Dragon-i. Sushi Zanmai, Alexis & Bak Kut Teh without Teh

During the month of January the boy had a business trip to KL and I had also tagged along for my favourite Italiannies, Dragon-i and Sushi Zanmai and the oh-so-famous Alexis! So i guess this is one of the benefits of being jobless lol.

Now that my craving for Dragon-i can be satisfied in JB, my stomach has room for new love when i visit KL again!

To be exact, we were not going to KL but PJ but the entire area is always vaguely referred to as KL by  friends and I. -_-

We stayed at North Point and by the time we reached it was already dinner time. Walked around Gardens and decided to settle down at Italiannies!

Last visit was awesome so we just went in without much hesitation. :D

Actually we wanted Zanmai but the queue was still insanely loooooooooooooong so we made do with this.

Top - Bottom:

1. Tropicale 

Turkey ham, pineapple with Mozzarella cheeses all spread over our home made Pomodoro Sauce

RM36.90 

The pizza was like Swensen's standard but considering the $$$$ paid i will never ever order this again.

2. Salmon Fettuccine

Fettuccine pasta tossed with white wine, salmon and onions in pink sauce.

Regular - RM39.90 | Abbondanza - RM59.90

They seemed to have change the salmon fettuccine in term of presentation as it looked different from what i had last time and they also increased the price! It was served in huge portion size too the last time i had it but i don't remember it being priced close to RM60.

3. Signature Seafood Risotto

A medley of seafood sautéed in white wine, with Arborio rice simmered in mussels and clam broth.

RM36.90

I have secret fetish for risotto and this was pretty good!

The next day finally it was Zanmai time!!!!!

They have awesome sushi at really affordable price! After my first visit i always wondered why i am paying so much for the same foods in JB -_-

Salmon love!

THE ABURI SALMON WAS SOOOOOOOOOO GOOD! 

I must have mentioned a couple of times in this blog but it's just...just....so good i can't help but shout out loud silently.

Definitely a must-order!

Anything with mentaiko will never go wrong.

Yes mentaiko again lolol.

Another mentaiko sushi :x

So pretty! Friend's order.

This oyster was super cheat one! See the next pic to find out why. 

Picture was indeed for illustration only. O.o

Also i finally visited the popular Alexis! Heard that their tiramisu is really good so definitely got to try it!

Here it is.

I would say it was very different from traditional tiramisu. It was good if judging on the basis of cake rather than tiramisu.

Mixed fruit meringue

It was good but nothing special.

Black forest (with alcohol)

Couldn't really taste the alcohols though. Not a black forest lover but the boy wanted it.

The cake was moist and good chocolate flavour.

Met some other friends for dinner and this was the must-go back then!

 

Unfortunately the boy and I were still full from the cakes hence only ordered the dumpling and a ramen for sharing.

Went Time Square the next day for some shopping!

Nothing special at TS so we had Old Town -_-

Nonetheless they have really good curry that goes with prata.

So pretty!

They might have been removed as i heard the management changes the theme from time to time and it was Taiwan theme when we were there.

Apparently the Old Town meal was not filling enough to last until dinner so we bought some in-the-mall street foods like

This

Quite juicy!

And i also saw this stall in Taiwan for real.

They have quite a number of interesting flavours.

and this.

Taiwanese sausage is one of the foods that i have zero resistance to. T___________________T

But eat in moderation lar nitrates/nitrites added to sausages are bad for health.

And lastly, this

They offered many special flavours! By many I meant more than 15 types!

And this made me literally LOL.

After TS we paid a visit to 天后宫 before dinner.

Last dinner in KL was the bakkutteh that has no teh! Coz it was dried lolol.

Veggie

Tau Kee

Not bakkut-teh but porkbelly-teh since there was no bakkut in it. =________________=

Everything was so yummy!

And now I'm thinking when should i travel to KL again for some nice foods. =________________=

how do i live without u, 8.27pm

Now i don't have to travel all the way from JB to KL just to have a bowl of Dragon-i ramen

Finally they heard me and set foot in JB!

For the first few weeks they queue was ridiculous so i didn't really want to join the craze, since it's already here and not gonna disappear in no time. 

Why queue then???! Not that we did not have other option.

True enough, the crowd died down months after their opening. Of course there was queue still occasionally but it was only during meal hours and was not as long as how it used to be.

So one fine day the boy and i just happily stepped into the restaurant without having to queue at all.

The space was not that spacious but i liked how the walkways in between rows of tables were adequately gapped.

It would have been even better had there been greater space between each table so the next table would not overhear our conversation.

Standard table settings

The same menu as that of KL branch.

Yummy stewed peanuts lol

Ordered my favourite 酸辣湯拉麵

It was quite spicy but the noodle was good. 

People with low spiciness tolerance level kindly avoid this else you might experience the tragedy of the boy, who couldn't speak and kept on sweating after just ONE SPOONFUL lolol.

炒刀削麵 was good too. Very nice fragrance, aka Wok Hei in Cantonese.

Signature little dumpling!

Totally loved the thin-skinned dumpling! But still, eat while it's still hot else the skin may harden, especially at the top part.

I believe everybody has their own special ways of eating this kind of soup dumpling. I usually take a small bite and pour the soup onto my soup spoon first then eat the dumpling followed by soup such that my tongue does not get burnt -_-. I knew they are supposed to be eaten together but the meat filling and soup are just too hot lar! By doing so i am eating the dumpling and the soup together too what just that the meats has priority to get into my mouth first lolol. I couldn't help but to save my poor tongue from such disaster my way of eating xiaolongbao just got to to be a little more tedious. T___________T

#truestory

There were lots of rumours saying how the quality of this branch deviate from that of KL branch ever now and then. After trying out I would say those rumours are rubbish as they tasted equally good, at least what I had had were more or less of the same standard. They cannot be exactly the same since they are all man-made right! 

