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The funny thing is that, when May Ling ask me to join her for dinner and told me the name of the restaurant I was like hah? again and again. .. as the restaurant name is called Ricetaurant which is located in Bangsar Village 2 which I cant even remember when is the last time that I came here.

The changes here is quite alot that now host quite a number of nice cafe’s and restaurant in this building.

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Get to know one of the reason that why the restaurant is name like that because of Asian’s culture that most of us need to have rice on most of our meals.

Ricetaurant offers best of dishes around the region that makes it a bit fusion style.

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I like the restaurant design in such a way that, it looks like a small little hidden cafe in some ally when I was in Melbourne, with tree trunk and very classic kitchen utensils to be party of the design.

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The place is not big, but good enough to provide us a very comfy dining space, with paintings on the wall and open space kitchen right in the corner.

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I like their menu, it reminds me when I was in primary school on maths homework exercise  book. Price wise is pretty decent which is not too over price with their portion being served.

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1) Apple, Elderflower and Lychee – just a perfect drink that blend till just perfect that I can taste the apple skin and very tiny small cubes of lychee – Recommended

2) Hainanese Tea

3) Pineapple, Orange and Mint

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Chinese Olives & Seafood Fried Rice smells good, that already know enough ‘wok hei’. The rice were fried till perfect dry, very fragrant in taste and just find that the black pepper taste slightly over power the overall taste. If they reduce a bit, it would be perfect.

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One of my favourite of the night is Teriyaki Chicken, which had been marinated very well, then cook along that the chicken is soft and every piece that I bite, the chicken is well coat with the sauce. Recommended

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A plain simple fried rice, that lean towards very simple chinese style is Chicken and Long Bean Fried Rice. Very mild in taste yet fragrant in wok hei and if you eat along with some curry dishes, just good enough to be satisfied for me.

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Another star of the night is Claypot Chicken, Yam and Dried Prawns in Nam Yue Sauce. Cook so well that the gravy is just thick enough, and some yam that just melts along with it, with cubes of chicken is soft and perfect to eat along with rice. – Recommended

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Sweet and Sour Fish

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If I am not mistaken this is Belacan Fried Chicken which is out of my expectation, fried crisply and by dipping with the sauce adds a bit kick but I still think eat it plain is much better and along with any of the fried rice.

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If you love cuisine from east, then this is another must order dish – Ayam Percik with Nasi Ulam

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The trick is, you must mix everything up Oxtail Asam Pedas, Sambal Belacan, Salted Egg, Ulam-ulam, Salted Fish and then eat along. Taste is pretty authentic with the ones I have tried before.

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After we are so full, I still decide to try out their Black Sticky Rice with Coconut Milk. Sticky enough, as the black stick rice cook till its soft and its a suprise that they add in lychee that makes it natural sweet on fruits, as I have always like mine to mix along with coconut milk which makes it perfect. Not many places I get to enjoy this and certainly this is one of the recommended desert for me.

After the whole meal, we are just satisfied and surely we are going to return for more, as most of the dish here are quite authentic and nice.

*Pork Free

Location:
RICETAURANT
2F-29, Bangsar Village 2,
No. 1, Jalan Telawi Satu, Bangsar Baru,
59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Contact : Leong / Wong : +603 – 2287 1566
Opening Hours :12noon – 3pm daily & 6pm – 10pm daily

Website : www.thebiggroup.co/ricetaurant/

On our very next morning, woke up early and Agnes came by and bring us to breakfast hunting. .  So the very first shop mention by her is one of her favourite that served quite authentic style of Bandung Style Breakfast. . .

A few street shots on the way to our first stop. .  .

Early morning people stop by at newspaper street stand to read the latest news. . .

then saw this stall sell this quite unique cake and it smells nice. . . so I bought a piece to try out .. which is located right infront of the shop . . .

We had reach our first stop of the day Warung Kopi Purnama which is located at Jalan Alketeri 22. . .

 with a few paintings on the wall .. .

Even some people just sit outside of the shop to enjoy the morning chit chat and tea. . .

I just love this place, which is classic out of town coffee shop feel

Even their early morning kopitiam culture and ours is pretty much the same where our parents or grand parents would love to sit and hang out to chat with their friends in the morning before heading to work or after shopping from wet market .. .

This is their menu offer in the Warung. . .I felt that its more like our Hailanese Breakfast just that its in Indonesian style .. .

This is the pancake that sell outside the house, which is very nice in aroma, well mixture of ingredient then baked in between iron rod with outer layer very crips and soft inside with a bit of custard cream . . Nice. . .

Kick start our breakfast with Tea, and their tea is a bit mild that taste a bit like taiwan bubble milk tea. . .

Roti Dadar Ham is piece of bread wrap with a thin layer of egg then add on with chunks of ham. . .just dip it with chili sauce will be very simple and nice. .

Risoles is more like a breaded pastry that coated with breadcrumbs and filled with their own ingredient then deep fried. Something new to me ..  and we finish it within seconds. .. To me, it is like a popiah with a bit gravy ingredient inside. ..

I seldom miss out this which is ‘Roti Cheeze Bakar’ with butter spread at the bottom and lots of fine sherreded cheeze on top`

Otak-otak in Bandung is something new to me in the taste. Very sticky in texture,  with no hint of spices in it and it is not my preference. . .

After the first round, we head to next destination , Mie Rica Kejaksaan at Hyper Square. . . ..

A shop where served most of its food spicy and there are a few levels for you to choose from . .

that can select a few types Mie Rica the original, Mie pedas Udang Goreng and a few more. .

signature of the shop is their chili or sambal paste. . .

