pizza hut, kualé

yehaaa!!! yup, don't blink your eyes... ahaks! pizza hut is finally here in kualé. they first opened its door on friday, 4 june 2010, a day before the last school holidays. and believe it or not, we first went there last night even though we pass the road like every time we go out around kualé.

the location is very simple. its located along the main road of jalan taiping stretch, right opposite an indian temple. so i guess those who haven't come back to kualé for quite some time must be surprised on their upcoming home visit hehee... nevertheless i had to drive in to jalan dato' sagor, then i took a turning back to jalan taiping at the clifford school junction. this being that the main road has been painted with double line instead.

as we approached the restaurant, we obviously thought that it was full especially when we saw quite a number of people standing at the entrance, both indoor and outdoor. unfortunately those people were waiting for their take-out orders. so we had to wait like them too, after we ordered ours.

i certainly do not like the idea at all seeing the cashier counter placed right in front of the main door! walaweiii!!!... i wonder who was the brain idea behind the designing of that poor pizza hut. why, they must be afraid that kualé people would ran away from paying huh?!! *blerk*

from what i observed, it was actually kinda risky and not safe at all~ people could see the cashier opened the cash register openly... counting the money and all. blimey! they thought that they are clever, but you are not ler! ;P

i can't comment more towards the interior of the restaurant as we didn't go inside.

well, anyhow there's nothing to be proud of yet:

• we got our order at 43 minutes, when we were promised that it will be ready in approximately 25 minutes! when i tweet, i checked the receipt that the cashier logged our order at 20:57 . not just that, i saw that megat was given a bottle of pepsi only instead. he has to ask for an another! i hope that this won't be happened again on our next visit. you all should check your customer's order before you released them.


• while waiting outside and snapping pics, i heard a man told his friend that the service was rather slow hmm... that statement didn't surprised me at all ler...


• our pizzas were burned! :(

satë night...

we brought megat to his taekwondo class only when the class was about half way started. it supposed to start from 8pm to 9.30 pm. but i have to be firm and make sure that megat completed all his school homework first before anything else. i knew that he normally would be sleepy and tired by the time he comes back. i am proud that i did so.

the private taekwondo class lead by a chinese muslim instructor, is located at jalan raja chulan along a bhp station.

its been quite some time since the last time we had satë (satay)! so tonight was a satë night for both puteri and i. there are quite a number of food stalls infront of the shop houses building that housed the taekwondo class, in one of the units. we opted to have some satë at stall number 12, for us to kill the time while waiting for megat tonight. it was +/- 45 minutes so its not worth it for us to go back, unless if we send him before 8pm.

the satë there looks very tempting, what when the seller only cook them upon order! we ordered chicken satë only as per puteri's request. its RM0.40 each.

restoran kak bitah

guess who ate +/- 2.5 pieces of roti canai this morning?

me! hehee...

we dropped-by this local restaurant, restoran kak bitah after we had our usual morning workout today. that's actually one of our selected place for roti canai. we lurve to eat roti canai there because it will be served hot, crispy and importantly tasty! hmm... yummy!!!... its only RM0.80 each. the secret was that they kept the ready-made one in a vacuum container, not like most of other places where we could see that the roti canai were left opened on the work table. so to KNizam: that's another malay's roti canai that you could find in kuale.

this restaurant is located along jalan taiping, right opposite an indian temple.

american breakfast @ 'palast'...

good morning everyone!... i just had a very nice and tasty american breakfast in the comfort of my room. i really lurve it to the bits! o ya... do you think i look like a thai? i asked because the room service guy thought so hah!...

while i had a lovely italian cuisine last night during my appointment. i can't seems to remember the name of the restaurant though, maybe later... or might be any one of you klites know it from this teaser pic—

like i said earlier, the food was marvelous. what when non-malaysians said the same thing... thumbs up! i will try my very best to write some reviews when i have the time :~)

alright then... i gotta go...

the history of 'egg steak' at yut loy...

