Coffee Ritual, Sec 14 PJ

Its about 3pm after me and my buddies had lunch around Subang and we decided a cuppa coffee is in order. All we see around are Starbucks, Coffee Bean and the army of modern coffee houses around town, we decided to pop by Coffee Ritual instead, a place where I had lunch with some colleagues a few months back and fell in love with.

And off we went to Sec 14, and found a nice parking spot right in front of the place. Went in, ordered our drinks and relaxed a little bit with a few good magazines and some chit chat. Theres something about this place I really like, maybe its the relaxed environment right in the middle of PJ? Or the nice simple yet functional deco? I don't know, just liking it :)

































































My friends ordered a couple of hazelnut lattes and an ice blended Chocolate as they are quite into the flavoured coffee scene. Nice fragrance from the hazelnut lattes, tasted smooth and packed full with hazelnut flavour too. My friends loved it, but I thought the hazelnut overpowered the coffee taste. Just me I guess. Ice blended chocolate was alright although I wouldn't mind the taste to be a little bit stronger.








































The fancy coffes were not too bad, but I was really here for their single origin coffee, brewed using a Syphon coffee maker (vacuum brewing). What makes this so special is that single origin coffee means they use only coffee from 1 spot/grower instead of mixed ones like most of the coffee out there. The Syphon brewing process makes the coffee more power I think, yet really smooth for those who enjoys their coffee black and simple :)

Pretty cool stuff as you can see here: Chin the owner/resident brewer would pack the coffee into the upper container while broiling water inside the bottom one. Once the water reaches boiling point they would go up into the upper container, forcing flavour in while retaining its smoothness. Pretty neat stuff.

















































































And this in the end is what you get. An aromatic, flavourful and smooth cuppa coffee. Simply fantastic stuff, And at RM6 a cup it definitely wont burn a hole in your pocket!


















Ahh...life's simple pleasures... :)

I decided to order a serving of tiramisu as well, just because they looked so damn yummy! And they were! creamy and heavenly fantastic stuff, again a bargain at RM5.60 :D


















Yumz nomz nomz :)))
























The little coffee escape cost four of us RM42, quite alright and definately cheaper than one of those imported coffee chains! Do try their crapes if you happen to stop by, they are fantastically delicious :D

Heres a map (which I stole from their website) for you readers. If you are familiar with Sec 14 Digital Mall, its located right at the other end of Digital Mall right at the corner. Really hard to miss. Parking could be a hassle though so brace yourself.




















Coffee Ritual Sec 14
35, Jalan 14/20
Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-7956 1080

Opening Hours:
Mon - Sat: 10am - 11pm
Sun & Public Holidays: 9am - 10pm

http://www.gv.com.my/

*pork free & alcohol free




doggyjames says...really nice place located smack in the middle of PJ, a definate must try if you are around the area.

Murni Mamak Store, ss2 PJ

Its 3 in the morning, you are hungry/bored, cant sleep and had a whole bunch of crazy friend with you and they are hungry too. What should you do? Normally I would just settle for any 24hr mamak store around the corner but on that particular day, The place Murni was suggested. I've heard of the place many times before but never tried it (yes I know...me is the noobs) so why not?

The place is located in the famous makan haven of ss2, and you would know where it is just by looking at the CRAZY rows of people and table occupying a whole block of the usually busy ss2 area. When night comes, this place is king i tell you.

So we settled down and ordered our drinks first. I wanted to go for the usual ice lemon tea but was intrigued by the idea of having some special fruit juice instead. So it was the mango special for me. The others ordered melon special, orange special and all sorts of specials you could think of. And damn its good! I have never liked the idea of having mamak fruit juices but this is really good! I suspect they use real mango (added in with the mango syrup of course...) as there were traces of mango pieces all over. Full marks for this one!


















I left the food choices to my friends who frequent this place a lot. He was telling us there are a lot of funny funny roti e.g. Roti Beckham, Roti Ronaldo, Roti Hawaii etc. and I was like WTF??? roti beckham = mohawk style roti kah? 5 minutes of akward silence followed as everyone was indulging in my ultimate noobness. Yeah, I can be a bimbo sometimes.

Anyways back to the rotis.

Roti Beckham was, unfortunately a disappointment for me. It taste alot like mashed tuna with meat & bacon inside. The taste just didn't gel well for me. Tried adding some dhaal & curry but it was just too weird for me. I'll take a pass at this.


















Next came the roti hawaii. OMFG this must be the bomb here. Minced mystery meat (i suspect its ramli burger meat) with pineapple & sausages inside, with a heavy presence of egg inside...all topped up with the oh so good and oh so unhealthy mayo. Noneed to add any sauce to this its great as it is!!!

































We ordered a roti seafood as well, just in case anyone was still hungry. Great too with a generous amount of tuna meat & crabstick inside, served as it is with normal dhall & curry. Simple yet gorgeously yummy...This I would come back and wallup the whole thing myself muahahhahaha.


















The place is packed for the whole night. We left around the 4-5am mark and still people were coming in to have their meals! That i guess is more than a testament to how good their food actually are.

















