Contemporary European Cuisine @ 2nd Floor, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

Having a dinner here with a friend to try out this newly opened restaurant. 2nd Floor is a new kid on the block surrounded by top restaurants in the neighbourhood serving contemporary European cuisine. In 2nd Floor, the cuisine is more toward German styled food as they have a good German masterchef, Gerhard Albrecht. The concept of the food here is focused on using natural products and bringing European taste with a slight local twist. Some of the specialties here includes pork ribs, barley soup and ginger creme brulee.

Taste:8/10(Delicious. The main highlight here were their tropical pork ribs. Taste very good with sauteed apple. The sauce which comes with the pork ribs has a slight sourish taste and its nicely done as well. Their crab cakes are yummy. Quite creative to have sourish and slight spicy sauce to accompany the crab cakes. They also have maultaschen which is quite unique as most of the time, the maultaschen is in the form of dumplings. But here are pan fried version with onions and egg).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. Pricing wise are quite reasonable and affordable for Western type of dining. The appetizer are still within the MYR20 range. 2NDFLR special salad at MYR20, pan fried crab cake at MYR32, barley soup at MYR11, maultaschen at MYR25 and tropical pork ribs at MYR55).


2nd Floor located at TTDI.

Nice cosy outdoor seating.

If you need more formal and quiet discussion, they also have air-conditioned section.

My first meal here started with 2NDFLR special salad. Its with Romaine lettuce, parmesan cheese, croutons, poached egg and bacon. Great combination of vegetables together with bacon fat.

Delicious with strong butter and garlic taste. Crunchy garlic bread.

Barley soup. This version of barley soup is almost identical to your mom's home cooked soup with love. Boiled with vegetables and chicken broth.

Poached eggs was nicely done.

Pan fried crab cake. Consist of breaded crab meat, chili jam and orange salad. Crab cake together with the jam and orange makes an excellent combination.

Pan fried maultaschen with egg. Comes with prawn and salad. Their maultaschen is prepared in gerostet style which the pasta is cut into pieces then pan fried with onions and egg.

This is how maultaschen content look like.

My main meal here was Tropical pork ribs. Tender slow cooked pork ribs with combination of orange, poppy seeds, saffron and yoghurt dip. The sauteed apple taste well together with the pork ribs.

Outside seating if you wish to have warmer environment.

The chef grow some of the herbs needed for cooking. Located just beside the famous DC restaurant in Taman Tun Dr Ismail.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.141763, 101.627196
Address: 46A, Persiaran Zaaba, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hours: Open Tuesday-Sunday, 5.00pm-10.30pm. Closed on Monday.

Lunch in English Garden Chinesischer Turm @ Munich, Germany

The beer garden Chinesischer Turm is located in the English Garden (Englischer Garten) which is Munich's largest park area. The park is close to a university. If you notice, the beer garden often attract young crowds and many tourists.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. The beer here needs no introduction as Hofbrau beer is great. The pork knuckles is crispy and rich taste. However, the texture is a bit hard. This is the crispiest pork knuckles that I tried during my trip in Munich. The fat inside is melt in your mouth. Purple sauerkraut have a sweeter taste compared to normal sauerkraut).
Price:6/10(Moderate. I spent around EUR12 for the lunch which includes pork knuckles, purple Sauerkraut and HB beer).


I have chosen pork knuckles, sauerkraut and Hofbrau beer for my lunch.

Wow, the crispiness of the pork skins and the fat is melt in your mouth.

Queue up from here to purchase my lunch.

Select the item that you would like to have from the display. They have pork knuckles, pork belly, Sauerkraut and tiroler gröstl.

Chinesischer Turm beer garden is the second largest in Munich which can occupy around 7,000 patrons.

The pagoda resembles chinese beer garden.

Sitting in the hot sun. Western picnic style.

Coordinate/GPS: 48.151994, 11.592335
Address: Englischer Garten 3, 80538 München, Germany.
Public transport: Bus stop at Hirschauer Straße no 54 or 154. Tram no 18 from Tivolistraße station. U-Bahn Universität station.

Dinner at Zum Augustiner @ Munich, Germany

Zum Augustiner with the tagline of Munich Hospitality in the centre of the pedestrian precinct offers a variety of Bavarian food options to their patrons.

