Erm, this is not the Malacca Nadeje layer cakes, but it is still something awesome to introduce. Here in Kuching, you can easily spot a roadside store selling Kuih Lapis or layer cakes in English. Available in all sorts of flavors ranged from cheese, coffee, berries, chocolate to yam, this is a Sarawakians’ perennial favorite which is usually enjoyed with a cup of tea.

I was brought to this Mira Cake house, Kek Lapis Basah at Kiosk 15, Tebingan BGS, Kpg Gersik.

Don’t judge it by its look, I don’t know whether it seems drooling to you or not. But I am sure that they are not cheap stuff that might chock your throat. This moist layered cake is so smooth that you can swallow it without drinking a single gulp of water.

FYI, even our DPM and Chef Wan are their clients.

But you do not need to be a famous figure to pay a visit to this stall, lolzzz! hahaha

Don’t blink your eyes, take your time when choosing your favorite =)

BTW, you can try till you feel full before buying a loaf at RM10. ROFL!

From the photos above, can you imagine how many loaves of layer cake can be sold in a day?

A little sprinkle of coconut shreds on top of the cheese layer cake adds a pretty touch to it. ^^

The hawthorn(山楂) flavored layer cake.

Apparently, this unique flavor gives a sweet-sour taste which drives your appetite level to the max.

It’s a great souvenir to bring back home and share it with friends and family. =) Aww…. hehe

p/s:   Hahahahaha, though I still have a stack of notes to finish but I couldn’t resist myself to post something here, at least to clean those spider webs accumulated since November.   Sorry if you are disappointed with this “never-ending” Kuching topic, hahaha, but I promise to have more exciting posts on the following weeks. =p

It was my first time seeing such a huge pizza! Haha, use it to slap on your friend’s face!! =p
Located in Universal Studio Singapore, Loui’s NY Pizza Parlor™ serves you the 20-inches pizza!! Challenge you to finish it in a bite…

Thin, incredibly crispy, and a mind-blowing explosion of taste is what describes Loui’s 20-inches pizzas.

The above might be exaggerated to me. But, I am quite sure that you’ll be so tempted to have a try once you see it with our own eyes. It’s tremendous man! Who cares how does it taste, its looks is sufficient to make everyone drools.

Louis’s NY Pizza uses self-service concept to ease the flow of a long queue. Singaporeans have been used to “chopped” a seat before ordering a meal, is this true? Haha, I think that it’s because every food stall is crowded hilariously.

Though it’s not the best pizza that I have ever had, this piece of Margherita pizza with the pleasing fragrance of basil, is crunchy and “acceptably” delicious. (lack of vocab, haha, acceptably means mediocre…)

The Pepperoni was the crowd favourite because it’s juicier and, well, the taste of pepperoni is always more exciting than just plain minced meat.

Heard that pepperoni crowns the others… Waiting for my second chance to taste it.. would it be on the coming Christmas?

That shows the price $9 for a slice, $13.80 for a combo with a cake and soft drink.

Overall, it’s the size that matters and worth to have a try! ^^

3.5 /5 stars

It will be less crowded in the late evening at around 8.30pm.

(Sorry to the Muslim, this is not Halal)

This shows how well-known it is. =)

Don’t tell me that you visited Singapore without savouring this famous Ng Ah Sio Bak Kut Teh. It’s just ridiculous!! Get down from Farrer Park MRT and walk along Rangoon Road for around 5 minutes, the shop will be on your right.

I wouldn’t think of this perfect match of black pepper soup with Bak Kut Teh herbs until I tasted it here in Singapore. Back in my place, I hate those Bak Kut Teh stores which add in a lot of white pepper (powder form). This is simply because the white pepper might eventually wipe off the original taste of BKT soup.

But, it’s a totally different story in this bowl of BKT served in Ng Ah Sio’s restaurant. The black pepper soup tastes so familiar to me. I used to have it when I was young, my babysitter cooked nostalgic moment! It’s not chocking spicy or hot. On the contrary, it’s so “temperate”, the fragrance of chinese herbs is brought out with the fine peppery soup. Though the meat is tender, it is not the soul of this bowl of BKT, the soup plays the best part of it.

