German Deli Imbiss, Ara Damansara

... TSL deprived me of MySoy soya milk and the place deprived me of iced milo. (AC, don't laugh :P)

... cheese sausage set, with a big cup of mashed potato and plenty of corns. That was a piece of garlic bread.

Rating: 6/10

I had to make very sure that the set they offering was of single sausage and not twin sausages, like how I was tricked into ordering the set last time. The sausage tasted quite good but TSL said it was very salty. The cheese on the inside was mostly melted as I slice them up. I guess they overheat the sausage. The mashed potato was so huge that I could only eat half of it. There were abundance of corn kernels while the bread has shrank in size, though it was turned into garlic bread, which I think was a better idea. The drink was not nice though.

Location: N3 07.174 E101 34.784

KTZ, SS2

DL was so reluctant to go home as he was desperate to shoot something with his new toy. In the end, we ended up in KTZ for a drink. The place was crowded, luckily not the same for the parking. We managed to park nearby and walked for about 1 minute to the shop. Anyway, parking our asses proved to be a challenge instead.

... DL's favourite mango flavoured sai mai lou.

... while MH and me had kiwi flavoured one.

Rating: 5/10

As I was finishing my sai mai lou, the bottom part was very sweet. I guess the sugar water just sink down further and further.

Location: N3 07.114 E101 37.344

Restoran Satelite, Jalan Gasing

... chili sauce that was served to us.

... margarine rice.

... bean sprouts for our vegetarian diets' need.

... steamed and roasted chicken. Those on the far side were chicken intestines, cut into smaller pieces.

Rating: 4/10

The rice here was exactly the same kind of chicken rice that I first had when I just came to KV. It’s rice soaking with margarine. But I’d prefer non-margarine rice instead, one which cooked with chicken soup/essence. The roasted chicken was abomination. It was worse than Mooi Mooi‘s roasted chicken. While the steamed chicken was rather ok. There were plenty of sweet soya sauce at the bottom of the plate and the sesame oil was free of charged. The chicken meat was soaking in it. The intestines were pretty tasteless. MH and DL said, just eat it for the springy feeling. I guess this is what you call a genuine KV chicken rice’s style.

Location: N3 06.408 E101 39.211

Medan Selera, PJ Old Town

Went to dinner with ALGJ and LGFL. Managed to drag MSF out as well since our destination was nearby to her office. Parking was easy as I was able to spot 2 empty spaces just outside the food court.

... ice kacang, or ABC, from the same stall where I had my cendol previously.

Rating: 6/10

I’ve always thought the nicer ABC stall was the one at the corner, but MSF told me that the usual nice one that she usually has was from the stall where I used to have my cendol previously. It was pretty nice, especially the brown sugar’s taste. Though I wished it was less sweet but there is rarely any ABC that is less sweeter than this. The shaved iced was very fine, which melts evenly in the mouth and it wouldn’t lacerate the tongue as well.

... the very crispy skinned fried tofu.

... sotong (cuttlefish) kangkung (water spinach).

Rating: 5.5/10

I didn’t particularly liked the fried tofu but it wasn’t bad either. The outer layer was very crispy and the content didn’t spill as well. Taste wise was nothing to shout about. On the other hand, cuttlefish with water spinach was pretty amazing. The similar type of food that I have everywhere else has runny sauce, but this one, the sauce was thick and there were generous amount of peanut powder. The spinach didn’t watered down the sauce either. I guess it was properly dried after being poached. Worth coming back for as I don’t find anything similar to this anywhere else.

... ALGJ said the mee jawa here was nice. I didn't try it the last time, so this time I can't miss it anymore.

Rating: 5/10

Despite how nice ALGJ said the mee jawa was, I was glad I didn’t order this the previous time I was here. Not that it sucked, but it wasn’t nice either. There were plenty of bean sprouts, almost as much as the noodle. The gravy was nothing awesome, though the crispy crackers were something to crave for.

Location: N3 05.250 E101 38.760

Dave’s Deli, Subang Parade

... TSL's tuna sandwich. RM12 for this.

... KW's chicken.

... my healthy vegetarian sandwich.

