D'Cuisine | Plaza 33,PJ

If you have been to Plaza 33 at Jalan Semangat (beside Jaya 33), you will probably known to Kampachi and Coliseum. Recently, I visited a restaurant just beside Coliseum which I find it quite interesting, it is called D'Cuisine. 

This is how the inside setting looks like. I actually quite like the concept, comfort dining especially a place for small chit-chat and gathering with friends.

D'Cuisine is a fusion restaurant and recently revamped their menu to Peranakan and Chinese Fusion cuisines. All the food served are pork free, however they do serve alcoholic beverages in the restaurant which makes it non-Halal.

Let's see what they have!

Apple and Orange Juice- RM 9

Freshly squeezed pure apple and orange juice. However the mixture green apple and orange were a bit too sour, probably it will be better if they can add a red apple to bring out the sweetness.

Blackout- RM 13

This was recommended by the waitress. It is blackcurrant and yogurt ice blended. You will love it if you are a blackcurrant fan. There also have a range of mocktail and cocktail to be served, since it is lunch time, we still prefer juices to go with our meal.

Calamari with Salt & Pepper- RM 22

When ordering a deep fried calamari, I always came about the thick crunchy batter which I hate it so much. But this Deep Fried Calamari with sea salt & white pepper actually surprise us and we totally in love with it. Just a light batter on the calamari which you won't feel any crunchiness on it and still preserve the juiciness of the calamari. The wok fried oat flakes and chilli pepper cubes on top is the magic that spice up the whole dish. Definitely a must try dish!

Chicken Tom Yam-RM 28

The portion of this dish able to fit 5-6 persons. The tom yam soup comes with plenty of mushroom and chicken pieces, no stingy on their ingredients. We both love the tom yam soup, it is not super spicy, suitable to those who can't take spicy food too. With the price and portion, I would said it is quite reasonable. Must Try!

Yong Tow Foo Casserole Set-RM 28.80

Their Hakka Yong Tow Foo set comes with cold side dishes, rice and a soup. It looks like an ordinary dish to us but their handmade fish paste that they used actually wow us. The fish paste doesn't have the fishy smell and the texture was nice.

Baked Banana Filo with Butter Caramel & Vanila Ice-creamarfait-RM 16

Another great dessert that I highly recommend. It is fresh bananas wrapped in filo pastry, baked & topped with screw-pine infused butter caramel sauce, and served with homemade vanilla bean ice-cream. Although the banana is a bit soft after cooked, it still taste great with the filo pastry wrap. The Vanilla Ice-cream actually toned down the sweetness of the caramel which make the overall pretty good. He just can't have enough with it! Must Try!

4 new dishes recommended by the chef that you can try out as well.

D'Cuisine, Plaza 33

Unit PG-D & PG-E Level Podium, 

Ground Floor, The Plaza @Jaya33, 

No 1, Jalan Semangat, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

03-7931 8985

Business Hour: 11:00am - 3:00pm, 6:00pm - 11:00pm

FB: https://www.facebook.com/DCuisineRestaurant

Instagram: https://instagram.com/dcuisinerestaurant/

The Strait Cafe @ Centrepoint, BU

While searching through my phone's photos, I found these photos which I took 2 months ago. Brother took me to Centrepoint that day to buy some power surge protectors for the new house. We bumped into this cafe right after the entrance we came in. It was lunch time and the place was packed and busy. We guess it should be good and go for a try. This place serves Penang food like char kuey teow, prawn mee, mee siam and others.

At a first glance on the menu, we were more interested in their set lunch. Besides the daily set lunch, they do have another menu mainly on new set lunch. I forgot to take a picture of their menu while deciding which one to pick as all of them are quite tempting at that time.

We finally chose the set lunch that come with Lor Bak as it is one of our favourite Nyoya dish ever. We hope that it would taste like our mom's Lor Bak and it does seem good!

Daily Lunch Set-RM12.00 nett (comes with a drink)

The set come with the assam prawns cooked with pineapples, lor bak(minced meat in roll) and some Ju Hu Char (mix nyoya vegetable). Brother actually loves the pineapples that were cooked with the prawn. The pineapples  used in the dish were fresh pineapples, not those kind of canned pineapples that most people use nowadays.  The taste was quite good, thumbs up!

Otak Fried Rice (I cant remember the actual name)-RM12

This is a new dish recommended by the waitress. It is actually fried rice with an otak-otak taste as I cant see any otak-otak in the fried rice. However, I feel it tastes more like the the Ulam Fried Rice except it doesn't come with so much vegetables. Like the photo above, the fried rice came along with other side dishes like kangkung, keropok, fried egg and lor bak. The potion was quite big, gave me a supper full meal. Try it!

The drinks were not that good, a bit too sweet.

Definitely will come back again. Kind of a good place for chit-chating with friends as the place was an open-air cafe inside Centrepoint. Pricing wise is still reasonable.

