Nasi Lemak @ Jalan 223 ,Petaling Jaya

One of my friends brought me here to try nasi lemak at midnight. This will be my second time eating nasi lemak at this hours. I have heard of this nasi lemak for quite some time but never bothered to look for it until my friends brought me here.

There will be a lot people starting to get order from you while you are walking into the food court. I counted at least 4 people ask me what I wanted to eat. This place is like another version of Portuguese Settlement in Malacca because someone will approach you to try their stall.

Nasi lemak packaging in red ink on blue plate and nasi lemak packaging with blue ink on red plate! Messing with your mind when you're hungry!

Why this people put so many nasi lemak on my table? Actually there is another person selling nasi lemak at this place. You can see their company name in different ink colours and plate colours are different also.

Nasi Lemak Panas Yati Gerai (red ink), RM 1.50

My friends and I decided to try the Nasi Lemak Panas Yati Gerai (RM1.50) which is in the red ink colour on the packaging. This nasi lemak tasted normal to me but it's very hot & I can see the steam coming out! One of my friend ate 2 packets of the nasi lemak from different stalls & his feedback to me was Suri Nasi Lemak Panas(RM1.50) is spicy. My friend preferred the spicy version than the normal version nasi lemak.

Otak-otak, RM 0.60

You can order some side foods at this food court also like otak-otak (RM0.60 per piece). This will be my first time to try Malay otak-otak & I still prefer the Chinese version. Not to say Malay version otak-otak is not nice but maybe because it tasted like fish paste to me. Two of my friends also said the taste is like fish paste to them. I did try otak-otak from both stalls but the taste for me were still same.

Taufu bakar (RM3 for 2pcs) was sold here too. Overall, this dish tasted good for me but very little vegetables compared to the Chinese version of taufu bakar.

The entrance of the food court at Jalan 223 , Petaling Jaya. This picture taken at midnight & is crowded with people.

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K.T.Z Food at SS2

Hi everyone!

Since my last post was on main dishes and covered on local Indian food, this post I am doing ALL ABOUT DESSERTS! Chinese desserts ftw!

Me and my three friends (Andrew, Tyng and Wei Ying) decided to become very adventurous to find desserts after their adventurous attempt to meet me after my work to have pizzeria dinner at Spaghetti Grill in Mid Valley. They waited for me to get changed and had my second round of dinner some more. LOL. (So much of a VIP I am XD )

Andrew suggested to go to SS2, Petaling Jaya to have the famous chinese/fusion style dessert by KTZ Food Restaurant.

So, off we went!

We parked along the parking bay in the area and Andrew told me the RM9.90 Korean Bento Set's restaurant is located nearby as well.

We're getting nearer! *walk walk*

And here we are! We reached KTZ quite late, about 9.30pm and the place is packed! The crowd is overwhelming! Well, at least I find having these kind of desserts as yum cha session is better than spending load for a cup of 'C' brand milkteas. (if you know what I mean.) :p

Their operating hours starts from 12pm-1am, but take a mental note that their best sellers will finish by 9pm so better be early! And they have an interesting way to display their 'sold out' menu, which I will be posting in a bit.

You can briefly see that the restaurant has a rather small inside area and it gets really packed and noisy in just minutes. We were very lucky to get an immediate spot inside, near the windows because the lady boss told us to sit in. They extended their business outside of the restaurant too, just to cater the crowd.

Decorations wise; kept simple with yellow and warm lighting; oriental inspired lamps were adorned along the whole restaurant which gives it a kick of the 1940s China Era like that. Haha.

See the crowds?

These wet tissues cost RM0.30 each. No need to use them. Just remember to bring your own tissue.

And its written on their menu. So don't be fooled that it is free when it is not.

Their menu is a little run down, so hope you guys don't mind about that.

Lets flip for choices!

There are many variants and choices you can have, from hot, to cold drinks, desserts (tong suis) and even some finger food. From the Tong Shui menu we chose Black Sesame as recommended by Andrew.

In the Sago Loh series, we picked, of course the Honey Dew Lolo/Loh and also the Mango Lolo/Loh. I don't know why mango has to be more expensive than honey dew by RM0.60 but I guess their mangoes are of premium quality, as tasted. The honey dew tasted bland, and not sweet.

Some of the finger food you can choose to compliment your desserts as well.

