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It had been ages since I last came to this shop. The last time when I came was back to 2009 which I did blog bout it before when I just started blogging (click here). As today I went for my first medical check up, thought of revisit this shop and Just got to know that they have change their name of the shop, from restaurant Living Food to MKP Lam Mee or Uptown Lam Mee (wondering is it the same) which I thought should be as the whole shop setting still the same.

The only difference in this shop is the crowd as I remember few years back, to get a spot in this shop is quite hard, as it was one of a famous Lam Mee shop in Uptown or among the neighborhood as my friend recommend to me.

Well, I still stick to their traditional signature ‘Lam Mee’ whereby the difference compare to Penang we call this ‘Loh Mee’ as our Lam Mee is in clear soup version. You get to choose their thick noodle or thin noodle as I still remember they are famous for their thick noodle. The soup base is still thick and a bit starchy yet still the same taste as I previously ate before the only difference is the texture of the thick noodle had change. Find it a bit sticky not so nice to chew compare to last time and I prefer mine to add on with their 2 small plate of sambal to make it extra kick! If next round I would order, I would go for their thin noodle. I think it would be better.

Only difference between the thing is the noodle and of course price had increase. A plate of Lam Mee, 2 pieces of ‘Fried Sui Kaw’ and 1 chinese tea cost RM10.10. 

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 6/10 , Okay Lah~ -Stamped-

-WARNING –This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-
Location:

67, Jalan SS21/37
Damansara Utama
47400 PJ, Selangor

Tel: 03-7727 4126

Time: 8.00am – 3.00pm

GPS: 3.133060, 101.622194

Penang is already famous for its street food and many other hawkers center are famous to outstation crowd and some are famous among the locals, as once the word spread, the hawker center will enjoy brisk business. One of the hidden gem for Hokkien Mee that I have been hunting for the past few months that often close and now they have reopen back is this 888 Hokkien Mee Stall which is located on Lebuh Presgrave (Sah Tiau Loh – in hokkien means 3rd street) which is one of a famous hokkien mee (prawn noodle) stall among the locals.

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This street is very near to 1st Avenue mall which is like 2-3 streets away from the mall that if you plan to walk here from 1st Avenue, it takes about 10 minutes walk. This hawker center area is located the same street with Kwang Hwa newspaper factory.

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This is the street hawker center of Sah Tiau Loh (三条路小贩中心) which many kind of food to offer with the corner shop is a coffee shop that host many hakwer stalls and those that spill over to the road side. Some of the street hawker food unable to serve food into the coffee shop due to some conflict. It is best you ask them before you order if you are seated inside the coffeeshop.

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Well, anyone of you heard about the recent competition of Hokkien Mee in Penang? It was held at Times Square on December 2011 that  Penang Best Hokkien Mee stalls in the state were spotted and came by to compete to emerge the best as these were voted by the public.  888 Hokkien Mee emerge as crowd favorites and won the best in this catagory (click here for The Star News also to spot top 3 hokkien mee stalls in Penang) I am not sure that the winner of 888 hokkien mee is the same as this or not as they mention near Sunshine Square. and this is at Town area but to me still the same name and take it as another branch. 😀

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Before the wont this category, this stall had already been very famous among neighborhood and since when I was a kid I came by to eat with my grandfather and recently been craving for it so bad and manage to get my satisfaction. In the order you can choose to add on some ingredient like pork ribs, intestine, and others.

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You can add on some ‘siew Yuk’ too but the siew yuk for the day not so nice.

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This is how cramp the place look like that solely sole for Hokkien Mee only. To get a spot is pretty fast as the turn over per table is quite quick.

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This is my order of Hokkien Mee @ RM 3

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Why is it one of my favorite is definitely because of the soup base, its sweet with prawn taste and know that its cook along with prawn shells also, not only that its also cook along with pork bones and meat that make it so nice. It is serve along with small prawns that cook inside the soup for long time and some pork. I wanted to add on some pork ribs and other ingredient was sold out.

It is best advise to go before 10.30pm as most of their add on ingredients get sold out very very fast.

Pricing of add ons:

Normal Noodle @ RM3

Mee @ RM0.60
Egg @ RM0.60
Fish Ball @ RM0.60
Pig Guts @ RM0.60
Pork Belly (烧肉) @ RM1.60
Pork Ribs (排骨) @ RM1.60
Pig Trotter (猪脚) @ RM1.60

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In front of the Hokkien Mee stall comes this very busy Wan Tan Mee Stall also. I see alot of people flock on this stall and decided to give it a try too . . .

