Ah Tuan Ee's Place @ The Curve, Petaling Jaya

The Curve is a place I frequent for choice of F&B outlets.

After this many times, it was my first dining experience at Ah Tuan Ee's, I suppose the feeling to have Peranakan food came to us. 

The heritage looking entrance seemed to gave us a warm welcome. Nice ambiance with nice decoration around the restaurant. 

The wooden door that greeted us 

Clean restaurant 

Pai Tee that came with lots of slow cooked turnip, shreds of carrot and spring onion is one of my favorite Nyonya appetizer. This one at Ah Tuan Ee was one of the best I've tried, mainly due to the fragrant slow cooked turnip, and the very crispy thin and crispy shell that held the vegetables together.  

Pai Tee

I ordered the fried tung hoon noodle. I like the wok taste, and it was tasty, and came with lots of ingredients, that included prawns, beansprout, squid and lots of egg. 

Fried Tung Hoon 

The green curry chicken was a pleasant discovery. It has a mild green curry taste, and a prominent lime taste that made this such an appetizing order. Only comment is that I wish they have cut the chicken to smaller pieces. 

Green Curry Chicken. 

Verdict : 

Overall, this restaurant has delivered a satisfactory meal to us. 

Ah Tuan Ee's Place

6 Jalan PJU 7/3, 

Mutiara Damansara, 

47800 Petaling Jaya

Tel : 03-7710 0630

Business Hours : 

10am - 10pm

Mei by Fat Spoon @ Desa Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur

One of the most recommended F&B outlet by friends to me of late was the Mei by Fat Spoon where I was told they serve very interesting Japanese fusion food. I had in the past saw recipe book by this 2 sisters that runs Mei, where the recipes shared are beyond the ordinary ones, and they cleverly add different ingredients to add twist to the otherwise could have been ordinary dish. With that, great anticipation surrounded me when I headed towards this outlet last week. 

I somewhat missed the spot when I passed by for the first time as the sign of their name was mainly on the glass door. Much sunshine goes through its glass window by the front and side of the outlet.  A feeling of freshness gushed through me as I stepped in. Just loved the simplicity of the place where they used mainly whites as part of their interior design. 

The outside of Mei by Fat Spoons 

Certainly very packed during lunch time

Drink counter and cash register area 

Overall, I find that they have good selection of food and drinks. Plus point is that, their prices are reasonably priced, as compared to many other F&B outlets. I liked how they name their juices, from Red, Green, Orange, Yellow and White, describing the colors of fruits used to derive with the juices. 

I ordered the Red Juice, which comprised of red dragonfruit, watermelon, apple and goji berries. Tasted naturally good, with dragonfruit taste being more apparent than the rest. 

Dina ordered the Yellow Juice, which comprised of passionfruit, honey pineapple, banana and lemon. Slightly sourish, this was just the right drink to open up anyone's appetite.

Red Juice. Price-RM12, Yellow Juice. Price-RM10

As starter, we took the Hokkaido Scallop and the Lychee Tartare. Just imagine yourself eating sashimi scallop, where you get to taste the largely chopped scallop, coupled with canned lychee, placed on top of lightly blend sauce, and accompanied by cuts of spring onions and fresh baby tomatoes. Refreshing offering.

Scallop and Lychee Tartare. Price-RM28

Sashimis are always welcomed by Japanese food lovers, and me being one, couldn't resist to order their bowl of rice that seemed to offer many good stuffs in one order. 

I was absolutely happy with presentation of the bowl of rice, mainly because the freshness of the fish and ingredients which seemed to brimmed onto me, and I love the combination of the colors. Natural and bright. 

Freshness indeed is the most crucial when it comes to Japanese food, and thus, this order certainly fits the bill. Generous amount and size of salmon were provided, avocado, japanese cucumbers, pickled, ikura (I just love the feeling of my tongue bursting them inside my mouth) and shreds of seaweed. The mixed texture felt by the tastebud was certainly satisfying. It ranged from crunchiness of the items, combined with softness and freshness of the fish, mixed with bits of wasabi to each bite - and all this combined, made a good bowl of rice.  

Within the rice, was the light homemade sauce which tasted just nice. Not too salty yet carried enough taste to give you a good balance of being able to taste the natural ingredients from all the good stuff that came with this order.

Salmon, Ikura and Avocado. Price-RM28

Salmon, Ikura and Avocado. Price-RM28. Upon mixed up, still look so good.

What my friend ordered was in fact very similar, with an exception of additional scallop and yellowtail fish. I love how fancy they have named this dish, the Summer Bara Chirashi Bowl. This would be much recommended for hard core fish lovers, as it had the salmon fish, salmon roe, yellowtail, and scallop as well.

