K.L, Malaysia: Kafe Snowflake

Our short trip to Kuala Lumpur brought up three favourites, two of which we returned to twice. Kafe Snowflake is one of the two of course (the other is an awesome dim sum resturant: review out this Friday), and is really a Taiwanese-inspired chain of iced desserts which would satiate your sugar cravings as well as give brief reprieve from the heat and humidity...

K.L, Malaysia: Nando's

There's one fundamental difference between the Nando's in Singapore and the Nando's in Kuala Lumpur - the price. With everything else pretty much identical, you can get say, a half portion of chicken for RM19.90 (slightly over S$8.30 compared to S$17.90 here) or a whole grilled chicken for RM38.90 (about S$16.30, again compared to S$33.90). You can't fault me...

K.L, Malaysia: Ying Ker Lou

Glenn wanted to try out some Chinese-Hakka cuisine in Malaysia, but since the more popular ones were too far off from where we stayed we settled for this restaurant at the posh Pavilion Kuala Lumpur mall. This is one of the shopping malls in K.L where you would be totally spoilt for choice for food by the way, just look at the food directory at the link here....

K.L, Malaysia: Happy Meal

Many Malaysian food blogs have raved about the durian puffs from Happy Meal at Petaling Street but these did not out to be as great as we would have expected them to be. Perhaps it was a case of overly raised expectations, but we do know it couldn't match up to some of the ones we have here in Singapore - most especially the king of all durian puffs at Goodwood...

K.L, Malaysia: Nasi Lemak Tanglin

This Nasi Lemak stall took a little walking to get to, but since it was so highly recommended by some blogs and even a food guide endorsed by the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism we thought it would be well worth the time and effort. It's located near the National Mosque as well as close to the Kuala Lumpur Community Clinic. For Singaporeans, don't think this is...

K.L, Malaysia: Restoran Chee Meng

Chee Meng Chicken Rice has a fairly long history, dating back to 1965 when it first started out as a humble chicken rice and porridge stall at Old Klang Valley. It's most popular chicken rice shop is now located along the famous Bukit Bintang street in Kuala Lumpur. Chee Meng specialises in Hainanese-style chicken rice but I would leave it to the experts to...

K.L, Malaysia: Krispy Kreme

The donut craze has long gone and passed us, but the bigger chains are still trying to hang on here in Singapore and Malaysia. Krispy Kreme has yet to arrive in Singapore though (I doubt it even would in the near future), so the least we could do was try these much-raved about donuts during our little holiday in Kuala Lumpur. It's no rocket science making these...

K.L, Malaysia: Marrybrown Chicken

Marrybrown Chicken is Malaysia's answer to the world-famous KFC, with a "global reach" of over 250 outlets in countries like Indonesia, China, India, Kuwait, Qatar, Syria and even Iran. The menu is identical to that of KFC's, with the main focus on fried chicken and chicken burgers. If I have to be blunt though, I would say Marrybrown was quite bad and fell...

K.L, Malaysia: Restoran W.A.H

Blogs, travel guides, websites, you name it, at one point or another, the popular Jalan Alor food street is bound to come up as you go through the pages looking for something good to try. Even more so, the famous Ayam Panggang (more familiarly known as barbecued chicken (wings)) comes highly recommended by many, so there was no way we could possibly pass up...

K.L, Malaysia: Oblong Burger

When we headed up to KL, I knew I would be stacking up the calories on the quintessential Ramly Burger. Malaysia is, after all, the motherland of the Ramly, and the burgers here come at half the price you would get at Singapore's night markets. A new kid has made its presence felt though, and for all its worth I think the Ramly has met its match. Never mind...

K.L, Malaysia: Lot 10 Hutong

This series of posts is way overdue, almost six months now since the trip in May this year, and knowing the volatility of the F&B business in KL I wouldn't be able to guarantee that these places are still around now surely. Then again, many of the places that you will be seeing on this blog come well-recommended by the Malaysian food bloggers, websites and...

Sin Kee Famous Chicken Rice

I may be behind the curve on this one, but I'll be honest and say I've not heard about Sin Kee Famous Chicken Rice (yes, that's the name of the place) till my colleagues took me there for one of our lunches. We've been back for quite a few times since then, and because good things are meant to be shared, here's something for you to chew on. The winner here is...