The Straits Cafe

Lot G5 Ground Floor, Centrepoint, 

Lebuh Bandar Utama, 

47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel no.: 603-7722-1153

Henry Cook : I am back again! (CLOSED)

I am back again since my June 2011 review for them. I have been visiting the place repeatedly for quite sometime and decided to update on their food again. For those who are still new to the place, you can view HERE for the previous post. Since the beginning of their business until today, Henry Cook have added  a wider range of food in their menu. 

The decoration of the place is still the same, not much different except there are more decorations being added. I took the photos during Christmas time last year.

The latest menu book compare to previous menu sheet.

They also provide set meal for weekdays. Everyday with different menu set.

Fruit Punch and Pear Herbal Juice

Soup of the day

I love this mushroom soup with the bread chunks on top. Thick, flavourful and creamy mushroom soup, prefect after a stressed day at work.

Stuffed Chicken Roll with yellow fragrant rice-RM 15.90

I personally still love this dish very much. For those who are new to this place, this is an award winning dish at Food Asia in the 1980s. The tender stuffed chicken thigh is marinated with their secret recipe and oven cooked, topped with their signature dressing and brown sauce and served with crisp lettuce and mixed salad. If you are a vege lover, you will love all their dishes because it always come with lots of salad in all their dishes. Compared to last time, the portion is kinda smaller but it is still big enough for me. Must Try!

Steamed Fish Fillet with baked herb potatoes-RM 17.90

Steam cooked fresh fish fillet, served with crisp lettuce and mixed salad. BF absolutely love this, as normally when you order steamed fish fillet in restaurants, you have to be wary of the freshness of the fish and many times, we have being disappointed. Not so in Henry cook, the fish is fresh with no weird taste, and combined with the brown sauce and especially their very very hot chilli sauce, it'll make you as satisfied as you can be. Must try!

Warm Chocolate Brownie-RM7.50

Warm chocolate Brownie with Vanilla ice-cream topped with chocolate sauce. Seeing the heart shape drawing on the plate, it cheered up my day again. Chocolate brownie tastes not bad but not the type which I would boast about.

Although it have been a while since the last review but I see they are still maintaining their standard pretty good. Keep up the good job!

HENRY COOK

Lot LG-54, Lower Ground Floor,

SSTwo Mall, Jln SS2/72,

47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel no: 03-79541125

Business Hours: Mon-Sun 11.00am-9.30pm

Haikara Style Cafe & Bakery | Subang Jaya

This is actually my second time here as I accidentally discovered this place and wasn't prepared to give it a proper review previously. This time, I am back fully armed.The place is just beside Subang Avenue, at the ground floor of the E-Tiara Serviced Apartments. For those who are not familiar with Subang Jaya, you can search google map for Carrefour Subang Jaya, and it is just two blocks away. Though I'm not sure about the situation in afternoon, parking there should not be a problem as there are some "illegal" parking spaces just outside of the shop. Many cars do park there since the road leads to a dead end. 

Haikara Style Cafe and Bakery is run by a Japanese couple from Nagoya, and it gives you a homely feel to your dining experience. The staff are friendly and their menu offer a range of delicacies that are not found in other restaurants. The decor was set up nicely and its a good place for you to go for a cup of coffee or tea in the afternoons. They do serve a full lunch, tea break and dinner menu which I think is quite impressive for a small shop like this.

Here are all their own home-made bread and cakes.

Look us look at their full menu 

Mushroom Cup Soup - RM3.90 

A must try item, the soup is very fresh and tastes great. Although the portion is rather small, I would say that they did it right because appetizers are not supposed to fill your stomach. They do however leave you begging for more.

Croquette - RM9.90

Their Croquette, a famous Japanese appetizer made with minced chicken, onion and potato patty is absolutely delicious. Must try item, and it will open up your appetite without fail.

Chicken Tar Tar Don - RM18.90

Though the dish looks great, I would say that it is not meant for everyone. The chicken is topped with scrambled eggs and there is a very strong smell of vinegar. Not only that, the rice itself is also added with vinegar and that does not taste like the regular sushi rice that we are used to. The things that taste great are the chicken and the vegetables, because we Malaysians aren't used to eating such high amounts of vinegar in our dishes.

Fisherman Style Spicy Tomato Pasta - RM26.90

One thing great about this cafe is that their food does actually look identical to their menu! What you see, is really what you get and they don't skimp on ingredients. I like this pasta very much, although it doesn't taste like regular Italian pastas from Italiannes and other western restaurants. It has a strong taste of fresh seafood and also, it is VERY, VERY spicy. The wife of the storeowner did ask us about our tolerance to spicy dishes; we asked them to go on ahead and do what they do best. Just... prepare to drink quite a bit of water when you eat this dish :)

Previously in my first trip here we tried the Fish & Chips and the Chicken Cheese Roll. Both tastes really great! I'll be sure to come back again in the future to properly review those dishes and other items in the menu. Price wise, I think the dishes are priced moderately. But you do get a romantic ambiance suitable for a dinner with your loved one.

