TGi Fridays Pavillion

Once a year, colleague meet-up. Last year we choose Tony Roma for lunch and this year we go for TGi Friday. There are two sets meal available if you dont wish to order ala carte. RM29.90 and RM39.90 with one appetizer and one main dish. Both of us choose RM29.90 with top-up 1 bottomless soft drink. 

I keep asking myself whether Halal or not? Coz I saw an alcoholic bar. My friend said should be Halal because we saw some middle east people dine-in. OK la. Safe !!

The portion very big and for girl like us really cannot finish it. Even though call appetizer but portion like main dish. Long time no go TGi and the menu totally different. I remember last last time, I dine-in near CNY and there is one Oriental Salad (mandarin oranges) taste so good.

[From TGi Fridays' menu] Black Pepper Chicken. Bonessless chicken leg lightly seasoned and grilled. Served with black pepper sauce, crispy fries and seasonal vegetables.

Main Dish - The boneless drumstick chicken shop grilled to the perfection. Its juicy and tender. Not overcook at all. Pairing with brocoli is my favourite.

Black Pepper Chicken

[From TGi Fridays' menu] Boneless Buffalo Bites - Succulent crispy pieces of chicken breast with our traditional spicy buffalo sauce.

Its a bite size similar to nugget. its so yummy and little spice. Sharing purpose. Dont try eat it yourself as really cant finish it with one main dish. I like the celery dip into the mayonnaise sauce. Its not just only mayo, its should be mixture of varieties ingredient. GOOD !!

Boneless Buffalo Bites

[From TGi Fridays' menu] Mushroom Soup - A rich, creamy soup loaded with mushrooms.

I didnt taste it as my friend's soup.

Mushroom Soup

Finally, birthday treat from TGi Friday - few scoop of ice-cream. Last time I remembered, free brownies with ice-cream and all staff will sing song. But this round so downgrade. 

Birthday Treat Ice-cream

Happy Birthday Friend !!

Hungry Bunch Sunway Pyramid

Looking for affordable western meal at Sunway Pyramid? Then head to Hungry Bunch located at the top floor of Sunway Pyramid at new wing. Actually to precise, just next to Pasta Zanmai.

Its really affordable and food is satisfactory. Nice environment and friendly waiter/waitress. Oh yeah !! If near your birthday, you could get a free drink

Grilled Chicken - RM15.00

Very big piece of grilled chicken with chef special sauce. Its drumstick and very tender juicy. Pair with vegetables and mash potatoe. Good..

Mushroom Soup - RM8.00

Trust me, this is very big bowl of mushroom soup and you really cant finish it alone. Remember, sharing is caring. 

Mushroom Cabonara - RM13.00

If you love cheesy and white sauce, this definitely a must order. Very thick cabonara sauce but its not too strong. If add chicken top up RM5.00

Triple Cheesy Omelette - RM9.00

Big Breakfast - RM18.00

Overall, 5 adults and 1 kid, we order the above food and two drinks. Bills about RM65.00. OK ma... I full until dinner...

Pin Pin Heong Restaurant (品品香餐室)

Opposite Pin Pin Hiong Restaurant

This small chinese restaurant located at 786 Lorong Hang Jebat Melaka. It is in between Jalan Tukang Emas and Lorong Hang Jebat... Its quite a worth to visit if you want to try local mee suah (a kind of noodle). 

Provided you willing to wait about 1 hour and not too hungry...

The restaurant is without air-con and quite stuffy inside with the open kitchen (3 cooks). The 3 chefs by looking at them, seems like father, mother and son. While 2 maids (either Indonesian / Filipino) in charge of taking order, prepare drinks, serve ready F&B, clean-up table and pay bill. 

Full House !! Packed with customer

Kitchen

The food menu very simple, remember ask for menu if you unsure what to eat. The kakak might didnt give you the menu. The menu only 1 page and only few selected. But manage to win all eater's heart.

