the number of burger joints these days are just uncountable. i feel like supply is way exceeding demand these days. having heard of burger kawkaw, wanted to give it a try. every burger joint has like its signature. burger kaw kaw is known for their thick patties. u know how like mcds patties have shrank so much, to a point i no longer want to order a mchicken anymore because its not filling for me, well this attacks the issue i guess.
burger bakr burger kaw kaw, instead of pan frying the patties they grill them, but really, nothing special.
i decided to try their lamb burger, single patty would suffice because of its thickness. and thankfully, because i was really full after my burger. my meal was roughly 15 bucks, but i didn't really enjoy it that much. few minutes after i seated myself, my order was ready. this could only mean one thing, my burger was not made to order. i didn't really like that fact. i prefer waiting for abit, and having my food come right from the grill. and so, because of this, the bread was hard and dry, the meat cold, and it just was like a burger made ages ago and not up to standard at all. honestly, i would not go back. moreover, this is located a row behind burgertory, so burgertory over burger kaw kaw, anytime man. like other than the thickness of its patty, nothing special. even ramlee burgers on the streets are way better because they are made to order, hence served hot. definitely not worth trying.
47 jalan ss15/8a
subang jaya
opening times: 630pm-2am daily
till next time dudes,
the unfit from
big fat unfit foodies
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
heng gak satay @ pontian johor
people would probably wonder how in the world a subang kid ended up in pontian. i mean would anyone travel to pontian for no apparent reason? well, my ex comes from pontian, and i had this one time, i mean every single time of the times i was there. its really good food, and this is for the benefit of other people who might possibly visit pontian, i'm sure there are plenty like my ex's next potential to-be-partner but yea, this is for the benefit of them.
evry single time i went down, i would have it for supper every single night, because that is how much i love the satay there and my ex used to bring me every time. we always start by ordering 10 sticks, 5 each, then we'd be like, damn, not really satisfied yet. then we'll order like another 6 sticks, 3 each, and we always end up ordering like 3-5 times. haha in self denial trying to convince myself that i'm going to eat less for once-never happens. i only eat the pork and lamb satay here. i have never tried the chicken satay or beef. but because the pork satay is so good and i can hardly find pork satay in kl/subang. thing is i like lean meat satay, and they happen to be able to make leanm eat satay which does not dry out the meat. the sauce is full pack os peanut flavour. hands down the best satay i've had
basically located in this shop called restaurant ah leng..
but since we've broken up, not too sure if i'll ever get the chance to have this satay again. i mean would i really travel a 5 hour journey down and come back up just for the satay? i mean its a 10 hour journey. plus they only open in the evenings, so it makes no sense for me to stop by on my way down to singapore or something-oh wells. but for people who live nearer to this area, a drive down to pontian to savour these amazing satays is worth it trust me. 60 cents a stick for 60 seconds of happiness.
corner shop along jalan bakek jaya
(opposite old market square)
openinig times: after 6pm (close on tuesdays)
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
evry single time i went down, i would have it for supper every single night, because that is how much i love the satay there and my ex used to bring me every time. we always start by ordering 10 sticks, 5 each, then we'd be like, damn, not really satisfied yet. then we'll order like another 6 sticks, 3 each, and we always end up ordering like 3-5 times. haha in self denial trying to convince myself that i'm going to eat less for once-never happens. i only eat the pork and lamb satay here. i have never tried the chicken satay or beef. but because the pork satay is so good and i can hardly find pork satay in kl/subang. thing is i like lean meat satay, and they happen to be able to make leanm eat satay which does not dry out the meat. the sauce is full pack os peanut flavour. hands down the best satay i've had
basically located in this shop called restaurant ah leng..
but since we've broken up, not too sure if i'll ever get the chance to have this satay again. i mean would i really travel a 5 hour journey down and come back up just for the satay? i mean its a 10 hour journey. plus they only open in the evenings, so it makes no sense for me to stop by on my way down to singapore or something-oh wells. but for people who live nearer to this area, a drive down to pontian to savour these amazing satays is worth it trust me. 60 cents a stick for 60 seconds of happiness.
corner shop along jalan bakek jaya
(opposite old market square)
openinig times: after 6pm (close on tuesdays)
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
belanga @ empire
i never really wanted to try belanga. i think i walked pass it more than a couple of times in midvalley, but maybe the name never striked me as intersting, or i've never really heard people rave about the food? so it never crossed my mind to try this place. one of my friends wanted to try it for lunch, so went along to check out the food there.
i wasn't impressed with the cake selection displayed. the 7 layer-ed colored cake looked dry and dense. you could tell just by looking at it that it was not good cake. so my advice would be to not order the cakes there. but i wasn't there for the cakes.
so tried this thing called nasi tumpang which sounded rather interesting. you get to choose either the fish or the prawn ones, and naturally being a fish lover, i tried the fish. its supposedly a kelantanse cuisine. and its something like rice cakes/ketupat/the satay rice thingies with fish floss. that is the most apt description i can come up with. its something different and i really liked it, especially the spicy fish floss. i would definitely come back for this. 6.90 for this, totally worth it. perhaps i will try the prawn one next time.
portions a little small though for lunch so need to order something in addition to this. or maybe i just have a big appetite who knows. had the curry noodles as well, but i thought it was just ordinary and nothing to brag about. nothing special and i probs won't order this again. maybe next time i will go fro the moer traditional kind of kelantanese food they serve, since they pride themselves on that. maybe the nasi dagang next time.
belanga
upper ground,
empire shopping gallery
ss16/1
(they also have a branch in midvalley)
opening times: 10am-10pm daily
i wasn't impressed with the cake selection displayed. the 7 layer-ed colored cake looked dry and dense. you could tell just by looking at it that it was not good cake. so my advice would be to not order the cakes there. but i wasn't there for the cakes.
