Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Crepe, Crepe.....

Loves the flour + egg batter fried in a flat pan (summary: Pancake / Crepe) ever since I know this thing exist (thanks to those manga that I read). Even more fascinated when I heard that there is such thing called Mille Crepe appear in this world. The idea of super thin pieces of crepe layered up to form a cake shape with creamy cream stuff in between each layer just make me crazy. Must have! ( I told myself.) But where to get?

Well, from what I heard, the most delicious Mille Crepe in Malaysia lies in Malacca. But before I can go to Malacca, I found it at a place nearer than I can imagine.....

Dessert's Bar, which I spotted while wondering around at Hartamas Shopping Center.

Original Flavor Mille Crepe (RM 8.00)
This is the thing that caught my eyes when I passed through the entrance of Dessert's Bar.
Never have any Mille Crepe before I put this into my mouth, not sure what's the original taste like. But this crepe that I had, it's like a heavy version of cake. Each layer of crepe was slightly thicker from what I imagined, and this make the whole cake texture a bit 'bouncy'. Overall, the taste is nice, just that I can easily feel full just by having 2/3 of this Mille Crepe.

Hartamas Shopping Center
Lot K8, Plaza Ground Floor.
Opening hours:
10am to 10pm (daily)

Nope! Not yet.
My journey of hunting the most delicious crepe won't just end like this.

The time had finally arrived when I and a bunch of buddies went on a trip to PD and Malacca.
Yes, Malacca! That means I can finally taste the legendary Mille Crepe of Nadeje!!!

(Just wanted to show the logo of Nadeje here.) Not much time I had before my trip end, so I had to 'da-pao' the crepe and do all those photo shooting on the car.

Original Flavor Mille Crepe (RM8.50)
50 cents more expensive than the Dessert's Bar's Mille Crepe. But the differences not only at the price.
First impression it gives me is, the whole shape of this crepe hold up more like a perfect cake (not like the previous 1, rounded down at the edge). The texture is definitely lighter, the thickness of each layer is quite even. Not too sweet. And most important is, it's so light that I felt like it melted in my mouth. (OK, maybe I'm a little too exaggerated, solid thing WON'T melt). In conclusion, I love this!

Finally, I have tasted the original Mille Crepe!

When I say I love crepe, of course not limited to Mille Crepe. Moreover, Mille Crepe is just a new stuff I discover recently. My all time favorite is still the japanese crepe (again, salute to my manga.....).

And, here leads to another new discovery after the Nadeje's Mille Crepe.....

Shimino Harajuku Japanese Crepes, a crepe counter that I found at Ikano Power Center.
The design of this whole counter is just too lovely not to stop by. Look at how yummy the displays are.....

The displays not only attracted me.....

Without hesitation.....
Kiwi Crepe (RM7.00 ++, If I'm not mistaken.....) is in my hand.....
Taste just like those crepe from Japan. Soft crepe, stuffed with fresh cream and fruits. Yummy.

That's my favorite, always from Japan.....

Crepe anyone?

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Asian Food House Restaurant.....

Hang out a lot at Damansara lately, because of work.
After almost consume most of the food that 1 Utama can offer, I and dar dar decided to look for new supplier. And so, Damansara Uptown become our target (he he.....).


Target No.1: Asian Food House Restaurant

Reason: It was late after dinner time and we haven't had our dinner yet. Rush to Uptown, didn't know what to eat. Most of the shop almost close. Then we saw this shop that looks like can offer lots of choices for us.


Looks more like a Japanese restaurant to me. (Yah, Japanese again..... I'm so obsessed with Japanese stuff)
Their menu was more than Japanese food.....Taiwanese, Korean, Local.....basically any food with Asian theme. But I can tell, it's more to Japanese + Taiwanese side. Less choices for other country's cuisine.


Mother of Pearl -Original (RM 5.00)
Large pearl milk tea. Very fragrant one. Smooth and sweet. Addictive taste, just like Yippe Club.


