Deciding where to eat in 1 Utama can be difficult for sometime, especially when there is a lot of choice under one roof. All of sudden i heard a man shouting as i walk pass shops in Isetan food paradise, at first i though someone is fighting ?! after a closer look, i realize that it is the chef in this Ramen shop shouting as a preparing Ramen. Now they got my attention and i like to find out more, which i gladly went in to try out the ramen prepared here.

They do accept Credit card for any amount and Isetan Member card to collect points which i find it good to practice, people do not bring a lot of cash out now, and customer get to collect point in their spending is a plus point for me to revisit this shop again. .

The ordering system here is that, you pay before you get to dine. This system is not common in modern restaurant management, usually we dine in first and pay later, isn't it? That is not a turn off point for me, but i rather dine in first and pay later, it is a better service flow for me. There isn't much variety here, choices are Ramen, Dumpling and rice. After seeing the chef shouting as he prepare the Ramen, it only make complete sense for me to order their Ramen.

The staff here is helpful in helping out with orders, good in recommending dishes to the customer who came here for the first time. And after seated down, you can be serve with drinks in less than 5 minute, that is very efficient of them And the crew is very friendly, including the chef themselves which regularly greed / welcome customers as they came in and out of the shop.

The shop is very well maintained, with crew member cleaning up plate once customer had left the restaurant and done with their meal, there is no wet surface on the table, the one we usually see right after crew member clean the table with wet cloth. This one don't have, it is clean and pleasant environment.

Now wonder how the chef shouted as he prepared the Ramen, watch this video

First to arrive is a side dish, a Japanese Gyoza. It is grilled timely, not too long or too short period. The meat inside the Gyoza, is very nice. The meat is firmly hold on inside the Gyoza, it does not fall apart after the first bite on the Gyoza. The meat also had a very good flavored, marinated with seasoning and grilled. However the Gyoza is a little oily for me, it will be fantastic to reduce the oil used to grilled it, having oil around and inside your mouth as you chew the Gyoza is not a pleasant one. Second one to arrive, the main dish, Ramen. There is three type of soup available here namely Soy sauce soup, Black sauce soup and spicy sauce soup. I heed the recommendation given by the staff and i go for the black sauce soup, my Ramen comes with an egg and 2 pieces of pork meat, all this cost RM30+, kinda expensive though but it is a price i don't mind paying if the dish taste great. The soup taste is very fantastic, full of flavored Japanese soy sauce. The texture of the pork is great, especially the fat tissue part where it melt as it enter into your mouth, Great flavored pork meat and not too many fat tissues, a rather healthy choice for those who care about health. Look at the green vegetable provided, generously given to drink along with the soup, it just added a Vege flavor to the soup. Though the Mee look like the normal "Wan Tan Mee" but the soup and the other ingredient just make this dish, a great one that no Ramen lover should miss. Now the golden part, the egg. The first bite, a wave of egg yolk Tsunami wash through my mouth. Wow~~that is my favorite part. As shown in the pictures, the soft egg yolk is really appealing. Not too salty, tasty egg yolk and the Tsunami wave of Egg yolk is the best, you don't want to miss it definitely.

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. 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. 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? 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. 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? 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.

本来今天和同事们“组成”的为食团要吃Sushi Zanmai，可是去到店前面看到很多人在前面排队。。我们这些上班族的吃饭时间是一个小时罢了,所以当然没有这些事件在那里慢慢排队吃饭的咯~~那么去哪里呢？还是吃回日本餐不过不是寿司了现在是日本拉面。在这里不用排队就可以吃了。

大伙们坐下Order了还不到十分钟面就开始上桌了，超快的服务速度。这里的拉面特别之处，在那蛋里。。外面是全熟的蛋不过蛋黄却是在半熟的情况，很特别。这里的叉烧也不是省油的，叉烧的香味在嘴里翻滚中~~回味无穷。汤就还可以，不是很浓的汤味然后有一层油在上面喝起来嘴巴油油的。。感觉不是太好。面条的口感不错，瞒有弹性的不过看起来有点像云吞面。。如果把面换去比较厚的日本面条或许会更加好。

一碗面大概十八零吉左右，不会太贵当然也不算便宜，可是值得一试。

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。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。

Curious by its name, "Brilliant Nasi Lemak" I embark on a journey to dine at this restaurant. The amenity seems ok, quite a big restaurant but not a lot of people, perhaps is because of evening weekend season? 

I ordered ice lemon tea and a plate of Nasi Lemak Ayam Rendang and Sambal Sotong, the squid is too small and Rendang chicken is quite normal though, in short not very impressive.  

As a curious Chinese, I ordered the Pork Rendang too, this dish was quite a disappointment too as the Rendang taste completely overshadowed the pork meat taste, which make the dish completely meaningless by then. 

Food portion was quite small, not value for money at all plus with the taste of it, It won't be my choice of place for Nasi Lemak

I had submitted the photos under Opensnap, you may check out my photos at the photo section of this restaurant.