TOKYO SHOKUDO IN MID VALLEY

We arrived Mid Valley before lunch time.  The mall was quite empty after GE13 although Selangor was declared a public holiday but not Kuala Lumpur.

After walking around here and there scouting for nice Jap food, we finally settled for lunch in Tokyo Shokudo located in the Center Court leading to The Gardens. 

Both of us were the first patron. I adore and luv the colorful deco.

so stylish...red and black Jap wordings adorned the wall

Salmon Set (RM22++)

My friend enjoyed the grilled salmon, fresh salad and sweet clams soup. She dislike chawan mushi but I helped her to polish this little bowl of soft and silky steamed egg

Tempura Set (RM23++)

Although no trace of oil, I find the tempura batter/skin not crispy enough and it still hold  the prawns & veges even after few bites. I would definitely go for the fresh slices of salmon served in 3 pieces only. 

Spicy Beef Ramen (RM18++)

Instead of the usual pork, we opted for beef. Unlike pork ramen where you'll except slices of char su but for this version, only few cubes/shredded beef meat topped the bowl.  Slurpy noodles in a  reddish (a bit oily) tasty broth with lots of cut cabbages and an egg.  Chilly spicyness still within tolerable level despite few cough.  For this bowl of noodles, it's too pricey for me.

The salad dressing was a killer. It simply accentuate the taste of plain &  ordinary greens to a star level.

Total bill was RM76.55 nett (inclusive of 2 glasses of ice green tea).

Upon coming out from the restaurant, shoppers and working Executives  flooded the entire mall making it more lively as compared to the early morning.

 G-098 & G(E)010 Ground Floor, Center Court

Lingkaran Putra Syed Putra,

Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03 2284 1211

Sushi HINATA @ ST MARY RESIDENCES

The news of a newly opened Japanese restaurant housed inside St Mary Residences spread fast particulary to those whose offices are within this vicinity.

As usual curiosity kills and all of us in the office chose to dine in this restaurant when an ex-boss wife offered to buy us lunch.

Our arrival was greeted by a beautiful and sweet Japanese girl.

Cute yet cozy exterior and interior simply amazed us.

We were informed that all food are prepare and cook by the chef hails from the land of the rising sun.  Upon hearing this, our food expectations grow higher. 

Once seated,  a lady server gave us few menus written in English and Jap. There is no pictures to illustrate each food item and we had problem what to order. I wanted to have ramen but can't find it in the menu. We asked the server (from Myanmar) and each time, her reply was 'I don't know' or 'I will check with the chef'. And this really upset us. In the end,  the five of us opted for bento set.

included in our bento set are:-

Miso soup

unusual salty dark brown colour soup with 2 clams

and

Chawan mushi

delicate and dilute egg custard without chicken meat or other ingredient  

Appetizers

braised small potatoes, cut chicken meat, carrot and cut green beans (l)..my fave

fried tempura: green beans, white fish & black mushroom served with salt (c)...bland

stir fried fish fillet (r)...tasteless

main course

river eel sushi

I ended up finishing all thinly sliced eel only. Instead of chewy texture, the rice was tad dry, does not bind and easy collapsed/break even after they changed my first unpleasant platter.

We can't get enough of the fresh and sweet brined pickled ginger (in green plate) and had 3 plates. 

salmon sushi

everyone was expecting slices of fresh salmon topped the rice but instead we got this colorful sushi tucked with cucumber, tamago, salmon fish, a dollop of mayonaise and fish egg roe.

Compare to river eel, this is much better...moister and tasty. 

To end this meal with a sweet ending, we asked for ice cream but it wasn't available in the menu. Another set back. Ended up with our free flow of cold and hot ocha/green tea.

Overall, not only the food was disappointing but the service too. Our total bill was wrongly calculated and readjusted with refund.  Despite our constructive comments during the one hour lunch, it was well accepted by the servers with smile & apologies.

Sushi HINATA

A-0-1 Ground Floor

St Mary Residences

No.1 Jalan Tengah

50450 Kuala Lumpur

Tel:03-20220051

BREAD STORY

I am not a bread person. But once in awhile, why not having bread for a change during breakfast!  Each time, during the evening, whenever I pass by Bread History (ground floor of Sungai Wang), my eyes are drawn to the signage stating ‘buy 3 free 1’. It has been more than 5 times, I just stared at the signage and walked away. Then out of the blue, one fine day, I decided to check what are the promotion in store and ended up paying RM10 for 4 breads with different stuffing. Good enough for my next morning breakie.

