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Max Chin
This is Max Chin living in Setapak. I work in Kuala Lumpur City Center. I like to hang out in Kuala Lumpur City Center, Setapak, Bandar Utama. Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Asian, German are my favorite cuisines. I also love Café, Restaurant, Stall and Bak Kut Teh, Yong Tau Fu, Steaks / Chops, Nasi Lemak, Steamboat.
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Drink More Milk OK Feb 23, 2013   
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Categories : Western variety | Café | Burgers / Sandwiches | Sweets/Snack

Early morning, i am awaken to drag myself to accompany someone to join in an appointment in Publika. The nearest cafe i happened to spot is Wondermilk cafe. At first glance it looks like a coffee house, but over here they don't sell coffee but instead they sell Milk. Though they did serve a number of drinks & food, you can find sandwiches, grill meat, cup cakes & a number of drinks. But since the shop name is "Wondermilk" and i am not against or resist to drink milk, ordering one is not an issue since i am alone anyway.
Counter & Displays

Counter & Displays

 
Now, as i walk in to the restaurant. There are a number of people queuing in front of me, i took the opportunity to snap pictures while did a few round of quick browsing on their menu and decide to have a toffee wondermilk & Honey mustard chicken sandwich as my meal. Customers are seen busy browsing the stores like i did, well they sell quite a number of items like cup cakes & some English cookies. I guess people just like to have a quiet environment to sit down & have a cup of coffee...opps~~i meant milk.
Seating areas

Seating areas

 
Now the seating area, it is facing a window. Just a one straight line of tables with steel chairs, with a number of wooden tables nearby. Facing the window & drinking the coffee...opps...I meant milk again seriously. Sitting here while drinking gives me an opportunity to look at passerby & what people are doing, not to mention the girls that walk pass the cafe, it gave me something to look at while waiting and drinking. Guys, you know where you should be sitting already?
I Got Number 15

I Got Number 15

 
Numbered canned

Numbered canned

 
Now when you order food or probably drinks, that they need to take time to prepare. In snowflake they gave you a lighting plastic and it vibrate when your dessert is ready, over here? Guess what? They gave me a canned, like a canned food with number on it. So the staff will know which customer they need to serve the food to. Smart, really. Economical & special, unlike those with snowflake, this one is much cheaper and serve the purpose for me to remember them, as the cafe who gave me a "canned food" Oh ya, the setback is they only accept credit card if my order is above RM50, now i personally don't like this, especially when i don't have cash with me, i have to walk long way down just to withdraw some cash nearby.

Staff here, the cashier. Is like coming to work with no mood, before i ordered i hesitated on what to order. But this cashier, is not lending me a hand or give me some recommendation on their dish. So i have to rely on my instinct then, please give some help to people especially when he or she is lose as to what to order, working here make you know what is the best food or at least we, customer assume you did so please help us next time.
Toffee Wondermilk

Toffee Wondermilk

 
Having fresh flowers on their table further make the experience good, as if it is so natural here (It is real flowers), i mean the environment. Now the toffee wondermilk, in a small cup cost RM7.00 quite expensive for a milk. It is so sweet and my brain tell me nothing else, now...How wonder is the "Wondermilk" now? beside utterly sweet?
Honey Mustard Chicken Salad

Honey Mustard Chicken Salad

 
Now the sandwich, serve with few pieces of vegetables with some scramble potatoes mixed with eggs, cucumber. Now the bread, they are using the whole meal bread, a healthier choice. Inside the sandwich we have few pieces of chicken breast meat with a pieces of cucumber and the Honey mustard sauce just blend in nice and perfect. Bite into the sandwich, the honey mustard sauce that blend with the chicken meat perfectly, make every bite of the sandwich is so juicy, the sweet sauce make the chicken breast meat not too "boring" to chew. Chewing chicken breast can be painful because it is generally hard, but chewing with honey mustard makes it more enjoyable.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich
 
Date of Visit: Feb 23, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately RM20(下午茶)

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太薄的咖啡味 OK Feb 14, 2013   
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Categories : Western variety | Café | Burgers / Sandwiches | Halal | Bakery / Cake / Kuih

我本人对Starbucks 咖啡店的咖啡没有什么特别好感,原因是他的咖啡味道不是很重咖啡豆的香味也不是很好。这杯Caramel Macchiato 从表面上看起来美观,浓浓的牛奶上有一层的Caramel,喝起来的时候别有一番享受。浓浓的牛奶味加上带甜的Caramel酱,是唤起味觉的开始。
caramel macchiato

caramel macchiato

 
不过当那层的Caramel加牛奶被喝完的时候,下面的咖啡就没有什么特别了。咖啡的香味和浓度都比不上许多的中小型咖啡店,喝底下咖啡的时候虽然有牛奶和Caramel来在这个饮料添加一点色彩不过还是比上不足比下有余,这牛奶和Caramel在这方面发挥不了太大的作用。如果要夺得咖啡品尝者的欢心那么Starbucks就得花多点心思在咖啡豆上了,饮料只是好看不好喝时没有什么用的。
 
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Taste Good But Inflated Price Smile Mar 08, 2016   
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Categories : Chinese | Restaurant | Private Party

Ordered philippine egg plant, nyonya fried rice and crab meat tofu for the dinner, the taste as usual is awesome especially for the egg plant, crunchy...spicy and sour.

