Hong Kong Food Culture @ Lowyat Plaza, Kuala Lumpur

Hong Kong Food Culture located at lower ground floor of Lowyat Plaza serve reasonable priced Hong Kong style food in the city centre. Its tough to find authentic Hong Kong style food in Kuala Lumpur. This restaurant could be closest to what you can get in Hong Kong. The restaurant is quite old. If I not mistaken that they have been operating there for more than 10 years. So don't expect fancy kind of environment in the restaurant. The interior really looks like those char chan teng in those Hong Kong drama.

Taste:8/10(Good. I ordered their dinner set of hor yip fan - lotus leaf glutinous rice with pork and other good condiments. I didn't expect much but the meal turn out to be good. The glutinous rice contains a lot of ingredients such as chinese sausage, dried prawn, scallop, salted egg, lard and mushroom. The dinner set come with a plate of simple but good boiled spinach with fermented bean curd and a cup of herbal tea. Ordered their beef meat noodles which is good as well. Their roasted duck breast rice has a dense meat which is suitable for big eater and meat is tender. Good portion).
Price:6/10(Moderate. Price are quite reasonable especially in Bukit Bintang area with their dinner set cost MYR16.80, rice with roasted duck breast at MYR10.50, sliced beef noodles in soup at MYR10.50 and milk curd with ginger at MYR7.70).


Lotus leaf glutinous rice.

Quite tasty meal with good ingredients.

Sliced beef noodles in soup.

Lotus leaf glutinous rice.

Boiled spinach with fermented bean curd.

Herbal tea.

Dinner set of lotus leaf glutinous rice.

Roasted duck breast rice.

Environment in the restaurant.

Before leaving have milk curd with ginger as dessert.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.143878, 101.710124
Address: LG-18 Plaza Low Yat, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Opening hours: Daily 11.00am to 10.00pm.

Thai street food @ Mr. Tuk Tuk, Setia City Mall, Shah Alam

Mr.Tuk Tuk in Setia City Mall is quite popular among the shoppers here. The restaurant is always occupied and you may need to queue especially during lunch and dinner time. Their Thai food taste is quite authentic and they have ala-carte, set and platter meal for you to choose from.

Taste:8/10(Good. The food taste quite authentic like Thai food. Special mention to their squid salad, green curry and mango sticky rice. Their Thai milk tea is tasty and sweet but I like it).
Price:6/10(Moderate. I ordered two of their set meal. However, the food portion is quite small and come with Thai milk tea. Each set at MYR17.80. Set meal is good to try on the variety of food that they have).


Ordered their set 4. Comes with Thai squid salad, green curry chicken, tofu with seafood and rice.

Mango sticky rice with coconut milk. The mango was sweet and the sticky rice were tasty.

Pineapple fried rice from set no 2.

Set no 2 with pandan chicken, Thai mango salad, crispy fish fillet with spicy Thai sauce and pineapple fried rice.

Thai mango salad and crispy fish fillet.

Thai milk tea.

Thai squid salad.

The condiment that you may need to enhance the flavour. They provide chili powder, spicy sauce, peanut powder and preserved chillies.

Fish sauce to enhance your Thai food flavour.

Green curry chicken.

Small but cosy restaurant.

Mr. Tuk Tuk at lower ground floor of Setia City Mall.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.109342, 101.459845
Address: LG-69, Setia City Mall, Persiaran Setia Dagang, Setia Alam, 40170 Shah Alam, Selangor
Opening hours: Daily 10.00am to 10.00pm.

Tasty ramen at Bankara Ramen @ Avenue K, Kuala Lumpur

Bankara Ramen in Avenue K is the first Bankara Ramen shop in Malaysia. Originated from Shinjuku area in Tokyo, this Malaysia outlet does serve quite good ramen. My another favourite ramen shop is Ippudo in Pavilion KL. Its hard to get good ramen with similar standard that you get in Japan. Both Bankara and Ippudo made the cut to be among the best ramen shop that I tasted so far in Kuala Lumpur. When I was here, I ordered their signature kakuni Bankara which is their original Bankara ramen with braised pork belly. They got a few choices of broth including the bankara (original extra rich and oily), tonkotsu (milky pork bone), miso, tsukemen (noodles served dry with broth in a separate bowl) and spicy version. Additional add-on available here are garlic, corn, char siew, eggs and gyoza.

Taste:8/10(Good. The broth is rich and thick with porky goodness. I like the soup as it's flavourful. However, the soup is rather oily and slightly over salty. Both chashu and braised pork belly were great. Tender and melt in your mouth. Mix with sesame and garlic to get extra kick you need to enjoy ramen).
Price:4/10(Near expensive. A bowl of kakuni ramen at MYR34.80. The portion however is quite big with two big slices of pork. You get a piece of chashu and a piece of braised pork belly).


