Edo Ichi Sushi @ First Subang

Had this pictures taken few weeks back but a bit lazy to transfer it back to my 'lappy' until now. This is actually one of the expensive or above average in terms of pricing Japanese restaurant I had. Since I have my benefactor with me that day, we are all set to fill with our tummy with wonderful delicious yet expensive sushi. The name of the place, Edo Ichi which is located in the new First Subang tower.

The place was half full during lunch hour when we arrived. I think it's due to the new lunch set which they introduce. This is our second visit and we had decided that we won't be returning unless someone is buying the other. LOLX!! We were seated inside and flipping through the menu looking for expensive non-filling items. Decided to go all out on sushi and sashimi and no bento set lunches. 

First on the table would be their fresh sashimi or salmon. OK, I am very particular in my fish and I had to say that this is one fresh salmon we had. Five slices of this baby cost us around RM25. I guess money can buy happiness in this case. It was fresh and nicely cut. Juicy~!  

Decided to go for salmon and since we love mayo, we had this. Not the best we had but still worthy of the price we're paying I guess. Actually we thought of ordering another grilled unagi but decided to call it off at the end worried that we can't finish it. Since we have 2 soft-shell crab roll after the salmon. 

We wanted to try something new so we had this una cheese roll. The cheese on top was a nice touch but the whole sushi didn't really tickle my fancy that much. I think I can say the same for my lunch buddy too. The roll does look inviting and all but it's doesn't really reach that 'WOW' level yet. Maybe a 'Oh, OK' level only. 

Lastly we had this salmon, crabstick and cheese roll which we had during our first visit. This is better than the una roll at least. Both agreed that this is reaching that 'WOW' level too. After this dish, we had tons of green tea clearing our throat. Thought of ordering some small sushi on the kentai belt but we really can't stuff anymore. 

When the bill came, it amounted to RM95 which upsets my benefactor since she thought it would be more than RM100. It was a good fulfilling lunch for both of us and we again agreed that we won't be back anytime soon unless someone is buying lunch. They have a few branches in Malaysia if I remembered correctly from the menu. There's one over at Solaris Dutamas and another over at Island Plaza. So do drop by the place and let me know if you think it's worth your money. 

Rating: 

Food: 3.8 out of 5.0 (quality is good but a bit pricey)

Ambiance: 3.8 out of 5.0 (quiet and not too crowded) 

Service: 3.8 out of 5.0 (staffs are friendly and served fast) 

Kedai Kopi Hing Lee @ Tawau

I am not sure if I had been to this outlet before as it has close to two years since my last trip over to Tawau. This has got to be the must visit shop for foodie like me over at Tawau. Well according to our family friend information that is. I had tried their branch outlet the day earlier and it's not that bad either. So this should be better I guess. Don't really but remember where is it exactly located but it's within the city. 

The place was crowded when we arrive that afternoon. Luckily we managed to get a table in minutes and quickly made our order. The shop is handled by mostly young ones which surprises me. I thought the cook should be at least in his 50s or so. Anyway, I'd learnt from experience to not judge by the cover or in this case the age of the cook. 

Since I don't read Chinese, I am not sure what the pricing on the wall said. But by all means those who can can at least make some sense out of it. 

The sauce available are very standard. We have soy sauce, pepper and their home made chili sauce.  They do have this additional fish oil sauce for you to add on your noodle. 

I was hungry so I'd ordered a large portion of the noodle.  The noodle looked similar to the one over here but actually it's not. The main different would be the missing taste of "kan sui" or the preservative they added to the noodle which most of the people hate over here. The noodle over there are made fresh so they won't need the additional preservative as I was told. 

The preparation of the noodle was simple. But as they, simple food are the hardest to prepare. As you can see above, there are only a bit of thick soy sauce and some bit of onions and spring onions to top it off. But trust me when I saw, this has got to be one of the best noodle I had in years. The oil they used to mix with the onions are cook together with pork so you can taste bit of onions and also pork in it. Damn delicious. My only comment would be the cooking time of the noodle. A bit hard for me although I like mine that way but then again I didn't told him how I wanted my noodle to be cook. 

I am not sure if the noodle is the main or the soup with the pork is. But I trust it would be the latter since the name is "Sang Yuk" or fresh pork.  The pork are sliced just nicely not too thin and not too thick and being cook in boiling water. It's tender and it's soft. I was really surprised that it was pork and not fish. I heard that their soup will be cook for the whole day long so trust me when I said that the soup is sweet.

