Category: Travel

Posted on by — Leave a comment

Matcha Eight at Lalaport

In a previous post, we delved into some matcha in Lot 10: Matcha Hero. 

Today, we’re going to jump not from hero to zero but from hero to eight.

Matcha Eight in Lalaport Bukit Bintang City Centre.

How to get to Matcha Eight

It is very convenient to get to Lalaport. Firstly, via public transport. Take the monorail, stop at the Hang Tuah station, and then walk down to the ground floor. Alternatively, ride the LRT on the Ampang or Sri Petaling lines and then get off at the Hang Tuah station. Then walk towards BBCC.

If you’re driving, there are multiple entrances to Lalaport’s basement parking. There’s one car park entrance along Jalan Huang Tuah and another along Jalan Pudu.

Matcha Eight

Matcha Eight is located on the ground floor of Lalaport. There is the air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned section of Lalaport. Where Matcha Eight is, is at the non-air-conditioned section: Gourmet Street.

Matcha Eight is a small outlet. Seating for dine-in is available just outside but it’s umbrella sheltered. Since it’s open air, if it rains then it can get uncomfortable and inconvenient.

Matcha Menu

It’s all things matcha.

You can choose your matcha to be in the form of beverage or dessert. Ice cream or cold brewed tea.

I was craving for some ice cream.

As of this post, there were only eight ice cream flavours to select from. Flavours are coolly called Lovesick Girl, Soul Mate, Maybe it’s Love, Matcha Me Tonight, Hocus Matcha-cus, Melodrama Queen, Hojilicious, and Ho Ho Hoji. Each flavour has different ranges of sencha, matcha, sweetness, and bitterness.

Different flavours have different prices. Prices ranged from the lowest at RM13.00 for like the Lovesick Girl, Soul Mate, and Maybe It’s Love to the highest at RM16.00 for the Hojilicious and Ho Ho Hoji.

It’s quite a complex mix of flavours but you do get to taste them, but up to 4 spoons! That says alot about the demand and curiosity for the ice creams. 

Then once you’re done tasting, next is to select the base and the size. For the base, of course, the ice cream can be in a cup or cone. If you want your ice cream to be in a cone, then it’s an additional charge.

Then on to the size. If you want to eat your ice cream in a cone, then it’s a single-scoop ice cream only and no additional charges. However, if you want to eat your ice cream from a cup, then based on how many additional scoops, there’ll be additional charges on top. You can do a single, double, or triple scoop in a cup.

Finally, the last step. You can add toppings to give more texture and taste to your ice cream. For certain toppings in a cup, there’ll be additional charges.

So you’d like to bear in mind the additional charges when choosing your flavour, base, cup, and topping; as they can add on.

For me, it was so delicious, it was Hojilicious. I had a single scoop of hojilicious in a cup.

Subscribe to FoodyFan’s Newsletter

Posted on by — Leave a comment

Vary Pasta in Damansara Jaya

It’s not only Very Pasta, but it’s Vary Pasta.

Often, we would pass by this place but never ventured inside. Once, we even stopped outside to browse the menu, but our stomachs were craving for something Asian.

Today, we finally had lunch at Vary Pasta in Damansara Jaya

How to get to Vary Pasta

Vary Pasta is quietly hidden at the corner along Jalan SS 22/23. If you missed it, it’s just next to Five Fingers | Vegetarian Cafe Damansara Jaya and few doors down from Restaurant Kampung Seafood Parit Jawa.

If you’re driving, you can park on the street parking around or in Atria Shopping Gallery. There’s ample parking space in the basement and upper levels of the mall.

Alternatively, you can always Grab to the East Entrance of Atria and then walk up the road to Vary Pasta.

Vary Pasta

From the name, it sounds very much like an Italian restaurant. 

Once inside, the decor gives off a very mid-Western and Italian vibe. Like you see in the movies, it has a feeling of nostalgia and oldies vibe.

Menu and Food

Looking at the menu, they’ve an interesting and unique food recommendations. This is not your usual Western food restaurant. 

If you’re craving for meat, there’s Vary’s Recommendation: mix sausage platter, pork gammon steak, roasted pork knuckle, and pork meat loaf. If you want some seafood to go with your meat, there’s the mix grilled platter (chicken, pork, lamb, sausage, prawns, and mussel).

