Japanese style teppanyaki dinner at Osaka Kitchen @ J'S Gate Dining, Lot 10 Kuala Lumpur

Osaka Kitchen located at in J'S Dining section on 4th floor of Lot 10 shopping centre in the heart of Bukit Bintang. They serve authentic Japanese style teppanyaki meal such as okonomiyaki, teppanyaki, yakisoba and grilled meat. The food were cooked on an iron griddle in from of diners. They have ala carte and course set meal. Choose set meal if you would like to try multiple items at cheaper price. This restaurant is quite famous as its the only restaurant in J'S Gate dining which has long queue. Plus the open kitchen concept is another attraction as you can see how fast those chefs are cooking your meal.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. Food quality and taste is quite good and food preparation are done by two Japanese chefs. I like all the meal served. Salad were fresh with sesame dressing. I enjoy more of their grilled chicken dish compared to their grilled pork dish. The grilled chicken has more seasoning, softer, crispy skin and tender meat. The grilled avocado with melted cheese is awesome. Japanese omelette with chunks of pork belly is tasty as well. As for okonomiyaki is a bit lacking of ingredients as it only contains cabbage and batter. Dessert comes with 3 choices of vanilla, green tea and yuzu. The best choice would be yuzu as the taste is refreshing).
Price:6/10(Moderate. Price were quite reasonable as I ordered one chicken special course and one pork course set meal. Chicken special course at MYR51.00 and pork course at MYR42.00. Green tea at MYR6.00. The special course come with okonomiyaki, rice and soup).

I recommend to try this shop due to not many such good Japanese style teppanyaki restaurant around in Kuala Lumpur. And the price is quite reasonable.


Grilled chicken dish.

Grilled pork dish.

Grilled avocado with melted cheese.

Salad.

Japanese omelette with pork belly.

Signature pork bun from Momofuku @ Las Vegas, USA

Momofuku in Las Vegas is located in Cosmopolitan Resort. They have many branches across America and I missed my chance to try it out when I were in New York previously. This simple restaurant by David Chang has one item which catches everyone attention. Its their pork bun. I do recommend sitting at the counter in front of the kitchen. You can watch the chefs prepare the food and then pick what you think looks good.

Taste:10/10(Excellent. The pork bun is delicious with tender, juicy and melt in your mouth pork belly. Together with cucumber and hoisin sauce, makes a good combination and goes well with the soft flour bun and SSAM sauce. Their grilled lamb ribs is good as well but still can't beat the deliciousness of the pork bun. Similar tender lamb ribs which blends well with yogurt).
Price:4/10(Near expensive. Pork bun at USD7.00 per piece and made to order. Grilled lamb ribs at USD21).


Tasty and delicious pork belly bun. Attached with Momofuku signature flag.

The cucumber with lamb ribs makes the taste more refine and refreshing. And you will feel not overloaded with meat.

Grilled lamb ribs with cucumber and chili yogurt.

Bar area of Momofuku.

Good food.

GPS/Coordinate: 36.109963, -115.175391
Address: 3708 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA
Opening Hours: Daily 11.00am to 11.00pm.

Zuni Cafe @ San Francisco, USA

Zuni Cafe is famous for their roasted chicken. I was wondering how good can a chicken be. Of course my thought was changed when I tasted a really good chicken dish in New York a year ago. However, I have to miss ordering the chicken dish here as they only sell the whole chicken which is best consumed by two persons. Since I travel solo, I have to settle with smaller dish. I ordered the pork crepinette and found out the dish to be great.

Taste:10/10(Excellent. I ordered their Llano seco ranch pork crepinette with red wine braised lentils, delicata squash and fried herb gremolata. Such a long dish name. The taste is very good with succulent texture. Perfectly seasoned and perfectly cooked. Its my first time to try on those delicious sides that come with the pork crepinette. The Caesar Salad is served with whole romaine leaves. The dressing for the salad were well done as each parts were properly dressed. The portion of salad is huge and I basically half full when finish the salad. Plus the homemade croutons are delicious as well).
Price:3/10(Expensive. Caesar salad at USD12.00 and pork crepinette at USD20.00).


