Santorini @ Greece

Pictures speak louder than words =D

On my way to Santorini 

Buildings' rooftop are coloured mainly in blue. It symbolise 

Oia, one of the oldest settlement in the island. 

Me, climbing onto a house's rooftop 

                                                              Sunset taken from Fira

There are many staircases across the island and donkey were heavily utilised to as a mode of logistics.

LOKL Coffee Co @ Jalan Tun H S Lee, Kuala Lumpur

It has been a month I didn't blog about food but my Instagram account @foodlovers , is active almost everyday, so you can check through my IG account with a lot of delicious food without a lot words. 

Two of my friends ordered these when we tried out LOKL Coffee which is nearby SEGi College and this brownies (RM8) tasted so much better than the ones in Secret Recipe. I can taste the chocolate very much and it was not too hard to eat. Overall was just nice to eat with Gelato vanila ice cream (Add RM 3).

I ordered Mocha Crepe Cake. Softer than I expected and it tasted so-so to me. All the crepe cakes that I tried were from Nadeje @ Melaka or Dreamz Bakery @ Kota Damansara. In my own opinion, the taste of the crepe cakes from all the cafes do not taste very special to me except the one at Indulge Cafe @ Kuchai Entrepreneur Park which is offering Durian flavours crepe cake. That was like the best and the strongest taste with the flesh of the durian ! I really love it! 

Lavender Earl Grey Crepe Cake.

The ambience of the shop.

 3 COURSE: Starter, week's special and dessert for (RM27.50++) and it come with this starter called Corn Fritter. 

How does it taste? It tasted crunchy and very aromatic with the corn. I will order this again in the future if they are offerring this menu again because the set lunch will change every week (according to the waitress). 

You can choose drinks or desserts of the day if you have choose the set lunch. So I decided to give  their Ice Cappuccino a try, which was what the waitress suggest to me. One of my friend fell in love with the hot latte. 

Hot latte (RM10.90++) with love foam. One of my friends said looks like a white onion foam. LOL

Feeling a little cold inside the shop? You can always choose another option to sit outdoor.

Here comes my main course meal which is Lemongrass Chicken Sandwich. Grilled lemongrass chicken served on a thick sandwich loaf, with onions, cucumbers and peanut dressing. I like the chicken and the sauce but not the sandwich loaf which was hard for me to bite. The waitress asked every table including me "How was the food ?" and I replied her the same comment that I wrote above.

Entrance of the shop.

The menu of LOKL Coffee Co.

Sky Juice is free and refillable in the bottle. It is a very good place to hang out with friends by having their cakes here or drinking coffee too.

Overall the shop is good but I won't be eating the sandwich again in near future because it is expensive for a SEGi students to have a lunch for RM30.25 after service charge for a 3-course meals. The service was excellent here and the waitress was friendly too. This shop doesn't judge customers to serve food like the other restaurant I went to in the same area which was Reggae Mansion KL.

Business Hours

Monday to Saturday 7.30am - 5pm

Website

WWW.LOKLCOFFEE.COM

Directions

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*10% SERVICE CHARGE

Best of Kota Kinabalu -Part 3

Finally is my last part of my KK food hunt and holiday post! 

The best part of KK was the weather is very sunny and clear sky. This picture taken at Shangri-la Hotel @Tanjung Aru. This hotel not as new compare to Sutera Harbour and a bit far too. The hotel is facing South China Sea. Is it true that only Sabah is surrounded by 3 seas? YES! First is Celebes Sea, Sulu Sea and South China Sea. Thats the reason Malaysia have a place inside top 10 diving site in the world which is Sipadan island.

 Let's get back to food hunting at the city! =P

First meal of the day and haave you ever heard of this "sang nyuk mee" in KL? I guess we heard before but just don't know how it taste like. Adeline's uncle & aunty brought us here to try this before leaving  =D

From the picture looks like the ordinary pork noodle at KL. What makes Sinsuran Sang Nyuk Mee @ Lintas (RM.5.50) so special? I can taste the softness and the tenderness of the pork. If this is available at KL and I will order this instead of the ordinary pork noodle because I can taste there is no fat in the pork which I hate the most. They used charcoal to boiled the soup and making the soup even tastier

According to Adeline's relative saying that pork noodle in KL and "sang nyuk mee" cooked very differently in terms of the different part of the meat using and the soup. It is not the same and of course cannot compare.