Summer Bara Chirashi Bowl. Price-RM38

This place definitely calls for another visit soon, and when I stole a look at their spaghetti,, being ordered by a customer seated next to me, I have already planned in mind to have that the very next time I'll be here. 

Mei by Fat Spoon 
22G, Jalan 27/70A, 
Desa Sri Hartamas 
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03-2300 3327

Business Hours : 11am-10pm 
Closed on : Mondays 

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Boat Noodle @ Empire Damansara, PJ

When I first visited Empire Damansara due to a show I was watching at KLPAC, I was overall very impressed with the layout of the building. I love how the tall structure made me feel like I'm in a building overseas. 

Having seen how Boat Noodle has expanded in their business in Malaysia, I somewhat notice that amongst all F&B outlets in Empire Damansara, this distinctively show a busier patronage by walk in customers. Queues are a common sight, and the only difference is how long or short the queue is.

Not sure how much this is true, I've heard my friends said that amongst the outlets for Boat Noodle, this one at Empire Damansara is the outlet that serves tastier noodle. Hmm.. 

The concept of Boat Noodle are pretty simple, incorporating interior close to street food style, and I liked that they carry some Thailand-feel with its deco and Thai writing on its signboard etc. 

Inside and outside of Boat Noodle

Simple guide for ordering

They have the right marketing gimmick by introducing this style of eating. Small bite size of noodles served in bowls, priced at a low RM1.90, and during the beginning of their operation, I've seen many that seem to be in "competition" (in friendly manner, of course) on who is capable to eat more number of bowls, where the finished bowls are stacked up. Somehow, in all honesty, if one follow their heart, and just eat as they like, they will end up paying much more than eateries that offer a decent size of noodle at a fixed price. 

I loved both their variant of Chicken Thai Rice Noodle. They holds certain similarity in taste, both comes in tangy gravy that used dark soy sauce (1 with lighter sauce color), chicken broth, fistful of chopped coriander and spring onion, a chicken ball, a strip of chicken, and noodle enough for about 2 tablespoon size. Amongst the many types of noodles available, I really love the Thai rice noodle, the texture and the taste of it. They taste very similar to what you could have tried in streets of Thailand, and I give a big thumbs up in their authenticity of taste.

Chicken Thai Rice Noodle (Pathumthani & Ayutthaya). Price-RM1.90 each bowl

Their Thai Iced Tea is highly recommended, as it carries strong flavor of tea, and good taste of milk. Of course the small chunks of ice filled up almost the entire glass, but I guess that dilutes the sweetness a little, and overall a delicious glass of tea.

Chatting away at Boat Noodle, made me wanting for more. This round, go for their side dish. We ordered the Grilled Chicken Meat Ball. We were pleased with the 2 sticks of 6 meatball, which was grilled to perfection, and the meatball was chunky and filled with elascity. Just the way I would like it.

Cha Yen (Thai Iced Tea). Price-RM6.90; Grilled Chicken Meat Ball. Price-RM4.90

The fried chicken wings despite doesn't look too appetizing, as in the size of the wings seems relatively small, but the taste totally made up for it. Fried together with some lemongrass, the spices that went along with the marination comes through perfectly, as the taste was seriously yummy. Something that would make me crave and to return to have more.

Chicken Wings. Price-RM4.90

When I ordered my 2nd round of the Chicken Thai Rice Noodle, somewhat the presentation seems fresher with more visibility of the fried garlic, and we got few more strips of chicken, as compared to our first order.

We also ordered the Ka Num Tuay, served in saucers, which is the cold coconut milk with pandan dessert. Coconut milk tasted mild yet good, with the slight saltiness, and goes well with the bottom layer of pandan which is sweet. However, if the texture was softer, I would have been much better.
 

Ka Num Tuay. Price-RM1

Boat Noodle proves to be THE place to dine, whether for small or big eater, for proper meal, or even snack in between. Kudos. 

Boat Noodle 
G3A, Heritage Lane, Empire Damansara, 
Damansara Perdana, 
47820 Petaling Jaya

Tel : 019-477 3119 / 016-330 4762

Business Hours : 
Mon-Sun : 11am-9pm 

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Chili's Grill & Bar @ Jaya, Petaling Jaya

My most frequented Western restaurant ought to be Chili's Grill & Bar. This brand from Texas, Dallas first entered Malaysia in 1994, and I will always remember this to be my favorite Western restaurant for dining amongst friends and family. 

Having opened its latest outlet at Jaya Shopping Centre, I made my way there to have my dinner, and also to check out one of this latest neighborhood mall.

