Kedai Makan Fong Wee

This was the last day in Batu Pahat. I gotta make sure that I have a good meal on my last day. Thus, my friend brought me to try his favorite beef minced noodle.

Beef minced noodle (RM 2.60) was handmade noodle with minced beef, a little oil and bean sprouts. The noodle was a bit elastic and fragant from the minced beef. The noodle was too mild to me. 2.5/5

This eatery is famous for its handmade touchee (soy stick) (RM 0.60 per stick). Touchee is a type of food made from well seasoned fish meat and flour and is wrapped with tougee (soy product). It is then deeply fried until golden brown and crispy. The touchee was indeed very good but I found it a little too salty. 3.5/5

Goodbye Batu Pahat...

Location:

Kedai Makan Fong Wee, Batu Pahat.

Mat Bond Bariani House

This eatery is famous for its delicious nasi briyani. My friend told me about this eatery before and I was excited that I could finally give it a try.

Nasi briyani with rendang kambing (RM 7.00) looked very inviting. The rice was creamy and sticky from the variety of spices. Rendang is like curry but the curry is not watery, thicker and has stronger flavor. The mutton buried beneath the rice was very soft and tender indicating long hours of cooking. 4/5

Nasi briyani is usually served with crackers and curry.

Bandung syrup is milk flavored drink with rose cordial syrup. I don't usually order this drink because I think that the drink tastes like medicine.

Location:
Mat Bond Bariani House
No 14, Jalan Kundang 3,
Taman Bukit Pasir,
83000 Batu Pahat.


Dofull Family Restaurant

This restaurant offers food from Taiwan. My friend's sister who stayed in Taiwan for many years claimed that the food sold in this restaurant is similar to the food that she used to have in Taiwan. The ambience here reminded me of Old Town.

I ordered strawberry tofu (RM 5.00). I usually eat douhua (a type of food made from coagulated soy milk) but have never eaten douhua with strawberry before so I decided to give it a try. I didn't find anything special about this dish except for the addition of sour strawberries. 2/5

My friend opted for strawberry milk snow ice (RM 12.00). The snow ice was well blended and flavored with milk. The strawberries and colorful chocolate chips as topping made the dish looked very appetising. 3/5


Location:
Restaurant Dofull Family, Batu Pahat.

Unagi Sushi

I went to jusco supermarket to buy some groceries. I came across the japanese food section and saw packages of mouth-watering unagi sushi. A piece of sushi was as huge as california sushi and each packages was sold for RM12.90 only! The slices of unagi were so thick and cheap that I couldn't refrain myself from buying.

Tea Break at Pavilion

Tired from walking at Pavilion, we decided to find a nice, cosy place to take a break.

Spotted this luxurious looking restaurant and we immediately decided to have a tea break there. The service was very good and the waitresses were very polite. Although Emperor Q is a chinese restaurant, it also offers japanese dishes but most of them are more expensive than japanese restaurant.

Iced green tea latte (RM 7.50) was a mixture of green tea and milk. This drink was thick like ice blended coffee. 3.25/5

I opted ice macha with caramel (RM 8.50). As it was not as thick as iced green tea latte, it was more refreshing and perfectly quenched my thirst. 3.5/5

You can order desserts from MOF Japanese Sweets & Coffee (just opposite the restaurant) at Emperor Q because they are under the same chain of restaurants.


Location: Emperor Q, Pavillion

Chewy Junior

Chewy Junior is a chain of cafes originated from Singapore. They always have free cream puffs for the passers-by to try which I enjoy very much. Hehe.

I decided to try on the go (RM 6.50) (not sure of its name but its stated like this on the receipt) with vanilla cream filling and chocolate dressing. The vanilla cream filling tasted like ice cream due to the low temperature at the surrounding. Unlike doughnuts, the dough of cream puffs were harder and crispy. Chewy cream puffs were also baked rather than fried and were much healthier. 2.5/5


Location:
Chewy Junior,
P1.02.00, Pavilion.

Coffee Club Xpress ~ KLCC

I only know the existance of Coffee Club Xpress recently. Unlike other restaurants or cafes in any shopping centres, this cafe is well hidden at the 2nd floor of Kinokuniya. This cafe is meant to be a combination of a bookstore and a cafe which is popular in MPH Bookstore.