Simple menu

Chinese version omelette definitely win my heart. This definitely best even though less ingredient. Fried the egg till crispy outside but fluffy inside. Importantly not oily and salty. Smell of egg aroma, wow.... Only simple ingredient of scallion, mini prawn and egg.. Definitely a worth to wait for Fu Yong Egg lover. RM6.00 for a plate of this, thumb ups. 

Prawn Omelette (S) RM6.00

I saw almost every table order this soup thingy. So why not give it a try? Since Mee Suah is selling everywhere around Jonker Street. If you like strong flavour, this is not suitable for you. Its almost tasteless and I need to add little soy sauce into it. But when you keep eating, the flavour of the noodle and ingredient start to come out. After two days of non-stop eating at Melaka, this bowl of mee suah is a perfect ending to give my stomach a rest.

Mee Suah Soup (S) RM6.00

Ever found or seen this type of fried noodle? In KL, I think quite rare. Only traditional / oldies will fried noodle as this type. Even is watery, but it full of flavour. Meehoon consider a tasteless noodle. After adsorb the sauce water, its full of flavour. Not too salty and its quite balance among all ingredient. Thumb upss.. 

Fried BeeHoon (S) RM6.00)

This fried vegetable melt my heart. Very traditional flavour. Hawker stall flavour. Tai pai tong (大排挡) taste with great wok-hei. Simple taste with simple ingredient.. 

Fried Flowering Cabbage (S) RM10.00

Pin Pin Hiong Restaurant

 Never try never know.

Unicorn Cafe Melaka

During my 19th/20th Dec 2015 Melaka trip, I went to Unicorn Cafe for my nyonya food meal. Mostly tourist will opt for famous restaurant like Nancy's Kitchen Restaurant, Restaurant Nyonya Makko or Donald & Lily's nyonya food. But I choose Unicorn Cafe because of reasonable price (cheap) and without any taxes. It recommended by a blogger Rebecca Saw. 

Its truly a no regret to dine-in here because the food taste awesome. Its located at Jalan Melaka Raya 10 in the middle of the shop row. I arrived there about 2.pm and only 1 table with 5 diners. The whole lorong really quiet and by normal you wont walk-in there. I think only meant for local people. Unless you are very adventure traveller or an explorer. 

My sister enjoying the cendol

Cendol should come last but its the only picture with people so I put it at the top. My sister very lazy to snap picture so mostly I post picture of her... My sister so enjoy the cendol which we tasted the best so far.

Simple menu

A very simple menu which contains two pages. If you dont understand what is Seh Bak, dont worry, there is simple description of the dish. 

Simple Menu 2

5 pai tee for RM4.00 serve in a small tray with super spicy chili sauce. IMPORTANT NOTE - Dont wait too long to eat it as it wont crispy.

The skin cup is crispy. Filing with sengkuang, slice omelet top with parsley. Put little chile sauce, one bite into mouth.. Oh gosh !! So delicious !!

Pai Tee

 

Popiah

Melaka quite famous with it popiah as pork lard is one of the ingredient. Its quite different version from Ipoh's version. Ermm.. which one do I like? I prefer Ipoh version but Melaka's version taste good too.

The popiah skin very soft and thin so you wont feel you are biting a piece of flour. Its like thin slice of omelet. One bite to it freshness due to cucumber and another bite to it crispy due to the pork lard... SATISFACTION !!

I think the chili sauce is same for popiah and pai tee.  

RM5.50 for this two popiahs, what to complain? Just eat la !!!

Popiah

RM9.90 for each of below rice set, again !! What to complain? Just eat la !!! Look at the sambal chili.. Dont play play, it quite spicy... Delicious !! Taste of homemade !!

Two persons meal

PongTeh is something like braised meat with tauchoo sauce. Yes !! taste like tauchoo. Any other ingredient? I'm not sure. The broth very thick and the flavour very complicated. Cook toward the perfection. The meat is tender. Pork (half fat half thin) + one potato (cut into half) + few mushrooms.

