What is delicatessen? Delicatessen is a retail establishment that sells a selection of unusual or foreign prepared foods. I’m going to author a book about food and this blog post is a step in the right direction.
PUBLISH A BOOK AND GROW RICH
Last Monday, my friends and I had the opportunity to attend a 3-days book writing and publishing course in Swiss-Garden Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. On the 3rd day of the course, we had lunch at Green Treats Delicatessen in Swiss-Garden Hotel.
The lunch set menu offered a few choices which consisted of a main meal + drink + dessert. The main meal was mainly asian and Malaysian food. Some of my friends ordered chicken chop rice. While others ordered claypot chicken rice. For me, I ordered assam pedas fish rice.
Assam means sour. Pedas means spicy. Usually, when we order assam pedas fish rice, the dish is more sour than spicy. However, it was not as expected. This particular dish was more spicy than sour. It was a spicy experience.
Nevertheless, when ordering food, I would go for value over experience. Value is equated with the number of dishes included in the meal. In this case, the chicken chop rice had more value than the assam pedas rice. The chicken chop rice also had popiah rolls and a fried egg.
Nonetheless, check-out Green Treats Delicatessen for more treats! It is located at the lobby level of the hotel. It offers a cosy yet trendy atmosphere. Complimentary WIFI access is also available for the tech savvy traveller. It is open daily from 10:00AM to 11:00PM.
It’s been awhile since I blogged about something edible. Sheepishly, I did not know what to blog about. I had a tough time figuring out what to blog about. It took some time to digest this meaty information and details. I believe it’s going to be juicy and chewy.
Subject to author’s tastebuds
1. 6 2 10 Grill & Nasi Lemak
Going by its name, this restaurant specialises in grills and nasi lemaks. Nonetheless, its lamb chop is worth taking note. 6 2 10 Grill & Nasi Lemak is a corner lot in Aman Suria. It is directly opposite Lotus Curry House.
6 2 10 Grill & Nasi Lemak MAP
Despite facing stiff competition from other nearby Western food restaurants – Betty’s Midwest Restaurant, Kalamazoo Restaurant & Cafe and the newly opened Patty & Pie – 6 2 10 Grill & Nasi Lemak holds its own.
In addition to its lamb chop, its Apple Crumble dessert is also a MUST TRY. A mixture of soft and warm apple crumble and a cold vanilla ice cream crumbling in your mouth is something to salivate about. The stomach is at ease after the heavy digestion of the lamb chop.
Apple Crumble
2. Western Food, Restaurant Hup Soon
Unlike 6 2 10 Grill & Nasi Lemak, our second “lamb chop” spot is a hawker stall in a restaurant. The Western Food stall is situated IN Restaurant Hup Soon. Like 6 2 10 Grill & Nasi Lemak, Restaurant Hup Soon is a corner lot along Jalan SS3/29. The restaurant is located next to a Shell petrol station.
Hap Soon Restaurant MAP
Going by its name – “Western Food” – this hawker stall specialises in all things, western food: fish & chips, chicken chop, lamb chop, etc.
In addition to its variety of tasty main courses, it also serves a scrumptious lamb stew soup. The lamb is so soft that when bitten, the meat tears apart slowly and gently. Different from the usual mushroom soups, this lamb stew soup brings a whiff of freshness.
Hanz is located in Damansara Jaya near KDU University College. It is a small cafe in the same row as Choy Kee Restaurant and Yu Yiee Restaurant, which are popular makan places frequented by KDU students.
Hanz Harvest & Cafe
The recommended dish is the lamb chop. Unlike other cafes (in mind), you are served NOT 1 but 2 lamb chops. Pretty generous, I would say.
Lamb Chop with Apple Mint sauce
In addition to the portion served, Hanz is also unique for its choice of sauce. You have the option of either Rosemary (below) or Apple mint (above) sauce. This is different from the usual mushroom, BBQ, and black pepper sauces. As you can see, even the chips served are different. Instead of serving french fries like other restaurants, Hanz replaces them with wedges.
Chicken Chop with Rosemary sauce
Given that the lamb chop is a set meal, soup is also included in the set. You have a choice of either pumpkin or mushroom soup. Especially the mushroom soup, the soup served is not what we would commonly expect – (Campbell) mushroom soup – the canned soup. Instead, the mushroom soup is the authentic and original wild mushroom soup.