The combination of a good bowl of noodle and pork soup by the side. Both a simple dish but make a  heck of a combination together. 

I totally love Tawau. When you ordered ice lemon tea any where, and I do mean any where. They really are putting in slice lemon for you. Not like our side, where you can only get this in kopitiams and not stalls outside.  

Food are served fresh and fast although the place are pack with customers. But it doesn't affect the quality of the food served. You got to love this place. Definitely one of the best food I had over at Tawau during my trip. 

Rating: 

Food: 4.0 out of 5.0 

Ambiance: 3.5 out of 5.0

Service: 3.8 out of 5.0

Chef Lim Organic Kitchen @ Scott's Garden

I was driving along Old Klang Road while fetching my new lunch buddy. Saw Scott's Garden and was wondering if there were any new restaurant worth trying. Saw this new restaurant called Chef Lim while passing by the building and decided to give it a try. This is my second trip over to Scott's Garden and the parking is still a bit confusing to me. Most of the lots are still unoccupied which is a bit sad. You can see a lot of adverts on the windows and all. But the outer shops facing the main road are getting more and more by  the day. Chef Lim is located on the top floor above Beef Factory. 

The restaurant is still very brand new from the look of the paint and also the furniture. I like the ambiance of the place as it's very familiar with Full House, which is all white design. The place looked very nice and clean. Brightly lit up and the restaurant is facing outside did have an advantages to it. There were only another table occupied when we arrived. Maybe the place is still very new and not everyone is into organic food yet. So the crowd seemed to be a bit slow. 

Since it's a restaurant that promote organic food, hence there's plenty of health food on their shelves. After scouting out the environment, we got ourselves comfortable and went through their menu. Plenty of choices ranging from Western to Local dishes. They have ala-carte dishes to order too if you are dining in a group. We set our mind on their western dishes. 

Both of us actually are Carbonara lovers. So when both of us saw it was in the menu, we straight away wanna ordered it. But since we are sharing, we decided to order something different and try. The Carbonara came first. Presentation wise, I give it a 6 out of 10. Maybe cause I expect the pasta would be place in the middle high rather than flat down on the plate. Sorry, a bit strict on the presentation here. The pasta doesn't have a strong scent of cheese but rather more taste of the mushroom used. It's not too creamy but just nice and thick. The sauce is a bit special here since there are no pork or meat involved. Not really bad for an organic vegetarian pasta. 

We had browsed through the menu several time and finally landed on this pasta, Anna & The King. Why Anna & The King? Beats me. Maybe cause it's more of a Thai based sauce. It has a lot of vegetables like capsicum, tomatoes and onions in it. The sauce is slightly spicy and sour which might be the reason for the name. Together the pasta seemed a bit flat but when I tasted the sauce alone, it was quite good. But how can you take the pasta and not the sauce right? 

Actually they forgot bout our second order and we had to remind them of it. Maybe they are still new? But then again, the place is not crowded and the waitress are quite free. And we did specifically ordered two plate of pasta. Overall, it's a nice lunch where we have some hit and misses. Not an overall disaster. Good? Well you decide yourself if you do drop by. 

Rating: 

Food: 3.5 out of 5.0 (thumbs up for the Carbonara but Anna need to really work harder with the King). 

Ambiance: 3.8 out of 5.0 (nice and bright. can have a decent chat with your friend since it's really quiet)

Services: 3.5 out of 5.0 (they forgot our order .. )

Tea Room Set Brunch Promo

My dear baker The TeaRoom is having a Promo now. 51% OFF for their Set Brunch for one. You can choose from their Fresh Bake Pie or Pasta and a sliced of their Cheese Cake. The set also include a glass of refreshment. This promo is valid for both dine in and also take away. usual price for the Brunch Set is RM22.20 but now you only need to pay RM10.90. 

That's not all, you can choose from a variety of Pie and Baked Pasta:

• Shepherd's Pie (Chicken or Beef) or;-
• Moussaka - Greek Delicacy or; 
• Creamy Tuna Baked Pasta and 
• Chicken Mushroom Baked Pasta

Here are some of their Freshly Made Cheese Cake to choose from:-

• White Chocolate Lychee Cheesecake or;
• Mars Bar Cheesecake and 
• Dark Chocolate Cheesecake

Choices of Drinks:-

• Iced Lemon Tea
• Iced Peach Tea
• Hot Brewed Tea and 
• Hot Freshly Brewed Segafredo Coffee

Some info about the place. It's located over at Bangsar inside Wisma Volkswagen. The TeaRoom is a small cozy place where you can grab a quick lunch with your colleagues or friends. TeaRoom also specialized in catering baked goods for weddings, company dinners and event launches. You can find out more about TeaRoom through their website [HERE] or Facebook [HERE]. You can buy this promo from ilovediscount website [HERE]. Enjoy~! 