We order Mie Rica with spiciness of level 3 ..  and a bowl of additional gravy then you can add more of the sambal into your noodle if you feel that you can take more spiciness. ..  I had only 2 bites and I am KO’ed. . It was so spicy but the taste is so good, noodle was springy and I am sweating away while eating this.

If you do come to Bandung.. This is a shop you must not miss. . .Mie Rica @ Hyper Square .. .

After the meal, we then walked opposite the shop to buy one of their local desert Amanda Brownies Kukus. . .

many types of pastries to choose from  . .. . .

and the Brownie Kukus are available in so many flavour. ..  I bought the Choco Marble and I find it very sweet, nothing much to boast a bout. . .

It was super full or super heavy breakfast then we will go for a stroll at the non-active volcano . ..

To me, if I have nothing much I would not have been over to Subang Empire, as this new classy mall which is one of the upper class mall in Subang had attracted many restaurants to open in here and we are certainly spoilt with choices. One of the new discovery on the outlets here are The Vanilla Place which is located on the 1st floor of the mall that a floor below the giant slide.

[close down since 2014]

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Most of us would thought that The Vanilla place is a cafe that suitable to come here perfect for their breakfast or tea beacuse of their decoration that shows more like it. When we look thru on the menu, we were quite suprise that they served some Italian and homemade pie. Price seems very reasonable for this cafe to be in this mall.

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Love their decorations more like kids english style that decorate with hand paintings on the wall. . .

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bigger group get to dine in this special area. . .

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Then went to check out their fridge, and we were impress with the range they have for their desert, cakes, pie and of course their colourful Macaroons as become I came here, I read reviews saying they served one of the best, just cant wait to put the smaller ones into my mouth.

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the pot of tea are from the order of Tea for 2 set which is very very ‘Dai'(reasonable-check a few pictures below). .  Then I order Mint Oreo Shake and Oreo Milk Shake, both is also good to try out.

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Assorted Bread with Dips, I took one of the toast bread then spread with both of the spreads, one is hummus and the other one on top of it, till I finish the whole plate without realising it. The hummus is super good… try it out .. .  RM 9.80

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Cripsy crust of Pie Tee @ RM 9.80

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Tea for 2 @ RM 18.80 served with a pot of tea. . . . .tea or flower tea, mini cup cake, mini brownie, cookie, macaroon,strawberry dipped chocolate, mini scone, pie tee, mini quiche, mini pie, tomato bruschetta, tuna sundried & tomato sandwich.

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This is one of their most valuable set to order which I would Recommend to try out their range of desert in a mini size yet comes with a pot of tea..can share share with your friends while having nice conversation…

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It might look wattery as Onion Soup are rich in ingredient @ RM 9.80

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The owner is never stingy on ingredient and can you see how thick of ingredient had been added into the Mushroom Soup @ Rm9.80 as it just taste good and do add in some papper if you love the taste of it.

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One of my super favourite of the dish is Spaghetti Carbonara cook till creamy and the sos is weal coated with all the spaghetti and I enjoy every bite of it till the very last sluurrppppp  .. . . RM14.80 recommended~

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Spaghetti Seafood Pesto would be more in a healthy way that cook along with some onlive oil and greens as we quite like the taste of it too . . RM14.80

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Seafood Aglio Olio 

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Fisherman Pie – served with mashed potato and garden greens @ RM15.80

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That is served hot on the spot and I love the skin of the pie which is very aromatic with buttery taste and along with the creamy sauce of it, just taste perfect and its a good afternoon pie to be shared.

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Poach Salmon Fillet with Saffron Sauce served with 2 huge chunk of salmon that makes our eyes turn big with just RM25.80.

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Lamb Rack is certainly huge for the price of RM18.80, that comes with 4 pieces of huge rack that had grilled till the meat is just soft and fats are even in between the meat.

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Chicken Rendang to eat along with the rice are perfect companion as it filled with taste of santan and panda leaves cook along and the rendang chicken meat is very soft with not so spicy gravy. RM15.80

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Beef Stew to dip along with the toast bread and eat bites of the soft stew is good. . . RM18.80

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We were so full already yet we still insist we want to hunt for their desert and their Lovely Macaroons taste good with orange and yam flavor, soft top and cheawy center is something that I prefer.  RM4.50 each

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It has been very long time since I have hunt for good Pavlova that the nearest I came accross is Alexis and now with this shop, this Pavlova had now ranked the top in my list so far. .. it taste exactly what I have tasted at Australia. .. Recommended! RM8.80

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Tiramisu that is served very homey style that at the rock bottom is the strong espresso taste, then moving up is the soft bread and moving up is the mascarpone cheeze. Use the long spoon dip till rock bottom and pull it up again to enjoy the taste of it. You will love it. RM11.80

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Panna Cota, a smooth texture base and really good. .

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By the end of the meal, Jac decided to ta pau back the Macarons and see how big it is? If you are in this mall, looking for very decent meal at lower price, I am definately recommending this cafe with its huge portion, absolute taste in quality from mains and desert is a bargain. I am definately returning back here again .. .

With now a special deal is going on for Vanilla Cafe . .  enjoy the deal “Starter (Choice of Pie Tee or Assorted Homemade Bread with Dips)+ Salad (Choice of Caesar’s, Honey Roasted Chicken or Smoked Salmon) + 2 Pastas (Choice of Spaghetti Seafood Pesto, Spaghetti Carbonara or Spaghetti Smoked Duck)+ 2 * Ice Lemon Tea’s for JUST RM 35.90 instead of RM 72.40. Faster grab your deal Hahah.com.my which this special deal will expire on 16th March.

Location:
The Vanilla Place
FK01, 1st Floor, Empire Shopping Gallery,
(facing Toys-R-Us)
Selangor, Malaysia
603-50222198

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