(Eat to Live) or (Live to Eat)

Friday, April 4, 2025

DIY Big Barley Tong Sui

On Friday 4.april.2025, he chose Thong Kee Sri Petaling for brunch. We parked at pinnacle condo basement carpark and crossed the main road to thong Kee. After that I ordered wanton noodles trotter soup at Zok noodle house pinnacle. For early dinner, he cooked big barley eggs tong sui.

*** Thong Kee Sri Petaling ***

10.46 am - from thong Kee main shop, total MYR 9.75 nett with 6% sst:

1. Hot cham drink 3.3+

2. 1 portion of 2 half boiled eggs 3.6++

3. 1 curry puff 2.3++

From the Wang Zhi ipoh hor fun stall, he ordered chicken pieces with prawns hor fun MYR 13.50 nett.

Receipt has the name Magicoffee sdn Bhd.

10.56 am - my portion

*** Zok noodle house pinnacle ***

11.16 am - I ordered soup wanton noodles with pork knuckle MYR 18.50++ so is MYR 21.46 nett. The unlimited pickled green chillies in the small bottle is a must. This bowl of noodles is a balanced meal because it has quite a lot of siew bok choy.

11.25 am - my portion after he has eaten all the skins of the pork knuckle and gave me all the lean meat.

*** DIY big barley eggs tong sui ***

He cooked a big pot of big barley with eggs, ginkgo aka gingko, lotus seeds, candied melon and bean curd sheets tong sui.

I found this info online:

"Barley drink is a popular beverage, particularly in South East Asian. Do you know there are two types of barleys and their differences? 薏苡仁 Adlay seed or Coix Seed (yi yi ren), is bigger in size and 洋薏米 Pearl Barley, is smaller in size."

Info from lifestreamgroup dot com

3.33 pm - I drank one bowl with two poached eggs in it.

He kept the remaining in the fridge.

*** Clear Fridge Food ***

3.48 pm - I ate the chocolate danish bought from halla Holla Midvalley kl the previous day. Very buttery.

3.48 pm - very big too for a danish pastry MYR 10+

Morning 44.00

Next morning 43.90

Removed 100g water because I ate a lot of big barley which is used in TCM to treat edema 😂

*** The End ***

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Halla Holla Midvalley

On Thursday 3.april.2025, I seek his help to go to Midvalley mall for our meals for this day.

*** Halla Holla Midvalley KL ***

11.43 am - my smoked salmon sourdough sandwich MYR 32+ and iced long black MYR 10+ dining in. Tasty smoked salmon 😋

Morning 43.90

Next morning 44.00

Just 100g more 😁

11.42 am - I also bought takeaway sourdough banana rye bread loaf MYR 25+ and one pastry pain au Chocolat MYR 10+

2.47 pm - sourdough banana 🍌 rye bread loaf and pain au Chocolat.

2.50 pm - the texture of the 🍌 banana rye bread loaf is crumbly

11.34 am - total MYR 81.60 nett for 4 items

The menu MYR -

Sourdough sandwich

Chicken cheddar cheese 24+

Egg mushroom cheddar cheese 19.90+

Smoked salmon cream cheese 32+

Peanut butter banana chocolate 16+

Add 2 to change to croissant 🥐

Add 6 for avocado 🥑

12.14 noon - bright yellow 💛

12.14 noon - promo poster

Promo:

8 am to 11 am

2 pm to 5 pm

Buy two pastries and pay MYR 2+ for black coffee or MYR 5+ for white coffee ☕

11.27 am - hallo holla is between caring and myburgerlab

11.29 am - the seating area design reminds me of a beach seaside setup, bright cheery with a real frangipani tree

11.34 am - the real frangipani tree in between the seats

From afar, can see Kamakura, Kwan Kee store and right at the back, the yellow 💛 sign for Halla Holla

11.26 am - all 3 eateries: Kamakura, Kwan Kee store and halla holla in a row are quite new

11.27 am - Kwan Kee store selling steamed glutinous rice food ready to eat products

12.17 noon - lunch time queue at Kwan Kee store buying takeaways

*** I love yoo midvalley KL ***

1.28 pm - he chose to eat these snacks before going home: set B of you tiao and soy drink MYR 8.60 nett. Fried nian gao MYR 4.20 nett. Total MYR 12.80 nett.

*** Oriental Kopi ***

10.52 am, 11.02 am, 11.14 am - the breakfast set price ends at 10.30 am so we bought ala carte hot hainanese coffee MYR 6.80++, soft boiled eggs MYR 4.60++ and Kaya butter toasts MYR 4.90++

The fried boneless chicken mihun MYR 18.90++ is still as tasty 😋 as before.

