Pancake House, Karamunsing

Last Friday, my friends and I decided to have lunch at Pancake House, Karamunsing. It is now having a promotion for buka puasa. The promotion is available even during lunch. The price was reasonable.

I ordered the Fried Chicken set where it included fried chicken, dates, air bandung and pancake. Only need to add extra a Ringgit or so to the original price.

My friends ordered soup and salad (this is not included in the promotion). Below is the soup, she said the picture and the actual soup look different as she could not find the asparagus as shown in the picture.

This is Tuna Macaroni Salad. It was just handful but the taste was quite delicious. It wont be enough for me alone though :P

This is my order. Fried chicken. It was drumstick and thigh, served with rice and eggs. I could not remember if the rice was fragrant or the white rice. It was topped with egg and special sauce. The chicken were not salty, which I think they had to be dipped into the sauce. The sauce was very very yummy. I could not describe in words though (salty and the smell is good). My dessert, which is the small pancake with marjerin / butter.

Another friend of mine ordered another type of salad, it has taco, chicken, cheese, veggie, kidney bean and more. I would prefer this compared to the tuna salad. However, the sauce given were too little. We requested for more and they were happy to provide more to us.

 Another dish out is the pancake with ice cream. It looked so beautiful and inviting. I did not tried it out so could not comment much. However, all my friends that tasted it said not bad and will come back for more.

We also ordered some cakes from a colleague, Chocolate Moist. It was so moist and fill up with lots of chocolates. The sweetness was just right. Cost only RM2.00. So cheap. Best to make it as a door gift. Yummy. 

Good Lunch at Restoran Puteri Hang Li Po

My Boss brought 6 of us to have a good meal at Restoran Puteri Hang Li Po. It served seafood, Chinese Muslim and Thai cuisine. We selected a set menu with 6 dishes that comes with a plate of fruits, unlimited supply of rice and Chinese tea.

Ambience : Pleasant
Food Taste : 8 / 10
Waiting Time :Moderate
Price : Moderate

We were given choices of dishes to be choose and the cost was at RM199.

The tom yam were spicy to me so I did not take it. However, my colleagues eaten up most of the seafood in it, so it must be quite delicious. We also selected chicken with cashew nuts. I love the tangy taste of this dish. the chicken were evenly coated with the sauce.

We picked Sabah veggie cooked with garlic as our vegetable dish. I love eating this. The vegetable were not too soggy nor hard and the gravy that cooked with it blended well with the veggie. Since this restaurant served seafood, we choose mainly seafood in our set. Next come the dried butter prawn. The medium size prawns were fresh and fried well with the egg floss. It was very yummy but a huge contribution to increase my cholesterol too.

Well, to me, fish is one of the important dish to be ordered when comes to seafood session. I just love to eat their nyonya style fish. I ordered it again this time and no complains about it. The sauce were tasted exotic combining, spicy, sour and other local flavours , very apetising. I guess, the fishes are quite small, thus, they gave us two. I just like this size perfectly, the meat were tender. 

A colleague had ordered this special dish (which is also under the chef's recommendation), deep fried eggs with oyster. It seems to be very different compared to the normal eggs with oyster that I had eaten. This was very crunchy, even one colleague were saying it taste like banana fritters. However, the drawback of this dish was the oyster, they were slightly overcooked.

Tea Time Cafe in karamunsing

My friend and I went to Tea Time Cafe (serve no pork) at Karamunsing, located next to McDonald, opposite a shop selling golf accessories.

Ambience : comfortable and slightly noisy
Food Taste : 7 / 10
Waiting Time : Fast
Price : Moderate

The food tasted quite good and the price is reasonable.

This cucur vegetable was crunchy. I love to have this a lot and saw many tables ordered this. It cost only RM1.50 per big piece. I could not stop munching this.

I ordered the mix fish ball noddles. The soup is flavourful, with tomatoes and salty veggie. The fish balls and paste tasted quite good. However, I dun really favour their kon lau mee. They used light soy sauce and garlic oil to mix it. The noodles were slightly soggy to me.

The eatery also served nasi campur. The taste of their dish were flavourful especially the brinjal. 2 veggies and some chicken only cost RM6.00.

I definitely come back for more.

Lunch at Lucy's Kitchen, Secret Recipe, KFC and RCH

I also went to a few Halal and serve no pork restaurant for lunch.

1) Lucy's Kitchen at 88 Marketplace 

I read a few blogs about this cafe. Heard at they served a very delicious food and good dessert. So I gave it a try.

I ordered the lamb with rice. Nothing to shout about actually. The lamb were tender. However, I can get such dish at a bigger portion in other place.

