Dream Youth Doraemon Cafe @ Kuchai Lama

The blue robot cat. The one can bring his friends to the future and also past. The one we wished to have when we are young. Cuz he can help us in everything (i.e. passing exam in flying colour!). Who doesn't know Doraemon? 

Dream Youth Cafe or D'Dream 又多一梦 or preferably Doraemon Cafe is now located at Kuchai Lama. Rumors said that this cafe previously located at SS2 and move to Kuchai Lama. The cafe is at first floor, which a few stores beside the Restoran Meng Kee (wantan noodle stall).

The dolls that greeted us when we reached the entrance. They are so cute! Doraemon was a yellow robot cat before the rat chewed his ears. He traumatised by that, and so, his body turned into blue. The cafe is locked with security and you need to ring the bell. 

You need to make reservations if you intends to visit the cafe at night or on weekends. This is because the place will be "flooded" with people and people take their time slowly as they want to take lots of photos there. Luckily my friend went in earlier (before 6pm) and we have seats! 

Before starts taking photos of surrounding, order first. The waiter/waitress explained that the food will be prepared/served in a long time (i.e. 30mins). Those who are in hurry, this is not a on-the-go cafe. Dream Youth Cafe is serving Taiwan cuisine, not Japanese.

After placed orders, it's time to explore and take photos!!! A rack filled with Doraemon dolls/Doraemon-themed items.

 Some of the collections by the owner. Mini mahjong? haha 

Different kinds of poster/puzzles.

I watched 90% of the collection of movies. Except the recent one, "Stand by Me" which about Doraemon left Nobita.

Fruit Tea. My friend recommended to me after the waiter recommended to her. Haha. It basically orange juice with some apples and other cocktail fruits inside. It's not a TEA. But hey, it's refreshing!

Another food that my friend ordered after she made researches on this cafe by reading some blogs. This sandwich is off-menu-food (means not stated inside the menu). Special order. You must be wondering what's the filling.

Ta-da. Maggi goreng. Hahahaha. Epic right? You must be thinking whether is tuna or ham inside. I also have that same thinking. WARNING AHEAD: Their food portion is small. Very small. Like, I can finish the meal in 5-8 mins.

Clockwise: Braised Pork Rice, Braised Chicken Rice, Popcorn Chicken Rice, Golden QQ balls (sweet potatoes), Popcorn chicken and Braised Beef Ramen.

One good tip for you all who do not want to feel hungry after eating all this. Eat slowly. Chew slowly. So you won't have to go second round after this. LOL

Some people will continue visiting this place, some maybe won't be returning back after experience such themed cafe.

♤ Menu: Small and simple.

♤ Food: Very very small portion. A disadvantage.

♤ Beverage: We all had that Fruit Tea. So, quite ok?

♤ Environment: Quite limited seats. Staff are friendly. Photo sessions every corner. 

♤ Price: Pricey for such small portion. 

Eventually, that is all about this cafe. See you next time! Adios!

42-1, Jalan Kuchai Lama 6,
Off Jalan Kuchai Lama,
Kuala Lumpur.
016-2190083

Mon - Fri: 1100 - 2200, Sat : 1100 - 1800 and closed on Sun.

Further details: https://www.facebook.com/DreamYouthCafe2014

luv,
your lil BFF

Antipodean Bangsar @ Jalan Telawi 2

Oh my gawd. One month passed since my last post. Ughh... Workload keep increasing and never lesser. Then, Chinese New Year. More busy in preparing for Chinese New Year. Anyway, let's talk about food rather than my busy schedule.

Everyone loves to wake up late on weekends, who doesn't? Enjoying your weekends after having a tough week in your job or studies. Finding yourself waking up in the late of morning, you sure are hungry. No worries. Brunch is now the trend to the people.

Antipodean is famous for its Western-styled breakfast and brunch sets. My family and I visited their first cafe (if I'm not mistaken), which is located Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar. Antipodean now have 3 branches which one is located at the Jalan Tun Razak and one found in Midvalley.

Old Tricycle Charcoal BBQ @ Taman Desa

Yong tau foo is commonly found in Malaysia, especially it is famous in Ipoh. It is a Hakka (a Chinese native) food.

The 'yong' are like stuffing meat and 'tau foo' is means tofu. Hence, the tofu (bean curds) was stuffed with ground meats (pork or fish or a mixture of both meats).

Instead, using tofu, people also stuffed the meat paste with other veggies. Such as eggplant, chillies, bitter gourd, and many more. In Hakka, we preferably say 'yong vegetables' since we stuffed the meat paste with various vegetables.

Nevertheless, people always 'misused' the 'Yong tau foo' term and most of the hawkers selling various types of sausages and fish balls. The yong tau foo is referred as a dish instead of the stuffed tofu.

Yong tau food can be eaten either in dry with some sauce or in soup. But have you ever eaten Yong tau foo in BBQ style? You believe I typed wrongly? Hmph. There IS BBQ yong tau foo in KL.

