It’s still early for dinner but almost all cafés were full with people. We were hungry and wanted to have a wholesome meal. Luckily there were not much people in Food Garden (maybe because of the food not tasty?). Most workers there were foreigners but they were polite and friendly in recommending their dishes.

I ordered a Ladna Thai Special from Lanna Thai Stall. My brother took Briyani Rice with Chicken from Kebab House.The Ladna Thai Special (MYR7.30) consisted of white rice with Green Curry chicken with basil leaf, Mango salad, Long bean with Thai Chili sauce and Fried peanuts.
The Green Curry was well-fragrant with basil leaves, perfect gravy with white rice but not the chicken breast as the chicken was overcooked to a tough texture. The Mango Salad and Thai Chili sauce were so appetizing, made me to have an extra bowl of rice!My brother’s Briyani Rice set (MYR13.75) came with a Roasted Chicken Leg and Brown sauce. The rice was fluffy and not greasy at all. The chicken was roasted to a perfect doneness -- juicy with nice spiced-aroma. The only complaint was too plain – lack of fibers.

I heard from friends that Pontian Wanton noodle is served with special tomato sauce. It is a different version from the usual Wanton noodle.

There is an outlet of Pontian Wanton Noodle near my working place. We went there for lunch in an afternoon. The interior was designed to a kintergarden-like canteen, with colourful furnitures.

There were set menus and a la carte items. I opted a set with Wanton Noodles in Tomato sauce + Hot tea while my colleague took the Wanton Noodle in Chilli Soy sauce + Hot coffee set (MYR6.50 per set for small portion).It was a disappointed lunch for us. I found that they used the commercial tomato sauce instead of homemade one to serve their signature dish. For the chilli soy sauce version, it was too oily to be eaten. Somemore the deep-fried Wantons were smelly due to the repeated used oil.

Craving for high-carb or protein food? SS2 Murni would be the best choice since their serving size was almost doubled than normal portion.

I have tried some of their signature dishes like Mee Raja, Pizza Dinosaur, Nasi Lemak Ayam Pandan and Spaghetti Bolognese. I took another Chef’s recommendation this time – Naan Garlic Cheese (MYR4.50) and Claypot Loh See Fun (MYR5.00).

Their services impressed me much. There were so many tables with different orders. I wondered how they remember every order without writing down and they managed to serve very fast without mistake.

I was sitting at the table near to the kitchen. So I could see all the dishes came out from the kitchen. Mee Raja and Chicken chop were the best sellers during that night!My food came within 5 minutes after taking order. The half-cooked egg became well scrambled egg after stirring the Loh See Fun in the hot claypot. The gravy was just nice coating on every strand of noodle. It’s really one of the best Halal Claypot Loh See Fun in town.The Naan was soft and fluffy with garlic aroma. It was the best when eaten hot without any dipping.

Though the price was costly than other Mamak restaurant, the food was value for money since the serving portion was big enough to satisfy your hunger!

I was running errand in KL central one afternoon. I missed the Indian vegetarian food which I used to eat when I was staying around there last year.

Gopala restaurant, a vegetarian Indian restaurant without onion and garlic served. Their lunch menus were different types of Thali sets.

I chose the Special Rice Thali set but the special rice was sold out. I ordered the basic Thali set (MYR6.50).The Thali set comprised of white rice, sambar, curry, 3 types of vegetable (cabbage with dhal, long bean and fennel), rasam, buttermilk, apam, pickles and a dessert.

Actually I like Indian food very much because the using of spices. I was here several times because their curry and sambar impressed me much.

The taste and flavor of curry and sambar was well-maintained during this visit. The only let down was the tad salty long bean.

I was attracted by the bunting which stated ‘NO MSG, NO SOUP CONCENTRATES, NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURING’ when passing by the restaurant. Without thinking much, I entered and took a seat at a corner table.

It was dinner time, the restaurant was quite full with customers. However, the service crew brought me a menu once I sat down and gave me an order sheet. There were several types of ramen (soup-based). Since I had a hard-boiled egg in the afternoon, I chose the one served without egg – Japanese Curry Ramen. There were options for the ramen types: flat or thin strands.My Curry Ramen came with thin Ramen with minced chicken and little spring onion. Their homemade ramen was chewy and tender. The soup was flavourful though totally different from local curry noodle.There were 10 condiments that could be dipped or seasoned as personal preferences. I tried to eat with everything and I found the original Curry Ramen was the best (no additional condiments needed).

I believed they did not use any MSG or preservative in cooking since I was not thirsty after finish the whole bowl of Ramen which I used to be. The only drawback was too little greens.