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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Subway @ Tai Ichi Hotel (第一酒店), Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur (Halal)

After wake up in KL, should be no problem to look for breakfast at here.
Thus, the nearest and most desire to eat, which suggested by yesterday Birthday Girl is Subway.

Not sure why the name called Sub-Way.
Is it small road or branch after main road? Local people said “Lorong”, “Lintang”, etc…
Anyway It’s American restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches (subs) and salads. (Quote from Wiki).
Ooo… sandwiches and salads, consider healthier food than the others.
We found the nearest Subway café which inside Bukit Bintang area is inside Tai Ichi Hotel (第一酒店). Weird… never heard any franchise café inside the hotel. Or we might outdated lo.

There’re few steps to build your own sandwiches or salads.
Step1: Choose your menu, either Footlong, 6-inch, salad, or wrap.
Footlong is extremely long bread for those big appetite people, or those who want to share for 2 persons.
6-inch bread… no need to tell u what’s the size and I think u should know how small it is (for western people, it’s consider small size and suitable for kids)
If u choose Salad, they’ll use a plate and fill in all the stuffing that u want.
Wrap is like Roti Kebab in Malaysia, but it should be different taste because it has ur customized stuffing inside.

Step2: 
Choose ur bread, can try many different bread that u want. Hearty Italian, Wheat, Honey Oat, Italian, Parmesan Oregano, Wrap… Oops, I don’t know all that. U can Google it out. ;-)

Step3:
After chosen ur bread, is time to choose ur cheese and meat.

There’re 3 types of meats that u can choose, with chicken, beef, or turkey.
About 7 to 8 kinds of taste and combination stuffing that u can choose.

The more stuffing u choose, the more u need to pay. ^_^
As u like, still can choose the stuffing until overflow.
After putting all the meat and cheese into the bread/wrap, it’ll be heated for few minutes before move to the next step.

Step4:
After the stuffing and bread/wrap been heated up, is time to choose ur veggies.
The choices are Lettuce, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Red Onions, Pickles, Olives, And Jalapenos.

Step5:
Finish putting ur veggies? Is turn to choose ur sauce.
Yellow Mustard, Sweet Onion, Mayonnaise, Olive Oil Blend, Vinegar, Chilli, Ketchup, BBQ, Ranch… Wau… never heard before, but it’ll for sure made ur sandwiches and salads more tastier.

Step6:
Settle customized ur food? To complete a set of meal, u can choose drink and snacks.

After all the steps, is time to enjoy the meal.
Let’s compare a Hand-phone bag vs a Foodlong bread… Ooo… It can make u madly full if only 1 person to finish it.

It’s so tempting on the outlook, tasty and delicious for the inside… stuffing and bread.

The price is RM20.67… Oops… I’m too excited to focus on the menu, without look at the pricing.

Overall the ingredient is fresh and tasty.
Most of the stuffing is follow western style, more heavy taste.
The pricing is consider reasonable, because the size is so big.
Only 3 types of menu, and the stuffing is slightly limited of variety.
The environment is exactly like fast food café.
The service… am not sure why, but the staff who was serving us not picking up a smile while taking order… very sour face waitress. :-(

Rating:

How to go:

GPS from Google: 3.145647,101.70972
Address: Subway cafe in Tai Ichi Hotel (KL) Sdn Bhd (第一酒店), No 78, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur.
Phone: 03-2145-6899
Business Hour: 10am - 10pm

Map: (Exact location is at Green Arrow, Red Bubble is GPS loc near the target)

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Monday, November 21, 2011

Snowflake (雪花栈) @ Sungai Wang, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Many friends keep on promoting how nice how nice this Taiwanese dessert secret.
But I don't have chance to taste it because it's only available in KL or Selangor.
Thus, this KL trip definitely will pay a visit.
Finally we found this snowflake in Sg. Wang.

Without thinking too much, we are just enter and making an order.
There're variety of choices for different toppings, and 3 types of series for the snowflake.

End up, we only choose 1 set and eaten by 2 persons, because it's slightly big portion and definitely we'll be frozen after finising it.
We choose Soya Ice Series and Set 1 (Green Bean + Lotus Seed + Pearl) for toppings.
It's only charged RM6.50.

Is worth, it's so tasty and the portion is slightly big.
The soya bean milk was added into the snow, it's so match and tasty.
It is served with a slice of grass jelly and pearls together with Green Bean & Lotus Seed delicious toppings.
The toppings are fresh and tasty.

Once we make an order, we need to wait for few minutes and the staff will provide us a special UFO alarm. Once it's triggered, it means that your snowflake is ready to be served.

