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If my memory serves me right, the last time I visited and dined in a bakery outlet was a few years back. It was the now-famous outlet that is located along Jalan Delima, Kuala Lumpur. But back then, there were only a handful of such bakery-cum-restaurants in Kuala Lumpur.

But years later, there has been a surge of pastry-bakery house / shops. Despite its rate isn’t as terrifying as the bubble tea industry, the growth has been steady with unknown bakery being discovered every other month or so. And thanks to here and here, I got to know of this place; PH Pastry House, that is somewhat similar to its competitor nearby. The plus point is that it isn’t as crazily crowded even during the peak hours… at least for now.

Located along Jalan Utara, it is pretty tricky to spot this place as you need to go a big round if you’re coming from Jalan Delima. Nevertheless, the search is well worth it as you’ll be welcomed by its nicely decorated yet simply bungalow lot and ever friendly staffs.

There are two sections in this bungalow; air-conditioned and al-fresco seatings. On a good weather, it’s extremely pleasant to dine outside (as shown in the photo) due to its well shaded and powerful fans’ providing cool air covering every corner.

You don’t need to order at the counter as the staff will attend to you as soon as you are seated. If you fancy any pastries that are displayed on the shelf, feel free to help yourself to their limited yet good selections.

One of the pastries I tried was Banana Butterscotch (RM6.50). The appearance of it was pretty but it fell short in the pastry section. Perhaps, it was left in cold and hence, the texture wasn’t what I was expecting. That aside, it was decent, not overly sweet.

However, I wasn’t there their pastries. It was their breakfast menu that I was looking forward to as I’m a sucker for western-style breakfast. Despite being limited, I’m fairly pleased with the selections as they met most of my needs. Hopefully, they’d consider having a big breakfast (ala full works style) in near future.

Scrambled eggs (RM11.90) on ciabatta toast was just simple yet fulfilling. Though I prefer my scrambled to be slightly moist, it was fluffy and flavourful – with the presence of cheddar cheese. The bits of turkey bacon was a nice addition as it provided a crisp texture to the soft fluffy eggs – although I wished it was beef bacon.

There was nothing to shout about their cappuccino (RM7.90) as it was alright, sufficiently decent without much kick.

On my second visit with another friend, which was on the next day (yea yea… I went there two days in a row), the turkey ham omelette (RM13.90) was my breakfast choice of the day.

With the same ingredients as the scrambled egg, it was cooked to perfection. Well hidden in it were turkey bacon and parmagiano cheese. The amount of cheese was just nice; rich yet not overpowering. And when it’s hot, it has the nice elastic-like texture; just like cheese on a warm pizza.

This time round, I tried the iced latte (RM8.50). Again, it was a-okay.

Oh…. they do serve cakes in the morning too! The Opera (RM8.90) was nice; light yet slightly soggy in the middle with rich chocolate-y taste. The coffee scent was present but it wasn’t strong enough to provide any kick to the dessert.

The Mango Mousse (RM7.90) was equally pleasant too. Distinct mango flavour, pillow-soft sponge cake and light cream in between, what’s there not to like.

All in all, I like this place. It has the ambiance and the selection is just nice. And to know that the breakfast menu is till 6PM is a plus point to visit them more often. Besides, they do have main meals too but according to one of the staff, as of writing this, they are still tweaking the menu and hence they might have something different in the menu next week or so. Regardless, I can’t wait to try them!

Address:
54, Jalan Utara,
Off Jalan Delima,
55100 Kuala Lumpur.

Business Hours : 7AM – 9PM

GPS Coordinates : 3.143751, 101.719644

Of late, things got rather busy as I’ve embarked on a new yet treacherous journey to some unknown destination. Challenging it may sound, I guess it’s gonna be an exciting one… I hope. Each day seems to be like a never ending ones as piles of work are waiting to be finished (or solved) and yet I’ve no idea how to tackle them. And this pretty much took most of my time so much so that I’m starting to neglect a couple of things such as this space of my own.

Yes, I’m that busy that this blogpost was meant to be written and published a couple of weeks ago and yet I’ve failed to do so due to my work load until I stumbled upon old photos of them sitting idle in my hard disk that were waiting to see the daylight of this virtual world. Sad, isn’t it?