I decided to try muddy mud pie (RM 8.50). It had an interesting combination of concentrated chocolate crepe as the base, sinful chocolate and tiramisu flavored ice cream as the filling. The pie was topped with hershey's chocolate sauce and sprinkled with chocolate cookie. The the outer crust of tiramisu ice cream was crispy, which made it very unique. The proportion of the dessert was huge and it is recommended to share it. 3.5/5

Location:

Coffee Club Xpress,

406-408 & 409-439,

Level 4, Suria KLCC.

When The East Meets The West

Pasta Zanmai is a restaurant that serves japanese and western fusion food. When I first heard of this, I wasn't interested because I didn't really think that salmon or unagi could go well with pasta. As I had good experience at Sushi Zanmai (Pasta Zanmai and Sushi Zanmai are a chain of restaurants owned by SuperSushi Group), I wanted to give it a try.

The ambience was quite comfortable, as expected from a japanese restaurant. Just like Sushi Zanmai, you could enjoy the scenery of the chefs preparing dishes behind the glass wall.

My friend opted for Goma Soft Shell Crab (RM 23.00). You could choose set meal (RM 26.00) which includes a bowl of miso soup and salad. The crab was a bit overdid and the thick creamy sauce was a bit too salty. Overrall, the dish was acceptable. 3.25/5


I had Unagi Onsen Pizza (RM 26.00). It had crispy thin crust with unagi, seaweed and teriyaki sauce as toppings. You are suppose to break the partially cooked egg in the middle of the pizza so that the yellowish-orange yolk would spread around the pizza. I prefer to dip the pizza into the yolk before eating it. I gave this dish a thumb up!!! 4.5/5


I found Milky Green Tea (RM 8.00) was unexpectedly good as I'm not really fond of iced-blended green tea. The blended milk green tea was topped with sweet red bean paste and 'sinful' whipped cream. The milk flavor overpowered green tea flavor. This drink was excellent overrall. 3.75/5


If you would like to try unique and delectable food, I highly recommend Pasta Zanmai.


Location:
Pasta Zanmai,
F1.73, Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall

Sakae Sushi ~ KLCC

Sakae Sushi is a chain restaurant started in Singapore. It has this cute little green frog as its logo. This restaurant serves good japanese food at affordable price. I prefer the ambience here than in Sushi King.

Spider roll has already become my must-order dish whenever I visit a japanese restaurant. We wanted to order spider roll but the waiter told us that they ran out of crabs. We then saw a few soft shell crab maki (red plate - RM5.90) on the rotation conveyor belt. We greedily took 4. Fresh deep fried crab was wrapped with sticky rice, seaweed and ebikko. The portion of the meat was rather generous. No wonder they ran out of crabs. I enjoyed this dish a lot. 3.5/5


Ajitsuke idako (pink plate - RM 3.90) was quite ok. The sticky rice was wrapped with seaweed and topped with glistened, well-seasoned baby octopus. Nothing to be impressed about. 2.75/5

My friend kept telling me that prawn tempura with mango sushi roll is great and thus we ordered sunshine maki (RM 12.90). I'm not fond of mango so I didn't really enjoy this dish. 2.5/5


I found ika lobster fried maki (red plate - RM 5.90) to be surprisingly delicious!!! The sticky rice was wrapped with seasoned squid, lobster salad and fried maki. A perfect combination. Yum yum~~ 4/5

Location:
Sakae Sushi,
Shop 428, Level 4,
Suria KLCC.

Nando's ~ Jusco

Apart from KFC and Kenny Rogers, Nando's has been the destination for chicken lovers. Nando's is famous for it's spicy and hot peri peri sauce. I don't really like sour food and thus I don't really like it. The restaurant was full of people when we arrived.

I ordered 1/4 chicken with 2 side dishes (RM 14.95). Like Kenny Rogers, we can select the side dishes but there isn't many varieties here. I picked chips and mediterranean rice. The chicken was roasted to perfection, firm and juicy. The rice was just right, the taste was not too strong that overpower the chicken and the chips were gigantic. 3/5

Location:

Nando's Alpha Angle,

Lot G12A, Jusco Shopping Complex,

Wangsa Maju.

Sushi King~Setiawangsa Jusco

I always love the food at Sushi King. The food is tasty and the price is affordable. The service at this restaurant was good and the waitresses were very polite.

