Typica @ Jalan Changkat Thambi Dollah, KL

Last week, I've been to THE place that offers the finest coffee. This must be a blessing for the coffee connoisseurs.

From the first few pictures of this post, one may mistaken these for scene within a science lab. This small sized cafe, yet extremely cosy, is located at Shaw Parade. Pacino, knowing that I love cakes, shared with me about Typica, and emphasized a few times on how yummy is the cake here, and how unique, of the coffee served here. Thus, arranged for him to share this little hidden 'gem' with me.

I began my conversation in Mandarin with the super friendly staff... And with my level of '1/2 bucket' level, I got 'lost' at some point as the Mandarin gone a little too 'deep' for me.

1 thing though, can really feel the enthusiasm, passion and her knowledge on coffee.

Siphon Coffee brewing process. I enjoyed every moment looking at how delicate the staff was throughout the process.

The more special brewing process that one has to try is their Siphon Coffee, for hot coffee, and the Ice Drip for the cold coffee.

For the Siphon process, the staff will only grind the coffee beans upon ordered. We were explained that should beans are being grind earlier, with its exposure with air, the originality of the taste will be lost. Oh, makes me feel like we are about to drink something, oh so precious..

We were brought plates of beans for the Siphon coffee we ordered... 1 Guatemala beans, and 1 Brazilian beans .. I even took 'em raw, and they were so fragrant, and crunchy.. Just like eating some kinda nuts.

Plates of Guatemala & Brazilian coffee beans

The beans were roasted raw (ie. without adding sugar/butter) as per some coffee roasting process...

The process of Siphon Coffee, which I bet one will wait patiently :

2 parts to the boiling pot,

bottom with boiling water... top part grinded coffee..

upon boiling, the water will rush up to the top part... and cooked together with the coffee..

upon which, the coffee will flow to the bottom part, leaving behind the grinded coffee.

The other 'equipment' for Siphon coffee. Interesting huh?

This is a method not used by many, as most other business are set towards generating most sales possible, and this method would take up too much time. For those who really appreciate coffee, one will definitely be hooked with coffee from Typica.

We were also informed later that the Ice Drip method would be even stronger, as each drip of coffee goes through the grinded beans. This has to be prepared earlier, as the dripping drip by drip, will take much longer.

The coffee maker for the 'Ice-Drip' process.

The smell of my cup of Guatemala coffee was so elegant and complex. It strike the right balance between refined acidity with a soft spice flavor. Took it without sugar, for a change, otherwise, will feel I will miss out on tasting the originality of this beans.

Enjoying my coffee. Price-RM13 per cup

Pacino, enjoying his..

Some polaroids inside Typica

We also ordered the Nutty Cheese Cake... This was a slice of high standard cake. Shaved chocolate, in between cheese, wrapped within spongy cake, top with caramel almond, and pumpkin seeds.

Each layer clearly distinct itself, and you could taste all of this within 1 mouthful. And yes, right level of sweetness..It was just a combination done so perfectly..

Nutty Cheese Cake. Price-RM10 per slice

Nutty Cake... I can see you are being slowly savored

Overall, I am impressed with how well they have made use of the limited space, at the corner of this building. Yellow warm lighting complements the entire setting.

Chatting with the staff. Man, there's just so much to learn, about coffee

A blurry view of the cafe.. simply love the flowers used as deco here

Overall, the price range of coffee here is above average. However, one can be assured they will be getting a cup of good quality coffee.

"I'LL BE BACK" ><

For those who are able to read Chinese, you may want to find out more info about Typica from their blog :

http://www.typicacafe.blogspot.com/

Typica
GL-08, Ground Floor,

Shaw Parade Plaza,

Changkat Thambi Dollah,

55100 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel:+603 - 2145 0328 / 019-294 9282

Business Hours :

11am-9pm (Sun-Thu), 11am-10pm (Fri, Sat, holiday eve)

Nancy's Kitchen @ Jalan Hang Lekir, Malacca

Yes, I love the state of Malacca... However, the 1 significant thing I experienced during my last weekend was : HOT, HOT & HOT!!