Nicely and tidily packed individually

Chicken & Ham
Half a piece of fried chicken ham + omelette layered with mayonnaise

Otak Otak
a dollop of otak-otak fish paste sitting nicely in the center of the bun

'spicy but not aromatic'

Cream of Mango
smooth yet low in sugar cream made of mango puree..so addictive

Cream of Mushroom
filled with cubes of button mushrooms and minced chicken meat in a tangy herbs sauce

 After overnight, the bread/buns still remain fluffy and moist which keep me going there occasionally.  

OZEKI ITALIAN CUISINE

First and foremost, do not confuse yourself with Ozeki  at Wisma Cosway and the other Ozeki at Menara TA. The former serves Italian & Fusion food while the latter sells authentic Japanese cuisine only.

Having read in few blogs about this restaurant, I decided to try out their menu when a friend working few stones away from my office building seeking a companion for lunch. 

It is easy to find this eatery. Walk to the back of Wisma Cosway , turn left and Ozeki is located at the end corner .

Upon seated, we were presented with set lunch & a lar carte menu. We settled on pocket friendly menu i.e set lunch which comes together with 1 main dish, drink, soup of the day and salad.

Ice Lemon Tea

Duck & Egg White Soup 
Only a quarter cup but luckily it was tasteless and diluted, hence left it untouched after a sip

Salad
Fresh + crunchy in sourish Japanese dressing

Spaghetti Amatriciana
When I forked out strings of spaghetti, the smells of fresh olive oil caught my senses. I added chilly flakes and it immediately take me to the next level of enhancement with fragrant bites of non oily fried bacon.  

Spaghetti Marinara
Beautifully laced with big clams only...though the menu stated  seafood. I didn't taste it. But I could see smile from his face..satiated indeed.

Ocha Tiramisu
Complimentary from the house.
Soft and not overly sweet.

Lunch per pax costs RM24++.


OZEKI ITALIAN CUISINE
GROUND FLOOR, WISMA COSWAY
JALAN RAJA CHULAN
50200 KUALA LUMPUR

HONG KEE - CLAYPOT CHICKEN RICE

Located in the ever busy Petaling Street or China Town, Hong Kee is open during dinner and specialises in Claypot Chicken Rice and ikan bakar.

During one evening, we stop here for our dinner. Since we have been here  before many years ago, the menu still remain unchanged and selecting our food was easy peasy.

Claypot Chicken Rice

the aroma simply filled the air and made us salivating while mixing all the 'gems' in this hot piping staple. all tasted good from the well marinated chunky chicken,fried salted fish and slices of chinese sausages/lap cheong.

Ikan Pari Bakar

Layered in aluminium foil are 3 pieces of ikan pari/stringray, cut long beans+ladies fingers and sizzled with spicy and fragrant sambal.

Dinner finished within 30 minutes. What a record..a sign of us for being very hungry??

REVISIT- A WET THAI CAFE

Last night, I was craving for Thai seafood dinner and suggest to my sister and she smile back with sign of approval!

The road was clear with lesser traffic and within 20 minutes, we arrived A Wet Thai Cafe.  After parking my four wheels, we walk toward the restaurant and surprise to see many tables already been taken up.

As usual our order taken, followed by 3 glasses of cold pandan leaf drink, plates with fork and spoon placed on our table.

White rice to go with dishes

Thai Kerabu Seafood (RM15)
 sourish + spicy gravy filled with fresh boiled prawns and cut squids.

Fried Pandan Chicken (RM13)
chicken meat was tender enough but not fragrant and tasty enough.

Thai Seafood Tom Yam (RM8)
read my comment here

Thai Otak Otak (RM18)

very unusual presentation which we thought it was a wrong order. my mom super love the thick,pungent and aromatic sauce with abundant of coconut flesh, prawns and cut squids.

We paid RM63.90 for this yummy dinner.

