revieweats: Thai Bowl Noodle.

Hello you,

Bowl noodle or some call it boat noodle has been quite the trend in JB now, most of you probably have yet to try it because of the long queue or just not have an idea of what this whole "bowl noodle" is about. Well, let me do the job for u then! 

I've recently went down to Thai Bowl Noodle at Mount Austin (their second and newest outlet) to do a review. Boat noodles actually originates from Thailand, known as kuey tiaw rua there, where the noodles are served in really small serving (one mouthful) in a bowl and passed along to the boatmen at the river. As the water might get choppy and the soup might even spilled over, hence the small servings allow them to finish the noodles in just one mouth. Bringing this concept to us, the non-boatmen, Thai Bowl Noodles are also served in mouthful-serving! 

Thai Bowl Noodle has recently opened their 2nd outlet in Mount Austin, their first outlet is at Bukit Indah, I've been to both but I personally prefers the newer outlet cos it's cosier!

The shopfront. 

Plenty of tables to cater to groups of big and small. 

It's facing the water theme park so it's gonna get real crowded when the water park opens. 

No pork, no lard, so friends of all ethnicity are welcomed. 

The graphic arts of Thailand streets caught my eye once I entered the shop.

There are sofa seats as well, great for family and friends gatherings. 

See the bowls stacked at the shelf? You should stack your bowls like this whenever you finished. And then have a competition whose stack is higher haha. 

The kitchen is just right behind the brick wall, you can see all the noodle actions just right there. 

The different condiments provided on every table to enhance the taste of the noodles. My boyf's favorite is the fish sauce, while I added none cos I like it just the way it is!

Your noodles will be served this way, as this time we ordered lesser with each variety so our noodles weren't stacked on the tray. 

This is the beef noodle soup, my 2nd favorite hehe. The portion here is pretty big here, there's the beef ball hidden beneath my noodles, minced beef, kangkung and the soup is very good. I love Thai's soup la honestly. Super love. 

This is the chicken noodle soup, so those who can't take beef can take this. I love this as well. I like the chicken ball better than the beef ball actually, very "bouncy"!

This is the newest addition, the sour spicy noodles. On top of the sour spicy soup, they added peanut chunks and the crispy qiao (fried wonton skin)! Very refreshing, my boyf's favorite soup based. 

Here comes my fave! DRY BEEF NOODLES! I love this so much that I lost count of how many bowls of this I have, definitely more than 5 of this alone (don't count the rest ok). I love that a little chilli is added to the noodles and that the noodles are super dry but yet you could still taste a bit of soup in it. I'm not really a soup person so this really appeals to me! Needless to say the beef ball is super bouncy! I like the chicken one too, aiya I super love the dry noodles! Mad love. If they make it into bigger bowls, I would order it everyday. 

Their newest snack, crispy qiao! Fried wanton skin with sweet Thai chilli sauce. I love this. Wish they add this in every noodle hehe. 

When you're done stacking, proceed to the cashier counter to make your payment! Well, good news! For this month, every bowl of noodles will be at RM1 for the outlet at Mount Austin! What better time to go but NOW!

Tell me you can do much better than this! 

Thai Bowl Noodle 

62, Jalan Austin Height 2/8

Taman Mount Austin

81100 Johor Bahru

16, Jalan Indah 15/1

Taman Bukit Indah

79100 Johor Bahru

xox,

june.

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revieweats: Lemon Tree Restaurant.

Hello you,

I've always been told I'm a very fortunate girl, and I agree, I really am! Very thankful for everything that I've been blessed with, especially the love I've received thus far. I've only started blogging for about 2 months and thanks to the invitation of Kim (of testandshare), I got to go for my very first food review for Lemon Tree Restaurant at Taman Melodies. 

Not exactly located at a crowded area, but please don't be fooled by the humble facade of the restaurant. This restaurant has a lot more to offer than just a restaurant with a name from the most earwormic song in the 90s. Don't lie, you're humming the lemon tree song right now, I know! 

Chef Jefferey, the most friendly and down to earth chef cum boss I've ever met, cooked up a few dishes for us to try. We requested for the "underdogs" from the menu, so we have something more interesting to write about. 

I had hot chocolate while Clifford (of poortourman) had iced lemon tea. I won't go too much on the beverages as I'm never a beverage person to begin with. So let's talk about food glorious food!

We started off with the Grilled Chicken Salad. If you noticed, Chef Jefferey uses spring onions as garnishes, this is rather uncommon for most western food but I love it. We chinese love our spring onions, simply because that makes our food a lot more fragrant in taste. Furthermore, despite the usual mayonnaise, the salad has thousand island sauce as dressing. The grilled chicken are grilled well, crispy on the outside, tender on the inside. And croutons! I love love love croutons, maybe because I don't eat the greens so croutons make the lettuce and gang so much tastier! This dish is priced at RM9.50. 

