Showing posts with label malay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label malay. Show all posts

Friday, September 17, 2010

Serai, Empire Gallery Subang

We were strolling at Empire Gallery for some food and walked towards this place to checkout the nice ambiance. We were welcomed by this sweet looking lady in her 40s, and she politely introduced us to the restaurant and asked if we would like to try some food there. All 3 of us just nodded in agreement, probably mesmerised by her politeness and decided to give the place a try. Serai, the name of the restaurant with cosy ambiance.



For a start, we had some mango salad. The mango, sliced thinly are sweet, spicy and sourish, really a yummy appetizer, and it makes one crave for more...



As always, though we will be ordering main courses, we would not hesitate to try other dishes that we think would be nice. The sotong cili has an acquired taste, not too bad a pick. A little on the salty side but would be great if it is eaten with the fragrant rice.



Their signature dish, the Serai Platter (RM25.00). A complete meal with delicious ayam berempah, satay, acar and mutton (I think) together with fragrant rice. Rather meaty, but this platter can comfortably feed 2.



We loved nasi goreng kampung, especially those fried by the little random stalls cos they never go wrong. This nasi goreng kampung is a little more pricey than those from the little stalls (RM15.00) but this comes with some keropok. Its ok-la, would like it better if it has more ikan bilis and cili padi. But not too bad a meal.





After a hearty meal and stuffed, we decided that we have some space for desserts. So we ordered something to share, cake with lotsa nuts. Can't remember what it is called, but certainly delicious and not too creamy. The lady sitting beside our table told us that we should try the pavlova too. She said that they ran out of it already or else she would have ordered it. Will definitely return for the pavlova!!

We were too engrossed with the food and forgot to take pictures of the drinks. I had the ice blended serai lychee (RM8.50) which was really good. Never thought that the combination will produce such distinct taste. callmeCupcake had sirap selasih which looked really interesting, like tadpoles swimming in rose syrup. Will definitely return for other food from the menu and the dessert bar!

Subang Empire Gallery
LG37 Lower Ground, Jalan SS16/1,
47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.
Telephone: 603 5635 9818 / 603 5635 9858
Fax: 603 56355898

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Kuantan Finally!! Part 2

the next day, everyone started early despite having only slept a couple of hours due to our insane addiction to mahjong.

it rained early in the morning and was still drizzling a little but the girls were quite determined to hike up Panorama Hill (which kuan, our kuantan friend/guide/driver/organiser told us was not a tough feat at all but he was so very wrong).

for me personally, hill + me = not the best of friends. and after the hike, i have no intention to suggest otherwise.

it was a tough climb. i guess not so much of the feat but my own mental preparedness for the whole thing. of course i was not silly enough to think it was a stroll in the park but it was not exactly what i expected either. i gave up twice and wouldn't have bothered reaching the peak if it wasn't for pyee who kept insisting we'd only be doing this once and we'd definitely not climb the damn hill again so better we conquer it and live to tell the glory than admit defeat. W-O-W and so i huffed and puffed and climbed!


yay! i did reach the top after much encouragement from the never-say-die and super patient Sergeant Chan.

at this point, i sent a mental note to myself :

i.will.never.EVER.do.this.again.


going down hill.


crazy scary stairs!


yong tau foo noodles that we had after the climb, apparently the tofu is made from waterfall water.


pickled gourd that i ordered over an early japanese dinner before heading home...spicy, sour and absolutely delicious! not too bad for a random food risk i took :p


and we ended a road trip with a road trip favourite, junks!




by : callmeCupcake

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Kuantan Finally!! Part 1

me and my makan buddies went on a road trip to kuantan to visit a good friend sometime back and we took a lot of pictures and took in a whole lotsa food too! it was about a 4-hour drive to kuantan from klang but it was definitely worth it!


ahh...the much anticipated...


presenting...THE famous stuffed crabs of kemaman.


i'd never thought that i'll ever say this about the insides of a crab but oh my! GLORIOUS!


our bountiful and super delicious lunch in full spread.

after resting a little while, we headed to find a little special delicacy.


pyee said we had to try this and made kuan made it a mission to hunt this down.


satar, this is an interesting thing to sample, the closest words that popped in my head while eating this was juicy fish paste. it didn't taste fishy at all, sweet succulent and a little interesting. :)


otak-otak, here in kuantan, it is prepared with a chunk-piece of fish in sambal-like sweet & spicy sauce, unlike the mousse ones that i'm used to.


stringy keropok lekor??? the makcik was boiling these, packed them with newspapers for customers to take home.


the modest looking warung satar.


we stopped here for tea-break.


roti and kopi, perfect for an afternoon fiasco.


we stopped by the beach for a wonderful time.


we came here for dinner.


herbal tea in bottles that can be passed off as beers!


herbal chicken


curry prawns...this is my favourite dish of the night.


i can't remember the name of this pork dish...


and end the day with a sweet note, ice-kacang by the beach...yummmzz!!

yes yes girls, i know, this is looooong overdue but hey, it's here now so let's revisit our makan journey again...in our minds unfortunately hehe.

part 2 coming right up!

where : kuantan



by : callmeCupcake