Makan Best Mee Sup Tengkera, Melaka

Xin Nian Kuai Le Ta Jia!

It has been a while since I decided to blog again. With the emerging of social media such as Instragram, blogging is not suitable for LAZY people like me, haha.

By the way, wanna share one makan place located in Tengkera Melaka. Chang2 really like the soup here though I am not a big fan.

Their specialty is definitely a bowl of soup where you are given a choice to opt for yellow nooedle (mee kuning), mee hoon or kuetiaw.

We always opt for yellow noodle.

Warning: For spicy lover, there is no hot kicap or cili padi here as only a bottle of white pepper & salt served here, just in case if you want to adjust the taste.

For me, it is enough already though sometimes it can be a bit salty. Well, people preferences can be different though. Plus, I love simple & plain soup that is why some local actually named this dish with Mee Sup Bodoh as taste-wise, it is quite plain.

To compliment our noodle is a glass of Air Mata Kucing . A refreshing taste especially to cover up the Malacca heat.

They are also offering popiah (I tried the fried version) just in case you are not a soup lover, I did not have the pic here but ok ok only in terms of taste, not the best popiah in town I must say but very fulfilling if you eat it.

So, if you are in Malacca and was looking for something simple, you can try Mee Sup Tengkera.

Mee Sup Tengkera
No 440B, Jalan Tengkera
75200 Melaka, Malaysia

Operating hours: from 2pm onwards and closed on Thursday (based on tips left in 4square)

Landmark - in front of the fruits stall, nearby Methodist Girls School) or just Waze Mi Sup Tengkera

This is their official FB page 

Happy Tasting!

2012 Eid Adha Dishes

October 25, 2012

This year, similarly like last year, we x celebrate eid adha at our hometown. We juz celebrate at Sgor only.  So, mom decided to cook her famous dishes every year, which is Nasi Beriani..huhu.. Usually we didn't cook Nasi Beriani for eid adha as we already cooked it during eid fitri, I x know y this year, mom insisted to cook Nasi Beriani..hurm.. sounds a lot of drama, rite..haha..

Ok, enough on the mumbling..hehe..Now, foodies time..

Sengek (this is what we called at home) aka Sambal Goreng (fried tauhu & tempe, long bean, red & green chillies, onion, garlic, suun & tauhu kering, juz throw put everything together in one wok, & finished it with Kicap manis, walaowei..ho chak wo..hehe.. For the past 3 or 4 years, I am the one who cooked this dishes & in fact it is my fav's raya dishes. All time fav's, hehe..

Another fav's raya dishes of mine is called Ayam Masak Merah..gosh.. I am drowling over by looking at this pic..hehe..

Mom's beef beriani. She used sirloin parts aka daging batang pinang in Malay. Though the price is quite expensive, but it really does save the cooking time as u x have to boil e beef prior cooking..

Nasi Beriani.. We cooked this dishes on the of raya itself to ensure its freshness.. This is mom's specialty that I x know how to cook it until now..haha.. epic failure..

This is definitely not a raya dishes..hik hik. It is sotong dalam tin (rex brand) sambal..haha.. One of our family fav's dishes & I cooked it yesterday for dinner. Juz put it on the table for extra dishes, x too mentioned x want to waste it ;)

360 views of our eid adha dishes.. I forgot to snap pic of papadom.. My lil bro all time fav's, haha.. 

Hence, this is all for our eid adha dishes this year. Alhamdulillah.

Best Korean Cuisines - Ko Hyang Korean Country Delights, The Gardens

My review is based on my personal point of view. Different people might have different view from mine. Hence, this review is for my blog purposes only ;).

October 23, 2012 

Chang2 & I lately or rather I am lately was so into Korean foods. Few years back, we made our first attempt on Korean foods at Mid Valley food court (which is currently under reno now). The experienced was horrible as the taste do not suit our palate at all,huhu. Hence, period. We never try any Korean foods anymore.

