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I have know this mall Maju Junction, and never step foot into this mall before. Last round nearly ended here for a review on Pizza and last minute I have to work then I have to skip. This round, we are here to hunt for dim sum. I was a bit skeptical when Chris told me Restaurant Oriental Maju Palace  a pork free restaurant. Mostly for dim sum, in my mind pork is needed as I have tried a few pork free or Halal dim sum, the taste is just not there.

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Here we are on Sunday morning parking at the basement was a wrong decision, as we had trouble finding the restaurant. Really surprise to see the restaurant actually hidden whereby Restaurant Oriental Maju Palace actually operate on the top floor of a car park space inside Maju Junction Mall, you can just drive up the multi story carpark and park right at the front.

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Yet after walking into the restaurant, I did not know its actually quite a huge restaurant as they do offer wedding banquet here too. Not only that as time pass by, more and more customers flocking in.

 

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Then I walk around the restaurant and found this nicely decorated section that got me curious and walk further in.

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Its actually a section filled with a few rooms cater for private function. This room i huge that can easily host a small enterprise function or family gathering.

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If you find that sitting outside that is lack of privacy then you can opt to reserve a table in this private room

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As I walk to this counter and I am impress. All the selection you get to see on the display counter are real cook food. Food at this corner are made to order and cook fresh for you. Just pick your selection.

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You will be pamper from the selection itself.

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Can see that the ingredients that they use are premium and fresh.

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Not only that, as what you seen at the counter the food have not included into the menu yet.

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Then it is seriously a huge menu.

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These are the 3 sauces not to be miss especially the chili oil. The chef purposely made these 3 sauce to pair with their dim sum and fried noodle as knowing our local culture we need some sauces to go after.

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The usual, we will kick start off with lighter food then follow by heavy weight.

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Chicken pie not to be miss. . .

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Pan fried radish cake

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Har Kau here sure looks huge as when it was serve some of us were like woahh, what a huge prawn in it and its a fresh prawn not frozen prawn.

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Pork free bun – char Siew Bun that surprise me how good it taste like without pork and taste the same as those with pork. Bun are just so soft.

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Huge Big Pau that can easily feed for 2 pax.

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Comes to steam selection . .

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Poached River Carp Medallions

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This is what happen when every one is busy taking pictures when our table is filled with lots of food that spread over to next table. We have 10 pax but eat like 20 pax.

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Deep-fried Codfish Rolls

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What attracted me to order this is Double Boiled Superior Soup with Beef and Enoki Mushrooms. Rarely come accross that enoki mushroom is double boil. Not to be miss.

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Braised Noodles Village-style

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Fried Radish cake

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One of a unique item is water chesnut cakes

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Their porridge range is superb cook till its soft and silky smooth that is very similiar to Hong Kong Dim sum that I had when I was travelling.

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Crab porridge taste simple, sweet and good. I add in a lil soy sauce and its perfect.

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Other types of noodles also available

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Comes to the last section which is desert. I will never miss desert during dim sum with its huge selection. Aloe Vera Tarts

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Lemon Grass Jelly


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My fav that I will definately order is Lui Sar Pau – steamed custard buns has the hot golden lava-like salted egg custard oozing out by gentle pealing the bun. Please do not eat it by one bite as the filling in it is extremely hot that will burn your tongue easily.

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Ginger soup, sesame glutinous rice ball.

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This is another unique item not to be miss. . .Steamed egg with Bird Nest. Light in taste, slightly sweet at the end and a perfect way to end my tim sum. After all the heavy dim summ, I am seriously stuff with food and even skip dinner on that day.

I never thought that the dim sum here is amazing that is really hidden in the carpark. As it was full house and their normal weekend crowd is pretty good. Filled with families.

There is no doubt now that I can even recommend my malay friends where to have nice dim sum already as they often ask me where got hunt for nice one. If you are asking me, definitely this restaurant is one of a recommended restaurant for dim sum!
*PORK FREE

Location:
Maju Palace Restaurant (*PORK-FREE)
Level 5 Maju Junction Mall
1001 Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Tel : 03- 2691 8822
Fax : 03- 2691 3822

GPS: 3.159686,101.696346

The Oriental Group’s website

As on the way back to KL, and I just love my friend Ian as he always love to find food during his sales discover over the other states then will bring me there whenever he had the chance or when I follow him, cuz he knows I love to eat in those kind of hidden places. Kedai Makanan Rasa Lain is one of a good recommendation.

This journey, he decided to stop by Ipoh and bring me to this Bercham area which is the other side of Ipoh, that I will consider pretty outskirt already. If you consider coming from Ipoh town it will easily take about 30 mins – 45 mins to reach here.

