This restaurant is located in Central Plaza, just behind Pavillion shopping mall, had this buffet last October 2012, not sure the buffet deal is still available, this had got to be one of the cheapest japanese buffet around, only RM48.90++ . The parking space inside Central Plaza building is really cramp and hard to navigate, so if you are going on weekend, can park in front of Central Plaza, they are probably 3 or 4 parking spots there.

Restaurant is located in lower ground facing Jalan Sultan Ismail

Japanese Ala Carte Buffet!

menu

Buffet available times:

Thursday & Friday (6pm – 10pm), Saturday & Sunday(12pm – 2:30pm & 6pm-10pm)

Handrolls are satisfactory nice

Sashimi not bad as well

seaweed, jellfish etc

seared grilled tuna

oyster is not nice, too creamy

squid tentacles looks nice right?

kimchi soup is one of my favourite, filled with seafood and sourish appetising

tepanyaki beef is tough and can be skipped

Feels oily from panfried more than grilled which prevented me from ordering another one.

really nice ice cream, have refills of both black sesame and green tea

Pan cake can be skipped, dense and felt like it not freshly made

Address: Mitasu

B-01, Central Plaza,

No 34, Jalan Sultan Ismail,

50250 Kuala Lumpur

Telephone: 03-2110 2833

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Just started cooking and still watery, this recipe is ok, just gonna use less nutmeg as it make the spaghetti slightly too sourish. On a side note, The Humble Chef mobile van(operating from 9:30 onwards, best to arrive 9:30 sharp and before 10pm to as the crowd pile on quick and before long they won’t be any seating place) RM5 bolognese spaghetti in Damansara is creamy and tomatoey nice, just had it yesterday

Done.

Ingredients:

1 medium carrot, diced

250g tomato, chopped

1 pack cherry tomato, chopped

2 red onion, diced

3 cloves garlic

500g meat

2 cans whole peeled tomato with its juice

bayleaf

oregano flakes

1/2 nutmeg grinded

0.5 cup white wine ( i bought the cheapest type available in Jusco for RM29)

Olive oil

Spaghetti

This recipe is combined from 2 sources(Imbi & Itchy & The Kitchn), excluding ingredients which i find won’t be using much in cooking 😛

1. Heat olive oil, cook onion and carrot till onion becomes translucent. Stir in garlic till fragrant, roughly stir taking care not to brown to garlic

2. Add in meat, nutmeg, oregano, salt & pepper. Brown the meat till no pinkish meat is seen.

3. Add wine, canned tomato, chopped tomato, chopped cherry tomatoes

4. Simmer for 30 minutes or so till the sauce thickens

5. Serve with spaghetti

Recipe taken from King Arthur Flour’s website.

I find this really easy and quite nice(crisp outside and tender and soft within)

Only 2 ingredients if you are using self raising flour. Else, like me, make own self raising flour by mixing 230g flour(ie 2 cups) with 3 teaspoon of baking powder, and about 1 teaspoon of seasalt. I used salted butter as well, so the scone comes out salty enough :p

Baked in around 200 to 205 celcius for about 14 to 15 minutes.

Ingredients all laid out

mix flour and butter with pastry cutter bought from Ace Hardware which i hardly use.

till it become breadcrumb like texture

add in milk and dump the whole mixture into greaseproof paper/baking sheet

roughly push the whole mixture into one whole piece of dough, light mixing is key of making a tasty scone

Cut into rounds

As read from some online site, baking scone in a cake tin will result in higher scone, due to heat trap inside the cake tin or what not… i am not so sure that it works for me as mine doesn’t rise too high 😛

Done

Yummy when warm

Hoi Kee originally in Jalan Sambanthan Brickfields have finally reset their restaurant near KL city, ie Taman Desa, opened around September 2012, last year.

Their default sauce for steamed fish is with  little ginger paste and lots of oyster sauce. Since we are not fan of oyster sauce, thus specifically ask for ginger paste only, yummy!

When we visited last year during their opening, mee sua heng hwa style, ie with oyster and seaweed is not yet available, thus was served the above fried mee sua which doesn’t taste nice.

Address: Hoi Kee Heng Hwa

No 16, Jalan 1/109E, Desa Business Park,

Taman Desa,

off Jalan Klang Lama,

58100, Kuala Lumpur

Telephone: 03-7981 8878

Business hour: 12noon till 3pm & 6pm – 10pm

This is the 3rd documented trip to North Malaysia, do check out other 2 posts below for more eating places:

Ipoh 2 days 1 night trip

3 days trip to Penang and Ipoh

First stop, dim sum in Foh San, above is yam cake

Other dim sum, notable is their porridge which is very nice and made with drumstick meat instead of chicken shreds

Second stop, we made a slight detour (in the direction of KL) to go to Tanjung Tualang for their famous steam fresh water prawn

Yew Kei, supposedly restaurant locals prefer among many other restaurant in the area selling the same famous steam prawns

tanks & tanks of prawns

I think the above is RM40 for 600gm, medium small size, find it is just so so, the taste a bit funny, maybe  they should put more rice wine to cover the strong seafood smell…

Over the deepavali weekend…

Next stop, Kedai Makanana Tepi Sungai in Portweld/Kuala Sepetang

Big prawn in the restaurant ‘aquarium)

Squid tasted a bit fishy especially the roundish one with some soft guts inside, RM12

Very fresh prompret, yummy! RM14 for a small one

Steamed flower crab, RM18

Bill

Gee Seng in Bukit Tambun is still the best for seafood

Squid RM7 not as good as remembered, not bad nonetheless

Baked crab with roe, very fresh & yummy and only RM33!