There're other variety of choices that u can try. too many different toppings and snowflake.

Pick from Snowflake website:
THE SNOWFLAKE PHILOSOPHY
Our promise to you is:
1. Everything is hand made
2. Every product is made fresh daily
3. No usage of artificial flavourings or preservatives
4. Use only the best, most natural and freshest ingredients
5. Provide the best service to our customers
6. Ensure an enjoyable and clean environment at all times

100% NATURAL GOODNESS
We use the best, most natural and freshest ingredients to make your desserts. We source only the best products and suppliers locally and overseas to ensure the highest standards in our desserts.
All our ingredients are then carefully cleaned, cooked for hours (sometimes days) and handmade into our delicious products like grass jelly, soya bean milk, tou hua, taroballs and our great range of bean toppings.

Overall the ingredient are fresh, special and well prepared.
The taste is great and the sweetness is just nice.
The price is consider reasonable because it’s in medium size portion, with the delicious toppings, and it’s no tax (No Service Tax + No Government Tax)
The food variety is consider less, but there’s many types of toppings.
The environment is good for relax, but limited space with air-conditional, most of the customers will sit outside without air-conditional because u might be frozen after finishing whole bowl and sit in the air-conditional room.
It’s self service, nothing much can feedback.

Rating:

How to go:  
GPS from Google: 3.145406,101.711447
Address: LG001-1B LG, Sungai Wang Plaza, Jalan Bulan 1, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur.
Business Hour: 10am - 10pm (Sun-Thu), 10am - 11pm (Fri-Sat)

Map: (Exact location is at Green Arrow, Red Bubble is GPS loc near the target)

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

TGI Friday @ Pavilion, Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur (Halal)

Window Shopping with Birthday girl in this huge, giant, extremely big hypermarket (or don't know what should I describe), Pavilion Shopping Complex.

After feeling tired, she had decided to have dinner in this cafe.
Actually TGI Friday cafe is Western Style cafe, thus the portion will be very big compare the Asian food.

Green Apple Slush, RM10.50
Mixture of Green Apple and Lemon-Lime Soda with cherry on top.
Is like 7-11 Slush, but it's more tasty and more sweetness.

Gold Mango Margarita, RM25.50
Slightly bitter, because it's alcohol beverage. Don't worry, u won’t get drunk with this medium size cup, but u'll enjoy it after u known the steps on drink it.
Heavy mango taste and creamy.
Now they offer RM5 off with condition purchase after purchase, If u order Tortilla Crusted Fish Tacos.

Tortilla Crusted Fish Tacos, RM23.90
Is resembles salad mix with Fish Fillet, this Fish Tacos is fresh and tasty.
the portion is slightly big for 1 person, thus we had to share.

Parmesan-Crusted Chicken Quesadillas, RM20.90
Flour tortilla is packed with sautéed chicken, tomato-basil mix, beef bits and oozing with Monterey Jack cheese. Coat it with Parmesan and pan-fry it to a crispy, golden brown, then drizzle it with balsamic glaze.
The taste is special with so many preparation and it's worth because the taste and the portion. similar like Roti Canai pack with roasted chicken.

After enjoy the food, in the earlier time we had asked...any special for Birthday Girl? the crew replied and said "Yes, will give a cake and celebrate with".
While waiting, we make a joke and wonder is it will be charged for cake and the presentation... but don't worry... Is Zero charge and they are happily to make fun with u.

If u want, u can ask a balloon too.
Anyway really thanks to the TGI crew that bring fun to us. He's very helpful and good to us, having fun with him. But sorry, I didn't ask his name, or else I'll promote his name to his manager.  ^_^
in the bill stated there's Nooreezam (1161), not sure is he the waiter serve us.

Okay...End of the story and the bill is come... Wau...lucky number 88.  ;-)

Overall the ingredients are fresh and tasty. all food are well prepared. Fresh feeling and great taste for me.
The price is slightly high with the food, but it's consider reasonable because the portion of the food is big.
Besides that, there's tax too (10% Service Tax + 6% Government Tax).
The food variety are multiple choices. the beverage will include alcohol drinks too.
The environment is classy field. great place for chill out.
The service are great. they didn't put their face on higher side, and they'll serve with u like a close friend. Have a good impression too.
Rating:

How to go:
GPS from Google: 3.147522,101.712826
Address: Fahrenheit 88, 179 Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 WP Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Phone: 03-21483766
Business Hour: 10am - 10pm

Map: (Exact location is at Green Arrow, Red Bubble is GPS loc near the target)


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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Sushi Zanmai @ Farenheit 88, Kuala Lumpur

After window shopping, friend recommends have lunch with Sushi Zanmai.