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Neverthe less, if you ask me to drive another round again to this place, I think I am capable or driving myself here as I did recognise a few buildings. . .:D

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Okay, cut things short that we reach here pretty early as no wonder he hurry me from Penang, that he tried to reach here to beat the heavy dinner crowd. I notice quite a moment later upon our arrival, family by family start to pouring in and I asked Ian, that the people there “sot sot (means crazy in hokkien) one? so early come dinner? as it was bout 5.45pm – 6pm and near half full already.” He explain people around the area eat dinner early!

According to Ian, you must pre-order their signature item if not, its hard for you to order their signature item on the night itself as they are trying to safe the best for the customers either by choosing one of the item. As to order, I let Ian take care of what;s for dinner .

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Signature Claypot glass noodle

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It was serve boiling hot as when I took a few other picture it was misty and the side of it is still boiling. The soup is sweet with freshness that cook along with the crab and glass noodle cook to perfection. Crab were fresh and meat is hard.

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Another signature ‘Cheeze Prawn Claypot’ while it was servce right infront of me, the smells entrails to my nose and I istantly swallow my saliva as the smells is just too good! As we dig up, look at the cheeze ooze and flow around the claypot with its stickiness texture like pizza, I just cant wait to put it into my mouth. Cheeze topple nicely on the fresh prawn and eat it along with rice is just a match made in heaven.

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Vegetable nothing to shout about .. .

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As we finish our meal, I observe alot of table also order this ‘Saito Fishball’ which is homemade and being steam in high temperature then after that just add on some simple soy sauce with fish oil and garlic. To me is nothing to shout about too as its just another home made fish ball that are a bit bouncy.

I find the price is quite reasonable as 3 of us ate about RM 110 for all the above. It was another great and satisfying mean that Ian had intro me, as on the way back to KL he stop and buy 2 small bottles of mineral water and mee too. Only found out that the dish uses quite alot MSG as no wonder it taste super good!

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 7/10  quite good ah . . -stamped-

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

Location:
Kedai Makanan Rasa Lain 味不同海鲜坊
69, Psn Medan Bercham 2,
Pusat Bandar Baru Bercham,
31400 Ipoh,
Perak.

Open: 5-10pm

Closed Weds

Contact: 012-512 8407, 012 485 3085, 016 567 5349

To have a good food is always a bonus and satisfying. The catch is, good food is always hidden some where and needed to be hunt. That is why we always we love to hunt for hidden food. Let me introduce you another great restaurant which is a hidden gem in Bukit Damansara that serve Aria Traditional Italian Dining.

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Interior of the restaurant is pretty straight foward that offer cozy ambiance that suits for your business, family and friends hang out spot.

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Seems like the owner is a big fan of Macallan that is also one of my favourite.  :D, found out that he loves single malt alot~

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If you are looking to host small functions or towards more private session with friends and family, they do have this room to offer with cozy sofa and a tv build in with sliding wooden door to close up.

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For this session, we were given the opportunity to sample some food and we were hosted right upstairs that usually they host for private business function.

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In Italian dining, Bruchetta will always be in the menu as its a very simple and delightful starter to start off with. Simple freshly cut tomato season along with their special dressing that just makes this perfect.

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This is a must order if you do visit this restaurant. Mushroom Bruchetta that cook till perfection and season correctly with their own special sauce and dressing that makes the mushroom taste stand out. – recommended

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as the night starting, we were pamper with Processo Vento is actually champange in Italian version. A champange that easy to go down as its Light and bubbly

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Lamb Kebab with Aria’s Special Mint Sauce @ RM28

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It looks simple that filled with many skewers as Minced lamb in flavourful onion, bird eye chili, lemon grass, ginger, coriander seed, salt and pepper covered in Aria’s special spicy mint sauce. The sauce is a bomb! By dipping along with the sauce just makes the mince lamb perfect. I dip till to the last drop.

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I love my Italian pizza in thin crust that turns out this Hawaiian Pizzeta @ RM26. A simple pizza that serve along with turkey ham, pineapple, mozarella & oregano and I enjoy it just plainly like that without adding any sauce.

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I have been looking for nice Risotto since after I have been back from overseas. Not many places can actually cook this dish to my liking and I am suprise to find Seafood Risotto in here is just perfect. The risotto cook till its soft and a bit sticky, along with mix seafood that makes it a bit sweet in taste and sour tomato taste just blends in well RM36

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Aglio-Olio Smoke Duck Pasta @ RM36

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This is actually one of their signature in da house and there is no doubt that we were told must sample this, and after we tried it out, we only realize why its a must to try out. Spaghetti was cook till al dante and springy with hint of light olive oil and the taste of salty smoke duck just bring’s up the taste. – Recommended!

