Breakfast at Kayu, Aman Suria

I happened to be passing by Aman Suria this morning and decided to stop by at Kayu for breakfast. I have not been here for quite some time already for personal reasons and this time, I wanted to give it another try. As usual, I ordered a roti canai and a teh tarik as I wanted to have something fast and head off to my daily errands. Service was prompt as the waiter came to take my order immediately upon my sitting down at an empty table.
Within minutes, the roti canai and drink was served to me and I began to tuck in. I must admit that their dhall is very nice as it had carrots and white radish (Lor Pak as it is called in cantonese). You hardly get these in most other places although they are just as tasty.  I came here mainly because there was ample parking especially in the morning and very convenient.  Anyway, it was a good breakfast, not too heavy, just right.

My roti canai this morning.

Carrots and white radish in the dhall.

Fresh Samosa and vadai.

A view of Restoran Kayu.

I noticed that their roti canai is served on a special Melamine plate which comes with a container for gravy or curry. Very neat instead of a side plate for the gravy. The total I paid for my breakfast was RM 3.40 which I think is reasonable. Maybe I will come again for breakfast but not lunch because from my past experience, I was overcharged. I will go to my other favourite joints for lunch instead.

Tasty Capati in Kelana Jaya..

I was in Kelana Jaya area and I remembered someone mentioning this place where they serve very good capati. Feeling hungry, I headed over there. This shop is located just in front of the FAM House in Kelana Jaya, the name being Restoran Subang Ria. I don't know why they use the name 'Subang' as it is situated somewhere else rather than Subang. Anyway, the important thing is the food here is quite good as they have a mixture of stalls. One of them is the Char Koay Teow stall which does roaring business cum lunchtime.
The Capati stall I came for is called MKP Kelana Capati Corner and is run by a lady. The capati here is soft unlike many places that serve you 'Cardboard' texture capati. I ordered two capati and within minutes, the lady served it to me and I was digging in to the lovely capati and dhall.  This lady also has Mutton Keema which is a favourite among her customers and a few other curries which you can see from the pics.  Prices here are very reasonable as you can see from the price list.  This restaurant is owned by a Chinese but the workers serving drinks are foreigners. Everything here is Halal                                                                                        

The front portion of the restaurant.

This is the capati stall.

Price list is displayed.

Some capati being made.

Capati on my plate.

Nice looking dhall.

Some durries on display. Mutton Keema is at bottom right.

Vegetables and dhall.

Lunch at Toast & Roast, SS.2, P. Jaya

I posted about this place some time back. One day, I decided to head over there again for lunch as I missed their char siew which is really good. Parking around here may be a bit difficult and you may have to park along some adjacent roads in front of some houses. However, if you are there early before the lunch time crowd, it will be easier to park.
Anyway, I was there rather early and found an empty table. Service was prompt as the waiter immediately came and gave us the menu and returned shortly after to take our order. We decided to try their Hakka noodles and also the chicken rice plus char siew too. You cannot do without the char siew as it is awesome.

Their Hakka noodles (plain). This is good.
You can also order it with minced meat.

Roasted chicken c/w rice.

A view of their roasted meat counter where they
have, roasted chicken, Char Siew and Siew Yoke .

Char Siew and Siew Yoke mixed.

I ordered a bowl of Sui Kow which is good.

A plate of bean sprouts (Ngar Choy). This was not
very good as they did not use the Ipoh kind of bean sprouts.












Overall, the prices are slightly higher than the normal chicken rice stalls but the taste makes up for it. They also have other dishes like Thai Green Curry and a few other dishes on their menu which I will try on my next visit.  The address is No. 20, Jalan SS.2/72, 47300, PJ.  It is situated at a housing area between SS.2 and Section 17. A good place to go for lunch.

My favourite Gopeng Mee shop in Ipoh.

I used to frequent this Gopeng Mee shop in Ipoh when I was living there. Now that I've moved to KL, I only make occasional trips to Ipoh and this is one place I will always head to for my Gopeng Mee fix. It was originally situated at one of the old buildings along the row of lawyers offices until they moved over to the present place which is next to the CIMB on Hale Street. The road name 'Hale Street' has been changed but most Ipoh folk still refer to its original name as Hale Street.
The owner of this Gopeng Mee stall is Elvis and he remembers all his customers. He operates the stall with his wife and they serve delicious noodles. It is a twist from the wantan noodles as a gravy of shredded chicken and mushrooms. Their chili sauce is served with pickled green chillies which gives it a very nice taste.
I was there the other day when I was in Ipoh and I had to have my Gopeng Mee fix. We ordered some Sui Kow to go with the usual wantan which has prawn or chicken filling. Prices may be a bit on the high side compared with the other wantan noodle stalls but it really tasted good.

My bowl of Sui Kow and wantan in clear chicken soup.

This is Elvis, owner of the stall, busy whipping up
our noodles.

A view of the stall.

This is the Gopeng Mee with the chili sauce and
pickled green chillies.

A closer look at the Gopeng Mee.

Another view of the noodles.














The coffeeshop where the stall is situated has their own preparation of food such as fried noodles and some rice dishes. It is an old coffeeshop and has some old furniture and advertisements on the wall. A very nice place to have lunch.

Mr. Naga's kacang puteh van in Kelana Jaya.

I have been a regular customer of Mr. Naga as I frequently buy his steamed chickpeas. I have tried many places looking for steamed chickpeas but couldn't find it but I'm glad that he has it. Naga's van is parked under a row of trees together with a few other stalls selling food and he starts his business at 1pm. Besides the chickpeas, he also sells vadai fresh from the wok and many other goodies like pakkora, masala vadai and many more. If you need other varieties of kacang puteh, he has them all prepacked and selling at a very reasonable price. Here are some pics of Naga's kacang puteh van and his goodies.

The assorted kacang puteh at Naga's van.

Steamed chickpeas and some other fried goodies.

Naga's wife frying fresh vadai.












Locating Naga's van is very easy. It is just opposite the Giant supermarket in Kelana Jaya and is parked under a row of trees together with a few other food stalls.