Fruity Shaved Ice KTZ Food Dessert @ Kepong Baru, Kepong

Right after the pipping hot experience of Ka Ka Bak Kut Teh, we decided to grab something cool to chill our body. Nothing is more suitable than KTZ Food Dessert which is located at the stretch of food stalls along the Jalan 7 of Kepong Baru.

This KTZ Food Dessert in Kepong is actually the main/first of the many branches of it's chain in Klang Valley. KTZ Food Dessert Kepong are well known for it's dessert, particularly the fruity shaved ice sago dessert , similar to the one located in SS 2-Petaling Jaya.

KTZ Food Dessert Kepong

I find the crowd here is of lesser than the one in the SS 2 branch which is a good thing considering we do not need to wait for a table.

Still crowded, but lesser as compared to the SS 2 branch

There are a variety of hot and cold desserts to choose from. However, if you are first timer to KTZ Food Dessert, you definitely must try out their best seller desserts - Fruit Loh, which are the fruit shaved ice sago dessert.

Honey Dew Loh (RM 4.50 per bowl)
Offers a refreshing experience of honey dew flavour that is not too heavily syruped yet taste great.

The texture of their shaved ice are pretty fine and smooth although it can't beat the one in Snowflake Taiwanese Dessert. However, it is no non-sense when it comes to the taste. There is no room to experience any tasteless shaved ice as they are so well infused with the flavour as per your order.

Not only that, KTZ Food Dessert fruity shaved ice came with some chunks of fruit too, offering some extra bites.

Mango Loh (RM 5.50 per bowl)
Mango lovers will definitely love this. The mango puree is thick and is bursting with original mango flavour. Each scoop is just so mango-ish.

I spotted some other table enjoying some finger food which reminds me so much of the past. Obviously I did order a plate of it for myself.

Fried Siew Kow (RM 4.50 per pax)

Think of a pork meat and salted egg yolk being wrapped in a thin wantan skin before being shaped into a ball and deep fried. The fried siew kow will then be cut into pieces just like above(the pic). Not many place serve this dish, in fact this is my very first time eating it many years after my mum retires from cooking it. Reminiscence of the past, so delectable.

Not only they have a wide variety of desserts to choose from, they do offer an wide array of selected finger food, noodles and snacks. Don't worry about being adventurous because you will most likely will not be disappointed with their selection. After all, this stall Chinese name is known as Kei Tak Sek-which literally means "Remember to Eat". So if you happen to be here, start ordering and don't forget to eat!

Honey Dew Loh: 6.5/10

Mango Loh: 7.5/10
Fried Siew Kow: 8/10 (non-halal)

Atmosphere: 4.5/10
Price: 6/10
Verdict: One of my favourite stall to satisfy my craving for dessert!

KTZ Food Dessert
66, Jalan 7
Kepong Baru
52100, Kuala Lumpur
Wilayah Persekutuan
Tel: 6012 - 6252 9451 (Angeline Lim)
Business hours: 4 pm - 1 am daily

Homemade Breakfast Dish Restoran Fong Mei @ SS 14, Subang Jaya

Whenever after checking in my Proton Persona for a routine service at the SS 14 authorized Proton service centre, I will take my sweet time grabbing my breakfast at the SS 14 area while waiting for my car service to be done.

As much as I love the Bak Kut Teh in this area, however having them as a breakfast would be too heavy for my appetite especially when I am just awake. On my previous car service appointment, I tried my breakfast luck with Restoran Fong Mei, visiting them for the very first time.

Restoran Fong Mei

Very simple layout

Unlike a typical coffee shop, this stall has very little dish to offer. However, don't be fooled by their lacking of choices as each of the dish are personally prepared by the owner, Angeline, promising you a home-cooked taste.

The signature dishes of Angeline

I'd wanted to order a nasi lemak but they sold out even as early as 9am. Well, claypot Lou Shu Fun is my next automatic choice then.

Claypot Lou Shu Fun (RM 5)
It was very flavourful and comes with ample of gravy, just like how I liked it to be. One of a better Lou Shu Fun that I have tasted..

Pretty good sambal

Beancurd Skin Ginkgo Dessert (RM 2 per bowl)
The beancurd skin are boiled till it is diluted. Coupled with the perfect sweetness, it definitely has what it take to be a good bowl of beancurd skin ginkgo dessert. Reminds me so much of my mum's version, tasted so similar.

