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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.

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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

Restaurant Aunty Lan Having food marathon giving the memory of how me and my gila friends eat when out for our makan trip. 1 day 6 meals was truly a memorable which in our dictionary the word hungry was immediately deleted on that few days but when comes to this food outing which organize by Sid, this was our very first stop for lunch.
[update 1/3/2017] – no longer in operation]

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A home cook noodle type which most of the ingredient and recipe are created by themselves to extinguish themselves from others.

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Honestly, judging from the menu, the foods look good and certainly one thing which caught my attention was the pricing for the food, its relative cheap.

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Comes with drinks ordering, I ordered ‘Home made Winter Melon Lemon Ice’ (RM3.60 -hot/RM3.90 – ice). I just love my drink.

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Then this colorful picture which nicely taken in the menu makes me order a pot of ‘Honey Ginseng Rose Tea’ (RM4.90 or RM8.90/2pax)- left pot. I just did not know that Ginseng and Rose tea would blend in so well that the ginseng did not overpower the taste of rose yet both added up to the right aroma yet when I was I was given a small pot of honey I doubt it would be good but it just surprise me that, the honey sweetness add in to the tea just make the whole pot of tea just to be perfect. I had 2 pot of this for myself.

Sloppychic ordered ‘Honey Mix Flower Tea’ (for relaxing) – (thorapple, rose and Jasmine) (RM5.90 or RM9.90/2pax) – this would have a stronger taste of jasmine tea yet the rose aroma blend in well, with the add on of a small pot of honey, just makes the difference taste of it.

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I just love my pot of tea.

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A simple dish like ‘Chives Fresh Prawn Fried with Egg’ (RM6.90) can turn us off away easily however it’s a very aromatic dish with the taste of egg and the chives blend in with a bit of saltiness yet the prawns was added in to give some seafood taste of sweetness in it.

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‘Home Made Bean Curd Skin’ (RM5.50/3pcs) is fried very crispy.

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‘Dry Curry Chicken Rice’ (RM8.90) just love it as how I like it to be. Not too thick curry gravy that can taste some of the santan yet its not too spicy filled with well cook potato and chicken meat is soft.

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If you are looking for some home cook this would be the choice ‘Home Made Hand Tear Noodles’ (RM5.90)’. Mild soup base of anchovies added in of mince pork cook with hand tear noodle (which is not too flour taste) is just nice.

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Then for spicy lovers, you might want to try out their ‘Southern Tomyam Laksa Noodle’ (RM14.90). Spiciness of small chili with the sour’ness of lime had just make the soup base perfect. Me and sloppy were enjoying our soup.

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‘Sweet Soya Sauce Village Chicken Dry Noodle’ (RM9.90) when it was serve we were like woahhhhh…..the chicken drumstick is so big and me directly went to the menu and look at the price. The price and the portion serve would just say cheap. The noodle is quite springy yet not like the wan tan mee base its something unique which is not too salty and too sweet.

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‘Cantonese Fish Head Meehoon’ is a bit mild in taste but I love how they fried the fish head to very crispy, of course have do not let it soak on the soup for too long. (RM8.90)

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When comes to desert, this is their signature item ‘Home made Chinese Ball Pumpkin Dessert’ (RM4.90)

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Home Made Cheese Cake – Yam
Home Made Cheese Cake – Durian

It is nice to get a chance to taste on the homecook food base as this business is run the family that some of them are as a cook with experience. With the price tag on it, sure I do not mind to go back again.

Location:

Aunty Lan Home Made Noodles (Next to Mei Chi Xuan)
32-1, Jalan PJU 5/10,
PJU 5,Dataran Sunway,
Kota Damansara,
47810 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor.

My best friend Desmond had organize a gathering for the past round. Many of us came with the same usual group that we used to hang out when I was working with my old company yet I am very happy that get to meet up with them again, miss the happy hour, the lepak time at office below and that was the past.

This round the chosen place is the newly open restaurant Ying Ker Lou at Pavilion which I their branch at The Curve is quite good.

Looking at the menu, I had a hard choice of choosing the food and the same with the rest tooas everything seems delicious and their decision is chin chai la..*faint

Some of us we do reach early as we enjoy our lovely conversation over a pot of tea which I like it very much with strong taste of tea is detected that can paint a layer over my tongue.

Finally, we had decided what to eat after looking at the people next to us and enjoying themselves.
We ordered ‘Hakka Pun Choi’ (as suddenly I forgot the english name) as this big pot can dine by 8-10 pax as there are around 8 of us as that would be the right choice.
Filled with Hakka mee, Prawns, porks, belly’s and chicken.

This was the end of the road after we could not finish it not because of its too big as its because its to ‘jelak’ already. It was not the right choice of us to go along for this dish. Most of us find it so so only yet most of us are not full too.

The best part is when comes to paying, our Chin Chai dinner cost us RM50 each for this dish and it was a total dissapointment for me to pay for such a dish. All of us learn our lesson.

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 4/10, Quite dissapointing~-Stamped-

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

Location:
Ying Ker Lou
1st floor
(next to J.Co Donut below Tangs)

*Non-Halal

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