I was certainly pleased with the opening of the latest and fashionable boutique right at the Jonker Street, MART, which enabled me to spend quite a fair bit of time 'indoor'... And love the entire 'MART' concept, and just love the vibrant colors of the interior and also the clothing here..

Entrance of MART

After shopping, we all needed to fill our stomach, thus, headed to the famous nyonya food around Jonker, ie. Nancy's Kitchen.
As it was 1pm+, it doesn't come as a surprise that we had to wait quite a fair bit for our seat.

My hat fits Qi well

Ordered the Top Hat (Pai Tee). Love the crispy top hat case, and this was definitely gorgeous in presentation. Pai Tee is eaten together with filling that combines the cooked sengkuang, fried shallots, egg and parsley.

Pai Tee. Price-RM4.50 for 5 cones (in 1 serving)

Anything cold during this weather spells 'arrgh, relief'.. haha... This simple bowl of cendol definitely beats the famous '88 Jonker'...

Cendol. Price-RM3

Wanted something non spicy for the kids, so ordered the fish ball with egg roll soup. Boiled together with some vege, this is pure simple and nothing special really. Fishball was also very ordinary tasting.

Fish Ball Soup. Price-RM7 (S)

We absolutely loved this signature dish of Nancy Kitchen. Cooked using lot of candle nut, this dish carried a strong smell of lemongrass. The chicken was cooked long enough, as it was really tender.

Chicken Candlenut. Price-RM10 (S)

This pork rib dish is also available in duck meat. The ribs are marinated with coriander and then stew with spices. This dish has a slight sweetness taste, and not too bad a choice.

Pork Rib. Price-RM10 (S)

Nancy's Kitchen
7 Jalan Hang Lekir (3rd Cross Street),
Off Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock,
75200 , Malacca
Tel : 06 283 6099 / 013-618 3608

Business Hours :
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Monte's @ Taman Intan, Klang

Somehow, I felt that I've under-explored eateries in Klang. A friend shared with me that Monte's is one of her favorite western food restaurant, and thus suggested to family to try the food here, last week.

Sis and family had settled for Windmill in the past, out of no other choices that she knew, is relieved to discover Monte's.

Monte's at Taman Intan occupies the corner lot, and we love the roomy, simple and lots of white used in its interior.

Inside Monte's

The only set back is that the staff is not really equipped to recommend much to its customers, and could hardly explain much when asked further about the menu.

Nevertheless, we enjoyed our meal, as the overall food here were good.

The Black Pepper chicken meat was real tender and juicy, topped with lots of black pepper sauce. The potato wedges also tasted good.

Black Pepper Chicken. Price-RM15.90

The Mexican Chicken, grilled to perfection, and topped with spicy sauce, cooked with lots of tomato, onion and capsicum. A sauce mixed with sour and spicy taste, yumms!

Mexican Chicken. Price-RM15.90

The favorite of all was the Fettuccine al Salmone. Fettuccine filled with thick creamy sauce, and chunks of salmon... this was just so tasty...though creamy, but doesn't make you sick of it.. ;)

Fettuccine al Salmone. Price-RM19.90

The Grilled Fish with garlic butter sauce had such a pleasant aroma to it.

Grilled Fish with butter and garlic sauce. Price-RM16

First round of experience - passed! This is actually a branch out of Monte's at BSC (which my friend told me very recently that the standard of food has dropped). Anyway, I do like the standard of food at this Monte's in Klang.

Monte's Bistro
79, Jalan Batai Laut 3,
Taman Intan,
41300 Klang.
Tel : 03-3343 8988

Business Hours :
11.30am - 11pm (Mon-Sat), 12nn - 11pm (Sun)

Ho Chiak @ Taman Intan, Klang

Ho Chiak started business, in this really simple set-up shop, on 10 Sep 2010. Ho Chiak's specialty being red wine chicken rice, and red wine chicken mee suah, however they also sell other kind of noodles, pumpkin rice and soup.

I could smell the chinese red wine even from a few shoplots away, before reaching.

