Kuching Part 2

If you want to read the first part-> Kuching Part 1

If not, you can continue reading this post XD

The next day we had breakfast in Kim Yu Li Cafe at 3rd Mile Pasar. It's opposite Dunlop and Silverstone. Hahaha! That's the best directions I can give.

We tried Kueh Chap. It's all pork meat. We did not order the ones with internal organs. For small it's RM 4, medium is RM 5 and large (they call it zhen) is RM 6. Obviously we took the small bowl. Those who like Chinese food will like the taste.

Kueh Chap small, RM 4

For lunch, we had Kolo Mee. I don't know the shop's name but it's at Green Road, near Gosaylak grocery shop. One bowl costs RM 5. Xu Vin suggested that we try the Kolo Mee with pork oil, which gives the red tint on the noodles. It was yummy and filling on a rainy day.

The picture below shows the difference between the noodles with and without the oil.

Kolo Mee, RM 5

We also ordered Teh C Ping (Ice Teh C).

Teh C Ping

We also went to Song Kheng Hai Bazaar.

We ordered:

• Sotong Kangkung (RM 3.50), 
• Belacan Mihun (RM 3.50), 
• White Lady (a dessert, RM 2), 
• Matterhorn/ Metahorn (a dessert, RM 2)- It sounded like a beer name to me (Beach Life's Cape Horn) but my cousin said it sounded like a name for a Transformers robot.
• Kong Pia (RM 0.80 each)- sounds like scolding someone, no? :P

For someone who doesn't like sotong and kangkung, Sotong Kangkung is delicious. Not joking here. I don't like sotong and kangkung but I like this dish.

Sotong Kangkung, RM 3.50

Belacan Mihun is nice but because I am not used to belacan, it's going to be biased if I describe any further. Of course it's edible! My cousin and her friend liked it and I ate some of it.

Belacan Mihun, RM 3.50

We ordered two desserts called White Lady and Matterhorn/ Metahorn. Not sure of the spelling for the latter but it sounds like that. Both are good but if I am asked to choose one, I'll go for White Lady.

This is because I am a sweet-tooth, not a sour-tooth (if the word exists!) Matterhorn/ Metahorn has a bit of sourish taste.

Matterhorn/ Metahorn, RM 2

The picture above shows Matterhorn/ Metahorn. I feel like I am introducing a robot, like how they introduced Megatron under the dam. You can see that there are watermelon cubes, cendol, cincau jelly, ice (duh) and lemon. Sour sour.

White  Lady, RM 2

Here comes the White Lady. All bow down please. Ok, now you can stand up. This dessert is more milky and sweet. I like. I like. I like. :D No need to say anymore.

Kong Pia, RM 0.80 each

Last but not least, my new favourite food. Kong Pia! Can tell people off with this word and it's friendly too because it's a name of a food. Nyehehehehe. You Kong Pia! I was told it's a food from Sibu. The one we ordered had pork filling but there are other fillings to such as kaya.

To me, it's similar to Char Siew Pau.

And a last picture to recap what we ate.

From clockwise top right: Kong Pia, Sotong Kangkung, Metahorn, White Lady, Belacan Mihun

Posts after:

Food in Kuching Part 3: Foochow Food

Food in Kuching Part 4: Going back in time

Kuching Food Part 1

My cousin and I finally got to explore Kuching! :) We were lucky to have a friend to take us around and acted as our tour guide too.

On the first night, we went to a food court. We had fried radish cakes, fried tofu/ beancurd, Teochew fried oyster (the non-crispy one because we ordered wrongly) and the tomato-based kuey teow soup (mistakenly ordered the kuey teow one but tastes good also) ;D

Here comes the pictures:

Teochew Fried Oyster (non-crispy) 

I had fried oyster like this but it's the crispy one in Kampung Koh, Sitiawan. For those who never had o-chien/ fried oyster like this, it would be special I suppose. The oyster tasted fresh to me.

Fried tofu/ beancurd

The fried tofu/ beancurd tastes good on its own and with the sauce too.