If you want something European, they’ve German pork sausages and Paella. The German pork sausages are cooked and served in different styles. The Paella, you can have it with chicken mushroom, pork mushroom, or seafood.

And as the name suggests, they also have pasta in various sauces and cooked in variety of styles. The pastas are cooked in garlic sauce, tomato sauce, or creamy and cheesy sauce. If you don’t want to eat with meat, there’s also vegetarian pasta. 

Instead, we chose our food from the set lunch menu. After choosing the main dish, you can choose the sides and drinks. The side is either soup of the day or salad. The drink is either ice lemon tea or tea (hot or cold).

That day, the soup of the day was potato soup.

We had grilled chicken chop served with spaghetti and fries, and pan-seared salmon fillet with butter rice.

Subscribe to FoodyFan’s Newsletter

Posted on by — Leave a comment

Lan Je Restaurant in Subang Jaya

You guessed it, it’s Chinese New Year and it’s the Year of the Dragon. As part of our annual CNY family house visitations, we visited one relative in Subang Jaya.

Came evening and it was time for dinner.

How to get to Lan Je Restaurant

Lan Je Restaurant is located in Taman Perindustrian Subang. To get there, you’ll have to either drive or take a Grab there.

There is ample parking space in front and at the back of the restaurant.

It is a decent sized restaurant in a short row of commercial shoplots. It is not hard to miss by it’s bright yellow sign board.

The tables a amply spaced out, so you don’t feel cramped and stuffed inside.

Lan Je Restaurant Menu

What I found amusing was the menu.

Half the menu was priced in $ and the other half priced in Ringgit (RM).

We were debating whether it was US Dollar, Singapore Dollar, or Australian Dollar.

Anyway, that’s not the point.

We were there for the main attraction.

One Person One Fish

Instead of a table of five people sharing 1 big fish. It is a table of five people with five fishes.

Each person has his or her own fish.

The fish is tilapia fish.

Size-wise, I think it’s the size of a hand or 2 hands together.

Then, you have a choice of either non spicy, normal, or spicy flavour. Some of us had non spicy. Some had it spicy. Some had normal flavour.

Normal flavour
Spicy flavour

The spicy fish had more red and green cili than the normal flavoured fish. Even the spiciness of the fish was more.

Along with the fishes, we also ordered prawns, baby kai lan, sweet potato leaves, beancurd, and lala soup as well.

All in all, it was a good experience. Never had a (whole) fish to myself.

Posted on by — Leave a comment

Top Big Breakfast Spots in Kuala Lumpur

Whenever we go for our family vacations outstation, I always look forward to the breakfast; before departing on our journey to wherever we’re headed to, like Malacca, Ipoh, or Penang. It was a family tradition to go to McDonalds for breakfast. And that meant the McDonald’s Big Breakfast!

It is a hearty morning combo of scrambled eggs, chicken sausage, a freshly toasted English muffin and golden Hash Browns.

Then, when we eat at cafes and browse the menu, my eyes would skip the coffee, the tea, the pastas, and the sandwiches, and venture straight to one of the most expensive items on the menu: Big Breakfast.

I guess looking at the McDonald’s big breakfast model, a typical big breakfast in a cafe would consist a combo of at least 1 meat, 1 egg dish, 1 vegetable, and 1 carbo dish.

But what’s a big breakfast and in it?

A big breakfast typically consists of a hearty spread of foods such as eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, pancakes or waffles, along with sides like hash browns, fruit, and yogurt, providing a substantial and satisfying start to the day. According to ChatGPT.

Then a big breakfast typically cost around RM25 to RM30+.

So, today, we’ll be exploring my top big breakfast spots in Kuala Lumpur and then travel down to Petaling Jaya. If you’re planning a big breakfast food trip, you can follow in this order.

Each cafe’s big breakfast prices are subject to change by the individual cafes and prices mentioned are as of this writing.

Bean Brothers 

Click here to see Bean Brothers in Kuala Lumpur on Google Map.

Termed the Flexitarian, Bean Brother’s big breakfast is on a whole other level. The Flexitarian priced at RM36, consists of a round bread, lettuce, grilled cherry tomatoes, bite-size sautéed mushrooms, fillet chicken in strips, scrambled egg, avocado, cheese slices, ham slices, and a small bowl of baked beans. 

