Jalan-Jalan Around KL

I've just realized that there are many public holidays in Malaysia. During my break this time, it seems there's atleast one public holiday each week. I'm not really complaining but I'm getting worried with my mama's visa application. The less working day means the longer it takes to process it. No use in dwelling, might as well just enjoy the holiday since Danial doesn't have to work.

Since both Danial and I hate travelling long distance, and Zade is not exactly thrill with sitting in his car seat for long duration of time, we decided not to go travel instead spending the holiday around KL. It's exciting to revisit our old hangouts and discover new ones along the way. We didn't do any shopping except for a few essentials, but we did found a lot of good eateries. After cooking each and every meal for the past couple of months, I just cannot take another bite of my own cooking. So the ability to buy food at any time and anywhere is such a welcome change. I think I was able to satisfy all my cravings.

We had a chance to visit a few favourites : TGIF - somehow it's not as good as I remembered, KLCC's Foodcourt - I love the Char Keow Teow at their new Penang stall and the teh ais is the best just like at my old high school canteen - Cafe Lavista and Palm Cafe. We also managed to try new ones : Victory Arab Street, Ayam Penyet, Tony Ramo's, Harrods, Austin Chase. I found both Victory and Ayam Penyet to be just so so. But Tony Ramo's is just simply fantastic. The best American food in KL. Harrods at KLCC has good food, but what makes it stands out is the excellent presentation and service. It's a great place to relax. And surprisingly, Austin Chase's choc chip frappe was out of this world!

Max Brenner

Since I was in the city for the AIAC13, I took the opportunity to catch up with a good friend of mine who recently transferred from RMIT to Monash. Ever since she told me about Maxx Brenner, I've been dying to try it out. So we decided to meet at Melb Central as there's an outlet.





It looks like a typical cafe, but instead of serving coffee, they serve chocolate. From chocolate blocks, truffles, beverages and desserts. My head was spinning just looking at the menu. Everything looked so good, I just didn't know which to order. I was actually quite full after the big lunch at the conference, so I decided on something small. On my friend's recommendation I settled on the Milky Max Cookies which was served in an old-fashioned milk bottle while she ordered the Chocolate Cinnamon Babka.

It is as good as it looked. Too bad I couldn't really enjoy it as I was still full. Anyway I definitely will go again to try more of their offereings. I bought a box of the dark chocolate eggs for Zade. He just loves them - and I do too. Yummy.






Later I stopped by Es Teller to get some dinner since I was too exhausted to cook. The nasi uduk tasted ok, nothing to shout about. What happened next was not too good. Zade vomitted when he's sleeping that nite and again the next day. He was also purging for a couple of days. I started vomitting the next day and continued for the next four days. It was just awful. This is my worst experience with food poisoning. However, to my surprise, Zade recovered much faster than I did. Anyway, I'm definitely staying away from Es Teller.

Alamaro

Neezam and Julie invited us to join them for dinner at Alamaro's in Coburg. The food and ambience there was quite nice. Maybe we'll go there again when Danial comes to visit.


The lasagna was just ok, I've had better.


Seafood steak.


Fettucine Alfredo


My steak diavola was really nice.

D' Tasik Seafood Bangi

I read a review on D'Tasik in the Star newspaper during my maternity leave. Wanting to eat good seafood before leaving Malaysia, I decided to give it a try. It must be pretty good since it landed a spot in the paper. I'm quite adventurous when it comes to food, so I invited my in-laws to join us for dinner there.

It's located inside the UNITEN Campus, behind the Residence Hotel. We went on a weekday night, so it was not surprising that there wasn't a big crowd, which was nice. I was looking forward to a quiet dinner so that I could enjoy the food and the company of my family. The restaurant is actually built a lake, hence the name. During the course of the night, we were entertained by strollers, which was nice and made the atmosphere more relaxing.

We had sweet and sour fish (I'm not sure which kind though), butter prawn which was my favourite, sotong goreng tepung, tom yam, beancurd and fried kailan. Everything turned out quite delicious, especially the prawns, which made me really happy and satisfied. Customers also had the choice to pick their own seafood, but I just ask the really nice and friendly waitress to pick for me. And there's a range of special concoction to quench your thirst. The special ice kacang looked awesome, but it didn't really tast that great. I had one of their special juice which was not so bad, though I've forgotten the name.

We finished off almost everything. I was so full, that I didn't have any dessert :(. Maybe next time. The whole dinner for 7 adults came to less than RM200 which is a really good deal. I'll give it a four star rating.