Kimchi Korean Restaurant @ Tropicana Mall

I had visited this restaurant on it's first day of operation. But since I am into affordable set lunches these days, I had decided to give this place a post. It's called Kimchi Korean which is located inside Tropicana Shopping Mall. It's located next to Otak-Otak Place. Customers started to poured in several months back after they had introduced their value meals or set lunch. I guess you need to have set lunches available for working class people working nearby. I don't think that we will have BBQ for lunch that often if compared to normal set lunch. So I guess it's a wise move by the owner. 

Basically they have two type of value meal to choose from. You can either choose their noodle or rice value meal. Here as you can see, there are 4 types of Korean noodle to choose from. The Korean noodles ranges from seafood, beef, egg & sausages and vegetarian. The price varies of course being the vegetarian the cheapest one. Babe decided to try their Korean noodle since she's really like noodles a lot. 

The second value meal would be their hot bowl rice or dolsot bee beem bab. Similar to the Korean noodle they also have four types of rice ranging from seafood, beef, chicken and vegetarian. I had choose the beef rice since I never tried it before over here. As the picture shows the value meal comes with a glass of either green tea or ice lemon tea and dessert. 

The dessert came first which is a bit weird.  There's 4 slices of cold watermelon. 

I'd ordered the ice lemon tea while babe ordered their hot green tea. No, I don't think it's refillable. Maybe for the green tea but, ice lemon tea? I doubt it.  

Babe's Korean seafood noodle came first. I had actually tried this a couple of time and decided to recommend to babe. Portion was generous for a set meal. Yes, it does looked like those instant Korean noodle we cooked at home a lot. Hence, I asked babe to ordered their seafood noodle since there's prawns, squids and clams in it. 

As usual, the noodle has quite a strong scent of kimchi in it. The seafood was just enough for babe. Nothing too much but just right. I don't really take seafood, so I ordered their beef noodle previously which tasted equally good. Plenty of cabbages and also crab meat stick in the soup. Nice to eat during a cold rainy day. 

As for me, I had ordered their dolsot bee beem bab. Bee beem bab actually means mixed steamed rice. Dolsot bee beem bab practically means the steamed rice served in hot stone pot. Bee beem bab actually is a common meal served over at Korean when they have left over dishes. So they poured everything on top of the steamed rice and eat it. The hot stone pot is preheated first and rice are poured on it so that the rice underneath will be a bit crunchy when you eat it. Bee beem bab consists majority of vegetables like spinach, lettuce, carrots, bean sprouts, mushrooms and topped with an egg. It's covered with shredded Japanese seaweed.  

This is how the rice looks like after mixing it all around. You have bit of everything everywhere. The most important ingredient would be the sauce. It's called Gochuchang paste. It is spicy red pepper paste actually. It's red in color and I forgot to snap a picture of it before I start mixing it around. Like I said before, the dish actually created from left over dishes, so it does looked like left over on the above picture. But the taste is really nice after mixing all of those around with the paste. Again, a very nice dish to have on a rainy day. Something to heat up your tummy and excite your taste bud. 

Overall, the lunch was really nice and the service was acceptable. Although they hired a lot of foreigners but at least they are very efficient and they know what the customers requires. We waited a while for the food but at least it's good. Although I felt a bit weird when they served the watermelon (dessert) first even before the drinks and main dish. Other than that, I have not much comment of the place. Nice hang out place since their tables are really large. Cause they have a lot of side dishes to be served if you are having ala carte. 

Rating: 

Food: 3.8 out of 5.0

Ambiance: 3.8 out of 5.0

Service: 3.8 out of 5.0

Location: 

Kimchi Korean Restaurant, 

L1-57, First Floor, 

Tropicana City Mall,

Petaling Jaya, Selangor

PS: Picture courtesy of tropicana website

Nadeje Patisserie @ Malacca

I heard about this place which sells layered cakes over at Malacca a couple of times but never really know what is the real deal. So I searched around and finally I know what is this all about. The place is called Nadeje Cafe which is located over at Plaza Mahkota and also inside Dataran Pahlawan. It took me some time locating this place since my Papago brought me to Holland that day. But finally I found it using google map instead. Sigh~! I am not sure why they took off the signage on top of their shop. But that doesn't deterred locals from visiting the shop. It was packed when I arrived. 

