Sunday, February 10, 2019

Jenny Bakery Cookies from Hong Kong

Recently a friend back from Hong Kong brought me this Jenny Bakery cookies. I am quite surprised with the good taste of this cookies especially their butter and coffee cookies. No wonder they dare to claim that they are "A true Hong Kong Treat" and "Probably the best cookies in the world" wow... The cookies is famous for heavy after taste of butter and the shop always has long queue. Their constant change on the packaging design is also the main attraction to their cookies.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. The cookies are very rich, buttery, creamy and crumbly which melts in your mouth. The quality of the cookies is also quite consistent. For first timer, do buy their 4 mix butter cookies with butter flower, shortbread, raisin oat and coffee flower. I personally find that butter flower is the best followed by coffee flower).
Price:4/10(Near expensive. The cookie price at HKD75 for small container of 320 gram and HKD140 for 640 gram).



Jenny Bakery cookies container design. They always have cute teddy bear design which is an attraction by itself.

4 mix butter cookies.

Christmas edition of 8 mix nut cookies. The 4 mix butter cookies taste better.

GPS/Coordinate: 22.297217, 114.172427
Address: Mirador Mansion, Shop 24 Ground Floor & Shop 42 1st Floor, 62 Nathan Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Opening time: Except monday 9.00am to 7.00pm.

Best Paella in Kuala Lumpur @ Marta's Kitchen, Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur

Marta's Kitchen is one of the best Spanish restaurant in Kuala Lumpur. Finally found a place to have good paella in Kuala Lumpur. Their drinks are great as well. Service were good but need to wait for the food for a while.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. The paella here is the best that I tasted in Kuala Lumpur. The Valencian Paella is so rich with seafood flavour and packed generously with thick tender pieces of squid, chicken, prawn and mussels. The Pimientos padron pepper tapas were delicious as well. Smoked beef ham of Cecina were great as well. The octopus and the huevos rotos were just normal. Chocolate caramel churros were great but the catalana cream were just normal).
Price:3/10(Expensive. The food here is consider expensive as the portion is not that big. Their paella price at MYR37.00 is actually just good enough for one hungry person. Pimientos padron at MYR22.00, Cecina platter at MYR33.00 and huevos rotos at MYR27.00. House sangria at MYR26.00 a glass and gin at MYR30.00 a glass. The food is good but pricey).


Paella Valenciana.

Pimientos padron. Small green and sweet peppers. This dish is cooked with olive oil until soften and fried.

Cecina platter. Smoked beef ham served with splash of extra virgin olive oil and with tomato toast.

Huevos Rotos. Eggs on top of fried potatoes with marinated Iberico pork.

Lucky Tora @ Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

Lucky Tora is a fusion modern Japanese which serves good Japanese based food and cocktails. Nice restaurant deco and ambiance.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. Came here to try their lunch set of tiger fried seto. The set comes with fried rice, salad and miso soup. Their fried rice with prawns is delicious and with good salad).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. The lunch set at MYR24.00 with salad and option to have their teapigs Japanese "pop corn" genmaicha at MYR5.00. Normal price at MYR10.00).


Nice restaurant good setup for photography.

Tiger fried seto lunch set.


Nice decoration around the restaurant.

There is a bar for you to enjoy their cocktails.

Couple seats arrangement.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.148618, 101.708648
Address: 25, Jalan Mesui, Bukit Bintang, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Opening Hours: Daily 12.00pm to 1.00am.

Koyaku Japanese Dining & Grill @ Tropicana Avenue, Petaling Jaya

Koyaku is a Doraemon themed Japanese restaurant. You can recognize it from the giant Doraemon figures that they placed at the entrance of the shop. The restaurant has two sections which sushi bar located outside the restaurant. The selection is good and extensive.

Taste:8/10(Good. Ordered chirashi sushi and the ingredient were good and fresh. The sashimi cut were thick and the portion is quite filling).
Price:6/10(Moderate. Chirashi sushi at MYR53.00. I rate it as moderate as it included a few premium sashimi cut/roe and quite good portion).


Chirashi sushi

Sushi chef at work.

Sashimi cut on display.

Doraemon characters figures.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.136838, 101.595154
Address: P-G-16, Tropicana Avenue, Persiaran Tropicana, Tropicana, 47410 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Opening Hours: Daily 12.00pm to 3.00pm & 6.00pm to 10.30pm.

Saturday, February 9, 2019

Ching Han Guan biscuit @ Lot 10 Kuala Lumpur

Ching Han Guan (CHG) biscuit from Ipoh has been around since 1949. Recently, they have a store in Lot 10 selling their products. They are famous for their meat floss lotus paste biscuit. The KL store in Lot 10 is convenient for those who like the traditional biscuit but save the hassle to travel to Ipoh to get it.