Why do I say it’s on a whole other level? It comes with an avocado, which is not a typical food in a big breakfast.

Bean Brother’s big breakfast (Flexitarian) is priced at RM36.

Bray Bakery

Click here to see Bray Bakery in Kuala Lumpur on Google Map.

Bray Bakery’s big breakfast is known as The Baker’s Breakfast. Priced at RM29, it consists of eggs of your choice, mushrooms, cultiveat tomatoes, truffle miso arugula, pesto, and sourdough toast. 

For this Baker’s Breakfast, I had scrambled eggs. Despite the lack of the typical sausages, ham, and/or hashbrowns in a big breakfast; the Baker’s Breakfast also felt filling.

Watermark Restaurant

Click here to see Watermark Restaurant in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur on Google Map.

Watermark Restaurant’s Big Breakfast, priced at RM26, consists of egg, chicken sausage, beef bacon, baked beans, grilled tomato, and hash brown. 

While you can also have your choice of egg, you have an additional option in the choosing. You can choose from poached, scrambled, or fried egg. Here, I went with the (safe) scrambled egg. As you can see, it is quite a sizeable portion of scrambled egg, filling up about a quarter of the plate.

Then what’s more unique is the sizes of the chicken sausage, beef bacon, and hash brown. It’s not the usual big and long sausage, big slice of bacon or ham, and 1 piece of hash brown. In Watermark’s Big Breakfast, they are in small and bite-size.

Bakery Cafe Hachi

Click here to see Bakery Cafe Hachi in 1 Mont Kiara in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur on Google Map.

Hachi Bakery Cafe’s big breakfast is an English Breakfast. It consists of baguette, baked beans, salad, tomato, sautéed mushrooms, scrambled egg, bacon, and chicken sausage. Years ago, it was priced at RM24.80.

While there was no hash brown, it was made up with the bacon.

The Daily Grind

Click here to see The Daily Grind in Bangsar Village in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur on Google Map.

The Daily Grind’s big breakfast is called TDG Big Breakfast (RM37). It consists of premium chicken sausages, beef bacon, eggs, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, and buttered toast.

Here, you can’t see the spinach and beef bacon, because it’s hidden under all the other food. Anyway, instead of hash browns and salad, there’s beef bacon and spinach to go with. Then instead of scrambled eggs, it’s sunny side up egg; it’s still egg.

Touche Pastries & More

Click here to see Touche Pastries in Section 17, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

Touche Pastries is The Big Bad Boy! At RM28.90, it consists of beef bacon, turkey ham, artisanal sausage, scrambled eggs, and toast.

Here, the toast is hidden under the scrambled egg.

Cafe Tujoh

Click here to see Cafe Tujoh in Section 17, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

Cafe Tujoh’s big breakfast or also known as Full Aussie, consists of scrambled eggs, smoked duck, mushroom, charred tomato, chicken chorizo, and toasted bread. 

In a bit more detail, the vegetable is lettuce, the smoked duck is strips of smoke duck, the mushrooms are sautéed mushrooms, and the charred tomato has a melted cheese on it. What I like about Cafe Tujoh’s Full Aussie, is that it has smoked duck, in addition to the chicken chorizo. Then, if I recall, the Full Aussie was priced at RM28.

Dough! Bakery & Cafe

Click here to see Dough in Section 17, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

Dough’s big breakfast, termed as Dough’s Breakfast and priced at RM28, consists of 2 pieces of sunny side up, chicken bratwurst, roasted tomato, sautéed mushrooms, potato gratin, mixed salad, and classic sourdough bread. 

What’s unique about Dough’s big breakfast is that instead of serving hashbrown, it is replaced with potato gratin. 

Potato gratin, also known as gratin dauphinois, is a classic French dish made with thinly sliced potatoes layered in a baking dish, typically with cream, butter, garlic, and sometimes cheese. The dish is baked until the potatoes are tender and the top is golden and crispy. It’s a rich and indulgent side dish often served alongside roasts or as part of a holiday meal.

Strangers at 47

Click here to see Strangers at 47 in Section 17, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

Strangers at 47’s big breakfast is Big Breakfast Crepe BBC and it’s priced at RM30. It consists of wholemeal crepe, herb chicken sausage, chicken ham, sautéed mushrooms and spinach, hash brown, baked beans, caramelised onions, eggs your way (sunny or scrambled). 