The entrance of Chili's at Jaya Mall

I have always liked the ambiance of Chilli's, which gave a very Westernize feeling, and customers can opt for the normal dining area or the bar area for drinking purpose.

The arrangement of seating are pretty much the same across their outlets, and this outlets holds some big mirror and walls that comes in colorful strips, kept close to Chilli's colors. 

Seating that maximize their space

My all time favorite has to be Triple Play, now also known as Triple Dipper. This order is good as appetizer for a few to share, or as a main meal for one or two. 

It is a platter combining 3 of Chilli's favorite appetizers, which includes Chicken Crispers, Wings Over Buffalo and Southwestern Eggrolls that comes with 3 different sauces for dipping. 

The Wings Over Buffalo are chicken drumette marinated in their spicy buffalo wing sauce which is done perfectly, as I could taste the marination even to its bones. It has a very crispy texture, and well fried. 

The Southwestern Eggrolls carries a soft and crispy tortilla wrapping around the ingredients, which includes smoked chicken, jalapenos, black bean, corn, green pepper and spinach. This has always been my favorite, as the mix of ingredients blends in well with the cheesiness within, and the crispiness of the tortilla.

The Chicken Crispers are fried and battered chicken stripes. As much as it still taste good, but over the years, this has significantly dropped in its standard, as the batter coating the chicken mostly fall off the meat, and oil is visible within the batter. 

Triple Dipper. Price-RM32.95

At times I crave for their Quesadilla and at same time, would like to be a little healthy, thus I choose to have the Quesadilla Explosion Salad. This salad comes with 4 pieces of quesadilla filled with cheese, and the salad comes with grilled chicken, tortilla strips, lots of lettuce, tomatoes, cilantros, and lots of cheese. The dressing being vinaigrette gives a sourish taste, that makes you wanting for more. 

The overall salad was really fresh and I was pleased with the amount of the salad that builds up like a small mountain in the middle of the plate. 

Quesadilla Explosion Salad. Price-RM26.95

The blackberry and strawberry sparkling soda was yummy with a good taste of both. Lemonade tasted good too.

Blackberry Strawberry Sparkling Soda & Lemonade. Price-RM9.95 each

All this while, we have been highly satisfied with the food quality served in Chilli's, and the standard of cleanliness. However, for this particular visit to this outlet, we were somewhat disappointed with the quality of the cleanliness of its cutlery, whereby even after requesting for the 2nd time, we were still not happy with the stain looking fork and knife, and had to wash them ourselves before using.

Chilli's Grill & Bar 
Jaya Shopping Centre
Jalan Semangat 
46100 Petaling Jaya 
Tel : 03-7931 5719

Business Hours : 
Sun-Thu : 11am-11pm, Fri-Sat : 11am-12am 

Passion Road @ Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, Kuala Lumpur

I've heard about Passion Road for a while. I was somewhat impressed when I found out that Passion Road is only open for events during weekends, and as for weekday, they are open only for lunches, from 12noon till 2pm, serving selected set lunches, and menu varies every few days. Menu is available on their FB page.

I've seen photos of events taken during night at Passion Road. Mesmerizing. Beauty. Nice Feeling. Suited space for event to take place, most definitely. 

I liked how the entrance is surrounded by big trees, and plants all over. Gives a feeling of nature within the hustle and bustle of the KL city. 
 

Lovely entrance

The entire set up all suited for events, with long tables, and I love the set up of the table at the corner which is decorated tastefully. 
 

Nice table for picture opportunity

They have 2 different set menu. 1 is the Standard Set Lunch priced at RM11 nett  per set, and the Premium Set Lunch is priced at RM17 nett per set.

I opted for the Normal Set Lunch that came with Black Pepper Udon Noodle, a drink and a dessert. The price is highly reasonable which is why I see they have lots of customers during lunch time. 

The black pepper udon noodle was fried well, tasty, and with lots of black pepper used. There were some prawns, chicken and some vegetables accompanying my noodle. Decent plate of noodle, and I definitely loved their sambal. 

Black Pepper Udon Noodle.

Drink that comes with each set 

The dessert served as part of the set was corn with green bean. Rich taste of coconut milk, but I'm not a fan of this kinda dessert, thus I did not really finished.

Corn and Green Bean dessert

My buddy ordered the Special Set which was the BBQ Lamb set. The portion was really big for only a mere cost of RM22 nett. It came with brocolli and cauliflower with mayonnaise salad, a portion of fried mee hoon, despite that we were not sure how this fit in the set, and 3 big slices of lamb. 
The lamb was tender enough, and goes really well with the sauce.

