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.
 

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.

Deep in the city, there’s a special mamak stall that sells the best roti special – the Mansion Tea Stall. The shop is always hidden until it makes the identity if the shop as a mystery. Most of the customers consist of people who lives in KL that knows the secret stall. The stall was regular and the menus were the same as the other mamak stall along the same road. But what makes it so special?

During my college days, my buddies and I would always craved for a midnight ‘lepak’ place. The problem is our regular mamak stall was always full of other students. That’s when we discovered this special stall.

Regular customer would always call it ‘Mamak Telur Goyang’. Don’t be mistaken. People call it that because the most famous menu of the stall is its Roti Special where the roti canai is cut in small squares and is dipped deep in curry gravy, or what the Malaysians called ‘roti banjir,’ then served along with two half boiled egg dancing in your plate just waiting to be eaten. The price was reasonable, which is RM3.50 per plate. The range of water was normal like other mamak stall but I’d suggest their ‘teh tarik’, because it was full of foam and creamy taste.

There were also other menu on the list but people would mostly ordered the Roti Special. You can opt to eat it with some ‘sambal’ which are full of fried anchovies (ikan bilis) which would totally give your meal some texture.

The environment of this shop was also chilling and relaxing. Most people would come here to chill and enjoy a different view of our beloved City of Kuala Lumpur. Teens and even officers who had just finished their work would come to the stall and eat. The stall was so small but yet the dining tables were arranged alongside the side walk, which actually would give you the old-school buzz of ‘lepaking’ at a mamak stall. What a memory.

Though I can’t say that this stall hadn’t had any downside. First of all, the stall was located at a very packed place so if you are thinking of coming by car, you would probably had to circle the block for a few times before you get any parking. The arrangement of the dining tables were too packed and closed with each other, making the customer felt a little uncomfortable, especially if you are a woman. Plus, because it is near with the city center, they can’t avoid the appearance of beggars. And the beggars there were quite extream to the point of touching and forcing. So people, watch out a little for your precious belonging. I’d say I wouldn’t recommend women to come here alone. I could get pretty scary along the dark alley. As for the hygiene issue, I’d say that a person with OCD should probably don’t come here. Because the shop was located near the river, there will me some mouse and other ‘unfriendly’ animals and at times there could be smells coming from the polluted river.