$5.50 gets you a small bowl of pork ribs soup with 3 tiny pieces of well cooked meat that sports a reddish hue inside. $7.50 on the other hand, gets you 2 slightly bigger pieces of spare rib. Soup is refillable and it’s FOC.

We ordered braised pork intestine as our side dish. The intestine is a little overcooked, it’s too soft to my liking. But, thumbs up for the oily gravy. Ignoring the health issues, the (malay spices)　star anise/clove-infused gravy is superb eaten with a large mouthful of rice.

The menu…

A new branch in Marina Bay Sands…

Address : No. 208 Rangoon Road, Singapore 218453
Tel : +65 6294 7545 or +65 6291 4537
Business hours : 7.00am ~ 10.00pm (Closed on Mondays)

Haha, left my blog for the past 2-3 weeks, it actually shocked me when I saw two hundreds plus comments pending for approval. Thank you to all readers out there, without you, IyouweBlog would have fell into pieces. (to compensate my mistakes LOLZ)

This restaurant has been reviewed by Kyspeaks. If you are a Serembankia, for sure you know about this western restaurant. It’s disappointed to say that their foods wasn’t as good as before.

The restaurant is trying to create an English-garden ambiance. But, it FAILS because the table clothes and chairs are little worn out. Overall, the environment is still comfortable for dining.

Our appetizer – The large fresh oyster was eaten raw with lemon juice to savour the essence of the ocean.

If raw oyster is an intimidating sight for you, the cheese-baked version might be your alternative. Personally, I prefer this to the raw oyster. I love the hot-melting cheeeeeseeee so much!!! Fats are depositing as I’m craving for more… =p

The cabonara pasta was a “so so” to me. It doesn’t have any wow factors. I was sicked of the thick sauce which couldn’t further stimulate my appetite after finishing half of the pasta. Most of the restaurants serve a smaller portion to so-called “overcome” this typical pasta problem. Shouldn’t they be more creative to manipulate the recipe? ==”

Chicken Veronique – Chicken breast cooked with grapes (yes grapes!), cream, and white wine. Though the gravy is something different from the norms, it fail to stands out as we expected. The marinated fried chicken breast covers most of the gravy flavor. On the contrary, the vegetables and potato wedges work perfectly with the sauce, they are complementing each other. =) Thumbs up!

This is a must to try. Unfortunately, I was too full after the main course and appetizer. This Apple Crumbles poke my taste buds with its crunchiness. It’s a great combination of sour apple, toasted crumbles, and sweet ice-cream. It’s suffering/torturing to finish it, even though with 2 persons due to its large portion.

A cup of sky juice will be a wiser option rather than ordering a special drink. Neither the rose tea nor hot chocolate meet my standard requirements of a good drink. Chiiiieeeeeh…. haha The chocolate is too milky until losing the chocolate taste while the rose tea is not simmered from the real flowers (they are using flavoring instead, arghhh!!).

The price of the food is quite reasonable but not their drinks. I’d rather pay more to have a higher quality food than those ordinary “easternization” western foods.

3 /5 stars

Throughout the week in Kuching, we were brought to few places to have our bowls of Sarawak Laksa which taste so different from Penang Laksa and the normal Curry Laksa. Personally, I love Sarawak Laksa the most among the three.

Madam Tang’s VS Golden Arch Garden VS Ah Yew
Let’s FIGHT! =p

Madam Tang’s

Madam Tang’s cafe served a wide range of foods but we were there for its Laksa which costs RM5.50 per bowl. It is located in the Spring (shopping mall) food court or you may find its standalone cafe in Petanak, Kuching.

Haha, don’t get me wrong! With RM5.50, you wont get this～ The Special Laksa with huge prawns will cost you RM10.80. The thick flavorful gravy is the soul of this signature dish. It is creamy and heavy with loads of spices and herbs. However, it is a little too salty to my liking. Not to forget, Madam Tang’s was the winner of Kennysia 2008 Best Sarawak Laksa Award and recommended by JFook.

Golden Arch Garden

Most of the Kuchingnites will know this famous stall. Situated at the 3rd Mile Roundabout, Kuching, the stall has its laksa priced at RM3.50 / RM4.50 / RM5.50 according to the size of prawns.

