潮州美食菜糕 Chai Kueh~ Deframe F&B Teow Chew Delicacies, Taman Rakyat

I kept thinking bout chai kuey after seeing it from my family group chat post. So I ask my foodie neighbour where I can get nice chai kuey in KL, and my neighbour send me these chai kuey few days later~ so blessed! And it's yummy! I 'sapu' more than 6 chai kuey at one go after receive this haha! This Deframe F&B selling 4 types of flavours of chai kueh. Neighbour get me 3 out of 4 flavours whic is turnip, yam and chives. Pumpkin chai kueh already sold out for the day. I like all three flavours! Will save their address as one of the must try list when my family visit me in KL next round. Apparently Deframe F&B not just selling chai kuey, they also have nyonya kuih, kaya puff and Malaiko. And yes, they are previously located in Taman Muda, Ampang before move to new location in Taman Rakyat. Thank you neighbour for the chai kuey and good recommendation! 

Victoria Sponge Cake~ Jaslyn Cakes Mont Kiara

After the Japanese style cafe open for business for less than 3 months and closed down (in 2019), Jaslyn cakes moves in and this small little place has been spotted with queues almost everyday due to there are only few tables for sitting, also operation hours from 9am to 7pm only. Now that Baskin Robbins also closed and moved out, Jaslyn Cakes is expanded with bigger spaces with many sittings and their kitchen also move here. Finally I give their cakes a try. First was carrot cake then today decided to try their Victoria sponge (last picture). Nice but price is a little bit on high side ~ RM19.95 for a slice of Victoria Sponge cake. Kind of spoil by the choice as they have tart, doughnuts, loaf, cookies, muffin, cream rolls etc. Next I will try their Pavlova~

A beautiful accidental discovery on Easter Sunday at Bukit Tunku

April 2022. After breakfast, we went driving around Bukit Tunku to look for coffee at The Stories. A wrong turn led us to this road that goes all the way up, but we can't see what's at the end from the bottom. With no other option, we drove to the end of the road. When We made a U-turn at the final bungalow, and the view that met us was breathtaking~ A beautiful accidental discovery on Easter Sunday. While the famous Changkat Tunku Lookout Point offers unblocked views of KL skyscrapers, it is often too crowded with people, cars, and cyclists, making it hard to find a place to stop. Here, we can see the Twin Towers view with nobody around. Not many cars passed by, either. We'll come back to see the night view.

Our favourite little Japanese Restaurant in Plaza Damas

April 2022. We are here again at our favorite little Japanese restaurant hidden inside Plaza Damas. Today's specials are an assortment of five appetizers, shrimp karaage, handmade gyoza with miso dip, and grilled dried red snapper. We ordered all five of them! The food was good, as always. Today, the counter seats are occupied by Japanese men, some dining alone and others with friends. Surrounded by Japanese conversations, with Japanese talk shows on TV and the Japanese lady owner preparing food at the counter, we suddenly felt like we were in Japan.

Izakaya Niwa~ Oasis Square, Ara Damansara

Back to KL - landed at Subang Airport as I am taking Firefly. It's off work peak hours, traffic is bad. Friend who pick me up search and find this nearby Izakaya with google reviews of 4.3 stars, we have dinner here while wait for traffic turn smoother. We could tell the place is Japanese owned as the Chef is Japanese. Since it's after working hours, there are Japanese patrons dine in and having beers. Just like MK, there are quite a numbers of Japanese living in Ara Damansara. We shared a chicken karaage, shime saba (cured mackerel), spinach sides, and omakase yakitori set of 5 (pork belly wrap with enoki mushrooms / chicken skin / chicken tail / chicken gizzard / grilled shiitake). Great place to chilled with beers and they have extensive range of alcoholic beverages. Too bad my friend needs to drive so we did not order any alcohol drinks. 