so tried this thing called nasi tumpang which sounded rather interesting. you get to choose either the fish or the prawn ones, and naturally being a fish lover, i tried the fish. its supposedly a kelantanse cuisine. and its something like rice cakes/ketupat/the satay rice thingies with fish floss. that is the most apt description i can come up with. its something different and i really liked it, especially the spicy fish floss. i would definitely come back for this. 6.90 for this, totally worth it. perhaps i will try the prawn one next time.
portions a little small though for lunch so need to order something in addition to this. or maybe i just have a big appetite who knows. had the curry noodles as well, but i thought it was just ordinary and nothing to brag about. nothing special and i probs won't order this again. maybe next time i will go fro the moer traditional kind of kelantanese food they serve, since they pride themselves on that. maybe the nasi dagang next time.
belanga
upper ground,
empire shopping gallery
ss16/1
(they also have a branch in midvalley)
opening times: 10am-10pm daily
best rojak @ss15
i've known this rojak place every since i was a little kid and this is the only rojak i eat to date. i do not eat, i mean i've tried but they've all ended up being bad experiences for me, so i no longer buy rojak elsewhere anymore. i solely am loyal to this rojak place in ss15. ive seen it grow, from a mere lorry truck to having its own stand now, but you still see the signature truck parked behind their stand. its just something, call it magic, but they serve up, to me, the best rojak there is.
depending on your luck, there may be a que. i think there was only once that i went that there was no que. thing is the que in front is normally about 10 people, but each of them buy like 5-10 packets, some even 15 so it takes pretty long to get to your turn. its like u wait so long, u must buy as many pacckets as you can. this rojak is the malay kind of rojak so it is with shredded cucumber, mengkuang, some fried stuffs, absolutely yummy keropok and topped with a peanut sauce. they have a very organized system in play, with one uncle shredding the cucumbers whilst packing the peanut sauce whereas the other packing the rojak into individual packets to order.
they have pure rojak, or u can have eggs and sotong with the rojak. i normally haev the sotong and egg ones but that is just cuz im a fan of sotong. the sotong is not the star, its the rojak itself, so u could do without the sotong.
its absolutely food from heaven, i must say. its the sauce and the fried stuffs that comes together with the rojak that is the star of the dish. every bite is heavenly. this really is a 10 out of 10 dish. its like if they ever stopped selling their superstar dish, id probably not eat rojak anymore in my life. no joke. this is how good it is. i swear they are as old as me and im in my twenties.
depending on your luck, there may be a que. i think there was only once that i went that there was no que. thing is the que in front is normally about 10 people, but each of them buy like 5-10 packets, some even 15 so it takes pretty long to get to your turn. its like u wait so long, u must buy as many pacckets as you can. this rojak is the malay kind of rojak so it is with shredded cucumber, mengkuang, some fried stuffs, absolutely yummy keropok and topped with a peanut sauce. they have a very organized system in play, with one uncle shredding the cucumbers whilst packing the peanut sauce whereas the other packing the rojak into individual packets to order.
they have pure rojak, or u can have eggs and sotong with the rojak. i normally haev the sotong and egg ones but that is just cuz im a fan of sotong. the sotong is not the star, its the rojak itself, so u could do without the sotong.
its absolutely food from heaven, i must say. its the sauce and the fried stuffs that comes together with the rojak that is the star of the dish. every bite is heavenly. this really is a 10 out of 10 dish. its like if they ever stopped selling their superstar dish, id probably not eat rojak anymore in my life. no joke. this is how good it is. i swear they are as old as me and im in my twenties.
there is a cendol store right next to the rojak stall, so u could have a cup of cendol whilst waiting under the hot blazing sun, just to cool you down.
jalan ss 15/3b,
subang jaya
(opposite good year tyre shop/diagonally opposite kfc)
opening times: 1130am-730pm daily
this one's really a treat. good food, great price, amazing gastronomical experience.
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies.
ramli burger @ usj 9
i had a sudden craving for burger, so decided to have ramli burger for dinner today. i used to always visit the one in usj 4 but decided to give usj 9 a try this time. i'm sure ramli burgers need no introduction. they are just burgers being sold off the street using ramli patties and some even say are better than the famous mackers/mcd. i think they're just different in their own way.
so what i orderd was a chicken double special with cheese-translating this meaning a double chicken patty, with cheese, wrapeed in an egg omelette. as we all know every stall has their own signature difference, and theirs was using cucumber shreds as their vegetable base instead of the standard lettuce. i thought that was really good, better than using lettuce for sure. the sauce they used was adequate, and i like how they sandwiched my cheese between the 2 patties, enclosed in the omelette, hence trapping all the heat and melting my cheese.
so what i orderd was a chicken double special with cheese-translating this meaning a double chicken patty, with cheese, wrapeed in an egg omelette. as we all know every stall has their own signature difference, and theirs was using cucumber shreds as their vegetable base instead of the standard lettuce. i thought that was really good, better than using lettuce for sure. the sauce they used was adequate, and i like how they sandwiched my cheese between the 2 patties, enclosed in the omelette, hence trapping all the heat and melting my cheese.
look at all that yummy goodness. i would rate it not bad honestly. like i'd go back.
located in usj 9
opposite the shell and petronas petrol station
open at night
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
super kitchen chilli panmee @ usj9
i never really understood the hype of chilli pan mee, until i tried this place. they serve one of the best. to me, what makes this place stand out are their noodles. the texture of the noodles is just not something i've tried. i seem to be lost for words on how good their noodles are. the noodles are just smooth, and when you bite into it, its that texture which makes thier noodles stand above the others.
they have several branches, my often visits are in fifteen and taipan/usj9. their menu selection may appear limited, but, really, people always go for their classic chilli pan mee signature which is noodles, tossed in some transparent oil-ish sauce, vege, crisp fried anchovies, some poached vege and topped with a poached egg. you then add the chilli according to your liking, mix them up, and it becomes this amazing creation.
the other thing i quite liked were their crisp-fried dumplings. although they looked burnt, the meat filling was packed filled with flavour. i loved the crunch of if im not mistaken black fungus and tiny carrots in it which just made the fillinf sweet and juicy. definitely a must order.
for me, my normal is the pork chop pan mee. i love the crisp fried beancurd skin (fuchuk) that comes with the noodles. it also comes with some pork chop meat. i'm a meat lover, so i normally have this to have meat to go with my meals. being an egg lover, i normally order an additional poached egg to go with this. and make no mistake, this pork chop is made of 3 quarters of lean meat and a quarter of fatm making the meat very tender. its also fried to crisp up the sides.
definitely a foodies' must try, be it whether you've been in malaysia and ignorant hence have not heard of this place or u r coming back from studying overseas fro too long a time, or just travelling in to malaysia for a visit. this is definitely a must try. truly a 10 out of 10 kind of food.