I think you can guess how nice is the laksa now, hehe!

The rice vermicelli is soaked in a well-mixed gravy which has a balanced composition between the coconut milk and spices. I’d label it as the OPTIMUM version of Sarawak laksa which suits everyone’s taste buds in general. It is legendary good when the lime juice and sambal paste are added into it. “Serious Fucking Business” is used to describe this bowl of laksa by Sixthseal. How fucking good is it? You must give it a try to know the answer!

Ah Yew

Personally I love this the most! Location and price will be updated soon. (I forgot where is it FML, but I know tht I love this the most!!!)

This is the only laksa that I’m craving for another bowl! Why is it so SPECIAL? Simply because it doesn’t contain any coconut milk which may cover the original taste of the soup and spices. The lightened soup with a little sourish and minimal spiciness make my day! I feel that this is a healthier way of having a bowl of laksa! (less fat and less cholesterol though it still has some PRAWNS, cheating myself actually,hehe)

So the conclusion is choose your bowl of laksa according to your taste buds! Yupz, this post miss out the laksa in Choon Hui cafe (so-called the best laksa in Kuching, I haven’t try it yet!!!)

Next post on Kuching will be featuring Kolou Mee, Damai beach, Crocodile farm, Food Valley Seafood…..

At first, this was what i heard, “You guys wait here for a while, I’ll tapau (take away in Eng.) few packs of cow dungs for you.” o.O Cow dung?

Haha, that was my fault actually, I heard it wrongly. The real name for this Thai dish is Khao Jam (pronounced as COW JUMP). You might find different spellings of these two words (eg. kau jam, kaljam, kaw jam and etc) as they aren’t English words.

Khao Jam a.k.a green rice- A kind of Thai food with green rice and a lot of vegetables plus fish, coconut shreds with budu! Khao means rice while Jam carries the meaning of “mixed” in Siamese language.

This Thai lady is preparing our “Cow Dung”!
The stall is located in the standing Buddha temple in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Besides this stall, you can have your Khao Jam at U-lang corner in Kota Bharu town.

Spot the BUDU (black-colour-liquid), coconut shreds and chilies!

Some unknown greenish gravy, xp!

The rice before mixing with the veggies. Full of herbs and spices, its taste is kinda unacceptable for me at the first bite.

The green veggies, lovely! This should be mixed with the rice and a little tablespoon of budu will be added to flavor the dish.

The result after mixing everything up! But still, it was hard for me to swallow it… T.T It didn’t match my taste buds.
At last, I know what’s the matter that affecting my appetite – the scallions!!! I removed all of them and the Khao Jam taste heavenly without them!

Haha, sorry for my weird fondness…

The ICHIBAN (it means the best in jap.)? The ORI?
Let’s see!

No, the sumo wrestlers weren’t there to serve us! xp
Comfy and dim restaurant environment.

The busy staffs.

Free flow of green tea – drink till u drunk?? (RM2 each cup) Not bad!

Chego BBQ is part of their team? (Heard that Chego has a good reputation)

The chopstick which is finely wrapped.

Sapporo Ramen – drooling? It’s alluring at the first sight.

If it is not super SALTY, i think it shall be great.

But now, it’s too “flavorful”, the above add-ons are big NO NO!

Not springy but the noodles taste real. Real?
Yes, because it’s not as fake as SHIN ramen (instant noodles)! = =”"

The best part of the bowl of ramen is the corns – because they are not SALTED! xp

Even this piece of chicken slice is SALTED! hahaha….

Enough of that bowl of SALTED ramen…

The Teriyaki Chicken Bento.

Love the grilled aroma but not the salty Marmite sauce.

The Miso soup – luckily this isn’t that salty, phew!

I love the mixed vegetables!

Gyoza -the Japanese dumplings!

Juicy meat with little Wasabi is near to perfect!

QUITE expensive because they serve SALTED foods! WTH!
Actually this is a normal pricing in a Japanese restaurant, xp!

2.5 /5stars

HOHOHO! A totally different taste is found out there in Kuching, Sarawak.

Don’t miss the coming posts!

