Homemade Spaghetti Bolognese

I used the roasted tomatoes that was mashed from the Roasted Tomato Soup recipe. Froze it in the freezer for future use.

One day I decided to make a very simple tomato based spaghetti using the frozen roasted tomato paste. Added some minced pork and stir fried it with the paste. Salt and pepper is not necessary as it is already seasoned while making the roasted tomato paste.

Top the cooked spaghetti noodles with the mixture and add some shredded cheese. Simple and easy to make.

La Bodega @ Bangsar

All day English style breakfast. A way to perk me up is to have excellent English breakfast on a lazy late Sunday morning. Nice hot toast, juice, good coffee, sausages, eggs and more!

The Pancakes with Maple Syrup was pretty good but could have been better if we had it while it was warm. Was a little to engrossed with the savoury stuff before we could get to it. I sure miss those buttermilk pancakes I had in IHOP last time.

Pancakes

Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon was just alright. It was pretty creamy altogether as the poached eggs were pretty runny, with generous amounts of Hollandaise sauce and plenty of Smoke Salmon. Probably I find it a little too rich with all the creaminess and raw fish.

Eggs Benedict topped with Smoked Salmon

For the English Breakfast I, you have two farm eggs (any style that you would like), two choices to choose from a list, an orange juice and coffee. Sorry, I forgot to take note of what's in the list but we chose the scrambled eggs, pork sausages and turkey ham.

English Breakfast

English Breakfast II has omelette, hash browns and sausages (well this was on another occassion, thus the duplicates :p).

English Breakfast

Definitely one of my favourite, sautéd button mushrooms. I have always experimented on button mushrooms to make them taste like the ones here. As always, it never even taste as good as the ones here. I wonder how they cook this. A definite must order when I am here.

Sautéd Button Mushrooms

Great tasting breakfast and have it al fresco style on a lazy weekend morning.

Address:

16, Jln Telawi 2,

Bangsar Baru

Tel: 603 2287 831

Chef Low Organic Kitchen @ Boulevard 10

Heard about this place from my colleague who is into the organic food and recommended this place to me. I never really had any good organic food before and this is the first time I enjoyed organic food so much. Even the ambiance is great.

Chew Low Organic Kitchen is located at the back row of white shops (on the left) heading to Damansara toll before the Bandar Utama flyover.

The Mushroom Soup is definitely one of the better mushroom soups that I have had. The soup had a slight chunky taste (suits my palate so well!) and earthly mushroom taste is there.

Yammy :)

Mushroom Soup

Hakka Beancurd (RM10.90) had some bean curd and deep fried bean curd sheets that has been rolled up. This dish is a little salty in my opinion.

Hakka Beancurd

French Bean with Pine Nuts (RM10.90) was lightly fried and topped with pine nuts. Pretty mild in taste but that is how I really liked it. With dishes, you can choose to have white rice or brown rice.

French Bean with Pine Nuts

Classic Carbonara (RM14.90) was nice and light served with button mushrooms.

Classic Carbonara

Basil Fried Vermicelli (RM 10.90) had a lot of shredded vegetables and was pretty wholesome but the basil leave are a little too overpowering. Those who do not like basil should stay away from this.

Basil Fried Vermicelli

The Fruit Tea (RM10.90) was really special as we thought that it was a cold drink. Instead, it is a little warm. The citrus fruits were boiled to produce this fruit tea. This is definitely something interesting.

Fruit Tea

And it is served in tiny cups. Like playing tea time :p

The Cheese Baked Rice (RM10.90) was excellent. The cheese lends a nice salty taste and rice was fried til fragrant with delicious bits of mushrooms and bell peppers. This is even better than the meaty version in some restaurants.

Cheese Baked Rice

Tasty Morsels

The Curry Vermicelli portion was really huge and it is a signature dish. However, I don't personally like it that much as the soup was a little on the diluted side and not flavourful enough. You can even drink the soup without feeling the ickiness of drinking the curry soup as it is not oily.

Curry Vermicelli

The Mango Pudding (RM3.90) was really good. The mangoes were really sweet and the pudding was more like a nice plain pudding taste and complements the fresh mangoes and mango puree. Definitely a refreshing way to end the meal :)

Mango Pudding

My perception on organic food has changed. Healthy food can be yummy too ;)

Address:

C-G-43, Camilia,

10 Boulevard

Tel: +603 7725 7154

On The Table @ Solaris Dutamas

On The Table is situated at the quieter corner of newly developed area called Solaris Dutamas. The shop is located on the same row at Pink Sage. Just walk along the corridor of Pink Sage and you will reach On the Table.

Complimentary appetisers! Crackers topped with beef bacon, cheese and chives and penne pasta with bolognaise sauce.

Complimentary appetisers

Cappuccino of Wild Mushroom was definitely an interesting experience. First they served a few slices of mushrooms (if not mistaken, there were different types of mushrooms like oyster mushrooms, buttons, shiitake and beech mushrooms which has been sautéed with foam at the sides.

Next, the waitress came with a jar of brown thick liquid and poured it into the bowl.