Price wise, it is surely very economical for the quality & quantity of food you get. A nice jug of special juice cost around RM5 whilst the special roti cost about RM5 or less.

Here's a map & shop details for you readers. Murni is just located behind KFC in ss2 or along Public Bank. Better yet, just drive around ss2 and look for a whole row of shoplots packed with satisfied diners.


















ss2 Murni, Petaling Jaya
Jalan SS2/75, Petaling Jaya

Opening Hours: Everyday 24 hours except Mondays



doggyjames says...this must be one of the best mamaks in town, no more mamak around the corner for me hehehe

Sam You Chinese Restaurant, Petaling Jaya

Sam You is a really old & famous Chinese restaurant located in PJ new town. Apparently my parents used to bring me & my sis there all the time when we were still kids, I however had completely forgotten about it lol. Dad was in the mood for a full-on Chinese dinner one fine weekend and we were hanging around PJ, so off we went to visit this place in search of old memories.

The restaurant looks like any other old school Chinese restaurants in the country. Big with a lot of seats cramped inside, doing weeding receptions & old folks' birthdays all the time. The environment is nice and cozy, quiet too as we arrived about 5.30pm.

outside

inside

We ordered 4 dishes in total. The first dish is the Seafood Pot. A concoction of different seafood: sea cucumber, abalone, fish & fuu chuk slowly cooked in a claypot. This dish would easily be the best dish of the night. The essence of all the ingredients totally matched one another, and as an outcome the sauce, which I suspect is cooked with chicken broth came out totally amazing. The seafood were very fresh and nice and the best thing...this dish cost only RM32...abalone for RM32 mannnnnnn where to find???

















awesome seafood pot!


The second dish was rather unconventional and rather innovative in my mind. Fried chicken stuffed with yam. The Crispy chicken & yam are truly a match made in heaven. Contrasting textures may not work all the time, but this dish is truly ingeniously perfect! Truly a piece of art this one.

















i admit this is soooooooo much better than KFC

















tell me you are not hungry already hehe

We ordered the homestyle tofu as our vege option for the night. Good & smooth texture, blends very nicely with the fuu chuk & greens that came with it. The taste however was a little blend for my liking. Nonetheless this is still a "pass" dish in my books.

















homemade tofu...its passable...

The star of the night, despite the abalone, was the humble ol' steamed fish. I believe they used garoupa or some other familiar type of sea fish for this. The portion was just right and the meat, oh my god so freaking fantastic! Freshness! I swear I have not had fish this good for quite a long time now. The meat was cooked to perfection with light favours e.g. soy, ginger & sesame oil and the sauce....oh lala~~~I ordered another bowl of rice just to eat with the sauce. A must try dish here.

















OMG freaking wonderful steamed fish...only RM16!!!


We had the herbal jelly & peanut stew for dessert. Okay at best, wouldn't say their dessert is excellent. But then that might be because the mains were too awesome XD

















peanut stew

















herbal jelly


The bill came to RM104...not too bad in my eyes for quite a grand meal. Will be back again very very soon!

Heres a map & details for you readers.




















Sam You Restaurant 三友冷气酒家
Lot 56/58, Jalan 52/4
Section 52, Petaling Jaya

Tel: 03-7955 1197
03-7955 1179

Opening Hours:
11.30am - 2.30pm
5.30pm - 10.30pm daily



Doggyjames says...A great find in PJ, great place for family reunions, joyous occasions & business dinners!!! Food great, price great!

Jaya Noodle House, Jaya One PJ

Had some business matter to attend to in Jaya One, so as usual I was thinking of all the beer, beer and beers after the meeting haha..but just before i could tempt Carmen to a nice cooling pint of beer, she suggested that we have dinner at Jaya noodle house instead. I have never heard of the place before but appearent it was very famous when the outlet was still in Jaya supermarket, years ago. So why not?

Jaya noodles house 富门面家 is located near to old town kopitiam, and it wasnt have to find at all after looking at the directories. Very nice place i would say, though simple, all the furnishing & interiors somehow reminds me of one of them traditional restaurants in Hong Kong.

















from outside

















inside...nice oldies feel hey?


Sat down and looked through their menu. They have the usual roasted duck, chicken, char siew and siu yok dishes. Looks good on the menu, but i've decided to try something else...something like...Pork Hock Noodles!

Oh yea, they serve some really nice papadam chips for starters here...nice!
















papadams!

Their pork hock noodles is really really nice. Juicy pork fat running wild in your mouth...mmm...very fresh & delicate they have made the meat to be. The sauce goes well with the pork and noodles...but a little too much MSGs for my liking. Nonetheless it was still very good.


















pork hock noodles


















TASTY baby!!!

Carmen decided to have the clear noodles soup with steamed chicken. Looks good, smells even better. And the expression on her face confirms that its good. They sure arent stingy with the servings here, we were so full we couldnt walk for a while.

















for those who prefers something light

The bill comes to RM 21 for a truely fulfilling meal. Definately would be back again.

Heres a map for JayaOne for you. Jaya noodles house is located outside, facing the road, a couple of shoplots away from Old town Kopitiam. Just check the directory there if you cant find it.


