You're probably thinking this is some fried mee or something, but hahaha this is spaghetti with black pepper cream! Who would've thought pasta could be so "wet" with gravy right! The black pepper cream (homemade from scratch black pepper sauce with cream) is not too spicy and not too "geli", just the right amount of sass! Spring onion once again! I personally find this dish very fusion and yet very creative. I like black pepper sauce, but I'm not someone who fancy a lot of meat so I usually pass for black pepper chicken chop (most common out there), but I super love pasta so this dish fits right in for me! This dish is priced at RM10.80. 

Next pasta dish (yay!) is the Spaghetti Salmon Alio-Olio, priced at RM19.80. I love alio-olio, but it's not easy to find a restaurant that serves good alio-olio, they're either too oily or too bland, with the former being the most common. However, the alio-olio at Lemon Tree is done just right! Not too oily and the pasta is still al-dente. So good! This time it wasn't too spicy because Chef Jefferey chose to use normal chilli instead of chili padi so kids can have it too. For those of you who likes alio-olio to be on the spicier end, you can always request for extra spicy with chili padi. Oh! The pan fried salmon is amazing too, tender and juicy and fresh! What differentiates this dish is that Chef Jefferey added his homemade from scratch pesto on top of it all to give it a stronger taste. Most dishes are inspired by Northern Italian cooking, hence a lot of spring onion is used as garnishes as opposed to basil and rosemary and the omre common herbs. I'm definitely coming back for this.

Fish and Chips, the most common but hold your horses people, this dish is priced at RM9.80. Yes! I can't believe my own eyes either! Is it still possible to find such big portion of fish and chip at below RM10?! Not oily, no fishy smell, what more can you ask for seriously? Chef Jefferey painstakingly handmade almost all the sauces and mixture, including the batter for the fish. Kudos to him, "homemade" is so hard to find nowadays!

As if all these dishes aren't enough, Chef Jefferey whipped up a pizza for us to share! This is the Island Seafood Pizza, priced at RM19.80. Can I reiterate that Chef Jefferey also made the pizza dough himself? Do I really need to give more reasons to come try? Thousand Island sauce (hence the name) as the base, so refreshing! With tuna and lots of cheese! Mad love! 

Besides western, Lemon Tree offers a lot of local dishes too! Crowd pleasers are the Kampung Fried Rice and the Seafood Mee Mamak. See the price? See the price? So unbelievable but you must believe! Next time I'm trying more local dishes hehe!

The address and operation hours are here, the chef at the top left corner is Chef Jefferey! Super friendly and nice, so if you do see him, say hi and feel free to let him know your opinions! 

Plenty of news writeups on Lemon Tree framed up on the wall, most of the customer base are regulars, I don't have a doubt about it. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be a regular too! Chef Jefferey mentioned that he will be coming up with a brand new menu soon, I can't wait for it!

It's a little easy to miss out on the junction so look out for the yellow walls! Go try out the dishes and please let me know how you find them!

Once again thank you Kim for the invitation and thank you Chef Jefferey for your kind hospitality, see you soon!

xox,
june.

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restaurants underrated: Pot's Industries.

hello you,

Haven't been blogging about underrated restaurants lately, actually I have quite a few of them but I haven't been going back often enough to try out more food (just in case the others didn't taste as good ma) so be patient k!

Well, I've always liked Pot's, they have Pot's Kitchen at Jalan Pahang (the jalan tan hiok nee area) but I thought the space was too too small. So happy they have opened a much bigger outlet and what's even better, it's super near my house. Finally a place to lepak.

They named this Pot's Industries instead, menu slightly different but still amazing. Space is so much bigger, even with an outdoor patio, perfect for garden parties. Honestly, it's not really underrated, it's actually very popular among the malay crowds. I've went there thrice and every single time it was almost full, so full like I've to sit at the bar or at this little tiny table at the end. Although a part of me wants to keep this my hidden gem (among my friends la) but good things really must share la.

They have quite a variety of cakes everyday, but I'm not a cake person la. The other time I saw ombre cake while I was leaving, maybe I shall give that a try the next time I visit.

Hashtagging is the new @ now. #potsindustries.

This was the first time I went, I thought it was going to be like Pot's Kitchen, with just snacks and my boyf's favourite orange smoothie, but the menu was almost entirely different. So many entrees la. Totally regretted going after dinner cos I was very full. Pardon the bad picture, but this was the stakehouse fries, supposedly with aioli but I think they ran out of it so it was just sos cili biasa. Portion is huge people, like really huge.

The second time I went, I still went after dinner la. But we managed to eat a bit! This was Orange Fantasy (or something, sorry I can't remember much about drinks), we thought it would be the Orange Smoothie but turned out not. But still good. Their mocktails are pretty kickass I would say.

Mango Margarita. A little sour but still good!

This is the onion rings. I wasn't kidding when I said the portion is huge. We ordered their Indonesian Style Nasi Goreng (must order!) but the picture was terrible. Don't worry, I ate that again the next time I went so just scroll down and you will see the fried rice in all its glory.