Arriving our hotel in Penang – Paramount Hotel, only RM90 nett for twin-sharing room, situated next to the City while at the same time very near to City Centre, parking lot available. Just have to bear with that this is very old colonial style hotel with minimal amenities: no TV & fridge in room, simple toast and jam for breakfast upon request, WIFI is already in the room, but slow and keep on getting disconnected, only one electric socket for charging in the room

This hotel housed a famous restaurant called Ocean Green

Very old style colonial building, above is their side entrance.

Have to go up barefooted to keep the place clean and to preserve the wooden flooring and tiles

The wooden stairway way with child guard at the top

common hallway

with TV

Common dining room

hallway leading to room on both sides

Our room, very old, No TV, but nonetheless very clean

another view to door without safety lock but old keyhole style

Even the speed control for overhead fan is old

toilet

Breakfast in famous Bangkok Lane mee goreng, this Indian uncle speak perfect Penang style hokkien

Piping hot even though it is tapao, packed with dried squid etc, slightly sweet, i would prefer it to be more savoury

Second stop: Famous Ah Leng Char Kuey Tiaw in Khoon Hiang kopitiam. They closed on Thursdays and supposedly also days when they can’t source good prawns.

We waited around 40 minutes for this, the best CKT out of the 4 we had, they use duck egg which is creamy and added in the last stage of cooking, making it creamy and just cooked with soft texture. Yummy! must try

The above is their CKT special(with mantis prawn) + duck egg priced at RM11 Expensive but really nice

Hokkien mee (prawn mee) with Vits noodle in the same coffeeshop is ok

Apom Guan is must visit as well, we went there twice, so good every time. It is best to drop by and book the apom and come back an hour later due to long queue.

O kio, Mun-Tau-Long in Pengkalan Weld is ok, with lychee inside

O-Kio sold from a van

Kek Seng Assam laksa is my favourite, their soup is not too thick and very nice

Ice kacang with home-made durian ice cream is yummy

Yi Garden Coffeeshop located near Lorong Selamat sister CKT

Wanton with prawn+pork mince is quite nice

Venison pan mee is offputting, the strong smell of the venison is just not compatible

Siam Road CKT

Not bad, although not memorable

Bee Hooi coffeeshop in Pulau Tikus

O-chien (oyster omelette) still very good although seems like not many people order from the stall

Famous Old Green House Hokkien mee(prawn mee)

Ordered some dim sum while waiting for the hokkien mee stall to open, it is horrible, imagine prawn harkao with no visible prawn inside, but what look like pork mince

Old Green house’s Hokkien mee, forgettable, the one in Presgrave is so much better.

Sun Voon Kee chicken porridge

Very expensive, RM7 for a chicken fish porridge, we intended to order their steamed chicken, but they are sold out at 9pm? only leaving some chicken shreds for porridge. Forgettable!

De Tai Tong is a bustling shop at 9pm, we had their har kau and siew mai. They have dim sum being sold at night! A lot of other people order their tai chow noodle dish

Lam Khie in Selama, Perak

Wantan mee with their housemade noodle, it is not springy, RM3, forgettable

blanched vege, RM4

Braised terapin is forgettable, we wanted another soup style but was told it has to be pre-ordered due to long cooking hour, RM20, forgetable

Steamed frog, RM25 with strong herbal taste

Very fresh lompang fish, only RM15, this fish has lots of small bones

Our hotel in Taiping – Legend inn 2, only RM103 nett without breakfast. With nice flat screen TV, no fridge though. WIFI in the room is satisfactory fast.

toilet

toilet view to the hotel room door outside

Full of customers due to the holiday weekend and the other famous cendol place Ansari is not opened

Not bad, they ran out of pulut (glutinous rice), so we make do with red bean

Taiping Zoo

Taiping Zoo and Night Safari price list

Ticket counter is closed at 6pm-8pm

lining up to take the tram for night safari, in the end we opted to go on foot after long wait. Going on foot turn out a better option anyway, the tram went too fast.

tram

Taman Tasik food court, next to Lake Garden

Their Hong Kong cheong fun is piping hot and soft, but i don’t like their chee cheong fun sauce, would prefer to have soy sauce

boiled cockles which is too raw

oyster omelette is ok, different from penang style

Siang Malam food court just opposite of KFC, open only at evening time

Taiping style chee cheong fun, with red coloured sauce and few pieces of yam cake on top

Prawn nasi lemak, only RM1.20

Famous Simpang CKT

Not bad, but not memorable as well although they uses duck egg

Old uncle in action

Kakak Kuey Tiaw soup is nice for morning. Kakak Ping at the background, i think it is coffee mixed with barley, quite nice actually.