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Grilled Tenderloin @  RM70

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For those who loves steak, Medium rare is always my preference as to get the tenderloin remains juicy on every bite. Even better with the first cut and you can see the blood ooze out, as his find piece serve along with sauteed vege, roasted potatoes and a choice of garlic rosemary, black pepper and brown sauce.

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Super smooth fish meat that nears to melting in your mouth when you put it in as this Merluzzo Canadese Atlantico (Canadian Cod Fish)  topped with olive tapenade, vegetables and laden with Mediterranean sauce serve it light and yet very flavourful.  RM65

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As the owner is a big fan of single malt and he let us sample different types of single malt and those 2 are very new to me as I have never heard before for Bruichladdich  and Auchentoshan 18 years old, anything that you hit on with 18 years old would be a bomb. Yamazaki definately need not to explain as its not a stranger to many single malt lover which is the first choice in my list.

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This 10 years old taste very good as the taste is impressive, not too spicy, yet very smooth easy to down with on the rock. Perfect to pair with seafood as it will bring out the freshness taste of the food as we pair it with the cod. Just perfect! Definitely would love to have one bottle of this to keep for my collection. As i have never seen this in the air port.

The restaurant also do sell these bottles whiskey Macallan 12 & 18 years, Auchentoshan 12 & 18 years, Clynelish 14 year as well as Japanese whiskey both blended Hakushu 12-year and single malt Yamazaki 12-year. Price is very reasonable.

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Apple strudel with custard sauce @ RM23

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Tiramisu @ RM20

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Then to close the whole meal up, the floor manager serve us their special coffee.

I would say, this restaurant is in my recommendation list as for the price and the quality of food hidden in the neighborhood, definitely this is worth to hunt for and a recommended restaurant for Valentine’s Day which is just tomorrow and you still have yet to find a restaurant…Try this out. Great food~

Location:
44G, Plaza Damansara,
Jalan Medan Setia 2, Bukit Damansara,
50490, Kuala Lumpur

Operating Hours – 12pm to 12am on Monday – Friday

5pm till late on Saturdays.

For reservation : 03-2095 0016
Website : www.aria.my

People now are taking advantage on online platform, mostly on twitter and Facebook and one of the latest discovery from my colleague was she found this Skippys Pizza on Facebook fanspage that they actually do Pick up and Delivery order only which I assume they are more like a home base business. They specialize in Pork and Vegetarian pizza that their dough and sauce are all home made that caught our serious attention.

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Then after my colleague had been planning it for weeks where manage to get the whole office response to her request, finally we had arrange a PORK pizza day for most of the office staff.

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With more pricing and choices, you can log onto their website to find out more skippyspizza.com

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Hawaiian Pizza @ RM 30 – Pork Ham and Pineapples

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Pork Pepperoni @RM 29

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Herbivore @ RM 30 – Mushrooms, Bell Peppers and Olives

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Ham Pizza

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Meat Lover @ RM 32 Pork Bacon, Pork Ham, Pork Pepperoni, Minced Pork and BBQ sauce

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Marc’s Special @ RM 32 – Pork Ham, Baby Spinach, Mushrooms, Garlic and Egg

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Pork Varurel @ RM 29 Pork Varevul (Indian Curry)

We also tried on Pork Ribs , in 7 sauces (which I forgot to take picture) @ RM 20 although comes in a few pieces of huge ribs but the meat were quite hard and the 7 sauce taste wasnt sticking onto the meat.

Chicken Wingz @ RM 15 were not bad and Lasagna @ RM 15 as I don really like it as the layer of dough were quite thick.

As for a home made pizza, the ingredients added were very generous and quality is there, which is quite out of expectation to all of us. We love the pizza and we are looking for another Pork Pizza day again.

Pizza that I quite like is the Marc’s Special, Meat Lover and Vegetarian pizza. Love the soft cheezy taste even though we left it there for quite a while on the desk, the taste is there and we find that if went to pick up,  eat it while it is pipin hot it would be more delicious. Quite recommending it. . .

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 8.5/10, recommended ~ quite good for a home delivery~ ~-Stamped-

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

*NON-HALAL

We are also strictly a DELIVERY or PICK UP ONLYBusiness.

Delivery Area
Bandar Utama, TTDI, Tropicana, Damansara
Perdana, SS2-4,Mutiara Damansara, Mount Kiara, Hartamas, Bangsar, Subang Jaya.

