Lima Pulo

I recently discovered this place called Lima Pulo located in the Asian Heritage Row. The friendly baba sits in front of his shop, greeting every customer who walks in. A look through the simple menu shows a choice of 10 main dishes.

I chose the Nyonya laksa which is only available on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. I must say the laksa tasted perfect - even my nyonya grandma would give this an A+.

Address : 26 Jalan Doraisamy
53000 KL
Tel: +603 2698 3268

Home made bread - without a bread maker

I’ve always wanted to learn how to make bread. And so I put that into my 2015 resolution to LEARN how to make bread. My first attempt was at making a loaf of plain white bread. I modified the recipe from the following link:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQqWeGmG08

 

Banana cookies

Well, well, there were still a few bananas left, so I decided to make some cookies. 

This is a very simple and easy to make cookie, but be warned that the texture is cake-like and is therefore not crunchy nor hard. They should turn out moist and chewy.

The recipe is taken from http://www.lifeloveandsugar.com/2014/02/11/moist-chewy-banana-oatmeal-cookies/ 

Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Yield: makes 34-36 cookies

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar, packed

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup mashed bananas

1 1/2 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp ground cloves

2 tsp cornstarch

3 cups old fashioned oats

Instructions

1. Mix together butter, brown sugar, sugar, egg, vanilla extract and mashed bananas until well 

combined.

2. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves and cornstarch and mix until combined.

3. Stir in oats.

4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

5. Spoon tablespoons of dough onto a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Flatten dough a little bit, into thick discs. They will spread a little when baked.

6. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges just start to golden.

7. Remove from oven and cool on cookie sheet for 3-4 minutes, then move to cooling rack to finish cooling.

2 versions of banana cake

The banana tree finally yielded some fruits for me. I waited for the bananas to ripen, in fact to be over-riped and tried my hand at making some banana cakes.

This is simply called mum's banana cake. I used the recipe from this website:-

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/17052/mum-s-banana-cake.aspx

Although the cake did not look like my idea of a cake, it was yummy. I guess it's due to the fact that the recipe calls for a shallow baking tin.



The following day I made another banana cake, this time using a recipe from a Malaysian:-

http://inibelogcikgusuraya.blogspot.com/2013/11/resepi-kek-pisang-mudah-dan-sedap.html

I believe this is the easiest banana cake recipe you can ever find! 

Oven baked naan

13 days into the new year and some people sent me emails asking where I've been hiding. Well, to be honest, I've been trying to make naan on my own, without a proper tandoor, just using the modern day oven that we have at home. Well, the result was good!

Here's the recipe that I used from http://bhavnaskitchen.com/naan/ . I must admit that I did not use ghee. I substituted is with normal vegetable oil.

Restoran Robson Heights Fresh Seafood

This is a very popular restaurant located parallel to the Federal Highway.

The ambience leaves a lot to be desired but every time I come here, I am amazed at how packed and crowded this place can be.

I was there last weekend and the place was really abuzz. I could easily identify some well-known figures from the Malaysian political arena.

This is one of their signature dishes – claypot crab rice. The crab is always served in a separate plate, having done its part in the cooking process. I was told that the crab is placed over white rice so that as the cooking process goes on, the juice from the crab will flow onto the rice, thus making the rice fragrant & of course, delicious.

If you have never had this dish before, you would probably scratch your head wondering what this is. Well, its …believe it or not- super crunchy deep fried brinjals with meat floss on top.

We also had the following dishes:-

Address: 108, Jalan Permai

Off Jalan Syed Putra

 Kuala Lumpur

 Tel:+6 03-2274-1633 , +603-2274-1633

 Opening hours: 11am - 3pm, 5.30pm - 12am 

Credit cards accepted

Grand Imperial USJ 19

Walking into Grand Imperial in USJ19 Mall was like walking into a nice ballroom. 

I love the ambience and the buzz inside, which was a great contrast compared to the mall itself.

I had dim sum for brunch:-

Watermelon & orange juice

Honey dew juice

 Address : Lot No. 2.171, 2nd Floor

 The 19 USJ City Mall

 47620 Subang Jaya.

Tel : +603-8024 8777, +603-8024 8777

Credit cards accepted

Black Canyon Coffee Summit USJ

Walking into Black Canyon Coffee at Summit USJ is an amazing experience as I love the calm and quiet of this outlet.  The dim lights and wooden flooring gives it an extra boost as far as ambience is concerned.

These 2 drinks are simply blueberry shake and chiangmai. If you are wondering why the unique name chiangmai, well, you need to know that this chain originates from Thailand.

Spaghetti with chicken and ham (RM9.90) –this generous serving of al dente pasta makes you wanna come back every day for more pasta!

French fries (RM5.90) – not oily, simply marvellous

Green curry rice (RM10.90) – I love the presentation of this plate of rice. Just look at how the rice has been cleverly ‘compacted’ into a block . The egg has been cut and arranged carefully. The same can be said of the cucumber and tomato slices. Love it!

American fried rice (RM10.90) – probably called so because of the sausages, sunny side up and slices of ‘ham’. The fried rice was tasty and we polished it all off!

Chicken salad (RM9.90) -  I like the fact that this healthy platter is colourful and has a variety of vege!

Address:  Lot G(M) and G(N), Ground Floor

Summit USJ

Persiaran Kewajipan.

Tel : +603 8023 6328

Soup Restaurant, Jaya Shopping Centre

With an impressive list of outlets located in Singapore, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, I had to try Soup. I just had to…you know that feeling of wanting to try a certain outlet is so great that I finally found myself driving there on a wet afternoon!

The first thing I ordered was a glass of homemade barley drink. Prices at RM4 , I definitely thought it was a rip-off.

We tried the traditional boiled soup (RM22.90), served in an earthen pot. The pot lent a nice, distinct taste to the soup and we all yearned for more.

Beggar bowl rice with chicken (RM9.90) -  served with some vegetables on the side, this was a complete meal buy itself. I love the ginger garninshing.

Beggar bowl rice with minced pork (RM9.90) – this was once again served in a ‘pot’ which kept its content warm all throughout.

Hometown tofu (RM14.90) – deep fried and garnished with spring onion and parsley, and served with some gravy, I don’t quite like the taste of it.

Address : L3-12, 3^rd Floor

Jaya Shopping Centre

Jalan Semangat

46100 Petaling Jaya

Tel : +603 7932 1338

Restoran Bubur Goreng, Klang

Nothing is better than a piping hot bowl of porridge on a rainy evening. But this time our porridge was not plain old Chinese porridge. In fact, what we had here was fried porridge. So what makes this dish special?

Well, the porridge was fried (RM13)……yes, you read it correctly….FRIED, with lots of garlic, it was bursting with flavour and the yau char kuai on top made it even more tempting. Absolutely unforgettable!

The soft shell crab (RM36) was nice too.

We also ordered other dishes:-

Fried noodles (RM15) - I really like the way they arranged the 3 'balls' of noodles

Hokkien mee (RM15)

Stir fried tei wong miu (RM12)

Lala (RM22)

Address : 32-34 Lorong Lang

Taman Berkeley

41150 Klang

Tel : 016 6868 579

Cash only