I love their stewed chicken feet

Funny mountain soy bean in Ipoh

RM0.90 each bowl, very smooth and nice, it is only half filled and very little, so we ordered 4 bowls to share

(1) Address: Foh San

Address :
51, Jalan Leong Sin Nam,
30300 Ipoh,
Perak Darul Ridzuan,
Malaysia.

Website: Foh San

Telephone Number : +605 254 0308

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(2) Address Yew Kei (From Ipoh to Tanjung Tualang may take you about 30-45 minutes.)
No 1, Jalan Pasar,
31800 Tanjong Tualang,
Perak
Telephone number: 016-533 3026 or 05-360 6686
Business hours : 11.30am – 9.00pm.

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(3) Address: Kedai Makanana Tepi Sungai
No. 150, Tepi Sungai, 34650 Kuala Sepetang, Taiping, Perak.
Tel. No.: 05-858 1169
Mobile No.: 012-559 8798 Mr Kee
GPS Coordinates : N04 50.150   E100 37.620
Business Hour : 11am – 8.30pm
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Mimi’s Dining Room

(4) Gee Seng (must try)
Address: 860, Bagan Bukit Tambun, 14110 Simpang Ampat, S.P.S.
Business hour: for dinner
GPS: N 5.27122 E 100.44338
Telephone: 04-588 7220

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(5) Paramount Hotel
48F Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah,
10050 Penang
Tel: 2273 649 or 2274 530 or +604 227 3649
GPS: N 5.42624 E 100.32610

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(6) Bangkok Lane mee goreng
Address: 270, Burmah Road, 10500 Georgetown
GPS: 5° 43′ 12.69″ N, 100° 31′ 20.52″ E
Operation hours: 8:00am – 6:00pm (Close on Monday)
Contact: 016-485 7859

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(7) Ah Leng Char Kuey Tiaw in Khoon Hiang kopitiam (must try)
Address: Khoon Hiang Cafe, Jalan Dato Keramat
GPS: N 5′ 24” 46.4”’ E 100′ 19” 09.9”’
Business hour: 8am – 2pm (Closed Tues/Thurs)

They have a branch operating at night in below:

30W Jalan Char Sin Kheng,

11500 Air Itam, Penang.

5pm-10pm (closed on Thursday)

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(8) Apom Guan (must try)
Address: Jalan Burmah, somewhere diagonally across from Him Heang
GPS: N 5′ 25.386 E 100′ 19.324
Business hour(Guan): 10:00am-6:30pm

(9) Kek Seng
GPS: N 5′ 24.974 E 100′ 19.759
Business hour: 11am – 4:30pm

(10) Yi Garden (corner lot coffee shop, same row as the famous Sister Char Kuey Tiaw)
Address: between Macalister Road and Lorong Selamat
GPS: N 5′ 24.980 E 100′ 19.458
Business hour: 6pm – 10:30pm (closed on Sunday)

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(11) Siam Road (Exactly Opposite Ban Hin Lee Engineer shop, Anson Road)
Address: End of Siam Road(sometimes in Anson Road)
GPS Coordinates: N5 24.925 E100 19.219
Business hour: 3pm-7:30pm  (Mon-Fri, sometimes closed on Mondays)
Address: End of Siam Road

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(12) Bee Hooi
Address: Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus (across from Belissa Row)
Business hour: 6pm-10pm (closed on Tuesdays)

(13) Old Green House (Opposite Him Heang Biscuit Shop, only at night)
223 Burma Road
Open Mon-Sat, 8pm-4am

(14) Sun Voon Kee
Cintra Street
Business Hour : 8pm – 11.30pm (Closed on Sunday)

(15) De Tai Tong

Cintra Street

(16) Lam Khie
52, Jalan Besar,
34100 Selama, Perak
Telephone: 05-839 5088
GPS :5.219073,100.692732

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(17) Legend Inn
Legend Inn, 2, Jalan Long Jaafar, 34000 Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Check-in time: From 2.30pm. Check-out time: By 12 noon.
605-8060000

(18) Bismillah Cendol, Taiping

(19) Taiping Zoo

(20) Taman Tasik food court

(21) Siang Malam food court

Jalan Kota, Taiping (beside KFC Taiping Town)

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(22) Kakak
111, Jalan Pasar,34000 Taiping,
Opens daily from 6.00am until 1.00pm.
Closed on Mondays.

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(23) Funny Mountain (must try)
GPS: N04′ 35.690 E101′ 05.057

Business hour: 10:30am till finish around 6pm (Closed Tuesday)

(22) Simpang Hua Soon CKT (opposide McDonalds)

Business hour: best to arrive at 7:30pm, they start frying between 7:30 to 8:00pm

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Lastly, We want to try below on the way back to KL, but didnt
Restaurant Sun Sun Brother, Kampung Chui Chak, Langkap (paddy field, btw Bidor & Ipoh)
26km from highway
GPS:4.043471 101.172152
Steamed fresh water prawn

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