Brunch at Dotty's Pastries & Coffee

Dotty's Pastries & Coffee is located at 20, Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur. Its operating hours are from 8am to 8pm daily. There are other outlets in Klang Valley.

Went there for brunch last Sunday, December 16, 2018 with my friend and her niece and nephew. We ordered big breakfast (RM36) ~ two eggs, chicken sausage, slow cooked baked bean, eggplant, sauteed mushrooms, grilled tomato, freshly baked bread and salt beef ~

  

Chocolate French Toast (RM18) ~ chocolate Ganache layered Brioche served with cinnamon whipping cream and topped  with almond flakes, caramelised bananas and crushed peanuts ~

 as well as ginger breads, 

chocolate doughnut (RM6)

 and salted egg york doughnut.

Location ~ quite a distance

Parking ~ difficult to get 

Seating ~ indoor only

Food presentation ~ typical

Portion ~ acceptable

Taste ~ good

Price ~ expensive

Service ~ alright

Coming back? ~ yes

Till next week, looking forward to my year end break.

Big Bad Wolf Books Sale 2018

The Big Bad Wolf books sale was held at Mines International Exhibition & Convention Centre for 24 hours non-stop from 10am on December 7 to 12 midnight on December 17, 2018.

 Went there on Saturday, December 8, 2018 from 9.45 am to 10.45 am.

The sale offered 75% to 95% discount on all 4.5 million books.

Bought four books for RM30.

Till next week, excited to have books to read :)

Lunch at Zang Toi Cafe

Yesterday I caught up with an ex-colleague for lunch at Zang Toi Cafe located in Parkson Pavilion Lot 4-42, Level 4, Pavilion KL.  I've never been there before.

I had West 57th nasi lemak with beef rendang
~ coconut rice served with egg, sambal ikan bilis, peanuts and cucumber pickles ~

 while my ex-colleague had spicy curry laksa.

 We ordered the lunch set (RM24.90) which comes with tea punch (hot for me and iced for her) and lime tea cakes.

Location ~ convenient as it is in a shopping mall

Seating ~ indoor and very limited

Food presentation ~ acceptable

Portion ~ typical

Taste ~ good

Price ~ a bit expensive

Service ~ good

Coming back? ~ maybe

Joined the crowd at Big Bad Wolf books sale next...

Celebrating birthday at Warakuya

Last Saturday, December 1, 2018, I treated a friend for her birthday dinner at Warakuya Japanese Restaurant located at 1, Jalan Radin Tengah, Sri Petaling, 57000 KL. Yesterday was her actual birthday.

  Its opening hours are from 11.30 am to 11 pm daily.

 We had hot green tea (RM2 per person) and shared special warakuya roll (RM18.90),

grilled salmon maki (RM18.90), 

chicken nanban age (RM14.90), 

dobin mushi (RM9.90),

kani karaage (RM19.90),

mango sushi (RM11.90)

and mochi durian (RM9.90)

with complimentary jelly.

 You know Christmas is just around the corner when you see a Christmas tree in the cafe.

Location ~ not too far
Parking ~ hard to get
Food presentation ~ quite nice
Portion ~ tiny
Taste ~ good
Price ~ alright
Service ~ clumsy, loud and non-English speaking staff
Coming back? NO

Till next week, happy birthday!

Lunch at Memorie Cafe

Memorie Cafe is located at B1-11, Jalan 11/ 108C, Midfields Square West, Taman Sungai Besi, 57100 Kuala Lumpur.

Its operating hours are from 10 am to 10 pm daily.

Went there for lunch on Saturday, December 1, 2018.

Ordered grilled lamb shoulder spaghetti (RM19.80), passion fruit asam boi (RM8.90),

nasi Memorie (RM14.90) and hot honey lemon (5.90).

Location ~ nearby

Parking ~ not available so have to park quite a distance

Seating ~ outdoor and indoor

Food presentation ~ typical

Taste ~ spaghetti is alright but the nasi lemak so-so only

Price ~ affordable

Service ~ order and pay at the counter so not much of a service

Coming back? ~ highly unlikely

Celebrated advanced birthday next...