Rating: 5.5/10

Dave’s Deli wouldn’t be my choice of lunch, usually. But today was exceptional since they all frowned upon the offering from Esquire Kitchen for the day. I had a vegetarian sandwich, seeing that it should conforms to my strict diet, except for the bread. The sandwich was exceptionally good being meatless. The bread was quite nice and easy to cut up due to the crispy crust. The inside was stuffed with tomato slices and pineapples, webbed in melted cheese. Tasted pretty nice. I finished 3/4 of it. I was already full. It’s RM11 each though. With additional RM1, you could get the tuna sandwich.

Location: N3 04.957 E101 35.145

Canai & Such Cafe, SS15

AC told me about the nice fried rice at Canai Cafe. So tonight, after waiting for him to reach my office for so many hours, we finally made it to Canai & Such Cafe in SS15. Previously, before there was this shop, it was called Ravi’s Corner, Canai & Such. Located on the green field not too far from the current spot. The place was famous for its nasi lemak back then where Steven’s Corner was still at its prime.

... 1 pint of iced lime please. I was surprised a tall cup was used.

... vegetarian tom yam.

... the fragrance from this nasi goreng kampung was very nice. Just how well does the taste go along with its fragrance?

... AC's nasi goreng kambing (lamb) has even better fragrance and colour to it.

Rating: 6.5/10

I admit, I had my reserve on how nice the fried rice could be when AC told me about it. As I’ve never actually tasted a really nice fried rice in Klang Valley, ever. It took them a while before the fried rice were placed on our table. The fragrance was so good, I was immediately hungry again. The taste was good, it could easily be the best fried rice I’ve had in Klang Valley, after all these years. AC’s fried rice with lamb was good too. I’d definitely want to have his next time. The tom yam though, wasn’t that great. I preferred Vicchuda‘s tom yam, which wasn’t sweetened like this one.

A place that I’ll definite revisit for its fried rice. The good thing about this place was, it’s near to my office.

Location: N3 04.514 E101 35.188

Super Kitchen, USJ9

I asked KUMA out for dinner tonight. I told her there’s a Geylang Kopitiam in USJ9 that I wanted to give it a try. She agreed to tag along together with WWS. When we were there, KUMA saw this chilli pan mee and she exclaimed that she wanna have this for dinner instead. The place was packed with people. Fortunately, there were still some tables left for us. After placing our orders, people started queueing up at the door front. I guess we were lucky that we were early.

... another outlet sprouting like mushroom.

... the source of all energy. The style of eating the pan mee here.

... dried pan mee with the usual garnish.

... 2 scoops of super spicy chilli flakes.

... stir it baby. Stir it good and even. Nice and even colour.

Rating: 5.5/10

I still don’t grasp the idea of torturing oneself with the spiciness of food. The place was packed with people and majority were having the same chilli pan mee (curry pan mee was served too asides from other side dishes). Not sure how many scoops they were having, but 1 scoop was enough to kill WWS. She almost went commit suicide. KUMA on the other hand wanted to challenge TSL. She asked how many scoops did TSL had last time when I brought her to the original Kin Kin’s chilli pan mee. Ended up, KUMA gave up on her bowl of noodle after putting only 2 scoops of chilli. I had to forcefully finished mine though.

The Thai style bean curd was quite nice. The Thai sauce was prominent and not runny. Plenty of sesame seeds, as if they were free of charge and a layer of peanut powder. With some cucumber slices. I didn’t know those brownish powder were peanut until I had a second piece. Say bye bye to my strict diet. Anyway, I finished all the anchovies in my bowl of noodle.

Location: N3 02.815 E101 35.195

Click for what happened after the bowl of noodle.

Yan Yan A One Restaurant, Old Klang Road

... this place was recommended by MH when we asked if there's anything nice around the area we were at.

... not so complimentary peanuts.

... PG ordered this out of norm. I was surprised he suddenly so interested in pork belly with salted fish.

... I wanted something different, hence I ordered kai lan this time.

... PG shouted at hot plate bean curd while the lady boss was busy explaining on their signature tofu dish.

... DL said, make sure there's at least 1 fish dish. Knowing he loves Teo Chew steamed with super sour. This was a special request with pH2.5 soup. Look at the leakage at the bottom of the pan.

Rating: 6/10

This place was a pretty good one, amidst the bad lighting conditions. The clay pot pork belly with salted fish was quite nice. PG was asking for all lean meat at first, but the lady boss assured him that it has to be taken with fats on the meat and no one asked for lean meat only for such dish. I was chuckling away at my table corner (though the table was round, somehow I managed to find a corner for myself). The gravy was sweetened though. Then the stir fried kai lan was amazing. The taste was just right, not too salty and the feeling of healthy dish as it wasn’t too salty like other places. I felt so contented with it.