Juz recently, I x knew what came into me that makes me craving to taste the Korean cuisines again. Hence, ta da.. the outcome was so different from our 1st attempt. We tried the Korean foods at The Street Cafe, Sunway Pyramid, Sam Sam Korean at The Gardens Food Court & it was such, well I can conclude a good experienced. I will blog bout The Street Cafe & Sam Sam perhaps in other post as I am so into Ko Hyang rite now,hehe.. 

I have read bout Ko Hyang from other bloggers & since it was all reviewed positively, thus after we send our application ;) at Fedex drop point, off we go to the Gardens Mall, Mid Valley. Ko Hyang is located at the lower ground of The Gardens. It is not a restaurant & resembles like a hawker outlet (in a good way) with their layout & ambiance. The services was prompt & fast too.

I x snap a pic of their signage, hence I borrowed the pic & credited to http://jasonmumbles.com/2011/12/ko-hyang-korean-country-delights/

Look at the chairs & tables here, epic + classic, haha. Pic credited to http://j2kfm.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheap-korean-delights-from-ko-hyang.html

After the order has been made, we were first served with Banchan (small dishes served along with cooked rice in Korean cuisine). Both of us got a plate of Banchan each. I read in some blog, it was supposed to be free flow, but they never refill it for us. Perhaps bcoz we didn't ask for refill either,hehe. Here at Ko Hyang, their Banchan consists of cold cucumbers, kimchi & fried anchovies. The Kimchi is just nice, x too sourish.

Seafood Ra Myeon. Price : RM 13.50. 

Taste-wise : 5/5. I love it as compared to The Street Cafe & Sam Sam Korean as it was tasty, in a large quantity & not too bland. The noodles is neither too soft nor hard, just nice that suits my palates so well. The prawn & clam also x bad either.

Bi Bim Bab (Chicken). Price: RM16.90. Chang2 decided to order this as it was mentioned a lot by other bloggers. 

Taste-wise: 5/5. Gosh, it was so yummy, so contradict from our 1st attempt few years back. The portion is just nice for 1 person & quite small if u're a big eater like me. I only take a few bites as Chang2 love it so much & I x want to kacau her meal, hehe. Bi Bim Bap here is served  in a stainless steel bowl that came along with brown rice, minced chicken ( u can opt for beef), Korean Chilli paste, an egg , mushroom + veges.

Tuk Bokki. Price: RM14.90.

Taste-wise: 3/5. This is our must order dish every time we we went to any Korean restaurant. It was so spicy for me as I am not a fan of spicy food. On the contrary, Chang2 love it as she fancies spicy food (can't help it, she's a Malaccan) but she did mentioned bout how spicy the Tuk bokki here though,hehe.

I decided to order Gun Man Du (Korean Dumpling) as I have watched the vids on youtube thousand times, haha, so exageratted. Price : RM 9.50 per plate (6 pcs).

Taste-wise: 4/5. Best eaten when it is still piping hot as u can taste the dumpling crispy skin. After a while, the skin tend to be a lil bit soggy, uh uh.. Chang2 love this dish most as she eats & eats the dumpling 3 in a row,hehe.

After we almost finish our dishes, one of the staff gave us a bowl of soup. This is a complementary soup & I x know why they gave it to us at the end of the meal. Is it bcoz of their customs to served the soup at the end of the meal or bcoz according to Chang2, they gave it to us as she kept on staring our neighbour's table when they received the complementary soup,haha.. Taste-wise: It is juz an ordinary soup but the taste is not too strong unlikely the soup from Japanese outlets ( I am not a fan of miso),hehe..

Our yummy dishes view edited using PhotoWonder apps.

For drinks, we ordered White coffee cold (RM 3.30) for me & Watermelon Juice (RM 4.80) for Chang2..

Total Cost RM 66.65 inclusive of 6% tax. Not considered cheap but a well worth experienced for us. Definitely, we will be a frequent here,hehe...