my two aunties and a cousin from kl came over earlier in the afternoon. they were craving for yut loy's. so all of us headed there after i fetched puteri from school. well i dunno of how many times i went there myself this few days. megat and i had 'roti kahwin' for breakfast on saturday after our walks. a day before that, a foreign friend dropped over on his way back to kl from penang. and ya... our hang-out place for lunch was none other than... yut loy! ivo really love the place than those high-class one. according to him, yut loy's the right place to wind down, surrounded with friendly kuale people weee...

i know i know... i have been blogging about yut loy like sooooo many times. but here's something that i think i don't see this anywhere else—

egg steak!!!

so have you people heard or tried egg steak before? i had that during lunch today. normally i will ask for buttered toast of traditional bread, to be dipped in to the steak's gravy and voila! its very nice i tell you... i like!

initially yut loy's started to serve egg steak as per budak koleq's request wayyyyy back during the old days. i was told that they can't afford to pay for beef steak then. so someone was asking ah meng whether he can cook for them beef steak' gravy but to substitute the beef with eggs instead. what a good idea huh?!! then the price was very affordable to them... hah! i dunno how much was the cost then, now is RM7.

kat kopitiam

we have been part of kat kopitiam's regular customers here in kuale ever since they opened quite some time ago. i can't seems to remember of when was that ler plak... but i know i have mentioned about it few times in this blog. megat speaks mandarin with them whenever we go there. good for megat! as he could practice his mandarin skills with them very well. some of the customers would be stunned you know, seeing a malay boy spoke mandarin with the kat' fluently hehee...

most of the food served are western style, and kat is very good on that. its not strange as kat learned and further his f&b studies in kolej (college) syuen or better known as syuen hotel and catering institute, a member of the syuen group hotels. i also understand that he worked with a hotel in singapore for few years before he moved back here to manage his own kopitiam. he cooked most of the orders himself with some great help of his mother.

we had lunch there, just the three of us today. as usual, the food were marvelous! hmm... yummy...


and these are the nice and friendly people behind kat kopitiam—



so if you people feels like having nice western food whenever you are here, do drop by kat kopitiam! make sure you tell them that megat's mom recommended you... hah! :~)

kat kopitiam
8, jalan kangsar
33000 kuala kangsar
tel. : +605—7767318




disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are entirely based on my personal taste buds and may vary for others. the reviewer also declares that she has not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from the restaurant for writing this review.

old town white coffee, near ipoh padang

actually i have been to old town white coffee, near ipoh padang for many times; but now only i felt that i ought to review about the place because of the uniqueness. its located right infront of the ipoh padang. pic on right shown an another view of the field.

mama had to go to one of the banks there yesterday morning. so since old town white coffee is just around the corner, we walked there while waiting for mama to settle her banking thingy.

i can assured you people that this old town white coffee shop is very different from its other branches. its placed in two lots of an old corner mansion shop houses building—


that's why i said its very unique. it also has a private room specially for private functions, meetings etc. on one lot. you don't have to pay any extra charges to use the private room. we can just booked it with condition that the estimated average rate per pax is RM5.00 only. i had a meeting there once that's how i know. while another lot housed dining area for normal customers.

i have also dined there during the evening before. at those time roughly after 6pm or so, extra tables and chairs will be placed at the out-door area. the environment out there was very nice, with the sounds and feels of the winds breezing and embracing my entire body, from top to toe... speechless!


refer to the above pic, from top to bottom and left to right:

1. the private room
   
2. a view
   
3. another view
   
4. old town instant white coffee, RM11.00/bottle
   
5. outside view form inside
   
6. puteri sipping her iced chocolate!
   
