NANA's GREEN TEA @ The Gardens Mall

Nana's green tea is one of the current long queue restaurant because of their Parfiat. The average waiting hour during the lunch time would be around 15-20 minutes. Even though nana's green tea have a long waiting time but their waiter did a great service to help you during your waiting.

 Chicken Karage Curry Udon + Green Tea ( Set Lunch Meal) RM18.8

The udon are soft and the chicken are fried to tender but the only disappointment is the curry are too watery. Slightly thicken curry will make the dish to perfection. Overall are acceptable.

 Tori Soboro Don + Green Tea ( Set Meal RM18.8)

Tori Soboro Don is the minced chicken with bean sprout and pouched egg. 

This dish gain a two thumbs up and my all time favourite  in this restaurant. 

The pouched egg are watery enough to cover the dryness of rice. 

The minced meat neither salty or tasteless. 

Everything in the bowl accompanied each other well.

Wakame Udon (seaweed Udon)

This udon is a vegetarian choice. Its consists of seaweed, spring onion and egg. 

The ingredients may sounds simple but it cooked a perfect bowl of udon. 

But too bad this dish is not in the set lunch menu but is a worth for trying.

Matcha Shiratama Parfait @ RM 18.80 

The main and popular dish in the shop.

Since Parfait is design for us to taste the different layer in a cup than i will describe it layer by layer

Upper: Whipped Cream + Green Tea Ice Cream + green Tea Cookies + Red Beans

At top layer, the whipped cream are not too oily and red bean are given in a right amount/

Green Tea Ice cream: The exact taste I been searching since i back from Japan.

Whipped Cream and red beans are good to neutralize the slightly bitterness of green tea ice cream. 

Cookie. it taste bitter at the first bite but the more you bite the tastier and sweeter it get 

Lower: Corn flakes + Vanilla ice cream + Green Tea Jelly. 

Vanilla ice cream: a hidden card in the cup. The ice cream taste creamy and milky but they also have the softness and smoothness that found in FroYo.

Corn Flakes: Give a crunchy feel to the ending 

Green Tea Pudding: A great hint for ending a dessert, that not that overwhelmed taste,

Even though the price of a Parfait is equal to a set lunch meal but it is a must try dessert in the shop. Friendly staff and a perfect meals are the reason attract me back to Nana's Green Tea.

Extra Info: 

Address: 

Lot 231A LG FLoor, The Gardens Mall, 

Lingkaran Syed Putra, Mid Valley City,

 59200 Kuala Lumpur, 

Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Another shop will be opening soon at 1 Utama. 

Follow their FB for more info:

 Facebook: Nana's Green Tea Malaysia

Opening Hours : Mon - Sun: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm

Tokyo Teppan & Tokyo Don @ Pavillion

Tokyo Teppan / Tokyo Don is actually located at the Tokyo Street of Pavilion. Both shop shares the same menu and there are right beside each and another. Currently, Groupon had made an offer to Tokyo Teppan which you can choose between 5 meals for RM38 for 2 pax.  The 5 set meals include, Grilled Salmon Set, Grilled Saba Set. Shake Don ( fried salmon Don), Chicken Teriyaki Don  amd Chicken Tatsu Don. Each Groupon voucher comes with 2 set meals 2 chawanmushi and 1 green tea ice cream.

Chawanmushi and Salad

Chawanmushi may look simple and plain when served but the egg texture is soft and ingredients used in it was full and rich. Chicken and crab meat can be found in the chawanmushi but too bad it is lack of mushrooms. 

The Stir-fried vegetable

Stir-fried vegetable served when you order teppan set. Cabbage,bean sprout, carrot and spring onion can be found. Overall not too oily and dash of black peppers give a boost the dish.

 Grilled Salmon Teppan Set 

The Set comes with 2 Piece of Salmon, Tofu, Miso soups, sauce and Fruits.

The Salmon are fresh unlike others tempeyaki shop that sometime you can taste the stink taste.

Chicken Teriyaki Don

Chicken tights  are cook to tender with teriyaki sauce and topped with sesame seed.

Rice below are well prepared neither soggy or hard. it actually taste good even without the teriyaki sauce from chicken. 

