Kee's Creampuff @ Subang Jaya

Having tried Kee's Creampuff since their opening, it will soon celebrate their 3rd anniversary come July '15. During this time, I have seen that they have received good media exposure, and their product extension plan seems to be going on well, where they introduced their savoury creampuffs during late September 2014. 

Makes you wanna go in to have a bite or two 

Using orange as its core color, one will see the vibrant color making up big signages outside, inside, wall color, and any items that represent their brand.

Inside seating 

Kee's Creampuff carries 3 range of puffs, from classic creampuffs, their original taste, premium creampuffs which sees option of flavors such as blueberry, chocolate banana, cookies and cream, and in total, it has 15 flavors, which includes their specialty flavor, the durian creampuffs.  

For those who isn't up to have creampuffs, they also offer cakes, tea and coffee. 

Yummy tasting creampuffs and cakes on display 

Kee's Creampuff has attractive set meals, which in fact is a good idea to opt for.

Options of set meals 

In the past I have tried their range of classic and premium creampuffs, and I was really curious on how their savoury creampuffs taste like.

Kee's Creampuff is baked made out of choux dough mixed with mozzarella, cheddar and parmesan. To add on more elements, they infused parsley and thyme in their puff. 

I took their savoury puff set, which came with choice of 2 puffs, garden salad and chips, and 1 cup of americano or tea. With RM1.50, we can upgrade to cappuccino, latte or hot chocolate. 

The puff carried a slight crisp on the top part of the puff. Within the puff, they gave real generous portion of the filling. 

We opted for the sour cream and chicken ham bits. This was extremely delicious, and was truly appetizing due to the sourness taste from the sour cream and the chicken bits gave a good texture to the taste bud. 

The curry chicken with walnut prove to be a good combination, as the curry tasted yummy, ain't too spicy, chicken was in good size, and overall the crunchiness of walnut makes this a much recommended choice. 

Savory Puff Set. Price-RM13.80 

Curry chicken with Walnut (L) and Sour Cream & Chicken Ham Bits (R)

Kee's uses arabica made of Columbia beans, supplied by Hot Shots at Publika. The bean is of single origin, thus one will be able to taste how this Columbia beans taste like.

This indeed was a good cup of coffee, creamy and strong coffee flavor. 

Latte which came as part of our set (normal price-RM8)

The other available set was the Creampuff Tea Set, that comes with 2 creampuffs and an americano or tea. The price of set differs by selection of the type of creampuffs, with price differs from RM9, RM10 or RM11 for choices of classic, premium or durian puffs, respectively.

We took the durian puff set which is priced at RM11 (ala carte price would have been RM5.60 for puffs + RM7 for tea = RM12.60).

Seriously, the durian creampuff was insanely yummy, filled with its pure, creamy durian pulp. Kee's Creampuff's recipe for their puff differs from those available in the market,with theirs carrying a much softer texture. The durian paste was light enough for me to not me want more, yet thick enough to satisfy my craving for durian.

Durian Puff (normal price - RM2.80 per pc) 

Doesn't this make you wanna gobble down the durian puff? 

The tea bag they used was of good quality, and gave blossoms smell of the calming flavor of the chamomile. 

Chamomile Tea, which is part of Creampuff Tea Set (normal price - RM7)

This is indeed the right food, for someone that is looking for light food, dessert or party food. 

Kee's Creampuff 

Subang Branch (HQ) 

30-G Jalan USJ 9/5Q, 

Subang Business Centre, 

47620 Subang Jaya 

Tel : 017-384 2813 

Business Hours : 10am - 9pm (Tue-Fri), 10am-8pm (Sat), 10am-7pm (Sun)

Closed on : Mondays 

Bangsar Branch 

12A (1st Floor), Jalan Telawi 5,
Bangsar Baru 

Tel : 013- 277 2748 

Business Hours : 11am - 9pm (Tue-Fri), 11am-8pm (Sat), 10.30am-7pm (Sun)

Closed on : Mondays 

FB link, here

Whisk @ Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang Jaya

Been many times to Empire Shopping, and many times wanted to have coffee at Whisk. However, it remained unsuccessful, until I was there during a weekday. Finally, some seats are available. 