7. our food and drinks— iced chocolate (RM3.80 each), ice blended white coffee with hazelnut (RM6.30), ipoh chicken hor fun (RM5.80) and kaya & butter toast (RM2.50)
   
8. this is my favourite corner of the kopitiam
   
9. me! taken by megat

old town white coffee
3, jalan tun sambanthan (near ipoh padang)
30000 ipoh
tel./fax : 605—2435833

kuE' note
more f&b review to follow very soon! ;)




disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are entirely based on my personal taste buds and may vary for others. the reviewer also declares that she has not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from the restaurant for writing this review.

the coffee shop

i came across this new hang-out place called the coffee shop in sunway city, ipoh when he dropped-by my baking blog a few weeks ago i think.

my uncle ayah chulan had a wedding reception for his only son last saturday. mama suggested us to visit his family home in ipoh the day before. so i thought maybe we could have the chance to try out the coffee shop. mama also was surprised that i knew about this place beforehand. ma... this is all because of the technology lor... the pics posted on the blog really attracted me, beside the cute logo... i likeeeee!!! *big grin*

we went straight there after finishing some errands at ipoh old town, before going to ayah chulan's place. it was drizzling, so there was no front view pic from me. i parked exactly besides the shop located at a corner lot. but anyhow you could find some pics in the blog though.

there were only three stalls operated at that time by malay, chinese and indian operators who sell halal foods like malay, indian, and western food. i bet there would be more in the near future. check-out the food we ordered, along with the prices—


the food were all good, so tempting... except my mama's fried mee which was so-so as per her. while for our drinks— iced milo (RM1.70 each), fresh orange (RM2.00) and teh tarik (RM1.60). so altogether i paid for RM33.00 . not bad huh?!!... especially for the nice and great environment too.

another thing that i like is the washing area. its so unique consists of frying pan as the washing bin, placed on a charcoal stove. so many compliments, yet only one thing i would like to stressed out here, which my mother didn't like as well because her fried mee was from the malay' stall— lotsa flies liao!... flying around the food stuff there, it was so disgusting. i wonder whether the malay operators were aware of how the other stalls operators managed to take care of theirs promptly. mother was so afraid if she would ever get diarrhea later on. but thank god nothing happened *phew*

the coffee shop
23-25, persiaran SCI 2/2
sunway city
31150 ipoh

business hours: monday to sunday from 8am to 10pm, including public holidays.




disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are entirely based on my personal taste buds and may vary for others. the reviewer also declares that she has not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from the restaurant for writing this review.

of why i love staying in kuale so much...

this is one of the reasons of why i love staying in my hometown so much apart of there's no bad traffic jam compared to the city—

yut loy's roti kahwin & kopi 'o' peng

ya i know... i know... i have posted so many pics of roti kahwin and kopi 'o' peng here in my blog already. go here to know more about roti kahwin. its best eaten when its still hot hmm... yummyyyyy...

i was there last thursday with megat around 4+ pm, while waiting for puteri whose at her math's tuition and my mother whose renewing dad's HD road tax at the post office. the queue was damn long so we decided to wait at yut loy instead ;) besides that was the first time we went there since raya. just imagine, how would you feel if you can't have something that you like especially food for more than 30 days. the shop closed at 6pm the latest. we didn't tapau (take-out) any cuz like i said earlier, not just for roti kahwin but almost all the food there are good to be eaten while they are hot.

so... eventually (believe it or not) both megat and i ate 5 sets (2 pieces of bread per set) of roti kahwin (RM8.00) and we drank iced milo (RM1.80) and kopi 'o' peng (RM1.20) respectively; that make up a total of RM11.00 .

as you could see, yut loy's customer are from many races not just chinese. even when we were there, the restaurant was mostly full of malays and indians. the restaurant's most hit is the 'pau'. that's what i saw most of the other customers ate that time.

now make sure you drop-by yut loy (or 'ah lok' as known by the locals) when you are in town!

kuE's note:
this post doesn't mean that i don't miss kl life ya... especially my old job in the hospitality industry warggghhhhh!!!... but to tell you the truth here is more relax :)




disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are entirely based on my personal taste buds and may vary for others. the reviewer also declares that she has not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from the restaurant for writing this review.

the apartment downtown

i was there at the apartment downtown in klcc last night for this event. watch this blog for an update very sooonnnnnnnnnn...

the place served ramadhan buffet dinner at RM48++ (adult) and RM29++ (children). with more than 16 dishes everyday some of the highlights are:

• cottage pie--a mixture of minced beef, turnip, tomato, carrots, onion, garlic and covered with soft, mash potato and topped with cheese.
  