Tried the redwine mee suah, and one sip, the 'kick' kicks in. Thick soup, cooked with red wine used, and lots of ginger. The mee suah was cooked together with pieces of chicken, mushroom and black fungus. For those who would like a stronger taste of ginger, they could help themselves to add on more.

Redwine Chicken Mee Suah

Also ordered the pumpkin rice to try. Tasty rice filled with pumpkin and chicken.

Pumpkin rice

Ho Chiak Redwine Cuisine
(behind IMS2 Building)
71 Jalan Batai Laut 3,
Sugai Rasa, Taman Intan, Klang
Tel : 012-222 2505 : Andy Lee

Chuai Heng @ Jalan Bukit Bintang

Had craving for dim sum the night before. Thus, arranged for lunch with Mr Hoo, and I usually will benefit much after each meet-up, due to his vast knowledge on the market happenings.

The traffic to in Bukit Bintang area was havoc on the particular Friday, which I later found out, Isetan sales could be 1 main contributing factor.

The last I've been to Chuai Heng was about 2 years + ago. When I stepped in, I had a very comfortable feeling, due to the spaciousness, and the warm setting, which seemed to be all time ready for wedding dinner/function.

Inside Chuai Heng

Overall, I really liked the dim sum here, as they are all tasty. They also offered a 20% discount. Nice!

Of all the items I ordered, I particularly liked the 'siu mai' which was so filled with meat and chunks of prawn, the steamed pork ribs with yam which was just so tasty, and the Shanghai Xiao Long Bao.

From top L, clockwise : Siu Mai. Price-RM5.44, Steamed Pork Ribs. Price-RM5.20,
Steamed Dumpling with fish and prawn. Price-RM6.50,
Shanghai Xiao Long Bao. Price-5.20 (price after discount, before tax)

The baked BBQ pork pastry was also yummy, as the pastry filled with BBQ pork was fluffy enough.
As for the others ie. eggtart, the egg custard was ok, however, felt the pastry was not fluffy enough,
the pan fried cake was ok, not too bad.
Of all, I didn't really like the deep fried durian pastry, as it doesn't has the kick of strong durian smell, and the kinda of batter doesn't seem went well with this dessert, as it feels a little like tempura batter.

From L : Egg tart. Price-RM4.64, BBQ pork pastry. Price-RM5.20, Pan fried carrot cake. Price-4.64,
Deep fried durian pastry. Price-8 (price after discount, before tax)

Mr Hoo and I

Will definitely be back here with more people, so that can try out more of the different kinds of dim sum.

Chuai Heng
231 Jalan Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03-2141 5666

Choy Kee @ Seremban

Keng, my old buddy from LB days was back to Malaysia for break, and all thanks to Facebook, we were in touch with Vinnie. As such, we arrange for a meet up at Seremban last Sunday.

After our drinks, we headed to Kedai Makanan Seremban, and were slightly disappointed as it is currently closed for renovation. The next recommended was Choy Kee which was on the same road.

Overall food quality here was alright, and not a place that would have me travel all the way though.

The 'kuai dao miu' tasted good, crunchy.
The salted chicken was a simple dish, and came to a point, we felt, it was a little tasteless.
The fried char siu it was fragrant enough.
The steamfish was good and extremely fresh. It was steamed with lots of ginger.

From top L clockwise : 'Kuai tau miu' vege, fried char siu, salty chicken, and steam fish

The BBQ crab was huge enough for us. The crabs are priced at RM50 per kg. It was aromatic, and has a very nice taste to it. The sauce concoction tasted good.. But somehow, still think the other 'competitor' does better in both the sauce concoction and BBQ crab.

The 2 crabs balancing the sauce concoction

Vinnie and family, Keng and I

Total bill came up to RM177, and thanks to Seremban 'Mui' and family.

Glad to see that everyone is doing well, and to have catched up after so long. ;)

Choy Kee Food Stall
Lot 3794-3795, Jalan Tuanku Munawir,
70000 Seremban
Tel : 06-7610 010 / 012-683 1122

Business hours :
5pm-12.30am