Anyway, as the title states, it is a rather a famous joint (they have a branch in Petaling Jaya too!) that is well known for seafood noodles. But what puts me off about this restaurant is that it charges at a rather premium rate for such a unassuming shoplot and the location of it which is in a bustling town of Segambut, a place I rarely visit. It is said that they have been in business for quite some time now, more than a decade ago, with its recipes have been passed down to newer generation that is running the show now.

That said, it is not often that you see a stall or a shop that filled its bowl of noodles with abundance of fresh seafoods unlike some which you can count with five fingers. Somehow or someway, this restaurant has been doing so consistently without skimping its ingredients throughout the years… which I think all restaurants and stalls should learn from them (Restoran Yu Ai).

With the option of either clear soup, curry or tom yam soup, each bowl is cooked separately upon ordering. Customers are able to select their type of seafoods too; namely mussels, clams, squids, cockles, sliced fish and prawns, that they want in their bowl of hearty goodness.

Me being me, I would usually go for curry noodles if I see fit (or appealing enough to make me salivate) as not often I get to have a good bowl of curry laksa except from the one I usually visit at Restoran Kam Fatt. Noodles are optional too with yellow noodles, rice vermicelli (mee hoon), flat noodles (kuey teow) and even instant noodles.

Taste wise, the curry broth was full of kick and spices in it. Thick and flavourful, the broth has the natural sweetness, probably imparted by the seafoods. Not often that I would praise a bowl of curry laksa but somehow, this certainly placed itself at above average mark. And as you can see, each part of the bowl is filled with seafoods of sorts.

Whether it is worth paying the premium price or not for its ingredient, it is up to you to decide. The last I paid was around RM15 (or was it RM17) for a regular bowl and it gets more expensive as the size increases. It is definitely not an every day or week meal, for me at least, but perhaps, it is a good option to consider if you’re running out of choices or when you feel like splurging more for a hawker-style food.

Address :
Restoran Yu Ai (Segambut)
No. 42, Jalan Segambut Utara,
51200 Kuala Lumpur.

GPS Coordinates : N 3 11.097 E 101 40.601

Business Hours : 8AM – 5PM.

There are times when there are no words can describe how awesome a food is as it happened to me a few times over the years. And it happened again recently as the expression of words seems to fail me when I had a mouthful of this delicious siew yoke that I’m going to talk about. It was that good that I’d rather show some photos of it to tempt you to have a go at it… that’s if you haven’t which I honestly think it’s a BIG mistake!

Crowds begin to assemble at this coffeeshop at about 1220PM to hold their places and at 1230PM, finding an empty table seems like a difficult task (albeit it’s not impossible). Going any earlier will do you no good as they only start selling at 1230PM onwards. Hence, you still need to wait even if you are there at 12PM.

Unlike takeaways, the waitress will walk around taking orders and amazingly, she was able to do it (taking multiple orders) at one go without jotting down in a notebook/paper. Flexing her superior memory muscles? Maybe but she failed to remember one of our orders. Soups are available at the self-service counters while chili sauce is placed on each table.

Reputably as the legendary, it is THE place to have siew yoke (roast pork belly). Hearing how good it is doesn’t do any justification as you need to be there to sink your sharp teeth into the meat and savour every moment of it.

“Melt in your mouth” is just figure of speech but to experience it will definitely bring you to a new level (some say to heaven, I kid you not.). Crispy crackling skin, fatty with lean meat in between, it is just too sinfully good that you can eat it on its own.

Even the roast chicken and BBQ Pork (char siew) would gladly play the second fiddles to let the siew yoke to shine on its own. Yes, it’s that good awesome.

The price came to about RM58.70 for 2 portions of siew yoke, a portion of BBQ pork (char siew) and roast chicken each, two plates of rice, fresh coconut and a can of Coke. This means a strip (portion) of siew yoke will set you back around RM15. It might be expensive for some but it is definitely the place to go if you are craving for good awesome siew yoke.

Wong Meng Kee 王美记
30, Jalan Nyonya,
Off Jalan Pudu,
55100 Kuala Lumpur

GPS: 3.139231, 101.711308

Telephone : +603 2145 2512 / +6012 269 0660

Business Hours : 1230PM – 430PM