TRAIN DELAYED, reached Klang at around 5pm. (What a great reason, how can a train delay for 2 hours. xp, sorry Weldon.) Though I had bad experience with KTM (nearly missed my flight due to a blackout and a train break down in a single trip, shouted WTF!), 2 hours delay still sounds awkward, doesn’t it? xp, *pointing to myself* – This is whom you call a friend!

Didn’t have the chance to taste Bak Kut Teh in Klang, but it wasn’t too bad that I was brought to this place…

Telok Gong Coconut Flower Restaurant! – It’s too famous – easily can be googled out!

Besides serving fresh seafoods, this is the specialty of this restaurant – Coconut Flower Wine (the exact name should be palm toddy).

RM7 for a bottle, more expensive than the twister orange ==”
A sip of it will fill your mouth with fermented-sour aroma. Repeated savoring makes it taste like a coconut-flavored shandy. Don’t miss it when you pay a visit to this restaurant.

Butter-oat mantis shrimp, direct translation
Crispy mantis shrimp fried with golden yellow egg-yolk streaks, awesome!

Ok, after did some searching, catfish = 白须公 (grandfather with white beard, haha…)
Famous with its price, taste good as it’s supposed to be.

Seafood bean curds. Ordinary good.

Fried vegetable.

Yea, the foods are delicious but do not have uniqueness or the WOW factor that cause you to crave for it. Don’t place a high expectation. It might be a better food review if I have the chance to taste their steam lala and the fried rice vermicelli with lala. (btw, lala is a type of clam)

The price is still reasonable but it’s not as cheap as how everyone is raving about it.

3.5 /5stars

p/s: Next stop – SEKINCHAN, I’m craving for more seafoods! =)

All KL scrumptious foods under a roof? Now you can get it at Jalan Bukit Bintang, Lot 10 Hutong. (it was my plan to have this kind of food court and now it comes true).

The highlight of Hutong Lot 10 is that some of the stalls were hand-picked by Tan Sri Francis Yeoh and most of them serve non halal food. Other than some familiar names like Hon Kee Porridge, Kim Lian Kee, Campbell Street mini popiah, Jalan Gasing Ipoh Nga Choi Gai, Ho Weng Kee wantan mee, Soong Kee beef noodles and Mo Sang Kor bak kut teh, we spotted some non heritage stalls like Luk Yu Tea House, Ducking, Taiwan Recipe, I Love Yoo! and Kluang Station that cater to the tourists and the like.

Walking down the escalators leads you to the underground food court. You will see the above sign board engraved with Chinese calligraphy – “shi hao hu tong”.

When there are too many choices in our hands, we would get into a situation called indecision. xp (shouldn’t this be an advantage to the consumers?) The stalls are located in between the dining area and this throws us into a bigger mess. Moreover, we are dazzled by the vibrant lightnings. Perhaps these are the uniqueness of this food court. The dining atmosphere will not be a deal breaker when delicious foods are served. =) (This shows how fat am I =S)

The Hong Thye Fried Oyster Omelette.

It’s hard to resist the freshness of the oysters encased in the thick omelette. However the uneven distribution of cornstarch “suspension” which is extremely salted destroys the overall taste. Personally feel that this maybe an occasional case that may not happen on your plate.

Kim Lian Kee – One of the earliest Hokkien’s noodles in Malaysia.

This is the best Hokkien’s noodles that I’ve never tried. The alluring fat noodles in well-flavored gravy, together with little scorched taste due to the charcoal burnt, burst your taste buds into pieces! xp You must have a try! No REGRETS!

Mo Sang Kor Bak Kut Teh – famous in Klang with its super thick soup!

(Don’t ask me for the recipe – I’ll answer, “Add more MSG!” xp )

To get the most tender part of meat with least fat, you should order the “sai guat” 小骨.

Spot the big mushroom. A bite on it will splash the soup out into your mouth! teehee ^^

You are pleased to add more soup. =)

At last you may have some herbal tea (Qing Xin Tang).

The homemade feelings warm the heart of a wanderer.

On the next visit, we must try out the fried prawn mee, beef noodles, dumpling noodles, porridge and many more. The food are a little overpriced here but it’s worth to have all of them under a roof. This saves time and travelling costs.

4 /5stars