Taste:6/10(Moderate. The lotus paste already covered the savory taste of meat floss and the lotus paste is too sweet. Basically you can't taste much of the meat floss flavour).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. Each pieces at MYR3.50 for the signature meat floss lotus paste biscuit).


Biscuit comes with this red colour box.

Each box contains 4 pieces.

This is how the biscuit filling look like. Meat floss with lotus paste.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.146758, 101.711938
Address: Lot 10, Bukit Bintang, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
Opening Hours: Daily 10.00am to 10.00pm.

Friday, February 8, 2019

Bread Talk Golden Lava Croissant @ Pavillion Kuala Lumpur

Bread Talk has join the craze to create everything with salted egg. They have introduced salted egg croissant. Wondering whether this kind of craze is a health disaster especially high sodium and cholesterol content in salted egg.

Taste:8/10(Good. The taste of the salted egg croissant is quite good but lacking the flow or melt in your mouth factor. I brought 1 piece but the lava does not flow like as shown in the picture :-P ).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. MYR2.00 per piece or MYR10.00 for 6 pieces).



GPS/Coordinate: 3.148405, 101.713140
Address: Lot 1.08, Level 1, Pavilion KL, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
Opening Hours: Daily 10.00am to 10.00pm.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Dinner at Thirty8 @ Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur

Came here for dinner to celebrate a friend's birthday. He wanted to try out the THIRTY8 signature cake. At first, I was a bit skeptical on the selection of the cake. However, after tried on it, the cake was indeed very good. The chocolate used is of high quality just like the type used to make Godiva and Royce chocolate. Smooth and rich.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. We ordered beef burger, sushi platter and the signature dessert. All the food were good but special mention to the dessert. Sushi platter were fresh with 11 pieces of premium sushi including toro, horse mackerel, flounder and sea urchin. However, the sea urchin is a bitter type which is not from Japan).
Price:3/10(Expensive. This is a fine dining restaurant with great view of Petronas Twin Towers. Price is expensive here with sushi platter at MYR165, signature cake at MYR60.00 and burger at MYR55.00).


Sushi platter with toro/fatty tuna.

Meal here serve with bread, butter and sesame sauce.

Very good view of KLCC at night.

Dinner of the day.

Thirty8 signature cake.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.153752, 101.712445
Address: Level 38 of Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur, 12, Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.
Opening Hours: Daily 6.00am to 10.30am and 12.00pm to 1.00am.

Unknownz Hype Bar @ Tropicana Avenue, Petaling Jaya

Unknownz Hype Bar is hidden behind Unknownz convenience store in Tropicana Avenue mall. if you are KAWS fans then you sure like this place. They have plenty of KAWS figures all over the bars even at the ceiling.

Rating:8/10(Good. Can't comment much about the drink over here as I just ordered a beer. The drink selection is quite limited. Most probably they are quite new. Environment wise is good with plenty of crowd and gets crowded around 11.00pm. Music selection are good and not super noisy. Discussion is still possible. This place is quite trendy and more like a sports bar which focus on beer pong game. Its a good spot for Instagram pictures).
Price:4/10(Near expensive. Their beer price is similar to other bars but cocktail at higher side. The cocktail price starts at MYR40.00).


The bar hidden behind this convenience store.


The environment on weekday. Not bad.

Good place for those who enjoy playing beer pong.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.136947, 101.595501
Address: P-01-20,Tropicana avenue,persiran tropicana, jalan, Pju 3 Tropicana, 47410 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday from 5.00pm to 1.30am.

Awesome Kuala Lumpur view from Marini's On 57

The view of Petronas twin towers was spectacular on this bar and the music selection was great. Servers are attentive and prompt, the ambiance were great with good mix of visitors, tourists and business.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. Ordered their the new dawn cocktail which is mixture of rum and orange juice. Taste is good and refreshing).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. Do come here earlier from 5.00pm to 9.00pm to enjoy their sunset hour rate. Beer priced at MYR15.00 to MYR30.00 and cocktail at MYR33.00 to MYR36.00 during this hours. Although the selection of drinks during this hours are quite limited but if the view is what you looking for then this is the time to enjoy the discounted rate).


Marini's On 57 has the closest view of Petronas Towers. Located at tower 3 of Petronas Tower, this is the closest you can get to view the Petronas Twin Towers.

Ordered the new dawn cocktail which is mixture of rum and orange juice.

Nice bar setup.

They also provide meal if you would like to dine here to enjoy the view of Kuala Lumpur.

Four Seasons hotel is really one black straight tower.

Good view of Petronas Twin Towers.

You can see the KL tower from another angle.

Even Public Bank tower and Tropicana is visible from here.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.156820, 101.711474
Address: 57 Menara 3 Petronas Persiaran, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Opening Hours: Daily 5.00pm to 12.00am. On thursday and friday until 3.00am.