Taste:7/10(Moderate. My expectation about Leberkas was wrong. I don't know that it taste like sausage and before this I thought that it is a kind of bread! Taste wise I would say its at moderate level. The soup was salty and liver dumpling was something different and should try in Munich).
Price:6/10(Moderate. Munich style dumpling soup at EUR4.20, Leberkas at EUR4.80 and beer at EUR3.00).


My dinner meal of the day. Leberkas and liver dumpling soup. Leberkas comes with seasoned mustard and pretzel.

My portion of Leberkas which the shape is like bread. The taste is similar with sausage. Before this, I don't even know that Leberkas is not a type of bread. It consists of beef, pork, bacon and onions and is made by grinding the ingredients finely and then baking it as a loaf in a bread pan until it has a crunchy brown crust.

Munich style liver dumpling soup.

Ordered Augustiner Pils beer.

Zum Augustiner interior. Many hanging animal horns around

GPS/Coordinate: 48.138358, 11.568654
Address: Neuhauser Straße 27, 80331 München, Germany.
Public transport: München Karlsplatz station on S-Bahn.

German food of Brotzeit @ Sunway Pyramid, Selangor

Brotzeit is a chain of restaurants based in Singapore, and now operating throughout the Asia-Pacific Region. The cosy Bavarian meal at Brotzeit German Bier Bar and Restaurant is located Sunway Pyramid’s outdoor boulevard. Brotzeit presents itself in a variety of space where you can opt to dine in its indoor dining area or go with various seating choices from booths, high tables and bench-style seating akin to a traditional biergarten (beer garden). They serve authentic Bavarian cuisine and renowned authentic German beer usually Paulaner are served at their outlets. Brotzeit is the world's leading German Franchised Restaurant Casual Dining concept having Franchised 11 markets throughout Asia. This restaurant is famous for their crispy pork knuckle, Wurstplatte, German sausage & beer.

Taste:8/10(Good. The pork knuckles could be better and crispier. Portion wise are big. The meal is comparable to those in Germany. Their beer is good and the weisswurst is great).
Price:3/10(Expensive. Be prepared to spend around MYR70 per person for food and beer. Pork knuckles at MYR85, weisswurst at MYR28 and beer at MYR20 a glass. Anyway, its a good German meal that you could get in Sunway Pyramid).



The favourite. German pork knuckles. It comes with sauerkraut (sour German cabbage) and special sauce.



German white sausage also known as Weisswurst. Made with veal and pork served with a pretzel and sweet mustard.

Paulaner Hefe - Weissbier.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.073146, 101.607823
Address: OB K4, Oasis Boulevard, Sunway Pyramid, No. 3, Jalan PJS 11/15, Bandar Sunway, 46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Zum Spoeckmeier @ Munich, Germany

This is my first meal in Munich. Arriving Munich on sunday really left you with little options for dining. Not many shop open at that time. As I walking around Marienplatz, I saw this restaurant serving German food. Looks interesting and I decided to have dinner here. You can taste the authentic Bavarian German food here and recommended.

Taste:8/10(Delicious. The pork shank taste good when mixed with the double beer sauce. The potato dumpling has a unique texture and succulent. Their sausage is juicy).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. Pork shank at EUR14.90, wurstlplatte at EUR7.10 and 500ml dark beer at EUR4.80).


Pork shank.

Its a grilled crispy pork shank with double beer sauce, two potato dumplings and bacon cabbage salad.

The bacon cabbage salad is delicious.

The best part of the pork shank. Crispy pork with fat.

My first glass of beer. Since I am not a fan of beer and not knowing how German beer taste like, I start off with a small glass. Hacker Pschorr Munich beer.

On my second visit, I ordered wurstlplatte a pair of pork sausage with Sauerkraut. Juicy sausage. The sour bacon salad Sauerkraut is good.

This round I ordered Hacker Pschorr dark beer.

Environment inside the Zum Spoeckmeier restaurant first floor. Wooden and classic German restaurant.

Second floor environment of Zum Spoeckmeier restaurant.

GPS/Coordinate: 48.136681, 11.573813
Address: Rosenstrasse 9, 80331 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Public transport: S-Bahn Marienplatz station.