Even heard one driver who came over from out station to take away 10 pieces of the shop's famous Mille Crepe. OK, for those who don't know what the hell is this crepe is all about, let me explain. A crêpe or crepe is actually thin layer of pan cake made out of wheat flour. Crepe is a French word which means "curled" but originated from a Latin word "crispa". Hey it get's weirder as this crepe originated from England. The world "mille" actually means "a thousand". I think you get the idea why the called it a thousand curled when you saw the patisseries. 

The shop is famous for their wide range varieties of Mille Crepe. Normal slices cost around RM9. There are at least 10 different types of Mille Crepe on their shelves. They have Tiramisu, Berry Berry Strawberry, Strawberry, Strawberry Chocolate, Orange Chocolate, Cheese, Chocolate, Original, Double Chocolate, Cafe Mocha, Chocolate & Mint, Cafe au Lait, Cheese Chocolate, Rum & Raisins, Mango Chocolate and lots more. You can also pre-order a full size cake for 1kg or 1.5kg. So what's your fancy?

I am a bit lost when I am browsing through their fridge. I can't decide which Crepe to ordered. I wanted to try all of them if you asked me. But it's not cheap. So I had decided to ordered 3 slices from the women's recommendation. I had chosen Cheese, Chocolate and Berry-Berry Strawberry. 

Other than Crepe, they also sells tarts like this delicious looking Strawberry flavored tart. I don't really fancy strawberry that much but I know wifey loves them a lot. But 3 Crepes and a tart is too much. Maybe on my next trip over. 

They also have Mango flavored Tarts and also Chocolate Eclairs. Tempted to go for the Eclairs but my head got the better of me and decided to call off the craving for now. 

Here's how the Mille Crepe looks like. Well you can't really see the best part of the Crepe since it's covered with aluminium foils. A bit regret that I didn't ordered the Original flavored. 

They even have liquor flavored Crepe. Cool~! Not sure how it tasted but should be interesting. 

Since the Crepe will melt during the 2 hours drive back to Shah Alam, they recommended to purchase this ice box for a price of RM5. It's a price I am willing to pay since the ice box can be reuse later. The ice box even written with the shop's name and also their suppliers. Very professional. The Crepe according to them can only last not more than 1 hour if you don't use this ice box. 

This is how they packed my Mille Crepe. They placed 3 big blocks of dry ice together with the Crepes.

Here's the Cheese Mille Crepe which I bought back from Malacca. It's been 7 hours but the Crepe still looks so tempting. Waited for wifey to arrived and we quickly dig into the Crepe after our dinner. What is so different from their Crepe and the other outside? For one, each layer of the pan cakes are so thin. You can actually find Mille Crepe over at Food Foundry @ Seksyen 17, PJ. But this is much nicer if you ask me. The Cheese isn't that strong so you won't really feel so filling afterwards. 

Since wifey like strawberry, I had bought this berry-berry strawberry especially for her. It's quite sour but wifey loves it. The taste of strawberry according to her was just nice. Look at those thin layer of pan cakes and tell me that you are not salivating now. I am not a big fan of strawberry but I too agreed with her that this Crepe tasted really nice. 

I am contemplating whether to get the Tiramisu or Chocolate and the girl told me the latter doesn't taste so sweet so I took it. Very true the Chocolate Crepe wasn't sweet but still pack with strong chocolate taste. Before this, I am not such a big fan of Crepe but after this, I am totally in love with them. The feeling of sinking your teeth into each thin layer of crepe in your mouth. Even when you cut the Crepe with your fork, you can feel each and every layer of it. Simply delicious. 

These Mille Crepes must be kept cool and best consume right off the freezer. Actually consuming three slices of Crepes are a bit too much for both of us. We nearly didn't finished it. After all, it's made out of wheat flour and creams. You can treat this as high tea delicacies or night time desserts after a sensual dinner. I am still searching for a good place in Klang Valley selling good Mille Crepe. Anyone heard of any place, do let me know. And do try this place out if you are some where in Malacca or traveling down soon. Let me know what you think. Bon Appetite ^^ 

Rating: 

Food: 4.2 out of 5.0 (one word, delicious!)

