Paddington House of Pancakes, The Curve

After our previous visit to PHOP where my friend was busying eyeing on my Brussel. This time, he called me very early in the morning and grabbed me out for PHOP, to have a revenge.

… my cup of Vienna Coffee. First time I had coffee without putting sugar in it. It was just good enough by drinking along with the whip cream.

… since it was still early, I decided to go light on my breakfast. I ordered a pancak with bananas on it.

… while my friend would eventually order the Brussel.

Rating: 7/10

It was rather exceptional that pancake house serves such nice coffee. Unlike those el-cheapo highly acclaimed coffees from Hollys Coffee or Coffee Bean alike, this cup was a gem. The fragrance and how well the sweetness in whip cream is compatible with the coffee itself, made it a perfect cup of coffee to have for breakfast. My pancakes was acceptable, just like how I like it, light. On the other hand, my friend was complaining that, Brussel wasn’t as nice as he’d have expected it to be. He said his last pancake from last PHOP visit was much better.

Well, what can I say? He is … that kind of person what.

Dinner @ Wendy’s, Sunway Pyramid

I never knew what Wendy’s was, when I heard my colleague, HL mentioned about it. All I knew was it’s just a name to me. One fine evening, I found out that Sunway Pyramid has it and I had some shopping to do, so I decided to go there for dinner.

… different kind of wrapping. To keep warmth, perhaps?

… my shrimp burger.

… the first time I heard of shrimp burger was from my colleague, on her trip to Hong Kong. She said she had it at KFC there.

Rating: 6.5/10

The shrimp patty can’t get any better, as long as it doesn’t stink. I don’t think you’d ever get fresh shrimps in your burger. Even if the shrimps were fresh, after all the frying, I don’t think it holds anymore freshness values in it. The queue was moderately long. At around 8pm, the place was packed with people. I almost given up, but I was hungry, so I still go and queue for it.

… bought some fruits after my dinner.

Rating: 5/10

Bought some plums and guava. The guava, it sucked. Despite it was fresh, the content was dry, powdery form. Not even anything close to the kind of guava that I expected. The plums were nice though. They were really sweet and cheap too! 8 for RM10 only, and my guavas were RM8 for 3! Ouch!

Lunch @ Saji Restaurant, SS2

There are many Nasi Kandar shops all over KV, but to find those that has nice nasi kandar, along with cleanliness is not as easy as you might think. Many loves the Kayu Nasi Kandar, originated from Penang. Even the Pelita is starting to steal some limelight from Kayu. But my favourite is still Restoran Saji, at SS2.

… I was lucky that they still have papadum left on that day.

Rating: 7.5/10

I decided to order something out of the norm, which is the squids. My usual recipe would be to ask for the kuah campur (mixed gravy). They are already enough for me to finish the rice, plainly just like that. The gravy at Saji was really nice, which kept me going there again and again and again.

Dinner @ A&W, KT

After our lunch, we went to McDonald’s for some sundae and decided to sit there to kill time, while watching Budget on national TV. We stayed for about 2 hours before decided to walk more than 3km to the nearest A&W outlet. Pity me, my left leg was hurt from the coral’s cut, that HL some more said wanna take the longer route so that he could watch the sea from the beach! Blasphemy!

… I was seated facing the sea with my set meal.

… a double beef burger, because I was hungry already from all the walking.

Rating: 6.5/10

This was by far the biggest A&W outlet that I’ve visited before. I don’t think there is any A&W outlet in KV that is 1/2 as big as this one. Besides, this 1 was facing the sea, with balcony seats. Very good for couples to spend time there, enjoying the sea breeze and maybe take a walk on the beach*.

*Provided if they don’t get robbed with a knife at point blank.

Lunch @ Kuala Terengganu

Our breakfast was quite a while ago and we’ve got whole day to kill before our flights back to KV. So our driver Mr Foo brought us to the Chinatown of Kuala Terengganu for lunch.

… I had a big steamed bun, out of dunno-what-to-eat.

… HL ordered a fried lobak, which was finished mostly by the vultures.

… doesn’t look appetizing at all. Where’s my slice of hard boiled egg? I eat big steamed bun all because of the rewarding quarter of hard boiled egg and they deprive me of it!

… unconventional size of cup.

Rating: 5/10

The big steamed bun was so-so, but the fried lobak was quite nice. The tea was normal though. Luckily, I wasn’t a resident there, else I had to endure big steamed buns without a quarter of hard boiled egg!