47-1 usj9/5s
47630 subang jaya
(near taipan area)
opening times: 830am-10pm
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
they have several branches, my often visits are in fifteen and taipan/usj9. their menu selection may appear limited, but, really, people always go for their classic chilli pan mee signature which is noodles, tossed in some transparent oil-ish sauce, vege, crisp fried anchovies, some poached vege and topped with a poached egg. you then add the chilli according to your liking, mix them up, and it becomes this amazing creation.
definitely a foodies' must try, be it whether you've been in malaysia and ignorant hence have not heard of this place or u r coming back from studying overseas fro too long a time, or just travelling in to malaysia for a visit. this is definitely a must try. truly a 10 out of 10 kind of food.
47-1 usj9/5s
47630 subang jaya
(near taipan area)
opening times: 830am-10pm
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
Monday, 24 June 2013
porridge time @sunway pyramid
porridge time, more familiar name being its canto name feng yi zhuk sek. i was really fascinated by the name of this porridge shop. i mean its blurdy cool. feng yi zhuk sek basically means, surviving sufficiently, and since the 3rd word is pronounced similarly to porridge in chiense, they replaced the 3rd word with porridge and that made their name. well i thought it was cool hehe. but in english, its just known as porridge time.
so i like how they served the porridge in claypots. the porridge comes piping hot. i know because i was rushing for my movie, and was like oh-my why is my porridge so hot after ages, i'm going to be late for my movie. i love claypot anything, so unsurprisingly, i loved the porridge here. the consistency of the porridge was perfect for me and the portion was good as well. i felt like i had a never-ending-supply of porridge. on the side, you add your own sesame oil, soy sauce and pepper, to your own pallate. i had the fish porridge with an extra salted egg. i mean porridge without salted egg, is like an incomplete dish. hehe. as you can see from the menu, they also serve up other claypot dishes as well, but a shop that prides itself on their porridge, i mean of course u order their porridge.
sunway pyramid
first floor
asian avenue
opening times: 10am-10pm
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies.
so i like how they served the porridge in claypots. the porridge comes piping hot. i know because i was rushing for my movie, and was like oh-my why is my porridge so hot after ages, i'm going to be late for my movie. i love claypot anything, so unsurprisingly, i loved the porridge here. the consistency of the porridge was perfect for me and the portion was good as well. i felt like i had a never-ending-supply of porridge. on the side, you add your own sesame oil, soy sauce and pepper, to your own pallate. i had the fish porridge with an extra salted egg. i mean porridge without salted egg, is like an incomplete dish. hehe. as you can see from the menu, they also serve up other claypot dishes as well, but a shop that prides itself on their porridge, i mean of course u order their porridge.
definitely good porridge. a place i'd go back to for porridge when i'm in a mall, craving for hearty porridge. love the consistency, love the range of options, and love the flavours.
sunway pyramid
first floor
asian avenue
opening times: 10am-10pm
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies.
upstairs cafe @ ss 12 part 2
decided to stop by upstairs for some cakes today. decided to try something differnt, hence did not go for the oh-so-yummy-gooey-brown-ees. instead, today, decided to try out their other signature-redvelvet. my 2nd time here for their desserts.
today. tried the red velvet. the cake was moist, very in fact. the frosting, not overly sweet, but i think they added a little lemon to give it a little tang. the cupcake itself was good, but i would have preferred better frosting to go with it. i feel like once you've had uk's hummingbird frosting, everything else just pales in comparison. 5 bucks for this cupcake. its not wow, but its definitely one of the better cupcakes i have had in malaysia.
chocolate torte cake. 5.90, this was a warm very moist chocolate cake minus the gooey centre of a choco molten cake. the cake was very well baked, punch of chocolate there. its not a special kind of cake, but its a good chocolate cake.
mint brownies-i'm a fan of mint chocolate-like i love after 8s and all but this was just a tad bit too minty for me. the brownees, nothing special. as in i prefer the ordinary brownies because of the gooeyness that made it special. but this one, was kind of ordinary and too minty. didn't like this that much. unless you are seriuosly s full fledge mint fan, u might not like this as well.
i wasn't as impressed as my first visit but i still stand by the best brownies being here=]
to read reviews of other stuffs in upstairs, click here.
today. tried the red velvet. the cake was moist, very in fact. the frosting, not overly sweet, but i think they added a little lemon to give it a little tang. the cupcake itself was good, but i would have preferred better frosting to go with it. i feel like once you've had uk's hummingbird frosting, everything else just pales in comparison. 5 bucks for this cupcake. its not wow, but its definitely one of the better cupcakes i have had in malaysia.
mint brownies-i'm a fan of mint chocolate-like i love after 8s and all but this was just a tad bit too minty for me. the brownees, nothing special. as in i prefer the ordinary brownies because of the gooeyness that made it special. but this one, was kind of ordinary and too minty. didn't like this that much. unless you are seriuosly s full fledge mint fan, u might not like this as well.