Chocolate Chip Milkshake, very good also.

Orange Shake (I think). All their drinks are so good, blindfold yourself and anyhow order and they are good la. No kidding really!

Tadah!!!! The Indonesian Style Nasi Goreng. THIS IS THE BOMB. I mean, I know you are going to tell me nasi goreng taste the same everywhere, but sorry loh, they don't loh. This one super uhmazing I tell you. The fried rice is so hot and spicy it burns ok! So shiok omg! The portion is big, I supposed they know we won't get enough. Then there's the fried chicken wing. SO GOOD ALSO. And there's pandan chicken wing, that one also good. This dish is flawless la. The only fault I can find is maybe it's too spicy la. If it's less spicy, I think I can finish in 5 minutes (too spicy must stop and drink water ma). Please do yourself a favour and go try this out.

I was told their pastas are quite good too, so I ordered the Crabmeat Fettuccine. They added chili padi also so it's mildly spicy. But I didn't quite like it. I personally felt it was too soggy, and maybe the portion was too big and I was a little full from the fried rice already. I shall try the other pasta the next time, so stay tuned! 

There are still so many different entrees like chicken chop etc and they serve brunch too, so please go check them out and tell me what other dishes I should try the next time I go (very soon I supposed).

Till the next pig out!

xox,

june.

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splurgeats: Hit and Mrs.

hello you,

I'm finally back with another food review! Actually I have tons of food photos waiting to be posted, but the perfectionist (only in food) in me says I still need more time! I guess we'll just have to stick with outfit posts for the time being, cos those posts are brainless and can be done in 15 minutes!

Went to KL for a doctor's review and also to attend Love, Bonito debut show in Malaysia (more on that in the next post) with my pretty girlfriend, W. A little hiccups but we had fun! We checked out this place, Hit & Mrs in Bangsar, which we have both read about in blogs but never been there. We "uber-ed" most of the time while we're there, and I totally recommend it. Especially in places like KL where the taxi drivers are rude and dishonest!

Ok, back to the main topic.

This is the menu, it's extremely simple. Their menu actually changes, therefore it's just a simple piece of paper of the dishes available on that particular day. I super love such concept? Cos it's like you can keep going and yet you're trying different stuffs everyday! They have a tasting menu as well, 5 course, so you get to try them in a smaller portion for a very worth it price (but minimum 2 orders). We weren't that hungry and were not that keen on some of the dishes so we went for ala carte.

This is the complimentary amuse bouche that day, I'm sorry but I kind of forget the actual name of it? But it's salmon sashimi cubes with beetroot and zucchini and I forgot what else but it was good, very appetising!

This is for the cocktail freak in me, assam boi margarita! Super love margarita but I guess sour stuffs really doesn't go well with me. Still good, very interesting combination.

The interior of Hit & Mrs, it's not big at all, it's rather small and cozy. I love the fact that it's an open concept kitchen and very near the dining tables. Like you're getting front row tickets to all the actions in the kitchen!

I didn't choose any of the entree as I didn't see any that I like, so I went for 2 appetisers instead. I know, me and my weird traits. This is the Hokkaido Scallop, not the biggest out there in the market, but it was juicy and succulent, grilled to perfection (in my standards la). Love the sauteed oyster mushrooms as well. As it was a appetiser, hence the small portion, but I could totally see myself having 2 of this.

This is the wagyu cheek that W ordered. It was good on the first bite, but according to her it gets kinda too overwhelming after eating half of the piece. Perhaps the cut was too thick and slightly too much for a lady, since we girls take smaller bites. Should be good for guys, I guess.

This is my other appetiser, Salmon Trout Confit. This is a little to raw for me, I'm not a big fan of raw food ever since my food poisoning, but would be good as a sharing item? I had 3 pieces and that was it for me. I love the quinoa though, never thought I would say this, but the quinoa taste like snacks!

The dessert! We waited for a very long time because the kitchen sort of forgot our order, but it was so worth the wait! I had Grapefruit, which is essentially sour cream espuma covered with chocolate sorbet. But the highlight is the hazelnut nougatine (which was told that it requires a longer time to bake to perfection) that's placed on top of the grapefruit and espuma. The nougatine was heavenly, I cannot stress how good they tasted in my mouth, it was almost orgasmic wtf!

W had Lemon Tart (this girl loves her lemon tart), which is so pretty! I don't edit my food photos so they really look that pretty, as pretty as the girl! I had a small bite and I love it, the lemon curd is so fluffly! At the end of it, we both agree that it was so worth the wait for the dessert.

Ending this post with a pretty picture of us! The server instructed us to pose like that wtf! 

To those looking for a romantic or cozy place to dine in KL, or those who enjoys one of a kind dishes and most importantly, willing to splurge a little, I highly recommend Hit & Mrs. 

till the next pig out,

june.

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