Thursday, 22 May 2014

[Food] Thai Express, The Mines, Seri Kembangan

If you are tiring of fast food when you are hunger for food, you will look for something express and hence I had decided to try this restaurant. 

Not as fast as those fast food restaurant but shorter waiting time to enjoy hot dish and rice. 

First glance at the shop front menu ~ big and easy


Signature dish of Thai Express

Thai Dessert


Photo shoot of restaurant while waiting for my order!

Not much customers as they were just opened.

Set lunch ~ Khao Gai Phat Krapow ( RM9.90)
Rice with stir-fried minced chicken

Cold Lemon Grass - Just top up RM 2 for set lunch


Quick lunch set! Served with watermelon too!

The dish that can't be missed when eating Thai Food ~ Tom Yam Soup with prawn (RM 9.90)

The first thought of this soup was not spicy because it's looked so clear. You will feel it's spiciness as soon as you drink the first sip. 

The menu indicates the spicy level was just 1 chili. I can't imagine for the 2 or 3 chili level. 

Thai Express, The Mines Shopping Mall
Address: L3-17, The Mines, Jalan Dulang, Mines Resort City, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor
Tel: 03-89579967
Opening Time: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm

Friday, 16 May 2014

[Food] Coastal Zone Cafe, Raja Uda, Butterworth, Penang, 沿海地带生活馆

The cafe owner running the cafe with the ideas of selling coffee & dessert, and there is a small shopping corner for fashion, decor stuffs, and accessories. 

The beach theme cafe & shop

The design of the cafe is just match to it's name ~ Coastal Zone. The cafe is paved with beach sand.

Nice interior with beach umbrella on top of cafe table

A message board for you to leave your foot print

The corner with nice decorative stuffs ~ a keeping box for sale

They sell the M&M chocolate toys

Beach side decoration ~ fish net, seashell, light house

The shopping corner selling cloths

Hot Mocha with biscotti

Latte ~ smile

Cappuccino ~ 

Lychee Milk Ice Blended

Rose Tea

Chocolate Moist Cake

Choco Bigcotti

Peanut Crepe


Coastal Zone Cafe
Address: 6924, Jalan Ong Yi How, 13400 Butterworth, Penang
Tel: 04-3233449
Email: awood@gmail.com
Opening Time: Monday to Friday 15:00 pm - 23:30 pm
Saturday to Sunday 14:00 pm - 23:30 pm

[Food] Betty's Midwest Kitchen, Aman Suria Damansara

Betty's Midwest Kitchen is a American style restaurant served the authentic and traditional cuisine of the Heartland of America

The food menu of Betty's Midwest Kitchen

The beverage and dessert menu

Left: Original Stewart's Fountain Classics Soda Root Beer (RM 7.00)
Middle: Freshly squeezed orange juice (RM 5.50)
Right: House Lemonade (RM 3.00)

Pig in a blanket (RM 14.50) ~ petite hot dog wrapped with bacon

Dog Food (RM 12.00) ~ french fries baked with creamy onion & cheese sauce

Soup of the week ~ Carrot Onion Tomato Soup (RM 8.00) ~ wonderful rich tomato soup!

Aglio Olio with Mushrooms (RM 15.00) 

Grilled Beer Braised Boston Butt (RM 27.50) ~ the pork chop stew in beer to soft and then grilled succulent tenderness

Pork Chop with Country Gravy (RM 23.00) ~ gravy was made of onion and cheese, it's creamy!

Mixed Sausage Platter (RM 40.00) ~ 4 gigantic sausages ~ Bratwurst, Munich. Cheese & Pepper

Pulled-pork Burger (RM 15.00) ~ the pork chop braised in special sauce, it was soft and tenderness!

Baby Back Ribs (RM 32.50) ~ the signature dish of Betty's Midwest Kitchen, baby pork ribs braised in special sauce and then grilled to perfect!