Breakfast @ Perhentian Island Resort

Our last meal on the island.

… nasi lemak mix with western style, a chicken ham.

… I like my sunny side up with runny yolk.

… finally, my soy sauce is here.

… see the pepper? Otai burger stall uses the same pepper for their burgers.

… DC took a total of 6 croissant. He said they were very nice. He managed to stuff 5 in while LGJ stolen 1 of them.

Rating: 6/10

The nasi lemak has sweet sambal, so I wouldn’t comment much about it.

A piece of advice, nasi lemak with chicken ham is a NO GO!

Dinner @ Perhentian Island Resort

The stuff that we had on the 2nd night at Perhentian Island.

… it’s more toward malay traditional food than western.

Rating: 7.5/10

Today, the compatible choices were less, but the grilled fish was nice. The sambal belacan was even better. I have had to go for 2nd and 3rd round of grilled fish just for the sake of having the sambal belacan. Unfortunately, I couldn’t take any photos because it was already too dark.

Dinner @ Perhentian Island Resort

Our 2nd meal at Perhentian Island Resort. First being the lunch which was not recorded, because we were getting ready to have some fun with the seawater. After a tiring session of snorkeling and getting bad sun tan, we bathed and get ready to dine at the restaurant near our resort.

… while waiting for the food to be ready, I had a cup of coffee first.

… seriously pure coffee, even the beans were still there.

… there were many variety of food at the buffet dinner. I wanted to try most of them because they fit my appetite. So I had a little bit of them all mixed up on my plate, which turns out to be so.

… LGJ made nice salad plate, I tried mine too, with abundance of tomato barricading the northern and southern faction. Reminded me of D-Day.

Rating: 7/10

Despite being a buffet and halal, the food served here were really nice. A lot better than most buffet meals you can find in KV. Seriously no complain, despite paying higher price for the resort. Except the coffee beans were a little unexpected.

Breakfast @ Kuala Terengganu

We stop by at a stall in Kuala Terengganu for breakfast, while on the way to Kuala Besut. It was still early in the morning and our boat ride was at 12pm.

… traditional malay style stall.

… plain nasi lemak. It comes with a piece of sardine as well.

… the tasty milk tea.

… roti telur, it smells good. I bet they put some butter in it.

Rating: 7/10

The breakfast quite nice, though the price was similar to what we’d be paying in KV. The nasi lemak has nice sambal with unexpected sardine in it. The roti telur has very good fragrance. I stolen a piece from HL, then I had to order 1 for myself as well, since the nasi lemak was too little. The tea was too sweet, despite we asked for less sweet. Fortunately, we don’t need to go for nature calls after the breakfast.

I guess it would be the first and the last time I’m eating there.

Lunch @ Eat Work Shop, Glenmarie

Today, I went to lunch with my fellow IT men. With DC, HL and LGJ. They were so excited that I could finally join them for lunch, so HL decided to be the paymaster. And DC was even happier that he volunteered to drive. When we were heading there, it was already raining. I wondered whether it has anything to do with HL paying the bills. Besides, DC has been saying that this place serves better meals than Pick n’ Brew. Since I’ve been to Pick n’ Brew for coffee before and I really liked the deco there. I wonder will Eat Work Shop looks as good as Pick n’ Brew.

… drinking hot coffee on a cold rainy day.

… potato wedges. This has gotta be DC’s order, since he’s such a potato guy. It was quite nice, I admit. A good starter while waiting for our food. We were dead hungry as well.

… HL has his fish on top of a chunk of mashed potato.

… I had the aglio olio spaghetti. It comes with a piece of fish as well. Funny how they seemed to be able to mingle together like clownfish and sea anemone.

… DC has a chicken dish, with bananas. Weird, how come he ordered chicken?

… LGJ had fish and chips.

… my fish looks charred.

… and as usual, DC doesn’t eat vege that weren’t cooked by his mum.

Rating: 6/10

Despite being a free lunch, the food there was only so-so. I expected more from my aglio olio. It turns out quite spicy, not from the garlic, but from the oregano they used. And the fish, it wasn’t proper as well. Perhaps, I can still stop by there once a while for their… potato wedges.

Conclusion, DC was complaining that the food there not nice. Haha!

PS: The restaurant doesn’t allow photographing their food. But the lady boss let me continue with my photography anyway. Next time I’d have to get their management’s consent first before hand.