: 5/10
I’ve mixed feelings on the food served here. Firstly, the chicken chop was rather unattractive. Probably because it was already soggy from soaking in the brown sauce or maybe because it took them less than 5 minutes to serve it right after we’ve placed our order. Either way, the chicken chop wasn’t as nice as I thought it would be. Then the Hainanese noodle, which came as a surprise. From the looks of it, it was rather unappetizing. Fortunately, it wasn’t the case for its taste. I find it rather good. Though I can’t be sure if I could finish up the whole plate all by myself. My appetite conscience probably gonna kills me.
The roti babi was very nice, aside from the rather oily bread. It seemed to be prepared in a hurry. Reminded me a little of the treasure chest of Taiwanese street snack. It has minced pork and even some sliced sausages. Tasted a tad sweet. It was nice, better if the bread wasn’t so oily. Porridge was a blasphemy. It was bland and we couldn’t even finish 1/2 of it.
Finally, special roast pork of the place, which started serving only at 11:30am. The skin was super crispy and it sort of came off, detached from the meat. Unlike my favourite roasted pork, the fats here don’t melt in my mouth, nor the lean meat was tender and soft. A rather bad dish if you don’t take the roasted skin.
Location: N3 09.373 E101 42.011
*Photos courtesy of Damien Loong
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2009-09-18 at 21:25
· Filed under 1.0 - 1.9, Chinese, Dinner, Drink, Eat, GPS, Maiden Experience, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian ·Tagged butter garlic, cod fish, crab, curry chicken, Japanese escargot, vegetable
... Chinese tea served in beer glass.
... Japanese escargot in butter garlic sauce.
... 4 heavenly vegetables, sans egg plants.
... steamed cod fish.
... clay pot curry chicken.
... fried crab in sambal.
Rating: 1.5/10
This place was on our KIV list for a long time, finally today I could give it a try together with DL. Unfortunately, MH wasn’t able to join us. We ordered quite a number of dishes in order to prevent the sky from raining further. Firstly, we have the Japanese escargot in butter garlic sauce. DL almost puke, but fortunately there were some garlic in it to engulf the butter taste in it. Anyway, he soaked himself in jalapeno later on. San Francisco SteakHouse’s butter garlic escargot has better sauce than this at any given time!
Then the 4 heavenly vegetables were served. It was rather sticky and gooey. The cod fish was very disappointing. Probably the worst cod fish I’ve ever had. It was like a piece of elastic rubber. Yes, the cod fish was practically ruined. We ended up having balance of the fish on the plate. DL was so enjoying the clay pot curry chicken, not because it was nice, but it was hot. He said it’s nice to have hot stuff like this during cold weather. We should have gone to Seafood Ler for clay pot curry fish instead.
Finally, the crabs were not fresh, according to DL. I managed to have a pincer which was rather sweet and an acceptable leg part. Though my second leg part was not fresh, just like how he claimed.
I guess this is the place that I’d never go back to, even if I’m hungry.
Location: N3 06.919 E101 35.317
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2009-09-18 at 13:18
· Filed under 5.0 - 5.9, Drink, Eat, Japanese, Lunch, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian, Pork Free ·Tagged green tea, prawn, seafood, soft shell crab, spaghetti, squid, tortilla
... utensils.
... green tea, but where's the third cup?
... soft shell crab temaki, wrapped in tortilla instead of seaweed.
... squids on a stick.
... Ebi to Ika no Spicy Pasta, yes, read it in English and you'll understand. From Ebi to Ika, there's no spicy in the pasta.
Rating: 5.5/10
The soft shell crab temaki got my jaw sored. Probably due to the tortilla being used instead of the usual crispy seaweed. The temakis were served in 3 different types of sauces. I could only make out 2 of them, which were curry sauce and mayonnaise. I’ve got no idea what the third sourish and little spicy sauce was. The grilled squids on a stick was nice. Despite it it was cold, the taste was good, probably glazed with salt water. Though I expected it to have better fragrance like most grilled squids. Finally, my not spicy was only mediocre. Not that I have a good impression on this place on my previous visit.
The service for the day was terrible. We had to wait for more than 30 minutes for our main course to be served. Not that the preparations for pasta would take that long. And despite all the time taken, our ingredients weren’t exactly better than usual. The squid rings on my pasta was rather hard, and the taste of the whole thing wasn’t that good either.
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2009-09-07 at 14:26
· Filed under 6.0 - 6.9, Drink, Eat, Lunch, Non-halal, Non-vegetarian, Pork Free, Promotion, Western ·Tagged cheese, chicken, chicken crisp, sandwich
I saw the O’Briens promotion on my Facebook, stating that any sandwich will only cost RM10. But the promotion only available in Sunway Pyramid outlet. I would’ve gone there myself, if AC didn’t buzz me on MSN. Hence we share the private moment together, while EL was sleeping like pig until 4pm, then only reply to my SMS. We had the most expensive sandwich on the menu, of course. Afraid that we might miss such opportunity again.
... a RM17.50 now cost only RM10.00.
... banana, carrot, apple and orange juice mix. Drink till you split.
Rating: 6/10
I had the O’Brien’s Chicken Tripledecker, while AC ordered the O’Brien’s Crambo Club. Somehow, we were both served with the same Chicken Tripledecker sandwich. I guess the lady took the wrong order. The sandwich was thick because it has 3 slices of bread on it. 1 piece of very crispy chicken crisp, which was quite dry, but salty. Very nice indeed. Then there were chicken cutlets with melted cheese holding them to the bread. On the bottom layer, things were falling apart because the vegetable and coleslaw can’t hold them together. Hence stuff got really messy in the end.
My banana refresher was quite a refreshment. Usually, I was a bit wary of banana drink as I wouldn’t know how it would turns out. Fortunately, it wasn’t too thick, not like some banana shake or smoothies. The carrot and apple’s flavours were almost non-existence though. Mainly dominated by banana and orange.
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2009-09-06 at 11:00
· Filed under 6.0 - 6.9, Chinese, Drink, GPS, Maiden Experience, Non-halal, Pork Free, Tea Break, Vegetarian ·Tagged jelly, peanut, red bean, snow, syrup
After our heavy breakfast, we went hunting for dessert as according to the magazine. Boy, the place was hard to locate before it was not POI on my GPS map. Fortunately, we managed to find it by asking the local though.
... it's called the 8-treasure snow. I supposed there were 8 different ingredients in it, excluding the syrups and ice, of course.
Rating: 6.5/10
While still quite full from the breakfast, I took on a whole bowl of ais kacang. The syrup used was rather exquisite. It was quite nice, though it was very sweet too. Be sure to drink a lot of water after that. EL was saying that, instead of normal sugar syrup, a kind of herbal syrup (八寶) was used. Worth a try as it was different from what I usually get, and it doesn’t come with the weird or bad after taste like those I had in KV. lol
Location: N2 43.503 E101 56.179 (est)
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