Since am a Sushi King regular customer, thus I’ll mark S. King as my standard.


Slightly similar with the S. King.

Using conveyor belt to move the “color code” plate with the food, they also provide sweet sauce, but added with dry chili, which S. King don’t have this.

Other than this, the chopstick and other appearance is really looks similar with the S. King.


Green tea is charged RM1.00 and refillable. The green tea is filled into a Big Cup.


Before u start to eat the sushi like lion like tiger… some information are very good for ur reference… the pricelist.

Besides that, u can enjoy set menu too.

But I prefer ala carte…so that u can choose different meal or sashimi.


Before start, prepare the sauce that we like.

30% of sweet sauce, 60% of salty sauce, 6% of Wasabi, 4% of chili powder.

The taste is great.


Start our Ala Carte food…Futomaki (太卷), RM1.80

Pickled Radish, Omelette & Cucumber.

Is better u order on the spot, for those food with seaweed, is crunchier.


Inari Kanimayo, RM4.80

Crabmeat roasted with mayonnaise

I thought its cheese on top.

Fresh feel, 1st try. Special… Never taste b4.


Jo Unagi, RM6.80

Premium roasted eel

Is thick eel, better feel when u are chewing the eel and tasty.


(Not in menu), RM3.80

I worried it might be rejected food. We checked the menu upside down, but there’s no picture in the menu, and we notice that this ala carte was only appear once. Thus, it might either rejected or not fully done. =.=”


Salmon, RM3.80

Fresh and soft.

Before it’d been served, I need to wait for more than 30minutes. I had reminded the waitress for few times and what they said is only “wait”. Is making me high temper for waiting the raw food, which is nothing special, no need cook or special preparation.

When we decided to leave, then only the waiter want to take the food served us, but really spoil the mood, although it’s nice.


Chuka Kurage, RM3.80

Seasoned Jellyfish

Fresh and crunchy seaweed; and the jellyfish are tasty and chewy too.


Overall the ingredients were fresh and well prepared. But for those food which being served with seaweed, is better u make order rather than take from the conveyor belt.

The taste is delicious and fresh, better than S. King and Sakae.

The price is slightly higher than S. King. Standard Tax would be applied, (10% Service Tax + 6% Government Tax)

The food varieties are stand at middle range.

The environment is slightly classy field, quite relaxing.

Initially the service was good and they’ll refill your green tea, but when we remind them that we still waiting for the food that we had ordered half an hour ago was not being served, they’ll only said wait without taking any initiative to tell chef. When we decided to leave, then only they’ll serve the food. What a day~!!!


Rating:


How to go:

GPS from Google: 3.147479,101.712701

Address: Lt S2. 03. 00, 2nd Flr, Farenheit 88, No. 179, Jln Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur

Phone: 03-21431030

Business Hour: 10am – 10pm


Map: (Exact location is at Green Arrow, Red Bubble is GPS loc near the target)

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Kedai Kopi & Makanan Seng Hin Cafe (成兴茶餐室) @ Penang

Again, Auntie Curry Mee @ Jalan Delima was closed, had to look for other place to settle my breakfast.

After tried so many food in Genting Café, same row with this shop, decided to search for other food.

Give a try to this café and let’s see is the food at this café nice or not.


Order Hokkien Loh

Forgot the price, but the price is reasonable with those stuffing.

Hokkien Loh is combination of Hokkien Mee soup and Loh Mee soup.

Quite special and nice compare to other Hokkien Loh in other stalls.

Slightly spicy and a bit sour taste. Open my appetite to eat more. ;-)

The soup is slightly sticky but it’s nice combination with Loh Mee and Hokkien Mee.

Recommended food if u want to try something special.


Coffee Ice (or Kopi Bing)

Is Coffee mix with milk, it’s tasty.

the sweetness is just nice.


Overall the ingredient is fresh and the soup is tasty.

The pricing is reasonable, these kind of café is no tax (Service Tax + Government Tax)

Les food variety.

The environment is slightly poor, because u’ll sitting along the roadside. Dusty, quite dangerous as well.

The service is good and friendly.


Rating:


How to go:

GPS from Google: 5.38244,100.30399

Address: Lorong Delima 6, Taman Islands Glades, 11700 Gelugor, Penang

Business Hour: 8am - 1pm


Map: (Exact location is at Green Arrow, Red Bubble is GPS loc near the target)


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