Last but not least; save the best for the last
In conclusion, Hanz sets itself apart from 6 2 10 and the Western Food stall in terms of the main course. 6 2 10’s Apple Crumble is a MUST TRY dessert and the Western Food stall has scrumptious lamb stew soup.
If you have any recommendation(s), do leave them in the comments section below.
Continuing from my previous post Sushi Sale: Sold out on Sushi, today’s post is about some ramen in Perth, Western Australia.
Udon, ramen and soba noodles were never in my food vocabulary. They were considered plain and foreign, until I discovered good ramen; worthy to mention. And good ramen was found in Perth.
Located in the heart of Fremantle Market is a popular Japanese ramen shop – Dosukoi Ramen. Considering its popularity, the best time to eat their ramen is before lunch hour – 11-ish. Furthermore, its a small shop, it can get very cramp. This is especially true during lunch hour, when hungry people are queuing for your spot.
However, if you opt to skip the wait or have a take-away, Dosukoi Ramen has a good mobile customer service. Leave your mobile number with them and they will send you a text message when your order is ready or when there is an empty spot for you. Hurry, because you don’t want to miss out on the delicious Dosukoi Ramen!
Tired and in need of a change? Head up north to the city centre, Perth CBD. There are more Japanese ramen shops in Perth CBD. Nao Ramen, newly opened, also offers good ramen as Dosukoi Ramen. Similarly, go early to avoid the lunch crowd or you will be queuing in the (hot summer) sun. What’s different at Nao Ramen is the choice of ramen. You even get to mix-and-match your choice of soup flavour with your preferred ramen.
Walk north-west and you will find another Japanese restaurant located along Roe Street in Northbridge, Perth City.
Compared to Nao Ramen, Arigataya offers a wider range of add-ons to your ramen. However, it is known for its large ramen. The bowl is SO big that it can literally feed 2 people.
If you know of any other Japanese ramen shops in Perth, do leave a recommendation in the comment section below. Otherwise, happy noodling.
Sushi. Sashimi. Raw food. Bento set. Green tea. Sushi King. Sushi Tei. Pasta Zanmai. Sushi Zanmai. Hokkaido Sushi.
All things Sushi mah…
Growing up, this was the equation for Japanese food:
Japanese = sushi
When we go into a Japanese restaurant, we go for the table; not the set. Conveyor belt sushi or sushi train, I mean. It’s fun to see the food coming to you. But it is not fun when its always, ALWAYS the same food choice: salmon sushi, egg mayo sushi, prawn sushi, and tuna sushi.
Similar yet Different
Anyway, after countless plates of sushi, this is the end result.
Achievement Unlocked
Eat first and count last is what we normally do. It gets even interesting when we compare the different coloured plates at the end. We would count and see how many pink, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple plates we ate.
All that changed in 2014 when I went to Perth. I had a food shock. If you think culture shock was worse? Wait till you experience the food shock. There was no conveyor belt, no sushi train, no rotation sushi, and no sushi-go-round. Then, what Japanese food did people eat?
Bento Sets
People mainly ordered bento sets. They were value for money. The reason being was that sushi on conveyor belts were expensive.
Nevertheless, I discovered a variety of unique bento sets: Teriyaki chicken/fish/beef set, Tempura fish/chicken/prawn set, Unagi set, etc.
If discovering and exploring bento sets were not enough, there is more to come…
When we think about pizzas, the first thing that comes to mind is Domino’s Pizza. Isn’t it rather drab? Thankfully, in 2013, I was introduced to the wonderful world of pizzas at Little Caesars Pizzeria and Ciao Italia. Sings “A Whole New World!”
Little Caesars Pizzeria, Perth
This particular pizza restaurant that I went to in Leederville, Perth, Western Australia specializes in dessert pizzas. The ice cream adds a sweet taste to the pizza. The pizzas are floury, warm, salty, and sweet – all in one mouthful. It feels like I’ve circumnavigated 180 degrees to the other side of the planet (Movie ref: The Dark Side of the Moon). I now see pizzas in a whole new light!
Ciao Italia is another unique pizza restaurant located in Mill Point Road, Perth, Western Australia. The food is good, but I find that the service is better. The pizzas are not only made my Italians, but also served by Italians; thereby making it an authentic Italia experience.
