::Yuritei @ Sentul Koi::

I was introduce to this place by the bf. A plan for my birthday which I had 'destroy'. Hoho ...
Then browsing through people's blog about this place makes me wanted to come so much. Never been here myself yet I had introduced this place to a few friends which then claim that they love it. As the comments from other blogs, the place is nice but not the foods.

Until one day .. Here I am ..

Nice seating facing the lake.

Hidden in the middle of the city.

A Japanese garden - alike that will soothe the eyes.

Not much such place in the hustle bustle of KL, isn't it?

California temaki RM6

Salmon Temaki RM6

Tempura Udon RM12

Pineapple Fried Rice RM12.

Okie.. Enough of the praises. Let's get to the fact. My comment: The food is not worth the price. Needless to say, it does.not.taste .. well.. good. The service sucks .. with only 3 staff (the chef, the cashier and the waiter) - waiting is a must. Especially to wait for the foods. The environment not as nice as imagine. Yea .. the greenies and the lake soothes the eyes, plus hidden in the middle of a city .. but the inner side of the restaurant, which I assume 'energy saving' or 'cost-busting' etc. - with no air-conditioner nor fan to ventilate makes me feel stuffy and warm. Menu comprises varieties of foods - from Japanese style, to Western style to Malaysian style. But too bad, apparently the Western menu is just for fun-viewing - not available for order. Option of drinks is only lemon tea, pineapple juice and apple juice - from the bottle. Urghhh!!~
So the thought of relaxing with a cup of tea, chit-chatting with friends here had been diminished. Ah.. I expect too much before I came. End up I go back with disappointment.

::Curry Mee @ Semenyih::

I was told long time ago, that the wan tan mee and curry mee at this little coffee shop is worth a try. Located at Semenyih small town, just beside SRJKC Sin Min, at a tiny corner. I came once long time ago, but gave up waiting as the crowd is just too large for a tiny coffee shop. So today, in our hunt of curry mee to compare which is the best, we came early in the morning at 830am. Ridiculuos that I would even wake up that early =.=lll

This is my first time encounter with this type of ordering system. You walk in, find your table, lucky enough to get one, sit and wait to be serve. Don't waste your effort waiving your butterfly arm to them, as what we stupidly did. As.. they took order, they prepare for you, only then proceed to the next customer. First come first serve, one by one. Guess it's to avoid taking too many orders and end up miss out or overlook. Patience is very important here.

Tiny coffee shop as the oldies. Sometimes I feel that foods from this type of stall tasted much better. Sometimes..

Teh ping. Not to my favor.

Roti Bakar.

Yummy half boiled eggs!

Large Curry Mee at RM4.70. Broth is thick enough. Nice and traditional curry mee with yellow mee, tauge, taufu-pop and cockle. A nice traditional style of curry mee. I personally prefer the one beside Semenyih Market, modern version of curry mee - with additional long fingers, wild boar meat etc.

Here you go. A glance of it :)

Our breakfast for our labor break day!~ Simple, cost-saving, fulfilling.

::Kluang Rail Coffee @ Kluang, Johor::

Kluang Rail Coffee.

So classic.
Actually just a normal road side (in this case, railway side) coffee corner/ stall.
Nevertheless, this place has make Kluang a tourism limelight and people will drop by just to have a look/ try!

This place begin operating since 1983.
I had always associated this Kluang Rail Coffee with the franchise Kluang Station. Apparently, there are not! Ops.. a misunderstand there.
Look at the crowd @@
We had to stand and wait patiently before we get a seat. In fact, there is a lot of people standing and waiting - patiently. The usual me will just give up, but since we had came so far, I just make myself be extra patient this time, hopefully that it's all worthwhile.

There is the menu. Simple with few choices. And each come in a small portion, that you can actually order all to try out :)

Coffee or tea?

The pathetically small packet nasi lemak that is ready on the table and cost 70 cent each. One can simply had a few packets of this. Consist of a lil bit of rice, sambal and anchovies+nuts.. as in picture. Tasted OK.

Toasted bun. This one with peanut butter filling. This is yummy.

There is 3 choices of filling available.

Other than these, we also tried out the Mee Hon Siam which are also readily available on the table and cost 70 cent as well. I like the mee hon Siam at the franchise one better.
And we had half-boiled egg and pulut panggang as well.
It's not that licking good delicious but it's definitely a good experience. Worth to drop by if you happen to pass by Kluang :)

Kluang Rail Coffee

Kluang KTM Station, Jalan Station, Kluang, Johor.
Open 7am -12pm, 2:30 – 6pm. Closed Thursdays

::Tangkak Beef Noodle @ Tangkak, Johor::

During the previous trip down south on March.
We stop by Tangkak to try out the famous beef noodle.
Pricing of big bowl RM6, Medium bowl RM5, Small bowl RM4.
We opt for small bowl just for a try.

Sad to say, the beef noodle I had in Bentong, Pahang impressed me more.
They said it's because this time round, we try it with bihun, so the taste is not too good. I got no idea on that. Nevertheless, the soup isn't thick enough for me too.

Restoran Kuang Fei, Tangkak Beef Noodle (东甲牛腩面) @ Tangkak, Johor
20, Jalan Solok,
84900, Tangkak Johor.

Tangkak Beef Noodle had its branch at Jalan Imbi, KL and Melaka as well. And the price for different state is different.

Restoran Tangkak Beef Noodles

No. 133, Ground Floor, Jalan Imbi
55100 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 017-336 8805

Restaurant Sup Lembu Tangkak @ Taman Melaka Raya,
Melaka37, Jalan Merdeka, Tmn Melaka Raya. Melaka

::Hock Choon Kee @ Ulu Yam::

One fine day. Jalan Jalan Outting to Batu Caves and Ulu Yam.
Part 2 - after a heavy dim sum breakfast at Kepong, here we are climbing 272 steps up the Batu Caves. This is my first time here. Good experience.

After climbing the 272 steps of Batu Caves, here we are at Ulu Yam Lama for the so call famous Loh Mee. From homework done, they decided to go to the one I went last time, but I rejected the idea as I don't feel it is nice at all. So we go for option 2 - Hock Choon Kee Restaurant.

Fish Cake. Okie. The previous restaurant's is nicer as it is more 'toink toink' compare to this.

The famous Loh Mee. Which disappoint all of us! I think this taste better than the previous but I still think the one I had in KL taste better! Perhaps .. Ulu Yam's Loh Mee doesn't suit our tastebuds.

Glass Vermicilli. Same dissapointing.

We ordered one more Hokkien Mee but no picture available here. Total bill come up to RM54 which we mutually agreed it is expensive. The waiting time disappointed us as well. 2 hour+ for 4 dishes to be serve. Feels like growing fungus waiting for the dishes to be serve one after another. And it is just only noodles! @@
Kitchen doesn't look good. Lost my appetite after 'borrowing' the toilet which located in the kitchen and have a glance at the kitchen. Ok. I couldn't expect much from a village eatery. But but but .. I better stop mumbling. Bye.