Nyonya fried rice portion is okay, well cooked and had great eroma smell of the spices. Crab meat tofu is quite normal, not a great dish that i will recommend.

Tissue paper is hard and rough, does not feel good using it. Prices has increase dramatically, prices of menu has changed though, at least by 30%
Taste Normal

Taste Normal

 
Crunchy, Sweat and Sour

Crunchy, Sweat and Sour

 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Nyonya Fried Rice, Philipine Egg Plant
 
Table Wait Time: 15 minute(s)


Date of Visit: Mar 08, 2016 

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Rich Herbal Flavored Soup  Smile Sep 20, 2013   
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Categories : Chinese | Restaurant | Bak Kut Teh

Located along the highway of Jalan Kuching, here sit a hidden gem, a bak kut teh restaurant. Started off as a stall and now upgraded into a proper air conditioned restaurant, Yu Yi restaurant had been in business for more than 30 years and is now run by both the father and the son together. Upon arrival, we are given a warm welcome by the restaurant owner with some introduction of his restaurant plus the cooking method, it make me learn something new today by just listening.

The restaurant seems pretty well kept, as it considered clean for a bak kut teh restaurant. all the table are wipe clean and floor seems to be very clean as well, i had a glance on the menu, most of the food here cost roughly about RM9 to RM12, which is affordable to many people considering that we are eating in a air conditioned place, it is quite value for money.
Different type of rice

Different type of rice

 
Before each bak kut teh is served, we are being spoiled with 3 different type of rice, which is the "oil" rice, the normal white rice and the special fried rice. Personally i prefer to have the bak kut teh with the normal white rice as the other 2 type of rice just kill off the original taste of the food. Pouring the bak kut teh sauce on the white rice not only make you able to fully tasted it but also make you craving for more white rice.
Dried Bak Kut Teh

Dried Bak Kut Teh

 
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The first one being serve to us was the Dried bak kut teh, the sauce is pretty thick but however it was quite stingy in terms of the sauce given on this dish, i would love it even more if the sauce can be given more generous than the one served to us, having said that, the meat texture was good and i love the sauce thickness, that give you the shock of taste bud with full mouth the sauce flavor, slightly salted and sweet, it was great. tongue
Yam Chicken

Yam Chicken

 
Now moving to the next one, the yam chicken. First of its kind, at least for me, the first time tasted such food. The first bite was great, i love the texture of the chicken meat, just smooth and nice to chew on. The flavor of the Yam, is overwhelming, each and every bite give you the full sensation of Yam and it also carry some spicy taste, it was a great dish which i definitely recommend to my friend to try it out. bowlchopstick
Pork Leg in Thick Soy Sauce

Pork Leg in Thick Soy Sauce

 
The Pork Leg in soy sauce is also good, however the dish given too many fat tissues part with too little meat on it. I think this dish can be more perfect if more meat is being given rather than a whole bowl of fat tissue only. The best part about this dish is the sauce, which give you the wholesome soy sauce taste, the thick soy sauce is a great companion to the white rice, it just a great appetite simulator.
Abalone Mushroom

Abalone Mushroom

 
Moving on to the next dishes, the abalone fried mushroom. Quite a normal and common food you see on steamboat restaurant but what makes it so special is the restaurant owner actually teach you to dip the mushroom into the bak kut teh soup ! Just like how you did it for the "You Tiao" the same logic can be applied here as both food are absorbent to soup, it is kind of special to eat it with the bak kut teh soup, it give you the taste of the crunchy mushroom plus the heavenly flavored bak kut teh soup, a good combination smile
Pork Stomach in pepper soup

Pork Stomach in pepper soup

 
The Pork stomach soup is served, doesn't really differ a lot with the normal one, in fact slightly poorer as the soup pepper is not too strong, so it doesn't make me crave for me on this dish. The pork stomach texture was however good but if more pepper can be given in the soup, i guess it will make it more perfect, perhaps the soup should be heated up even more as well, probably because of the air condition, when i tasted the soup i can only say it is warm instead of hot soup.
Abalone Slice Taufu

