Chicken. Again. So I’ve visited this shop many times. I love, chicken. Especially the unique Uncle Bob chicken. I mean, who doesn’t love the well-known Malaysian owned and exclusive Uncle Bob Chicken? It had captured my heart for the first time I’ve taste it.

Usually here in Malaysia, we can find the delicious Uncle Bob chicken at the stall besides the road spread all over Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. There are even one or two simple shop in shopping mall. But now, presenting to you, the first ever in Malaysia… Uncle Bob Restaurant! It was the first ever opened and it was my dream come true. You can now dine in and have a proper meal of Uncle Bob’s Chicken.

The restaurant offers a unique menu choices such as Uncle’s Meal and Bob’s Meal. While other stall only have a few simple sets in their menu, this shop had it all! Those meal were what you would call worth it. They were much cheaper and satisfying portion for your tummy.

For those who don’t know, Uncle Bob chicken is a chicken fillet that was coated with special coating and then fried to crispy state and then flaked with spices to give a spicy and delicious taste.

Bob’s meal consist of one Uncle Bob Chicken, six pieces of chicken nugget, two stick of chicken satay and one drinks. It was the chicken-est dish ever. The food were good and it totally out a smile on my tummy.

For those who only wants a taste there is also the ala carte choice but for an ultime chicken lover like me, I’d say that those meals were much a better bargain.

I actually once had a bad dine in experience at this restaurant because of the bad service but I decided to come again and try my luck. The service did improve a little but still have lots of room for improvement.

If there’s anyone like me who totally is in love with chicken, this one’s for you.
 

While I was visiting my sister in Melaka, I told her I was craving for some Arabic food. This was the time when I was caught up in the Arabic food fever. All my life I had been a person that hates rice that were cooked with spices. But two weeks before that night I had first tasted Nasi Arab and it was like riding on a rainbow. I never thought it could be that delicious. So for the rest of the two weeks I’ve been going places to taste other Arabic food on the menu.

That night we drive off to Bukit Beruang for a quick detour of take away food before reaching home. She brought me to the famous Dima Restaurant, a restaurant that serves perfect Arabic food for people who are a novice like me.

But sadly luck was not by my side that night. We didn’t have time for a dine-in or even a long time to spare. On the outside threshold of Dima Restaurant, there’s a small booth of Arabic food stall, the also famous Kaliph Kebab.

Kaliph Kebab is also an Arabic food franchisee. The main restaurant was located in Shah Alam. But here at Bukit Beruang, they only have a small booth stall to taste the market before opening a new restaurant there.

Me being appreciating what food I had, I ordered 4 different kebab to be take away and savor at home. I ordered the Grilled Chicken Kebab, Grilled Beef Kebab, Chicken Shawarma and Kebab Sandwich. We drove hurriedly and I’ve been hugging the kebabs to keep it warm and hot.

At home, together with my brother in law, we swallowed every bit of the kebabs like there’s no tomorrow. It was delicious. It was marvelous and it was not enough. How I wished I would have ordered more. The chicken were marinated with the best of spices and it was marinated evenly. The lettuce were fresh and it give the kebab an amazing texture and crunchiness. The wrap or the ‘pita” was actually not dry! I’ve eaten kebabs before and sometimes the shop gives a hard and dried wrap. But not this shop.

I would ABSOLUTELY SURELY DEFFINITELY would come to the franchise in Shah Alam. Just you wait.

Who didn’t know about this famous place? I mean, this place was all over the TV and people was craving to come and dine in here.

Located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur near the Dang Wangi area, the shop was always packed with people. There would never be such a thing that this shop is not crowded. It was so famous that it makes the area jammed pack with cars trying to find a parking spot. So coming here with my motorcycle was a clever step.

The shop give you the exact western feel because of the decoration and lighting. The shop looked like a ranch where people wears cowboy hats and boots. The food was fabulous and original. The food was terribly awesome and the plates were full to ensure you don’t come home craving for any other snack. The meal varies from a simple chicken chop to the fancy venison steak or some New Zealand beef. There are even a set with Moroccan rice to fill your big o tummy. So there will be choice for everybody.

I planned to have a change of taste and here I am, suddenly ordering their Mixed grill and my friend ordered the Chicken Combo because he was feeling fancy. It was packed and it took some effort to call out the worker to order our food. Luckily the food arrives within minutes because my stomach was grumbling and we were both are starving. The food is a joyful and merry.

