Shisha Lounge @ Solaris Mont Kiara, KL

Again I made my visit to Shisha Lounge. This is just a post to show what I had during lunch. 

I often find myself craving for them, so I just had to order both chicken dishes. 
Their chicken is just fantastic.  Tasted so good, with excellent marination done.

And they offer super good deal for lunch. On the right is their chicken breast kebab offered as part of set lunch which cost only RM15, which includes that, a plate of saffron rice, salad and a can of soft drink. Ain't sure where else to find such good deal. 

As for the chicken on the left hand side, its Chicken Kebab on bone. Its only available for ala-carte  ala-carte order. Because it taste so good, I was even willing to order it despite it cost more than double of the set lunch price. Super yummy. I almost can't help myself even as I'm sharing this.
 

Chicken Kebab on Bone. Price-RM35 and Joojeh Lunch Promotion. Price-RM15

Do visit my more detailed post posted earlier : here

Restoran Chang Rai Thai Food @ Taman Seraya, Cheras, KL

Original plan to eat elsewhere diverted to Restoran Chang Rai, as the other restaurant wasn't open. Blessing in disguise does happen when my buddy recalled this yummy Thai restaurant she once had near Cheras area. 

From the outside, the restaurant looked pretty ordinary, but my impression of this place immediately changed when our food was served.

Entrance of Chang Rai 

When asked for recommendation between the Red or Clear Tom Yum soup, the lady recommended the Red type. We went with the recommendation and we were pleased that we did. 

Although it does looked pretty oily, but one sip to the soup, we smiled... The overall taste of spiciness was well balanced by the mild sourness apparent from the broth. The richness  and fragrance of the soup that derived from the raw ingredients and herbs used in the making of the Tom Yam paste was highly satisfactory. Adequate seafood which includes prawn and squid were used, with lots of abalone mushroom. 

For a mere cost of RM18, this is a pot of soup that is very much worth it.

Tomyam Seafood. Price-RM18

The fish cake was tasty, with the right texture for my tastebud. Taste wise, thumbs up, and I just loved the fragrant of the spices used within.

Fish Cake. Price-RM12

The paku vege was real fresh and I love the slight crunchiness when biting this breed of vege. It is not too leafy yet just enough to fulfill our need for vege. Stir fried with sambal and  onion, this plate of paku was highly delicious.

Paku Vege. Price-RM12

The talapia fish was fantastic. It was absolutely fresh, and the lime juice used, together with cuts of chilli and garlic made this entire dish so appetizing and smells good. 

The fish shape platter used for this steam fish was the traditional type whereby it uses charcoal, and it kept our fish piping hot throughout our meal.

Talapia Fish, Lime Steam. Price-RM40

The pandan chicken came in a much bigger size that what I usually have in other Thai restaurant. Of all dishes, this was the only let down to us. It has a strong fragrance of the spices used, however, lack taste. It was bland, which somewhat suggest that perhaps they forgot to add the salt. Look wise, it surely gotten a pass. 

Pandan Chicken (min 4 pcs). Price-RM3 each

The 3 of us left with almost bursting stomach. Highly satisfied, with double LIKES for all dishes, except for the Pandan Chicken. Am also very satisfied with the whole dinner price that came to RM108 including 2 coconuts.

Definitely a recommended Thai restaurant serving authentic Thai dishes, for those coming or live near to this area. 

Restoran Chang Rai Thai Food 
27 & 27A, Jalan Bunga Tanjung 18, 
Taman Seraya, Cheras,
56100 Kuala Lumpur

Tel : 03-4288 5257, 012-694 7996

Business Hours : 11am-11pm 

FB link, here
Website link, here

Restoran Yap Hup Kee @ Jalan Pudu, KL

In search for food to eat when we were near Pudu, it striked my mind of this yong tau foo place that I frequented years ago. All my past experiences were pleasurable, thus headed to Restoran Yap Hup Kee.

Pick what you want

Their main products are Yong Tau Foo, Chee Cheong Fun, and Silver needle noodle or more popular known as "Lou Shu Fan" and also Steamboat which I presumed is served at night. 