So, for those who were cravings for Korean cuisines, hence do visit Ko Hyang. There are several outlets besides the one we visited at The Gardens. Do visit Ko Hyang official websites to browse their menu & other outlets available.

As for The Gardens outlet, this is their address:-
LG-K05
The Gardens, Mid Valley City. 

Best Makan Place - Saba Restaurant Cyberjaya

My review is based on my personal point of view. Different people might have different view from mine. Hence, this review is for my blog purposes only ;)

I have always wanted to blog about Chang2 & I fav's place to eat which is known as Saba Restaurant located in Cyberjaya. It is a middle east cuisine aka makanan arab in Malay & we love it so much,hehe.. Since we have been there more than dozens times, hence I have a lot of pics bout e food here.

24.12.2010 - Chicken Kabsah (Quarter in size) + Rice RM10 per plate served with Chili. 

Taste-wise: 5/5. Definitely suits to our liking. The rice is not sticky at all & the chicken is so soft. It is not full of spices too, as compared to our Beriani rice. The chilli really complement the dish nevertheless, it is spicy if u consume it a lot. If u're not a big eater, I suggest that u share ur meal wit ur partner as the portion per plate is huge.

06.09.2012 - Previously, we always ordered 2 plates of chicken kabsah (1/4) with rice. 

However as Chang2 always couldn't finish her plate, hence we decided to order Chicken Kabsah (Half in size) wit rice. It is value for money as u need to pay RM15 only instead of RM20 + the portion is so huge. Why don't we think bout it earlier,haha..

06.09.2012 - This is Chang2's fav here. An appetizer called Hummus served with pita bread. It is mashed cold chickpeas + olive oil. Price: RM6. Taste-wise: 4/5. I prefer the hummus from one of the middle east rest in malacca, but chang2 loves this so much. In fact, it is a must order dish for her,hehe.. Careful wit e bread though as it is always so liat aka hard. Ur mouth have some exercise to do,haha..

06.09.2012 - Another fav's dish here is called plate of Chicken Shawerma. Price:RM12. 

It consists of roasted chicken slices + fries + veges + mayo served wit pita bread too. U can opt whether u want chicken shawerma sandwich RM6 (all e ingredients in one pita bread & wrap it for u) or chic shawerma plate where they put all ingredients in one plate. I prefer the latter due to e quantity,hehe. Taste-wise:5/5.

Chicken Shawerma Sandwich RM6. Pic credited to http://nsuatm.blogspot.com/2009/11/restaurant-saba-cyberjaya.html

However, in terms of chic shawerma (plate), sometimes they kinda "forget" to put veges as ur side dishes. This is my guess, perhaps they was shortages in terms of veges supply on that particular veges "gone" day,haha. Magic. Now u see, now u don't,hehe.

02.05.2011 - Casterd Choc RM5. This is my fav's desert here. It is choc pudding (I guess) served with shredded coconut on top of it. It has a bitter choc taste & some mild sweetness in it. It suits my taste-bud as I am a choc lover, Chang2 dislikes this though,hehe. Taste-wise:5/5.

02.05.2011- Cream Caramel RM3. Chang's fav desert here. Though Chang2 & I is BFF & mucitot each other, nevertheless in terms of our food choices, sometimes we tend to be different,hehe. As much as she dislikes my fav's casterd choc, I have to say that I dislike her cream caramel too,haha. Taste-wise:5/5 according to Chang2 (2010; 2011;2012), hehe... 

If I may say so, there is one thing that is so obvious in terms of Saba price before as compared to now. In the bill dated Feb 26, 2011 there is no govt & service charges as compared to the bill dated May 2, 2011, we have to PAY for the govt + serv taxes, huhu.. 

I kinda ok when I have to pay e govt tax, however the latter tax kinda irk me. Well, perhaps it was just me..hurm.. 

Saba Restaurant Menu.