I also ordered the durian pancake. I heard it is a hit in that cafe. It was indeed very yummy. I can eat the cold, sweet flesh. The pancake's thickness is just right. I reckon you must get this although the price is slightly high.

2) Secret Recipe at Citymall

It has been ages since I eaten in Secret Recipe. So I took the chance last week to have lunch there. Although the it was famous for its cakes and pastries, we did not order those.

The first dish was the spring roll. Crispy outside, juicy inside. Savory taste just good for me. The portion was too little for me though.

Next came the Laksa Singapore. Since I did not eat it, I do not know the taste. However, it was mixed with santan which is not suppose to, according to my sis inlaw. The serving looked big though and she said the taste was ok.

Mine, the grilled chicken chop with rice. I love my food. The rice was very fragrant, the corn was sweet and not too soft. The chicken was tender and I love the thigh part. I love chicken with mushroom sauce. Definitely coming back for more.

3) Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) at Karamunsing

I am craving for fast food the other day. Thus, my friend and I decided to head to KFC for lunch. I ordered the dish with rice. Had the mixture of both original and hot & spicy chicken. I requested the drumstick and thigh. Yummy. The rice was tasty, butter-ry taste. I do not like the soup though, too much MSG and the chicken ball are not springy. I like springy balls.

4) RCH at Karamunsing

I had a take-away with my friend from RCH. I ordered lemon chicken. The chicken were fried with flour and the outer part were crispy and inside were tender. The gravy were sour and sweet, the tangy taste really good when mix with chicken and the fragrant rice. They also serve some pickled with it. The chilly sauce also good. Not too hot. I love this dish a lot.

Non-Halal Lunch at Foh Chuan, Xiang2 Pan Mien & Chub Grill

Been to a few places for lunch recently. These are the good places that you guys should try next time.

1) Foh Chuan at Bundusan, Penampang.

This restaurant is very famous for their stir fried choy sum, ham choy, roast meat and other dishes. My mom suggested me to try for the Ham Choy Mee Hoon (Stir Fried Vermicelli with salted veggie). We order RM10 and sufficient for 3 ladies. It has generous amount of tauhu, salted veggie and meat (roasted meat and sitr fried meat).

It was super delicious. Taste sour-sweet and has the slight saltiness. Roast meat were crunchy and not fatty. The noodles has the pork lard taste. they might be cooking it with pork lard. Yummy to the MAX!!

We also ordered kon lau meehoon kosong (Vermicelli mix with soy sauce) only at RM2. The meehoon were not only mix with soy sauce but also pork lard. This was tasty. I can finish the whole plate without any meat. Just the noodle itself is good enough.

2) Xiang Xiang Pan Mien, Damai 

This restaurant selling flat flour noodles. They let us choose three kind of noodles; flat shape, round shape and hand-pulled shape. Those noodles can be cooked in a soup broth or in a dried sauce (kon lau).

I ordered the flat shape in soup broth. It was served with deep fried anchovies, minced pork, mushrooms, sayur manis and deep fried wan tan. The soup was tasty, it had slight saltiness. I put in some lime and it had slight sour-vary taste. The mixture of the meat and veggie were delicious and crunchy while the noodles are not springy.

I also ordered a leafy juice (xiao mai chau). Very refreshing and cooling.

3) Chub Grill, Karamunsing Capital

This restaurant are famous for its grilled food. I always loved their grilled chicken and lamb. The meat is marinated well, it is juicy, tender and one can taste the marinate even to the bone ..... slurp :P

I ordered the chicken while my friend order pork. Both meat are up to my expectation. However, the side dishes are nothing to shout about.

Definitely come back for more!

Macaroni & Cheese

In the previous blog, we mentioned that the macaroni & cheese was bad. Thus, we could not finish the food and brought it. We decided to re-cook it. The chef shall be my Sis In Law :P

Ingredient
250 ml Full cream milk
5 - 6 slices of cheddar cheese
Butter
2 bowls of Macaroni

1) Heat up a generous amount of butter.

 2) Mix the melted butter with milk.

 3) Put in the slices of cheese.

 4) After the cheese is melted, put in the macaroni and mix them. (you must cooked the pasta first)

 5) Let the macaroni and the gravy sit under a low-medium fire (until it is no longer that watery.






 
6) Take out the macaroni and put into a bowl. Let it cool down. It will look orangy and thick.

I did not manage to take the picture after it was cooled. The pictures above are while it was  hot. The taste was very creamy and cheesy. You can add in ham, sausages or other meat. Definitely as good or better than the previous Kenny's Roger's Mac & Cheese. Yummy!!!