PongTeh Babi - RM9.90 set

Curry Chicken - this is quite good. Its taste doesnt look like curry but instead mixture of many many ingredient such as chili, onion, ginger, lemongrass and etc. So good... Must order !!

Curry Chicken Debal - RM9.90

Compimentary a small bowl of mix vegetable of curry lemak. Taste good as the lemak didnt over and the aroma makes the dish goes up to another level... So good !! Thumbs up !!

Curry Lemak Vegetables - Complimentary

Ignore all the cendol stall at Jonker Street/Walk or recommended in travel book. Those are expensive and inconsistent. Those need to wait long Q, Q at roadside with sunshine, self service, stand to eat or sharing table with stranger. 

This just RM3.50 and you can comfortably enjoy a bowl of great Gula Melaka Cendol. Yes Yes Yes, no air-con. So what? You rather Q at roadside with the sun?? 

This is quite a big bowl - cendol, small red bean, gula melaka and santan - the combination is perfect. Each and every ingredient play it own role and doesnt overtake each other. Worthy to give it a try !!

Cendol - RM3.50

If you just want to drive there and has a bowl of cendol, parking shouldnt be a problem. There are plenty of empty parking lot along the Jalan Melaka Raya 10. If you lucky enough, park infront of Unicorn Cafe, just a few steps, you can enjoy this delicious and reasonable price nyonya food meal.

Hospital Kuala Lumpur Canteen

I'm not really fancy of food at Hospital. I always go to Hospital due to my parent's checkup or follow-up treatment. Mainly at Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun Ipoh. The food at the canteen really quite disappointed and just to satisfy the hunger. 

But recently, my father's check-up transfer to HKL, and as I know, there are two canteens at HKL. One at Bangunan baru Pakar and another at new parking building.. Oh yeah, now HKL will not offer any free parking. There is new parking building which offer thousand parking bay (I think - about 5 floors) with quite cheap parking fee. If not mistaken, first 3 hours is RM2 and subsequent hour is RM1.00. 

The food at the canteen located at new parking building quite good. OK lah with that kind of place with such pricing. In total there are 4 stalls which selling types of food not conflict with each other. Harmony !!

Stall 1 - Drinks
Stall 2 - Mixed rice
Stall 3 - Variety of noodle
Stall 4 - Snack (nugget / sandwich / kuih muih)

Hereby the food I ate that day :-

Pa said am I handsome?

Mee Rebus - RM3.50

This mee rebus taste spicy and with RM3.50 this portion just suitable to a small bite. If you extra hungry, two plates please.
Got few cubes of tofu, few slices of potato, taugeh and half hard boiled egg. Good

Mee Curry - RM3.50

Wow - look at the ingredient !! So many right? Pretty good deal and taste good too. 

Teh O Ais Limau - RM1.70

Teh O Ais Limau a very common drink which everyone used to order nowadays. This one taste quite diluted as the tea not strong enough. But the limau flavour is good. 

Canteen with 4 stalls

Outside Canteen

Oh another one is the nugget / hotdog / fishball per stick of 3 pieces is RM1.00, Karipad / Kuih muih is RM0.50 per piece.

Overall, if you wants to have a little bite while waiting the time (waiting at least 2 hours for blood test report), then here is the best place and if you dont wish to go outside HKL. Do sit nearby the window for better air.

Secret Garden Living, Wine & Dine Ipoh

I purchased a set 4 course meals for 4 persons through Groupon and about RM20.00 per person. Nowadays money pocket quite tight and due to GST, all items increase price. In order to enjoy some specialty or luxury, I always search through discount offer.

The highlight of this restaurant is English cottage-inspired restaurant with natural lighting, garden, and available Wi-Fi.which quote from Groupon. I'm so excited and cant wait to pay a visit as browsing through Internet, the cafe quite nice.

