Publika is a truly hipster area given that so many unique cafes and restaurants located there. Besides cafes and restaurants, there’s one more place here that shouldn’t being underrated, which is their eat food village.

Their eat food village is what we often say food court or hawker centre, where different stalls different foods are available here. This food village is pretty “atas”, with air-conditioned and practices good hygiene. The prices are slightly more expensive than normal food court, but this is the most wallet-friendly meals here in Publika.

They offer quite a few selections including Pan Mee, Chicken Rice, Hokkien Mee, Bak kut teh and more.I have tried a few stalls and I would like to recommend this Fish village Yong Tau Fu. The selection of Yong tau fu ranging from fish balls, fu chok, brinjal, chili, fish paste and many more. Basically it’s more than enough to satisfy your yong tau fu cravings.

You can choose their set meal which costs Rm9.50, with any four pieces of ingredients plus mee or mee hoon. They offer different types of mee, such as mee pok, Maggie mee, spinach mee, yee mee and mee hoon. It took my attention immediately because I can hardly find a stall that offers so many choices and I’m totally spoilt for choice.I went for their normal mee pok, with lots of bean sprouts and scallions sprinkle on top. For the ingredients, I opted for brinjal, chilies, okra and fish cake. Their mee is really springy and it suits my liking very well. However, the portion might not be enough for a big eater. While for their Yong Tau Fu, everything taste average, and it’s stuffed with generous amount of fish meat inside.

I will not suggest you to choose their fritters though because the texture is so hard as if you are chewing a rock with your fragile teeth.They offer other set lunch as well, such as grill squid with petai, grill prawn with petai, grill seafood and more. Each set comes with a bowl of white steamed rice.

If you are tired of all the café foods or you want to save some penny, head over to their food village and explore yourself!

I’m sure many of you out there are a fan of Japanese cuisine, I’m a diehard fan of Japanese food as well and hence I really love to explore Japanese restaurants.

Kinjuku Japanese buffet restaurant, located at C180, an eat-all-you-can restaurant where you can get your Japanese food craving fixed. They serve huge spread of Japanese food, basically you name it, and they have it.Talking about Japanese food, Sashimi is a must. They do really nice plating for the sashimi. I only tried their raw salmon and it tasted pretty fresh. Pairing it with wasabi and soy sauce, the freshness burst in your mouth and it tastes like heaven.Fresh oysters serve with lemon slices and their special dressing. We had two rounds for this!If raw food isn’t your thing, no worries! They have huge selection for other food as well. Try their fried scallop with mayonnaise, crispy on outside and moist inside, mayonnaise makes them tastes more flavorful.Agedashi tofu, a popular appetizer, coated with potato starch and deep fried until the outer shell is crispy. It’s served piping hot, topped with bonito flakes, seaweed and scallion. The sauce is then poured over the tofu and soaks the tofu to enhance the taste. There’s nothing much to shout about this, taste average.Their chicken katsu is a bit tasteless too, it could be better if the meat is more juicy and succulent.Their salmon mango temaki tastes very piquant. Lettuce, fresh salmon and mango is wrapped with seaweed, the mango gives the temaki a hint of sweetness, it goes really well with the salmon, doesn’t taste weird at all! Definitely one of my favorite dishes.

There’s a lot of foods which I didn’t manage to take a picture because we were too busy feasting! It normally costs Rm70 something per pax but we bought it from Groupon, it cost us around Rm49 per pax in the end, really worth the price for a huge spread like this!

Hidden among the hipster area at Publika, Coffee Stain by Joseph serves you aromatic coffee and provide you cozy ambience to chill on.

Coffee is what this place takes pride on, roasted coffee beans that being brewed perfectly. Besides, they serve you a wide range of desserts, pasta, waffle and rice. When you step into the café, you will be overwhelmed by their hipster vibes, where people would have their meeting here and sipping over their coffee, bonding with their friends or enjoy some me-time here.Their cappuccino is real good, both the taste and the coffee art. The bitterness is just right and it tastes smooth. It’s served warm to ensure that you’ll be able to taste the aroma of the coffee. Definitely worth the penny you spend.Creamy chicken carbonara. Comes together with boneless chicken thighs, garden peas, carrot slices, mushrooms with creamy valuate. It has strong flavor of vegetables so if you’re a healthy maniac then you should go for this.Every day is a cheat day! This Banana Frenchie indeed worth every pound of calories. Crispy and fluffy French toast topped off with Caramelised Bananas, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, flaked almonds, berries, strawberries and icing sugar.

The toast is super fluffy and soft; perfectly match with the moist yet sweet banana. The strawberries on the other hand taste a bit sour and it complements well with the banana and toast. This plate is served warm, with ice cream that literally melts in your mouth; it will get your craving fixed.If pasta and desserts is not your thing, you may try their Japanese curry chicken rice. Rice topped with sweet Japanese curry and a sunny side up, the portion is big enough to make you stuffed. Authentic or not we will let you decide.Go with their daily special menu and you will be able to get free chocolate drink with one main dish. Of course you can choose from hot chocolate or cold chocolate. Milk is added to the drink so it won’t be too sweet to drink.

This brightly-lit café is suitable for every occasions, be it a hang out, throw over a party, or a place to chillax. Comfy environment with good food served, if you have some time to spare, do drop by here!

Happened to be at ss2 few days ago and I were introduced to try out the wan tan mee at restaurant Chan Meng Kee.

The place was crowded by people especially office workers during lunch hour. I opted for their char siew wan tan mee and frankly to say, their wan tan mee failed to meet my expectation.

The mee came with char siew slice, spring onion, pickled green chilies and a bowl of wan tan soup. The mee was too moist to my liking. They stick together as a huge chunk and I was having a hard time to eat. I would prefer the mee to be dry and chewy a bit. Thus, there’s nothing to shout out about their mee.

To be fair, their char siew was pretty good. They were juicy and had strong flavor. It was sweet and savory. People who prefer heavier taste will love the char siew.Their peanut lotus soup did surpass my expectation. Came with lotus slice, chicken feet and lots of peanuts. This clear soup had strong flavor of peanut, tasted super fresh, the lotus was being simmered perfectly, and the texture was soft and easy to chew on. It was indeed a bowl of comforting soup to go with your lunch.

Restaurant Zhing Kee, located at Taman Bukit Melaka Bukit Beruang, a restaurant that draws huge crowd of local patrons regardless students or office workers to queue up for their signature roasted duck rice.
This restaurant has the best roasted duck rice that you shouldn’t miss. Everyday even before lunch hour, this place has already flooded by customers who come over for their roasted duck, char siew or siew yok. Do come early because their signature dishes will be sold out pretty fast.Roasted duck rice comes with generous amount slices of roasted duck, cucumber slices, black soy sauce and their special chilies dressing. Of course, you can request for different part of the duck according to your liking, different part comes at different pricing.

Their roasted duck has really crispy outer skin; the meat is super tender and succulent. I’m sure it will steal your heart away at its first bite. The juicy meat absorbs the fragrance of the herbs during roasting, it then literally burst in your mouth and the taste would linger in your mouth. It’s perfectly roasted and surprisingly the meat doesn’t dry up at all after being roasted.

Their special chilies dressing is a plus point as well. It’s a mixture of chilies and some herbs; it adds a mild spiciness to the steamed white rice and roasted duck. So far this is the best duck rice that I’ve ever tasted, and I’m not even exaggerating.

Even though we take away the rice but the taste doesn’t being affected at all. Pictures and words does not do it justice, do head over and try it yourself!