Here’s a different big breakfast, instead of serving the typical (sourdough) bread and (maybe) lettuce. Stranger’s at 47’s big breakfast changes things up with wholemeal crepe and sautéed spinach. 

If you’re looking for a not so heavy big breakfast because of the sourdough bread, you can consider the wholemeal crepe in Strangers at 47’s Big Breakfast Crepe BBC. 

Asa Cafe

Click here to see Asa Cafe in Taman Paramount, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

As per Asa Paramount’s menu, their big breakfast, priced at RM35, consists of real chicken sausage, sautéed mushroom, sourdough, tomato, greens, scrambled egg, and hashbrown.

I must reiterate that they served a nicely cut up sourdough bread. Unlike some cafes, a sourdough or 2 is served as a whole slice. The mushrooms are not small but fat, long, and juicy. The tomato was a grilled, half-tomato. The yellow protein was a flat piece of scrambled egg. If you can’t see and find the “real chicken sausage”, it’s hidden under the sautéed mushrooms. Unlike some cafe’s sausages where the sausage tend to be fat, thick, and long, Asa’s sausage is of a decent size.

My Gracious Kitchen

Click here to see My Gracious in SS2, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

My Gracious Kitchen’s big breakfast is Mama Breakfast. Priced at RM25.90, it consists of herb sausage, baked beans, hash brown, egg, toast, chicken pepperoni, baked tomatoes, and vegetables. 

It’s little bit simpler, yet with a touch distinction as well. Instead of sourdough, it is toast bread. The egg is the default sunny side up. You’re not given the choice of choosing your egg. Here, you’re not given 1 hash brown only, but 2 hash browns. Then, instead of ham or bacon, it is chicken pepperoni. 

Annie Day Coffee

Click here to see Annie Day Coffee in SS2, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

Annie Day’s big breakfast is a Supreme Breakfast. At RM28, it consists of chicken sausage, beef bacon, chicken ham, hashbrown, two eggs, baked beans, side salad, sourdough bread, and butter and jam. 

While the Supreme Breakfast has all the trappings of big breakfast, it goes a little out of the way to include butter and jam, so that you can enjoy your sourdough bread with some sweetness. 

Milligram – Coffee & Eatery

Click here to see Milligram in SS26 Taman Mayang Jaya, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

Milligram’s big breakfast is Kilogram Brekkie. At RM29, it consists of button mushrooms, pork sausage, pork bacons, scrambled eggs, milk bread, baked beans, hash-brown, and salad. 

Here, instead of sourdough bread, we’ve milk bread for a change. The hash-brown is a small round piece of hash-brown. Everything else is standard as you would expect in a big breakfast.

Kheng Wah Restaurant

Click here to see Kheng Wah Restaurant in Megah Rise Mall in SS24 Taman Megah, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

Kheng Wah’s big breakfast is USA Breakfast. At RM18.90, it consists of luncheon meat, Taiwan sausage, French toast, french fries, fried eggs, baked beans, and assorted beans. 

Kheng Wah’s big breakfast is a fusion kinda big breakfast. The meat is unique and different, in that it’s Taiwan sausage and luncheon meat. It’s not the typical ham, bacon, or chicken sausage. The bread is French toast and not sourdough bread or baguette and not even normal toast bread. The vegetables is frozen vegetables with some cherry tomatoes. Lastly, what’s cool is that it has french fries!

Twenty Fourty Six

Click here to see Twenty Forty Six cafe in SS23 Taman SEA, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

2046’s big breakfast (literally termed Big Breakfast on the menu) priced at RM32, consists of chicken ham, scrambled egg, lettuce, grilled tomato, mixed mushroom, hashbrown, potatoes, and sourdough bread.

In addition to the hashbrown, 2046’s big breakfast goes further by including grilled potatoes as well.

SIS & Co

Click here to see SIS & Co in SS23 Taman SEA, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

SIS & Co’s Big Sis Breakfast (RM32) consists of housemade sausages, streaky bacon, ham, button mushrooms, roasted cherry tomatoes, scrambled eggs served with freshly toasted baguette. 

Instead of the usual sourdough breads, here we got freshly toasted baguette. 

Memorie Cafe

Click here to see Memorie Cafe @ One Utama in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya on Google Map.

