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Ramadan Buffet @ Cinnamon Coffee House, 1-World Hotel

26/07/2012 No Comments

Fasting month had just started few days back and every one is looking for nice places to ‘Buka Puasa’ and certainly Cinnamon Coffee House, an award winning place located inside 1 World Hotel is one of the restaurant that many of you should consider. For this year Buka Pusa Menu 2012, you will be pamper with more than 100 choices of food that is available and one best part is, you will never get the same menu daily, as they have 7 different sets of menu that will be rotating around.

I start off with soup and bread section that serve along with 4 types of soup that day. I just have to start my buffet meal with this section, just a habit. 🙂

Salad Bar

Local favourites section

Variety of condiments for you to choose

And this is one huge roast lamb for you to go after.

With local style cooking that fills your plate with :

Ayam Percik, Daging Bakar Ayam Masam, Rendang Daging Tok, Ikan Patin Masak Lemak Linggi, Kupang Masak Berlado, Udang Gulai Pekat dan Tempoyak, Kerabu Mangga Muda, Asam Pedas Ikan Tengirri

This is the Japanese counter that I never miss . . .

Cold platter section

Fresh prawns, oyster and crab

sushi area

Follow by chef Special Noodle of the day as this section will have different fried stuff every day.

Indian cuisine corner, as never miss out their Murtabak

Dim Sum corner

Nasi Dagang

follow by if you walk to the far end you will reach this section . . A taste of Indian and Malaysian Favourites.

Where all the satay and ikan pangang is available here.

Today they have yong Tau Fu .. .

Fresh fruits being cut~

4 types of drinks being prepared . .

Local kuih muih. .

Little western corner that serve with mini burger and pizza

One of my favourite section is their Italian range. .

and lots and lots of deserts for you to hunt for after your main dish

Something cook simple and delicious that I hardly miss. .

Fried Koay Teow from the chef special of the day

After trying out the food mostly inside and I walk around again, there are more small little hawker stalls on another side of it. . with more variety . .

Today’s special is. . Laksa Kedah whis is very good and mee rebus. .

mini BBQ area. .

Ice Kacang Stall . .

apam Balik is pretty good as I like mine thin crips with lots of peanut and corn . .

Rojak

Crepes

Deep fried burung puyuh that you must not miss. .

Buffet Dinner: 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm

01 – 17 July

RM93++ per adult

RM47++ per child aged 4 – 12 years

18 July – 18 August

RM118++ per adult

RM59++ per child aged 4 – 12 years

Surau facilities are available for Muslim guests as well as ample parking.

For reservations, call Cinnamon Coffee House at 603 7681 1157.

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Oh Sushi Japanese Restaurant @ Straits Quay, Penang

04/04/2012 No Comments

In Penang, there are a few places bustling with alot of good restaurants that one particular place had attracted many people to visit with their seafront retailing concept which is Straits Quay. I have tried on a few restaurants available and Oh Sushi Japanese Restaurant is one of the latest restaurant that me and my friends went to hunt as they suggested its a great place and he know the chef. Of course I say YES!

When I arrived, the interior and the name Oh Sushi Japanese Restaurant sounds pretty familiar only realise that I saw this brand in Mid Valley before and now they have expand it to Penang market that start operation since May 2011 . .

Its fully pack on that weekend I went and its like 70% are reserved! Guess that they are pretty well known to Penangnites.

In their menu they have quite a huge range of roll, sashimi and many more to choose from. Price are pretty decent

These are all the hungry people that before the picture taken they were already arouse by the smell of the food therefore they attach without waiting for me this round.

Start off with some snacks to chew on while waiting for the rest to arrive. Koebi Kaarage @ RM 8 simple fried small shrimps that shower with some salt and nice to munch when it is served hot, crispy and crunchy.

Then Tatt say their sashimi is a must order cuz its fresh so we hit on Salmon Oyako @ RM 38. With a few big slabs of salmon and by looking at the orange colour shows its a good sign of freshness and no doubt it is!