Old Tricycle in Taman Desa sets off with its  original charcoal BBQ yong tau foo. It is an outside venue where customers can enjoy their barbecuing without smelling smoky and oily on their clothes. Gerai Makan Japanese BBQ is also famous in the very same spot there.

This place is ideal for those who loves the genuine yong tau foo and who also seeking for cheap eat. From the menu, the food, mostly range around RM1.50 to RM5.00 (drinks mostly are around RM3 to RM5). You can order the BBQ selection individually or if you can't  decide what to eat, just have a set of BBQ yong tau foo. Unless you are having beers or order a platter of BBQ yong tau foo, then it will cost you more than RM5.

I didn't  manage to get the menu, so we ordered the food by using the order form. We ordered a 15 pieces set with fried foo pei (beancurd sheet), 2 types of chee cheong fan, and drinks. For 2 people, it sounds like a lot to eat. Hehe.

Both of us had Freezy Chin Chow (grass jelly). I loved the steel mug they served the drinks with. They are so lovely and traditional! It is so hard to find this kind of steel mugs!! I still remember when I was a kid, I used them to rinse my mouth after brushing teeth.

The grass jelly is homemade (I think so, cuz it does not taste from cans) and it is not too sweet. Good for me to chill off after eating those BBQ foods. They also put in a kind of seed, which I believed is Chia seed (cuz I'm currently drinking plain water with these seeds).

Tadaaa! Half the table was full with food! Time to chow down! Yumz

The 15 pieces set. The set consists of stuffed eggplants, stuffed okra, stuffed chilies, stuffed bitter gourd and some fish pastes wrapped with bacon.

Starts to barbecue!!! If you think the barbecue net is dirty after the previous customers had barbecued on it, you are wrong. The staff will replace a clean net for you before you start barbecuing and also add more charcoals into the barbecue pit.

Sizzling.. sizzling... Actually, most of ground meat was precooked already. So, you do not need to barbecue them for long. But if you don't believe they were cooked enough, then just barbecue them longer.

While waiting the food barbecued, we tried the chee cheong fan (rice noodle roll). One of the chee cheong fan we ordered was Sweet Sauce with Dry Shrimps Chee Cheong Fan. The noodle roll is smooth with the sweet sauce. I always prefer sweet sauce with chee cheong fan.

Another chee cheong fan is Curry Pig Skin with Dry Shrimps Chee Cheong Fan. Most of the people do not like pig skins, but not for me. The pig skins are chewy and of course, edible. Haha. I can't find or have eaten the dried shrimps for both of the chee cheong fan! Where are the dried shrimps? Lol maybe they too small...

Fried foo pei was included in the 15 pieces set, but they were served separate from the big plate. They were so crunchy and these considered as an appetizer.

I love the fish pastes wrapped with bacons! They are delicious! Anything that wrapped with bacons, are always delicious! But I'm so sorry that I didn't take any photos of that cuz too indulge in BBQ. Haha

Overall, their:

♤ Menu: Simple. You don't  have to think much when ordering.

♤ Food: Good and delicious.

♤ Beverage: Quite big mug with the price you paid for.

♤ Environment: Perfect place for BBQ. But sometimes it will a bit windy outside.

♤ Price: Cheap or reasonable. Both of us only paid RM20+ cuz the 15 pieces set costs RM30.

Old Tricycle - The Original Charcoal BBQ Yong Tau Foo,

Jalan Desa Jaya (near Faber Plaza),

Taman Desa,

58100 KL.

Contact no.: 012-2181352

Operating Hours:

Monday - Sunday: 6:00pm - 11:00pm (closed on Tuesday)

http://www.oldtricycle.com.my

Mi Na Rae @ Sri Petaling

Even after graduated from university, got a proper job, started work life and have a fixed income, still my pocket money is left not much after paying bills, utility, car loan payment and etc (do not forget savings!  An advice for y'all, always save 10%-20% of your net salary!). So, together with my lil sister, we will go hunting for cheap food around our area. 

Sri Petaling is a place where all-kinds-of-food-you-can-ever-find-in-KL or just say, it is a one stop for everything. From steamboat to desserts. From western to Japanese food. From cheap food to expensive food. From breakfast to dinner. When you have no idea where to eat, welcome to Sri Petaling!

 Mi Na Rae is one of the Korean restaurant that you can find there. Their price is affordable (from my experience) and their lunch sets are cheaper and worth the value! From range of RM 12.90 to RM 18.80 (excluding 5% service charge).

Restaurant Siaw Kah @ Sg. Chua, Kajang

Again, I want to say, "I am so sorry for posting anything in this blog" to my readers. Actually, for past few weeks, I was busy with my company's annual dinner and I was involved in the staff competition performance. Last week, my team was so busy in preparation for the performance at The Mines Convention Centre and we always finished our practice very late night. The earliest time we able to "ciao" is only dinner (only one day, out of four days). 

So, that one day we were able to finish our practice earlier, one of my colleague suggested to go for dinner at Kajang, where he stays. We always heard from people's mouth that Kajang is famous for its satay. But we did not try the satay that day. We went for "hot soup" (in Chinese means 辣汤).