Zestful Eats

This blog is mainly written by me, IcedNyior, but occasionally, I get the beau to write the posts. So this will be tagged “He Eats”. Hehe…enjoy!

- IcedNyior

So after having a problem on where to eat, we decide to go to Italiannies at The Gardens. As its name, it is an Italian theme restaurant that serve Italian food (duh >.<). They have an “open air” style seating outside the restaurant and plenty of seats inside.

The restaurant setting is (as quoted from my girl) nice, romantic and high class. Oh and quiet too, nice place to have a romantic dinner but be sure to ask table further away from their kitchen.

Anyway after we seated, complimentary bread with olive oil plus balsamic vinegar was served. The bread was nice, seems that they baked it fresh daily. Was asking my girl whether do we have pay for it or not if we decide not to eat there XD Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been craving for some Palak Paneer so I suggested to my fren that we eat in Indian Kitchen, a small place that serves northern and southern indian dishes tucked in the middle of Jalan Telawi 3 amongst the rows of bars and cafes.

We went around early afternoon and thus, the restaurant was quite empty because the lunch crowd hasn’t came yet. We decided to order a few items off the menu after asking the helpful waiter to explain the dishes.

Garlic Naan (RM4) & Cheese Naan (RM5) - The naan here is not round (like in some mamak shops) but in a big tear/pear shape. Not that it makes a difference actually. I like that it doesn’t taste ‘floury’.

Mango Lassi (RM7) – Its quite thick and yellow. Full of mango taste and slightly sour. I thought it was quite nice – tho better if it was colder. Fren didnt like it tho.

White Rice (RM3) - A bowl of white rice. A bit expensive. No free refills (its not a banana leaf shop after all)

Palak Panner (RM14) – Spinach mashed and cooked with goat’s cheese. This dish is creamy, almost like a soup and is excellent for dipping naan in.

Chicken Tikka (RM 14) - Boneless Tandoori Chicken. This one was nice. The marinade was flavored with spices and was slightly spicy. The meat was tender and juicy

Mutton Rohan Josh (RM18) - As you can see, its a really creamy sauce with chucks of mutton inside. This was not spicy (even tho we did ask for it to be spicy) and the sauce was really good. What I didn’t like was the mutton appeared to hv been cooked separately, then just tossed in the sauce. So the mutton tasted bland.

All in all, the food was pretty good. Well except that the mutton was a bit of a disappointment lah. The ambiance was also nice. I liked how there was a aircon and non-aircon area. Also, there wasn’t the overwhelming smell of food even tho they had an open kitchen (separated from the eating area by a clear partition). The waiters were also helpful to explain the items on the menu because they weren’t any descriptions.

I think we will be coming here again. Oh yes, after some googling, i found out that you can actually order items off the menu if the owner – Shiva – is around.

Indian Kitchen Restaurant
NO 15 Jalan Telawi 3, Bangsar Baru, KL.

The leaf and some acar (pickle)

I’ve been wanting to eat banana leaf for quite some time now. I usually go to this restaurant in Bangsar, Sri Nirwana or something like that but its really really overpriced there.

So anyway I was in Klang the other day when the bf suggested that since I’ve been wanting to eat banana leaf so he brought me to this place in Klang that was recommended by his friends.

The name of the restaurant is Mohana Bistro and its in Jalan Tengku Kelana. Its actually quite hard to find a parking there so its best to park somewhere behind the shoplots. The place was rather packed with people (mostly indians – duh?) but there was a lot of workers and we didn’t have to wait long before we were given the menu. Ah yes, unlike normal banana leaf shops, this one has menu.

Fried Fish (RM 4.00) and Vege cutlet (Rm 2.50)

We ordered the banana leaf rice which was RM4.00 each consisting of three types of vege, rice drowned in a curry of your choice and pappadum. Then we ordered 1 fried fish (RM 4.00), 1 fried chicken drumstick (RM3.00), fried bittergourd/peria (RM1.20), vegetable cutlet (RM2.50) and mushrooms cooked in some spicy sauce (RM2.00). For the drinks we had 2 teh o ais (RM1.50 x 2) and one air limau (RM1.30).