i wasn't as impressed as my first visit but i still stand by the best brownies being here=]
1st Floor,
12 A, Jalan SS12/1B, 47500 Subang Jaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Opening times: 10am-11pm (Closed on Sundays)
till next time foodies,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
Saturday, 22 June 2013
gold chilli @ss15
this place here-not meant for anyone on a diet. no joke.
gold chilli-famous for their butter chicken and tomyam fried rice. and its super good. the place is quite small, and if u go during peak hours, be prepared to wait a little before being able to find a table. but trust me its worth the wait. do not be tempted to just go over to darusalam to have that roti canai because their butter chicken is really worth the wait.
here, you will see almost everytable ordering the same thing. either butter cooked, or mongolian cooked chicken/fish/sotong/chicken boneless. so i've tried quite a few combinations-butter boneless chicken, butter sotong, monogolian boneless chicken, mongolian sotong. they are all good. just depends what you are feeling on that day.
so i was feeling rather down that night, and that called for comfort food eating. ordered butter boneless chicken, the monogolian sotong, sambal fried rice, and fried kangkung.
butter chicken drenched in butter sauce. the butter sauce was super rich and buttery. almost everyone i've been with who didn't order white rice ended up ordering white rice to go with the sauce. people who aren't a fan of sweet food would prefer the mongolian style cuz this sauce is quite sweet and rich. the only thing i'd say definitely is that i have no idea how many blocks of butter they used man. super buttery, damn bloody good butter chicken. i dreamt of butter chicken after eating this for the first time. its a must try for everyone. i never knew such great butter chicken existed until i tried this.
mongolian style cooked sotong this was too good as well. loved the black pepper-ish taste that went with the crunchy sotong. they gave us lots of sotong, very generous with their portions i must say. if you ain't much of a sweet tooth, this would be a better option than the butter chicken. though i'd recommend you to try both. you won't regret it.
sambal fried rice vs tomyam fried rice. i loved the previous, but on other ocassions when i have brought my friend here, they always go for the tomyam fried rice. personally, i prefer the sambal one. it had a good hit of sambal.
kangkung belacan. who doesn't love this vege. its almost always my must order vege. i would have preferred if they gave more leaves than stems though. but yea how wrong can kangkung belacan go. just needed some greens to complete the meal.
seriously, you will dream of butter chicken after having this. its that good. you have a friend coming in to kuala luumpur, bring them here to try this. this can compete with the like of the famous nirwana or raju or kayu. it has to go into tourist books really.
this gold chilli, is really golden i tell u.
no 5 ss15/8b
subang jaya
(next to darusalam)
opening times: 12pm-12am (closed on sundays)
last order-1130pm (i came once 1130 on the dot but last orders had already passed and gone. hence had to go to darusalam instead)
till next time foodies, this one is a treat,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies.
gold chilli-famous for their butter chicken and tomyam fried rice. and its super good. the place is quite small, and if u go during peak hours, be prepared to wait a little before being able to find a table. but trust me its worth the wait. do not be tempted to just go over to darusalam to have that roti canai because their butter chicken is really worth the wait.
here, you will see almost everytable ordering the same thing. either butter cooked, or mongolian cooked chicken/fish/sotong/chicken boneless. so i've tried quite a few combinations-butter boneless chicken, butter sotong, monogolian boneless chicken, mongolian sotong. they are all good. just depends what you are feeling on that day.
so i was feeling rather down that night, and that called for comfort food eating. ordered butter boneless chicken, the monogolian sotong, sambal fried rice, and fried kangkung.
butter chicken drenched in butter sauce. the butter sauce was super rich and buttery. almost everyone i've been with who didn't order white rice ended up ordering white rice to go with the sauce. people who aren't a fan of sweet food would prefer the mongolian style cuz this sauce is quite sweet and rich. the only thing i'd say definitely is that i have no idea how many blocks of butter they used man. super buttery, damn bloody good butter chicken. i dreamt of butter chicken after eating this for the first time. its a must try for everyone. i never knew such great butter chicken existed until i tried this.
mongolian style cooked sotong this was too good as well. loved the black pepper-ish taste that went with the crunchy sotong. they gave us lots of sotong, very generous with their portions i must say. if you ain't much of a sweet tooth, this would be a better option than the butter chicken. though i'd recommend you to try both. you won't regret it.
sambal fried rice vs tomyam fried rice. i loved the previous, but on other ocassions when i have brought my friend here, they always go for the tomyam fried rice. personally, i prefer the sambal one. it had a good hit of sambal.
kangkung belacan. who doesn't love this vege. its almost always my must order vege. i would have preferred if they gave more leaves than stems though. but yea how wrong can kangkung belacan go. just needed some greens to complete the meal.
seriously, you will dream of butter chicken after having this. its that good. you have a friend coming in to kuala luumpur, bring them here to try this. this can compete with the like of the famous nirwana or raju or kayu. it has to go into tourist books really.
this gold chilli, is really golden i tell u.
no 5 ss15/8b
subang jaya
(next to darusalam)
opening times: 12pm-12am (closed on sundays)
last order-1130pm (i came once 1130 on the dot but last orders had already passed and gone. hence had to go to darusalam instead)
till next time foodies, this one is a treat,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies.
honkee porridge @ taipan
i was feeling porridge, and have heard of honkee porridge. famous for their branch in petaling street, they've been recruited to be a part of the great streetfoods in kl combo in the lot 10 food court. this place apparently built up great rapport since the 1940s so i was pretty hyped up to try their porridges. moreover thiers is of a smooth consistency, not the grainy teochew porridge kind which ain't my thing. they have quite a number of outlets now, in ss15, and lot 10, ss2, taipan.