Japanese Curry Pork Chop Rice (RM10.80)
Obviously I'm the one who ordered it. Thick curry sauce with generous amount of potatoes and carrots. Below it was a piece of  fragrant deep fried pork chop. 1 word: YUMMY. The pork chop itself had a kind of fragrant smell in it. Plus the curry was exactly taste like the 1 I ate at Japan, thick and smooth, full with vege sweetness. Normally, people just use our local rice to cook Japanese cuisine. But this one was real Japanese rice. Nice!


Beef Noodle Soup (RM8.80)
Yes, I don't eat beef. But My dar dar did. According to him, it's very DELICIOUS. Fragrant, flavorful soup, with very generous amount of beef slices and beef meat ball (he was smiling while eating this). The only things to critic was, after he ate half of it, the soup started to taste a little saltier.

Sauce that comes with the noodle. Very special taste. Can't tell exactly what's inside. It taste a little sour, lime kind of sour, a little wasabi sharpness inside, and a little ginger taste too. All together, nice combination.

Overall, I'll recommend my colleague to come have lunch with me here if we have time. Cause I think that they have many choices of food here, and the price is reasonable too. You can find many food under RM 10.00 here. Some more, the taste has guarantee. ( according to what I tried that day ).Will come to try more next time :).



Asian Food House Restaurant

Location:
38, Jalan SS21/58, Damansara Utama,
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Twenty Niners.....

Food hunting at Kepong again.
Didn't know what to eat anymore.
And, suddenly, a bright red sign board with some Japanese words catch my eye. ( Anything with Jap elements will sure will catch my attention.....haha)

It's called Twenty Niners, a newly opened japanese style western food restaurant.
Still thinking to go in or not at first ( coz the most cheap thing in the menu was the RM12 kids meal ).
But then, one of the worker walked out and told us that there is a All-You-Can-Eat bar inside for those who order a main course.
And so, we went in doubtlessly.....

Is a Japanese style western restaurant. Hamberg Steak seems to be their specialty. And they claim that their beef are wagyu (和牛), which is a very famous type of beef in Japan. And what they have here is wagyu from Aussie.....

The All-You-Can-Eat bar at the end of the restaurant. Featuring various kind of soups, salads, fried snacks, ice-creams and even Japanese curry with Japanese rice!!!


Assorted salads at the bar.....

2 unlimited refill soft drinks (RM 5/ each) and some all-you-can-eat stuff (FOC)

Salad
Various choice of salads from the bar. Very refeshing with a touch of Japanese taste. Love the salad dressing. 

Carrot Soup
Sweet thick soup. And when I say sweet, is not sugar-sweet, is carrot-sweet here. Very natural sweet carrot taste with a little savoury taste that a western thick soup should have. Love it.

Salmon Thick Soup
Another type of soup at the bar. Thought it'll be like Campbell + a chunk of salmons when I first look at it. 
But I was wrong. It fill my mouth with seafood when I spoon it in my mouth. Not a trace of Campbell taste in there. 

Japanese Curry Rice
Another FOC stuff. Can't believe I can find my favorite curry rice in the FOC department. When I say FOC, did you thought that is some cheap local white rice with watery curry sauce? No, no, no. This is real JAPANESE RICE, with THICK, flavorful, very Japanese taste curry. You don't know how much I love Japanese curry rice. The rice itself here is heaven for me. Taste exactly like the Japanese curry rice I had in Japan.

Glass Noodle Salad
I know it looks like what, but this is not Meehoon Goreng. This is one of the salads in the bar. Cold, vinegar-kind sour taste. Makes my appetite grows. The taste is so addictive that we have to do an encore on this. 

So much for the FOC stuff, here comes the main course.....

