Cari Makan: Fat Spoon @ Damansara Uptown.

For the last four years, I have been spending pretty much all my time in Australia.  Never did I have much exposure to the new eateries that KL had to offer.  My parents being inclined the restaurants we frequent are usually clueless about the newer places in town.  Fortunately, Yobi and his sister has tried plenty of places.  After some chat yesterday, another good place that is in his good books is Fat Spoon @ Damansara Uptown next to Hon Kee Porridge. Not much convincing was needed as Yobi’s girl Josephine acknowledges that place as a good eating house!  When we went in I felt comfortable immediately causatively by the decor which bears a strong resemblance in motive to the decor at the Moon cafe in Perth.  Random furniture composed like lyrical nodes to create that perfect atmosphere.  But this place took it further by only using furniture which has a strong Asian influence.

Be the judge, the culinary tools.  And more importantly, they used very same style of storage cupboard which my grandmother uses back in Taiping.  Classic huh?  There is a lot more to the decor to this place than what I have taken but it was pretty crowded then, so I did not go around nosing my camera at every detail that this place offered.

When we went there, we were handed these kid storybook (pic above) which have been converted to a menu.  But that was only after a several moments of neck twisting action from trying to read the menu off the blackboard.  Hesitating on what to order and what not to order, we finally settled for three rice dishes.  Truth be said, we were not even hungry because of the sandwiches at O’Brien but had to eat in order to catch the Reds in action.  Good ending for Liverpool at least :)!

After awhile, our food came.  After being promptly offered extra plates for sharing, we happily tucked into our food.

  Nasi Goreng Sambal served with Pappadam.  The chicken was well fried and the pickled vegetables were every bit as delicious as it should be in a dish like one.  The fried rice was tasty the chicken was yummy and the pickles tasted fresh with all the heavier offerings on the plate.

Similar chicken and pickled vegetables might deceive but this fried rice was on an entirely different level from the other.  Cooked with finely chopped vegetables such  as lemon grass,  the Nasi Goreng Ulam had a hint of tom yam in it.  It was quite nice but one has to get used to the strong flavour.

Last up was the Nasi Kampung.

The Nasi Kampung comes with Fat Spoon’s specialty Nonya Curry, Salted Egg, Stir fried beans and tamarind prawns.  My whole family thought it was pretty good although mom and dad preferred the other two.  I think the specialty curry did not stand out well enough.  However, the salted egg complimented the curry nicely.  My dad first told me about this combination a couple of years ago and ever since, I have found it to be very delicious!

The offerings of this Rm14.90 meal was pretty decent.  Some prawns, chicken, vegetables and egg.  Pretty good value if compared to the 30 dollar Nasi Lemak at Madam Kwan’s.  A bit small but still, it was a whole lot of variety!

Lastly, when I saw this on the menu, I just had to try it.  Crème Caramel.

Lol at Rm3.90 it was a steal.  But it tasted no different from the ones in the supermarket back in Oz.  So next time if I don't stay in Oz and start missing the diet crème caramel from the supermarkets, I’ll drop by again :P!

Liked this place, but I think coming here with friends might be more appropriate than with family.  Noisy bunch of teenagers make this place not so ideal for families.  I saw another family of three.  They look pretty out of place ahah.  Nonetheless, enjoyable!  Maybe noodles in my next visit!  Oh, I must not forget the super nice Iced Lemon Tea which was full of lemon taste.  This give me a reason to believe that their Rm9 hot chocolate will not be a rip off!

WenY

Cari Makan: Humble Chef @ Pusat Bandar Damansara

To my dismay, the buzz in the street was palpable.  Just moments earlier, before the duo setup their stage, the streets were so quiet and empty that it felt as if like they were not coming.  The Humble Chef is a household name for most people who study or live in the Damansara-PJ-Kl area.  With little to offer in its menu, it sparkles where it should.  Price and quality.  With fancy food such as pastas and pita, I was expecting a little cafe of some sort.  But instead, I was surprised by a food van. Operated by a modest crew of two, the van opens outside the street of McDonalds at HELP College above the highway.  Anytime between 9.30 till late, you can expect them to be there.

Speaking of the place located by the roadside and above the highway, we had quite some view ahah.

Patron queuing up for their food.  Presumably takeaways.

As I was super hungry after the Havaianas launch party, Yobi decided to bring  me here to try out their delicious Lamb Pita as well as the Lamb Omelette.  But of course his two sisters are to be thanked for their suggestions.  And thanks to Yobi for bringing me to the Havaianas event.  Quite a good one.  Although I did not take any alcoholic beverage, the free soft drinks were good as well. =D!  The tapas served were miserable but substantial enough to last for a while.

On the food, we ordered:

Lamb Pita!! The pita bread was filled with lettuce, and overflowing with minced lamb mixture.  The lamb mixture was a tasty combination of mayonnaise and I felt some cheese in there too!  Definitely a steal at Rm4.

While the lamb omelette was not the most presentable, it tasted pretty good. It only costed Rm2.50 and it was the same size like the pita bread.. Almost.  The omelette was stuffed with the same ingredients like the one in the lamb pita.  However, it did not go as well as the pita bread did.

After having two of those, I was not hungry but was not excessively full.  A sufficient amount for the night I have to say.  I took some other pics too.

The humble chefs at work in their little van

The menu

Errr? Rm5?Rm4?Rm2.5?  I thought they never existed anymore! Apparently not!

Yummy stuff! Loved it!  Definitely worth coming back when other places feels over-visited. 

WenY

The Little Things: Bird’s Nest

Earlier last month, when the little darling left KL to visit her relatives in Penang, her mom brought a few gifts which included a packet of unprocessed bird’s nest.  I was not really too keen on touching it at first but soon got myself to clean it up.  Dad helped of course.  The bird’s nest was known in the past to be a very popular and fancy delicacy.  Chinese opera singers thought that it would make their voices sounds good so, I decided to double boil the birds nest in the slow cooker a few days before the IELTS speaking test ahaha.  Wonder did it work. Hmmm

 

The unprocessed bird’s nest on the board.

 

On the plate before soaking!

 

After soaking the bird’s nest for one day, the tedious job of sorting the fine feathers from the the “nests” itself started.  The best way to do this I guess is to keep on sorting the large clumps of cleans bird’s  nest from the dirtier ones.  And then, put the  impure ones in another bowl of water and let the feathers fall off by itself.  After, four days of effort, the bird’s nest is finally ready to be cooked :D

 

Jeng Jeng Jeng Jeng :P!!

 

It was really delicious when cooked.  All you would need is rock sugar and water along with the bird’s nests and after four hour, you will get a yummy drink :)!

 

Ok that’s all nothing much eheh.  Can’t wait for the weekends.  Hope to get some sushi into my tummy!

 

WenY