Cagayan's Filipino Restaurant, Centrepoint

I have a Filipino maid at home but I don't think that I have ever tried Filipino food.....no, hold on.....maybe I did when I was in Manila 13 years ago......gosh....it's been so long, I have no idea. Anyway, wanted to buy lunch for a friend as it was her birthday and she decided to come here as she was craving for the soup. She is a regular here and has been raving about this place to me but I have never really gotten the chance to check it out until now....

Looking at the menu, I did not think that it looked very Filipino as there is a lot of western dishes. But then, like I said, what do I know about Filipino cuisine?

Golden Mushroom Bacon maki

The menu comes with pictures so when I first saw this.......heh.......I knew I had to try this. You could never go quite wrong with pork bacon dishes. =P

Pork Belly Soup

This is the dish that my friend has been craving for. It is a broth that is cooked with seafood/chicken/pork belly. You can choose whichever and we obviously chose the pork belly. =P When I first tasted it, it immediately reminded me of the chinese "hum choy tong" (salted vegetable soup) but there is no "hum choy" in there. A bit sourish, a bit spicy, super tasty......really brings out the appetitie in you!

Pork Ribs

I have actually uploaded another picture but it has somehow disappeared.....oh well.......not that it was a great picture anyway. As usual, we tried to include some greens in our diet so we ordered the Filipino vegetable dish called Pinakbet. It is sauted kang kong, pumpkin, okra, egg plant, bittergourd and long beans in shrimp sauce. I have to say this is really not my cup of tea but then, I am not a big fan of shrimp sauce so that could be it. But according to my friend, this is not as tasty as before so who knows?

I have been craving for pork ribs for a long time so when I saw it was in the menu, I cannot help but order it. Meat was so tender that it falls right off the skin! They have different sauces for you to choose and I opted for the Classic one. I thought it tasted okay but my friend did not really like it. Well.....everyone has different taste buds right? The coleslaw that came with it was only so-so but the mashed potato........yuck! I don't know if the potatoes has gone bad or what but it tasted horrible!

I guess I will definitely go back again but just for the soup and bacon maki. =P

Cagayan's Filipino Restaurant
Ground Floor, New Wing (next to Starbucks)
Centrepoint
Non-halal

Tel: 03 - 7724 1022

**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P

Butter cake

A friend of mine likes to eat Butter Cake so I decided to try it out. Not bad for a first attempt but I guess next time gotta be a little bit more hardworking in lining the tin rather than just stuffing the baking paper into the tin. =P

Restoran Perlama Seafood

Friend took me to this seafood restaurant in Klang.......wah.......talk about godforsaken place. If you ask me how to get there, I probably cannot answer you. I only know that it is at the North Port and it is near the jetty. The place is rather simple but packed with lots of people! It has quite a number of fans all over the restaurant so was rather nice and cool.

Huge pot of seafood porridge

absolutely delicious and fragnant

This place is famous for bak kut teh and seafood but by the time we got there, the bak kut teh was all sold out so I did not the chance to try it. Apparently you can call and order it so they can hold the bkt for you. We thought we could make it early enough without calling to book but apparently not......

Had ordered a small seafood porridge with prawns, fish and squid but turned out to be rather big serving (Only RM20 for such a huge pot). This is not the usual thick cantonese style porridge but more of the hokkien version where the porridge is a little bit thinnner. Heh.....it was really delicious so we walloped the whole pot! =P

Kai Lan Miew (RM8)

Our attempt at the fibre intake, turned out to be quite a good choice as the taste was just right.

Steamed egg with prawns

Steamed Pomfret Teochew Style

The prawns (RM24) and pomfret (RM30) was super fresh and cooked just right! You can really tell how fresh it is by the sweetness of it. I would really love to try the other dishes as well but there were only two of us and there is only so much that we can eat (which I know is a lot from the photos but still......).

Cheap, yummy and fresh........definitely need to come back again. Hopefully the next time we go there, there will be more people joining so we can order and try the other dishes.

Restoran Perlama Seafood
6, Jalan Tangki,
Off Jalan kem,
42000 Port Klang,
Selangor
(Will try to scan the map and upload it soon)
Non-halal

Tel: 012 - 331 9908

**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P

Vietnam Kitchen

The Vietnamese hats on one wall

The modern decor of the restaurant

I think the best Vietnamese food that I have ever tasted is in Australia (other than in Vietnam itself). It is a cuisine that I regularly go for during my studies in Perth. But since coming back to KL, Vietnamese is not really at the top of my "to eat list" as I feel that it is not as good here. Still......I will still go for it once in a blue moon.