Tomato-based kuey teow soup

The tomato-based kuey teow soup is good too but not my favourite.

Fried radish cakes

The fried radish cakes can make one feel jelat or full after a few bites but it's good. I recommend this dish for sharing.

Update: Kuching Part 2 is posted too!

Outdoor Adventure, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park

Why hello and greetings on a sunny month of May day! Just a matter of time the weather decides to change and rains heavily. *shrugs*
I know I have not been blogging for months now (please don't slaughter me) due to previous semester's heavy workload of staying back to complete sewing my garments (yes, I'm le fashion student kononnya muahaha) but now I'm here to re-pay my debt to all of you!
And I promise on a good post on foooood. :D
That means true comments on the food, be it good or bad.
However, this post from me won't suit to all readers because it is a non-halal restaurant that me and my friends went but if you are interested, do read it with an open mind. :)

As the title goes, the restaurant's name is called Outdoor Adventure (but I kept dismissing the word 'Outdoor to Outback' which has a similar westernized restaurant down in Bukit Bintang area). This restaurant cum bistro is located in Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park, along the corner lot of Star Village. Apparently Outdoor Adventure is a sub-restaurant family by Star Village. This is not only Outdoor Adventure is owned by the same company, but the interior and the feel of the overall restaurant is very similar to Star Village. And the funny thing is, these two restaurants are just side by side. What a weird location decision done. I'm not sure if Outdoor Adventure is a new alternative to change Star Village's name and concept but they're not exactly doing it right. (just saying)

Anyway, we got to know of this restaurant through Groupon deals where one of my friends spotted its affordable pork platter+beer set and its strategic location to most of us. It costs RM138 for 6 people and it comes with various choices of pork assortments from pork knuckle, smoked pork bacon, foot-long frankfurters, roasted ham, roast pork, cocktail sausages, and cheese pork sausages. They even have mango salad and mixed salad to flush down those fatsss. :P

We had a choice between Asahi or Calsberg beer which I immediately say yes to Asahi because I really dislike how Calsberg tastes. Since I have not tried Asahi (they have sponsored numerous events and raves these days so it makes them quite in demand now) so me and a few more who are more beer-pro (cheh wah) decides that Asahi is the ideal beer to drink for the night!

Size of the Asahi beer comes in about 2litres. At first we thought it wouldn't be enough to fit all 6 of us but we ended up playing beer games and finished it just enough.

The taste reminds me a little of Hoegaarden and Tiger beer infused in it. It has a rich taste to it and unlike Heineken, which I can literally drink as water. Lolol

The pork platter and the salads

The pork bacon here has a rather nice fatty taste to it but too bad it was just enough for one slice for each person. :(

The roast pork and the frankfurters platter. To me, the frankfurters were very normal, nothing great or unique to it really. The ham was okay, well seasoned and not too dry. The roast pork has a lot of white pepper in it, be it ground or crushed ones. The fat content of the roast pork is also very heavy which I am not into it.

The pork knuckle. Seriously, my friend struggled to cut this pork knuckle into pieces and there were way too many parts that were overcooked. Or I am thinking that this pork is very old, thus the hardened fats and muscles. Not really a good impression of a pork knuckle to me. :/

Upclose on the frankfurters platter. Apologies for the blur, pixalted pictures. All of the pictures are taken through iPhone (not mine) and I didn't bring my handy ol' DSLR for this round's post. :(

Mango Salad. Served with mango( of course), raisins, cucumber, turnip, pineapple, lettuce, purple cabbage, tomatoes with thousand island

Another round of salad but this is not as sweet as the mango salad. Served with cherry tomatoes, turnip, big onion, purple cabbage, lettuce, green pepper, pineapple, cucumber and raisins with thousand island sauce.