And that is how it looks like after that :)

Cappuccino of Wild Mushrooms

Ordered Gamberi Aglio Olio Peperoncini which was basically aglio olio with with prawns. We chose tagliatelle pasta and overall was just ok in my opinion.

Gamberi Aglio Olio Peperoncini

Riz's Fried Chicken was really good as I always like fried chicken. The meat was pretty juicy with crispy batter and the mash potatoes on the side was good too. Without the fattening gravy, it is pretty good even by itself. The salad was a little different where it is lightly dressed with a sour tinge. However, I do find the leaves a little on the bitter side.

Riz's Fried Chicken

The Chocolate Fondant was really warm and gooey! Right after sinking the dessert spoon into the chocolate fondant, we couldn't help it but went "ohh" and "ahh" as we really felt good about the texture of the chocolate fondant. True enough, putting it into our mouth, the chocolate was rich and delicious. Eat it together with the cold vanilla ice cream, simply great :) Well, I read from another blog that the "vanilla ice cream" is actually semifreddo. Don't know what it is but it sure does taste good.

Chocolate Fondant

Was really great and appreciate the birthday celebration from my dear friends. Nothing beats spending time in a nice quiet place and just talk. Also good desserts as accompaniment.

Address:

A4-UG 1-08, Solaris Dutamas,

Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Tel: +603 6207 9966

The Wok Cafe@ The Strand, Kota Damansara

Have always liked those restaurants with a special theme like this place here at The Wok Cafe. It seems that this is a branch of a famous Hot Wok restaurant in Penang Island. And it is featured as Best Restaurant by Tatler Magazine in 1998 and 2004.

Plates, Saucers, Cups and Kebayas

The interior decoration is really unique and special as they have a lot of olden days antiques on display, wooden furniture, antique bangles, plates and even kebayas!

Antiques

In my opinion really unique as the doors even have wooden panels with words inscribed on them. Sorry don't know what it means because I am illiterate :p

Olden Day Door Panels

At one corner, there is a pair of familiar looking pair of boots. Bright yellow and made from PVC and a Gurmit Singh's signature on it! As Phua Chu Kang ;) They even had Rosie's and Henty Thia's signature too on the wall.

Yellow Boots

Cencaluk omelette was excellent. My first time eating cencaluk and it was really good. All I ever knew was that cencaluk is a type of fermented prawn paste and never knew it could taste this good. The omelette was nice and fluffy.

Cencaluk Omelette

Sambal sotong was just ok for me. Probably because I don't really like the sambal that comes with it. A little salty in my opinion but the squid was fresh.

Sambal Sotong

Assam curry fish was pretty fragrant and gravy was really nice and thick as they don't skimp on the ingredients. Pretty tasty and good :)

Asam Fish

Paku Sambal was just alright. The chili paste a little too much and salty as it is also fried with dried shrimps. Would go well with rice but not eaten by its own. I sure miss the Midin that I had in Sarawak last time as the shoots are more tender.

Paku Sambal

Tried the Sago Nangka which was really good! The nangka or jack fruit is really sweet and provides a refreshing taste to the coconut milk soup. On another occassion, we tried the Cendol but it wasn't really good. So for desserts, do go for the Sago Nangka ;)

This place is definitely in my books for some good Nyonya food :)

Address:

26, Jalan PJU 5/21

The Strand

Kota Damansara

Petaling Jaya

Tel: 03 -6142 7388

The Beatles - Let It Be

Restoran Home Cooking @ Sungai Way

One hot Sunday, a good friend wanted to recommend me a good char siew (barbequed pork) place in Sungai Way. Luck was not with us as they do not serve it during lunch. Only during dinner time. However, they have other offerings instead which was really good.

Steamed Chicken was one of their signature dish. They only use free range chicken. I don't normally eat steamed chicken as I have always preferred it roasted or fried but rarely steamed but ones here were good. The chicken flesh was smooth and it is served with ginger paste which was really good. Even the chili sauce that goes with it is also very good.

Steamed Chicken

Curry Fish is also one of their signature dish. They use the red snapper fish pieces in this dish and came with generous amounts of brinjals, beancurd puff and french beans. Taste wise it is just ok. Prefer the curry fish head in Pangkor Seafood Village Restaurant in Taman Megah anytime. The version here contains coconut milk.

Curry Fish

The Stir Fried Sweet Potato Leaves was really good. We couldn't get enough of it. The "wok hei" is there and there were plenty of sliced garlic in there.

Stir Fried Sweet Potato Leaves

A plus point about this place that it is cooling even with the hot weather outside, not air conditioned but natural greenery and shade. It is located near the famous Ah Sang Bak Kut Teh. You can actually park at the Indian temple parking area and walk over which takes about five minutes. The total bill came to about nearly RM60 in total which is pretty affordable considering what we had. Well, barbequed pork next time ;)

Address:

555, Jalan SS9a/2 ,

Sungai Way,

47300 Petaling Jaya,

Selangor

Opening Hours:

Lunch 1200 pm - 230 pm

Dinner 600 pm - 930 pm