Memorie Cafe’s big breakfast – The Memorie Big Breakfast – at RM19, consists of twin fresh organic eggs (scrambled or sunny side up), chicken supreme, baked tomato parmigiana, sautéed mushroom, baked beans, and chicken frankfurter.

I hope you found this list of big breakfast spots for your big (breakfast) adventure when cafe hopping around town. You can also view the map of each spots below.

Posted on by — Leave a comment

108 Asian Food Station in Bandar Utama

Today, we’re exploring the 108th food station in Asia. Just kidding!

What was once formerly Kluang Station is now 108 Asian Food Station in BU11 Oasis Centre in Bandar Utama. 

How to get there

If you’re driving to or from Bandar Utama to Tropicana or Aman Suria along Lebuh Bandar Utama or Persiaran Tropicana, it’s not hard to miss BU11 Oasis Centre. It’s located at the big T-junction.

While parking in the centre may be limited but more often than not, it is easy to get a parking there. To make it better, parking is free!

108 Asian Food Station

As mentioned earlier, the previous operator was Kluang Station, so the setup and interior is pretty much familiar. What’s new is the menu.

Menu

108 Asian Food Station prides itself on the basis of being a “modern kopitiam” as printed on their menu.

Aside from the usual kopitiam food, 108 has some interesting food selections.

In its Croissant Series, it also has Salted Egg Yolk Croissant and Chocolate Lava Croissant. Wide range of savoury and sweet croissants available.

The main attraction is its Rempah Series. Instead of the usual white rice or nasi lemak, it is nasi rempah. 

“Nasi rempah” generally indicates aromatic and flavourful rice that is seasoned with a variety of spices and herbs. Coconut milk is sometimes used to enhance the richness and fragrance of the rice.

From 108 Asian Food Station, there’s Nasi Rempah Biasa, Nasi Rempah Fried Chicken, Nasi Rempah Fried Whole Drumstick, Nasi Rempah Rendang Chicken, Nasi Rempah Curry Chicken, and Nasi Rempah Green Curry Chicken. 

They also have crispy chicken chop, luncheon meat fries, fried rice series, mee siam series, dim sum series, and more. Under the Mee Siam Series, you can choose from the very original – Mee Siam Biasa – to the spicy: Mee Siam with Curry Chicken or Green Curry Chicken. Then under the Dim Sum Series, the Siew Mai and the Bao are Pork Free. They are Chicken Siew Mai and BBQ Chicken (Savoury) Pao.

Since, it was lunch, we had Nasi Rempah Curry Chicken and Nasi Rempah Fried Chicken Whole Drumstick. Drinks were the hot milk tea and hot kopi.

Subscribe to FoodyFan’s Newsletter

Posted on by — Leave a comment

Pandan Coconut Soft Serve and Gula Melaka Latte at Pandan Republic in KL

Just next to and outside Kwai Chai Hong at Lorong Panggung in Kuala Lumpur, is this yellow dessert cafe with blue door and windows. Here at Pandan Republic, satisfy your sweet tooth in the hot and humid weather with their special pandan coconut soft serve and other creative desserts and beverages.

How to get there

📍 6, Lorong Panggung, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Since it’s in the heart of KL, it is convenient to get to Pandan Republic via public transport.

If you’re riding the LRT or MRT, get off at Pasar Seni station. Walk towards MRT Exit – Pintu A towards Jalan Panggung. Pandan Republic is behind the row of shophouses along Jalan Panggung. 

If you’re riding the KL Monorail, get off at Maharajalela station. Walk towards Jalan Petaling. Pandan Republic is about 10mins walk from the Station.

If you’re driving, there’s ample parking nearby. There’s Joy Full Parking and DY Parking, which are just next to the Pasar Seni MRT.

Pandan Republic

Before touring Kwai Chai Hong and Chinatown, you might want to pause for a cooling treat, which we did.

Instead of taking away, we dined in. Pandan Republic is a cozy 2-storey cafe. The cafe is hard not to miss from it’s yellow paint, blue door and windows, and the ice cream stand outside.

From the window upstairs, you’ll be looking out to Lorong Panggung and the back of Beryl’s Chocolate.

Place your orders at the counter near the entrance and a seat will be assigned to you after payment. Directly opposite the counter, you can see the soft serve-making in action. 

