Brunch at Caffeinated Cabin

Caffeinated Cabin is located at 64, Jalan 5/8, Jalan Gasing, 46000 Petaling Jaya. Its business hours are from 7am to 7pm from Tuesday to Sunday. It is closed on Monday. It is pretty hidden as there is no signboard. 

Went there for brunch on Saturday, September 23, 2017. There is only a few people when we came around 11.15 am and still as empty when we left around 2.30 pm.

We ordered orange juice (RM9.90),

 hot chocolate (RM11),

 scrambled eggs and pulled chicken (RM21.90)

 and chicken stew (RM24.90).

Location ~ quite a distance

Seating ~ indoor and outdoor

Food presentation ~ average

Taste ~ so-so

Price ~ a bit pricey

Service ~ acceptable

Coming back? ~ definitely not

Till next week, looking forward to the last Malaysian GP this weekend. 

Brunch at Jemi Cafe

Jemi Cafe serves western food and dessert. Its business hours are from 11am to 10pm on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday and 11am to 11pm on Friday and Saturday. It is closed on Tuesday.

It is located at 17-1, 2/109F Plaza Danau Desa 2, Taman Danau Desa, off Jalan Klang Lama, 58100 Kuala Lumpur. 

Went for lunch there on Friday, September 22, 2017.

We were the first customers at 11.10 am.

Ordered big breakfast ~ scrambled eggs, baked beans, chicken ham, sausage, sauteed mushroom, hash brown, salad and bread ~ and orange juice (RM23.90)

Ordered fried fish fillet served with fries and salad (RM18.90) and energiser fresh juice ~ apple+pear+beet root+carrot+lemon (RM9.90)

Location ~ nearby

Seating ~ indoor only as it is on the first floor

Food presentation ~ acceptable

Portion ~ reasonable

Taste ~ good

Price ~ affordable 

Service ~ good

Coming back? ~ Not so soon

Cafe hunting continues next... 

Brunch at Milligram

Milligram is located at No.8, Jalan SS26/4, Taman Mayang Jaya, 47301 Petaling Jaya. Its business hours are from 8.30am to 5pm on Monday to Thursday, 11am to 2am on Friday, 10am to 2am on Saturday and 10am to 11pm on Sunday.

Went there for brunch on Monday, September 4, 2017. It was pretty empty when we came around 11am but it was full before noon.

We ordered waffle but it was not available so we had Ozzie pancakes (RM16) instead.

We also had smoked salmon alfredo (RM26)

~ pasta cooked with spicy garlic cream sauce topped with smoked salmon slices and poached eggs ~

Location ~ quite a distance

Seating ~ indoor and outdoor

Food presentation ~ average

Taste ~ so-so

Price ~ pricey

Service ~ not so much as we have to order and pay at the counter.

Coming back? ~ probably not

Cafe hunting continues next... 

Lunch at Trust Issue KL Cafe

Cafe hunting seems to be Malaysian favourite pastime and I am joining them. I think I've joined them for a while now but I'll start with the latest one.

Trust Issue KL Cafe serves western food and specialty gourmet coffee. Its business hours are from 12pm to 12am on Monday to Thursday, 4pm to 1am on Friday and 12pm to 1am on Saturday and Sunday.

It is located at 102, Jalan Dataran Dwitasik, Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur. Went for lunch there on Sunday, September 3, 2017.

Ordered stir fried beef spaghetti (RM23)
~ Malay style spaghetti served with stir-fried beef ~
and hot lemon tea (RM5.90), 

one of the lunch promotion sets,

masak lomak waghih-san

~ succulent grilled beef in authentic masak lemak with salted fish and pickles ~

with hot green tea (RM15.90)

 and peanut butter dark chocolate tart (RM10) as dessert.

Location ~ nearby

Seating ~ indoor and outdoor

Food presentation ~ acceptable

Portion ~ huge (can't even finished the spaghetti)

and have to order additional bowl of rice (RM1) to finish the grilled beef

Taste ~ good

Price ~ a la carte menu is expensive 

Service ~ probably good but not if you're sitting outside as nobody serves outside

Coming back? ~ Nope

Cafe hunting continues next... 

SEA Games KL 2017

The 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur took place between August 19 and 31, 2017. The Games coincided with the Malaysia's 60th Independence Day.

The last time Malaysia played host to the SEA Games was back in 2001 when the country emerged as overall champion with 111 gold medals.

As tickets for most of the events are sold out, my colleague and I decided to watch the track and field events which does not requires any tickets.  After work on Friday, August 25, 2017, we went to Bukit Jalil National Stadium.

It was a great feeling listening to the roar of supports in the stadium. 

We also walked outside the stadium 

while enjoying the food bought from food trucks along the way to the LRT station.

Till next week, a round of applause to the Malaysian athletes.

Cameron Highlands

On Saturday, August 5, 2017, my colleagues and I went for an impromptu trip to Cameron Highlands.  Cameron HIghlands is situated at northwestern tip of Pahang. Our initial plan was to go on one-day road trip to eat durian. I've never been to Cameron Highlands so I suggested to go there. We had nasi lemak for breakfast before we left around 9 am.

Our first stop was (of course) at a durian shack. We ate 3 on the spot and brought back the rest.

We also made a few more stops.

At 2 pm, we stopped at Cameron Valley.

We stopped for scones with jam at the cafe

with a beautiful scenery of the tea plantation.

 Entrance to the tea plantation is RM2 where we spent less than 15 minutes.

After that, we stopped at a strawberry farm.

We just got to try the homemade strawberry ice-cream.

  Once we reached Brinchang, we stopped to look for accommodation. We didn't book any hotel so we just went to a few hotels and decided to check in at Hotel Remix.

In the evening, we went for steamboat dinner at Glory 78 Steamboat & Snack Corner.

We enjoyed the dinner. It was worth it.

After the filling dinner, we went to the night market. It was hard to find a parking spot as it was at residential area.  It was crowded but we managed to make our way through the crowd.

The next morning, at 7.50 am, we went to the farmer's market before breakfast.

At 10.15 am, we stopped at Boh Tea Plantation. The Sungai Palas Tea Centre is open everyday, except Monday, from 9am to 4.30pm. We entered the factory and learned the steps in tea processing. We left at 12.20 pm.

At 1.15 pm, we stopped at Strawberry Point till 1.40 pm. We had lunch at KFC before leaving for KL at 2.35 pm. We reached KL around 6 pm. Overall, it was a fun-filled weekend. Now I can gladly say that I've been to Cameron Highlands.

Coming up next is supporting the Malaysian athletes for SEA Games KL 2017.