Tom Yam & Butter Chicken @ Kopi Ping Cafe - Damai

My first visit today at the popular Kopi Ping Cafe, I was going to visit last week but I couldn't get a seat! After negotiating the menu I decided on Tom Yam served with rice. The Tom Yam is quite different to others I've tasted around town and had quite a strong flavour of a herb or spice which I can't identify, I want to say ginger torch bud but I'm not entirely sure. The spicy soup also contained beansprouts and prawns.
 

 

The Little Nibbler ordered the Butter Chicken Chop, boneless chicken thigh, battered and fried, smothered in a creamy butter sauce, served with nasi putih and a little side salad.

 

Kopi Ping Cafe is located in Damai.

The Bill : 1x Tom Yam, 1x Butter Chicken, 1x Ice Lemon Tea, 1x Lime Soda = 20.60 MYR

Sometimes you can't even get a seat!

Economy Breakfast @ Kedai Kopi Fook Yuen - Damai

A favourite breakfast spot for many KKians, Kedai Kopi Fook Yuen does a brisk morning trade for their economy breakfast. With several noodle options to choose from including add on items, there's plenty of choice and portion control is up to you, as you add on as much or little as you like. My pick was mee goreng with fried egg, stuffed fried bean curd in curry and tasty fried aubergine stuffed with meat. A tasty breakfast indeed!
 

This is Fook Yuen's original coffee shop located at Damai.

 

The Bill : 1x Economy Breakfast, 1x Chinese Teh = 4.70 MYR

Economy breakfast @ Fook Yuen, good value, great taste!

Kuching Laksa @ Xin Soon Lee Restaurant - Damai

There's a bit of disruption at the moment in Damai, what with the groundworks going on along the central strip, I'm sure businesses must be struggling as the extensive outside seating isn't available. This didn't stop me from taking my breakfast at Xin Soon Lee Restaurant for a satisfying bowl of Kuching Laksa. The laksa here has a nice spicy kick, further enhanced by added sambal and kalamansi juice, the ingredients are fairly standard having prawns, chicken, omelette and beancurd puffs as well as rice noodles. I do love a hot bowl of laksa for breakfast!

Xin Soon Lee is located along Damai's hawker central, as I like to call it.

 

The Bill : 1x Kuching Laksa, 1x Teh C Ping = 8.20 MYR

Nice 'n' Spicy

Kon Lau Mee @ Kedai Kopi Chakitiam - Damai

Kedai Kopi Chakitiam serves 3 dishes in the mornings, one of them is a very pocket friendly kon lau mee. For a bargain price of 4 dollars you get a fair portion of noodles, egg roll, mince pork, choy sum and char siu topped with spring onions. Simple and satisfying! This is a great coffee shop serving good tasty food at prices that won't hurt your wallet!
 

Kedai Kopi Chakitiam is located in Damai's hawker central.

 

The Bill : 1x Kon Lau Mee, 1x Teh C Ping = 6.30 MYR

Big taste, budget price kon lau mee @ Kedai Kopi Chakitiam!

Lawas Laksa @ Lawas Homemade Noodle - Damai

I've noticed Lawas Homemade Noodle around Damai for some time now, with '40 years experience of homemade noodles' they should be good, I'm very pleased to say they were! Being a laksa lover I decided to have my noodles spicy soup style. Shredded chicken and omelette, prawns and beancurd puffs, drenched in a dark spicy broth with homemade noodles, yummy!
 

You can have your noodles kon lau and soup style.

 

Lawas Homemade Noodles is now located within Kedai Kopi Yun Hyen, Damai.

 

The Bill : 1x Laksa, 1x Teh C Ping = 8.50 MYR

You can't go wrong with Lawas Laksa for breakfast!

Kuching Kolo Mee & Big Bad Wolf Pork Burger @ Kedai Kopi Kam Lee - Damai

The Little Nibbler had a craving for kolo mee tonight so we thought we'd head back to Kedai Kopi Kam Lee to see if the Sarawakian noodles lived up to The Nibbler's last loving memory of them!
 

I ordered the char siew kolo mee and was very pleased indeed! You get a generous portion of noodles with minced pork, sliced BBQ char siew, chopped chives and a little green veggie. Mix for maximum enjoyment and pour over the pickled chillis, yummy!

Pork belly kolo mee for The Nibbler, same ingredients as above but char siew is substituted for delicious, sweet tasting, belly pork. Smiles all round, it passed the test!

Big Bad Wolf Pork Burger caught my eye and my appetite, so I ordered a burger too! Who can resist a burger from the Big Bad Wolf ?!?

I really don't think my picture does justice to this wonderful porky treat. The pork patty is flavoursome and juicy and works brilliantly with the toppings of tomato, cucumber, cheese, chilli sauce and the deal clinching yellow mustard. This is one tasty burger! 