Perhaps I was just too happy to have Dragon-i in JB hence the acceptance standard has been set lower to begin with lolol.

The only down side was that they were quite pricey, else I would be more than happy frequent them!

how do i live without u, 4.31pm 

Wednesday and the long overdue foodie

It's Wednesday today!

I was telling my bff yesterday how much i loved Wednesday since it marks the mid-week and weekend will be coming after which. Oh weekend, i really wish to see you more frequently in the calendar so not to be shy and hide your face please? : /

Anyway usually i'd be happy on a wednesday but today has been an exceptional one. Perhaps due to the nightmare i had this morning in which the boy turned into a monster that we could no longer be together. I was super duper sad and woke up in tears. 

=______________________________= 

And kept on sobbing for another few minutes before i fell back asleep again. 😣

Not really in the mood to do anything but quite happy that i found several job ads that are seemingly okay. Gonna send out resumes tomorrow and hopefully will receive reply soon!

You may ask why not send out today. You know, sometimes it is all about mood hahahahahaha!

Ok continue from previous post!

Warning: picture-heavy and saliva-inducing!

AnMour @ Taman Sutera Utama again!

Prawn fritters if i'm not wrong

Chicken Cordon Bleu (?)

the mashed potato was really good!

Homemade pork patty burger

hmmm not so impressive though

I think they were panna cotta if i remember correctly

hmmm didn't like it

Have not been to AnMour for a while since my last visit. i feel that their standard has dropped slightly so it is no longer an option when deciding our lunch/dinner place.

Moonlight Cake House

Nasi Lemak

Surprisingly good!

Chocolate / Hazelnut Cake

The cake was okay but not to the extent where i would make a trip down just for their cakes. I guess this is just the standard of what a CAKE HOUSE, as they claim themselves as, should possess if they want their business to be sustainable for the long run.

食客 Korean BBQ

Kimchi Soup & Bibimbap

食客 is one of my favorite Korean restaurant

The foods were good but i really couldn't stand the poor ventilation : /

美寿司 Mishuji Japanese Restaurant @ Mount Austin

Salmon Nigiri @ RM8/+

Salmon Mentai Nigiri @ RM10/+

Hoshin Roll @ RM25/+

Overall experience was ok but i have a feeling that it seems to be a norm for sushi to be priced in this range nowadays when we would expect even better quality in older days at this amount paid. Inflation? I'm not too sure though. 

Perhaps consumers nowadays are willing to spend more for their tummy that businessmen out there are just taking advantage of this.

There are many other options out there so i will not travel all the way down to Austin just to have these localised Japanese foods. I would just pop by tha Kage Sushi or Ebisu at my area when i have any craving for Japanese foods, they are equally good too if not even better.

Toro's Espanol @ Permas (relocated to Bukit Indah, right behind Legato Pub & Bistro) - Must-try

Apple Dates Stuffed Chicken @ RM21/+

Seafood Paella from set lunch @ RM16.80/+

This was the second Spanish restaurant i came across. I liked the foods but i find their paella more oily than that from Koco Loco. Read more here --> Español Restaurante Koco Loco 

Ambush @ Bishan Junction 8 - Must-try

Soup of the day S$3.50

Okto Platter @ S$16.50/+

Portobello Salad @ S$10/+

I liked the foods and ambience very much. Pricing was rather reasonable too. Will definitely go back!

Bakerzin - Must-try

$24.90 Set Dinner - Waldorf Salad

$24.90 Set Dinner - Carbonara

$24.90 Set Dinner - Jivara

Ala Carte - Baked Sausages  $11.50/++

Bakerzin can be regarded as one of my favourite restaurant in Singapore! They used to have this Seafood Pie which both the boy and I liked very very much but it was no longer available ever since they revamped the menu.... Felt quite sad over this for some times.  😢

BAKERZIN, Y U NO SELL SEAFOOD PIE NOW???

Café Cartel

Caesar Salad with Smoked Salmon S$15.60/++

Trio Meat Lover's @ S$21.50/++

Bologna Cheezy Meatballs @ S$8.70

We wouldn't have ordered all these if we had not bought the Groupon vouchers loll. Not really worth it in my opinion.

RamenPlay

Chashu Ramen

Japanese Gyoza

Hiyashi Chuka

Oh well, nothing special about them...

Shimbashi Soba @ NEX - Must-try

Mini Yuzu Seiro @ S$18.90/++

Tamagoyaki - FOC

Matcha Ice-cream - FOC

Kaiso Salad @ S$7.80/++

The soba are freshly made daily and there is a showcasing area where a certified chef will be demonstrating the making process of soba. I knew the chef was certified because the cert was displayed on the glass lolol. 

Totally in love with this healthy meal! I will definitely go back for their soba again!

The Marco Polo Kitchen

It had really nice ambience and it was simply a good dining place. But seriously the foods were awful and also expensive that we didn't even border to give it a second chance. However it seems to be always crowded whenever we passed by. Should we give it a try again?

Bobby's @ Chijmes 

Baked Potato Skin with Cheese

Pork Rib

Pan-seared Fish

Good ambience, food were okay but rather expensive though. No, will not go back again.

Famous Mamak @ KL

The super famous nasi lemak! The chicken was da bomb!!!

SO.CRISPY.SO.GOOD.

The authentic Ibumie Goreng! 😱😱😱😱😱

SO. GOOD.

and cheap too!

oh gosh finally finished everything. Didn't realise there are SO MANY photos. 

Desserts coming up!

how do i live without u, 12.51am