Volcano Roll @ RM 36 find that its a bit over price with the portion they are charging as I have tried a very good one before with this price. Its too much mayo that not well burn overall its not bad la~

Prawns been fried fresh and wrap eat along. While dipping with wasabi and first bite can taste that the prawn meat is still hot. King Prawn Roll @ RM 22

SPicy Soft Shell Roll @ RM 25

Sanma Mentai Yaki @ RM 17.50

Garlic Fried Rice been fried to fragrant, a bit dry to my linkings and every one just enjoy this. @ RM 13.50

The star of the night is Wagyu Saikoro that being serve on a super hot stone, as can still hear the siziling sound after being served a while. The meat is so tender yet juicy and moist. The fats being served along is just perfect and aromatic with their special sauce.

@ RM 56 – Recommended

Agedashi Tofu @ RM16

Beef slices for our Sukiyaki . .:D

Sukiyaki @ RM 48

What you do is just take this thin slice of beef and dip it in for a while then you can enjoy eating it fresh! Sukiyaki pot soup is pretty good with a bit salty at the end taste and just cant drink much type as it will be too salty at the end. pretty good~

So this is all of us and looking back at my picture, I look like I have gain so much weight back then . .heheh

Overall, the food in Oh Sushi Japanese Restaurant is pretty good yet I still prefer Sushi Tei (available now at Gurney Plaza), my all time favourite~ if you compare this kind of chain together.

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 7,5/10, good also and prize are pretty standard~-Stamped-

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

Location:
Oh Sushi Japanese Restaurant
Lot no. 3E-G-5, Block E Ground Floor Straits Quay,
Jalan Seri Tanjung Pinang,
10470 Penang.

Tel No. 604-8990109

Business Hours:
Daily 11.30am-10.30pm

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Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant @ 1-Utama

21/02/2012 No Comments

Many of us know that 1-Utama is going thru major renovation especially on the old wing. From there, it had attracted many new retailing outlets to be operating in there and now if we go again, you get to see new F&B shops too. One of the newly operated outlet in the mall is this catchy shop that the front is painted red which is very eye catchy in the mall is this Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant as this lot used to be operate by Italianese which I rate one of the best in food among their other outlet.

[Update Jan 2014: NO Longer in operation]

Watami is another new concept with Japanese Fusion style dining.

Love the interior that painted with red, dim with orangy lights that make it a perfect comfort place to dine in.

Seating arrangement also have in their own private session with a table of 2-4 .. .

A little private corner with table for 2 that have some wooden structure to block it.

In their menu, they offer quite a good range of food ranging from classic sashimi, Japanese rool, pan fried, and others.

If you dine in a group, you can opt to choose on their value saving package group set ranging from 2-4 pax set. As this round we are in a group of 4, we decided to go for the set that is charge at RM200+ with the actual value of RM282 ++ that give you lots of food to be place on the table.

YOu can choose what type of drinks you want but we decided to go for 4 different types.

– green citrus cola

– green citrus green tea

– green citrus tea

– green citrus Yuzu Marmalade Soda

Assorted Sashimi is in a fine cut, quite thick and fresh.

Tokusen Sushi Moriawase is a plate mixture of a few assorted sashimi

Tempura Moriawase

Teriyaki Chicken Salad

I always love Japanese Salad because of their special dressing that pairs it very well. For ladies that decided to go for salad, this is one of a good choice!

Wafu Pizza – pizza topped with terriyaki chicken that specially made in super thin slice which I called it Japanese Style, crispy on the edge of the pizza with the sauce that makes the pizza disappear within minutes after it was served.

followed by an egg was serve along with . . .

Udon that we get to choose in a types of 3 ..

to pair along with our hotpot Shio Chanko Nabe, that is being offer in the set.

First few sips of the soup taste great and addictive as it head towards the end of the base it gets more salty.

One of my favorite for the night is Wafu Hitokuchi Steak, that is cook medium well, just nice to chew and dip along with the sauce to make it extra kick, yet I still prefer mine to be eaten without the sauce. . 😀

Tokyo GyudonTokyo Gyudon is beef rice bowl with hot spring egg in Tokyo style. Fine slices of beef being cook along that top with half boil egg Japanese style.

At the end of the meal, the sets came with 4 ice cream and again we decided to order all flavour and share among us. Vanilla ice cream, black sesame ice cream, matcha ice cream, chocolate ice cream, one of the stand out ones are Chocolate and black sesame.