• roasted mediterranean vegetables--zucchini, aubergine, red capsicum, red onion and garlic flavoured with black pepper.
  
• ayam percik--a local favourite served with wild rice.
  
• dates fruit
  
• apple and pear crumble (apparently most of us lurveeeee this including me of course).
  
• apartment clams
  
• penang ulam
  
• roasted lamb
  
• white mousse (this is my favourite too) plus many more...

the place was really spacious. and all in all, plus the good food and friendly staff, thumbs up for you guys! btw you can expect a live band session which started at about 9.30pm on the first floor.

The Apartment Downtown
Lot 139, 1st Floor, Suria KLCC
Tel: +603--21662257




disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are entirely based on my personal taste buds and may vary for others. the reviewer also declares that she has not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from the restaurant for writing this review.

pakeeza restaurant

we planned to break fast at Pakeeza, an indian restaurant. besides its bah's (my grandmother) 81st birthday!

as we entered around 6.45pm, we were greeted by friendly waiters, who had constant smiles, as if they were permanently carved on their faces. nevertheless, a warm welcome did made us feel comfortable for a dinner here. its not my first time though. this is in fact one of our favourite place to dine with my task force team. even auntie yan catered with them for her daughter (my cousin) sarah's wedding dinner.

although the place specialize in moghul cuisine, they served buffet ramadhan too with wide varieties of malay food and kuih. i never missed to eat my favourite there, their naan and tandoori chicken (ref pic: on my plate-- top second and third one from right). it was pretty nice, with a fragrant burnt aroma from the tandoori locked into it. i also specially loved their kuih ketayap. very nice than any other i have ever taste.

there were five of us including megat. so after addition of service charge and government tax, the bill came up to RM137. this meal was by far much more worthwhile than any other in the city. bigger portion, better taste, more variety. i doubt i can find a decent RM30 (adult) and RM7 (children) buffet ramadhan meal in an indian restaurant in kl for this portion. i guess to be fair, it isn't a head to head comparison.

PAKEEZA RESTAURANT & CATERING
No. 15-17, Jalan Dato' Seri Ahmad Said,
30450 Ipoh,
Perak Darul Ridzuan.
Tel. : +605-241 4243
Fax : +605-253 0407
E-mail : pakeeza@tm.net.my
Contact Person : En. Rizal Ali Bin Naizali


disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are entirely based on my personal taste buds and may vary for others. the reviewer also declares that she has not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from the restaurant for writing this review.

u-café

on our last day in kl last tuesday, we went to bukit bintang again. the first was on sunday. this time we had to go there again because puteri wanted to go to a shop selling t-shirts at the bukit bintang's monorail station. i can't seems to remember the shop's name ler plak...

we parked at bb plaza and wandering around that afternoon, happily together while searching for a great place to eat alas... we saw u-café along jalan sultan ismail. the ambience seems to be in a comfortable environment at an affordable price... i like... it offers local cuisine with a modern touch. besides local favourites, they also serve western food. anyhow i saw many people ordered pineapple seafood fried rice. must be good right. probably i can try that next time ler...


this is vietnamese mini spring roll (RM8.90). we shared this while waiting for our food to arrive. its not that bad. even megat ate more than one piece ;)











the main reason we chose this place because of megat, as he seems won't have enough unless he eats rice. its his choice of lemon chicken rice (RM12.90) hmm... looks yummy ya... i tried a bit, nice.









and this one was yours truly's cajun chicken chop (RM18.90). i was so damn hungry and i finished it all lol...