My bowl of kakuni Bankara signature ramen.

Bankara Ramen shop located at level 2, Avenue K.

Food model showing actual size of their ramen.

Good ramen shop should always provide garlic, ginger and sesame.

Nice environment to enjoy your ramen.

Two thick pieces of pork. Melt in your mouth.

Eat while its hot. I like my ramen to have a lot of garlic and sesame. Oily but taste good.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.159385, 101.713930
Address: Avenue K, Lot 2-7, Level 2, 156, Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Decent Japanese sushi at Ichiro Sushi Bar @ Eat Paradise, One Utama, Petaling Jaya

Ichiro sushi bar is a decent Japanese restaurant located at upper floor of Isetan in One Utama. Usually food in shopping malls don't serve great food but Ichiro is different from the rest. The food here is fresh and prepared by Japanese chef which is rare sight in Japanese restaurant nowadays. Another good thing about Ichiro is sometimes they serve seasonal items and some of the fishes are not found in the mainstream Japanese Restaurants. So do check them out from time to time on their facebook page (link below). Ordering for your meal is simple and fast via ipad.

Taste:9/10(Delicious. Sushi are fresh and they have fishes which are not found in other Japanese restaurant. Tried sanma & mackerel which hard to find elsewhere. Both were good. Sorbet dessert taste good and refreshing as well. Do also check out their alcoholic drink such as Umeshu and Aragoshi momo which taste great - no picture as my phone out of battery :-( ).
Price:3/10(Expensive. If you choose to have their premium sushi which can't get somewhere else in any Japanese restaurant, then the price is expensive. Their kinmedai fish sushi cost MYR30.00 for two pieces and toro for MYR60.00 for two. The price is more reasonable if you come here during lunch time to have their sashimi rice bowl which is just cost around MYR25.00. Yuzu sorbet at MYR7.00 and Japanese sweet alcoholic drink at MYR18.00 a glass).


Huge fish piece on top of rice. The sushi portion considered as standard size as in Japan. Fresh as well.

Sanma fish sushi.

Japanese chef preparing sushi.

Food ordering via ipad.

Here is salmon nigiri sushi, mackerel nigiri and salmon roe.

Counter seating.

They also have salmon roe rice bowl.

Yuzu sorbet. Slight citrus taste makes this sorbet a favourite.

Ichiro, look out for this restaurant.

GPS/Coordinate: 3.148232, 101.615989
Address: Bandar Utama F101, First Floor, Isetan One Utama Shopping Centre, 1, Lebuh Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, 47800, Malaysia.
Opening hours: Sunday to Thursday: 11.00am to 9.30pm, Friday & Saturday: 11.00am to 10.00pm.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IchiroSushiBar/

Budget and luxury shopping of Ginza @ Tokyo, Japan

Most of people would think that you can only do luxury shopping in Ginza, Tokyo. Many do not know that there are one popular budget clothing outlet in Ginza which is GU. Unlike Uniqlo, GU is a budget line of clothing from Uniqlo. Besides clothing, Ginza also have many good restaurants, dessert shops and electrical equipment stores. Ginza is a place where virtually every leading brand name in fashion and cosmetics has a presence. Here also you can find huge Japanese department stores such as Mitsukoshi and Matsuya.


High end Bose speakers in Softbank electronic store. There is high demand market in Tokyo for these high end speakers as Japanese purchasing power are high.

Drones.

Largest GU clothing store in Tokyo located in Ginza. Lets see below on what GU have in its store.

Light winter clothing.

Reasonable priced shoes. Around 1490 to 1990 Yen per pair.

Trendy backpack at 1,990 Yen.

Long sleeve clothing.

Clothing features in GU Ginza.

Ginza also have huge Uniqlo store which is 10 storey high. Unfortunately the price is not cheaper compared to Malaysia.

Huge selection in Uniqlo Ginza.

Creative spinning model display.

One whole floor dedicated for T-shirts.

Japanese message T-shirts.

Le Cafe Doutor with flower shop beside.


This shop selling so many types of mochi and dorayaki. Its sakura mochi which is wrapped by cherry leaf is delicious but the price is expensive at 280 Yen per piece.

Famous Seiko building in Ginza.

Katsumido is a popular camera shop in Ginza which already in business for generations.

A man looking at used cameras. All the cameras are in good condition.

At the top of Ricoh building in Ginza, there is wind generator and solar panels. The floor below with a screen showing the public how much green energy it generates. Green energy is the way to go. No wonder Tokyo is such a huge megalopolis but the air still clean.

GPS/Coordinate: 35.670846, 139.764480
Address: Chuo, Ginza, 6 Chome−9, Tokyo.
Public transport: Ginza or Higashiginza station via Tokyo metro.