their signature is of course their frog legs porridge and raw fish porridge and also pork intestine porridge. i'm not particularly adventurous so i don't eat frogs. pork intestines are also not my thing. like i love pork intestine soup, but i dont eat the intestines, i just drink the soup. so i settled for the sliced raw fish porridge. priced at 6.80, well its cheaper than the porridge you get at canton-i i must say. the porrideg was piping hot, and when you dip the thiny sliced fish into the porridge, it semi cooks it. i loved the generous helpings of ginger and the consistensy of the porridge. but i did not like the sliced fish. they had some sinue, it was like some smi bone in between the meat of the fish. so eating the fish wasn't very pleasant for me. poridge was good but not the fish, so maybe next time i will go for the meatball porridge instead.
quite a good place to have porridge if u r a porridge person. i think its difficult to get not-overpriced-porridge these days. i mean 12 bucks for a bowl of porridge is just plain ridiculous. i mean dude its just rice and water, how much do you wana rrip me off for that. overall pretty good. but now, with competition coming from feng yi zhuk sek, they need to buck up man. not my fav porridge joint, but not bad. i mean they must be famous for something. cuz there's pride in their name.
honkee porridge,
59, jalan usj 10/1a
subang jaya
(taipan area)
opening times: 10am-10pm
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
el fresco @jaya grocer empire subang
i'm a huge fan of salmon. i can eat salmon for breakfast lunch and dinner and not be sick of it i kid you not. i'm very particular about salmon though. because i eat salmon that much, i can so easily tell good salmon from bad salmon. perfect salmon need to be slightly pink in the middle. even a tad bit overcooking the salmon makes it very dry and difficult to eat which is pity because salmon is a very beautiful piece of fish.
i have had so much good salmon in the uk and have been on the hunt to find well-cooked salmon in malaysia. so far, i've been disappointed time after time. delicious, tgi, chillis, so far they tend to overcook their salmon, drying out the salmon, making it taste like dried out chicken breast. then i discovered fresco.
the great thing about fresco, is that you pick your fish from jaya grocer, then you take it to them and they grill it for you, perfectly. grilled to perfection. previously, cooking fees was free, but now, you have to pay a fees if you purchase under 20 ringgit. so it makes more sense to buy a 20 ringgit piece of salmon. u get to add sides for 6 bucks, a choice of potatoes, salmon or grilled vegetable and potatoes. i normally just have the salmon there though my friends always have the roast chicken and they too rave about the yummyness of the roast chicken and the mash.
i have had so much good salmon in the uk and have been on the hunt to find well-cooked salmon in malaysia. so far, i've been disappointed time after time. delicious, tgi, chillis, so far they tend to overcook their salmon, drying out the salmon, making it taste like dried out chicken breast. then i discovered fresco.
the great thing about fresco, is that you pick your fish from jaya grocer, then you take it to them and they grill it for you, perfectly. grilled to perfection. previously, cooking fees was free, but now, you have to pay a fees if you purchase under 20 ringgit. so it makes more sense to buy a 20 ringgit piece of salmon. u get to add sides for 6 bucks, a choice of potatoes, salmon or grilled vegetable and potatoes. i normally just have the salmon there though my friends always have the roast chicken and they too rave about the yummyness of the roast chicken and the mash.
so fish fans/salmon fans out there, you must not miss this place=]
el fresco
jaya grocer
lg floor
empire subang gallery ss16/1 subang jaya
opening times: 10am-10pm
till next time foodies,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
la rambla @jalan yap kwan seng
la rambla ia one of the usuals me and my old man visit when we meet up for lunch. its a pub off jalan yapkwanseng.
i was feeling fish and chips so i ordered their black pepper tempura fish and chips. at first i thought that the dish looked rather mundane and the chips looked well, not yummy at all, but it was not bad. i would have preferred larger slices of fish but that is because i'm quite a bigeater. the fries were not bad as well. but the fish and chips lacked the black pepper punch. i would call it fish n chips but not black pepper fish n chips. what i envisioned in my mind was fish and chips topped with a rich black pepper sauce.
its quite a decent place for lunch. the beers are a tad bid expensive, pricing at 29 bucks for a pint during non happy hour and 21 bucks a pint during happy hour.
overall, not a bad place to have a bite if u were lurking/working around the area. the pizzas are not bad as well. from a stonetop, it looked and smelt amazing. i dont have a pic, but i had the 4 cheese pizza with extra cheese, and that was super cheesiliicious. very very yummy. menu is great, having a wide variety, from pizza to pasta, to poultry to fish, to asian food.
b-0-15
megan avenue 2
no 12 jalan yap kwan seng
kuala lumpur
opening times: 12pm-1am
till next time,
the unfit,
from big fat unfit foodies.
i was feeling fish and chips so i ordered their black pepper tempura fish and chips. at first i thought that the dish looked rather mundane and the chips looked well, not yummy at all, but it was not bad. i would have preferred larger slices of fish but that is because i'm quite a bigeater. the fries were not bad as well. but the fish and chips lacked the black pepper punch. i would call it fish n chips but not black pepper fish n chips. what i envisioned in my mind was fish and chips topped with a rich black pepper sauce.
its quite a decent place for lunch. the beers are a tad bid expensive, pricing at 29 bucks for a pint during non happy hour and 21 bucks a pint during happy hour.
overall, not a bad place to have a bite if u were lurking/working around the area. the pizzas are not bad as well. from a stonetop, it looked and smelt amazing. i dont have a pic, but i had the 4 cheese pizza with extra cheese, and that was super cheesiliicious. very very yummy. menu is great, having a wide variety, from pizza to pasta, to poultry to fish, to asian food.
b-0-15
megan avenue 2
no 12 jalan yap kwan seng
kuala lumpur
opening times: 12pm-1am
till next time,
the unfit,
from big fat unfit foodies.