The food that I've tried gave me a pleasant experience of home-cooked taste. No excessive MSG spotted (or maybe none), as I did not bottled down loads of water after the meal. Definitely will return here for the rest of the Angeline signature dishes.

Claypot Lou Shu Fun: 6.5/10
Beancurd Skin Ginkgo Dessert: 7.5/10

Atmosphere: 4.5/10
Price: 6/10
Verdict: Simple breakfast with a homemade taste!

Restoran Fong Mei
24, Jalan 14/2A
Subang Jaya
47500, Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Tel: 6012 - 663 0881 (Angeline Lim)
Business hours: 7 am - 1.30 pm daily (Closes on Monday)

Cendol Stall @ Opposite Restoran Busy Corner, Damansara Jaya

If you happen to be in Damansara Jaya area or just finish indulging in the claypot chicken rice of Restoran Busy Corner, you might want to consider grabbing a quick bowl of cendol at the truck stall located by the main road.

Damansara Jaya Truck Stall Cendol

I like the part where they served the cendol in a stainless steel bowl. As such, you can feel the coldness of the ice by just holding on to the bowl. Scoop in mouth with the stainless steel spoon, you can feel the extra coldness on top of the already icy cendol. What a good way to counter the hot weather!

A bowl of Cendol (RM 1.50 per bowl)
The cendol were pretty fresh. Taste wise, it was decent and could well be one of the better cendol truck stall I've tasted.

It definitely felt good to grab a bowl of cendol after the steaming hot meal of claypot chicken rice in Restoran Busy Corner.

Taste: 6.5/10
Price: 7/10

Location: The truck stall is located adjacent to the main road of Restoran Busy Corner..

Claypot Chicken Rice Restoran Busy Corner @ Damansara Jaya, Petaling Jaya

Being a fan of claypot chicken rice myself, I couldn't recall how many times I've been disappointed by the taste of the claypot chicken rice around Klang Valley. Until last year I was rather skeptical on trying another claypot chicken rice stall until my parents introduced me to a stall located in Damansara Jaya.

Named as Restoran Busy Corney, this stall specializes in preparing claypot chicken rice. Ask the Damansara Jaya folks, and they will tell you this is the most famous claypot chicken rice that you can find in Damansara area.

Restoran Busy Corner

There are two session of opening, the lunch session is at 11am to 2.30pm, while the dinner session starts from 5pm to 9.30pm. It can be really crowded during the peak hours, so be early to avoid the crowd and the long queue.

Traditional Claypot Chicken Rice (RM 6.50 for small)

The difference between the chicken rice and the typical one elsewhere is that it comes with onions. Chinese sausage and salted fish are optional (RM 1 each per added serving), only added upon request by the customers.

Ready to be stirred

Traditional Claypot Chicken Rice
The rice were well cooked, neither too soggy nor have any hint of uncooked. Flavourful gravy, well-seasoned chicken, salted fish scent and the fragrance of Chinese sausages coupled with the hint of spring onion, brings out the very flavour that what makes a good claypot chicken rice. Not only that, the onions presence enhance the overall flavour of the chicken rice.

Black Pepper Chicken Rice (RM 6.50 for small)
If you are a fan of black pepper just like me, do not miss this out! The black pepper sauce blends really well with the onions, bringing out an even better flavour to the rice than of the ordinary chicken rice. It's my personal favourite here!

Lo Han Guo Herbal Drink (RM 1.80)
I like how generous the servings of the longan are.

Besides the typical flavour, they do offer other special flavour of claypot chicken rice, ranging from red bean sauce to Thai's sauce. They even have black pepper steak rice, prawn rice and fish rice, all served in claypot. Do try them if you have the urge to be adventurous.

The menu

Overall, I would say the price are reasonable with the serving portion that comes along. The taste did not disappoint and definitely one of a place to be to satisfy the craving for good claypot chicken rice.

Atmosphere: 5/10
Food: 7.5/10 (non-halal)
Price: 6.5/10
Verdict: One of a better claypot chicken rice in Klang Valley.