This is the dry version of "sang nyuk mee" and actually is just the noodle dry . This will be serve with a small bowl of pork. I ordered this so I can try 2 taste. hehe

Here come the small bowl of "sang nyuk mee". This noodle is definitely must try if going to KK in future. I miss this noodle so much now.

Directions

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Address
Restoran Sinsuran Sang Nyuk Mee
Lot 19-0, Ground Floor, Lorong Lintas Plaza
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Business Hour
6.30 - 4.30pm

Me and Adeline walking around the city to get out lunch so ended up at Hong Kong Recipe because is near Center Point shopping mall.

I have decided to ordered set D which is cheese baked rice. This is one of the most expensive set and most of the set lunch very reasonable.

The set was served with 'ying yong' it tastes too much of coffee. Me & Adeline's don't really like this.

I ordered a set of their cheese baked rice and overall the taste is so dry, not cheesy and taste totally far different than Kim Gary Restaurant at Klang Valley.

This soup is part of the set. I love the soup instead of cream soup or borsch soup that serve at Kim Gary.

Adeline's ordered chicken katsu don (RM13.80++)

For her, it tasted good and the soup that came with it was just right: not too salty.

Address

G823, Lot No. B-06, Grd Flr, Block B

Warisan Square, Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens,

88000, KK, Sabah.

Tel

088-486644

Wifi

Available

*10% Service Charge

Boring of drinking Cha Time at Klang Valley? Try this Yoyo Cafe that offering variety of bubble tea. Adeline's ordered winter melon tea (RM3.30) and I ordered black jelly milk tea. The winter melon tea was not as sweet compare to Gong-Cha and my black jelly milk tea tasted normal to me. I have tried this previous trip and most of the Sabahan would go there for "yum cha" session with friends and family.

Location

1) Suria Sabah Mall 

2) Lintas Square

3) Damai

 4) Center Point

Avoid This Fish

I clicked on this video by Justin James Hughes. I got to know about him through Ryan Higa's internet show called Internet Icon. In short, what he said was he ate this fish and then he was having an explosive diarrhea: leaking orangey fluid which was like oil.

"Escolar's wax ester content can cause keriorrhea (Greek: flow of wax), gempylotoxism or gempylid fish poisoning. Keriorrhea is similar to diarrhea, only the body will expel yellowish-orange drops of oil instead of liquid bowel movements. Some individuals suffering from escolar-induced keriorrhea also report other digestive issues, including stomach cramps, diarrhea, headaches, nausea, vomiting, and anal leakage; onset may occur between 30 minutes and 36 hours following consumption. This condition may also be referred to as steatorrhea."- Wiki (XD)

Since I was bored, I decided to Google search this fish called Escolar. Yikes. It is real.

You can do a Google search on your own and read all about it. Looks scary too. Thought of a piranha!

"Sometimes it's under the name "butterfish," "oilfish," or "waloo/walu." Sushi restaurants occasionally serve it as "super white tuna" or "king tuna."- The Kitchn

Escolar is labelled under many names (eg Atlantic Cod, Chilean Sea Bass etc)

The article, Use Caution When Eating Escolar, I read was from The Kitchn. People still can consume the fish BUT never in portions more than 6 ounces. (How much is 6 ounces?!)

"Two known ways to reduce the likelihood of escolar-induced keriorrhea are to limit portions to six ounces or less and to consume portions close to the tail, which typically have a lower wax ester content."- Wiki (XD)

What a fish.

Greek Food - Part 2

Greek Spinach Pie

Tasted little bit like white sauce lasagna. The overdose of parmesan and cheddar cheese in the pie have covered the taste of vegetable. Greek salad was good though. Lettuce used are fresh and the lemon dressing just blend well. 5 euro for this dish. Spinach pie can be found commonly at any Greek restaurant.

Pecan Cake

One of my favourite Greek dessert. You can taste the strong pecan smell when the pecan cake melted in your mouth. 50 cents euro for a slice. 

Ancient Greek Market

Look at how cute is this toy set

They have different cartoon characters too

The masks look kinda scary 

You can find myriad type of herbs in the market. Very cheap though. 1 euro per pack.

If the Mediterranean weather is a bit warm for you, its good to reward yourself with some ice cream. The Pistachio nut ice cream that i have is really good !!! 

This is how fresh Olive look like. 

Off Syntagma Square. Good place to shop for souvenirs. Remember to bargain.

Some other landmarks in Athens

                                Stay tune for more about Greece. I will post about Santorini soon.