Go Thai, SS2, Petaling Jaya

Go Thai has opened for a while now, yet it took me so long to visit the place until recently. They occupy ground floor, facing the main road of SS2/24. What deters me from visiting the place, is mostly because of the difficulty in finding a place to park during weekdays. 

Thankfully, there is a Malay guy that will try his best to have at least 1 or 2 spot in front of the restaurant reserved for the customers. 

One thing I like about Go Thai is the comfort. It's still air-conditioned compared to Frame Thai. They offered very limited choices of food, drinks and desserts. I'd say it's a good thing for they focused on what they do best and what are the popular dishes.

These were the dishes that we ordered. For main dishes, we had Kwey Tiow Go Thai, Moo Ping, Phad Gra Pow Moo.

Phad Gra Pow Moo RM9

Phad Gra is a very simple dish that consist minced pork with chilli and thai holy basil topped with fried egg. The only downside of this dish is that it lacks the spiciness. It seems like they have tone it down to cater to Malaysians who are unable to take the heat. I would prefer that they ask the customers if they prefer it less spicy or normal.

Kwey Tiow Go Thai RM 7.50

Next dish is their kwey tiow soup, except it's their spicy version with peanuts. This dish is a real kick because, your tongue and mouth will feel the heat after few sips. You need to have water next to you. But, I just love their intense flavour of the peanuts sauce. I'm not a fan of peanuts at all but they manage to make someone like me, liking the dish, well, action speaks louder than words. 

Moo Ping RM10 for 3 pieces

Their other popular dish is the charcoal grilled pork fillet as per above photo. It's not much but it is satisfying bite after bite. The juiciness of its pork is maintained and you can taste the grilled flavour.

Cha Nom Yen RM4

Tub Thim Krob RM6

 For drinks, it's never complete without their Thai Iced Milk Tea and their famous dessert, Tub Thim Krob. I just love their colourful red rubies.

 I'm thankful that there's one more alternative of "authentic" Thai restaurant for us to dine. I find it difficult to find genuine thai food in Malaysia since most restaurants tend to tone down the spiciness. 

Add: 187, Jalan SS2/24, 47300 Petaling Jaya
Tel No: 012 289 1922
Opening Hour: Closed on Monday
                         Tues to Sun: 11.30am to 9.45pm
Budget: $$
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Go-Thai-649380478516943/timeline
Other info: Non-Halal

Two Scones One Cup, Section 17, Petaling Jaya

Another cafe for my review from last Saturday. I've had a sudden craving for scones. I've been to a few cafes and not one is up to my standard yet. I am very particular about certain food and scones are one of them. 

Last Saturday, we visited one nearby, that has opened up earlier this year, replacing PitStop. Place was done up nicely with post-it-notes on one side of the wall and interesting quotes. There's outdoor and indoor seating available. Although their specialty are scones, there are other choices available for appetizer or snacks and mains like chicken chop, pasta, burgers. 

As they are known for their scones, we ordered some. They have variety of flavours; plain, cranberry, raisin, black sesame, green tea, blueberry, rose petal, orange and apple cinnamon oat. Of course, not forgetting, tea is a must for us too. 

We ordered Pearl of the Orient tea. I love the lightness and subtlety of its flavour. You can order their scones at 2 for RM9. You can choose two different scones flavour or same flavour. Scones are smaller than I expected. It's soft and easily breakable. I like the fact that I can taste the flavours but I find it a little on the dry side.

Raisin & Blueberry RM9

Raisin & Pearl of the Orient RM9

I thought it was enough but it's so small that it wasn't filling for us and we ordered second round, which was a pasta and risotto.

Aglio Oli RM 9.90

Mushroom Risotto RM13.90

Mains portion were bigger. Aglio Olio's spices were just about right for my taste. Mushroom risotto were soft in texture and generous with their mushrooms. 

It's a lovely place to hang out, not too noisy or quiet, an option with the growing of hipster cafes in Section 17. 