Entrance to Whisk

Side seating, that best maximize their space 

Having heard much of their coffee, and macaroon, I can't wait to have my share of what they have to offer. 

Well, the more impressive part for me on how well their staff know about their products, and I love to see his passion to recommend me their macaroons, and cake, and sharing knowledge about their coffee served. 

The very passionate staff, Apit, despite he said he was a little shy for a photograph

Apit explained the different flavors of macaroons available, ranging from blackberry, passion fruit, chocolate, peanut butter and rose. He also explained that all the fillings are made of buttercream. 

Indeed very attractive display of macaroons

These were the 2 macaroons that I tried, being the Salted Caramel and Blackberry flavour. I find that they tasted average, which has slight crisp on the outside, and chewy on the inside, however lacking the wow factor. 

Salted Caramel  & Blackberry Macaroon. 

We were also recommended the carrot cake, and we agreed to give it a try. Its in fact a very light cake, fluffy and moist, filled with icing sugar frosting. It carried good taste of cinnamon, filled with sufficient walnut, but, wasn't too much of my liking as I find that there were insufficient use of carrot, as I'd appreciate a cake with richer and denser texture, should it be a carrot cake.
However, I would say that pricing wise, its fairly reasonable. 

Carrot Cake. Price-RM8.90 

A blissful afternoon with coffee, cake and macaroons 

Whisk uses coffee supplied by Oriole, a Singapore based company that supplies them Arabica roasted beans, and was informed that these beans are used within 1 month to ensure its freshness. Instead of just listing their coffee as the usual Latte, Cappuccino, or Flat White, they also highlight all them as Espresso with Milk in the different oz of liquid that makes up to this drink. In this way, customers will know exactly how much concentrated their coffee will be, based on amount of milk that will be added in, to the shot of espresso. 

I like the way they list their coffee

I was tempted to try coffee with Nutella, but as this was my first time to Whisk, the staff has asked me to take their non flavored coffee, so that I can enjoy the original flavor of the Arabica beans. I enjoyed taste of my Latte, which was so smooth, and creamy.

Latte. Price-RM11

Whisk 
Espresso Bar & Bake Shop 
LG 03A, Empire Shopping Gallery, 
Jalan SS16/1, 47500 Subang Jaya 

Tel : 03-5022 2060 

Business Hours : 10am-10pm daily 

Whimsical Cafe @ Publika, KL

Whimsical gives me a feeling of dreamy and happy. The set up of the cafe somewhat shares the similar impression that I got, from its name. 

Having first entered the F&B market though its Cielo Dolci gelato, it has now spanned to a full fledge cafe, serving food, and apart from some interesting gelato flavors, they have also infused selected flavors into their food offering. 

Logo that represents gelato 

The drink preparation and gelato section at the forefront of the cafe 

The gelato flavors are listed on the wall, and I thought, how would it be possible to have a Nasi Lemak gelato flavor. Upon sampling it, its indeed like I was eating Nasi Lemak, as the gelato was made with sambal. Overall, I see that their price is very reasonable, with only RM7.90 per scoop, RM13.90 for double, and RM18.90 for triple. 

Other flavors include cookies & cream, dark belgian chocolate, jackfruit, salted caramel, rum & raisin and coconut gula melaka. 

I suppose the brief to the person to come out with the gelato flavors, was "let your imagination run wild!"

Door to enter is below the guy. Cute! 

I was tempted to try their new offering, the Salmon Gelato & Rosti. A dish that totally led my  curiosity to tinkle. I can't imagine how would salmon gelato taste. 

When served, I was pleased with the presentation of a sunny side up egg and the salmon gelato on top of the rosti. The rosti tasted extremely good, with slight crust, while using loads of potatoes within. I'm a potato lover, thus, this would be the food to feed me. 