Pork crepinette with red wine braised lentils, delicata squash and fried herb gremolata.

Nice crispy bread with butter.

Zuni signature Caesar salad. Taste good though although its just a salad dish.

Porky dinner at The Barn @ Citta Mall, Ara Damansara

In less than a week, I have been to this wine bar twice. The Barn which is newly open in Citta Mall, Ara Damansara is a nice place to hangout at night for drink and plenty of delicious porky artery clogging dishes. Its a full porky dinner indeed. Ordered their wines and Mai Tai cocktail which is quite good.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. The roasted pork pizza with plenty of fat siew yoke is the highlight. The iberico pork rib were awesome as quite flavourful and the bacon salad comes with loads of crunchy bacon.).
Price:5/10(Near expensive. Although western style food usually priced higher but the price at the Barn seems reasonable with some coupons and vouchers that you can get it by downloading their mobile apps. Wine at MYR10 per glass, mai tai cocktail at MYR27, Iberico pork ribs at MYR80, oven roasted baby back ribs at MYR58, roasted pork pizza at MYR33 and crispy bacon mango salad at MYR25. If you spend MYR180, you can get a bottle of wine for free).


Roasted pork pizza. Look at the amount of fatty pork belly.

Iberico pork ribs.

Bacon mango salad. Awesome. Crispy bacon and tasty.

Red and white wines.

Mai tai cocktail.

Oven roasted baby back ribs.

Pork bolognese pizza.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.111528, 101.578997
Address: Ground floor, CITTA Mall, No.1, Jalan PJU 1A/48, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Char siew noodles at Meng Kee Peking Duck Restaurant @ Glenmarie, Shah Alam

Meng Kee is famous for their pork belly BBQ (char siew) which has been in Glenmarie, Shah Alam for quite a while. Now they have expanded their business into noodles and seafood restaurant at the opposite side of the main Meng Kee restaurant. If you not manage to taste their char siew during day time, you can try it at night for dinner at this noodles shop. The meat is more lean and not as fatty when compared to the main Meng Kee shop.

Taste:8/10(Good. Nice pork belly BBQ noodles).
Price:6/10(Moderate. They have 3 sizes for the noodles dish. Small at MYR5.50, medium at MYR6.50 and large at MYR7.50. I only get 3 slices of pork belly BBQ for the large portion of noodles that I ordered).


Pork belly BBQ noodles with wanton.

Precious 3 pieces of char siew.

Simple eating place.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.081290, 101.560470
Address: 27, Jalan Juruaudit U1/37, Hicom-glenmarie Industrial Park, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor
Opening hours: 11.00am to 10.30pm daily.

Porky lunch set at The Barn @ Citta Mall, Ara Damansara

The Barn open its 4th outlet in Citta Mall recently. I think its a good move since Citta Mall lack of drinking and pork eating place. With many high end residences around the area and expatriates, there are demand for such restaurant. Looks like this will be my favourite eating place. On the second day of opening, we try out their executive lunch set. Good ambiance for business lunch and to chill out.

Taste:8/10(Good. I had their bak kut teh. Its not bad for a Western restaurant to serve bak kut teh. The meat is tender and good. Taste wise is good but of course cannot beat Klang bak kut teh. The bak kut teh comes with all the necessary condiments such as garlic and chili padi. I tasted the fries, soup and salad. All good. The soup taste good but just a bit oily. Pork burger and fish & chips are delicious).
Price:6/10(Moderate. The promo lunch set is good deal and comes with free soup and salad. Lunch set from 12.00pm until 3.00pm. Lunch set price from MYR19.00 to MYR25. Steak set lunch price is higher. If you come in group, then you will have a better deal as you will get one lunch set free from 4 lunch set ordered).


Good place to eat and drink.

Nice bar.

Many seats arrangement to suit your needs.

Pork tomato soup.

Salad and fruits included as part of lunch set.

Salad area. Huge wines selection.

Claypot bak kut teh.

The bak kut teh order comes with rice, garlic and chili.