"Gimme the desserts already!" (picture taken by Tyng. Those are my fingers. Hahaha)

Fine, I will await for the desserts patiently. *grumble grumble*

Voila! Here comes the first two desserts, mainly from the hot series. On the left, it is called Mak Chuk, where it consists of oats and the version varies from different places. This one I tried was not too thick, the sweetness was alright but I have tasted a more gooey and warm and flavorful compared to this Mak Chuk, just down my house. LOL. The black sesame is good on the contrary, very fine bits of sesame, carefully grind to perfection and into the mouth where it melts. Both desserts are best served and eaten while hot, or really warm to get the authentic taste of it.

Closer look on the black sesame dessert

Makes me go all hungry now. T.T

Next up! The other two desserts! This time it is the cold series. Introducing Mango Lolo and Honeydew Lolo. I'll start off with Mango Lolo. I guess the price has managed to live up to the quality of the mangoes used in this dessert as it is sweet and soft and not too mushy. Although I may prefer my mangoes to be a little more sour side, but this sweet mango concoction is good to compliment the overall sweet taste. Don't be deceived by its overflowing juice at the top with the mango sauce, sago and also chunks of mangoes adorned on the sides, it is in fact just shaved ice beneath it all. But not to worry (as I did), there's more to the delicious sweetness at the bottom of the bowl so don't feel cheated too early. :p As for the Honey Dew Lolo, it was a rather disappointment trail of hope to me as I had looked forward to taste a really good honeydew lolo ever since I got back from Teluk Intan. The honey dew used was bland and not sweet at all, like the fruit is not fully ripe despite its heavy liquified body mass. The milk used was not too great either, making the whole lolo tasted rather, normal. :/ Sadly, I do not recommend this. Although I may have tasted a little more flavor at the end of the dessert, it does not change the fact the honey dew they used was not as good as the mangoes. Precisely as how I would have stated earlier because of its more expensive range amongst the lolos in the menu.

Mango vs Honey Dew

Mango Lolo upclose

HoneyDew Lolo upclose

In flash

In flash

Notice the gooey-goodness of the mango lolo

Cherry at the top. Not sure why they'd use a cherry to compliment with honey dew but at least it is a good color sighting among the pale green on the lolo

Remember I told you about their interesting way of displaying their sold outs? Here it is. Within an hour the whiteboard has added a few more sold outs from their menu list. So better come early, not too late for a supper dessert

The interior gives it a nice oriental touch, but in overall wise the decoration is just a pass. *sorry Andrew. Caught your face in motion ;D*

The place does not offer wi-fi so don't bother checking in here unless you have data plans, which most people would have. (Rich people. Meh. :p)

All in all, I'd give the place a rather good rating lah, minus on some of the dishes in their menu and the crazy crowd fanatic over this restaurant.

The restaurant charges 6% tax for every dish and you have to make your payment at the cashier as seen at the last picture.

You can check out the place yourself and perhaps if you're hardworking enough you could let me know too!

KTZ Food Restaurant
No.22, Jalan SS2/63,
47300, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-78772499.

They have a website too;

www.ktzfood.com

Till the next post.

Cheers!


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Food Foundry 21 09 2012

Hello hello everyone and good evening.
Le me shall announce as the first post done by me in this collaborated blog with le friends.
So on the date as mentioned above, four friends and I have met up and decided to go to a place which I have never heard before (but was claimed by my other friends that this place was a to-look-out and was covered by quite a number of bloggers). Since it was my first time, and according to my trustworthy friends, it was rather a good place (odd location though) served with good food. Heard that the mille crepe cakes were the main attractions.

Located in the hot area or should I say rather a secluded and odd (like I said earlier) in SS17, pretty much hidden within a neighbourhood with flats. You'd never expect a place that kind of fancy dandy to be located ina low cost flats neighborhood. To get there, we got lost and missed a few turning, which led to my friend took a very illegal and dangerous maneuvering of the car to do a quick 3 point turn.

The exterior of the cafe

Funnily, the cafe is divided into two parts (like literally) and to get to the crepe cakes (no, we weren't sitting at the side where the crepe cakes were), we had to walk out of the cafe, choose the cakes we want and walk back to the other side of the cafe. Odd much again.

I only managed to take our side of the cafe because my camera battery decided to go low after not charging it for two days. Meh.

Spot one of the bloggers' head? :p

One of the paintings around the wall

The divider is adorned with some clean cut, chic decorations which you can usually see in fashion interior design magazines and blogs.

Some mini decorations on every table

One of the bloggers on action! Checking in on Foursquare that is! xD

Okay. To the menu, because all of us were pretty much hungry that time.
We were given the menus, in old style diner notebook style, which reminds me of waiter's book to jot down menu. Looks like this time terbalik.