Service: 3.8 out of 5.0 (very helpful and fast in preparing the order)

Ambiance: 3.8 out of 5.0 (didn't really dine in but seemed quite cozy but a  bit noisy during lunch hours)

Address: 

Nadeje Sdn Bhd

G-23 & 25, Jalan PM 4, 

Plaza Mahkota, 75000 Melaka

Nadeje Cafe Sdn Bhd

Lot No.UB051, 052 & 053

Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall, 

Jalan Merdeka, 75000 Bandar Hilir Melaka

For Reservations: 

+606 284 3469

+606 283 8750

Neroteca @ Jalan Somerset, KL

I had wanted to visit this place out for quite some time but didn't have the time to go over each time. Since it's located nearby Changkat B.B, it was quite troublesome for me to go down after working hour unless for special occasion. Finally, I'd managed to visit this place out after some time searching for it. It took us close to 1 hour to get here from Bangsar. Got some wrong direction and massive jam over at Jalan Pudu on the way over. Actually we can't decide where to have lunch that day and finally I thought of Neroteca. Parking was a bitch since there's not much available and there's a construction going on opposite of the building. We managed to persuade the guard to let us park at the reserved parking at the end. 

The place is nicely decorated with lots of water bottles and also wine bottles. They have another sister company called Nerovivo which is located at Jalan Ceylon which is a bit classier. The place emphasizes more on fine wine dining and all. I heard this place served some lunch set and decided to try it out. Not much customers around but just now. Not too crowded and noisy for a quick lunch. 

The window that we are seated are filled and decorated with lots of this Acqua Panna water bottles. Really nice. We are served with plain water but they do served other stuff like juices and coffee which we didn't ordered. The staff was really fast to take our order and willingly introduced recommendations to us. Now that a story that I need to tell later on. 

Upon ordering, we are served with this paper box filled with garlic and bread. This is so freaking ol' school.  I had plentiful experience with garlic bread before but this is my first with real garlic and all. OK, maybe I am a bit jakun as some of you might have tried this before. 

Even the olive oil is in a cute lil canister. 

Now this is what I called a real garlic bread. We soaked the bread with some olive and vinegar oil. Mashed the garlic on top of the surface and lastly sprinkle some black pepper on top of it. Perfect. 

Both of us finished up the whole basket of bread in a jiffy. Not sure if the bread was that good or we're just that hungry that day.  

Went through the menu and decided to ordered my usual dish, Carbonara. When it was served, both of us was really disappointed of the portion. They were really stingy of their pasta. But that was not all. Take a bite into the pasta and it was not really well cooked or al dante for me. There were still a bit hard to bite on. The sauce was alright but the whole pasta under-cooked thingy made the whole experience quite unpleasant. A good Carbonara gone to waste if you ask me. 

So here's the story that I mentioned earlier. My friend couldn't decide what to ordered and decided to asked the waitress for a recommendation. She recommended something off the menu. According to her it's their specialty called the seafood pasta with cherry tomatoes. It has black mussels, squids and prawns. They ran out of squids and decided to gave us extra mussels and prawns. The dish was massive when it arrived. Maybe it's just the mussels and prawns. The pasta isn't that much again but this pasta did tasted good. Again, the pasta was under-cook. I am not sure if it was us not knowing how to eat pasta or they really screwed up the cooking time.

Anyhow, continuing with the story. We were both guessing how much would this dish cost since it's not stated in the menu. RM30-RM40? Maybe RM50 the most? When the bill came, it was RM78. My gosh~! This is the most expensive both of us had in our life. Sorry if I am over reacting here but RM78 for that dish is a bit too much. So the morale of the story, when waitress/waiter recommended something off the menu, ASK FOR THE PRICE.

Since the portion isn't that much, we didn't managed to filled our tummy up. But luckily we had some bread before the main and we are going for the International Food expo after the lunch. So I guess we can eat more afterwards. The total bill come up to RM120 for both of us and we only ordered plain water. So we had a RM60/head lunch which we can actually went for buffet as my friend said. Anyhow, it's a good experience and I hope that we learn something from this. Well, at least both of us did. Final words, good ambiance, good service but the food was just over rated. 

Rating: 

Food: 3.5 out of 5.0

Ambiance: 3.8 out of 5.0

Service: 3.8 out of 5.0

Locations: 

Neroteca 

G1, Somerset, 8 Lorong Ceylon, 

50250 KL

Contact: 03-2070 0530