Lamb Set. Price-RM22

Both not fan of coconut, we did not really enjoyed the cheesecake, which only carried a very mild taste of cheese, and the dryness of the coconut wasn't something that complimented a cheesecake well. We just left the dessert after taking a tiny bite to sample.

Coconut Cheesecake

 

Passion Road has definitely create a name for itself for an ideal location for events, be it wedding or corporate functions. 

Lunchwise, they offered fair quality of food at highly reasonable price. Therefore, trust they will be able to continue draw crowd for their set lunches, which never seem to bore customers, as it is being changed every 2-3 days. 

Passion Road 

16 Lorong Yap Kwan Seng, 

50450 Kuala Lumpur 

Tel : 03-2166 7111

Business Hours : Mon-Fri 12nn-2pm 

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The Straits Cafe @ Centrepoint, Petaling Jaya

For as long as I remember, The Straits Cafe has been part of the tenant of Centrepoint. With it occupying a corner lot, it offers majority of its seating is within the central area of Centrepoint, with outdoor umbrella. 

Good crowd 

I salute the list of items offered by The Straits Cafe, which seemed endless, when I flipped through their pages of menu. They offer local Penang flavours, but I trust its not limited to that, made halal. And the more I should salute the kitchen staff that ensures they are able to cope with the amount of choices, yet delivering the food with good quality. 

First start was order of their Pandan coconut to quench my thirst. I love their coconut, a drink kept so cold, and just right level of sweetness. 

Pandan Coconut. Price-RM7

Craving for something sour, I ordered their Seafood Tom Yum Soup. It has the grainy texture that I liked, and the sourness balanced the spiciness of the tom yum soup. 
Within the soup was prawn, fish fillet, squid, and coupled with cabbage and carrot. Strong taste of lemongrass was also visible in the soup. Nice. 

Tom Yum Seafood Soup. Price-RM6.50

I loved the way their fried kuey teow was presented. Noodle was placed neatly on top of banana leaf accompanied by carrot and purple cabbage at the side. It was really tasty with slight burn on some parts of the noodle, making it even more flavorful. The noodle fried wasn't too oily, and has a strong fragrance that has to be resulted from the 'wok hei', despite no usage of pork lard. There were generous size of prawns fried alongside this plate of noodle, egg, and the bean sprouts and chives used was of the right portion and was added just at the right timing of cooking. 

Penang Char Kuey Teow. Price-RM9.90

My friend ordered their Garlic Pepper Beef Fried Rice, with request to lessen the garlic. Its nice that we can customized how we would like the beef to be. The beef was cooked well, resulting in good texture, and it was cooked with black pepper sauce, that comes with cuts of capsicum and carrot. All was just right to accompany the fried rice. Again, their presentation was nice, as this was served with cuts of fresh cucumbers and tomatoes. 

Garlic Pepper Beef Fried Rice. Price-RM10.90

Overall, a satisfactory lunch. For group that has different taste of food, this will be the right place to head to, as they are never short with choices, yet each one will get to order their individual choice of food. 

The Straits Cafe 
Lot G5, Centrepoint, 
Lebuh Bandar Utama, 
47800 Petaling Jaya

Tel : 03-7722 1153 

Business Hours : 10am-11pm 

Lazeez @ Solaris Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur

Having passed Lazeez several times, I had the perception that they mainly served pastries. Only discovered very recently that they serve extremely yummy Iranian lunch and dinner. 

Look out for this signage 

As I sat inside the restaurants, I could see that Lazeez was filled up with mainly regular customers, that seems totally familiar of what they are set to have for their lunch. 

Cosy & filled with regular customers 

Most customers, I saw ordered their packet rice which comes with chicken and a soft drink or ice lemon tea at only RM8. And I had that, during my 2nd visit here. It was rice cooked with extract of tomatoes, coupled with cuts of fresh tomatoes, and a 1/4 grilled chicken. Satisfying. 

Chicken & Rice Set. Price-RM8

I was a little drooling when I walked to their spread of food to make my choice.

Even the look of their rice was enough to make me happy. There are choices of broad bean and dill rice, lentil rice and raisins, plain rice and green bean rice.  

Yummy looking rice 

From the square cut of rice, it was really too much for one to finish. Its soft rice cooked with saffron and filled with some chicken shred. 

The broad bean and dill rice. Price-RM7

I can't keep my eyes off what one customer was having. He was having this piece of big Lasagne which looked absolutely appetizing. The soft cheese on top seemed irresistible. A look at how the lasagne looked is in my picture below. 

