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

Ben & Nick Diner

A tiny, cosy diner run by a father and son is what Ben & Nick is. The minute I made my way in, I fell in love with the place which is nicely and thoughtfully done up.

Famed for its Cajun food, there’s no way I was going to miss ordering the good stuff.

Our drinks – Milo (RM4.90) , lemon tea (RM3.90) and lemon juice (RM3.90)

We ordered salad for starters and the damage was RM19.90. With shredded cheese and hard boiled eggs, this was absolutely a salad to die for!

Mushroom soup (RM7.90) – a little too diluted for my liking.

Garlic bread (RM5.90) – truly awesome as it had the right amount of garlickiness in it!

Cajun prawns (RM32.50) – very tasty and fresh prawns, served with some fries and  broccoli. 

This is a must-have dish here.

This is combo blanket which resembles tortilla. One half was filled with chicken, the other beef.

Address: E-tiara Service Apartment,

Jalan SS 16/1

 Subang Jaya

Tel : +6016 2010189

Opens daily except on Sundays

Restoran Bibiwok

At times I walk into restaurants without any expectations and today was another one of those days  - I walked into Bibiwok – the signage says they serve Nyonya and Thai cuisine. The ambience was pleasing –with warm lights and a clean environment, I must say I instantaneously felt at home.

The menu wasn’t that extensive but was sufficient for me to order some decent food. 

This is sambal petai with prawns (RM22) -  the huge prawns , fresh and succulent, was simply marvellous. The spicy sambal brought out the best in the slightly crunchy petai  and prawns.

Chicken pongteh (RM17) – this is my must order dish at any Nyonya eatery and I found the version at Bibiwok pretty alright.

Choy hiong tofu (RM12) – don’t be deceived by the colour of this dish –although we had thought this dish was something spicy, it turned out to be nothing near spicy, but its unique taste was what kept all of us digging into this dish.

For dessert we had cendol gula Melaka (RM4.90) and thai ruby with jackfruit (RM5.90)

Address : 26 Jalan Pekedai U1/36

Hicom Glenmarie

Section U1

40150 Shah Alam

Tel : +603 5567 8229

Credit cards accepted

Restoran Summer Park, Bukit Tinggi

Taking a slow drive to Bentong, we decided to stop for lunch at Bukit Tinggi. Famed for its cool weather and fresh vegetables and ginger, many a tourist have made a stop-over to purchase these items before continuing their journey along the Karak Highway.

I love this DIY deco made of aluminium cans that turn & swirl with the wind

We drove around the tiny village of Bukit Tinggi and settled on having lunch at Summer Park. This 2-storey standalone restaurant has it’s a reasonably spacious parking area. There is even a stall within its premise selling fresh produce such as bananas, ginger, soursop …just to name a few.

Fruit stall

The pleasant ambience makes dining here a great experience. Although the restaurant has no air conditioning, the wide open spaces made the heat totally unfelt.  After ordering  our food with kind assistance from the helpful waitress, we went for a walk at the back of the restaurant where poultry was reared and vegetables planted. In fact, we saw a man plucking vegetables there – and it was then cooked and served to us....that’s how fresh the vegetables here are. This was priced at RM8

This is basically  a dish made from squid, prawns, black fungus   (RM15) and of course vegetables from their garden. The kids love the gravy which went very well with rice.

This is 1.4kilogrammes’ worth of fish (RM49). The flesh oozed with freshness & it was succulent. The only complaint we had was that the fish was very bony.

Address : Lot PT3338 Mukim Bukit Tinggi

28750 Bentong

Tel: 012 6611 928, 019 377 4009

Cash terms only

Inaho Sushi, One City

One City prides itself as having the largest rooftop area attributed to dining. In fact it is recorded in the Malaysia Book of Records as having the Biggest Rooftop F&B area. With that knowledge, we decided to check out the place. I must say that the ample parking at One City coupled with the fact that parking is FOC is certainly a pull factor.

We chose to dine at Inaho Sushi as the prices looked pretty decent.  As we walked in at half past 6, we were spoilt for choice as far as seating was concerned. We decided to sit outside…and I’ll show you why.

From my table, I could see the Main Place (a condo just down the road) and part of the highway.  We could also see the sun slowly going down the horizon. Oh, what a sight to behold!

We had some communication problems with the waiter as his English was rather incomprehensible to me. Well, what we ended up to doing was pointing to pictures in the menu.

Edamame (RM6) –loaded with healthy nutrients, these beans were very well prepared – neither too salty nor tasteless.

Shoyu ikura sashimi (RM15) – slightly pricey, but as these were yummy…I won’t complain.

Chahan (RM10) – Japanese style fried rice – well, the flavour and aroma were just  alright.

Garlic rice (RM7) – with a generous amount of garlic, this dish was simply very, very garlicky, just the way I like it…AWESOME!

Niku udon (RM22) –  this is udon topped with beef.  The smooth chewy textured udon was extremely delicious as the broth which had a tinge of sweetness in it complemented the udon very well.

Salmon don (RM33) –  this simply translates to salmon rice…..hmmm…and that was what this dish was all about. When it was served, you couldn’t even find a grain of rice as they were all covered with very thinly sliced salmon .

For the record, ocha here is RM3 per head.

Address :  RF04 Roof Top

Skypark One City

Jalan USJ 25/1

47640 Subang Jaya

Amex, Visa & Mastercard accepted