There was the choice of either pandan coconut soft serve or chocolate soft serve. We had the pandan flavour. 

Beverage-wise, they’ve a range of creative and unique beverages. We had the cold gula melaka latte. The latte was topped with a floating coffee bear!

Our newest arrivals. Shop Now

More new products

Subscribe to FoodyFan’s Newsletter

Posted on by — Leave a comment

Kwai Chai Hong in KL Chinatown

Travel back in time to the 1960s golden era of KL Chinatown at this lane – Lorong Panggung in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Lorong Panggung, is also famously known as Kwai Chai Hong, which is directly translated as “Ghost Lane” or “Little Demon Alley” in English from Cantonese. 

How to get there

Since it’s in the heart of KL, it is convenient to get to Kwai Chai Hong via public transport.

If you’re riding the LRT or MRT, get off at Pasar Seni station. Walk towards MRT Exit – Pintu A towards Jalan Panggung. Kwai Chai Hong is behind the row of shophouses along Jalan Panggung. 

If you’re riding the KL Monorail, get off at Maharajalela station. Walk towards Jalan Petaling. Kwai Chai Hong is about 10mins walk from the Station.

If you’re driving, there’s ample parking nearby. There’s Joy Full Parking and DY Parking, which are just next to the Pasar Seni MRT.

Kwai Chai Hong

Under Project Kwai Chai Hong, 10 shophouses – six fronting Jalan Petaling and another four units along Lorong Panggung – were restored.

Next to the entrance of Kwai Chai Hong is Pandan Republic. You can grab an ice cream on the go and sweetly tour Kwai Chai Hong. 

You’ll be greeted by a red bridge and arch that sports the Mandarin characters of “Kwai Chai Hong”. Spot strings of red lanterns and the Bunn Choon Restoran (since 1893) signage above.

The guardrails or safety rails of the bridge are colourfully painted in red. Along the left side of the bridge, you’ll be greeted by the sign, 红桥 Hong Qiao which is the name of the bridge. On the bridge, you’ll find a mural of a loving couple sitting on the bridge.

Inside the lane are few murals depicting the daily activities of early Chinese settlers in the area during the 1960s. 

You’ll find yourself at the back of a few restaurants. Directly after the bridge, you’re at the back of Da Bao.

Next to Da Bao is a mural of a man sharpening a knife and a Tiger Beer advertisement above him.

There is another door with a sign above brightly shining in red, Restoran Bunn Choon. Next to the door is a mural of a girl looking out a window and 2 little boys squatting and playing. These show the simple life back in the past.

Just after the bridge on the left is a red street lamp and a mural of an elderly uncle playing the erhu – a traditional Chinese string instrument with only two strings. There is a bench in front, where you can sit a take some pics with the uncle.

Towards the other end of the lane, you’ll be greeted by a bright red, Japanese-looking arch. 

At the end is the red (mockup) store of DayOne DayOne Noodle.

Above is a full wall mural of shop lots in the past. Funnily, you’ll see a mural of the kung fu landlady from Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle. 

Our newest arrivals. Shop Now

More new products

Subscribe to FoodyFan’s Newsletter

Posted on by — Leave a comment

Grand Imperial Dim Sum in Bangsar Shopping Centre

A few of my friends and I wanted to experience the “grander” side of (an imperial) Chinese restaurant (cue the Star Wars’ emperor marching music in the background), so we had lunch at Grand Imperial Restaurant in Bangsar Shopping Centre, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. It was not only a fine experience but also a different one, as it was dim sum for lunch, not breakfast.

How to get there

📍 T5, Bangsar Shopping Centre, 285, Jalan Maarof, 59000 Kuala Lumpur

If you’re taking the train and riding on the MRT – stop at Pusat Bandar Damansara MRT. Then walk 650 meters up Jalan Maarof to Bangsar Shopping Centre (BSC). 

Alternatively, if you’re driving, you can park in the basement. Entry is paid parking.

Then in the mall, take the lift or escalator up to the 3rd floor on the newer section of BSC.

Grand Imperial Restaurant

Established since 2008, we are Malaysia’s leading company in the food & beverage industry and wedding services. We showcase a fleet of outstanding restaurants offering various culinary experiences, from Chinese delicacies to Chinese Dim Sum, BBQ, Seafood Steamboat, Hong Kong noodles, and tangy fresh seafood.

