大一馄饨 Dayi Wantan ~ Pudu, KL

A wantan shop opened across from my favorite dumpling shop in Pudu and with its delicious options, it's about to be my favourite wantan shop as well.

Dayi Wantan has 7 wantan types served with minced pork and scallion oil noodles. Each wantan had a delicate wrapper with tasty fillings - I liked the prawn with fish roe especially. The seaweed and meat wantan was a unique combination.

For the snacks, I loved the spicy and flavorful laziji.

it out with their selection of refreshing pickles at their self service sauce station - I probably ate too much pickled papaya. Add the garlic chilli and chilli oil to the noodles for a different flavor depth to your liking.

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大一馄饨 Dayi Wantan

402-Grd Floor, Jln Pudu,

55100 Kuala Lumpur

Opens Friday to Wednesday, 9 am–4 am

 https://g.co/kgs/7J6aGQ6

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Yim Yam Thai Kway Chap ~ Kelana Jaya

 

Yim yam's Thai kway chap reminds me a lot of a pork version of Thai beef noodles with flat rice noodles. 

The broth is garlicky, herbal and earthy and toppings aside, the flat rice noodles is one of the best renditions of kway chap noodles I've ever had. The chewy, not too thick, not too thin noodles were the perfect amount of QQ for slurping and chewing.

The deep fried chicken wings are okay while the som tam could do with more sweetness and acidity.

For drinks, the Pandan water was alright while the iced coffee was astringent and bitter. I couldn't continue drinking it after two sips.

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YimYam Kway Chap

8, Jalan SS 4d/14, Ss 4,

47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Opens Tuesdays - Sundays, 10am-3pm for breakfast & lunch, 6-10pm for dinner

 https://g.co/kgs/g7mBkAQ

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Ming Kee Seafood Noodle ~ Damansara Uptown

The popularity of lala noodles are on the rise and not 1 but 2 lala noodles places are now available at Damansara Uptown.

Ming Kee Seafood Noodles's menu is small but there is a good variety of lala dishes including unconventional lala soup flavors such as tomyam and cheese.

The tomyam lala noodles could've been better with a more balanced tom yam soup but the Hua Diao lala noodles were well seasoned, fragrant and comforting. Equally interesting was their Kam Heong lala, tasty and cooked well.

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民記啦啦米 Mingkee Seafood Noodle

11A, Jalan SS 21/1a, Damansara Utama,

47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Opens Thursdays to Tuesdays, 2–10 pm

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Ming Teppanyaki ~ SS2, PJ

Ming Teppanyaki is a popular 'Taiwanese-styled teppanyaki' restaurant in PJ and I've never attempted to visit as it's always full and I have no patience to wait in line for a table.

The opportunity to visit them cam recently after the lunch hour rush (after 2pm) and was I delighted to discover that their lunch menu runs from 12-5pm! The lunch menu comprises of proteins with a choice of noodles or rice which comes with 2 small sides and miso soup.

Pictured is their pork patty set with noodles. I usually have issues with pork patties as they turn out 'too porky' but these were nothing like that! These are likely made using a mixture of minced pork and cured meat which results in a delicious salty and sweet 'bacon-y'-flavored pork patty.

The noodles are plainly tossed with black and soy sauce plus some lard which I didn't enjoy but the noodle texture is bouncy and pleasant.

Overall a really good meal.

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Ming Teppanyaki SS2

NO3-G, Jalan SS2/64, SS 2,

47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Opens daily, 11.30am - 9pm

 https://g.co/kgs/vVUa4m

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Mamalee's Nasi Lemak ~ Damansara Uptown

In the 'nasi lemak war' of Damansara Uptown, one nasi lemak has been my constant for having excellent fried chicken with an equally excellent buttermilk sauce made extra nice with a spicy version.

Mamalee's signature is completing their nasi lemak with whole chicken legs and a variety of sauces, the most popular being their buttermilk and salted egg sauce. It definitely sets them apart from the traditional nasi lemak and lauk style but their stir fried vegetables and other Penang Nyonya dishes are not too shabby either.

There are also options for prawns or squid with a sauce of choice and recently I found out their squid is freshly fried calamari. Not the norm but still, very delicious.

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Mamalee Nasi Lemak

27M, (1st Floor, Jalan SS 21/37, Damansara Utama,

47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Opens daily, 7:30 am–5 pm

https://g.co/kgs/MDkfDJ

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Luncheon meat meals @ Wonderful Mondays ~ SS2, PJ

I have tried to like canned luncheon meat but the block of salty meat has never really appealed to me until this visit to Wonderful Mondays.