Bak kut teh comes with many parts of meat.

Fish & chips portion is big.

Pork and bacon burger. The fries taste good as well.

Yummy pork burger with charcoal bread.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.111528, 101.578997
Address: Ground floor, CITTA Mall, No.1, Jalan PJU 1A/48, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

Great food and drink at The Locker & Loft @ Damansara Kim, Petaling Jaya

The Locker and Loft is a hidden bar which may take some time for the unfamiliar to find it as it is located behind lockers on the first floor of no signboard shophouse in Damansara Kim. That's the fun of locating speakeasy bar. The internal of the bar looks interesting with exposed metal pipes and copper bars. The main attraction here are their food and innovative cocktail using a lot of local ingredients. Example I do like their Kaya Mon which is their kaya based cocktail with coconut water, Cuban dark rum, gula melaka and santan. Since I like sweet cocktail this will be my preference. The other local ingredients used in their cocktail are homemade pandan syrup, jackfruit and coconut milk. Even though this place is known for drink, but their food are quite good and creative as well. I do like their mutton varuval quesadillas, Commondo sausages and braised pork belly rendang mantou.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. The food here are mostly bar bites but they do have main meal as well. I like their spicy mutton varuval quesadillas. Fragrant with spices makes the quesadillas very good. As for drink, I like their kaya mon the most as I like the sweetness and kaya taste of the drink with alcoholic feel).
Price:6/10(Moderate. The food and cocktail here are priced reasonably. Cocktail price start from MYR22.00 and they do have food priced below below MYR15.00. The signature drink here is Kelapa rock at MYR22.00. Others: Kaya mon at MYR27.00, Tuak Sangria at MYR32.00, Escobar at MYR45.00, Jacked-up at MYR30.00 and honey dew cocktail at MYR25.00. As for their food, the list are lamb skewer at MYR31.00, cheese platter at MYR24.50, Commondo sausages at MYR14.50, salted egg prawn cocktail at MYR20.00, braised pork belly rendang mantou at MYR19.00 and breaded catfish fingers at MYR17.00. As for main, they have pork chop at MYR24.50, chicken chop at MYR25.50, spicy sweet chicken wings at MYR16.50 and pan seared tilapia at MYR27.50).


Table seating and bar at The Locker and Loft. Still early.

Having Kaya Mon cocktail. Sweet and addictive stuff.

Having our table for dinner. Checking out the menu.

Kelapa rock. Fresh coconut water with 1.5 shot of vodka and sugar syrup.

Commondo sausages. Sauteed sausages with chili powder and onions. Spicy yet additive.

Salted egg prawn cocktail.

Cheese platter consist of cheddar, mozzarella, Brie with Gherkin, grapes and crackers.

Lamb skewers marinated with garam masala, yogurt, pepper, ketchup, herbs and spices. Served with Iranian bread.

Grilled pork chop with medium spicy BBQ sauce plus lime zest mashed potato and kesum coleslaw.

Pan seared tilapia served with salted cream sauce with baked potatoes and honey mustard dressing salad.

Tuak Sangria. Its a rice wine with Spanish cocktail. Mixed with apricot liqueur, orange juice, lime juice, rose syrup, apples and salt.

Mojito.

Spicy sweet chicken wings.

Spicy mutton varuval quesadillas.

Breaded catfish fingers.

Braised pork belly rendang mantou. Slices of rendang pork belly with mantou bread.

Jacked-Up is a nangka cocktail mixes with gin, mustard, Cointreau, lemon and honey. This is an exotic tropical exotic drink.

Honey dew cocktail.

Escobar is Venezulean rum with Pineapple Plantation dark rum, Galiano, apple juice and pandan syrup served in tiki mug.

The bar has no signboard. So lookout for Ho Li Chow and 99 Speedmart. Its located upstairs.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.135154, 101.629032
Address: 40A, Jalan SS 20/10, Jalan Damansara, Damansara Kim, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Opening hours: 5.00pm to 1.00am on Tuesday to Saturday. 12.30pm to 12.00am on Sunday. Closed on monday.