Well, Watami certainly offer a nice dining experience especially with their good attentive customer service that they have train for their staff.

*Pork Free

Location:
Watami Malaysia @ Pavilion KL
C4.04.00, Level 4, Pavilion KL Shopping Mall,
168, Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
T: +603-2141 6671

Watami Malaysia @ 1 Utama
1st Floor, Rainforest, 1 Utama Shopping Centre,
1 Lebuh Bandar Utama,
47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
T: +603-7727 1399

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Ah Mal Birthday lunch at Ishin Japanese Dining @ Old Klang Road

21/06/2010 No Comments

Time really flies, and never thought its mid of June already and reminds us about Jonathan’s Birthday. When he remind us about his birthday, it feels like just celebrated with him few months ago and actually not it was a year ago. Ishin Japanese Dining.

We delay one day to celebrate with him to make it lunch on Friday, and places that ended up voting by most of them is to ala carte menu of Japanese food at Old Klang Road, anyway, who could resist japanese food?

This restaurant is located at the side of Old Klang Road, if you did not notice it, it would be just a plain bungalow as it is conversion of bungalow to restaurant.

Once you walk into the restaurant, we were greeted by attentive staff and seat us to our table. The restaurant consist of two level that decorated with contemporary Japanese dining placed along dark chocolate wooden table and chairs.

If you feel you would like to stare at the chef cutting and preparing sushi, then you can be seated at the Sushi Bar.

Modern Tatami style dining is available on second floor and if you are a smoker, you can choose to be seated outside on the balcony.

Once we were seated, we were given one appetizer.

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Li Yen Restaurant@ Ritz-Carlton,KL

09/02/2009 No Comments

I was brought by my friend to this what I called High Class Tim Sum. My first time in such dining for breakfast. Was drag up by my friend saying that bring me to a nice place for dim sum and just go loh.. Ended up here. Well, we came pretty early and the pathway to this restaurant it seems like the my house. No one is walking around, just US!! Then till the restaurant, EMPTY for the whole area. Then my friend prank me, I book the whole area ma. Don’t you know that~ In my dreams. The restaurant is very nicely renovated with classy interior and dim lights. It is so comfortable that once your ass is on the chair, it is glued with it. Would not really want to walk away. Then it was like the whole restaurant waiter and waitress are ready to serve us cuz we were the only customer that time. Wow!! what a service that they providing. The crowd starts pouring in after 12pm, I was there at 11am and alot of Datuk’s and Datin’s came here for their breakfast or what I would say Brunch….

I was the only one with camera, and all the people stare at me like a monkey with a camera what is this person trying to do. No picture please! this kind of feel.

Well, once you are seated they serve you this walnut. Taste good. *beware it is piousness Once eaten will never stop.

This is what I called ‘Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fan’ (fried version)but here is name as ‘CCF‘ on the receipt. Do not know what the hell it means. Very very nice. The skin is crispy on the outsite and inside it is soft with steam type. The filling is with Char Siew. Highly recommended also. RM 11.50

My tim sum will always never miss a few dish, the ‘Steamed Pork Buns’ aka ‘Char Siew Pau‘. The bun is nicely steam and the filling is good. The mince meet is juicy, blacky enough and very nice char siew taste. RM 9 for this.

Must not miss No.2 ‘Siew Mai’ The top of the siew mai is with the egg roe where you can find it in the sushi. You can just feel the pork ah,soft and not too thick the feeling. Mix with ‘Tim cheong‘ very nice. RM10

Wanted to have “loh mai kai‘ they do not serve so ended up ordering this one. ‘Glutinous Rice’ Which I never finish, only eat 3 bites cuz my friends they don eat. It is salty and aroma doesnt taste good. Maybe not my type but what I have eaten in Melb is far big difference. (Cannot compare then).RM14

Must not miss no.3 ‘Chicken Feet’. Not Happy Feet the show. It is a bit spicy, the skin of the chicken leg is alright, would not order again my next visit. Not my type of taste for this one. RM9

My friend ordered this ‘Lunar Cakes’. It is friend. For me I can manage to eat 1 whole piece. More than that please kill me. A bit sweet. Taste nice. Must be shared with more people only taste better.My most preferred for this is that my mom always did it for me, whereby steam it, then mix it with coconut. Wow, that will be so nice compare to this(my preference)RM10

They introduce the speciality of the desert here which is tadaaa…‘Avocado Cream’ yucks..I hate avocado but surprisingly in this I took it. Taste nice and sweet, so smooth like eating Gelato ice-cream. Highly recommend on this desert. Will never be perfect if not desert to end with.

