Secret Recipe

I don’t normally  accumulate photographs of a particular eatery but this is what I’ll do this time around. Secret Recipe is a franchise that is well known to the average Malaysian. I’ve been to many outlets, amongst them, the newly re-opened outlet in Capital Square, Amcorp Mall and Section 52 PJ.

I shall tell you what I think of the food as I can safely say that the service varies from outlet to outlet. In some the servers go all out to please, whereas in some, you just wait for your food til you feel like leaving.

This is a basket of complimentary chips – crispy and tasty, I have no complaints as far as the chips are concerned. However, I have noticed that some outlets serve the chips right after your order is placed but some won’t bother giving you any until and unless you ask for it!

Ice lemon tea – zesty and pleasing, this is my must order drink whenever I dine at Secret Recipe.

Salad – I love this simple yet nutritious salad. This one had very fresh  vegetables and I love it.

This is the curry which I would described as being super rich – people in Malaysia will say it’s ‘very lemak’ as it is very rich in coconut milk (read FAT)!

Chicken with mushroom sauce served with a hearty bowl of corn and some rice – the chicken portion is generous but I find this served with a little too much gravy.

My all- time favourite Japanese soba – Secret Recipe has two versions of this i.e the vegetarian and non- vegetarian versions. I prefer this version which has some meat. The al-dente  noodles are a pleasure to savour and the large quantity of vegetables that come in this bowl complements the noodles very well. I often like to take my time with this as the crunch celery, carrots and cabbage needs some careful chewing.

KungFu Paradise, Paradigm Mall

With a name that doesn’t appeal to me, walking  into KungFu Paradise was definitely a huge gamble. The simple menu displayed at the exterior showed that it served what I call simple dishes.

Refreshing drinks!

 My son was dying to try the seafood udon (RM18.90) and insisted that we went in.  First came the ‘stove’ and then the huge ‘pot’ of udon which was filled with awesomeness – al-dente udon served with eggs and some condiments.

Dry noodles(RM10.90) -  with 2 sausages, an egg and a stalk of vegetable, this perfectly done noodles was yummy.

Japanese curry (RM14.90) – I frankly think that this does not look like Japanese curry , at least the colour wasn’t right to me, but the thick curry was very delicious. I also like the fact that they took the effort to put some black sesame as toppings on the rice.

Seafood tomato fried rice (RM13.90) – the rice was a little soggy, but the taste was pretty alright.

 Address: Lot 2F-21 Level 2

Paradigm Mall

No 1 Jalan SS7/26A

47301 Kelana Jaya

Tel : +603 7887 5055

Breakfast at Remember Come, Kuantan

This morning, I had breakfast  with some friends at this coffee shop with a rather weird name –Remember Come…well, I guess the owner meant to say that we should always remember this shop and go there often.

This is nasi lemak with some peanuts, anchovies, cucumber slices and half a boiled egg. Priced at RM2.50, I must say it is rather expensive. This was served on wax paper and the gravy was separately put in a saucer with just one piece of potato (picture below).

Chicken rice (RM4.50) – tasted alright.

Curry noodles – the gravy was bursting with coconut milk flavour and I really loved it.

Here are the drinks we had..and I highly recommend the teh peng here.

Address : 254 Tingkat Bawah

Jalan Air Putih

Taman Air Putih Mewah

Fasa 3, Kuantan.

Cash terms only

Restoran Ah Lye Curry Fish Head

I’ve been told over and over again about how good food at Ah Lye was. Therefore, when TH invited us for dinner, I said yes, without any hesitation.

 

 

Fried squid- I loathe fried squid which are rubbery and inedible. The version here at Ah Lye was the complete opposite. Being crispy and yummy, it was an instant hit!

 

Salt baked chicken – although the presentation was somewhat a put off, the chicken was bursting with flavour.

 

 

Kangkung with sambal belacan  -definitely one of the better kangkung belacan in town. Filled with wok hei, this dish was everyone’s favourite.

 

 

Claypot of goodness – this dish contained a lot of delicious and nutritious ingredients, amongst them baby corn, prawns, sweet peas. I simply adored the wonderful flavour it had.

 

We also had these 2 dishes:-

 

 

 

Thanks TH for the invite & for the great dinner!

 

 

Address : 28 Jalan SS19/1G,

Subang Jaya, 47500 Selangor

Tel : +603 5638 0468

Opening Hours : 12-3pm, 5-10pm