Thursday, 20 June 2013
chillis @ empire
chillis.decided to come here for lunch for some comfort food. we ordered the trio appetizer which had chicken fingers, buffalo wings and these mexican kind of rolls. it was really bad on all kinds of levels. the wings hardly had any meat on them. there was too much batter on the chicken fingers. the only decent thing were probably the rolls. the standard has dropped so so much since i was in my teens. not something i'd oreder again unless i have one of my muffin days.
let me tell you my muffin story. i don't like muffins. i know i don't like muffins. but sometimes when i pass by say starbucks or any kind of shop that sells muffins, i'm just so tempted to buy muffins, just cuz they are so pretty-looking. and when i take a bite, it reminds me all over again why i don't like muffins. i know right, i'm a tad bit weird.
pure nachos were so-so. they weren't wow like last time, they were just okay. this, u had to eat them hot. when i was younger they used to come with guacamole, but now, you had to order the guacamole separately. i was abit disappointed by that. the nachos, you had to eat them hot. once cooled down, yep, not good at all.
came with my cousin and we decided that chillis food-super cannot make it. however, their dessert on the other hand was amaze-balls. choco lava cake with vanilla ice-cream, caramel sauce and a chocotop. this was amazing. i had like 2, 2 days consecutively. i didn't like the choco top much and the vanilla ice-cream was not of the greatest quality, but, you just needed that vanilla ice-cream there to cut through the sweetness of the caramel sauce and the molten cake. the choco molten cake was so good. like it was just the whole thing that was super good. the combination of hot and cold. the best chocolate lava cake i have had so far, and trust me i was once on a choco-lava cake eating spree and i've tried really bad ones and also mediocore ones. this is by far the best.
Lot G-17 Ground Floor
Empire Shopping GalleryJalan SS 16/1,
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor
opening hours: 11am-11pm (mon-thurs), 11am-12am (fri-sun)
trust me on this one, if you have not had choco-molten-lava cake before, you have not lived. you have wasted the past (insert how old you are) years of ur life.
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies.
Moo Cow Frozen Yoghurt @Pyramid
froyo-yo. who doesn't love froyo? i mean i don't believe in the whole healthier version of ice-cream thing but i just love fro-yo. with moo cow, they have 2 monthly flavouts and the pure original. when i happened to visit it was orange-mango and rootbeer. so i just tried both. i also tried the fig one which i thought was pretty good and the wheatgrass one which i thought was plain weird. moo cow froyos are a tad bit more sour than other froyos like tuttifrutti but that is what i absolutely love about it. but its also very milky in some ways making me feel very filled up every time i have this. its like i want to eat moo-cow, i eat it, then, i don't want to eat it for the next month. haha because i feel super sick of it after a whole cone or a whole cup of it.
you get to pick toppings from fruits, to nuts, and seeds. i normally take mine plain though.
if you have not tried froyo, u have to, and moo cow is hell-yummy.
=]
lg2, sunway pyramid (new wing)
(next to the loaf)
opening times: 10am-10pm
till next time foodies,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
tong pak fu
tong pak fu, well the ones i normally visit is the one in empire, midvalley, ss15 and sunway pyramid. they do have plentiful of outlets though. they take pride in their tracka durian-snow-ice and d24 durian snow-ice, many durian lovers flock over to tongpakfu for their durian desserts. i've tried their tracka durian ice before, but its not my fav. i still prefer chilled real genuine durains, anytime. it tasted slightly to mild down and hence slightly artificial for me.
so i normally order the black sesame ice instead. if you don't know i'm an avid goma-adzuki beans fan. like avid. the topping are normally jelly but i always chnge them to all red-beans. i just feel like it goes better. the black sesame flavour is really there. this is my usual whenever i visit tongpakfu. and it is a musttry for all black sesame fans out there. this tops the durian series, any day. 8.90 for a regular serving.
decided to be adventurous one of the times and tried the soya ice and the mango in milk with sago. i'm not a fan of sago so the mango thing was not my thing. i love the soya ice series in snowflake so i was looking forward to this as well. but boy was i disappointed. it was really extremely bad. i literally took only a few spoonfuls and left it to melt away-yes it was that bad. it was quite tasteless.
being a black sesame fan, i ordered the black sesame tangyuens, coated in black sesame. to my disappointment, there was too little black sesame filling inside. priced at 4.90, super not worth it. the first batch that came was super undercook and i had to request for another one. was not impressed at all. and the servers there could not understand my english, nor mandarin either. i'm always not a fan of service industries employing people who can't even communicate in the same language. i mean waht kind of service industry would that be then, right. they have the peanut filling one as well, same price. initially, well according to the very misleading brochure, i thought i'd be getting 3 black sesame tangyuens and 3 peanut tangyuens for 5 bucks. but i was wrong. super misleading menu.
choco lava cake (which took forever). i am in love with choco lava cakes. the hot-cold-combo, to me is just perfect. okay what i liked about this was the black sesame tuille that came with the dessert. what i didn't like about it was the cake. i felt it was slightly burnt because the cake was very bitter. it was baked to perfection, yes with a very gooey consistency in the centre but the taste was off. i've had better.
well. i'm still a tongpakfu lover, but, just for the black sesame ice and nothing else.
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
burgertory @ ss15
after having the pork burgers here, i've been like their spokesperson. i've been telling everyone i see and know just how amazing their burgers were. if there were to be a burger of the year award, it would definitely go out to them. they deserve like an oscar for burgers. its like i have to thank the burger gods for endowing us with such great burgers.
burgertory is located just above guardian. location wise, its honestly quite hidden cuz despite driving pass guardian like a-million-times, i never noticed burgertory. a friend of mine told me about it and i've been bringing everyone i know to this in-my-very-humble-opinion-the-best-burger-joint.
similar to other burger joints, with an additional 5 ringgit you get the sides and a refillable drink. but the few times i went they were having an offer whereby you don't just get fries. u get fries, onion rings and these cheesy chicken bitespork burgers are awesome. i've visited a couple of times and i've tried the caramelized onion burger with brown onion sauce with an extra egg and extra pork bacon. it was sinfully good. absolutely loved how the patty was super juicy and humungous. the patties here are super thick and i'm always stuffed after a meal here in burgertory. my regular order here is the mascarpone curry and cheese which comes with onion rings, curry cheese sauce, and topped off with an egg. the portobello mushroom is also amazing with the juciest ever mushroom. my sets always costs me 20 bucks. but really, i would say take your pick of any burger, it will be good. their fries are super good and i absolutely love their onion rings.