A WET THAI CAFE

8 JALAN KASKAS

TAMAN CHERAS, 56100 KUALA LUMPUR

TEL NO:03-91319838

JAPANESE FOOD TEPPANYAKI

Housed inside KL Festival City shopping mall, the three of us decided to have a quick lunch here. Since it was a fasting month, only few tables was taken up.  We had  the 3 in 1 deal/promotion consists of Chicken teppanyaki, soft drink and Fried Gyoza. All these cost us RM40.90 including tax. 

the malay cook in action..quite fast

chilly sauce, soya sauce & salted vege

F & N..orange & Sprite

Fried Gyoza...
hot, crispy skin with tasty chicken filing 

the chicken meat fragrant but tad too dried & slight burn including fried garlics. stir fried beansprouts balance up this main.

Quite a satisfying meal especially with friends who can't stop talking about travelling and girl + boy relationship.

G35, Ground Floor, KL Festival City Mall 67, Jalan Taman Ibu Kota, Taman Danau Dota, 53300 Kuala Lumpur Contact:012-309 1925

KAYA PUFF, SWISS ROLL & EGG TART

I always notice this aunty selling cakes & tarts in her little push cart at a small alley along Jalan Yap Ah Loy (the last photo gives you an idea on how to get here). For those who usually wait for bus/taxi at a bus stop across the road, you can watch her sleeping (seated) when there is no customer especially in the morning.

For someone who don't really fancy sweet stuff, my curiosity makes me walked towards the cart (while waiting for bus to arrive) and got myself 3 pieces of different cake & tart from her.

She was happy that I snapped photos here & there

Home made Kaya... RM3.50 per container

Egg Tart (RM1.20)
flaky pastry and gooey filling (egg & water only)!

Swiss Roll (RM1.00)
though it is soft & moist enough but
too sweet for my liking

Kaya Puff (RM1.20)
overall high level of sugar content

Hope this pic will help you to find this aunty! 

Will I come back again?

Maybe for the egg tart or if she comes out with savoury puff/tart!

NAAB -PERSIAN IRANIAN FOOD

Thanks to Perut Besi for extending this invitation to me. My first time attending Persian Iranian food tasting housed inside NAAB,  situated directly opposite The Fahrenheit and steps away to The Grand Millenium Hotel.  

"Persian or Iranian cuisines are commonly associated with Middle Eastern. Typical Persian main dishes are combination of rice with meat, lamb, chicken, or fish and the taste are balanced with saffron, dried limes, cinnamon, parsley and other Persian flavorings."

 

tucked at the end corner

map and contact details

There are 6 VIP rooms available for private functions. Prices vary depending on room size, food & beverage and etc.

During the Ramadhan month,NAAB offers buffet dinner daily. Otherwise, it's only open upon request.

Diners can opt to sit outdoor overlooking the ever busy Golden Triangle. The breezy wind will make you want to sit there longer after your meal!

There were extensive of  mains, appetizers and desserts served during that night. Honestly,  I find it hard to decide what to eat first. In the end, I took a little of everything to try.

        Assorted Cold Salad 

Saffron Rice...

Various types of soup

Gherymeh Stew..
eat together with rice instead of naan bread

Lamb Koobideh BBQ

Naab Spinach Roll Chicken


My 1st palate

Hot Iranian Tea
(the way to enjoy tea is by putting a cube of sugar into your mouth and then digest it with the tea)

I love the saffron rice..fragrant and grainy. Fried siakap fish was meat juicy &crisps while the stewed lamb shank simply melts in the mouth.

2nd Plate

Naan Bread topped with basil leaves + cheese + walnut
(this is the correct way of  indulging naan but you can add on other sauces/condiment)

Amongst all the soup, Barley soup ( in yellow on the left) was indeed star of the nite. Tasted almost like our dhal gravy..aromatic.

Sweet Ending!

if you have sweet tooth...you must take a bite  cos' it authentic Iranian dessert.



Are you salivating now?
Head on to Naab Restaurant and you will get 10% off the total bill at both their Bukit Bintang and Solaris branches. Print out this review and present it when paying your bill.

NAAB
No.130, Jalan Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel No:03-21433949

No.13 & 15, Jalan Solaris 2
Solaris Mont Kiara, KL
Tel No:03-62037647/7665

www.naabrestaurant.com