Add: 627, Jalan 17/8, 46400 Petaling Jaya
Opening Hour: Tues-Sun: 10am to 10pm
Tel: 012 6138200
Website:https://www.facebook.com/2scones1cup/timeline
Budget: $$
Other info: No GST & Service Charge

Fluffed Cafe & Dessert Bar, Taman Paramount, Petaling Jaya

We've noticed few months ago that one of the shop around our area is under renovation and assume correctly that there will be another hipster cafe opening soon. It's obvious since the interior design has been very consistent.

We were right and they opened not too long, on the first week of November 2015. I'm very happy to have more up-and-coming cafes opening around Paramount Garden. I went over for lunch today. 

They are known for their waffles. But, they do have other choices too like their homemade cakes and ice-cream.  For drinks, they have coffee and their specialty; Fluffed Affogato. If you are not up for coffee, they have bottled juice, selection of teas and flavoured soda. 

Today, I ordered Rose Cloudcake and Fluffed Affogato. I love the cake's colour and strawberry has never been my favourite, but I was willing to give it a try. 

Rose Cloudcake RM11

The cake's texture is smooth, moist and fresh; the taste of strawberry was subtle and I was happy that it isn't too sweet nor sourish. Affogato here is now one of my favourite with bits and pieces of honeycomb. I like the taste of their beans too because there is no after sour taste after sipping couple of times. 

It's a nice place for me to relax. I shall come here again to try their waffles next round.

At the moment, they are having their soft launch and their official opening is on 15 November 2015 with 15% off as their opening promotion.

Fluffed Affogato RM13

Add: 55, Jalan 20/7, Taman Paramount, 46300 Petaling Jaya
Opening Hour: Tues-Thurs: 12pm to 10pm
                         Fri-Sun: 12pm to 11pm
                         Closed on Monday
Tel: 03-7865 1833 / 017 6808920
Website: https://www.facebook.com/fluffedmy/info?tab=page_info
Other info: No GST & Service Charge 

Softcore Molten Cake Co, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya

Yesterday night, after having dinner at home, I decided to explore Subang area for dessert, before picking up a relative of mine from the airport. I came to know that there's a new dessert place in town, in Sunway itself, where the industrial area is.

As I'm the driver, he has no objection and with my helpful Waze, I found the place. Parking was a breeze, after evening time when most of the shops were closed by then. 

You can't missed it with the brightly lit signboard. It was pretty quiet when we were there with only a group or two. There are some chairs, sofa and table for you to chill outside and interior, the concept reminds me of the similarity to another cafe in vicinity. The place is brightly lit, which is what I prefer or more like mosquitos are less attracted to it.

They even have this cute drawings drawn on a tissue decorated at their front counter. What a lovely touch indeed.

They are known for their molten lava cakes. Besides that, they do serve mains too but that was not my aim for yesterday night. 

Presently, they have five types of molten lava; dark chocolate, salted caramel, matcha, peanut better and white chocolate. Unfortunately, they ran out of white chocolate yesterday night. I opted for salted caramel chocolate lava cake.

Salted Caramel Molten Lava RM15

I love the dessert presentation, clean and simple, yet the molten lava cake stands out. It comes with popcorn, blueberries, sand crumble, butterscotch sauce and homemade vanilla ice-cream. 

The cake oozes out its caramel and chocolate. It goes well with the side toppings. I do wish, that they add more blueberries. 

If you are hungry, they serve sandwiches, fries, mac n cheese, garlic bread and other dishes. There's non-coffee drink, soft drink and float and few range of premium tea selections. 

Add: No.56, Jalan PJS 11/7, 46150 Bandar Sunway

Opening Hour: Mon-Thurs: 11.30am to 11.30pm 

                        Fri-Sat: 11.30am to 12.30am

                        Sun: 11.30am to 11.30pm

Tel: 016 6795322

Website: https://www.facebook.com/gooeyness/info?tab=page_info

Other info: No GST and Service Charge

Budget: $$

Bakeology, Taman SEA, Petaling Jaya

Thanks to another blogger, I found another place where we can have breakfast at 8am in the morning. I am an early bird, even on weekends. I'm used to waking up very early morning since primary school days till now.