Upclose of the mango salad

Despite the lack of spark in the food we ate, there are some good pointers I managed to find out. For one, I have noticed is that the waiters serving there are rather friendly and mostly done by non-local waiters (something hard to find). One of them are even so fluent in Cantonese! And since one of my friend had just passed her birthday, some of us decided to buy a slice of cake for her. The staffs from the Outdoor Adventure dimmed the lights and played a birthday song for my friend. Lucky her. And they have a really nice candle that looks like a flower that blooms with candle lights and even played song in it! But Tyng said that the candle was originated from Star Village, which I have no clue of. Maybe they're just reusing it I suppose. But the epic part hasn't come just yet. One of the waiters actually brought two Afro wigs for the birthday girl to wear! Hahaha. Indeed it was a memorable one. I'd post a picture of her and me (yes, I wore the other Afro hair, rainbow colored!!) but then I don't want to embarrass her.XD

Although there is oneee thing I'd like to point out; despite the friendly customer service they have, one of the waiters had a bad body odor which I can't seem to avoid to notice. In my opinion, overall appearance is very important in sustaining a good customer service.

Well, hopefully he notices his own manly smell and change to a more manly fresher, acceptable to everyone's smell. xD

I have looked through their ala-carte menu and the type and food serving served there is very similar to Star Village. An average chicken chop can fetch up to RM23, which I deemed to be quite pricy. But maybe they will have a better taste than other westernized restaurants, I'm not sure.

Will I go back? Only if there is another Groupon deal for their ala-carte menu.

Oh, if it helps, we went at 7pm for dinner and they start their operating hours from 6pm onwards for the 2nd session. But then it merely depends because they insist on calling before coming over.

Wi-Fi: Yes (UniFi)

Operating hours: Monday-Saturday: 5pm – 11pm / Sunday: 12pm – 11pm

Address

Outdoor Adventure 

No. 2, Jalan 11/116B, Off Jalan Kuchai Lama, Kuchai Entrepreneur Park, 58200, Kuala Lumpur

 

 

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Chinoz On The Park @ KLCC

Since I just finished my practicum, I have some time to blog about food. My family and I finally got the opportunity to try the food in Chinoz On The Park in KLCC. We went there for breakfast.

They serve breakfast buffet but they also have a la carte meals as well. It is also halal. When we sat down, no one came to give us the menu. We waited for some time with waiters walking all around our table. In the end, I asked a waiter for one and then only it came.

I did not take pictures of the buffet because it was not appealing to me. :P I saw cakes, cereals, fruits, yogurt, nasi lemak... well, it was breakfast time. Next time I'll go during lunch time.

Not to worry, the food was good as well. My dad said it was cheaper and better than Domes. So there you go. Large portions as well.

My sister and dad ordered English Breakfast. It costs RM 28 for one, and comes with coffee or tea.

English Breakfast, RM 28

There are eggs, sausages, baked beans, 5 cherry tomatoes, fried mushrooms (which was juicy and yummy. Dad said it's English style so yeah English Breakfast), ham and a crust of bread. My dad said it's supposed to be served with bacon, not ham.

The English cook their tomatoes until it's mushy, which I didn't like. My dad also told about his experience eating breakfast in London when he was in a residential college, telling us how the English cook their meals.

I had time to play with their food too. See what I saw XD

Mr. Smiley

Ultraman

I ordered Mascarpone Cheese Pancakes with an assortment of fruits. I cannot recall the exact full name of the dish. I love the taste of mascarpone cheese! Yum yum. It costs RM 18.

Mascarpone Cheese Pancakes with fruits, RM 18

There are 2 slices of fluffy pancakes, peaches, blackberries, honeydew, blueberries, strawberries and mascarpone cheese. Berry berry full. Berry berry delicious. I would order this again. I even ate cherry tomatoes because my sister do not like tomatoes. XD

My drink was called the Eye Opener. They blend oranges, strawberries and carrots. It costs RM 15.

Eye Opener, RM 15

Address:

Esplanade (G47)

Suria KLCC

50450 Jalan Ampang

KL

Contact number: 

03- 2166 8277

Email address:

chinoz_klcc@chinoz.com.my

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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