Restoran Busy Corner
No 83, Jalan SS 22/11
Damansara Jaya
47400, Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Tel: 603 - 7729 0116
Business hours: Daily lunch: 11am - 2.30pm, Dinner: 5pm - 9.30pm

Meng Kee Steam Soup @ Taman Paramount, Petaling Jaya

I'd always love to dine in Taman Paramount, simply because this town still serves a lot of good food that makes me reminisce the past. As one of the oldest town in the city of Petaling Jaya, each of the food business here has their very own history, being inherited from one generation to another. Not only that, many food businesses here are still operated by the locals instead of the foreigners which you usually find elsewhere.

One of the stall here that boasted such a rich history is Meng Kee Steam Soup. Established since 1960, it has been serving steamed soups to the locals for many decades. In fact this stall has gained so much fame throughout the years that most of the Petaling Jaya folks knew it's existence for serving home-taste-alike boiled soup.

Taman Paramount Meng Kee Steamed Soup

No fancy renovation or layout, but only basic tables and chairs by the street to accommodate your meal. Located along the road adjacent to Pos Malaysia Paramount Garden, it is not difficult to spot Meng Kee Steam Soup as you will notice a swarm of crowd sitting by the roadside.

Dining by the street

There are a wide variety of steamed soup to choose from. However, be early to avoid disappointment as the soup are selling like hot cakes.

Pepper Pig Stomach Soup (RM 5 per bowl)
Not too pepperish or thick in flavour, it allow the sweetness of the pig stomach sipping in. You will find the taste very much home alike. Not only that, the soup comes with a generous serving of pig stomach.

Bitter Gourd Soup (RM 5 per bowl)
Eugene ordered this. I was a little skeptical in trying at first but after trying it, I must admit that I really like the bitterness of the gourd that brings out the sweetness of the soup. Tasted very "goldenish-sweet".

Besides soup, Meng Kee Steam Soup stall do offer other little dishes for you to go along with white rice.

Blanched Choy Sum (RM 5 to RM 8)
They have another two choices of vegetables which are Siew Pak Choy and lettuce.

Fish Paste White Tau Foo (RM 5)
The texture very much alike the tau foo fa but this comes with slices of fish paste in a salty gravy. Simple dish but the smoothness of the tau foo and the gravy make it goes very well with the rice.

Steamed Smooth Chicken (RM 7 for quarter-lower portion)
Steamed chicken that are drizzled with soy sauce and oyster sauce. No complain with it as not only the chicken are smooth but the accompanying sauce tasted decent as well.

I reckon that the price are very reasonably priced. Not only they tasted good, the food comes in a very decent portion for the price that you pay. The service was excellent too considering the short amout of waiting time (15 minutes) for the food to come to the table judging from the amount of crowd they have. I will definitely revisit them to have a taste of the other soup.

Atmosphere: 5/10

Food: 7/10 (non-halal)
Price: 8/10
Verdict: You will never had enough of their home taste alike soup!

Meng Kee Steam Soup
Stall No 9
Jalan 20/16
Paramount Garden
Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Tel: 012 - 239 0623 (Boy)
Business hours: 6pm -10pm daily

GPS Coordinates: N3 06.463' E101 37.453'

Pandan Coconut, Anba Coconut Trading @ Lorong Abu Siti, Penang

With the soaring temperature of Penang, it is hard not to find something to cool down your body. Think about thirst quencher, I will not fail to think of coconut drinks.

There was this stall which I had always visited whenever I feel like having some coconut drinks in Penang. Located at Lorong Abu Siti, Anba Cocunut Trading Sdn Bhd does not only sell coconut on a wholesale but they offers coconut to individual as well.

Anba Coconut Trading Sdn Bhd, Lorong Abu Siti

You will notice that there is a lot of coconuts lying everywhere as though you are in a coconut warehouse. There are two choices of coconut, the ordinary one and the pandan coconut.

Ordinary Young Cocunut (RM 1.70 each)

My choice has always been the pandan coconut. Slightly more expensive, but it is all worth for the sweeter taste of the juice with hints of pandan fragrant.

Young Pandan Coconut (RM 2.50 each)

Just placed an order and the worker will choose the best coconut for you before slicing it off for you to enjoy the drinks.

Professional coconut slicer

Sliced Pandan Coconut
The coconut isn't chilled nor they are any ice within. However, the drinks were sweet and simply refreshing with a great pandan fragrant. Definitely will be better if they were serve chilled.