Vietnamese Prawn Roll

The prawn rolls were nice with sweet sauce but can't taste the prawns though.

Vietnamese beef noodles

Er.......I only tasted the soup so I cannot comment much. It is good but I feel that it is not fragnant enough for a good broth. Still, for Malaysian standards (for Vietnamese food), this is good enough!

Vermicelli with pork balls and spring roll

Usually when people go for Vietnamese, they will just order the beef noodles or the pork chop with broken rice. Not a lot of people will take notice or try the cold vermicelli. This is actually quite delicious with the sweet chilli sauce drizzled over it. With the mint leaves, lettuce, lemongrass and chilli, the taste is rather refreshing!

Filtered Drip Coffee

I absolutely LOVES the Vietnamese drip coffee. The flavour is very strong and with the added condensed milk, the bittersweetness of it puts me on a high........

Vietnam Kitchen
2nd Floor, One Utama New Wing
Petaling Jaya
Non-halal

Tel: 03 - 7724 1336

**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P

Chocolate Cupcakes

Was so inspired by my sisters that I decided to bake some chocolate cupcakes today.

Canton Fare Restaurant

The Chinese Decor

Bird Cages

I have heard about Canton Fare for quite some time but never really got the chance to come and try this place until my friend suggested to come here for dinner. Place was rather crowded when we got there but luckily there was ONE table empty. If not, then we have to think about where to go again and we HATE deciding where to go for makan........you know, so much good food around, how to decide????

Succulent Peking Duck

Beautiful Omelette wrapped around the crispy skin with spring oions

More crispy skin on prawn crackers

Canton Fare was running a promo of Peking Duck (RM48++, usual price is RM68++) and I LOVVVVEEEE Peking Duck! Ooooooo.........the crispy skin of the duck dipped in sweet hoisin sauce and wrapped with the omelette skin.............yummmmm..........

The drumsticks of the Peking Duck

Sang Choi Pau

As you all know, when you order Peking Duck; you get another dish of your choice with the meat. You can have it fried with noodles, rice, on its own and.....er.......actually I donno what else. We ordered the Sang Choi Pau, which basically is the meat cut into cubes, fried and then you wrapped it with lettuce. I did not think the chef did a very a good job with this because it was rather dry. Oh ya, we made them chop out the drumsticks of the duck which turned out to be a pretty good idea. Firstly, like I said, the fried dish turned out to be quite dry. Secondly, we realised that we actually get more meat out of the duck this way. Heh.....talk about kiasu......=P

Lotus Roots fried with Assorted Nuts and Vegetable

We ordered the Lotus Roots fried with Assorted Nuts and Vegetable for our choice of fibre instead of the usual greens. I thought it looked rather sad when the dish arrived and I was feeling a little bit suspicious about it. True enough, the dish was dry and tasted a bit bland. Think the nuts were a bit stale too. Sigh.....bad choice......

Twin mix

I loved the char siew that they served, a bit fatty but it is just bursting with flavor! As for the siew yoke, the skin is very crispy but I thought it was too fatty for my taste. Hmmmm......sounds a bit contradicting right? Char siew is a bit fatty but I love it and siew yoke is too fatty? I thought it was a bit strange too...........maybe I am more biased towards char siew?

Canton Fare Restaurant
No.5 Jalan Solaris 4
Solaris Mont Kiara
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Non-halal

Tel: 03 - 6203 0223

**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P

House of Pakeeza

talk about bling.........

Friend took me to this little tucked away Indian Restaurant in Section 14 the other night. Apparently, this restaurant has been there like forever but Right Angle is not really a place that I venture into so have not really noticed this place before.

the 70s decor

Stepping into the restaurant transported me to another era as the decor is so 70s! Service was quite efficient but that could also be due to the fact that there were not a lot of people at the restaurant.

fragnant garlic naan

our spread

We ordered Butter Chicken, spinach with cheese, potato with cauliflower, butter and garlic naan. The potato with cauliflower is a little spicy for me ( I can't take spicy.....yes yes, I am a Malaysian and I still can't take spicy) but by adding the yoghurt (Raita), it was just nice. Spinach with cheese was good and the butter chicken was just oozing with the sweet, buttery taste. I have to say I had better than this but this is quite good too.

Overall...............service is efficient, prices are very reasonable and food is delicious!

House of Pakeeza Restaurant
The Right Angle 14 & 16
Jalan 14/22
46100 PJ
Halal

Tel: 03 - 7956 4564

**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P