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Green Tea Ice Cream

The ice cream are creamy and soft. The taste are less bitter compare to the one outside. A nice wrap up for the meals. 

Basically, the offer is worth buying and definitely a worth to visit place even without promotions. Will visit again to try their combo don or ramen.

Extra Info: 

1. Address: Bukit Bintang Lot 6.24.02 Tokyo Street, Level 6, Pavilion KL, 168, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur

   Phone:03-2141 4519

Ante Kitchen & Bar @ PUBLIKA

Ante Kitchen & Bar is another non-halal western cuisine other than Three Little Pigs& The Big Bad Wolf. Ante Kitchen & bar are famous with their Carbonara but too bad i missed the dish so will go for a try for my next trip there..

 Char-grilled PORK Steak RM33

This is their signature pork chop served with berry-cream sauce and baked potatoes. 

The meat they use is pork lion which the part is one of the best part for a pork chop which had the juicy and tender meat.

The berry-cream sauce fits well with the chop. 

It will be better if they serve mashed potato than baked potato cause overall meal are too dry. 

 Ultimate Pork Belly Sandwich RM29.00

This sandwich consits of well-fried pork ear, tender pork belly, tomato salsa, rocket and comes with fries and salads.

The fried pork ear give a crunchy feel to the sandwich while the pork belly provide the juicy meat.

The tomato salsa give a perfect moisture to the sandwich neither dry or watery. 

Hopefully, they will use a larger cut of fries than the McDonald style fries. 

Its is a worth visiting restaurant and definitely will visit again for their Carbonara. 

Extra info:

Ante Kitchen and Bar
Solaris Dutamas 1
Jalan Dutamas 1,
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Phone:03-6206 3364 (Reservation is encouraged)
Operation Hours: Open daily 7:00 – 10:30 pm

Ying Ker Lou 迎客楼 Hakka Cuisine @ The Garden

As an hakka people, sometime you will crave for hakka food and here is definitely can get all the hakka cuisine in one shop- Ying Ker Lou. Its is located at the 2nd Floor of The Garden. This restaurant can be quite busy during peak hours though the food is worth waiting for. Ying Ker Lou doesn't use MSG in prepare food and it is an non-halal restaurant. 

 P01- 客家算盤子 Hakka Yam Abacus RM22.00

The yam abacus are pan-fried with mushrooms, minced pork, jew's ear, spring onion and fried garlic.

the whole dish taste good but the yam abacus are disappointing as the yam abacus are lack of the yam flavor. Anywhere can get a better Yam abacus than here.

K05-  HAKKA PAN MEE RM 15.90

This is a worth trying dish. It look simple but every drop of soup is treasure. 

The shop taste clear neither tasteless or salty, but you can taste it uses anchovies and mushroom to prepare the soup.

The Pan Mee is the thinnest pan mee i ever had, the thinnest give a smooth texture to the pan mee but the taste still remain. 

L01- Hakka Minced Pork BanTiao RM15.90

BanTiao for me it is actually taste like pan mee but just in noodle form. 

The noodle are cook to just nice and the minced pork fits perfectly with the noodle.

Basically, Hakka people are actually quite a meat eater, and this is the key why we know better in prepare meat.

P34- XIAO LONG BAO WITH RICE WINE (4PCS) RM10.00

Ying Ker Lou xiao long bao are different from din tai fung or dragon-i as you can see it contain wine.

I shouldn't say the XLB contain rice wine, it should be they use rice wine as the soup base in xiao long bao. This is actually an interesting idea as normal xiao long bao we had are salty soup base but the rice wine give a sweet aroma to it. 

But, the skin of the bao need a huge improvement.

The serving at Ying Ker Lou are not possible for sharing as it is quite small.

Extra Info:

1. Address: Level 2, The Gardens, Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra, Wilayah Persekutuan, 59200 Kuala Lumpur

   Phone:03-2284 8480

Wafflemeister @ KLCC

Wafflemeister store are located at the 3rd floor of suria KLCC which is the same floor as the tgv cinema and this is their first international franchise from UK . It is actually a store infront of the nike shop and it actually doesn't had a fancy interior since it is an small store with few table and chairs. Wafflemeister is famous with their fresh belgium waffle and you may choose topping,example: ice cream, nuts, marshmallow, different chocolate sauce and etc ,  or the ready menu.