I arrived at 1pm as the voucher stated time utilised between 12.00pm to 3.00pm. Its located just beside Ben & Lynette Maison Patisserie and nearby KPJ Hospital. By outside I look at it, I think its operate during night time and more happening. When I walk-in, its look very English style of decoration. I think night time will be better with the light on.

Menu for Groupon Voucher

My sister very pandai posing

My sister and I

Cool

Mushroom Soup with Garlic Bread

Original price for this mushroom soup is RM15.00. WOW !! So expensive for this diluted canned mushroom soup.. Its tasteless. Super cheap mushroom soup. I buy one canned mushroom soup also can cook better than this !!

Pan-grilled mackerel fish fillet

Original price RM28.00 .. Frankly speaking, the fish taste OK with the (I think) garlic sauce. NO GOOD is the mash potato with no sauce given, and its cold. The salad is without any dressing. Corn not juicy and its like drying up.

Old-style fish and chips

Original price RM20.00.. OK for this but just one slip of dory fish? Seems too little.. Even Tony Romas set lunch of RM19.90 also will give 2 pieces of fish.

Oven-roasted boneless chicken

Original price RM31.00... WOW !! Dont cheat by the photo, the actual chicken chop size really very small.. If this could big portion, my rating for this could be higher... Taste wise OK.

Chocolate Cheesecake

Original price RM6.90 and its taste OK. No complain of this. 

Overall the meal I bought at Groupon is RM40.00 for 2 persons with the original price about RM135.00.. WOW !! One person for this set about RM70.00 if I walk-in and dine-in.. So expensive.. 

For the price I paid, I consider OK for this food quality.. But I'm not sure whether if walk-in and dine-in with their original price, will the food quality and portion better? Hmmmmm !!

Black Canyon Coffee @ AEON Taman Maluri

Malaysia (even big city like KL) not a wheel-chair friendly place.. Most of shopping malls are not design to cater for wheel-chair movement... So to bring my dad go out walk walk with his wheel-chair really a headache... Mostly, I need to go that place do some survey first and need to pick time whereby not crowded..

Since that reason, choice to dine-in very limited... That day, I'm craving for some spiciness and coffee, so think of Black Canyon do offer reasonable price of set meal.. and I like their signature coffee ice.. Yum Yum !!

My first pick definitely their signature coffee... Coffee Ice with some coffee sprinkle on top to add-in the ummmph !!.. Yeah !! Always my favourite but this time at this outlet ..... really disappointing !! The coffee too milky.. Luckily the coffee flakes otherwise I feel like drinking tea... Hope the quality is not dropping...

Iced Black Canyon Coffee - RM10.90

Since we got 3 peoples (but mainly my sister and I can finish the 2-3 pax set meals so we choose set B instead of set A.. What is the different? Set B is RM31.90 and Set A is RM29.90.. The different is set B is basil chicken with egg while set A is sweet sour chicken... 

Basik Chicken with two eggs

Every since I been to Bangkok, I in love with Chicken Basil.. The smell of basil so fragrant and taste good when eat.. With some chilli, the chicken become so tasty... Look carefully, it is not mince meat, they cut the chicken into very small small chunk only... Thumb ups !! 
 

Fried Mix Vegetables

 The stir fried vegetable doesnt disappointed and I can feel the "wok hei"... Yup pretty good for this and the portion is good enough... 

Seaweed Chicken Ball Soup

The soup is just a normal soup with few chicken ball, cabbage and seaweed.. Luckily it is not salty... So consider is good too.. You can choose Tomyam soup but since my dad cant take spicy, so we choose this clear soup just for him... 

My sister so happily with the meal

My dad and me

Simple and satisfy meal... One thing I want to mention is should be since January 2015, AEON Maluri implement a rule that no smoking inside or within the premise.. Why I said so? We sat at non air-con area but the waiter told people NO SMOKING.. and even notice is everywhere.. yet those smoker didnt see it..