Curry Mee in TTDI

It was a cool morning after the rain in the early morning hours and today being Friday, I was caught in a massive traffic jam along the LDP/Sprint. Instead of getting stuck in the jam, I headed over to Taman Tun or TTDI in search of breakfast.

I heard of this place in TTDI that serves very good curry mee or curry laksa as they call it. Its located just behind the CIMB bank which was rather easy to find especially if you enter TTDI from the traffic lights at OneUtama. Just head straight down the row of shops where you will find the CIMB, turn left and thats the shop called Restoran OK.

I made my way to the shop after getting a space to park my car and sniffed around for the familiar smell of curry mee. This stall is manned by a couple who also spoke English. I made my order of the lovely curry noodles which has shredded chicken, tau foo pok, long beans and foo pei (tofu sheets). Cockles is optional or you can even have their curry chicken with the noodles. Service was fast and within five minutes, my lovely bowl of curry mee came. I took the first sip of the curry (I normally do that to see how good the curry will turn out) and YES!!! It tasted good. I dug in to enjoy the noodles and am contemplating when will be my next trip to the shop for another round of the curry mee. Oh! I need to mention too that this stall also has Penang Char Koay Teow. Maybe I will try this on my next visit.

Restoran Ibramsha (Old Style Nasi Kandar)

It was a cool day when I took the LRT and headed downtown KL. I brought along my handy camera and took some pics as I walked along the busy Jalan Tunku Abd. Rahman (Batu Road). As I walked past the famous Colliseum Cafe, I noticed an interesting 'old style' Nasi Kandar shop unlike those you normally see everywhere you go. The thing that caught my eye was the old 'Kandar' that was used in the old days when nasi kandar was sold. They had to carry a wooden pole with this kandar carrying rice and curries. You will notice in my pics the old 'kandar' on display at the restaurant.

This restaurant had huge pots of curry and everything look so tempting. Among the dishes on display were Mutton and Beef curries, Fried or curried chicken, Fish curry and also chicken kurma besides the usual vege (cabbage). Resisting the temptation of ordering too many at one go, I opted for the beef curry, vege and egg omelette with a syrup drink. Probably I will try out the other dishes on my next visit.

If you ever go downtown KL, do try this place. Its called Restoran Ibramsha, Pulau Pinang Nasi Kandar. I was told that this restaurant originated from Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Head over there just before lunchtime as the crowd builds up around 12.30pm.

CocaCabana

Her name is Lola but not a showgirl!.......... Nope! This is an Indian restaurant near my place. As you can see from the pics, there is a wide variety of vegetarian dishes to choose from besides the meat dishes. I personally like Indian vegetarian food and this place has it all.

I brought my nephew there one day and he loved it. He found everything looking so good that he piled his plate with mutton curry (his favourite), chicken varuval, omelette and two choices of vege. Another thing that is a favourite at this place is their fish cutlets and chickpeas with potatoes. This is a 'must have' for me. This place is very crowded at lunchtime so it will be perfect to be there just before then as everything is very fresh.

This restaurant is located just opposite the Stadec showroom in Jln. Segambut and parking is relatively easy as you can park inside the Stadec compound and while you are there, take a stroll inside Stadec and maybe you could pick up something you like in their various showrooms.

Home-made Apple Pie

Its been a while since I last posted anything so I feel its time that I did. Recently, my wife and I had evening tea with my nephew who lives above us in the same apartment block. He loves to cook and that day, he decided to make apple pie.

It didn't take long for him to whip up a beautiful pie as you can see from the pics. You can have it with or without toppings such as ice cream or even custard. My wife made the custard and brought it up to his place. Recipes??? Well, I will have to get it from him.

Home Cooked Dinner For 10

We had a wonderful home cooked dinner over the weekend at my nephew's place. His parents came down from Ipoh bringing with them two 4.5 kg chickens (free-range) pre-cooked in Ipoh for Hainanese Chicken Rice. It was also the time of the mid-autumn festival so we decided to get together to celebrate the occasion with some mooncakes too.

Everyone got together to help with the cooking. We all live in the same apartment block so the cooking could be split as we had the luxury of having two kitchens on different floors. Very convenient and also fun. As you can see from the pics, we prepared many dishes - Hainanese Chicken Rice being the main attraction. Other dishes prepared were Curried Pork rack ribs, Fried liver with onions, Stir fried glass noodles, Mixed vegetables, Roasted pork, Wrapped duck slices with meat (ngap keok pow) and dessert which was prepared by my other nephew's Russian wife. It was a joyous occasion where we all enjoyed our food with some lively conversation and laughter together with some wine to go with the dessert and mooncakes. The only drawback was that we did not see any full moon that night as the city was covered with thick haze.

Restoran Ipoh Sedap

It was a relaxing Sunday when I went to this place with my relatives to have lunch. We heard about this place from a friend who raved about the availability of Ipoh food in the Klang Valley. Restoran Ipoh Sedap is easy to find as it is situated next to the police station in SS 2, Petaling Jaya and being a Sunday, there were lots of parking there.


Upon entering the shop, you will be greeted with some friendly staff and a huge choice of yong tow foo stuff on display. We seated ourselves at a table where we could get the cool air from their air conditioner and soon a pleasant lady came to take our order. We chose to have their curry mee, chee cheong fun and some assorted 'liew' which also had the Ipoh sar kot liew. Service was prompt and before long, our food arrived and the lady told us that this shop is a spin-off from their Pasir Pinji shop in Ipoh. They also had on their menu other favourites such as Hor Hee noodles and dry noodles with minced pork. Their curry noodles (RM5.50) tasted quite like the Ipoh version topped with mint leaves but I would have preferred shredded chicken instead of chicken pieces in it. The chee cheong fun was quite good too going for RM 4/- a plate.

They also had Ipoh's Mun Tow Long which in my opinion is a pale shadow of the Ipoh stall that I frequent. This one had lime in it and I was quite disappointed. However, for those of you who yearn for some Ipoh food, you can head over to this place instead of having to travel back to Ipoh.

Claypot Kitchen

A group of us went to Brem Mall, Kepong to have dinner as it was just about five minutes away from where we live. My nephew suggested this place called Claypot Kitchen which is located on the ground floor of Brem Mall, Kepong. There is ample parking as they have a multi storey parking area.

We seated ourselves and almost immediately, the waitress brought us the menu. My nephew made the order from the menu and after taking the orders, the cheerful waitress left for the kitchen. Our order of Chinese tea was served and not long after, our food arrived in claypots. Even the ice for my tea was in a claypot. We had Drunken Chicken, Beef tripe, Streaky pork with salted fish, Pork with Yam, Melon Soup, Stir-fried vege with garlic and rice. The food was tasty and that made us happy. It was not cooked with an overload of oil as some places do. This is one place that we will definitely go again.