Restoran Terapung Bujang Firefly | Johor

When we are in Desaru, we visited one of night attraction which is the firefly tour. The firefly tour start at 8pm. Instead of having our dinner at the hotel, we straight took at 20 mins drive from our hotel to the place. At the same area, there is a restaurant named Terapung Bujang Firefly that served decent Chinese style food. It is a halal restaurant operated by Malay owner. We actually had our dinner there before we took the boat out to see firefly.

Restoran Terapung means Floating Restaurant which exactly reflected where the restaurant is located.

There are plenty of seats available in the restaurant, simple wooden floor above the water. They also provide accommodation at the area where you can stay a night here.

Their menu comes in package of 2,3,4,5,7 and 10 pax. No ala carte provided. Therefore, you will need to order based on number of pax and each comes with a,b,c and d choice with different pricing. Visit here for their full pricing. I choose the 2 pax package that cost RM 65 with:

Jus Oren/ Orange Juice

Nasi Putih/ Rice

Tomyam campur/ TomYam Seafood Soup

Kangkung belacan/ Vegetable

Siakap Tiga Rasa/ Fried Fish with Sweet & Sour Sauce

Sotong goreng tepung/ Deep Fried Calamari

Telur Dadar/ Fried Omelette

I actually change the Tom Yam Soup to Non Spicy Clear Soup. The taste of their food surprisingly quite good. The portion of the dishes are enough to cater for 4 pax, however we have no choice as we have to order the package based on the number of pax we have even though we are small eater. That is the low side of this place.

After our dinner, we bought the ticket RM 20 from the cashier for the firefly tour. Here is the boat where you board on for the firefly tour. The tour took around 30 mins. It actually quite dangerous as you will be given normal plastic chairs to sit on inside the boat. Life jacket are not given to us to wear when departing instead it were kept on the roof.

One of the staff actually managed to capture one firefly and pass to my hand. It looks so small and bright. The place is so dark, we can hardly capture it with our camera without flash.

Although the place doesn't turn out to our expectation, however it is still a nice tour we have in Desaru. It is a great pleasure to be able to see those bright little fireflies near the river banks. I still remember I used to watch those fireflies outside my garden during childhood time, but now it all gone.

Stacks by LasVacas | IOI City Mall

LasVacas recently open a new restaurant in IOI City Mall named Stacks, a new concept to their business. This restaurant mainly serve burgers and sandwiches which is more towards the fast food concept but at the same time bringing best quality for their customers. The restaurant is located directly opposite Magnum Cafe, just in front of the front entrance.

I love the combination of wood and concrete in the restaurant. The concrete actually toned down the wood colour, making the whole place looks more energetic.

Since it is an open concept restaurant, order will be make at the counter.

The kitchen where it can be seen easily from outside. Clean and Organised!

FOODIE time! Let's see what they have!

Pressed Sandwiches: Salami and Mozzarella-RM 20

Beef salami with grilled vegetables and mozzarella, served with Cubano-style bread and coleslaw.

Pressed Sandwiches: Cheesy Smoked Turkey-RM 20

Cubano-style bread with smoked turkey ham, mushroom bechamel and cheese, served with coleslaw and nacho as side.

Pressed Sandwiches: Roast Chicken & Olive-RM 20

Cubano-style bread with roast chicken chunk, olives, cheese and roasted garlic aioli, served with nacho and coleslaw as side.

12-Hour Smoked BBQ Beef Brisket Sandwich (150g)- RM 20

Served with coleslaw and buttermilk ranch dressing.

Traditional Roast Beef Sandwich (150g)- RM 20

Served with mushy peas, horseradish and gravy.

The Mediterranean Burger-RM 25

150g lamb patty with grilled vegetables, cheese and mint yoghurt dressing served on a sesame seed bun.

The Godfather burger-RM 25

150g beef patty with special pomodoro sauce, creamy bechamel, spicy pepperoni slices and melted mozzarella on a sesame seed bun.

Mixed Platter (300g) -RM 40

A combination of beef and lamb with choice of side salad.

Coffee and Capsule Bar

Check out their Capsule Bar Espresso and Custom French Press Coffee at the coffee bar.

Besides, they also sell Joey's Homemade Peanut Butter. I love the peanut butter, used to get it from IOI Mall Puchong. Now, you can find it here in Stacks. Peanut Butter is selling at RM 15 while Cashew Butter at RM 22.

Stacks by LasVacas
Lot GE-05, IOI City Mall,
IOI Resorts, 62502, Putrajaya
Tel: +60 3 8328 0787

Event: Las Vacas Sunday BBQ Brunch | Jalan Yap Kwan Seng

I am here again since their last Ramadhan Buffet in June. This time, Las Vacas is bringing us an all-you-can eat Sunday BBQ brunch buffet in their outlet. It is only available every Sunday at Mont Kiara & Yap Kwan Seng branch only, from 11am-3pm. 

The barbeque brunch spread is price at RM 69.90++ for adults and RM 34.90++ for children aged 6-12 years old; kids aged 6 years and below eat for free. 