The salmon gelato totally took me by surprise. It has just enough taste of salmon, but not fishy in that context, and the texture of gelato was so creamy and yummy. 

Salmon Gelato & Rosti. Price-RM17.50

Working with Artisan Roastery, Whimsical created some specialty blend. They also inspire to come out with variety of intriguing pairings combining gelato and coffee. 

I went for the safe option by having Latte. It was indeed a good cup of coffee, with just the right amount of milk with espresso. 

Latte. Price-RM10

Whimsical Gelateria & Cafe 
(shoplots outside Publika, facing Namoo)
D2-G3-05, Solaris Dutamas, 
No 1 Jalan Dutamas 1, 
50480 Kuala Lumpur 

Tel : 03-6419 0966

Business Hours : 11am-11pm (Mon, Wed, Thu), 11am-12mn (Fri), 10am-12mn (Sat), 10am-11pm(Sun) 

Facebook page, here

Shimino @ Pavillion KL

If one had visited the cinema at Pavillion, they will not miss spotting Shimino which is just located opposite, next to Nike. 

The set up of the kiosk was really attractive, with the design appealing especially to the youth and trendy group. Colorful and vibrant are best words to described how I felt when I saw the kiosk.

The vibrant kiosk 

With its recipe originated all the way from Harajuku, Japan, Shimino has upkept how the crepe and the cream within the crepe should be made.

The display shelves demonstrates replica of the crepes, made as believable as the real one. And decision of your desired choice may not be easy, as all looks really delicious.

Shimino offers their original crepe as dessert, savoury and crispy crepes with over 26 varieties of flavor combinations, with choices of fruits such as fresh kiwi, mango, banana, mandarin orange, pineapple, strawberry and longan. And something to entice the kids, there are options that comes with ice-cream, honey or chocolate topping. 

Apart from this, they also offer savory crepes, with selection of beef sausage, chicken slice or beef strip, and also the option of crispy crepes. 

Replica of Shimino crepes 

I was craving for some chocolate and banana, thus, it will be my ideal choice to take the Banana Ice-Cream crepe that came with chocolate ice-cream.

The chosen one

The mixed batter was spread thinly and evenly on the hot pan and upon the crepe being ready, the staff used the knife to hold / hang the crepe, and upon which, she swing the crepe a little, in order to reduce the heat. This process will enable that the whipped cream added to it, doesn't get 'melted'.

Upon all the ingredients being placed on the round sheet, its folded to a slight triangle shape, and then wrapped around by the paper mat.

The process of getting ready my crepe 

The whipped cream has a very milky taste, yet it tasted light. However, I remembered that it has a much smoother texture when I had it previously.

I just liked it all formed together, and careful eating is required so that one doesn't spill the ingredients out of the crepe.

The crepe tasted really soft, and with my this option ordered, I had to mainly finish the ice-cream first, as its on top of the 'cone', and I guess kids will really like it as it is sprinkled with rainbow rice, and it was a satisfying dessert for me, with my crepe filled with whipped cream and banana. I also liked the fact that they have the option of mini size, which may be a better option for me next time.

Banana Ice-Cream. Price-RM9.90 

Shimino have came a long way since they first started operation in 2010. They have now added many more varieties to their menu offering which includes snack food, syphon coffee, fruit tea, shaved ice and fresh juices.

Shimino 
Pavillion KL
Lot C5.06.00 & E5.06.00
Level 5,
168 Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-6148 1810

Website: shiminocrepes.com.my

Cielo Dolci @ Paradigm Mall @ Kelana Jaya

Paradigm Mall seemed to be one of the most talked about new mall in town.

As curious as the others, I was there with Cass a week plus after its opening, and spotted this new gelato place... Cielo Dolci, love the Italian name which translates to sweet heaven.. Who mind to end up in sweet heaven? Hehe..

The menu board that represents 'heaven'..

The sales person graciously offer us small scoop of the gelato for sampling. Both Cass & I immediately fell in love with the durian flavor, and the next natural thing to do, is to order..