Should you want to have the coconut meat, do ask them for assistance.

Coconut meat

The flesh are sweet and soft, living up to it's billing of young coconut.

They do not provide spoon for you to scoop the coconut meat. Instead, they adapted a very environment friendly approach by slicing part of the coconut shelf to resemble a spoon.

Scooping the meat in a natural way

Thumbs up for the pandan coconut!

There are no proper tables or even seats for you to enjoy the coconut drinks. However, you will not complain the moment you had your first sip of the drink.

Coconut drink: 8/10

Price: 7/10
Verdict: Refreshing pandan coconut drinks that have you refreshed!

Anba Coconut Trading Sdn Bhd

Lorong Abu Siti
off Jalan Burma
Georgetown, 10400
Penang
Malaysia
Business hours: 8am - 7pm (Monday to Saturday)

Tel: 012 - 450 9194

Kafe Goodall-2 Food Court @ Jalan Burma, Penang

Through reading some of the food blog, I got to know 127 Food Court which is located along Burma Road offers some pretty good Penang hawker delicacy.

On my previous Penang trip, just before some seafood dinner at Batu Maung, I stopped by the food court for some hawker delicacy. To my surprise, 127 Food Court has no longer existed and the name is replaced with Kafe Goodall-2. Initially I thought we reached a different food court, but Pei Yee confirmed to me that the change has taken place somewhere early this year.

Kafe Goodall-2, along Jalan Burma

It was 6pm by the time we reached there and there were only a few people dining in at the food court. I have no idea was it because of the time or food issue that caused the lack of crowd coming in.

Pretty big food court

The big food court failed to live up to it's billing by offering very few choices of hawker food at the time of my visit. Countable by fingers, there were only 4 food stalls in operation.

Char Koay Kak Stall at Kafe Goodall-2

Char Koay Kak (RM 2.50)
Pretty decent fried carrot cake with a some hint of wok hei.

Not having enough of curry laksa, I ordered a bowl of it from this food court.

Curry Mee at Kafe Goodall-2 (RM 3)
Lacking in flavour with a very diluted soup that consisted way too much of cocunut milk. Fail is the word to describe it.

I expected more variety and better food from this Kafe Goodall-2. It has been disappointing and perhaps that sums up the reason of the lacking in crowd.

Char Koay Kak: 6/10
Curry Mee: 2.5/10

Atmosphere: 4.5/10
Price: 6.5/10
Verdict: Not a food court that you want to visit to satisfy your craving for Penang hawker delicacy!

Kafe Goodall-2 Food Court

Jalan Burma
10500, Penang
Malaysia

Fried Oyster Midtown Cafe @ Lorong Selamat, Penang

If you happened to be in Georgetown and are looking for food at the odd hours during the afternoon, be sure to visit Midtown Cafe located in Lorong Selamat. Don't worry about missing out your favourite Penang delicacy because they have plenty to offer here.

Midtown Cafe, Lorong Selamat

One my favourite food here is the fried oyster. Fried oyster is another Penang favourite food that are prepared by frying the scrambled egg together some tapioca flour before being topped off with some fresh oysters.

Fried Oyster Midtown Cafe

It was my second time visiting the stall on my previous trip to Penang. My first experience dated back in last year December and I'm hoping that the fried oyster would still taste as good.

Fried Oyster (RM 8)
It was aromatic and still tasted as good on my first visit. The wok hei was there and it was well flavoured too with some hint of spiciness. I'd particularly like the part where the scrambled eggs did not consist too much of tapioca flour, hence not so starchy.

Big and juicy oysters
They came in generous portion and trust me, you can actually taste the presence of those oysters unlike those typical fried oysters found in Klang Valley region.

Not having a bowl of asam laksa yet for that day, I'd ordered a bowl of it from the Midtown Cafe stall.

Asam Laksa Midtown Cafe

I was told that I needed to wait a while for my asam laksa to be ready before they proceeded with my order. I nodded yes and at that point of time, I was hopeful that the asam laksa should be good since the waiting time is longer than usual. And after 15 minutes of wait, my asam laksa was served to me.