Service: In terms of services here, if u came during peak hour (lunch time or dinner time), it's kinda hard to get the waiter attention. U have to wave at them over & over again. If luck is not on ur side, sumtimes the waiter did see u, but they kinda ignore u. Nevertheless, this is based from my experienced, & it is not every time I faced it. I kinda get it if their services is not to my expectation during peak hour as the waiters also are human. They definitely exhausted esp during evening shift, so it is fine wit me then.

Pic credited to http://mybiebie.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-updated-saba-arab-cuisine.html

So, if u're craving for middle east cuisines, I suggest u visit Saba Restaurant. 

Here is the address

Saba Restaurant

4800 Suite 02

Ground Floor

CDB Perdana, Cyberjaya,

Selangor.

Contact no: 03-83202544

Happy Tasting Da jia ;)

Home Cooked Meal - Chicken Porridge

Oct 1, 2012

Yesterday, I tried to cook Chicken Porridge as Chang2 love to eat it. I just googled the recipe & luckily for us, it turns out to be delicious,hehe.

Home cooked Chicken Porridge in a rice cooker ;)

Boiled chicken breast. Shredded by Chang2 finely. When I tried to shred it, the end result turn out to be on the contrary from Chang2. Perhaps I can describe it as chicken chunk aka thick slices rather than shredded chicken, haha.

For the side dishes, I cooked fish cake with oyster sauce & sardines sambal. 

Chang2 also cooked roti telur yesterday. Yummy, hehe.

360 views - Our dinner last nite. Home cooked meal is always e best & satisfying for ur stomach plus ur wallet too, wink.. It is too much & we ended up having it as our lunch today.

Craving Ayam Masak Merah

September 28, 2012

I have been craving for Nasi Ambang & ayam masak merah since last nite. Keep on mentioning it & I think Chang2 cannot stand it anymore,hehe.. So, today Chang2 went & tapau the ayam masak merah for me at Shidah Restaurant, Sek 7, Shah Alam (nearby old Hakim Restaurant).

Edited via Photowonder apps using android.

To conclude, I am so bless. Alhamdulillah & tq so much Chang2 for ur effort & love. 

I knew that u love me more,hehe.. Love u too dear.. My bestest BFF & the only one ever.

2012 B'day Celeb - Teh Tarik Place, Empire Shopping Gallery

My review is based on my personal point of view. Different people might have different view from mine. Hence, this review is for my blog purposes only ;)

September 19, 2012

On my bday, I will ensure that, I am gonna eat noodles (due to my chinese root, I guess) as it signifies prosperity & longevity in live. It has became a MUST for me every time I celebrated my bday & I make it as a must for Chang2's bday too. It already became our customs & norm I guess,haha..

Anyway, to finish my bday celeb this year, we ate my longevity bday noodles at the Teh Tarik Place, Empire Shopping Gallery after we finished most of the the time at Popular Bookstore (we are both bookaholic,haha). 

I forget to snap the cafe view, hence I google it. Pic credited to http://my.openrice.com/klangvalley/restaurant/teh-tarik-place/18481/. It has smoking & non smoking area, wc is good especially for the non smoker like me as I x have to endure the smell of the cigarettes. Plus, for the smokers, u can enjoy ur teh tarik & cigarette at the same time while chatting wit ur frends..

Mee Hoon Mamak aka my longevity noodles. RM 6.90. Taste-wise: 2/5. It is too salty for our liking. If only it is less salty, sigh.. The portion is a lot though, especially when u already ate at Italiannies & Tutti Frutti prior,haha.

Chang2 opted the bread as we were too full already. Roti Bakar with Butter & Kaya RM2.70. Taste-wise: 2/5. They used the wheatmeal bread here ( we are x the healthy eater,hehe) & the bread does not taste like a very typical toasted bread wc we loved the crunchiness & have a lil bit burn taste. Noted that u can order all sorts of hot plate (roti canai, roti bakar, murtabak) from 2.30pm onwards only.