3 scoops (RM 10.50)
Left: Bunny Tracks
Middle: Chocolate
Right: Butter Pecan
They have Ice Cream, brand Blue Bunny origin from US

Betty's Midwest Kitchen is a good choice for family and friends gathering with a lot of surprise to your taste bud. 

Betty's Midwest Kitchen
Address: A-G-40, PJU 1/43, Aman Suria Damansara, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Tel: 03-78800196
Email: reserve@midwestkitchen.com.my
Opening Time: 11:30 AM - 15:00 PM, 17:30 PM - 22:00 PM
Open from Tuesday to Sunday

Thursday, 15 May 2014

[Food] Traditional Fried Flour Dough, Raja Uda, Penang 油炸糕

 I think this is one of the traditional snack food in Malaysia and it is a nice snack for all day no matter breakfast or supper. 

It can be found at any pasar pagi or pasar malam (wet market or night market) in KL area and Penang

It was a simple snack food made of flour dough, and then deep fried

This hawker stall at Raja Uda, Butterworth, Penang is the most delicious fried flour dough after I tried so many at KL & Penang

Must try ~ 花子 (translated in english which mean flower, because the shape after deep fried it looks like a flower), it is the most delicious of the fried flour dough, crunchy and a little sweetness and aroma with sesame. Really good! 

There are two flavors of this 花子, original and pandan. 

Personally, I prefer the original. 


Other types of fried flour dough 
~ 糯米糕, sweet glutinous rice with fried flour dough
~ 咸煎饼, fried salty flour dough
~ 咸煎饼豆沙, fried salty flour dough with red bean filling
~油炸鬼, a famous tradition food at China


Fried Flour Dough Hawker Stall (No Name)
Address: Beside of Zi Wei Yuan Steamboat
No.6525, Jalan Raja Uda, 12300 Butterworth, Penang
Opening Time: Night only, around 8pm till sold out

[Food] Le French Wrap, The Gardens Mall (Update: Closed)

Le French Wrap is a snack station that provide the light snack of wrap


The wrap was made of flour & egg mixture and then being pan-fried to make a soft & chewy "wrap"

There are many ways of wrap filling, you may choose savoury or sweet flavors

For savoury, the choices are Le Vegetarian (Spinach, Lettuce, Tomato), Le Lady in Tokyo (Grilled Chicken in Wasabi), Le Mediterranean (Grilled Chicken), and many more. 

For sweetness, the choices are Le French Kiss (Honey & Butter), Le Summer Romance (Strawberry & Lychee), Josephine (Dark Chocolate & Kiwi)

They have set lunch price from RM 10++

This is the Le Mediterranean (Grilled Chicken, Sundried Tomato, Cream Cheese & Lettuce)
It served with coleslaw

Le French Wrap
Address: Lower Ground Floor, The Gardens mall, Kuala Lumpur
Opening Time: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Tel: 03-78878417
Email: lefrenchwrap@gmail.com

[Food] Full of Beans Handcrafted Specialty Coffee, Queensbay Mall, Penang

A nice cafe in Penang, located at Queensbay Mall, not only provide good environment but emphasize on the quality of the coffee

That's the concept of Full of Beans ~ to serve the handcrafted specialty coffee

 Specialty coffee is the concept about coffee bean from different origin place will produce unique flavors. 

The branch at Queensbay Mall, Penang

Full of Beans also provide the best companion of coffee ~ cake!

Rum Raisin Cake ~ very special cake which you hardly find in other cafe or dessert house. 

A must try ~ classic coffee ~ latte with nice coffee art

The staff was highly recommended for black coffee in order to taste the original flavor of coffee. It is Mandheling Coffee

The menu of Full of Beans has many different types of coffee origin from all over the world where produced the best coffee, including the famous & expensive ~ Blue Mountain Coffee

The staffs are very friendly, you may check with them if you are not sure which type of coffee suits you. 

Full of Beans Handcrafted Specialty Coffee
Address: 1st Floor, Queensbay Mall, Penang (Beside Daiso Japanese Store)
Tel: 04-8990621
Opening Time: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm