Betty's Midwest Kitchen @ Aman Suria

I kind of miss the American food that I had during my trip to the US and when I heard that Betty's Midwest Kitchen is serving American southern favourites, I had an agenda to try it one day. Thus, we were there for dinner on one particular day :)

Dog Food (RM7.50) is not Pedigree brand food! It is basically fried fries with brown gravy and topped with melted cheese. Tasty snack food albeit sinful. The fries are homemade and thickly cut and served on oh well on a dog-look-alike bowl.

Dog Food

Country Fried Chicken (RM13) which is simple fried chicken served with creamy mash potatoes and peas. The chicken pieces are too miniscule and KFC fills up better anytime. The chicken was also dry and hard. However, the sides of mash potatoes and peas is pretty good.

Country Fried Chicken

Grilled Baby Back Ribs (RM28.50) which is supposed to be one of their signature dish. The meat is really tender and falls off the bones! The sauce is really flavourful but a little on the salty side for me. Served with thickly cut fries and coleslaw and two large pieces of ribs.

Grilled Baby Back Ribs

Pork Chop with Apple (RM20) is quite bad as the meat is really dry and hard plus we didn't really like the apple sauce that goes with it. The sauce contains a little bit of cinnamon and I don't really think it goes well with the pork chop. Again, the mash potatoes and peas are good.

Pork Chop wit Apple

Pulled pork burger (RM20) that is pieces of pork "pulled" off from the bones. Thus, the name pulled pork burger. The sauce is a little on the sour side. Had this before in the States but I find that the one here lacked the smokey barbeque taste.

Pull Pork Burger

Here they serve Root Beer at RM6.50 and they do charge 10% service charge.

Address:
Bettt's Midwest Kitchen
A-G-40 Jalan PJU 1/43
Aman Suria Damansara
47301 Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03-7880 0196

Sid's Pub @ Taman Tun Dr Ismail

Situated in the quiet corner of Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Sid's Pub is a cosy and convenient neighbourhood pub.

We had an side order of Barbequed Ribs (RM20) which is pretty juicy and succulent. However, it does taste like the ribs have been fried instead of barbequed. However, they are pretty tasty. Good to eat with a pint or two :)

BBQ Pork Ribs

Ploughman's Lunch with Scotch Eggs (RM20) was pretty interesting. I should have order cheese to go with it as well as that is how the ploughman's lunch is supposed to be eaten. Bread with pickles (gerkins, pickled shallots and beetroot relish), cheese and a little bit of meat. I don't really like the scotch eggs though. It's basically hard boiled eggs covered with minced meat and bread crumbs (not deep fried).

Scotch Eggs

Sid's Burger (RM16) pork patty is pretty juicy with plenty of fries. Pretty good burger in my opinion. You can customised the burger further by adding cheese or bacon or pickles.

Sid's Burger

The Guiness here cost RM17 per pint during happy hour. Neat place to hang out after a hard day's of work. There is a ten percent service charge and five percent government tax. :(

Address
34 Lorong Rahim Kajai 14
Taman Tun Dr Ismail
60000 Kuala Lumpur
Telephone Number: +603-7727 7437

Pau Xiang Bak Kut Teh @ One Utama

A little surprising but yes, good bak kut teh in a shopping mall and worth the money! It is located on Lower Ground Floor of One Utama in between new and old wing behind the chinese medicine shop.

This place is famous for their pork trotter tied with strings. If not mistaken, they originated from Klang. The soup of the bak kut teh is different from what I have tried. It is thicker and doesn't have the strong herbal smell (dong guai) but it is pretty good in my opinion.

Menu

Ka Chak (RM10) which means the pork leg is tied with strings (Pao Xiang's signature method) that holds the whole leg together. I heard they say that pork skin contains a lot of collagen and this has loads of it :) The meat is tender and skin is well done.

Ka Chak

Choy Sum (RM9) was just ok . Lightly steamed vegetables with sauce. Stomach (RM10) was just alright too. I wished it could be a little on the softer side and that is just my personal preference. Sam Chan Bah (RM10) which literally means three layer meat that is the pork belly was really tender albeit a little on the fatty side. Pai Kut (RM10) was excellent. The rib portions is very generous and each portion contains about five of these four inches ribs length wise.

