Chinese Food @ How Lee Coffee Shop - Foh Sang

Usually when we can't decide which restaurant or kedai kopi to go to, we decide on an area and then have a wonder around, check out where's busy and what looks good. Every time we go to Foh Sang, How Lee Coffee Shop is always packed! So if the good people of KK think it's worth a visit then who are we to disagree!!! Luckily there was a table spare so we sat down and a helpful waiter took our order, the menu's on the wall...and...well... my Mandarin isn't quite what it should be so the waiter gave us a hand. I decided on Sweet & Sour Fish Slice with rice. Meaty, fresh, fish slices, lightly battered and fried with onion, pepper, tomato, and cucumber in a tangy sauce. Yummy!

The Little Nibbler had the Kon Lau Mee, which looked to be the coffee shop speciality along with porridge, as everyone seemed to have these orders on their table. Noodles came with chicken, pork, meatball and choy sum. The dish was seasoned with pepper, which The Nibbler wasn't over the moon about but I thought they tasted great!

We also had an order of Sayur Manis with Egg, this was really tasty.

How Lee Coffee Shop is located in Foh Sang opposite Ron's Kopitiam.

The Bill : 1x Sweet & Sour Fish, 1x Kon Lau Mee, 2x Chinese Teh Ping = 24.50 MYR

How Lee, another great reason to head to Foh Sang!

Laksa @ Kedai Kopi Laksa Dan Makanan - Inanam

Looking for new places to eat, we decided to leave the city centre behind and headed to Inanam for our culinary adventures. It's an area we havn't really explored, generally sticking to the shoplots around the long distance bus station, mainly to go to Taliban Food Centre for their tandoori chicken and naan. So we took the plunge and went exploring, let me tell you it looks like there's some excellent coffee shops in the area, watch this space for future (hopefully delicious) food blogs!

It wasn't long before Kedai Kopi Laksa Dan Makanan caught our eye, firstly because of the large bright yellow sign, and secondly being Laksa lovers who can resist a coffee shop with Laksa in the title! Not me or The Little Nibbler thats for sure!!! There seemed to be 3 vendors operating out of the shop, but with Laksa in our heads what other choice could it be? I chose the above Laksa with added poached egg, a great addition. Both soups came with shredded chicken, omelette strips, beancurd puffs and fried fishcake slices. You get a generous portion of ingredients in your bowl, though it has to be said, taste wise, it was quite mild for our taste, I soon pepped mine up with sambal!

Kedai Kopi Laksa Dan Makanan is located off Jalan Tuaran, basically the next shoplots past Talibans, take a left at the round about and it shouldn't be hard to find. To be honest I'm sure this restaurant is no secret to the good people of KK!

The Bill : 2x Laksa, 1x Kitchai Ping, 1x Kopi C Ping = 13.40 MYR

More great food in KK, watch out Inanam I'm coming your way!!!

Curry & Subs @ Seven Sea - Marketplace 88

This was our first visit to Seven Sea, a justifiably popular restaurant, it won't be our last! With my first choice regrettably not available I opted for the Yoghurt Curry Chicken with buttered rice.   A generous portion of boneless chicken, a rarity in KK, in a mildly spiced, creamy, curry sauce along with some chunks of potato. This was a tasty dish, maybe a little oily, but this didn't effect my overall enjoyment.

I have to say, I was a little envious when The Nibbler's Philly Cheese Steak arrived, it was huge!!! Tender strips of steak with fried onion and green pepper inside a massive wholemeal submarine roll, lettuce, mustard and of course Philly cheese was also in the mix. This is definitely a sandwich lovers sandwich!

I fancy one right now!!!

Seven Sea occupies a corner lot at Marketplace 88.

The Bill : 1x Chicken Curry, 1x Philly Cheese Steak, 1x Ice Lemon Tea, 1x Ice Coffee = 43.80 MYR

I can't wait for our next visit!!!

Drinks @ Aruba - First Beach

Aruba @ First Beach is a great place to chill out on a hot sunny day, catch a beautiful KK sunset in the early evening or even hang out until the wee hours for that matter! It's an all-rounder! Today we thought we'd just have a couple of cooling drinks and enjoy the view. Vanilla Milkshakes took our fancy, so that was the order of the day! Whipped cream topped milkshakes with a cherry on top, what could be better? Well....maybe an ice cold beer!!! Haha.

Lots of food and drink on offer.

There's been lots of development down at First beach lately, First Beach Cafe is currently undergoing what seems to be a major refurbishment. I wonder what it will be???

With views like these and such an incredible beach I hope KK authorities see sense and keep the beach clean. Maybe go one step further and redirect the drains that run into the sea. How fantastic to be a city with a beautiful clean beach! What a draw this would be for beach loving tourists! Of course we can all do our bit and use the rubbish bins around the place, corn-cobs and plastic bags have no place on the beach or in the sea!!!

The Bill : 2x Vanilla Milkshake = 23.20 MYR

I love it down @ Aruba and First Beach!

Lets pull in the crowds and have even better drinks promotions to tempt the Waterfront loyal!!!

