Delicious Cafe @ One Utama

 
Assalamualaikum...

Last weekend I met up with an old colleague of mine at One Utama, we went for a movie.. we watched Days and Night... ok lah that movie, then after that we had a late lunch at this Delicius Cafe... its a good concept restaurant where by it serve western cuisine, the ambiances are very cosy...

Beef Lasagna with salads

Iced Lemon tea for me

Bacon and cheese sandwich

One Utama, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

F315, First Floor,
1 Utama Phase 2 Shopping Centre,
Bandar Utama,
47400, Petaling Jaya

Tel: 03-77241086

My rating for the place 4 and a half thumbs up...
plus a recommendations from me.....

Nasi Ayam Hailam

 

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Greetings my friend, here I am still alive and what a post I got for you guys....For us Malaysian, Nasi Ayam, or Chicken Rice are common but yet there are so many varieties of Nasi Ayam in our region, and they are all good to every individual taste... for me what makes Nasi Ayam special are the combination of four (4) element that makes a Nasi Ayam complete... they are the rice should be fluffy with a taste of the chicken essence, then the broth should be hot and aromatic, then the sauce which consist of the sambal and the soy, and lastly what makes the Nasi ayam complete is the chicken itself either steamed of roasted (normally fried) but the chicken should be moist not dried.... Mmmm mouth watering Nasi Ayam...

So this are one of my favorite place for my favorite Nasi Ayam, the restaurant is called Nasi Ayam Hailam Restaurant... Hailam stands for the one of the region in main land China that the recipe was originated. Not to forget the restaurant is certified with Halal certificate, actually I was told that the owner is a mualaf, a chinese convert to Islam, So lets have look at what is going on at the restaurant.....

This is the main entrance where they display the finely cooked chicken

This is the fluffy rice, cook to perfection

We had the steamed chicken

And also the roasted chicken

as a side dish we add the best kerabu mangga ever (mango salad)

and finally the comfortable environment, with a touch of string music instrument decor 

Well guys how's that? even when I'm writing about it makes me imagine that I'm still there... hehehehe

Here the Info of the restaurant:

Nasi Ayam Hailam Damansara Utama S/B
102, Jalan SS21/39,
Damansara Utama
47400 Petaling Jaya.

My rating for the place 4 and a half thumbs up...
plus a recommendations from me.....




P/S: I don't want to talk about the broth, actually it tasted like full of MSG (Ajinamoto)... I once saw in front of my eyes when they prepare the broth they put one bag full of MSG... that's why I give them 4 and a half thumbs up... if they make the broth with natural flavor then I give them a 5 thumbs up...

Mo'men

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Its that time of the month where I go hunting with my partners for new food joints... so last Sunday I came across this newly fast-food joint, I normally don't want to cover any fast-food, but this time its different..

This is Mo'men, its a fast-food concept, where you order at the counter and enjoy your meal at the table while sitting on an uncomfortable chairs... just like any other fast-food joints.... Mo'men is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Cairo, Egypt. and now it's available in Malaysia, in Shah Alam, section 7....

A few views of the interior of the restaurant.

That day I had Philly Steak Sandwich Combo

and my Philly Steak Sandwich

Mo'men Restaurant
2 Jalan Kristal J,
Seksyen 7,
40000 Shah Alam

Carvings

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Its been a long time since I wanted to write something about fruit carving... But I need to get my facts right first. Last Friday I conduct a fruit carving class for may student, they were all excited as they never done it before.. so I explain to them that fruit carving originated from Asian countries such as Thai, and China... In China the technique of carving that they use are: they use chisel to carve, they carve a live shaped sculpture, such as bird, tiger and so on.... where as in Thai the technique are different,  the use knives, curved knives, they carve in to floral shaped master pieces... Another thing in Thailand the ladies who do the fruit carving but when the skill has evolve into its neighbor country such as Malaysia, its the opposite... the man can do better fruit carving then the ladies...

Here are the tools that I use to do my fruit carving

Steps of making the fruit carving come alive..

The end product

The Master Piece

The people behind the Master Piece

KUNANG KUNANG RESTAURANT

 Assalamualaikum...

Last weekend we had dinner at Kunang-kunang restaurant, the environment was nice it was a "teratak" concept, the service was good, many people were there, and there's also a live band that plays good music.

The ambiance of Kunang-kunang restaurant

for starter we had Fried Calamari

I had nasi lemak with fried chicken

She had Tom Yam Noodle

For our beverages we hat Sirap Bandung and Ice Lemon Tea

In conclusion I feel that I had a good experience at kunang-kunang restaurant. We had good food, good service, good atmosphere, good entertainment. I give it a 4 thumbs up

KUNANG KUNANG RESTAURANT
Lot. 5130 Jalan Lingkaran Tengah II
68100, Gombak, Selangor
Tel: 03-41062015
Fax: 03-41077015
http://www.kunangkunang.com.my

Vivo Bukit Tinggi

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Hmmm where to start..... these few weeks have been restless for me, just got back from Kuantan, got classes to conduct, and classes to attend, got assignment to give out and also assignment that I have to finish... So today I steal some of my precious time just to scribble about this place I just went with my special someone...

It was that day when we don't know where to go and have lunch at, somehow or rather we end up at Jaya Jusco Bukit Tinggi Klang... so we planed just go in a restaurant that catches both our interest.. hehehe... I wanted to go to a Japanese joint, but I have to consider what we both like.... so as we went around and around we finally end up at this one place called Vivo, the ambiance looks like a kopitiam.. but the menu is more of a western Mediterranean type... so we're both happy with the menu... 

She's having Chamomile Tea

for starter I'm having the Classic Caesar Salad

and Bananarama for my drink

she's having Seafood Baked Rice

and my main course is the Beef Lasagna

In conclusion what I can say about this place is I give it a 2 and a half thumbs up, the Seafood Bake Rice was very nice but... the Beef Lasagna tasted very funny.... My suggestion, don't order the Beef Lasagna... hehehehe

VIVO BUKIT TINGGI
Store #003/01
G27, GROUND FLOOR
JUSCO BUKIT TINGGI
41200 KLANG

How to enjoy Sushi...

Assalamualaikum...

I just found this sushi etiquette on the net, I thought its best if I share it with you guys who love to eat sushi but sometime we make the wrong move, I admit sometimes I do dunk the rice first instead of  dunking the fish... hope that this post will give some of you guys a bit of a clear view on how to enjoy sushi the right way..

Thanks;

Ayam Penyet AP @ Subang ss15

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Let me start by saying Happy New Year, happy 2010... let this post be the first post for 2010 hehe... Last week I went to this so called "jawa timur" cuisine restaurant call Ayam Penyet - AP, I dont know what AP stand for. But its what people are talking about rite now the famous "ayam penyet"

this is the nasi putih that is serve togather with ayam penyet

this is the ayam penyet, its a deep fried "smashed" chicken serve on a wooden plate with tempe and beancurd togather with the blazing hot "sambal olek"

I also add on Udang balado, it is fried prawn serve with sambal, tempe and beancurd

Ayam Penyet - AP
No 74, GF Jalan SS15/4
47500 Subang Jaya
Tel: 0356335178
http://www.ayampenyet-ap.com