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Strawberry Fields Cafe @ PJ New Town
Mar 15th
If you fancy going to places where they have quite a variety of food so you won’t be restricted to just one kind of cuisine for example Chinese food, then you will have to give Strawberry Fields Cafe a try.
Located at PJ New Town area where the National Registration Department and MBPJ Tower (the cafe is opposite MBPJ Tower) are found, Strawberry Fields Cafe or maybe you could consider it a restaurant too, is one of my favourite to have Thai food. There’s not even a slightest hint that this restaurant serves Thai food, even the name of this cafe doesn’t but I must say the Thai food here is good.
On my visit here, I had their pineapple fried rice and I must say it was really good considering the fact that I have not come across any good pineapple fried rice for quite a while. The taste is just right and best of all, the pricing isn’t expensive at all with this being at RM7.60.
When you visit to many of the Thai restaurants, usually you’ll find their tom yam soup to be really reddish but not for this place, the tom yam soup served here is the clear base version and this is really rare. Of course the soup won’t match the authentic ones but it is good enough to be considered satisfactory. At least it isn’t the conventional reddish soup, right? The above photo is a tom yam yan pok tak seafood soup which is priced at RM9.80.
Overall, this cafe or rather restaurant managed to make my visit here worthwhile. Although I’ve only tried the pineapple fried rice and their tom yam soup, I’m confident that majority of the menu will turn out to be good as well. Apart from Thai cuisine, they have others as well including local delights. I sure think that this place is worth recommending and you should give it a try as well! 
Strawberry Fields Cafe
Lot 14 & 16, Ground Floor
Jalan Tengah, 46200 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel: 03-79602648
Thai Cuisine at Just Thai
Sep 7th
Most major shopping malls usually have at least one restaurant that serves Thai food. About a week back, I tried this Thai restaurant Just Thai in 1 Utama. I’ve not return back to this restaurant for more than a year now and this would be a visit after so long.
If you frequently visit 1 Utama, you will probably have at least seen this restaurant at the lower ground floor. If I remember correctly, it is just next to Fish & Co and opposite this restaurant is a video shop as well as a ‘Feng Shui’ shop if I’m not mistaken. So as long as you’re at the lower ground floor of the new wing, you shouldn’t have any problem finding this restaurant.
As a starter, a common favourite would be a bowl of tom yam soup. The one I had was a tom yam soup with seafood. If you like to have your tom yam soup really spicy, sorry to say but this will definitely disappoint you. I’m not too sure if you could request to have it more spicy but even if you could, I don’t think so it can be really spicy though. The soup is a bit sweet with a little of spice to it. Other than that, the amount of seafood in a bowl is quite a lot and it is only priced at RM10.00 per bowl. This is still recommended as a bowl of hot soup will give you a boost in appetite just before your main course.
Moving on to the main course, pineapple fried rice is a must try if you’re in a Thai restaurant. To me, pineapple fried rice is the basics of Thai cuisine and a chef has got to master it no matter what. When I went to Thailand, I can see many people having pineapple fried rice on their table. The pineapple fried rice from this restaurant is not bad but just too sweet. I suppose the pineapple is the main factor for the sweetness because when I took a bite at the pineapple, it is just that sweet. The pineapple itself does play an important role too. Overall, still a good ala carte dish for RM14.00.
I tried their stir-fried minced chicken rice with basil as well. Being the typical me for liking salty dishes, this one certainly is tasty and not too dry with the gravy. A great combination with the fried egg too. This one is just a little bit spicy so no worries if you can’t take spicy food. This is a really simple ala carte dish in their menu but in my opinion, it is a great addition to their menu as this is suitable for those who don’t take spicy food especially with some children. This will cost you RM13.00 per plate.
Just Thai offers a wide range of variety in the food they serve with acceptable quality. Perhaps their dishes would be better than the ala carte, I don’t know but this restaurant can be quite packed during peak hours such as dinner time. Price wise is still affordable for a restaurant inside a shopping mall like 1 Utama, you can’t be expecting the price of food to be below RM10.00 in most restaurants here after all. This restaurant goes to my recommendation list for new restaurants to try out so give it a try!