Hot plate bean curd was nice, but I still preferred my favourite hot plate bean curd laden with superb mushroom sauce. Only to be found in Subang Hi-Tech. Finally, when the fish was served, I was almost blinded by the acidic vapour billowing up from the plate. The soup was super sour and super salty at the same time. A pH2.5 kind of soup. DL loves it, I can’t take it any longer. I thought I lost my tongue from the corrosion.

A place worth another visit, maybe not going to challenge the lady boss for an “extra sour” Teo Chew style steamed fish.

Location: N3 05.860 E101 40.520

Roasted Meat, Pudu

Our plans to go Wong Mee Kee’s roasted pork has failed again today. After our trip to Direct Photo, Wong Mee Kee was on the brink of closing shop at around 1pm+. PG then recommended this roasted pork, which he claimed was nice, right opposite of Pudu Plaza. Since it was nearby, I have no complain on it. Better than having yong tau fu again.

... rice served on stainless steel plate. Something new.

... as the boss described it, this has 3 kings in it. Roasted chicken, roasted pork and bbq pork.

... roasted duck with not so crispy skin.

... bean sprouts as the healthier dish on the table.

Rating: 4.5/10

Firstly, the roasted pork wasn’t up to my expectation. I guess PG must’ve been at the home town for too long, it corrupted both his mind and tastes. Time to send him to Mooi Mooi to refresh his taste on what’s considered a good roasted pork, or even Medan Selera in PJ Old Town will do too. The roasted pork was a bit run air (soggy) on the skin, reminded me of my home town’s roasted pork style, which I don’t like. The roasted chicken on the other hand was rather nice though. Despite being a roasted chicken, the meat was tender and moist. Felt like steamed chicken. But then again, I don’t really like steamed chicken anyway. The BBQ pork was glazed with abundance of sweet sauce. It was nice but not awesome. Then the roasted duck, which I preferred not to have it. It lacked the herbal taste, just plain roasted duck with not crispy skin. Bean sprouts was torrent with pepper.

Didn’t managed to catch the stall’s name, even PG doesn’t know. It doesn’t really matter as I won’t go there again anyway.

Location: N3 08.221 E101 42.791 (estimated)

Restoran Jamal Mohamed, SS5A

PG begged me for lunch today, sort of, because he was in Toyota waiting for his car to be serviced. Something which took him a whole day. Since I’m so nice, so I decided to pick him up from there and let him join my colleagues for lunch. At first, I thought I’d only get a few people from my side and go for lunch, later it turns out that there were 9 of us in a total of 2 cars, hogging this place. This was the first time I’ve been here with such large group of people.

... ALGJ ordered this halal yong tau fu.

Rating: 0/10

This was downright the worst yong tau fu I’ve ever tasted. The chilli sauce was nothing and the sweet sauce was bad too. The bean curd skin with fish ball was bad too. Don’t even get me started on the soup. The bad ass-ness of this was comparable to the chee cheong fun stall in SS2 by the road side. They were both probably operated by the same people or relatives to each other.

... my favourite fried kuey teow of all time, despite it was halal.

Rating: 6.5/10

I was glad my plate of fried kuey teow was rather nice today. Despite the egg yolk was punctured, as usual. ALGJ got a bad copy as she got her plate of fried kuey teow much earlier than me. I let her tasted mine, she said mine was better, while hers and LGFL’s copy was charred badly. I thought the fried kuey teow fat lady has finally got her act together by keeping up with her consistency. I guess she still flops once a while. Fortunately, she doesn’t flop on my plate. Kudos!

... fried bean curd with stuffing.

... fruits rojak from the same stall as the fried bean curd.

Rating: 3.5/10

Fried bean curd was nothing to shout about. The taste was mediocre. The good thing was, the fillings didn’t spill out as I pick it up with my chopsticks. Unlike some fried bean curd place, they put mines in it. Once you had your chopsticks over it, the fillings will explode right onto your face. The same sweet sauce was used on the rojak as well. It was lacking in the prawn paste taste that I preferred. The crackers were nearly non-existence. Too precious to give more, perhaps.

Location: N3 05.716 E101 36.331