Pardon the blur photos, my photographer wasn’t too good. LOL!

The plain banana leaf was okay, they were quite generous with the vege portions and you can keep asking for more pappadum (which I like). The vege cutlet was lousy, too tough and dry. The fish and chicken was okay. I didn’t eat the mushrooms.

Basically the food was okay. But what I really didn’t like was the fact that it was mostly all precooked. The chicken and fish were all fried and stacked up so that all you had to do was choose it from a tray. But i guess, for the total price of RM25 and loads of different dishes, it was quite reasonable.

Mohana Bistro
119, Jalan Tengku Kelana,
41000 Kelang.
Tel : (603)33727659

Pak Li Kopitiam @ Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang

Pak Li Kopitiam just opened a branch in Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara and we were talking about checking it out but never got round to actually doing it. However one day I was at Klang and we were deciding where to eat when we settled on Pak Li since I’ve not been there.

When I go to these kopitiam type of shops I always make it a point to try their Roti Bakar to make comparison. Pak Li’s roti bakar is using brown bread (similar to Old Town White Coffee but not as brown). They used Pandan Kaya instead of the normal plain Kaya.

He had the Nasi lemak which came with the usual peanuts, ikan bilis, half an egg, cucumber and sambal. They also had curry chicken and sambal sotong. The different thing about their nasi lemak is they also give Fried Taufu. Tastewise it was just okay.

I had the Lemon Chicken Rice. Not recommended. I mean look at the picture. Doesn’t it look utterly unappetizing? The chicken was dry and the sauce was yukky. I would take RCH over this anytime.

In conclusion, its just an average kopitiam. Nothing special to shout about. Can’t remember the prices sorry! They have a lot of outlets tho. Read more in their website : http://www.paklikopitiam.com.my

Aree was craving for mashed potatoes at around 10.30pm and so we were asking friends for recommendations of places to find western food at that hour.

We decided on Williams in Kelana Jaya. Its a roadside stall selling all kinds of food but their specialty is western food. The portions are really huge, especially if you order ‘special’

We had mango blended – a refreshing ice blended drink with mango and lychee and some nate de coco. If im not mistaken it was around RM5 or 6.

Erin had Indomee goreng (double) with beef bacon.It came with a fried egg. Very sedap and peppery. Not sure how much it was tho.

Aree had Surf and Turf – A piece of steak and a huge prawn. The prawn was boiled then the flesh all scooped out and cook Thermidor style (like Lobster thermidor) in a creamy sauce. The steak was nice and tender with mashed mushroom topping. It came with some pickle, mashed potatoes and mushroom sauce.
Price : RM 40

I had the lamb ribs. Three HUGE ribs, all most 25cm long. Not too dry or tough with a yummy mushroom sauce. Served with mash potatoes and cream sauce. I didnt quite like the mint sauce because it was spicy and tasted like that mamak mint thingy they served with tosai. But the lamb was delicious.
Price : RM30

All in all, we had a really filling dinner/supper at the cheap price of RM100 for three of us, that’s RM34 each. I doubt you could get that kind of price in a posh restaurant.

Williams
Coming from Puchong side via the LDP, the Kelana Jaya station is on your right and on the left is the bus stop. After the overhead pedestrian bridge, turn left. At the 2nd traffic light, turn left. After the 7-eleven, turn right. Williams is the last shop at the left side of the road, the one with lots of people.

This is a new dish served in Mosin TTDI. Mosin is located in Tmn Tun Dr Ismail in Petaling Jaya in the same row as Pizza Hut.

Roti Lebanon is basically a roti canai cooked till it becomes like roti tissue then wrapped with egg, onions, cut chilli and minced chicken or pieces of beef. The outside is crunchy while the inside is spicy and full of flavour.

Highly Recommended!

Price : RM5