Just Thai
LG351, Lower Ground Floor
1 Utama Shopping Centre
Bandar Utama
Tel: 03-77294708
Super Kitchen Chilly Pan Mee
Sep 2nd
In SS2 and Cheow Yang to be exact, there’s a restaurant that specializes in serving pan mee and from a quick research I did on Google, I found out that this restaurant is actually quite famous especially in Batu Road. Honestly, I thought it wouldn’t be good as I’ve tried another chilly pan mee restaurant before and it didn’t turn out to be nice. From that day onwards, I think that restaurants selling chilly pan mee are all using the ‘chilly pan mee’ with their name as a gimmick. So what about this one?
Restaurant Super Kitchen Chilly Pan Mee is not new to people around Chow Kit Batu Road and Kepong, the other two branches they have is in Kota Damansara and this one here in SS2. Opening a branch in SS2 is definitely a good strategy as SS2 can be said as a food place now as new restaurants are coming out like mushrooms. Now does this restaurant live up to its name? Even well-known blogger at xes.cx likes this restaurant a lot for their pan mee.
I don’t fancy chilly pan mee much as I haven’t had much luck in finding a really good chilly pan mee and I don’t prefer spicy food not unless it is that good so I ordered a bowl of pan mee soup. Served with a poached egg, breaking the yolk will definitely add more taste to the soup. Taste wise I have to admit that it was pretty good and this beats many of the pan mee stalls you’ll find in coffee shops. What’s more is that it isn’t expensive here as a bowl of pan mee soup only costs RM5.50.
Curry pan mee is also one of the choices available here besides chilly pan mee. My verdict towards this restaurant? I will recommend this place to people looking for new restaurants to try out and of course pan mee lovers especially chilly pan mee lovers. I may not have tried the chilly pan mee here but from the taste of my pan mee soup and the fact that their signature dish is their chilly pan mee, I’d say that it is worth a shot at their chilly pan mee. If you ask me to briefly describe this restaurant, I would say affordable price tag and good food.
Restaurant Super Kitchen Chilly Pan Mee
Jalan SS2/10, Cheow Yang
(along the row of Kayu Nasi Kandar)
Restaurant Koon Kee
Feb 8th
Looking for a famous Wan Tan Mee around Kuala Lumpur ? I think many have heard of this restaurant before and it is no stranger when people mention the name of this restaurant for Wan Tan Mee.
You will be able to find this restaurant in Petaling Street. It is along the street where Kiew Brothers are located at. Just look carefully and you won’t be able to miss out on this. This restaurant is small so you will have to share tables with others if it is packed which usually will.
Dry Wan Tan Mee
Like I mentioned earlier on, this restaurant is famous with their Wan Tan Mee and only serves Wan Tan Mee. It is just not your ordinary Wan Tan Mee you find in coffee shops. The noodles have a different texture and it is tasty.
Sui Kow
What’s Wan Tan Mee without Sui Kow ? Somehow the ones they serve here is really different. Tasty and chewing it is just a pleasure. I usually don’t like to eat Sui Kow elsewhere as most can’t make tasty ones.
Conclusion for the Wan Tan Mee here is good and you too will like it as you won’t be able to find it anywhere else except here. Restaurant Koon Kee does have several branches if I’m not wrong but the best and original one is still here in Petaling Street.
By the way, you might not want to order any drinks from the restaurant and just walk down a little more to have the Air Mata Kucing.
Face to Face Noodles House
Feb 3rd
Looking for a place to have noodles especially a local favourite ‘Pan Mee’ ? I’ve tried a restaurant in Damansara Utama Uptown area that I think I should introduce to you if you have not heard of it before.
Face to Face Noodles House specializes in ‘Pan Mee’ so you would be seeing customers in this restaurant having it most of the time. This restaurant is situated along the same row as Astro and it is the row behind Public Bank.
On each table you would find four different types of chili to spice your noodles if yours isn’t spicy or you would like to spice it up even more. Some people prefer to mix it as well.
Dry ‘Pan Mee’
Soup ‘Pan Mee’
‘Kon Lou’ Mee
My verdict on the noodles here will be just nice. Although this restaurant is pretty famous for their ‘Pan Mee’ but for me it doesn’t really have anything special and tastes like most other ‘Pan Mee’ you can get in Chinese restaurants and stalls. It was a bit of a disappointment as I was hoping for something really good and special but it wasn’t. However, this restaurant is still a decent place to have ‘Pan Mee’ if you have not tried it at this place. 
Restaurant Face to Face Noodles House
68-G, Jalan SS21/62
Damansara Utama Uptown
Petaling Jaya
Tel: 016-3968711