Italian Chicken (RM19.00)
The main course serve rather slow here. I was almost full with the FOC stuff when they serve this. Considering the price, this dish was not as big portion as I imagine it to be. Same as all other food here, they serve this plate of western chicken with Japanese element in it too.....the white radish with some savoury sour sauce on it. Not a big fan of that, coz the white radish had the natural bitter taste in it ( all plain cooked white radish have that taste I think ). The chicken was just cooked (some part still feels raw to me), with cheese and fresh tomato sauce on it. Quite ordinary for a main course at this price, I should say.

Garlic Onion Burger (RM18.00)
Dar-dar's ordered. (who else will eat beef?) This one more impressive than mine. Big burger (50% bigger than mamak's burger) with thick wagyu patty in it. Juicy, sweet beef patty with very Japanese taste. (that's what dar dar says). Quite full though, the patty alone. 

Assorted Ice Cream
Various flavor of ice cream for grad near the curry bar. A prefect touch for an end of the meal. 

Overall, the All-You-Can-Eat stuff were so fantastic, that it make the main course taste so ordinary. Too ordinary for the price they offering. But I really love the Japanese-western flavor they have here. (How many times did I mention Japanese in this post? )

Twenty Niners

Location :
Block C-G-8, Jalan Metro Perdana 3,
Taman Usahawan Kepong, 52100, Kuala Lumpur.
(Shop lots behind Kepong Carrefour, same row with Bel Pesto, and next to a steamboat restaurant)

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Japin Restaurant @ Sg. Wang Plaza



It was a fine late afternoon when I walked around Sungei Wang Plaza, searching for my brunch (Yes! It was 2:35pm and I haven't eaten anything yet!). And I found this in the concourse floor near Giant (place that use to be Parkson). Presenting the Japin Restaurant.....

How it attract me? First,it is a JAPANESE ramen house (I'm quite obsess with japanese stuff.) Second, the shop is mainly in Pink! Well, I think these 2 reason is more than enough for me to go in (haha).

Their choices of ramen are quite a lot (defnitely more than 10 type to choose) and all come in set too (included tea and salad). Since my dar dar already ate something, so we only ordered 1 set of ramen and 1 side order.



The Green Tea that comes with the set.
I found that their quite nice to give us an extra cup of cold water when they found out we only ordered 1 drink (cause most of the restaurant wouldn't do the same thing).



Salad that comes with the ramen set too.
A small plate of salad with some cabbages, carrots and corns in it. Love the sweet taste of the mayonnaise. I think they put some ebiko in it too, cause I saw some red dots in the mayonnaise.


Syoyu Ramen (RM 14.60 - set price)
The most basic ramen in the restaurant.Comes with 2 pieces of japanese char siu and 1 half boiled egg. Like any other Syoyu Ramen, the soup is clear and sweet. The ramen here are thinner than those that I used to eat, looks more like wantan mee to me. Anyway, my favorite in this bowl was.....


The Half Boiled Egg!!!

It looks like it was fully cooked from outside, but when I bite it, the liquid from the yolk starting to dripped out.....loved the taste of the egg. Wanted to order the egg for extra side order, but felt that is quite expensive if you order the egg alone.....(RM 1.80/ egg)


Last, but not least.....the Gyoza!(RM 6.80/ 6 pieces)
I love to eat gyoza, no matter is the chinese or japanese version.
The wat they cook their gyoza here is a bit different from outside. I ordered gyoza in so many restaurant before and most of them will fried to burn the skin a bit or some even deep fried the whole gyoza (poor gyoza). From what I read from book, gyoza should only fried 1 side, with some flour and water as base on the pan (hope you know what I'm talking about.....cause I don't really understand my own word either...haha). Erm, what I'm trying to say is, I think they use the right matter to cook the gyoza in this restaurant.

The skin is crunchy, and the filling is definitely more than those that I tried before. Nice!

Other than ramen, they serve other japanese rice sets and dessert too. I think I'll visit this restaurant again to try out other stuff (or maybe just for the sake of the EGG!!!)