One basically choose their pieces of Yong Tau Foo, and upon passed on to their staff, they will be either fried, or boiled fresh, and will be served with soup.I liked how they put aside  the fried items, from the soup, so that they are not too soggy when one is ready to eat. 

Just look at their mouthwatering spead of Yong Tau Foo, which although same may be same as what other outlets offer for example beancurd, chilli, bittergourd, brinjal etc, but their offerings has many that I don't usually see offered by others. 

I wish I could choose them all..

The paste they used to fill the Yong Tau Foo items has just the right texture, which suggest the freshness of meat used. How happy was my stomach to have all this delicious food that afternoon.

Don't they just look appetizing?

Can't wait to start eating..

We ordered the prawn wanton separately, with minimum order of 5 pcs. The beancurd skin thickness was just right, and were fried till really crispy. Each of them were filled with lots of paste within and even yummier when I get to chew on big size of prawns within.

Fried Prawn Dumpling (5pcs). Price-RM11.50

The Chee Cheong Fun has a smooth texture, and makes me want more. Topped with some fried dried shrimps which was so crispy, it lends much fragrance to the plate of chee cheong fun. The sauce also tasted good, and cooked till just nice, not too thick, nor watery.

Sweet Sauce Chee Cheung Fun with Dried Shrimp. Price-RM2.50

I took some of my buddy's Lou Shu Fan with curry to try. This will definitely be a favorite to the curry lovers, as the curry carries tasted so rich, and was aromatic. Yumms! If only I had double my stomach space to take this in... Hehe... 

Curry Minced Pork Lou Shu Fen. Price-RM4

Bills are lumped into one total amount for food, with no detailed itemization, but yup, gauging at how hungry we were and the fact that we did over ordered, we paid a total of RM52 including drink. 


Restoran Yap Hup Kee
45 Jalan Brunei Barat Off Jalan Pudu, 
55100 Kuala Lumpur 
Tel : 03-2148 9220 

Business Hours : 
9am-5pm, 5.30-11pm (closed on alternate Tuesday)

New branch at Kuchai Lama 
39 Jalan Kuchai Maju 7, 
Kuchai Enterpreneurs Park, 
58200 Kuala Lumpur 

Business Hours : 
11am-11.30pm 

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 

FB page, click here

 

Char Kuey Teow Jalan Batai @ Klang

The news of shoplots at Jalan Batai has to be closed to give way to new development has certainly draw some disappointment especially towards the office workers that frequent the coffee shops here. There were quite a handful of famous stalls which includes fish head meehoon, wan tan mee, and this char kuey teow. 

After reading news that it has now moved to Klang, I made my way there. There was a slight battle between the angel and devil in me, as I was having a sore throat, which may not be a good idea to have fried kuey teow. But my craving somehow took over.

Made up by first ordering their self boiled longan drink to soothe my throat. I must say this tasted really good, much stronger taste of longan as compared to what I've had before.

Loh Hon Kor drink. Price-RM1.80

The fried kuey teow aroma was apparent once the plate landed on the table. Each bite was filled with 'wok hei' giving it enough kick to the entire taste. The noodle was clearly separated, as I don't like those sticking together. At times it amazes me, similar ingredients used, such as beansprouts, scallion, cockles, egg which are used by most cook, but theirs taste especially good. They also gave very generous 2 big prawns. Yumms yumms!  Overall not too oily, just right I must say.
They managed to fry it so well that every part of the food on the plate has taste to it, that they don't miss any tiny part.  
 

Fried Kuey Teow. Price-RM5

Frying plate by plate

This is the lot, with hanging banner as signboard

One has to factor in that they will have to eat withstanding the hot and humid weather despite that the row of food court is sheltered, however, the taste of this yummy plate of kuey teow makes up for it.

Char Kuey Teow Stall 
No 3 Lot 206 Jalan Gelugor,  Klang 

Tel No : 016-9498042 / 014-6218042

Business Hours : 
8am-5pm (Mon-Fri), 8am-8pm (Sat & Sun)