Clockwise from top: Choy Sum, Stomach, Sum Chan Bah, Pai Kut

Address:
P282 Promenade, Lakeside Lower Ground Floor,
1 Utama Shopping Center,
No:1, Lebuh Bandar Utama,
47800 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor
Telephone No: +603-7725 2599

Kitchen Creatures @ Centerpoint, Bandar Utama

Being curious about this place that is located on the first floor of Centerpoint, I finally went there to try it. Been noticing it for quite some time as it has an interesting decoration of many round paper lanterns on its ceiling that is visible when driving past Centerpoint.

Paper Lanterns that can seen from far...

The place was a little crowded but there were still about 1-2 tables empty. Pretty good business it seems and that is a good sign :) However, I think they could improve their service as the waiting staff was very inattentive and we waited for quite some time for them to pass us the menu and taking our order.

We ordered the Chicken Ala King (RM11) which was really tasty. The cream sauce wasn't overwhelming and light which I really like. Goes so well with the buttered rice.

Chicken Ala King

The Grilled Chicken (RM13) is very good too. The chicken is succulent with excellent gravy. Gets my thumbs up for it. Portion is decent too.

Grilled Chicked

However, they Root Beer (RM4.50) does not suit our taste that well. They added ginger into it and tasted really weird. Still prefer the A & W root beer anytime!

Root Beer

One thing to note is that it is no frills dining. Nope, it's not self service but they don't charge any service charge or government tax!

Not Service Charge!

Address:
Lot F110, Centerpoint
3, Lebuh Bandar Utama,
47800 Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Email: kitchencreatues@gmail.com

Xian Ding Wei @ Sunway Pyramid

Xian Ding Wei is a Taiwanese restaurant located on the Ground Floor of Sunway Pyramid shopping center. I kinda like the ambiance of the restaurant as it has a slightly modern feel with pink and purple accents. Pretty cosy in my opinion.

The Exterior during Night Time

The Entrance from the Mall

We ordered fried seafood noodle which was quite good. They did not scrimp on the ingredients with plenty of seafood.

Fried Seafood Noodle

The Deep Fried Salted Chicken (RM10.90) was ok. It could have been more crispier.

Deep Fried Salted Chicken

I pretty liked the Three Cup Chicken set (RM18.90) that comes with a generous serving of chicken, some side dishes, herbal chicken soup and rice served with pork gravy.

Steaming Hot Three Cup Chicken

The side dishes are made out of a single little packet of wantan, some pickled cucumbers and braised baby corn. The soup was pretty flavourful and delicious. Drank it til the last drop!

Three Cup Chicken Set

Overall, the portions are pretty big and filling.

Address: OB3.LG1.7 & OB3.LG1.8
Oasis Boulevard (New Wing),
Lower Ground Floor, Sunway Pyramid.
Tel: 03-5631 3322

Thyme Bakery @ SunwayMas Commercial Center

I have been frequenting this place for their breads and tarts! Discovered Lemon Meringue and Banoffee tart. Normally they are made as pies but the ones here are in small tarts so you will be able to sample more :)

The Banoffee Tart (RM1.50) is fresh and tasty. Nice banana and caramel taste.

Banoffee Tart

Banoffee Tart

Lemon Meringue Tart (RM1.50) is pretty light and lemony in taste. I prefer the Banoffee tart more.

Lemon Meringue Tart

Lemon Meringue Tart

Address
D39-G, Jalan PJU 1/45,
Aman Suria,
47301 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor.

Succhan @ Plaza Damansara, Sri Hartamas

Suchan is famous for their tiramisu. Came upon Suchan at Bangsar Village II! The place is a little on the quiet side as we were the only customers then. The place is pretty cosy.

The Ambiance

The common Chocolate cake which was pretty satisfying. Quite moist as well.

Chocolate Cake

The tiramisu was a little on the disappointing side plus that little dollop of strawberry sauce. Could have given more although we could have asked for more. Compared with Alexis, the one here is not as nice. Not sure what happened but it used to be very good here in Suchan itself and if not mistaken, the tiramisu from Alexis is sourced from Suchan. Here is a review about the one in Alexis.

The Infamous Tiramisu

Address
2F-25A, Second Floor,
Bangsar Village II,
No.2, Jalan Telawi 1,
Bangsar Baru,
Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-22871914