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I was sitting there for 45 minutes, and this guy was so busy for 45 minutes and its non stop action. I forgot to take the picture of Wan Tan Mee but I find it nothing much to shout about as the unique is the noodle which is just a bit springy as I have better ones in other coffee shop in Penang.

Overall, if you are in Penang to hunt for very nice Hokkien Mee (prawn Noodle) this is one of the stall highly recommended by me, as during CNY holiday I came here 3 times. . 😀

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 10/10,very good, highly recommended Hokkien Mee!!~ -Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
Presgrave Street Hawker Centre
Lebuh Presgrave

*NON-HALAL

Closed on Thursday
Daily 4.30pm-12.00am


View Presgrave Street Hawker Stall in a larger map

This round, lets head to the local favourites that was told this stall operate in an ally back in those days, as their business boom up, then now they have gotten a shop right at the corner busy junction. A local favourite that miss by many locals around the area is this little Halal Abang Is Char Koey Teow, which is more towards malay version which is located in Bukit Mertajam, Penang.

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It might look very empty, as I was their during dinner hours, which they just started operation, as it heads towards woo hours, the crowd will start pouring in.

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In their menu, they have limited choice of food to chose from as this is what they are good at according to my friend, also very reasonably price.

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This is what they are famous for, wet version of Char Koey Teow or what I called it Koey Teow Basah as I order a small one, because I just had dinner at another place before heading here. One reason that attracted many people to drop by is their soup base koey teow, taste a bit sweet, salty and a bit thick in flavour, every spoonfull you get to drink with soup that is just perfect. Portion is just right at RM3 for small. You can try their special as filled with  more seafood that price at RM5. Pretty good deal.

I have tried before a few Malay version Abang IS Char Koey Teow and definately this stall hit the top at the moment. Its a crowd favourite around the neighborhood, if you do drop by, you can give it a try. . .

*HALAL

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 7.5/10, pretty good~ -Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
Abang Is Char Keoy Teow Lorong Alka Ria,
Jalan Bunga Raya,
14000, Bukit Mertajam, Penang
(at the corner junction next to Pos Office)

Operating hours:
7.30pm – 2am (i think)

GPS Coordinates: N5.36485,E100.45956

View Char Keoy Teow Lorong Alka Ria in a larger map

Genre: Comedy

This is another one of our local production that by the director name itself that makes no stranger to all of us, Namewee which had been trying hard to make a film since when he came back from Taiwan, and much effort after 2 years, he finally make his first movie Nasi Lemak 2.0 that feature some of our local celebrity with another main cast Karen Kong that got famous over Youtube singing and Dennis Lau our very local talented violinist, also along with malay celebrity.

A movie is about Chef Huang graduate in cooking school from China and is back to spread the cuisine around the area, his restaurant is not popular but himself is very popular among the neighborhood because he helped alot people. Then Karen Kong’s family having some issue and need to find a chef till found him and surprisingly her god mom nasi lemak is very famous along the street and Chef Huang hate it so much. After much of Chef Huang downfall, Adibah Noor show him the way how to cook one of the best nasi lemak and from there the adventure begins.

Its a funny movie to watch, and the best part of all, its a movie that truly reflect 1 Malaysia. Find that he certainly can improve more on his next movie. Just support our local productions.

– Tik Ching, Pass, Stamped –

Overall ratings 7/10, . quite okay~. .

– The movie rated by me is by my own personal preference. Watch it at your own risk –

 

Genre: Comedy

Johnny English Reborn is another funny flick by Mr.Bean himself that he had failed from last mission and they got no choice to get him back and do watch the first part of it back to 2003.

This round he is back with more funny movie that you will laugh from begininig till the end, where he is out to become an agent again, to a mission and got frame by one of the agent then solve the mission.

So if you feel blue or down, so just buy a movie ticket, watch, enjoy and laugh

Remark: sit till the end of the movie, there are another short sequel which I have miss out. . 

– Tik Ching, Pass, Stamped –

Overall ratings 7/10, . quite okay~. .

– The movie rated by me is by my own personal preference. Watch it at your own risk –

During last night of my stay in Bandung, my friend brought us to Badung Bar & Restaurant that I believe San Miguel is their main beer in this outlet. As my friend told me that this is their latest hangout spot that newly opened end of last year and its already famous among its neighborhood.

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It was weekdays and it consider it alot people . .

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Will walk in and at the side its filled with greens. .

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and this place is seriously spacious. . as I walk further in, i cannot believe how big place it is just for a place to chill and with a few sections to choose from . . .