Since I have free time, I drove there and thank goodness, I was able to find a place to park, right in front of the bakery, surprisingly on a weekday work morning.

Interior is very minimalistic and simplistic. There are artsy drawings on both side of the walls. One of the owner, Caryn was there when I went over. She was friendly and helpful. Everything in the bakery is made-from-scratch; bread, croissant, muffins, jam biscotti, cookies, cakes.

They have breakfast set serve from 8am to 11.30am daily except Sunday. I choose the English muffin set which comes with either coffee or tea.It's nothing fancy. The muffin is fresh with toppings like runny egg, ham and cucumber. The muffin is freshly baked. Breakfast set ranges from RM7-RM10 and add RM1 if you prefer your coffee with milk. One of their sell-out item is the beetroot thyme bread. They have some interesting assorted cakes like Onde Onde, Rosearl, Maroochi, Salted Caramel.

I will come back and try their cakes and bread again soon.

White Coffee 

English Muffin

Add: 49, Jalan SS23/15, Taman SEA, 47400 Petaling Jaya
Opening Hour: 8am to 6pm 
                        Closed on Sunday
Tel: 03-7886 4149/ 012 5757844
Website: facebook.com/cafebakeology
Other Info: No service charge and GST
Budget:$$

Red Kettle, Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur

Last Saturday, we decided to have our lunch somewhere along our way to KL city. We know there are some nice cafes in Taman Desa and we found a few when we were driving to another restaurant previously.

We drove and found Red Kettle restaurant. It was easy to find a place to park at that area on a weekend. Their exterior is somewhat a bakery concept with a small, open window, highlighting the open concept kitchen bakery. They even display the loaves of bread, right next to the window. 

As you walk in, you will see breads displayed at the counter and cakes. Meanwhile, you could observe the baker making and moulding the breads over the counter.

As for their food selections, for breakfast, they have oats, omelette, french toast. If you don't fancy of those, there's variety of breads over the counter. From 12pm onwards, you can order their mains, ranging from pork to pasta, salad, sandwiches and rice dishes.

Their kitchen was open for lunch and we ordered Angel Hair in Broth and Old School Chicken Chop. For drinks, we ordered Red Kettle Special.

There weren't many people then and it didn't take long before our food and drink arrived.

Red Kettle Special RM9.50

Red Kettle Special drink is a traditional Vietnamese drip coffee, with an extraordinary fluffy, sweetened creamy topping. We've come to love Vietnamese coffee for its intense flavour and smell. This was no exception either. Well executed and the sweetness was just right, and didn't overpower the flavour.

I ordered the pasta. I like the food presentation and I can see the colour of its presentation stands out with cherry tomatoes, roasted pork should and soy lava egg, and sprinkle of sesame and herbs. The broth is well-balanced, creamy but not too buttery that it makes the rest of the ingredients out of place. Lava egg were soft and cooked perfectly that the yolk still oozes when you bite it.

Angel Hair in Broth RM22

My hubby ordered Old School Chicken Chop. We were surprised that the chef still managed to present a simple chicken chop and make it appetizing. The chicken is marinated and pan-fried with buttered green peas, hand-cut seared potato wedges and homestyle gravy. Even their peas taste different; definitely not the regular peas that you find in pre-packed supermarket. Their homestyle gravy was perfect with hint of sweetness. It works well with the chicken chop.

Old School Chicken Chop RM18

Would I come here again? Definitely a yes for me. I'd love to try their breakfast one of the weekends. They even have soft serve; vanilla priced at RM4 and chocolate, priced at       RM 4.80 other than cakes for dessert.

Add: 37, Jalan Bukit Desa 5, Taman Bukit Desa, 58100 Kuala Lumpur
Opening Hour: 12pm to 10pm (All days except Sat)
                         9am to 10pm (Sat)
                         Closed on Sun
Tel: 03-7988 0801
Website: https://www.facebook.com/RedKettle37/
               http://www.redkettle.com.my
Other Info: Non-halal
                  Service charge and GST applicable
Budget per pax: $$