Dream Team

Belgium waffle with your choice of chocolate sauce and ice cream.

I choose the cookie and cream ice cream and dark chocolate sauce.

The waffle are crispy at the outside and soft at in the inside. Waffle have the creamy aroma which goes well with any topping.

The combination of dark chocolate and cookie & cream ice cream give the waffle at the perfect sweetness.

Food are decent but personally think that the price are slightly higher compare to the other cafe or dessert shop.

Extra Info: 

Address Suria KLCC (Petronas Twin Towers) 3rd Floor Kuala Lumpur 50088  Opening Hours Monday - Sunday 10:00 - 22:00 Phone +60 3 2181 1799

Senya Izakaya 鲜家 @ Publika

This restaurant was hidden at one end of the Publika but the outside was decorated with Japanese Rice wine bottle. The restaurant are run by a Japanese and you're definitely warmly by the shop owner once you step in the shop. The restaurant are divided into 2 part which is the smoking area and the non-smoking area. Basically, customer had to order their food through ipad provided and the serving time are short which even though the restaurant are full house. Give a two thumbs up on service! 

Food: 

 

Grilled Pork With Half Boiled Egg Don 

This is the must-have in the restaurant which steal my heart and made me forget to take photo of others food . 

One little bowl of don had more than 10 pieces of pork slice, half boiled egg, pickled and rice. 

the pork slice are grilled to a slightly crispy but the fat still remain it juiciness. Pork slice are grilled with teriyaki sauce and sprinkle with sesame seed, teriyaki bought up the sweetness of the pork and sesame give a nice ending for the pork. Japanese rice are used in the don and it are cooked to perfection. 

Pork Neck Skewer RM5.50

This is one of the recommendation of the day. It differ from the don it because this was just grilled with salt which let you taste the original taste of the meat but their grilling skill are fabulous. One skewer consist of 3 piece of pork neck so its basically quite worth the price.

Shoyu Ramen RM1x

This ramen look simple on the menu but this is the taste i had been i longing and must have when my trip to Japan,

The ramen come with 2 slice of char siew, seaweed, fish cake and spring onions.

The soup base taste clear but it remain it sweetness and pork are well cooked till it melts in mouth 

Senya Izakaya not only offer the variety on pork but they also do prepare variety of seafood. So, please do try out the restaurant even though you're not a big fan of pork. 

 Total  Bill Cost: 

1 Shoyu Ramen

1 Pork Neck Skewer

1 Grilled Pork With Half Boiled Egg Don

1 Ashashi Beer 

1 Green Tea 

 + Tax

RM79

Personally think that the price range are affordable and it totally worth every single penny you paid! 

Extra Info: 

Senya Izakaya 鮮家 
Add: D5-G3-5, No. 1 Solaris Dutamas, 50480 Kuala Lumpur. 
Tel: 03-6205-4999

Häagen-Dazs @ KLCC

Häagen-Dazs is a famous ice cream worldwide but its is not a common ice cream between Malaysian due to the pricey price. To be honest why I think Häagen-Dazs still remain as one of the top in ice cream world is because of their creamy and soft texture of ice cream. 

Häagen-Dazs is one of my best place to cure my sudden craving for chocolate and ice cream which is  the fondue. 

Fondue RM64 

Häagen-Dazs  fondue comes with:

4 mini scope of      vanilla ice cream

4 mini scope of Belgian chocolate ice cream

4 mini scope of cookie& cream ice cream

4 mini scope of strawberry ice cream

4 piece of chocolate sponge cake 

4 piece of vanilla sponge cake 

4 piece of love letter

3 piece of cookies

fresh fruits

nuts

Basically, one fondue can serve for min.4 pax. The chocolate doesn't spoil the texture of ice cream but it give the harden chocolate give the crispy feel to it. 

Extra Info: 

Address :

 KLCC

LC-C01A, Concourse Floor

Suria KLCC

Kuala Lumpur, 50088

Tel: 603-2162 0412

Fax: 03-2162 0411