My stomach felt happy. My mixed grill consist of one piece of grilled steak, one grilled lamb, a small fillet of grilled chicken and 2 playful little grilled prawn. There were also their must have french fries and coleslaw complete with two piece of bread with the total price of RM15.00. It was more than affordable. The oriental gravy were poured all over the foods and it was satisfying. Though the steak were a little bit overcooked, everything else was fine and perfect.

On the other hand, the RM14.50 Chicken combo is a platter put with fried chicken chop, a piece of tempura fish and chip, 2 prawn and 2 pieces of mussel. And then of course, their french fries and coleslaw. The difference was, the gravy was black pepper flavored and they even provide some thousand island sauce and lemon slice to be eaten with the tempura fish and chip.

Our hunger was justified and satisfied. It was a happy time and happy surrounding for us. We both had great time and will surely come again to taste other western food they had to offer.
 

One more day on the steps of a chicken lover. Today I visited the Ayam Penyet Best franchise located in Aeon AU2 in Keramat area. I was just next to my favourite Uncle Bob Restaurant. The restaurant is in the G floor opposite of Orchid Restaurant.

The threshold were all according to standard with enough labeling of shop’s layout for customer’s ease and comfort. The sink, the toilet and even the trash bin were easily spotted and labelled. They have a systematic system were the waiter would that orders for you and if you have any inquiries and question, you could asked the waiter there. But the waiter is not really customer-friendly.

I have to ask the ingredients of the menu because on that visit, I brought along my friend who were allergic to shrimp a.k.a the all-around famous sambal belacan. I know. Sad.
The restaurant were obviously originated from the neighborhood land, Indonesia. It even had its unique tagline in Indonesian language: “acu cuba try test ayam penyet best ini…” which actually means “come and try this ayam penyet best…”

Obviously we ordered the Signature dish which is Nasi Ayam Penyet set and Lele Penyet for RM9.90 each. I had to minus the sambal belacan for my friend. They also have other unique and authentic Indonesian dish such as Empal Penyet, Bakso Penyet, Gado – Gado, Pecel, Sup Rawon, Dendeng Balado, Rendang Sapi and so mauch more! So if any of you would like to have a taste of Indonesian food, this is the place.

Our food arrives long after we ordered and it was cold. Now it’s time for us to enjoy our meal. The Nasi Ayam Penyet were truthfully a little bit disappointing. In my opinion, the authentic taste of classic spices were not quite absorb into the chicken. As in for the Lele Penyet, which is the same as Nasi Ayam Penyet but the chicken were replaced with catfish in penyet recipe. The Lele were better than the chicken. But some of the fish head were not cook thoroughly.

Not to be a bad critique but I think that a moderate Ayam Penyet Stall serves better taste than this one. the expectation is too high.

There’s a new mall opened recently named Quill Mall and my favorite spot there: The Original Milkshake Co at level 4, lot 4-63. The Original Milkshake Co or the TOM Co were a milkshake stall that give you a new meaning of comfort chilling. The shop’s decorations were cute and creative, along with interesting logo. The inimitable milkshake shop was created by a young Malay entrepreneur and now a blossoming industry that gives you colorful flavors to enjoy.

What I like about this shop was the milkshake offered was topped with crazy toppings that includes a range of flavors of cakes sold by the owner’s sister, which was also the baker of the homemade cake business – and famous, MAD treats dessert.

This milkshake joint has everything on their menu from normal original flavours to snickers and Nutella for them who had sweet tooth and even carrot and coconut for the one feeling tropical. And after selecting your flavor, you can choose any fun toppings you want! The drinks were categorized as premium and comes in 3 sizes, small, medium and large. The price start from RM6.90, RM10.90 and RM13.90 respectively.There were also the signature and classic categories that range from RM5.00 to RM15.90. 

For the desserts experts, there were almost everything –caramel, chocolate, oreo, marshmallow, muti-flavored ice-cream, peanut butter, popcorn, brownie, root beer, red velvet and the most surprising: pretzel milkshake. At first it blows my mind to just even read that but trust me, they worth their bearing name.

With nice air-conditioned environment, one cannot resist to stop and take a slurp at their milkshake. I put my order of a marshmallow-topped vanilla milkshake blended with peanut butter & Oreos and a Pretzel milkshake with pecan choc-chip. Talk about a roller coaster ride of flavor! The salty peanut butter marries the oreo taste perfectly and so sis the pretzel and pecan chocolate chip.And one more important last note. All the flavor might sound extreamly diabetic and dangerous, but trust me once again, it is not! It was blended well, the balanced taste, nothing too sweet or cloying. One HAS to try this.