Laksa @ Kedai Kopi Chakitiam - Damai

It's been quite a while since my last visit to Kedai Kopi Chakitiam, infact probably pre-blog, so it's great to return, to eat breakfast and blog at this busy little coffee shop. As far as I'm aware there are only 3 dishes served here - Mee Soup, Kon Lau Mee and my favourite...you guessed it, Laksa! It's a great tasting Laksa here with shredded chicken, omlette strips, prawns and beancurd puffs in a creamy, spicy broth. Just how Laksa should be! Personally though I would exchange the celery leaf for corriander as this is my taste preference as well as The Nibblers!!!

Kitchai Ping and Kopi C Ping.

Plenty of people enjoying their breakfast at Kedai Kopi Chakitiam located in Damai.

The Bill : 2x Laksa, 1x Kitchai Ping, 1x Kopi C Ping = 14.40 MYR

 

Grab a table and enjoy!

Banana Leaf @ Junkyard - Grand Millennium Plaza

Junkyard is run by the same team as Krishna's, the menu is the same and the food comes from Krishna's kitchen. As we don't eat fish head (sorry KK!) which is the undoubted speciality here we opted instead for one of the other banana leaf set meals. My choice was the curry fish slice, I don't know if they change the variety of fish but today it was tuna in a spicy curry sauce. 
Junkyard is a kind of self service banana leaf restaurant. Your banana leaf arrives first then along comes the rest of your meal, a pot of rice, a selection of sides - achar, stir-fried green veg, spicy pumpkin and green beans and of course your personnel selection then you just dig in and help yourself! Overall the food was ok, I don't know why but I expected it to be so much better, maybe one day I'll be brave and try the fish head!!! Haha!

The Little Nibbler had the vegetarian set which came with a tasty dahl and vegetable curry.

Unfortunately I have to say the Lassi were a huge disappointment, I know Malaysians like their drinks sweet but these were just too sweet! The mango Lassi didn't really taste of mango and quickly curdled, both drinks tasted kind of artificial.

Junkyard is located at Grand Millennium Plaza directly opposite its Mother restaurant Krishna's. It's a bright, clean restaurant with a funky, eclectic decor, just check out the bike!!!

Ideas, concepts and principles!

The Bill : 1x Fish Set, 1x Vegetarian Set, 1x Mango Lassi, 1x Black Currant  Lassi = 24 MYR

Junkyards ambience is spot on and there's plenty of choice too!

Satay @ Brunei Satay House - Beaufort

There's Satay and then there's Brunei Satay House Satay! The king of all satay!!! A very fine reason to go and visit Beaufort. Priced at 60 sen a stick it offers great value compared to some of the measly satay offerings I've eaten before! The satay here is thick and meaty, served with a wonderful homemade peanut sauce. We had chicken and beef and both were cooked to perfection and tasted so good with grilled, smoky flavour.

Look good don't they?

Brunei Satay House is located along Jalan Chung in Beaufort, look out for the plumes of smoke!

The Bill : 20x Satay, 1x Kitchai Ping, 1x Kopi C Ping = 16 MYR

Satay doesn't come much better than this!

Mee Goreng Ayam @ Sapi Cafe - Pulau Sapi

Having missed breakfast I was definitely ready for something to eat after my voyage from KK to Pulau Sapi! Haha. I fancied something filling and Mee Goreng usually hits the spot! So with a few choices on the menu I opted to have chicken fried with my noodles. I received a generous portion of noodles (the price does reflect this) fried with chicken, egg, vegetables and chilli in a nice savoury sauce. just what I needed!
 

Land Ahoy!!!

Sapi Cafe is open everyday catering to the non-eating buffet crowd.

Tour groups a plenty on Sapi today with their 'all you can eat' buffets. Not that I'm jealous or anything!!!

Beautiful white sand beaches.

The Bill : 1x Mee Goreng, 1x Teh Tarik Ice = 11.50 MYR

Sapi Cafe whips up great tasting local favourites!

Penang Asam Laksa @ Kedai Kopi Maxim - Hilltop

Last time I was in Hilltop I noticed that Kedai Kopi Maxim had a large sign outside advertising 'Penang Flavour' and Asam Laksa. Having only ever sampled Penang Asam Laksa once before,I thought it was time to try another, and also introduce The Little Nibbler to new flavours. Unfortunately I was quite disappointed with the laksa that was served to us. Now taste wise for me it was quite good, sour and very spicy, the problem comes from the ingredients or lack of them in my opinion. Now I'm no expert but I've done some research and from what I can gather pineapple and cucumber are key ingredients to a Penang Asam Laksa - both were absent from the dish. Also there was hardly any fish in the broth, no chunks as such just a small amount of tiny flakes. Now I'm not sure if the dish was lacking because of the time we visited, around 11am, which I know can be quite late for some Laksa stalls (in which case 'habis' should have greeted my request) or they just don't use pineapple or cucumber in their ingredients, but I think the soup would greatly improve all round if they were to be added. A little more fish would be appreciated too!

Kitchai Ping and Kopi C Ping.

 

Kedai Kopi Maxim is located next door to Pick N Pay, it's undergone a refurbishment since I last visited for Chinese BBQ Rice, which I have to say was really good! The coffee shop is bright and very clean.

 

The Bill : 2x Penang Asam Laksa, 1x Kitchai Ping, 1x Kopi C Ping = 14 MYR

With 3 vendors operating out of Kedai Kopi Maxim there's plenty of reasons to return!