We ordered our own respective dishes accordingly, however the waiter's service disappointed me because he made two mistakes. Firstly, when a person usually orders a pasta, naturally in your mind there will be a few selections of the types of pastas you can choose to compliment your pasta delights. But no, when he took down my menu, he did not ask for my pasta preference and just walked off.
Hoping he'll realize his mistakes and come back to me (Celine Dion's song at the background), there's the second mistake he did. He did NOT came back.
Instead, he bluntly serve my pasta in spaghetti type and walked off. Perhaps he was not too happy since the restaurant does not charge for service and government taxes.

Speaking of price, in my honest opinion, with the overall value I see in the pasta as served to me, I do not think RM19 was worth to pay. Plus, I am not full (nor nausea from having too much cream on my alfredo).

Qi Tyng's bacon carbonara? I forgot the exact name for this pasta. I don't think they served pork so its a halal restaurant so I am guessing these are beef bacons. :D The taste is creamier compared to my alfredo, and.. that's about it. Oh, and slight more flavorful(salty) because of the bacon. RM19

Andrew's Cordon Bleu. RM20. Looks good? Except the mashed potato. My friend in Facebook commented the look of the potato is very sad and unappetizing. Lol. I did not manage to try the full taste of this but the cordon bleu tasted alright at first bite.

The actual size on the ratio compared to the plate served. Quite a small portion to me.

This is what I call value for money. In terms of size, that is. Roasted 1/4 chicken with lemon and garlic with fragrant rice served with undercooked carrots and overcooked vegetables. RM20. The half lemon they gave is generous also. Wondered if the chicken was not marinated good enough and the lemon was there to help save the day? Taste wise; disappointing. chicken was too cooked, rice too dry, vegetables have been explained above.

Mhun Yee's Fish and Chips RM20. I find this fish fillet portion damn sad because to me, it is too small. And the presence of the huge fries at the back is purely to compensate the sad size of the fish. Crispy on the outside, slight burn taste but the dory fish inside is alright. Juicy and melts in your mouth.

Ahh. Here comes my prized dish. Smoked Salmon Alfredo. RM19. Seriously, I had a hard time trying to differentiate the taste of my alfredo and Tyng's carbonara because mine came out to be so mild and bland that I felt like I am eating a sick person's meal (Tyng had the same problem too because we tasted each of our pastas). I was full expecting to be burst of flavors and as mentioned in the link (can be found at the bottom of the 2nd picture) but no. Even the salmon I couldn't taste whether it was smoked or cooked or grilled in the first place. Sad much. The only thing I find the pasta was generous is the amount of porcini mushrooms thrown inside. Perhaps another sad attempt to compensate the taste?

Original portion of the pasta VS the plate size.

Well, I got curious for the better to understand what is the distinct difference between alfredo and carbonara sauces so I went to look up in Google to get the comparison.

Differences between Carbonara and Alfredo sauces

What is great to find out that my alfredo is supposed to be served with fettucine pasta! The exact pasta I wanted to compliment my sauce but the waiter decided to be ignorant about it. Heh.

Anyway, to the dessert corner.

Selection of mille crepe and different cakes available

The price is somewhat expected for a fad food like this.

As recommended by tripadvisor. I'm not one of them though. Lol.

This cake appeals to me, but for a slice with that price, I can eat two big bowls of meehoon soup and have a change.

Tyng opted for the Apricot Mille Crepe. RM11

Andrew opted for Chocolate Mille Crepe. RM9

Me and Wei Ying decided to have a fair share at Vanilla Mille Crepe. RM9.

The winning piece? Me and Wei Ying's. You know why? Because of its fresh, distinctive taste of vanilla, cool bitten into your mouth and the layering of the vanilla scent compliments to the not-so-sweet, just nice sweetness level. One of the most satisfying mille crepe cake I have eaten/tried.

Chocolate was a bad choice though, poor Andrew. Haha.

Tyng's mille crepe wasn't bad either, if you like apricots(which is hard to get by anywhere nowadays), you can always opt for hers.

All in all, this place ranks so-so to me, I had a little too high expectations when I heard reviews from my friends so you would say I am rather dissapointed.

On the bright side, this cafe does not charge service and government tax, so you save 16% off your overall bill.

Free wi-fi service and in my opinion, just gives them the advantages to let their customers do the free promotion for them, as offered by many cafes nowadays.

You can locate them at;

Address: BG8 Happy Mansion,, Jalan 17/13, 46400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Phone: 03-7955-388

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Lunch hours maybe a little pack so I'd suggest to come by here for a tea time chat with friends or perhaps dinner for the ambiance.

Thank you for the time reading and hope I'll drop by another review soon. :)