Who can resist not having at least 1 scoop, after looking at these?

The prices range from 1 scoop to 5 scoops... We opted for 2 scoops at RM15.80. Well, as both scoops fitted in this small cup, thought the price is considered high. Despite that, it doesn't stop us from enjoying this super creamy natural tasting gelato.

Durian flavor tasted really yummy, however, the salted caramel tasted a little too sweet for our taste bud (despite it tasting fine when taken in sampling scoop).

2 scoops of gelato. Price-RM15.80

Cass & I, about to enjoy our dessert

Some answers as to why Cielo Dolci is so good...

Spot this logo when you are at Paradigm Mall next

Cielo Dolci
LG 50, Paradigm Mall,
No 1, Jalan SS7/26A,
Kelana Jaya, PJ

32F @ First Subang Mall, SS15

I have been a real slack in updating my blog, and I can't wait to get back to it.. My time has been totally occupied since the last 2 months, as I started 'working' at 32F, a kiosk, selling shaved ice at First Subang Mall. Within the kiosk, I'm also selling my baked goods, under a co-branding, called 'Sherlyns Little Dream'.

For those who have not been to First Subang Mall, it's located at SS15, Subang Jaya, which is in between SS15's Shell/McD/Mosque, and Hong Leong/BP Healthcare. Some tenants within this mall are Overtime, Library, Coffee Chemistry Signature, Loudspeaker karaoke, Edo Ichi, I Love Yoo, Chatime...

32F stands for 32 Degrees Fahrenheit, which means 0 Celcius ie. freezing point of water. As the business is all about shaved ice, thus the licensor has chosed this name to reflect what the business is all about, ie. at point of ice formation.

Story on the wall, about 32 Degrees Fahrenheit

Here's story on how this kiosk is created

I love 32F shaved ice as it has a really soft, smooth, melts in mouth texture. And what's more, its made from freshest and natural ingredients, and love the taste, that is not as sweet as some of the dessert offering out there.

There are 4 steps to ordering :
1 - dine-in / take-away
2 - choose shaved ice flavor (for shaved ice, option of basic and premium flavors available) and its size
3 - choose 1 free basic topping (for toppings, option of basic and premium toppings available)
4 - sweetness level (level of milk to be added to shaved ice)

32F's shaved ice menu

Some of the shaved ice flavors matched with toppings, offered as Combo

From all the shaved ice flavors I've tried, Mango and Green Tea are my top favorite. This 2 flavors are from the Premium flavors, which cost RM5.90 for a mini, and RM6.90 for maxi, which comes with 1 free basic topping.

Currently, there are 7 basic flavors and 5 premium flavors offered at 32F. There are more flavors that will be introduced from time to time.

Apart from the product, here's sharing some shots around the kiosk.

Preparation in progress, for opening day

This is a shot of how the kiosk looks like, currently.

View from the front

View from the left, with product shots

Seating area, behind the kiosk. Shot during opening weekend.

It was surely nerve wrecking during my 1st few shaving experience.

Full attention required, during the shaving process

Doing final touches on the Mango shaved ice

Here's some shots around the kiosk... I'm only selecting a few of my favorite shots..

Ian posing next to 'Kids Wonderland' product shot

To the very last sip

Me & my Bud

A baby that is just so cute

Lovin the mango shaved ice

Haneda proudly showing off her Mango shaved ice

Who can 'promote' my shaved ice better than Ian? hehe.. He totally loved the 'Passionfruit' shaved ice

Triplets, each with 1 of their favorite (shaved ice above served in Mini take-away cup)

To-date, have received very positive feedback from customers that tried 32F's shaved ice. Come try it for yourself.

We are currently giving out our loyalty card without expiry date, whereby with purchase of 10 shaved ice, 1 shaved ice worth RM4.90 will be given free.

Do LIKE 32F on Facebook.

32F
K-01, LG Floor Kiosk,
First Subang Mall, Jalan SS15/4G,
47500 Subang Jaya
Tel : 010-225 6428

Business Hours :
10am-10pm daily