For beverages, Hot teh tarik (RM2.50 per glass) for me & Cold ribena lychee (RM4.80) for Chang2. Taste-wise: Nothing to shout out, despite their place is called upon teh tarik, i prefer Maple original teh tarik that has more umph & kick, wink..hehe.

Overall, in terms of ambience it is ok & suitable if u wanna have a chat wit ur frends aka lepaking or hang out. However, the chair that usually been used in the old kopitiam is quite small for me as I am a plus size girl. It is quite warm here, perhaps bcoz the staff always let the door wc lead to the smoking area open. The service is quite prompt for us, lucky for us, as I have read in someone blog they encountered lowya service there.

Teh Tarik Place has other branches too. For more info click here.

The one that I visited is at Empire Subang Gallery. Here is the address

Teh Tarik Place Restaurant

Lot LG21, Ground Floor (Besides O'Brien sandwich & on the same floor with Ole-ole Bali &Serai Restaurant).

Happy Tasting Da Jia ;)

2012 B'day Celeb - Tutti Frutti Empire Shopping Gallery

My review is based on my personal point of view. Different people might have different view from mine. Hence, this review is for my blog purposes only ;)

September 19, 2012

After we celebrated my bday at the Italiannies, I wanted to finish our meal by having a dessert coz I am having a sweet tooth moments,haha. I did not order any dessert fr Italiannies coz I felt it is a bit pricey & we were too full at that time. 

After jalan2 in the empire, hence, Chang2 decided to try the frozen yogurt at the Tutti Frutti kiosk.

We were so clueless bout e concept here & were lucky enough that one of the female staff there, willingly to show us how to do it since it is our first time here. Though Tutti Frutti has been in Malaysia market for ancient, haha.. we still x wanna try it coz both of us are very fond towards Baskin Robbin ice cream,hehe.. Nevertheless, we did knew that they served frozen yogurt instead of ice cream & it is a franchise brought by Naza Group. Period. That's all we know bout it,hehe.

Anyway, turn out that the Tutti Frutti is a self service kiosk whereby u need to do everything by yourself. It is a DIY concept. 

1) First, u need to decide the size of your cup. Choose green cup for smaller size or pinky cup if u wanna bigger size. 

This is the DIY yogurt station at Tutti Frutti. 2) Then, bring it to the yogurt station, choose ur fav's flavour & dispense the flavour u wanted. U can mix up as much flavour as u want.  Noted, that x be too excited to press all the button as the price is accordingly to the weight.

I managed to google on the 4 easy steps when you are ordering Tutti Frutti. Pic credited http://yantipadli.blogspot.com/2011/06/yo-froyo-at-tutti-frutti.html

3) After dispensed e frozen yogurt, then u can pick ur fav's toppings such as nata de coco, cereals, marshmallow, chocolate rice, Strawberry/Choc Hershey's syrup (this is what I can recap) & etc.

4) After that, the staff will weight ur cup on the machine & u need to pay it accordingly. If I am not mistaken, 100gram = RM5.30.

For us, in terms of yogurt, we chose Watermelon & Death by chocolate flavours & for toppings, we chose marshmallows, raisins & rice crisp cereal. Taste-wise: 3.5/5. Nothing to shout out actually + we prefer Baskin Robbin more. Nevertheless, as a choc lover, I do love the choc flavour here. For the watermelon, unless u are a fan of sourish flavour, u might opt this flavour, if not, it is x recommended. 

Total price RM 12.70. Worth it or not, u decide it urself, hehe.. However, it was such an experience for us, the first timer here at Tutti Frutti.