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You can Either sit at the bar area, sofa area, normal dining area or upstairs. . so

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and this is the upper area. . .Before I head up where all my friends are seated up there, I walked around and I jus love the ambiance of this bar. 70% made of wood as in rooftop, wall, bar counter, chairs  . . .

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then only I head upstairs

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which is more like a sofa area and certainly this place is not huge but its merrier as the place is small and every 1 talking loud..

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Price here is abit more expensive compare to others as I consider here more upper class. . :p

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Then I tried out their San Miguel beer draft which is pretty good, not too bitter and smooth . .

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and well, leaving Bandung with lots of shopping and this is what I had shopped during my 3 days stay there. . Severe damage in pocket!

Well, I can only say, Bandung is a perfect place to go shopping and eat + extra bonus is their weather is chill at night. ITs best for you to check when is their raining season before you get your tickets.

Full Itinerary will come out soon . .

I often hear my friend said about Viva mall another great place to hunt for food as they host many unique FnB in one side of the mall. Being my first time here since donkey years ago, that I still remember their old building is Ue3 or there is a Shark Disco right above the mall, and now being newly revamp to be called Viva Mall also known as a furniture mall. Nolita Cafe

I was there early that day and I came by and walked around, to my surprise its a huge mall..it took me bout half and hour to stroll whole mall . .

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After my little stroll, I head to this cafe call Nolita, I as ask the owner how do they come across the name and they told me that it actually refers to one of the neighborhood  in up north known as Little Italy at Manhattan, New Yok. So in short they came out with Nolita.

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As in this cafe, their mains is to offer customers quick meal or a nice place to hang out and one thing that must take note is their frozen yogurt is purely import from US.

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I love the whole ambiance as its very casual and relaxing with simen base counter that host their sandwich choices and yogurt toppings. . .

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They have wide selection of homemade cakes too  . . .

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Besides that, if you come in group to have a place to chill and they also have a few board games available ..

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As I am a fan of yogurt and I manage to order and tried a few of them . .

1) Mango Mango @ RM 8.50 – fresh mango used mix with yogurt that I finish this cup within few minutes, its addictive . . . – Recommended

2) Sour Attack @ RM 8.50 – for girls or guys who love sour that makes your jaw a bit numb then you should try this . .

3) Monster Cookie Ice Blended @ RM 9 – another cup that I just keep sucking till it finish and its quite addictive too . . – Recommended

4) Yo Berry Yo @ RM 8.50 – something light and mild in sour, which is just nice to have a cup to chat with friends. . .

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If you want something light to go on then head for Caesar Salad @ RM 8

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By just adding RM 1, you get yourself a plate of salad with chicken on it, Grill Chicken Salad @ RM 9, the dressing is a bit more solid, towards a bit more sour but eat it along with their own season black pepper taste grill chicken that tone down the taste is just nice. .

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I like their Turkey Ham Sandwich @ RM 9.90  .. .

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as I they are quite generous in their hams’ with at least 4-5 slices of it are in the sandwich, and the sandwich is not dry, moist enough with the dressing and I like it ..

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As for their breakfast menu set, they have this . .

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Love how they cook their eggs with one gentle poke, the egg yolk ooze out as I prefer to slurrpp it before it was been poke, then it is very fragrant enough with the grained black pepper on top that I just don need pepper or soy sauce. Its just perfect to eat it like that!

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Creamy Mushroom Pasta @ RM 12

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I love their Chocolate Fudge, which is rich in chocolate flavor and its soft in the inside and a layer of chocolate crust circle around it. Best to pair it with latte or earl grey tea. .  @ RM 7

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Moist Carrot which is not too dry and rich in ingredient that I can cheew some of it, if the sweetness of icing on tone down abit it would just be perfect. @ RM 8

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Red Velvet @ RM 8

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Caffe Latte @ RM 7.50

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If you are a tea drinker I would suggest you try their tea, as the brand Dilmah is quite nice and its very fragrant.. I am not a Earl Grey Tea drinker as I do not know how to enjoy those kind of taste but I find this quite nice. . a mild yet very fragrant in taste n smell. @ RM 5

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Best of all, I like their Frozen Yogurt is import from US and its fat-free and great for the stomach as its full with probiotic content. I certainly prefer this over Tutti Frutti  . . . .

Yogurt Regular + 1 Topping @ 8

Yogurt Regulat + 2 Topping @ RM 12

Additional topping RM 1.50 each

I sure will come back to this cafe again for their sandwich and yogurt. . 😀 – Recommended~

Location:
Nolita Caffetteria
G07 – G07A, Viva Home Mall,
85 Jalan Loke Yew,
55200 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
Contact No.: +6019-600 0552

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