The 3 types of luncheon meat here - chicken, beef & fish is served with a sauce of your choice out of 15 options alongside a carb of your choice. For carbs, there's rice, dry or soup ramen, porridge and even western choices of a burger, sandwich, croissant or hotdog.

My signature sauced beef luncheon meat with ramen was delicious! Firstly, the luncheon meat wasn't the sodium laden kind and tasted very much like the actual meat. Secondly, serving it with a choice of sauce was interesting and the sauces do not to distract you from the meat flavor. Finally, the ramen texture was just right and the light garlic oil made it a good pair with the tasty meat. The overall dish was an enjoyable combination of a fulfilling but not jelak lunch.

I also ordered a side of chicken luncheon meat nuggets with salted egg sauce. It tasted more like a creamy tumeric sauce but it wasn't unpleasant.

Makan partner ordered a whole leg of ayam goreng classic and it came piping hot, juicy and crispy. The sides of beef rendang was slightly sweet but amazingly tender. The acar was alright.

Overall, Wonderful Mondays was a delightful eating experience. Plus point is that they're Muslim friendly so everyone can enjoy luncheon meat. Now if only they could do something about the ventilation of the place...

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Wonderful Mondays

32, Jalan SS2/66, SS 2,

47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Opens daily, 7:45 am–1 am

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Wun Nam Homemade Recipe ~ Damansara Perdana, PJ

Consistent dai chau dishes (and more) with food serving at the speed of light, Wan Num may seem like every other neighborhood Chinese restaurant but the food quality is so much more than that.

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Portions are great for the price paid for the dai chau dishes and they do have banquet-level dishes with a specialty in sturgeon dishes. I've never tried any of the sturgeon dishes but there's a whole documentary dedicated to it that you can search online. It's very common to see whole groups of small offices on weekdays heading up to their 2nd floor.

Pictured at the marmite chicken, salted egg squid, vegetable mala xiang guo and vegetable curry.

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Wun Nam Homemade Recipe

23-1, Jalan PJU 8/5f, Damansara Perdana,

47820 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

https://g.co/kgs/SDChr2

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Honkai Star Rail Collab Event ~ La Juiceria, Menara Hap Seng 2, Kuala Lumpur

The very first Honkai Star Rail Collab Event has arrived in Malaysia, partnering with La Juiceria, Menara Hap Seng 2 for a Honkai Star Rail-themed cafe!

This was my first themed-cafe experience outside of Japan and it was a great experience for my 2.30pm weekday slot.

You may prebook a slot with your meals on the La Juiceria Collab Event website here and there are 3 meal combos plus extra charge add-ons to choose from.

Combo C

Wild Herbal Soup (Spirulina Banana Chia bowl)

Combo C

Fruitwood-grilled Shantak Moa Drumettes was hard and cold

In the background:

Combo B

Grande Rejuvepill were warm and crispy sweet potato balls

Combo B

Comfort Food aka Soup Noodles

This was my favorite dish - flavorful and served hot.

Combo A

Cosmic Fried Rice

Combo A

Snapper Jam Appetizer

From left: 

Combo B: Energy Drink (Passion fruit mango?) 

Combo A: Punitive Energy Drink (Lavender something)

Combo C: Vomit Inducing Agent (Blue Pea Flower Mint Lemonade)

Add-on item: Steamed Puffergoat Milk (Pudding!)

The themed-cafe was beautifully decorated with lots of character standees, stickers for the tables, walls & counters plus game trauma-inducing BGM playing for the ultimate game feel though boss-level music playing in the background while you're eating may be distressing!

This standee of Jing Liu is particularly popular as she's the newest character released.

On the outside of the cafe is the merchandise area plus the lucky draw activity area

By completing a social media activity, diners are entitled to a in-game freebie, a holographic commerative ticket, a postcard and a lucky draw of the game mascot button badge.

II was unlucky for the button badge but still went home with a bunch of freebies that came with the meal combo - a table mat, coaster, food deco pieces, cup holder and meal voucher.

The kind staff were also accommodating when I requested for a stamp of the game logo and the receipt for merchandise purchases has a cute game mascot illustration. The attention to detail made the experience an enjoyable and immersive one.

There are also cute freebies for purchases of over RM30 which likely will not be available for future collab events.

The event will be happening till 14th November with additional activities 

on the weekend slots - come by for a fun themed-cafe experience!

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