*** Bakwa ***

1.26 pm, 2.26 pm, oloiya minced pork bakwa 326 g at MYR 13 nett per 100 g total MYR 42.38 nett for his snacks at home.

*** Green Skin Avocado 🥑 ***

9.52 am - he kept half an avocado 🥑 for me in the fridge. There are hard parts but I ate them all. All ok. 👌

*** The End ***

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Ye Tian BKT Sri Petaling

On Wednesday 2.april.2025, I suggested going to Midvalley mall but he wanted to go eat bkt so bkt it is then.

*** Ye Tian BKT Sri Petaling ***

10.19 am - he ordered one dry bkt MYR 20 nett, one bkt soup MYR 20 nett and one plate of oil rice MYR 2 nett. Total MYR 42 nett.

10.35 am - I didn't order anything. My portion. We couldn't finish all the meat so I popped over to next door 126 Kopitiam coffee shop chapfan and bought takeaway 2 braised eggs in a plastic bag and then we put all the remaining bkt meat into the plastic bag to join the two eggs to go home together.

*** 126 Kopitiam coffee shop ***

11 am - after the bkt, we walked to next door coffee shop and ordered one iced cham and one hot cham drinks. Total MYR 6 nett.

*** Early dinner ***

3.31 pm - he ate the bkt meat we brought home for his early dinner while I ate the two braised eggs with wholemeal bread.

Morning 44.05

Next morning 43.90

Removed 150g water.

*** Green Skin Avocado 🥑 ***

He bought 4 green Skin Avocado 🥑 from Ben grocer pearl shopping gallery on Thursday 27.march.2025 and put them outside the fridge for them to ripen but forgotten about them so one of them have become too ripe and he doesn't dare to eat it but I dare to eat it.

9.29 am - too ripe avocado 🥑 but no white mold so I dare to eat it

9.29 am - very ripe and soft

9.33 am - very mushy and when I smell it, it smells fermented but taste wise still acceptable to me so I ate it all. All ok.

9.38 am - he ate one that is just rightly ripe and kept half for me.

*** The End ***

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

YunShu Coffee Sepadu

On Tuesday 1.april.2025, two continued weekly house packing so early morning he ate brunch at a nearby coffee shop and I ate the remaining food. After that he picked me up to go for early dinner at his chosen eatery which is Wang Tong Shui Station jalan Sepadu. After his early dinner, we walked to YunShu Coffee because I want to try the coffee at this cafe that operates out of a residential intermediate linked house on the same road.

*** YunShu Coffee jln Sepadu Tmn United ***

3.18 pm - I ordered iced monk fruit aka Luo hon guo, sugarcane espresso MYR 16 nett for him. For myself, a glass of iced long black Colombia beans MYR 13 nett.

3.20 pm - my order of Oz beef bagel MYR 25 nett. The beef is onion beef slices stir-fry. Tasty 😋 I ate each layer separately. Easier this way.

Total MYR 54 nett.

3.19 pm - 3 items only MYR 54 nett.

Morning 43.95

Next morning 44.05

Retained 100g water due to eating tong sui

3.12 pm - just one section of the drinks menu:

Ethiopia tastes of strawberry, apricot, grapes candy and blueberries

Colombia tastes of cherry, melon, caramel and chocolate. I chose Columbia.

3.13 pm - bagel menu:

1. Coconut sugar genmaicha cream cheese 18

2. Earl grey cream cheese 16

3. Lemon honey cream cheese 15

4. Cranberry cream cheese 15

5. YunShu classic 18

6. Scrambled egg 18

7. Cincalok chicken 23

8. Oz beef 25

3.13 pm - YunShu special coffee drinks:

1. Sweet buttery salted caramel latte topped with a bit of burnt sugar 15

2. Sweet salted caramel syrup drizzled on latte 16

3. Lohongo with sugar cane espresso 16

4. Nutmeg syrup espresso soda 18

5. Latte with sea salt cream foam and bis off crumbs 18

6. Melon syrup espresso with clarified milk 19

3.55 pm - entrance to YunShu coffee

3.54 pm - so cute 😺 🐈

3.54 pm - unique decor container

3.53 pm - cozy seats

3.15 pm - warm feeling interior with air conditioning

2.26 pm - YunShu Coffee shop front

*** Wang Tong Shui Station jln Sepadu ***

2.31 pm - he ordered nasi lemak fried chicken

2.29 pm - he also ordered bubur cha cha which he wanted to order the previous visits but was told not cooked yet because we went there when the shop just opens at 12 noon.