Asam Laksa (RM 5)
It does look good with thick minced fish meat spotted on the broth. Not only that, it came with a large piece of fish meat and reasonable vegetables accompaniment.

Not my bowl of Asam Laksa
Whilst the broth scented like a decent bowl of asam laksa, it however tasted way too sweet. It makes me wondered did they poured in some sugar water. I gave up on the broth half way through and when I did that, it means that asam laksa was no good!

Not enough with prawn noodle, my Dad ordered another bowl from the opposite roadside stall.

Prawn Noodle (RM 3), the opposite roadside stall
It was lacking in flavour. Definitely not a bowl of prawn noodle that should carry the tag line of Penang Hokkien Mee.

They are many other food being offered here. However, with the exception of fried oyster, this is not the place that you should really go for your Penang favourite food unless you happened to be very hungry. There are better places that offered better Penang favourite food.

Fried Oyster: 7/10

Asam Laksa: 4.5/10
Prawn Noodle: 4.5/10

Atmosphere: 5/10
Price: 5.5/10

Verdict: The fried oyster was pretty good but the asam laksa and prawn noodle were forgettable!

Midtown Cafe
Lorong Selamat
off Jalan Mcalister
10400
Penang
Business hours: 11am - 7pm daily

12 Inch Oil Fritters, Te Chang You Tiao Wang Enterprise @ Paya Terubong, Penang

Oil fritters or more commonly known as Yau Chau Kueh, is another pastry enjoyed mostly by the Malaysians especially the Chinese community. Prepared by deep frying the fritters from protein flour dough, it is best enjoyed with a cup of black coffee, a bowl of congeee or even with your favourite bowl of dessert.

I was no exception, indeed I'd always love to have Yau Chau Kueh with a cup of black coffee. While on the way to Balik Pulau during my previous trip to Penang with my family, we stopped by a roadside stall selling oil fritters. Located along Jalan Paya Terubong, Te Chang You Tiao Wang Enterprise offers their signature food of 12 inch long stuffed oil fritters.

Te Chang You Tiao Wang Enterprise

Featured article in a Chinese newspaper

Whilst most of the oil fritters are being sold in their original taste, they offers a variety of stuffing flavours for your oil fritters. Just pick your flavour from Sausage + Mayonaise to Black and White Sesame Twins.

Choices of stuffing flavour

While waiting for the oil fritters, I'd manage to have a slight observation on how the oil fritters are being prepared. Firstly, the oil fritters dough is hand-tossed on a wide stainless steel platform.

Hand tossing the dough

Then the dough is being laid on the platform before the cutting process to form it into a fritter shape.

Each fritters is being hand cutted

Just like machine, each of the fritters looked very equal and similar in the size.

Look at the precision of each fritters

Time to Yau Chau them which literally means deep frying the fritters. It is being done in a clean looking stainless pool of hot oil.

Frying them!

As you can see, it is a very neat process as those oil fritters are being cooled down before selling them to the public.

12 inch long oil fritters

And the flavours that we ordered were Floss + Mayonnaise and Kaya + Butter. We could already smell the fragrant from the oil fritters even before tasting them.

Floss + Mayonnaise (RM 2.50 for each long fritter)
It never disappoints. Indeed, it tasted better than the the smell and look suggested. The fritters were so fragrant that you could hardly stop munching them. Not only that, it offers a pleasant mild crisp on the outside while being fluffy in the inside. However, I find the stuffing of Floss + Mayonnaise a little weird to go with the fritters.

Kaya + Butter (RM 2 for each long fritter)
This was the bomb! I finished them all almost by myself. The goodies oil fritters blended so well with the aromatic kaya + butter. In fact, it increases the overall fragrance of the oil fritters with extra sweetness kicking in.

No worries if you are not a fan of stuffed oil fritters because they do sell the conventional plain oil fritters as well.

Plain oil fritters (RM 1 each)
This is where you get to taste the originality of the aromatic oil fritters. Awesome!

Oil Fritters: 9/10

Price: 7.5/10

Verdict: Mouth-watering oil fritters that will keep you out of words!

Te Chang You Tiao Wang Enterprise
1250-A, Jalan Paya Terubong
11600, Penang
Malaysia
Business hours: 6am - 6pm daily, Closed on alternate Tuesday.

GPS Coordinates: N05 23.657' E100 16.587'