Bangsar/Bukit Damansara/Hartamas

Back here again to try out yet another burger (it’s just so good!) another beef burger, topped with sharp cheddar topped with a huge ass deep fried soft shell crab and tobiko budu Mayo (weird combination but turned out really well), all in between the pretzel/brioche bun.

Verdict: Revisit and revisit again and again.

I love burgers. I love burgers I could eat them everyday for every meal, I think. I love beef burgers especially, and this is one of the many burgers I like. Medium rare beef patty topped with melted Swiss cheese topped with deep fried pickled mushrooms topped with garlic parsley aioli - all these sandwiched between a pair of signature pretzel buns, nothing can go wrong.

Verdict: Definitely will revisit (to try out the whole menu! 🤣)

I love me some breakfast food all the time. All day breakfast menus are my favourite. I want to have breakfast food for dinner? Can. This was only until 5pm though, but that’s good enough. I couldn’t decide between the VCR Big Breakfast or this but I settled for this. It has chickpeas (not my favourite) but I took it anyway. I broke the 63 degrees eggs and mixed it all together with the pomodoro sauce and Greek yogurt and dipped it together with the flaxseed sourdough toast with bits of sausages. My day? Made. Will I get this again? Definitely. I’ve repeated this a few times already, it’s so good 😍

It’s so weird how I only started to try appam this year. It made me wonder, how did I survive 25 years without tasting this magical thing? They have a famous stall in Bangsar called Chelo but up til this day, I have to try it. My go-to appam place has always been Bala’s, for obvious reasons. It’s a sufficient dessert for me every time I come here for a visit, and I hate sharing this food especially. I give people the stare whenever they try to steal my appam because it’s so good 😂 just the right amount of crispy and fat all in one. Couldn’t get any better than this.

Waffles and fried chicken has always felt weird to me, but I decided to give it another try since it was a brand new year and stuff. Surprisingly, it wasn’t all that bad. I loved how the waffles were fluffy even on its own, and paired with the crunchy fried chicken and onion sauce, the world really isn’t a bad place after all. If I had to choose between this and the usual waffles, I’d definitely go for the normal sweet waffles, but this savoury waffles is definitely something different than the usual.

Started the year with a good night out with the cousins over barbecued meat, nothing can possibly go wrong with that combination. Randomly called up the restaurant to reserve for a slot 30 minutes later, and we managed to get there just in time (also, yes, we managed to get a spot). If asked if I would revisit, answer is a definite yes. There are a few of these BBQ joints around the corner, you should check them out. Parking is a horrible thing. Please just make use of their valet service.

If earlier I talked about murtabak, now it’s time for the Indonesian version of apam balik: martabak. Tetangga Kita over at Hartamas Shopping Centre (opening in Paradigm Mall in January 2020, stay tuned!) has both thin and thick ones, and both sweet and savoury ones. I’ve yet to try the savoury ones though, will do when it opens in Paradigm Mall. I generally love red velvet so this was a hit with me. It also had bits of Oreo so I was even happier. Will I buy more? Definitely. It’s as authentic as authentic can get as I believe the owner is an Indonesian. Can’t wait for it to open in Paradigm Mall 😋

It’s been way too long since I had this dish I honestly forgot the name of it, but this is the one description closest to what it looked like. It was my first time in The Majapahit (in September 2018) and I have been back here a few times. I liked the Indonesian/Thailand mix in their food because it’s one (two, actually) of my many favourite cuisines. Other than this, I also had the fish fillet with Thai sauce (RM 14.30), Sundanese grilled chicken (RM 29.70), Indonesian sweet sauce wings (RM 14.30) & Malaysian spice sambal wings (RM 14.30). It was a bit too much for three, we even had to pack them to-go. Definitely would be back, and have been back for a few times, in fact 😅

* Prices are based on @foodpandamy ✌🏼

Came back to Ichiban Boshi after so many years, ended up with a bowl of tempura prawn and rice. They somehow customised the dish to fit the Malaysian taste bud and added bits of chilli together - it was the spiciest ebidon I have ever had. I can’t eat spicy food too, so there. Despite that, I liked the spicy kick. The tempura prawn was crispy. The rice was just nice to go with prawns.. I was satisfied.

Finally tried Birch after so long! Dinner menu was pretty limited - I ended up with salmon, my favourite. I was confused if it was jam packed with salmon or just tomatoes at first. After a while I think the tacos were already a little soggy and bits of salmon were dropping from the tacos. Not the best option if you’re going for ladylike 😜

I was craving for pasta so ultimately I had to order this. I am generally an okay eater, but I thought I was still a little hungry after this bowl of pasta. It was nice, but the portion was just a little too small for me.

Finally tried out this brunch place a few months ago. We could pick our own 5 sides if I remember correctly. I thought it looked small at first, then I couldn’t finish it because it was a lot 😅