DREAMS AND MEMORIES

Sunday’s are normally ‘Eat-Out’ days for my family. Especially for dinner. So yesterday, we decided to do some gallivanting around the Taman Kuchai Jaya area – just off Jalan Kuchai Lama. The area is practically a foodie haven as there’s just about anything available to try there. From Western food to noodles, seafood etc.

 

Since we weren’t really sure what to go with, we decided to pick a shop that has a considerable amount of patrons eating inside. So after one round, we decided to give this shop called ‘Hot Pot Bone Essence’  a try. It was located right at the end of the road so we nearly missed it too at first.

So anyway, as we first stepped into the restaurant, I was greeted by the aromatic smell of soup. It was simply delightful. And as we were making our way to a table further back in the shop, I took a quick glance around the tables to see what were the common favourites of the other patrons. We were then given a menu – similar to Old Town Kopitiam Style – to pick, select and mark and select from.

 

There’s a whole lot of things to choose from. So playing it safe, we decided to just try i serving of each of the signature dishes – assuming that you can’t go wrong since it’s supposed to be highly recommended. And of course, we picked the signature Pork Bone Broth for our soup.

 

Here’s a glimpse of some of the dishes we ordered. ^_^

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The price at this place is pretty reasonable too. On average, it only cost about RM20.00 per-person for such a fulfilling dinner – excluding drinks. So for those of you looking for a reasonable, comfortable and serves extra yummy fresh slices of pork steamboat place, do go and check out this place. The soup is simply awesome and I’m sure you would all agree that the soup is the most important ingredient of all when eating steamboat. The address is as follows.

 

 

Hot Pot Bone Essence,

No 41, Jalan Kuchai Maju 7,

Taman Kuchai Jaya,

58200, Kuala Lumpur

Tel: +603-79811006

Just discovered this really awesome place for lunch last week.  Although, when I first chanced upon this place, it was actually really late at night. However, I noticed that they did have a rather interesting Set Lunch Menu and I promised myself to come back and try. To offer more variety, there are two different kinds of set lunch. One which is priced at RM 14.90++ and the other at RM20++. 

The RM14.90++ set lunch are mainly a wide variety of Panini Sandwiches. From your regular bacon and cheese Panini Sandwich to various different styles of bacon and some even have peaches in them. Definitely going to try it the next round. For you pork and bacon lovers out there, you should definitely check this place out.

As for the RM 20.00++ set lunch, it basically goes by week number of the month. Every week, there are 3 different choices of Main course to choose from accompanied with your selection of soft drink from the menu. So far, I’ve only tried the Spaghetti Roast Pork Aglio-Olio With White Wine from the WEEK 3 menu selection. I did chance to peep at the Braised Lamb Shank and Pan Seared Pacific Cod which was served to my neighbouring table – and belief me when I say it looks absolutely mouth-wateringly-delicious.

For the benefit of those of you who are considering this place for lunch sometime in the near future, the following is the RM20.00++ set lunch menu list.

WEEK 1

• The famous chicken cordon Bleu with lemon and stoemp
• Crispy battered fish with lemon grass scented spicy tomato coulis and raisin pilaf rice
• Pork meatball penne with pomodoro sauce

WEEK 2

• Grilled lamb chop with stoemp and mint juice
• German bratwurst with stoemp and onion gravy
• Crab meat spaghetti with rose sauce

WEEK 3

• 4 hours slow braised lamb shank with potato mousseline
• Pan seared pacific cod with green pea mash and caviar hollandaise
• Spaghetti Roast Pork Aglio-Olio with white wine

WEEK 4

• Tequila sunrise chicken chop with sauté potato and mushroom gizzard sauce
• Pork schnitzel with forbidden love sauce and scallions potato
• Spicy clam fettuccine pasta with white wine and cream (vongole)

NOTE: if you plan to share without ordering anything else, there is an additional charge of RM9.80++, so personally, I think it is more worthwhile to order something else from the Ala-carte menu.