Haikara Style Cafe and Bakery

E-Tiara Ground Floor, Jalan Kemajuan SS16/1, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

+603-56300743

www.haikara.com.my

Opening Hours:

Mon: Closed

Tue - Thu: 11.00am - 11.00pm

Fri - Sat: 10.00am - 11.00pm

Sun: 10.am - 6.30pm

Henry Cook | SS2 Mall (CLOSED)

This shop no longer in business any more. But you may still have a look on what they have offered previously!

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Yesterday, I went to SSTwo Mall to try out some Nyonya food. I was caught in the jam at the roundabout which is around Sin Chew Jit Poh there for more than 30 minutes. The authorities are demolishing the roundabout to build traffic light plus a big tree collapsed and block the road to SSTwo Mall making the whole road jam like shit.

So, I went to this restaurant named Henry Cook which is located at Lower Ground of SSTwo Mall. It is very easy to be spot where you can see it from the door to the outside of the Mall. With the big and bright red colour of the signboard, I do not believe you can not spot it. 

So, here is the story of Henry Cook. It was started by Jeremy’s dad, Henry Teo who is one of the top chefs in the renowned Hyatt Hotel with a talent for curving ice sculptures. By putting together his vast experiences in western food and Peranakan food (he's a 2nd generation Nyonya), he established Istanbul Gourmet in 1995 which served a wicked range of fusion food as a small take away stall at Simei Mall. Now they are celebrating their 15^th anniversary with two outlets in Singapore. After the two successful outlet, Jeremy, the owner brings in their family business to Malaysia where the first outlet now located at SS2 Mall.

The decorations and designs of the restaurant are different from the one in Singapore but the food is exactly the same with the true recipe from his dad. All the food are personally cook by Jeremy himself with two assistants.

Write your order on the given paper so that they will take your order.

Temporarily menu was given to us as their menu book still on the way and would probably out on Monday. More variety of food will be carried out from their new menu as for now they only have around 10 types of food.

Currently, they are also having a promotion of set meal which is only RM15++ with a drink + main course (rice special or chicken Donar Kebab) + soup of the day + ice-cream.

Jeremy introduced us 3 of their famous dishes and gave us a drink while waiting for our food.

Fruit Punch-RM4.00

I love this drink, not too sweet, just nice. After you drink it, I bet you want for more.

  Must Try!

 Henry Laksa-RM6.50 (without egg), RM8.00 (with egg)

It stated on the menu " no one leaves Henry Cook without try our Legendary Singapore Laksa topped with kebab chicken, fish cake, bean sprouts, laksa leaves and sambal chilli." I could said it is true. I am a very picky person especially for Laksa but it gave me very good impression on this dish. It taste like the Thai Laksa we normally find in Thai fair but this one is good. But I do found it taste a bit weird with the Kebab on it as the chicken has a strong taste of spices which I personally think it do not suit the Laksa gravy.

 Roasted Chicken Kebab with Yellow Fragrant Rice and mix salad-RM11.00

I have no comment to the Chicken Kebab as that is what they are specialise on it and it is really good. But it is the rice that make me could not want to finish it. The yellow rice was a bit hard although with smell of Indian spices adding on top the brown sauce that taste sweet (more like tomato sauce mix with soya sauce) just doesn't match at all. At first, I thought it is the Nasi Briyani that normally we will eat it with Kebab or Fried Spices Chicken but it is not. I was told it is just yellow rice cook with a lot of Indian spices then topped with the brown sauce. The mix salad was a bit salty but still acceptable, with celery on it just doesn't make it my dish. 

Stuffed Chicken Roll-RM15.60(with yellow fragrant rice) 

                                    -RM16.50(with baked herb potatoes)

This is their award winning dish at Food Asia in 1980s. Only use the most juicy part of chicken which is the chicken thigh with stuffing and marinated with their secret recipe and oven cooked. Then topped with Henry Cook’s Signature dressing and brown sauce with crisp lettuce and mixed salad. I love this dish the most. I prefer the baked herb potatoes than the yellow rice although both topped with the brown sauces but I personally think that the brown sauces suit the potatoes more than the rice. The chicken thigh was tender and juicy. Must try!

All of the dishes are big potions, I guess small eaters should bring someone along to share. With that price and quality, I think it is really worth of money to have a meal there. I will be back soon for their new menu. For more information, you can find them at their Facebook or www.isgourmet.com

HENRY COOK

Lot LG-54, Lower Ground Floor,

SSTwo Mall, Jln SS2/72,

47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel no: 03-79541125

Business Hours: Mon-Sun 11.00am-9.30pm