I ordered dry curry ramen (RM11.90). Japanese curry is thicker, denser and not as hot and spicy as Indian curry. But this curry was rather watery, despite its name. It tasted plain and wasn't well-seasoned. I enjoyed this dish the least. 0.5/5

The slices of salmon sashimi (RM 12.90) here were thicker than the ones I had at Sushi Zanmai but the size was smaller so they were just about the same. The texture of the meat was smooth and you could feel the juice flowing into your mouth with each bite. 4/5

Next is my favorite dish, spider roll (RM 11.90). It only came with 4 pieces of sushi but each of them were as gigantic as california rolls. Deep fried crabs were wrapped with fresh cabbage, seaweed and sticky rice, sprinkled with roe and mayonnaise . The proportion of vegetable was a bit too much but it still tasted great. 3/5

Fried chicken sushi with mayonnaise (beige plate-RM3.00) wasn't as bad as I thought. The meat was crispy on the outside and soft in the inside. Delicious~~ 3/5


Unagi sushi (pink plate-RM 4.00). The fish was well-flavored and fresh. I always love unagi and thus I would rate this dish high. Haha! 3.5/5


Mackerel sushi (pink plate-RM 4.00). The fish was well fried and topped with a bit of sesame seeds 3.5/5


The prawn was deeply fried until golden brown and was wrapped with vegetable, sticky rice and seaweed ebi sushi (red plate-RM 5.00). I found this dish to be very good. 3.5/5


Ebi sushi (purple plate-RM 6.00). This dish was quite good but I prefer the dish above better. 2.5/5


Sushi King also offer free green tea and it's refillable ^^


Location: Sushi King, Setiawangsa Jusco

Sushi Zanmai~The Gardens

Ever since my client treated me to a Japanese restaurant, I couldn't forget the taste of fresh salmon sashimi. I'd been hunting for salmon sashimi since that day with the hope of eating salmon sashimi as good as the one which my client treated me.

Ok, enough with grandfather's story and focus on our topic. The restaurant had nice and cozy ambience. Yellow lighting in the restaurant made me feel very comfortable. However, the air-con wasn't cool enough and a little stuffy. There was a glass wall in the restaurant which you could watch the chefs make dishes. As the restaurant was full of customers, we had to wait for our food.

As we were too hungry, we took some sushi from the rotating sushi bar.

As one of unagi fans, I found this dish disappointing. The rice was topped with plain unagi making it quite tastless. (pink plate-RM 3.80) 1/5

The ebi sushi was just average. The prawn and rice roll were deeply fried. I usually would love ebi sushi but I didn't find this dish good enough. (red plate-RM 6.80) 1.5/5


This sushi was wrapped with seaweed and cucumber. It tasted too mild to me. (cream plate-RM 1.80) 1/5

Salmon sashimi (RM 6.80 per 3 slices) by itself is tasteless. However, when it is eaten with nitsume, shoyu (japanese soy sauce) and wasabi, it is simply delicious. The slices were thick enough and you could taste the freshness and sweetness of the meat in each slice. 4.25/5


Soft-shell crab maki (RM 6.80) was surprisingly good. The deeply fried soft-shell crab was wrapped with seaweed, gohan (sticky rice) and roe (fish eggs), a perfect combination. 4/5

Our next dish was saba teriyaki (RM 12.80). The grilled meat was soft and sweet, coated with teriyaki sauce. Not bad. 3/5


The grilled salmon teriyaki (RM 12.80) wasn't bad. The fish was smooth and tender and was grilled to perfection. A perfect combination with gohan (japanese rice). 3/5


Green tea -refillable (RM 2.00)


We were fortunate to dine in the restaurant just in time. When we left, there was a long queue waiting at the entrance.


If you're looking for a comfortable and affordable japanese meal, Sushi Zanmai is the place.


Location:
Sushi Zanmai
T-217 3rd Floor, The Gardens,
Midvalley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra.

Blueberry Cheese Boy ~ Rotiboy

Rotiboy has just released a brand new bun which is blueberry cheese boy.

The bun has blueberry jam on the top and cream cheese fillings. I find that the blueberry jam tasted plain and the cream cheese isn't good enough.

I still prefer the old rotiboy.

Location: Rotiboy, KLCC