. so i've only tried their pork burgers because i mean i'm infatuated with their pork burgers and i feel like i cant have pork burgers just anywhere.
honestly burgertory over crayon burger anytime. that is if you are in the vicinity of ss 15 deabting on which burger-eatery to visit. atmosphere here is also so much better than crayon. click here to check out crayon burgers review.
8a, first floor,
ss15/4d, subang jaya,
selangor. (above guardian)
opening times: 6pm-11pm (closed on mondays)
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
burgertory is located just above guardian. location wise, its honestly quite hidden cuz despite driving pass guardian like a-million-times, i never noticed burgertory. a friend of mine told me about it and i've been bringing everyone i know to this in-my-very-humble-opinion-the-best-burger-joint.
similar to other burger joints, with an additional 5 ringgit you get the sides and a refillable drink. but the few times i went they were having an offer whereby you don't just get fries. u get fries, onion rings and these cheesy chicken bitespork burgers are awesome. i've visited a couple of times and i've tried the caramelized onion burger with brown onion sauce with an extra egg and extra pork bacon. it was sinfully good. absolutely loved how the patty was super juicy and humungous. the patties here are super thick and i'm always stuffed after a meal here in burgertory. my regular order here is the mascarpone curry and cheese which comes with onion rings, curry cheese sauce, and topped off with an egg. the portobello mushroom is also amazing with the juciest ever mushroom. my sets always costs me 20 bucks. but really, i would say take your pick of any burger, it will be good. their fries are super good and i absolutely love their onion rings.
. so i've only tried their pork burgers because i mean i'm infatuated with their pork burgers and i feel like i cant have pork burgers just anywhere.
honestly burgertory over crayon burger anytime. that is if you are in the vicinity of ss 15 deabting on which burger-eatery to visit. atmosphere here is also so much better than crayon. click here to check out crayon burgers review.
8a, first floor,
ss15/4d, subang jaya,
selangor. (above guardian)
opening times: 6pm-11pm (closed on mondays)
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
shakespeare pattiserie @ss15
decided to try out this considerably newly opened place in fifteen. there's no such thing as being too full for dessert.
this place is like a little cafe, having an array of pastries and cakes on display. they have main meals as well, but that wasn't what i was there for. i was there for one purpose and one purpose only-dessert! choosing the dessert was a no brainer for me. i had the caramel pavlova and the green tea tiramissu. i mean look at the pavlova, its was like calling out to me 'come have me'. okay, moving on before i go a little nuts. basically their desserts are all on display, and you pick to order. they have everything from bread to cakes to macaroons to chocolates to pastries, to mousse.
caramel pavlova beat serai's hands down. the texture-was the melt in your mouth marshmellowy kind. and might i add it was huge. bigger than serais and much more worth it. 7.90, half the price of serai's and 10 times the flavour. its definitely a must try. i would even say the best pavlova in town. they have a berry pavlova as well. click here to read of serai's pavlova for comparison.
this was also priced at 7.90. i'm a sucker for greentea and adzuki beans. layered between the mascarpone cheese and greentea sponge were adzuki beans. my thoughts on this were 'maybe i'm not such a big greentea fan afterall'. i preferred the classic coffee tiramissu to this. this just didn't cut it. didn't like it at all. plus for 7.90, i'd go for the pavlova anytime.
9g ss15/7,
subang jaya
opening times: 8am-9pm
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
this place is like a little cafe, having an array of pastries and cakes on display. they have main meals as well, but that wasn't what i was there for. i was there for one purpose and one purpose only-dessert! choosing the dessert was a no brainer for me. i had the caramel pavlova and the green tea tiramissu. i mean look at the pavlova, its was like calling out to me 'come have me'. okay, moving on before i go a little nuts. basically their desserts are all on display, and you pick to order. they have everything from bread to cakes to macaroons to chocolates to pastries, to mousse.
caramel pavlova beat serai's hands down. the texture-was the melt in your mouth marshmellowy kind. and might i add it was huge. bigger than serais and much more worth it. 7.90, half the price of serai's and 10 times the flavour. its definitely a must try. i would even say the best pavlova in town. they have a berry pavlova as well. click here to read of serai's pavlova for comparison.
this was also priced at 7.90. i'm a sucker for greentea and adzuki beans. layered between the mascarpone cheese and greentea sponge were adzuki beans. my thoughts on this were 'maybe i'm not such a big greentea fan afterall'. i preferred the classic coffee tiramissu to this. this just didn't cut it. didn't like it at all. plus for 7.90, i'd go for the pavlova anytime.
9g ss15/7,
subang jaya
opening times: 8am-9pm
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
crayon burger @ ss15
there was one point in time where i was on a burger-eating-spree. for some reason i was buger-crazy for tht 2 weeks. i had so many burgers that i got so sick of burgers after that.
decided to try out crayon burger in ss15. thing is i'm a subang kid, and i'm a foodie. and when i'm hungry, i just want my food, like, now. so i love going to ss15. the hidden gems in fifteen-unbelievable. i never knew there were so many foodjoints for foodies in good old regular fifteen.
priding on their colorful buns, this place is swamped especially during the weekends. well, you get to choose the colour shade of your buns or they'll randomly give you one. they have the red bun (red yeast) pink (red yeast), greyish black (charcoal), green (vege), and a milky pastel colour (milk-flavoured). so basically like the many burger joints around, you order your burger, and for an additional 5 bucks, you get fries and a refillable drink.