For more info on Tutti Frutti, u can click here. For the Empire kiosk (nearby the children's apparel area & Popular Bookstore), this is their address

Lot FK03A, Third Floor, 

Empire Shopping Gallery,

SS16, Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Happy Tasting Everyone ;)

2012 B'day Celeb - Italiannies @ Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang Jaya

My review is based on my personal point of view. Different people might have different view from mine. Hence, this review is for my blog purposes only ;)

September 19, 2012 

We celebrated our bday lunch at the Italiannies Pasta Pizza & Vino at Empire Subang. Since I am a big fan of Italians food especially pasta, hence Chang2 gave me the option to celeb my bday either at the Italiannies or at Pizza Vivo. We ended up at the Italiannies instead, next time we will definitely visit Pizza Vivo.

When we arrived at the restaurant, it was around 3pm & there is only 1 table occupied at that time. We were welcome cheerfully by one of the manager/staff there. What a good starts for my bday, hehe..

Since I forgot to snap the restaurant entrance, hence I google this pic. Pic credited to http://my.openrice.com/klangvalley/restaurant/italiannies/18278/

As we have read so much in other's blog bout how huge the portion at Italiannies, hence we decided to share our meal. The waiter who took our order is from Philippine. I kinda guess it from his accent. Anyway, I love the service by this Filipino waiter as he kept on smiling & his service is tip top too. Ok, let's continue bout what we ordered that day.

First of all, when u dine in at the Italiannies, u will be served the complementary bread from the restaurant. It is served with olive oil & black oil ( x idea what is it called). Chang2 love this so much as she is a fan of bread,hehe..

We did order a mushroom soup Piccolo in size (Piccolo is for 1 or 2 person per serving)  as we got the complementary bread. The soup is tasty though it is quite salty when it is cold. I recommend to eat it when it is still warm. Anyway, Chang2 love the mushroom soup too. She ended up finishing all the bread & mushroom soup as well, hehe. Taste-wise: 4/5. Price: RM9.90

For our starter, we chose Regular Fried Calamari served with arugula & homemade marinara sauce. We love this calamari too nevertheless it is quite the same with the mushroom, as it is a bit salty especially at the squid tentacles. Taste-wise: 4/5. Price: RM26.90. Not to forget, the portion for regular is huge though. Really worth e price. 

As for the main course, we ordered Classic Pizza (italian chic sausage, mushrooms, pepper wit mozarella & parmesan cheese). They used minced chic & well, the toppings is a lot as compared to other fast food rest. We loved the thin crust & I can say it is worth the money as well. The portion is too big for both of us nebertheless. We ended up tapau the rest of the pizza as we managed to eat 3 slices only. Taste-wise: 3.5/5. I prefer chic chunks rather than minced chic, but other than that it is tasty. Price: RM36.90. 

For pasta, I ordered Classic Carbonara Piccolo size. I highly recommended the pasta here. I love it so much plus as I have mentioned earlier, the portion is huge despite for 1 person (Piccolo). If u consider to order pizza, it is highly recommend that u order pasta in a piccolo size unless u come with a big group. Taste-wise: 5/5. Price: RM24.90.  

For beverages, I ordered Ice Lemon Tea & Chang2 ordered a glass of Pepsi. Price: RM6.90, if u choose bottomless wc they will keep on refill it for u, the price will be RM9.90 per glass.

So, what are u waiting for. Do visit The Italiannies restaurant today & bring ur beloved one..hehe..
The Italiannies have 6 outlets located at Empire Shopping Gallery Subang, The Curve, The Gardens, Sunway Pyramid, Gurney Paragon Mall & Paradigm Mall.

For the Empire outlet that I have visited, here is the address & contact number
Italiannies Empire Shopping Gallery (Besides Chili's & on the same floor with Coach)
G16, Empire Shopping Gallery,
Jalan SS16/1, 47500 Subang Jaya,
Selangor, Malaysia
tel: +603 - 5637 7259
email: usersupport@italiannies.com.my

Extra note: The Italiannies offer Quick Lunch set wc comprise of Appetizer + Main Course + Dessert + Pepsi for only RM29.90++ from 11am - 3pm weekdays only & applicable at Klang Valley only. Click here for more info about Italiannies.

Happy Tasting everyone ;)