Kedai Kopi Kam Lee is located in Damai's hawker centre. After looking at the Big Bad Wolf Pork Burger Facebook page, it seems they have 2 outlets, one here and one at Lido.

The Bill : 2x Kolo Mee, 1x Pork Burger, 1x Kitchai Ping, 1x Kopi C Ping = 20 MYR

A pork lovers paradise @ Damai with Kuching Kolo Mee and the Big Bad Wolf Pork Burger!!!

Fish Mee @ Kedai Kopi Yung Hwa - Damai

I've passed by this very busy coffee shop many times in the mornings and peered in, wondering what all the fuss was about! Never being bothered to wait for a table. This morning when I walked passed my luck was in as a table was free, so I took my place and eventually ordered what was explained to me as noodles made from fish with fishy bits! Everything was fresh tasting and I'm guessing homemade, from the fish mee, which tasted a lot like fish cake slices but in longer strips to represent noodles to the 'fishy bits'. Fried wontons, fried fish cake slice, fish ball and some kind of fish ball surrounding a slice of chilli and duan sup were swimming in a light fish broth, but not overly fishy if you understand what I mean??? It tasted fresh and healthy, and I for one quite liked it! Next time I might try the curry version or possibly the kon lau mee.

Kedai Kopi Yung Hwa is located at Damai in the shop lots that run alongside Jalan Damai.

The Bill : 1x Fish Mee, 1x Teh C Ping = 9.70 MYR

Fish Mee @ Yung Hwa, a light and healthy start to the day!

Breakfast @ Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf - Damai

If you take a breakfast set at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf between the hours of 8 and 11am you get the added bonus of free flow tea or coffee to sweeten the deal! Though taking a look at the size of The Little Nibbler's latte, I think one's probably enough for any mere mortal! We both chose eggs benedict for our breakfast this morning, a thick slice of sweet brioche came topped with possibly chicken or turkey ham, two perfectly poached eggs and finally smothered in a creamy hollandaise sauce, a simple dressed salad of lettuce and tomatoes was served on the side. Now this is no traditional eggs benedict, I have to say I found the addition of brioche slightly strange to this otherwise savoury dish but, like most things, I did enjoy it, though I doubt it will rival laksa as my favourite morning breakfast!!!
 

Drinks selection, English tea for me and a huge latte (3 MYR extra) for The Nibbler.

 

With several branches around town this is Damai's Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.

 

The Bill : 2x Eggs Benedict Set = 39 MYR

If you love your coffee fix in the morning, head to Coffee Bean for breakfast!

Western Food @ Upperstar Pepper Grill & Bar - Damai

Upperstar was our port of call today and western food was what we craved! I opted for the Grilled Chicken which comes with a slice of garlic bread, potato salad and coleslaw. I swapped the fries for wedges, which are definitely much tastier, also the fries unfortunately seem to look a bit pale to me. The chicken is nicely marinated or maybe coated in a mild spice rub and then grilled, topped with Upperstar's carbonara sauce, not really an authentic sauce but it goes very well with the chicken all the same.
 

 Grilled Lamb Chop is The Little Nibbler's all time Upperstar favourite, a worthy pick in my opinion. Again fries were exchanged for wedges to compliment the two huge lamb chops, grilled to perfection and served with mint sauce.

We also had a side order of garlic bread.

 

This is Damai's branch of Upperstar, on the same row as Coffee Bean and the sadly, recently closed Four seasons.

 

The Bill : 1x Grilled Chicken, 1x Grilled Lamb Chop, 1x Coke, 1x Water = 46.80 MYR

Yet another tasty, satisfying meal from the Upperstar chain!

Hit 'n' Miss @ Kedai Kopi Kam Lee - Damai

It was a tale of two meals tonight at Kedai Kopi Kam Lee, a most definite hit and unfortunately, for me, a terrible miss! From what I could see there's four vendors operating from inside the coffee shop, offering western food, Penang kuih teow, Kuching kolo mee and dishes with rice. I'd like to add that most of the food coming out looked pretty good.

The Little Nibbler fancied the Kuching kolo mee with belly pork, savoury sweet, pork belly mixed with noodles, mince pork and some greens, really tasty, I know I got to have a taste! A great dish for 5 ringgit. 

I opted for the Japanese tofu with mince pork and rice, which looked quite appetizing on the picture menu, but when it arrived was covered in frozen mixed veg (my very least favourite thing) and the two mouthfuls I had, had gristle in the mince pork, sorry but a terrible miss!

Kitchai pings all round!

 

Kedai Kopi Kam Lee is located in the buzzing hawker alley of Damai.

 

The Bill : 1x Kolo Mee, 1x Japanese Tofu, 2x Kitchai Ping = 16 MYR

Be sure to try the Kolo Mee here, I'll be back for some and I'll probably try the Penang Kuih Teow too!!!