5 bucks for a refillable drink was a dead-set-offer for me. i love caramelized onions so i went for the classic-chicken, topped with sharp cheddar and i added an egg to my burger. i picked the red color red yeast bun. personally i thought that the chicken breast fillet was cooked to perfection. the meat was moist throughout, not dry at all, which was pretty impressive for a breast fillet. we all know how bad a reputation chicken breasts have for being too dry. the fries however, was a disappointment. some were undercook.
thing is, i've read online where people have said that the fries were amazing, whereas the chicken fillet was super-overcooked and dry. so personally i think its a luck thing and their cooking ain't fine-tuned such that they aare consistent with the quality of their food. portion wise, i thought it was a little small. i whacked my fries and my friends fries because she's not a big eater, and i was still so-so. or maybe i'm just a humungous eater? and yes i was hungry to have whacked the not-very-yummy fries.
so, for huge eaters, i would suggest getting the rainbow instead which has a double patty. you can add eggs to your burger too like i did. i always feel like the slightly runny yolk combined with the patty of the burger brings your burger experience to a whole different level.
crayon burger,
no 38, ss15/4
subang jaya
(opposite station one)
opening times: 11am-10pm (closed on mondays)
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies.
decided to try out crayon burger in ss15. thing is i'm a subang kid, and i'm a foodie. and when i'm hungry, i just want my food, like, now. so i love going to ss15. the hidden gems in fifteen-unbelievable. i never knew there were so many foodjoints for foodies in good old regular fifteen.
priding on their colorful buns, this place is swamped especially during the weekends. well, you get to choose the colour shade of your buns or they'll randomly give you one. they have the red bun (red yeast) pink (red yeast), greyish black (charcoal), green (vege), and a milky pastel colour (milk-flavoured). so basically like the many burger joints around, you order your burger, and for an additional 5 bucks, you get fries and a refillable drink.
5 bucks for a refillable drink was a dead-set-offer for me. i love caramelized onions so i went for the classic-chicken, topped with sharp cheddar and i added an egg to my burger. i picked the red color red yeast bun. personally i thought that the chicken breast fillet was cooked to perfection. the meat was moist throughout, not dry at all, which was pretty impressive for a breast fillet. we all know how bad a reputation chicken breasts have for being too dry. the fries however, was a disappointment. some were undercook.
thing is, i've read online where people have said that the fries were amazing, whereas the chicken fillet was super-overcooked and dry. so personally i think its a luck thing and their cooking ain't fine-tuned such that they aare consistent with the quality of their food. portion wise, i thought it was a little small. i whacked my fries and my friends fries because she's not a big eater, and i was still so-so. or maybe i'm just a humungous eater? and yes i was hungry to have whacked the not-very-yummy fries.
so, for huge eaters, i would suggest getting the rainbow instead which has a double patty. you can add eggs to your burger too like i did. i always feel like the slightly runny yolk combined with the patty of the burger brings your burger experience to a whole different level.
crayon burger,
no 38, ss15/4
subang jaya
(opposite station one)
opening times: 11am-10pm (closed on mondays)
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
upstairs cafe @ ss12
this place is called upstairs cafe because its located upstairs, how apt a name right haha. its basically situated above the famous bawang merah near the hospital formerly known as sjmc.
this is heaven i assure u. the best brownies i've had. it has a thick gooey centre. its an explosion of chocolate goodness. thing is it comes in a small slice so you don't get sweet-sick after abit. personally i don't like whipped cream so i scrapped it aside, but the brownies, to die for. the best 5.90 i've spent on a dessert. the thick gooey centre-i cannot stop raving about it. trust me, it will be love at first bite. also ordered the creme brulee. having the brownies was like in heaven but the creme brulee was like in hell. it was too creamy and just not creme brulee material at all. there was just no flavour to it. really, do not order this at all. it does not do creme brulees any justice. it was really that bad.
having said that. i would go back for the brownies any time. intersting thing is that they serve mint brownies. another of their specials ive heard are their red velvets, both cakes and cupcakes. definitely on my to try list the next time=]
1st Floor,
12 A, Jalan SS12/1B, 47500 Subang Jaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Opening times: 10am-11pm (Closed on Sundays)
till next time foodies,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
paradise dynasty @paradigm mall
the menu of paradise dynasty echoes that of dintaifung and dragon-i/canton-i. the first thing you'd notice walking into the restaurant is their grand interior design. situated in the middle of the restaurant is a grand budha statute. but i thought it was a little fail, cuz i don't know about you guys, but eating meat in front of budha made me feel a little uncomfortable. i mean i had my back facing budha, but nevertheless.
famous are their colored siu long baos. each siu long bao was of a different flavour. the black (truffle), grey (garlic), white (original), brown (foie gras), orange (crab roe), yellow (cheese), pink (sze chuan) and green (ginseng). 23.80 for 8 of the flavoured ones, whereas 6 of the orignal sui long baos costs rm 16. i thought this was okay, i loved the garlic one cuz i'm a sucker for garlic. i honestly thought ordering a whole basket of garlic would have been a better fit for me.
scrambled egg white, with white fish, fried scallops and a raw yolk seated on top. i thougt it was a pretty interesting dish. it had the shark fin soup consistency, minus the guilt. but this was a disappointment. i could hardly taste the dry scallops nor find any fish. this dish was rather tasteless, and certainly not worth the 20 bucks one has to fork out for eggs.
these pork wontons were also super spicy. i think the chefs here have a thing for spicy food. rm9.
how could i end without dessert right? egg white souffles, with banana and red bean fililng. rm8. i thought that there was too little filling, the filling to souffle ratio was out of proportion sadly. not something i would order again nor recommend to order.
other than the xio long baos, the rest of the stuffs were so-so. plus the environment making me uncomfortable eating meat, don't think there'll be a second, unless i take-out. but mind you the special siu long baos do attract a pretty big crowd so be prepared to que especially during peak hours.
paradise dynasty, lot 1f-15
paradigm shopping mall,
kelana jaya
opening times: 11am-10pm daily.
till next time,
the unfit from,
big fat unfit foodies
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