All in a Day's Eat when in Kuala Lumpur

Oh what a tough call.

I mean,

there was a one for one on sour cream fries.

And of course I needed a bowl of chilli.

Super size me.

And thankfully shared and spared. for now. :)

Handmade taro fresh milk tea.

At only RM 6.90 (SGD 2.80)

was a steal.

But you totally get what you pay for.

With 9 people in the shop,

only one was at work making the drinks.

Hence we waited forever.

And with forever came a drink that was indescribable.

three quarts of crushed ice that buried my yam bits to death.

and fresh milk with a lot of syrup. even on a 50% request.

thanks but really?

sigh. 

So let's go back to the one who'd never fail.

Marking is serious business.

Definitely requires a green tea latte.

Hot.

In a takeaway cup for my leisurely sips. :)

Work ended as it should according to work hours.

watami at the pavilion.

who decides first gets to order first.

pork katsu.

with an extra large rice set please.

gyuniku nabemono.

awesomely generous with the beef slices.

with an udon set please.

oh my bubble broth of comfort. :)

it was an entirely satisfying dinner at a fraction of what it would have cost here in Singapore.

After a night out in town at Jalan Perak,

it was a cab ride home with a noisy drunk and an all drunken out drunk and they both insist they weren't yet drunk.

If you were confused, we all came home anyway.

Making sure they were fine (i.e. one collapsed and fast asleep on the bed, the other with water and towels to keep warm), we walked across for some late night comfort food.

what interests you?

I never know what to pick.

But I love the beancurd skin

and salted egg yolk.

and please, if there is, curry vegetable gravy.

I don't know if you ask for it?

But I've cultivated the habit of asking for a bowl of porridge water.

It's supposedly a remedy for fevers. 

Cooling for the body, so says the Chinese.

So there we have all in a day's eat.

Our last full day in KL.

Full indeed. :) 

 

watami @ ion

If anything else. Watami has always been notorious for long waits.

Is it just me? Or does anyone out there share the same feelings?

From the previous experience at Junction 8 and our epic hour and a half wait, I've been hard pressed to find a reason to pay them a visit.

But here I find myself, with a 45 mins wait at Ion. Friend's choice.

Not bad.

We've scaled down the wait time by half.

A step in the right direction. I don't even find myself mildly irritated about the wait.

Although my hungry friend was deeply indignant that every other group went in ahead of us because they came in numbers or 2 and 3. We had a party of 5.

I guess eating in groups would require some thought on viable dinner venues to avoid unnecessarily long waits.

For places like antoinette at mandarin gallery. Be prepared to wait- counting in hours.

If numbers are more than 4.

But I digress.

Now this was pretty new to me. Something that eventually boils off to a dish resembling zosui. Bubbling pot of goodness. For a rainy day or if you're nursing a cold. Comfort food.

And in recognition of my latest obsession, I mean interest in Korean dramas, I made an order for a typically korean rice dish. And this was good. Not as big on veggies as I expected and miserly on their already thinly sliced beef but this was big on taste - enough to be flavourful, not yet to make me a thirsty hippo.

There's really something about having your food hot and eating it. Stone pots, I support!

And this was shared. I took a portion of the salmon. Nothing stellar.

And pretty steep prices for their portions.

In any case, this was an overall good experience.

Bibimbap and beef gukbap. For you, I might just return :)

going jap on a sunday

I can't remember if it was just this year alone that I introduced the family to japanese cuisine. Of course we aren't talking the likes of kaiseki style japanese cuisine nor just sushi because both my parents don't take too well to raw fish or raw food of any kind really.

It started out with dad watching Japan Hour faithfully every sunday on CNA. He looks at the servings of food and prettily plated dishes and go Oiiishii! -just for the heck of it- If I brought those things to the table, he probably wouldn't touch them if they were raw. His idea of japanese food is. Bento Sets. I refuse to go to Japan to just eat bentos. Yes there are nice bentos. But then there's Tsukiji and the most awesome cuts of sashimi. I am NOT missing out on that just because he doesn't eat them.

Well so I was saying. In this year alone, we've started out on ichiban boshi and watami. The latter less well received than the former. Not just on quality and price but also on service. In all these three respects that add up to one's dining experiences.

Guess the odd one out?

The rents are planning for a trip to Japan next year on their own. And we don't think it's a good idea. For all the reasons listed above. Oh the horrors of eating bentos everyday. Or Oden. That's his saving grace. Dad likes sumo style hotpots. :) So dinner was from top left clockwise: unagi tamago don for mum, tori wazen with cheese on the side for dad and nigel's kimchi buta nabe with barely a hint of kimchi and very thinly sliced buta. We're always at the amk hub branch and the faces of the employees haven't seen much of a change. New staff yes but old staff have stayed and they are always chirpy cheerful. Says a lot about staff morale and a good working environment.

Did you guess the odd one out? The spicy salmon sushi! Not just for being the only gunkan sushi but also from Nihon Mura instead. That was lunch for me. Going jap on a Sunday! :)

And what were your food choices on a Sunday?