RM 12
The whole bills come in total of RM 116 including tea, taxes and service charge. For such a location I think it is reasonable and with their service they are providing. Would rate them 1st class.

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 7.5/10 , Good -Stamped-

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

Location:
168, Jalan Imbi,
Kuala Lumpur 55100 Malaysia
Phone: 03-2142 8000

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New Year Eve Dinner, Kampachi @ Pavilion

11/01/2009 No Comments

Was searching for nice Japanese food and Jeslin recommended this Kampachi Restaurant, have heard good food review that they provided here. Been always saying wanted to dine here, and finally get the chance to go with their classy outlook and cozy interior.

This restaurant is pretty huge with its luxury interior settings and spacious. Feel cosy to sit in a place like that to enjoy your meal.

Here are all the shasimi and sushi being prepared by all the busy chef here. All of the raw ingredients looks fresh.

This is what I have ordered. In the menu, the picture looks different from the rest so give it a try. They serve in a set and comes with miso, chawamushi, chicken and the main is Some salmon mix with egg roe. It is a cold dish. Did not know that. I use my chopstick and stir everything in there. Taste a bit weird at first cuz it is cold but then after a while, taste nice. The chicken is nicely deep fried. Chrispyyy on the outside, juicy on the inside. This is ‘Shake Oyako/Wakadori‘ RM35

This is what Ian ordered ‘Teppanyaki Beef Set’. When the set is serve, we were pretty shock of the serving portion. With his size, definitely he ordered the right food. I can’t take beef,so cannot review on it but what he said is the beef is just tender, soft and nice. Not too cook as he order it to be half done. It cost RM48

Jeslin order this as she said wanted to go diet, ‘Sushi Bento‘. The shashimi is very fresh as this is what I say. It cost RM 48

Jean ordered ‘Unadon & Salmon’. I have no comment on this dish cuz she sat the other end of me, so my hand can’t stretch so what she said was so so only except the Unagi is nice. The dish is RM40

‘Gyu Katsu Don’ is what Jay Jay have for the night. It is something like Oyako don. This dish I would recommend as it is nicely cook on the chicken meat, the egg is not too cook, nice to blend/mix with the rice. Goes along very well. It is RM40 which I would say a bit expensive for this.

Ian is like a vacuum cleaner, sucking all the sauce and finish the whole dish. Dinosaur. Trying to cover his face not to be identified.

Jeslin too finish everything but I did help her on the last 2 piece of sushi. Trying to avoid too like Ian.

Good meal must always finish with a desert. Jeslin ordered this ‘Macha Zenzai‘ cost RM16. Nothing special about it as a green tea ice cream with red bean sauce and Japanese mua chi. Can get it in MOF on the food court level which is something similar.

This is what Ian get for his desert ‘Goma IC Special’ RM 16. I think it is special because of the biscuits standing tall with red bean, mango, Japanese mua chi and Sesame Ice Cream(which I don like). Special in the deco but taste normal.

After sit, chat and eat by deciding to call for the bill, it comes up the total off RM289. What I can say is the price of the fine dining restaurant. Cant blame for it.

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 7/10 , Good -Stamped-

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

Location:

Kampachi

Lot 6.09.00, Level 6

Pavilion Kuala Lumpur

Bukit Bintang

Tel: 03-21489608

Fax: 03-21482608

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Ramadan Buffet @ Cinnamon Coffee House, 1-World Hotel

Oh Sushi Japanese Restaurant @ Straits Quay, Penang

Watami Japanese Casual Restaurant @ 1-Utama

Ah Mal Birthday lunch at Ishin Japanese Dining @ Old Klang Road

Li Yen Restaurant@ Ritz-Carlton,KL

New Year Eve Dinner, Kampachi @ Pavilion

FunNow GastroMonth KL and Penang

Hidden Cocktail Bar, Her House, Chinatown KL

Waig by Chipta11a @ APW Bangsar

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