Other areas on request.

No deliveries during heavy rain & thunderstorms

Minimum order RM 30,00

Just call: +603 7722 3609
[email protected]

website: skippyspizza.com

Operating Hours :

Sunday – Friday : 11:30-23:00
Saturday : 17:00-23:00
Lunch available for pre-order

Jaya One is famous for food destination with variety of food to choose from . . You name it from Korea, Jap, Spanish, Mexician and many other more with their own signature food to impress from. Since then constantly to hunt food at Jaya One, one of the first stop that I see many blogger blogged bout is Kissaten Coffee and Restaurant.

CLOSE DOWN

Located inside the heart of Jaya One, you need to climb up the stair case to go up.

nice and modern interior that have indoor and outdoor. Do avoid come here on lunch time as they are packed with people, especially indoor area.

By flipping through their menu, all the pictures in it are sure impressive that are nicely take with all also look so delicious.

One drink that my colleague order ‘Bittergourd + Cucumber Drink’ @ RM 8.90 I was like.. yewwww. . . geli! Then when it was served, the whole greeney thing is like near pure blend of ingredient and you might not like the taste of it, its either you love it or hate it. I quite like its surprisingly very refreshing that we need it under this hot weather.

As I Order my set lunch, it served along with ‘Fried Gyoza’

One of my favourite from Kissaten is when I found out they have a small kitchen in Lot 10 Hutong that they really served big portion of this Pork Terriyaki Burger @ RM 10.90 which is certainly a great value and decided to give it  a try again at this outlet. .

Well, it did not disappoint me, with well grill pork burger and sweet teriyaki sauce, and cut through the egg, the egg yolk just oozeee out . .

Miso RaMen @ RM 18.90 set lunch served with gyoza and green tea

Char Siew Pizza as first glance it doesn’t impress me, when my colleague said give it a try, turn out to be good. Well cook in the oven and the dressing at the base of pizza turns out to be nice topped with the melted cheese. RM 23.90

Char Siew Lam Mee @ RM13.90

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 7/10, not bad ahh~ ~-Stamped-

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

*NON-Halal

Location:
Kissaten
L12A-1-1, Palm Square,
Jaya One,
72A Jalan Universiti,
46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Tel : 03-7954 1990

I have heard a lot about this restaurant but never bother to go in, just do not know why. I thought it would be the same as Sushi Zanmai but I guess I was wrong (do not know whether it’s the same or not). Me and my friend was at Sunway and totally out of idea what to eat. Think of it, everything also about the same till my friend ask me what I want to eat and was up on the escalator then saw this place, which I have not dine before and good reviews from it.

As I have lost the receipt, and hopefully the name that I found is the same as the dish.

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What caught my friend’s eyes was this tall fruit mock tail I would say, and looks good and known as ‘Heart Mix Fruit Juice’. A bit light in taste but the flavor of the mix fruit is there. Definitely will goes well with my food(in my thought)RM 12

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Next which is this soup, I have been trying to order a lot of times at Sushi Zanmai but most of the time was finish or not available till not in the menu anymore. Then saw this, and it’s a must order for me. The strong miso soup taste is there that taste a bit sweet with the clamps that cook with it. Like it a lot~

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As my friend is a egg lover, what she said was, the egg is just as good as it looks and as soft as baby’s skin. The soy sauce is not salty yet mild which is perfect.
‘Onsen Tamago’ RM3

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All the things in the menu look so tempting, yet in the spaghetti section, white sauce is always my first section that I look into and also my favorite sauce. Then came across this dish ‘Kinoko Tori no Cream Sauce’ soft tender chicken that cook along with the mushroom with the creamy sauce is just something that I could not ask for more. Around RM19

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‘Hotate to Kinoko no Mentaimayo Pizza’ (Grilled Scallop & Mushroom with spicy Cod Fish Roe, Mayonnaise on the Pizza). Gosh, the pizza was serve it smells so good and my friend’s hand was on the way there till I have to stop her from taking it. Then I kena say, fast fast take pic ler..want to eat already. Crispy thin layer of base crust and on with the topping is simply delicious. RM26

As my stomach on that day got a bit problem that I could not even digest the food from the afternoon, and did not really finish the meal for the first time and my friend she say me, yerrrr.. long long time eat once with you also cannot eat finish..heee. Then after that went back lau sai. Stomach need some system clearance after a while which is good for me.

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 7.5/10, Good ah~-Stamped-

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

Location:
Pasta Zanmai,
New wing around Maybank area if not mistaken.

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