u-café
C25 fiesta street
sungei wang plaza
jalan sultan ismail
50250 kuala lumpur
tel: 03-21429686
business hours: sun-thu (11am-10pm); fri-sat (11am-midnight)


disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are entirely based on my personal taste buds and may vary for others. the reviewer also declares that she has not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from the restaurant for writing this review.

bisou bake shop

FINALLY... *phew* i had the chance to try out dining at bisou after numerous attempts chewahh... last saturday. read this post and this post to find out of why the 'numerous attempts' lol...

we headed straight to asian heritage row where bisou is located, as soon as we arrived kl. we reached there around 11+ am, so we had brunch ler...

i ate their chicken pie (RM18.00), recommended by one of their staff who told me that its their best sellers. she's definitely true! its sooooo scrumptious. while megat and puteri had sausage penne (RM18.00) and steak salmon scramble egg (RM16.00) respectively. the food prices are kinda reasonable ya especially with the nice environment and friendly staff. i especially love their interior deco-- whites with english cottage-like, chantekkk!!!...

we were already very full, when i still felt of wanting to try their cupcakes so much. and so... i tapau-ed one each of their cupcakes available that day, which are simply named as choco dementia, eye candy, zig zag, vanilla sky and morning after (RM5.00 each). i tell you what people-- when i ate bisou' cupcakes, i just got the feeling that i was eating my own cupcakes *glurp*

as you could see, when we arrived there were already three tables full of their customers. then one after another left. hence the many pics that i managed to take snap! snap! ;)

to bisou: tqsm for the great hospitality ya... we will definitely be back!

bisou bake shop
asian heritage row
58 jalan doraisamy
50300 kuala lumpur
tel: +603--26970131
fax: +603--26930131
opening hours: monday to thursday ~ 9am to 9pm & friday and saturday ~ 9am to 2am

kuE's note: bisou means kiss in french mwahh!!!...

disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are entirely based on my personal taste buds and may vary for others. the reviewer also declares that she has not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from the restaurant for writing this review.

the red wedding at tupai tupai

as you could see from the above pic, we were in kl again during the weekend. this time was for a wedding also--cousin niki's wedding reception for the groom's side at tupai tupai restaurant. i specially chose those to be published here because like i mentioned before, "i like/try to take photos naturally, as i believe people are at their best when they are not aware they are being photographed". take note that all the pics has been taken by me except for bottom right by my cousin muzmania. nice one dude! i likeee... go and view more pics here.

actually i feel so great to be there. that was only the time we had the chance to meet with relatives whom we seldom meet. the usual tradition nowadays, relatives would only meet during weddings or deaths. reached home almost midnite, too tired to do anything but get into bed.

kuE's note:
wanna know who i met over the weekend? stay tune to find out more about it ;)

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tupai is the malay word for squirrel. the double usage of some malay words meant many, so tupai-tupai means more than one squirrel ;)

tupai-tupai actually means a tool/connector that connects the pillars and rooftop frame for traditional malay houses :D they don't have screws back in hang tuah's days.

the place is amazing. basically look like a rustic kampung with the attap roof. took a seat and soak in the ambience. the floors are completely built on silts and its entirely made out of wooden planks. can hear creaking sounds each time people walked pass by. true to their tagline "suasana di rimba kuala lumpur" (forest in kuala lumpur), the place looked as if its situated in the middle of a forest. it's amazing to find this place hidden right in the middle of the city.

they've got a few elevated wakaf (pavilion?) and it has low table. one need to sit bersila (cross legged in malay) style. cushions are provided.

all-in-all the ambience is great, but unfortunately, the food is only so-so... and don't even talk about the service :p

the restaurant is located behind dewan bahasa dan pustaka (DBP) and opposite MAA building. you can dine as long as you want as the parking there is free! tqsm sis (you know who you are) for the direction... anyhow i missed a turn ler... then have to turn back one wayyyyy round blerk!

tupai tupai
no. 551A, jalan bukit petaling,
50400 kuala lumpur.
tel: 03-2143 2525
opening hours: 11.00am-2.00am, daily