Abalone Slice Taufu

 
This Taufu is quite special, with a special name called Abalone slice Taufu. With a thick layer of sauce on top of the Taufu, and some vegetable, the Taufu is so soft than i can literally eat it without biting it, it literally melted in my mouth. The thick sauce on the surface give a boost of sweet taste to this dish, the vegetable served together with the Taufu is also fresh and juicy, definitely a good dish to have it side by side with the bak kut teh.
Nyonya Bak Kut Teh

Nyonya Bak Kut Teh

 
And now finally the Nyonya Bak Kut Teh, it is a sour and spicy type of bak kut teh, first time tasted such a new taste of bak kut teh. While the Nyonya dish is special however given a choice i will like to have the traditional soup based and the dried bak kut teh, as it give the natural and original taste of the dish. Texture of the meat was good, i enjoy the chewing process when eating these dishes.

Overall the smacking part of this dining experience will be the soup part, it give me the most taste bud shock as it has been quite long since i tasted a bak kut teh that give me such a strong herbal soup taste, however a few thing that need improvement will be the quantity of sauce plus the temperature of the soup as most of it is not hot but only warm. We also receive a good and attentive service from the crew of the restaurant, it was an enjoyable experience which i definitely like to revisit again.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Soup Based Bak Kut Teh,Dried Bak Kut Teh
 
Date of Visit: Sep 18, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately RM20(晚餐)

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Categories : Italian | Restaurant | Pizza/Pasta | Steaks / Chops

Hiding at the back of main road, the Palazzo sit quietly, remain unnoticed until the day i am invited to participate in MakanVenture event. Served Western cuisine and a number of low to mid range wines, the restaurant is decorated fully focusing on bringing out the modern western gourmet atmosphere, armed with relaxing English musical, it is definitely a good place to relax while shaking the glass with red wine.

We are also informed by the restaurant owner prior to the start of the event that every rainy day, there will be 30% discount for all dishes, i guess it is crowd puller during rainy days as most restaurant might be empty during rainy day.

 
The first dish to arrive, Pumpkin soup. I am quite impress with the rich and thickness of the soup. Probably one of the best tasted in Klang Valley, however the set back is that the temperature of the soup is not high enough and the absence of crunchy biscuit make the dishes incomplete or rather not satisfying enough.

 
Spanish Patas, come in second. The cracker is quite crunchy but a little bit hard to bite. Overall tasting is quite good, with my tongue overwhelmed with sour taste. If the cracker can be made softer and remain its crunchiness then i believe this dish can be great as well.

 
Probably one of the best meal starter, the restaurant has to offer. A full plate of vegetables with smoked salmon, poured with thousand island sauce, made the salad so refreshing. With every chew of the vegetable, it comes with cold fresh taste. The smoked salmon there is to add some spice to the dish, eating the vegetable with the salmon, it is just smokin good.

 
Probably one of the dishes favorite by almost everyone, the roasted pork is said to be one of the signature dish that the Palazzo has to offer. Not overly oily and yet the pig skin is so crunchy that we all literally heard the voice of pig skin crunching inside our mouth. The meat flavor is great, not the usual mouth full of oil type roasted pork. smile

 
Highly recommend by the restaurant manager, this dish had a special name "I Love Ribs" we need to wear glove to enjoy this dish, it is best to enjoy this with your hand holding the ribs and eat it. Never mind about the dish making your hand dirty, we are told to backdate to tradition. The ribs however aren't as best as i expected, probably because i tried the one in Bali before. It is not as sweet as it should be, ribs flavoring is not as strong as expected as well. However the experience of cutting the ribs by ourselves is quite good, at least now we know how to cut open ribs in a professional way.

 
This grill fish comes in second half of the event, eating by itself you can taste the freshness of the fish meat. Fortunately the dish came with the mint sauce, dipping into it, it just added the spice to the whole dish, fresh fish meat plus with strong mint taste, taste just good and great.

 
Seafood pasta is the "wow" dishes that everyone like to finish, lots of muscle there. However the sauce is not well prepared and does not bring the good taste of the muscle. The sauce is sweet but it is just too overwhelmed and i literally cannot taste the muscle, however some savior is the prawn, it will just blend well with the sweet sauce however i won't say this is a good dish though the ingredient is exceptionally generous.

 
Comes almost at the last dish, the pork chop is good on the texture but not on its flavor. Mash potato however is good, very well done on both its flavor and not overly creamy.

Services rendered by the restaurant manager is great and friendly, definitely come again for wine gathering with friends.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Roasted Pork,Pumpkin Soup,Smoked Salmon Salad
 
Date of Visit: May 08, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately RM50(晚餐)

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