Apparently one of the things not to be missed when dining at Brussels would be the Brussels Pork Bacon with Cheese Burger – which looks and taste absolutely fabulous as you can see from the picture below. One serving can easily feed two people especially if you’re a petite eater. Unfortunately, this is not available on the set lunch menu. But still, it is not to be missed.

So if you’re a real porky pork lover like me, or simply looking for a place to chill and have some beer with friends, Brussels is most certainly a place to try.

 

Address:

Brussels Beer Cafe,

Lot G-12, 12A,

Jalan P. Ramlee,

50250, Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

 

Tel : +603 – 2034 1800

 

 

 

 

 

Didn’t realise that it has been more than a month since my last post. Been rather busy for the past few weeks so do forgive me on my tardiness for updating.

Amidst the hustle and bustle of everything, I don’t really recall the details of everything that has happened over the last month so lets just skip straight to the highlight of the month for me. My trip to TAIWAN!!

 

 

Taiwan was simply an eating haven especially considering the fact that my favourite dish, Mr Porky Pork is served everywhere and anytime of the day in so many different styles. Didn’t manage to go around much to see the famous landmarks of Taiwan though, but had great fun all the same. Thanks to the great company of people and also the fun filled activities which were carried out for the whole of Challenge Camp.

 

 

The 8 days in Taiwan really gave me a chance to brush up and improve my spoken Mandarin. I only spoke 10-20% of English throughout the whole stay and communicated mostly in Mandarin. Although, I’m still hopeless for both reading and writing but I guess I survived. ^_^

More details to come in the next post.

I was first introduced to the Delicious chain of restaurants last year. However, over the past month I’ve been revisiting a couple of times with different groups of people for one reason or another. Mainly for the desserts I suppose. Everything on the menu sounds rather ‘to die for’. My personal favourite is the Applicious Pie and the Macadamian Cheesecake.

A word of advice though if you’re planning to try our their desserts. Don’t order too many at one go because you’re probably going to have to share out the portion among friends especially after all the yummy entrées and sumptuous main course. So here goes – a combined entry of the few visits to Delicious over the past month

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sushi time again~~ Went for a sushi session with my sis. We randomly picked Sakae Sushi at Pavilion which happened to be having this Sakura theme promotion going on for the whole of the month of May. So as its name suggests, the range of special edition sushi dishes specially served only this month are associated with the beautiful Sakura flower not only by name but also by ingredients and presentation.

We didn’t have the chance to try all of the special sushi dishes. This was due to the fact that some of the ingredients were apparently not in yet – perhaps we were a bit too early for lunch. So here’s what we did manage to try.

 

 

Among the three, I would say that the ‘Sakura Mentai Maki’ is still the best of all. Probably due to the extra blast of taste from the mayo and whatever extra ingredient they put into the maki. ^_^

We did try a number of other sushi dishes, most of which were freshly made upon order – they were encouraging us to use the computer for making our orders instead of flagging the waiters/waitresses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My initial plan for the weekend was to go back to UTP for Euphonious and subsequently just hang out with Debbie and Meili – probably go for a movie and have a makan session or something. Before I go any further, Euphonious was wonderful and definitely lived up to expectations.

During the show, it was clearly seen that ‘Salmah and the Swingers’ band would most likely emerge as the Champion due to their bombastic performance. This however did not dampen spirits of the remaining seven bands to continue competing for the 1st runner up position.

“Being number 2 is the new number 1” just like “Pink is the new Black”

Congratulations to ‘Sour Stripes’ band members who emerged as the the first runner up and were bold enough to show everyone that PINK is indeed the new BLACK. ^_^

So as I was saying, the initial plan WAS

However, at the spur of the moment, we all decided to make a trip up to our favourite highlands – Camerons instead…  ^_^

So we just packed a change of clothes for the night, grabbed the camera, car keys and off we went to Camerons stopping along the way for McD breakfast. Driving up there was a decision we did not regret.

 

 

 

The weather was wonderful, the food was great and the view was absolutely breathtaking as always. At least it was for us and that’s all that counts.

On the whole, a great weekend, with great company of friends which made the whole trip back to Ipoh worthwhile. Can’t wait for our next outing session together.