True to it’s name and the location it is in; it has a grand setup and feel upon entering the restaurant. Even the service and attention from the staffs makes one feel of importance.

The restaurant itself is very spacious, so you do not feel congested or in a very closed up environment.

Dim Sum for Lunch

From the dim sum menu, we had deep-fried prawn dumplings, deep-fried beancurd roll with prawns, deep-fried yam puff, radish cake, cheong fun with BBQ meat, baked egg tart, siew mai, mango pudding, and a few more dim sums.

Our newest arrivals. Shop Now

More new products

Subscribe to FoodyFan’s Newsletter

Posted on by — Leave a comment

Beggar’s Chicken at New Heong Kee Restaurant in Ampang Jaya

Instead of the usual, popular restaurants for dinner in town; why not something different and out of town?

From Petaling Jaya, we travelled out to Ampang Jaya. There, we had Beggar’s Chicken for dinner at New Heong Kee Restaurant.

How to get there

Driving along Jalan Lingkaran Tengah 2 (main road), it’s just after the Petronas petrol station. 

The restaurant is not in a shop lot but in a housing lot along the main road. There are 2 gates. The first gate is the entrance to more space at the back to park your car. The 2nd gate is the the main entrance to the parking space in front and to the restaurant. Nevertheless, both gates are on common ground and lead to the restaurant.

However, take note that parking is very limited with space for approximately less than 15 cars.

New Heong Kee Restaurant

You need to call, make advance booking, and pre-order your food.

Back to the restaurant, it has open-air seating. Mind you, it’s a non-airconditioned restaurant.

You can see how the Beggar’s Chicken is being cooked. Under a shack at the backyard, you can see the chicken cooked the traditional way.

Beggar’s Chicken. The chicken has to be ordered as it takes several hours to cook. The meat was soft, tender, succulent and moist at the same time. 

Below are some other dishes we ordered to go with the Beggar’s Chicken for dinner.

Beggar’s Duck. The duck was drenched in soy sauce, thereby giving it the additional flavour. As for the meat, it was soft and very tender. You don’t need a knife to even slice and cut the meat.

Beggar’s Pork Trotter. There was a good layer of chewy fat and good meat.

Boneless Fish, Country Fish, or as someone called it – Zombie Fish. Even though it’s fish, but it tasted like and had the texture of fish cake.

Vegetables.

Our newest arrivals. Shop Now

More new products

Subscribe to FoodyFan’s Newsletter

Posted on by — Leave a comment

OUG Jade Restaurant in Taman OUG

In the heart of Taman OUG, Kuala Lumpur and above the popular OUG market is OUG Jade Restaurant.

The restaurant has been serving delicious food to the local community for many years. It is known for its mouth-watering dishes, excellent service, and cozy ambiance.

How to get there

📍 2nd Floor The Market Place, 2, Jalan Hujan Rahmat, Taman Overseas Union, 58200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

If you’re driving, you can park in the basement car park. Then take the lift to the 2nd floor. The restaurant is the whole of the 2nd floor. 

OUG Jade Restaurant

Don’t be fooled by the shabby exterior and the “grand” ambience in it. 

Having been there twice few years ago, recently was the 3rd time back here in a long while.

Being a whole floor by itself, it is like a grand hall with multiple rows and columns of round tables lined up. The setup can accommodate small group lunches and dinner, and grand (corporate and family) events. 

It has a cozy and inviting ambiance, with elegant decor and comfortable seating. The lighting is warm and welcoming, creating a relaxed atmosphere for diners.

Food

The menu at OUG Jade Restaurant is extensive, featuring a wide range of Chinese dishes. The restaurant is known for its seafood dishes, which are fresh and flavorful. 

Some of the must-try dishes at the restaurant include the steamed fish, butter prawns, and salted egg yolk squid. The restaurant also serves a variety of meat dishes, such as roasted duck, sweet and sour pork, and braised beef. 

Vegetarians will also find plenty of options on the menu, including stir-fried vegetables, tofu dishes, and vegetarian noodles.

Can’t recall the exact names of the dishes, but below are photos of some of the food we ordered.

Beancurd and ham mixture
Vegetable claypot dish
Butter-milk prawns
Ginger chicken
Assam fish

Our newest arrivals. Shop Now

More new products

Subscribe to FoodyFan’s Newsletter