Malaysia Food Blog – Apple Foodees

Equatorial Hotel Kuala Lumpur along Jalan Sultan Ismail is having a halal Buffet Dinner Promotion in light of Hari Raya 2011 themed Aneka Sajian Tradisional Buffet Dinner. There are over 150 different dishes including Kambing Panggang Berempah, Otak-otak, Ayam Percik Buluh, Ikan Panggang, Ayam Golek, Nasi Briyani Gam, Gulai Kawah, Durian Cendol, Bubur Lambuk and an assortment of traditional Malay Kuih.

Valid everyday from 1 to 29 August 2011, the price for an adult is RM99 and a child RM49. For the last 3 days, the buffet is priced at RM89 per adult. Further, an additional offer extends to those who come in group – buy 6, get 1 free. Note that all prices are subject to 6% government tax & 10% service charge.

One of the main highlight here is their Fried Seafood. Diners are allowed to first choose their ingredients from prawns, clams to sea crabs. After passing your plate to the chefs, they will first boil it in hot water. When the seafood is ready, it will be fried over big fire, adding sauces and chili paste along the way. It was really good, the seafood are fresh. So, even if the queue is really long, just queue for it. You will not regret it.

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Not many of us Malaysian actually knows the trick in enjoying the best of steaks. I didn’t know it until VK brought me to Maria’s Cafe at Damansara Perdana. Since then, we began to search around for better steak house, but unfortunately, until today, we have not found any better steak houses around Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur. Las Vacas at SS5, Kelana Jaya is one of the steak house that we found in our search.

VK ordered their Ribeye Angus which is priced at RM28/100gm. The owner will recommend you the portion depending on how you want your meat to be done. You can also choose it directly from the counter. Then they will weight and send it to the kitchen to prepare your steak.

I on the other hand, chose Las Vacas’ Ribeye Grain Fed priced at RM23/100gm. The owner recommended me to get 200gm as they have difficulty preparing it medium-rare for meat that weights less than 200gm. Knowing that I wouldn’t be able to finish it, I took the chance and got myself only a three-quarter of that portion.

Lucky for me, it was good. But to compare mine with VK’s, his steak is much better. Read the rest of this entry »

Valentine’s Day is over. Valentine’s day is the day the world celebrates the love and affection between their lover. So what did you do on Valentine’s day? Traffic was bad that evening. I’m sure many of you were stucked in traffic if you were in Petaling Jaya or Kuala Lumpur. To make matters worse, we didn’t booked any tables at all. We took our chances at Kin Shui Tei at Tropicana Golf & Country Resort and as predicted the restaurant was fully booked. We chose the next nearest restaurant, Waterlily. Lucky for us, we got a table after a short wait at Waterlily. As a glass of Barley Lime is priced at RM6, we ordered a jug at Rm18 which is equivalent to 6 glasses. Also, do remind the waiter to give less ice if you prefer your drink a little bit thicker.

Waterlily‘s Sirlion Steak priced at RM43 did gave a very good visual impression but unfortunately it didn’t taste as good as it looks. Probably this is because, the chef wants to get their customers orders out as fast as they can since it was Valentine’s night. Having said that, this shouldn’t be an excuse for them as customers still expect restaurants to perform at their best (if possible).

Fortunately, Waterlily‘s Nasi Campur which are priced at Rm33 was a good meal. It comprises of a mixed platter of seafood and meats – Grilled sotong, juicy prawns, sate lilit, fish fillet and a choice of beef or chicken rendang are served with rice (cooked together with) sweet potato, kangkung belacan and long beans. I enjoyed it very much.

As for desserts, we ordered Waterlily’s Pisang Bakar at RM13.

Beef soup was serve as Waterlily had to extend our wait as the chef had wrongly prepared the our order. Despite that the beef soup was very full in flavour. The down side of this soup was that it gets very salty towards the end. Read the rest of this entry »

I have to admit that I never ever thought of visiting Kuantan at all. To me, Kuantan is just a stop to get to Cherating, Tasik Kenyir, and other attraction on the northen east of Peninsula Malaysia. This year, we decided to visit the popular place to watch the sunrise, Bukit Panorama, located close to Sungai Lembing in Kuantan.

Well, it didn’t went well that day as it was the monsoon season, and we ended up cancelling our hike up the hill as Sg. Lembing was overflowing. It flooded part of the town. For those who do not know, Sg Lembing is located 40km away from Kuantan town. So if the news reports that Kuantan is flooded, it could be only Sg Lembing is flooded and not Kuantan town itself.

Well, lets get back to our food review. This time, we had the opportunity to dine in one of the best Thai food restaurant in Kuantan, the Wan Seafood & Tomyam Sara Thai Kitchen.

As access to a very good fresh stock of seafood is easily available in Kuantan, it is a norm for tourists to hunt for seafood here. Well, what other better ways to enjoy seafood other than to enjoy it in a Thai restaurant. The food here is considerably cheap. A lot cheaper than in Kuala Lumpur! Not only the food is very affordable, it is delicious. Curry Squid @ RM6.

Seafood Tom Yam @ RM6.

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