Zestful Eats

Before anything, I have to declare that I didn’t buy this in Malaysia. I got it in the UK and I’m not sure if it’s sold here but I regret only buying two bags. Why don’t we have awesome snacks like overseas

I can’t remember how much this, maybe 3 pounds or less (~rm15). The bag is filled with 200g of sweet goodness and they also sell a salty and sweet version.

One thing I’m quite amazed is how big the corn popped. I wonder if they use special corn or methods because (as you can see from the photo below) its about as big as a 20cent coin.

Taste wise, it tastes a lot like caramel but perhaps not as “buttery”. I’ve had the famous Garret’s popcorn in caramel and while Garret’s was nice, it was also a bit harder than Butterkist. I believe it’s highly likely because of the puffiness of the latter. More popcorn to coating ratio, making it less sweet.

If its available here, I will repurchase it.

Price : RM2 or under
Purchased at : 7-Eleven

I’ve usually like Pokka drinks but this “vanilla” flavored one tastes overpoweringly of artificial vanilla flavoring. I’ll stick to the milk coffees from now on.

Will not repurchase.

Rating : 1/5

I’ve read about this bakery/cafe from Rebecca’s site some time ago. Its a pretty country house style bakery that has a huge Stone Oven outside. Actually come to think of it, its a pretty easy to miss if you don’t know where to look.

See, pretty right? (pic frm Rebecca’s blogpost)

Yea so anyway, Their pastries seem to be finishing, I guess cause it was 6 pm so I decided to get a sandwich instead. Ordered a Teriyaki Beef Baguette (RM 10.50).

The bun was nicely toasted and not too hard. The beef was tender and in strips and juicy. It was cooked with onions then paired with tomatoes and lettuce. It came with freshly fried wedges.

(taken with my iPhone and edited using Camera+)

LeVain Boulangerie & Patisserie
Jalan Delima, Off Jalan Imbi,
Kuala Lumpur

I had an interview at The Gardens today so I brought Gladys along because she hasn’t been to The Gardens. Anyway, we decided to have tea at The Yogi Tree. Their tag line is “real food cafe & yoga boutique”. Its a really nice cozy corner restaurant with ample sofas and comfortable seats and tables.

We had the Afternoon Tea Set (RM38.00). The tea set includes a pot of tea, scones with cream and jam, a cake and sandwiches. We had a pot of Rosehip tea – a reddish tinted slightly sourish tea. They were out of scones so we had to choose between an additional dessert of our choice or more sandwiches. We chose the sandwiches.

G chose the Chocolate Truffle Cake which was an awesome awesome rich chocolatey cake. It was moist and creamy. Its served with some clotted cream. Sorry for the bad cake picture coz we were hungry and attacked it before remembering to snap a picture.

This is the yummy sandwiches we got. This is a double portion (due to the fact that they were out of scones). The open faced sandwiches are with salmon with some kinda really nice sauce which I can’t really put my finger on. The other sandwiches are chicken with something like pesto. Absolutely delish!

Yogi Tree has a 10% Service charge on top of the prices. It was a good RM41.80 spent on tea with my sister. A bit pricy but so yummy

The Yogi Tree
Lot F237B, 1st Floor,
Garden Galleria,
Midvalley City.

Tel : 03-22826163

Ikea cafe is a place where I always stop by, especially after walking around window shopping in Ikea. The food is cheap and nice.

Hotdogs (free relish, ketchup, chilli sauce & mustard) = RM 2 each
Soft drink (refillable) = RM 1.50 each
Vanilla Icecream = RM1 each

Their curry puffs are also very nice, fluffy pastry and with eggs inside. So drop by if you’re in the area

Donuts stores are all the rage now aren’t they? There’s a wide selection of donuts available at this store with all sorts of toppings and fillings. Its light and fluffy as compared to Dunkin’ Donuts. The best thing about it is that you can eat two without getting sick of it.

The donuts pictured before are (from left to right) : Topped with crushed Oreo, Mango filling in the middle and glazed, Durian filled, Topped with chocolate and filled with chocolate cream, Topped with chocolate with Banana Cream in the middle, Topped with chocolate and nuts.

Several of my favourites are :

Topped with white chocolate and almonds

Green Tea – slightly too sweet but still very nice

Topped with white chocolate and Cheese – savory sweet & salty. I like!

The aforementioned oreo donut in all it’s glory

I usually get half a dozen of these if Im in Curve which costs RM9.50 only. I think its RM2 each and RM17.90 for a dozen, not too sure about it.

This store is part of a franchise which is popular in Indonesia and their first branch in Malaysia was in Curve, Mutiara Damansara. They also just recently opened in One Utama, PJ.