Restoran Foon Lock, Bukit Tinggi

2 hungry travellers on the way back from the East Coast decided to make a stopover at Bukit Tinggi’s Foon Lock for a quick snack. We ordered a coconut each and that cost us RM8 for 2 coconuts.

This is called stir fried crispy pork with noodles (RM8)  – yes, it didn’t leave us disappointed as the meat was really crispy and crunchy. A very mouth-watering dish indeed!

Mee hoon with ginger paste mee hoon (RM8) – the pungent ginger made the soup slightly spicy, but the noodles were so smooth and slippery that we could easily slurp them all up!

Address: 84 Kampung Bukit Tinggi

28750 Bentong

Tel : +609 233 0170

Dragon One Seafood Restaurant, Kuantan

Along the busy stretch of Jalan Haji Ahmad, Dragon One Seafood offers an escape from the noise produced by cars zooming along the road. Occupying a corner shop lot, this restaurant offers free wifi for its customers.

I was there for dinner recently and I must say the food there is good and the service pretty alright.

These are some of the dishes that I had:-

I must announce to you that the ikan jebong cooked asam style had the right amount of tanginess without being overly fiery. The pleasant savoury taste was definitely great!

Address :B 9766 Jalan Haji Ahmad

25300 Kuantan

Tel : +6017 3965250 / +6016 9313044 (Ms Wong)

Opening hours : 11.30am-2.30pm, 5.30 onwards

Note: This restaurant is closed every Wednesday

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

Old Forest Cafe, Kuantan

I stumbled  upon Old Forest Café I was making my way to a friend’s house in Kuantan recently. The large , green signboard certainly did stand out and that was how we ended up having my tea break there.

I like the fact that your cutlery is given to you in a cup of hot water – it always gives me the impression that the owner places great emphasis on  cleanliness and that to me, is a pull factor.

This is kuay teow soup – served with lots of green vegetables and fish cake, it was tasty.

Nasi lemak – the green colour must have come from the pandanus leaf used – the rice was fragrant and delicious.

French fries  - nothing special, just alright.

This innocuously simple dish was surprisingly a favourite of mine – I’ll give it a 10 for taste!

Fruit Rojak 

Prawn noodles

Address: A393 Taman Seri Kuantan 3

25300 Kuantan

Opening hours: 7.30 am to 9 pm

Tel : +6012 988 6181

Cash terms only

Welcome 126 Restaurant, Bukit Tinggi

I was feeling a little hungry  this afternoon as I was travelling via the Karak Highway. I quickly made a pitstop at Bukit Tinggi for tea time. The place was surprisingly crowded as we walked in around 3.30pm.

We ordered 2 plates of noodles to be shared amongst the 2 of us – we had Cantonese kuay teow as well as fried  dry noodles. The Canotonese kuay teow was a tad starchy for me, otherwise it was alright. I prefer the al dente, to the tooth, noodles fried with a generous amount of lard, which made the noodles extremely tasty.

Address: P-16 Pesona Heights

Bukit Tinggi

Tel : +6017 368 5987

Cash terms only

Ben’s BSC

At BSC, I am always spoilt for choice where dining is concerned.  Today I decided to check out Ben’s. As I stepped into Ben’s, I notice that there are ample options available. You may choose for normal tables and chairs or table with sofas, or even sit near the entrance where there are some tiny chairs….which, by the way, is not my idea of a comfy seat.

Anyway, I’ll move on to what we ate…or rather drank. We had vanilla milk shake (RM9.90) and berry basil lemonade (RM9.90). I love the luxurious vanilla cream. I slowly slurped this with my straw and I realise that although the milkshake had what I would call a thick consistency, I could slurp it with ease.

Beef Bolognese (RM22.90) – firm textured spaghetti topped with flavourful Bolognese sauce – heavenly!

House salad (RM15.90) – with an interesting combination of vegetables, amongst them lettuce, baby tomatoes cut into halves, avocado and edamame , every mouthful of this salad brought about a new sensation to my palatte. Love it!

Nasi lemak  – although priced  at RM26.90, which is a little expensive to me, the nasi lemak was rich in coconut milk and that certainky made it superbly delicious.

Chicken vegetable soup (RM14.90) – tasty and satisfying – these were the words that immediately came to my mind .

French fries (Rm7.90)

Address : Lot T6, 3^rd Floor

Bangsar Shopping Centre

285 Jalan Maarof

Bukit Bandaraya

59000 Kuala Lumpur

Tel : +603 2095  7988

Visa, Master & Amex are accepted

Dubu Dubu, 1 Utama

1 Utama has lots of food outlets ranging from tiny cafes to famous chain restaurants as well as stand alone ones.  My choice for today was Dubu Dubu which currently has 3 outlets here in the Klang Valley, namely in 1 Utama, Berjaya Times Square and Midvalley. For the curious ones like me, you will eventually find out that Dubu Dubu simply means tofu.

Korean food has always been knows to be one of the healthiest type of cuisine you will ever find on the face of this earth. Koreans pride themselves as a nation where obesity is virtually unheard of.

We ordered peach tea (RM4.90) and ginger tea (RM4.90). I would say the ginger tea was perfect for the cold I was suffering from. It wasn't only deliciously sweet, but was a good remedy for my cold.

Bulgogi beef set (RM20.90) and bulgogi chicken set (RM17.90) were chosen as our main for the meal. The presentation  looks similar. A bowl of what I call healthy rice (short grain rice with a tinge of purple) , some vegetables, a bowl of soup and an egg on top of your choice of meat are what you get.

This is japchae (RM14.90) . Japchae is what we Malaysians call glass noodles, sook hoon or tong fun. With its chewy texture, this plate of  stir fried noodles which contained  lots of ingredients, was superb.

Grilled fish ball (RM7.90) - 6 pieces of fish balls with a few slices of carrots was what this dish was all about. I ahve no complaints as far as the size of fish ball was concerned. But, I would prefer the grill fish ball to be slightly saltier as what I tasted was rather sweet.

Citron dubu (RM5.90) -  looks like our version of taufu fah! Taste wise -similar too except that citron dubu is topped with citron preserve instead of the normal sugary syrup that is served with taufu fah.

Address : Lot S345 Second Floor
1 Utama Shopping Centre
Lebuh Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya

Tel : +603 77 33 6872

Mastercard & Visa accepted