60 Years Old Cantonese Restaurant~ 梅忠记 Boey Chong Kee, Penang

This is a dinner where we waited from sky bright until it turns dark (before and after sunset) only our order is served. Since we already knew that there will be long waiting time for the food and the tables~ all the Penang-lang here (8 adults + 6 kids = 2 tables) willing to wait to try this old school Cantonese dishes from this more than 60 years old restaurant located at ground floor of the People's court - one of the earliest low-cost flat in 1961 in Lebuh Cintra. What we order are steamed fish, stir fried beef with kailan, stir fried chicken with oyster sauce, prawn fritters, braised pork ribs with black bean paste, stir fried beef with ginger and spring onions, and stew ginger duck. I can see why the waiting time is long as the chef cooks by order and by table. Even there's repeat order, he won't cook the dish all in once and serve whatever is cook first. That explained why every table needs to wait at least half  to an hour. But, when our food is served, its all come out at once and it is still hot! No regrets for the long waits! In fact I a little regrets that I find out this place too late. Hopefully next time when I come back I have the time to wait again to try other Cantonese dishes. 

Hangout with bestie at the beach~ Pantai Teluk Bayu, Teluk Kumbar

Second day after back to Penang, finally meet up with bestie after we never meet nearly 4 years due to covid pandemic and lockdowns. We hangout at the beach after breakfast~ since that's what I want to do when I am back! She brought me to this slightly secluded yet beautiful beach at Teluk Kumbar~ Pantai Teluk Bayu to relax~ Looking at the blue blue sky and blue blue sea, brings back a lot of memories of those good old days we spent at beach over the weekends when I still living in Penang. Two siao cha bo (Two of us) have fun taking photos together and bestie even felt off from the seaside rock fence and having minor scratch on her knee due to over-excited (omg)!

ST Loo Beef Koay Teow & Crispy fried Oyster Omelette~ OO White Coffee, Carnarvon Street

April 2022. Back to Penang for a short break! After pick me up from airport, sis and bil bring me straight to OO White Coffee at Carnarvon Street for our favourite Gu bak koay teow (beef noodle soup) that used to be located at Lam Ah Coffeeshop, intersection of Beach Street and Chulia Street. We called the coffeeshop "bomba dui-bin" (which means opposite the fire station in Hokkien) as it is located right opposite the Beach St Fire Station. It's a long long long long time since I last had their Gu bak koay teow so I didn't know that they have moved to current address at Carnarvon St since 2015. 

The crispy oh-chien stall that relocated along with the beef koay teow to Carnarvon St is really a pleasant surprise for me~ cuz I have no idea bout this crispy oh chien (oyster omelette) until today. Fall in love with the crispy thin crust egg batter fritters, with the nicely cook oyster that burst juice in mouth. OMG! Somebody please tell me if I can find this in KL too! Apparently before this crispy oh chien stall moved to Lam Ah Coffeeshop, it's already famous when it was at New World Park. However, finding parking here is still a pain just like when they were at Beach st / Chulia st lol. Since we are here at OO white coffee, off course I cannot miss out to try the kopi! Mine is Kopi C Kosong peng (Iced coffee with Carnation evaporated creamer but no sugar)~ it is kaw and good!

Samy Bak Kut Teh, Klang

Year 2022 first Bak kut teh trip in Klang. This should be my 4th Klang BKT in Klang after moved down to KL. Samy Bak Kut Teh (HQ) at Jalan Chan Ah Choo, Pandamaran is my friend's almost everyday must eat breakfast spot in the past when he was stationed in Klang. To be honest I don't have any preference on BKT as I find all of them taste good and never encounter a bad one so far. We order 3 layers pork, intestine and ribs. Their BKT broth is thick type as they claimed that they cook with the same amount and same ratio of meat and water. Sami have 12 outlets up to date including the newly open in Pavilion Bukit Jalil last year. You probably notice some of their branch name is "Samy & Tien" and "Samy & Min". Well, Tien and Min are the daughters of the founder. While Samy & Ah Her~ Ah Her or Ah Her Bak kut teh is another famous BKT in Klang. During Covid pandemic, Samy launched instant ready to eat BKT besides the soup spices pack which can be purchase online as well. I bought some of the BKT soup spices for my family since I am going back hometown coming weekend.