Worried that you can't have a good meal when you have your kids around? Fear not! Las Vacas has prepared a Kids Corner for your kids to play when you enjoy your meal. 

Let's see what do they have...

A variety of appetizers like marinated capsicums, mix mushrooms, olives, grilled eggplants and many more.

Mini Pizza, mini beef burger, sandwiches and salads

 Poached eggs and Mini Omelettes

 Frittata and Chawanmushi

Scramble eggs and Hash brown & Spudster

Spaghetti and Pasta

Freshly barbecued Australian steaks, New Zealand lamb, beef and chicken sausages and BBQ chicken 

Fruits, assorted cakes (tiramisu, banana & chocolate cake), mini muffins, puddings and fresh fruits.

There is also live jazz performance while enjoying on your meal.

Let's feast!

Sunday BBQ Brunch buffet is available every Sunday at Mont Kiara & Yap Kwan Seng branch only. For reservations, please call (Mont Kiara) 03-6205 2258 or (Yap Kwan Seng) 03-2181 5586. Sunday BBQ Brunch Buffet is for dine-in only, drinks are not included. However, Ala Carte menu will be served as usual. Prices are subject to 10% service charge and 6% government tax. 

Las Vacas Outlets for Sunday Buffet:

1. Las Vacas, Mont Kiara, LG, Lot 1A, New Wing Mont Kiara Shoplex, Jalan Kiara, Mont Kiara 50480 Kuala Lumpur. 

2. Las Vacas, Yap Kwan Seng, No. 33 Lot 5, Ground Floor, Wisma Winbond, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.

Dubu Dubu Seoul Food | Midvalley

I was craving for Korean Food the other day and can't manage to get a place in Ko Hyang @ The Gardens.   While walking and thinking what to have, I bumped into this new Korean Food outlet-Dubu Dubu. Dubu in Korean means Tofu, and this restaurant wants to bring us healthy traditional cuisine using tofu, bean paste, chillies, garlic and thick soothing broths. This is also a Halal Korean restaurant.

Click HERE for full menu.

There is always a leaflet on the table to teach you how to enjoy your soondubu in case you are new to Korean food.

The service was really really slow. We got our meals after 40 mins and there weren't many customers that day, around 6 tables only. If you are looking for a fast meal, you would be better off going somewhere else I think.

  Korean Spicy Chicken Set-RM 17.90

The spicy chicken is quite nice except that it is very spicy, but you can actually count the number of chicken chunks, which means the majority of the dish is actually vegetables and are some kind of white dough which is hard to chew (*hard to digest too I guess*). In the end, all of the white dough is left uneaten; at this price, it's not that worth to order this dish.

 Bulgogi Chicken Set-RM17.90

The chicken bulgogi tastes quite nice at first but as you keep going at it, the flavour eventually "runs flat". The onions were cut slightly too big chunks which gave me hard time to chew and swallow. As for the banchan (side dishes), I didn't really like all of it.

I love korean food but the two dishes I ordered were kinda disappointing. Maybe I will come back again to try out their soondubu jigae next time.

Dubu Dubu Seoul Food @ Midvalley

LG-048, Lower Ground Floor,

Mid Valley Megamall,

Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra,

59200 Kuala Lumpur.

Tel/ Fax: 03-22878980

Satay Satay | Paradigm Mall

A short while back I tried out the Satay Satay restaurant in Paradigm Mall. It's located at the lower ground floor, just opposite of Tesco's entrance. As this is my first time visiting this franchise, I would say its quite interesting. Lets see what kind of food they have.

Chinese Tea-RM1.50, Soya Bean-RM2.80

The Chinese tea is quite pricey. RM1.50 is enough for 3 glasses or more of Chinese tea at hawker stalls, but then again this is a franchise restaurant in a shopping mall. I guess this is pretty much the norm in KL nowadays. However, the soya bean drink is really nice, not too sweet, yet very fragrant. Glad to have tried it.

Kampung Fried Rice - RM9.90

I ordered the kampung fried rice as I was in the mood for it that day. It looks and smells great actually, but one taste of it and I was shocked at how salty the whole dish is. They put alot of soya sauce to the point I can really call this soya sauce fried rice. I would have preferred to cook my own fried rice and eat at home... If you really like salty food, maybe it suites you, I don't know. All I know that this dish has exceeded my tolerance for saltiness in the food.

Cantonese Fried Kuey Teow - RM9.90

I also ordered the cantonese fried kuey teow and unfortunately, it is also very salty, but not as bad as the fried rice. At least there is still some of the sauce that balances the taste, but I can still taste a strong smell of soya sauce in it, which is weird 'cause I don't remember cantonese fried kuey teow needs so much of soya sauce.

Chicken Satay Set - RM12.90 (10 sticks)

Nevertheless, their chicken satay really did save the day. It was very very nice indeed, I would say better than Kajang satay. But this was expensive and we couldn't just fill our tummies with satay alone. So it was best eaten as a side dish to complement the main dishes. Too bad I think, if they had focused on improving their main dishes, they could have attracted much more customers to come for their satay. Let's hope that they would do that in the future.