Quiz time

Please take a guess what this is. 

A favourite food of some people.

After a Long Time

It has been a very long time, more than 10 years since the last time I ate at Fish & Co, One Utama but after reading PH's post about its tasty fish and chips, I was tempted to visit there again. Left: Artic (Pollock) F&C at MYR 22.95+ (MYR 25.25 nett) Right: The Best F&C at MYR 21.95+ (MYR 24.15 nett).

Top is Artic (Pollock) Fish - the colour is not as white as the Best F&C at the bottom. The batter for both is very crispy.

They served us the Fish and Chips very quickly in about 9 mins so I guess they did not have time to let the excess oil drip away resulting in a very oily serving pan.

Total price for 2 pax: MYR 49.40 nett.

Store front at One Utama.

GS So Sayang

A plate of California maki at MYR 4.80 nett and 2 glass of refillable hot green tea at MYR 1.20 nett.

2 chawanmushi at MYR 5.80 nett each. This is a must-order item for my friend and I.

5 slices of Toro Salmon Sashmi (Salmon Belly) at MYR 18.80 nett and a small bowl of beef soba at  MYR 16.80 nett.

Just look at what I did - a no-no for many people. I put the premium raw salmon belly slices into the soup of the soba noodle which is piping hot so that the raw salmon slices are cooked. I do eat raw salmon slices but just for that day I decided to eat them just slightly cooked and I have to say that they taste great - very tender and full of salmon taste due to the salmon belly being more fatty. What a waste some people would say - so sayang!

Total bill for 2 pax at MYR 54.40 nett at Sushi Zanmai, The Gardens which is our default sushi place because the quality and price is acceptable.

Nishiki Sri Petaling

After reading NuxV's post about a new Japanese eatery in the neighbourhood, I dropped by for lunch one weekend so there was no set lunch available as set lunch is only served on weekdays. I ordered the deep fried salmon omelette curry rice at MYR 17.60+ (MYR 18.65 nett) from the ala carte food menu.

As usual I kept half for dinner. The taste is quite acceptable. The piece of deep fried salmon is just a thin piece so I wonder whether there is any eatery where I could get a thicker piece of salmon for this price.

Smoked Duck Soba at MYR 14.60+ (MYR 15.50 nett). Also acceptable although my friend said the duck texture is very smooth, unlike those local roasted duck meat but when I ate the pieces of duck, I did not pay much attention to its texture as I was enjoying the nice smoked flavour so I could not remember its texture.

Store front

Total Price for 2 pax: MYR 37.95 nett.

Thoughts count

My friend went to Vietnam for her vacation and bought this pop-up card for me. Front.

Back. Do you keep cards that friends gave you forever or do you throw them away after a certain period?

Worth it or Not

After eating so many times at Go Noodle branches in a few malls, I have decided that the only item I am going to order there from now onwards is the fish grouper slices meehoon clear soup which costs MYR 18.80+ (10% service charge so it is MYR 20.70 nett). There are 5 slices of fish slices in 1 serving.

The others that I have eaten before such as La La (clam) mee hoon clear soup for MYR 14.20 nett and Prawns mee hoon clear soup with 3 prawns for MYR 18 nett could be eaten elsewhere at a better price. Their bursting balls though are still a favourite for pork meatballs lovers but since I am impartial to pork, I will only order it if my dining companions want to share the meatballs.

Cool Baum Matcha

This photo is not very clear because I have to quickly take a photo with the cake still inside its packaging so that I could eat the ice cream and cake as fast as I could before the ice cream melts. 

This is a slice of Baumkuchen (Tree Ring Cake) with green tea matcha ice cream in the middle of the cake at MYR 5.80 nett. The cake is slightly sweet with a taste of honey which goes well with the slightly bitter matcha ice cream in the middle. There are two other flavours - original and chocolate which I may try next time.

I ate it immediately after I bought it because it needs to be stored in the freezer (below 10 degree C) if not eaten.

Cool Baum Matcha at MYR 5.80 nett.

Another photo to show the size of this Baum as compared to my hand.