Spread of yummy food

Nice yummy food

This was the chicken I had. It tasted a little like our Chinese style of "Choy Kiok", the sour & spicy vege. This tasted a little more mild, with slight sourness. Chicken was cooked long enough and meat was soft and tender. 

Chicken

The other dish I had was their Gheymeh, a yummy mixture of meat and eggplant with split peas cooked in tomato paste. Excuse my picture, as I only remembered to snap a picture, half way eating. @__@

We also had the yoghurt with cucumber to accompany my rice. 

Gheymeh & Yoghurt. 

I tried one of the best tasting sauce at Lazeez. Its a concoction of tomatoes, chilli, lime or lemon, and I couldn't figure out the rest. Hehe... But the tanginess of this sauce makes me crave for more. 
However, during my 2nd visit, the taste differs, and it was much more spicy from the sauce I had during my 1st visit (as illustrated in picture below). 

Sauce by Lazeez, to accompany your rice

Overall, their food was really fresh. All are cook near to lunch time, and customers get to eat hot food. Yumms. 

Pick up and delivery service is also made available (number reflected below). 

Lazeez 
No 7 Jalan Solaris 3, 
Solaris Mont Kiara, 
50480 Kuala Lumpur 

Tel : 03-6211 2384

Facebook link, here

Nando's @ AEON Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang

My No 1 favorite fast food ought to be Nando's. It has popped to my mind many times in the past on why don't we have Nando's in AEON Bukit Tinggi. It was a good news to me when the change of tenant took place in Dec 2014 where this lot was taken over by Nando's. 

Amongst all fast food chain, the interior of Nando's is one that is most pleasing to my eyes, I like the colors used, with the warm lighting, and all that represent the origin of the brand, 

 

The grand entrance to Nando's 

Always busy - Nando's

Many art pieces used on the vibrant color wall 

One of the main selling point of Nando's is the extremely yummy chilli sauces that they offer. Seriously, the taste of the sauces alleviate the overall taste of the grilled chicken, which its already so satisfying.

Customers are welcomed to take their sauces

My absolute favorite sauce is the Garlic Peri-Peri flavor. It has the tanginess that truly open up my appetite. Its almost like, the more I take, the more I want. I love just the right level of spiciness that fits me just nice.

Our selection of sauces 

For sharing, we ordered their Full Platter, that comes with whole chicken, and sides, with the option of either 1 large size or 2 regular size sides and 2 bottomless drink. 

First thing first, we need to make a decision on our Peri Peri Chicken flavor. There are the options of Lemon & Herb, Mild, Hot and Extra Hot. I have always took the Lemon & Herb option, with just the right level of 'heat', as Nando's call it. 

As they explained, all their chicken came in some form of marination, thus customers may definitely get to taste some spices within, even the option is for a 'plain' taste chicken, ie, not the Hot Peri-Peri. 

I truly appreciate the existence of Nando's, where they marinate for 24 hours with their secret sauce, that ensure its sipped right into the bone. Upon which, they are flame grilled, using the various Peri-Peri sauce. And I do agree with Nando's, the result is Ultimate PERIfection! 

Meal Platter. Price-RM55

The Nando's chicken has each time fulfilled my craving for chicken, and not just any chicken, but good, tasty, high quality chicken. The skin that carried slight burned effect from grilling tasted ever so perfect, and each part of the chicken was just so tasty. Of course, with each bite, I would dip it with my favorite Garlic Peri-Peri sauce.

A dish I would say yes to, anytime

For the sides, we opted for the chips and garlic bread. I like the thick texture of chips, and the garlic bread was crispy on the edges.

It was only during this dinner, I discovered about the Peri-Vilege, where you download a phone apps called 'Peri-Vilege' which enable you to claim free meals from Nando's. It rewards you upon visiting Nando's after every 3 times. Simply, this is how it works - each time upon ordering, show the staff your Peri-Vilege ID, and they will reward you your 'chilly'. Get your chillies for 3 times, and during the 4th visit, you will get to claim a 1/4 chicken for free, the following 3 times, do the same, and you will get to claim a 1/2 chicken for free, and the last cycle, you will get to redeem 1 whole chicken for free. Wow, total reward worth RM75.70. Upon being bombarded by so many different loyalty programs, this is by far, one of a truly good way to retain and reward some loyal customers like me.

Peri-Villege

It is no surprise that majority of Nando's outlets are filled with so many customers, contributed by its winner chicken recipe.

Nando's
Aeon Bukit Tinggi
G25, Ground Floor,
1 Persiaran Batu Nilam 1/KS6
Bukit Tinggi 2,
41200 Klang