Jaya Noodle House
Jaya 1, C-3-1,
Jalan 13/6, Section 13,
Petaling Jaya

Tel:03- 7954 2639


Doggyjames says...very nice & simple place offering great meals. Definately something i would go for everyday if i am working there.

Meng Kee Steamed Soup, Paramount PJ

I have always enjoy great chinese food...by the roadside. Chances are if there is a stall selling chinese food, no matter roasted duck, general chinese food, dai-chao or in this case, steamed soups, they would be super good.

Shereen had told me about this chinese food stall in Paramount gardens specializing in steamed soups. And we finally had the chance to let me taste this little hidden secret in PJ for the first time after one of our shopping sessions during the weekends. It is tucked away nicely beside Paramount's Giant Supermarket & Post office, right by the roadside. By the time we arrived, about 9pm, the place was still packed, some customers had even just seated. This gave away little regarding the place's yummy-ness...so we waited for about 15 minutes before sitting down and placing our order.

By the way, its called Meng Kee Steam Soup or 洺记暾汤.

















by the road side

















so many customers...

















its next to the post office

The soup was the first to arrive. We ordered the chicken soup with old ginseng. My god was it good or what! The soup was steamed to perfection, having absorb all the essence of flavours from the chicken, which i suspect is kampung chicken, the old ginseng and various kinds of herbs & chinese medicine which were generously thrown into the soup. A few pieces of old cucumber were found inside the soup, giving it the extra bit of dimension in terms of texture. This soup, receives the 10/10 honours from doggyjames, the first of its kind. Certainly out of this world!

















steamed soup

We ordered some dishes to go with the soup. Steamed chicken, steamed bakchoy & tofu with fish paste. There were definitely above average, although i'd like the chicken to be warmed up a bit before serving. The bokchoy was steamed just right, crunchy enough and the sauce was very good indeed. Amazing what simple oyster sauce & sesame oil can do to your average plate of veg. The tofu was...flavorful. Although i dont see the point in adding the fish paste. It lacks the fishy presence in it.

















steamed chicken

















steamed bok choy

















tofu with fishpaste

The bill comes to RM 33 including 2 servings of ice herbal tea, very cheap considering the quality of food we had. Oh and you better get there early as most of their 50 different kinds of soup are sold out before 9pm.

Heres a map for you readers. Meng Kee is located right beside Giant & Paramount Post Office. Right at the roadside. no way you can miss it.



















Meng Kee Steamed Soup
stall 9, Jalan 20/16
Paramount Gardens PJ

Tel: 012 239 0623



Doggyjames says...very very good place for a hearty meal which would keep your wallet heavy as usual. go there fast fast!!! :D

Cha Cha Pan Mee, Dataran Prima Petaling Jaya

Had to visit a supplier in Dataran Prima around lunch time one day...so me, Carmen & EngHao decided to have lunch around the area as well. Carmen suggested this place, which, gives a very nice and modern first impression.

















Corner lot facing NKVE...no way you can miss it


Now i dont know about you but to me, pan mee is like the only food which KL can claim to be its own. And its actually one of my fav noodle dishes too!!! Loving Carmen to bits for bringing us here as i hopped happily into the restaurant.

The restaurant was packed full of the usual office lunch crowd. We were very lucky to get a seat just next to the beverage area. Nice setting and the lunch crowd actually gives us a very good impression of the place.


















Nice setting inside....pack full of working crowd


I ordered the dry pan mee, Carmen got the cha cha pan mee soup whilst EngHao decided to have the curry pan mee. Those would, i supposed, be the chef's recommendation here. Interesting enough theres a small stall in the middle of the place which sells nasi lemak & lo bak. Decided to have some while waiting for our noodles.























very nice lobak


The lobak is what you usually get from hawker stalls. Except over here, they serve curry sauce besides the normal chilis sauce, which adds a very unique touch to this somewhat common dish. And theres this particular lobak which has eggs in them (refer to picture above) definitely very nice!!! Definitely a good idea for the restaurant to serve some appetizers as our noodles took some time to arrive.

Carmen's cha cha pan mee soup was the first one to arrive. For those of you who are not familiar with cha cha pan mee, its actually made from the same dough except instead of putting them through a manually operated machine turning them into long strains of flat noodles, they were "pinch" into little flat pieces using the hand. The little pieces of pan mee were light and thin, and the soup is very flavorful indeed. Every bit the perfect bowl of cha cha pan mee should be with the usual veg, anchovies & eggs.























carmen's cha cha pan mee soup


EngHao's curry pan mee looks...and smells very good indeed. It even comes with a small bowl of clear soup...how nice! packed full of chicken pieces, bean sprouts, fuu chuk 腐竹 and even....lala! thats a first!


















enghao's curry pan mee



My dry pan mee was the last to arrive. As usual, its the flat noodles soaked in a bed of dark sauce and a piece of poached egg on top. Overloading the pan mee with dried chilies is what make this simple dish oh sooooo good...and overload i did!























dry pan mee overloaded with dried chillies

I have to say...the chilies provided are very very nice indeed. Smells wonderful yet not overpowering, this is really one of the best ones i've tried so far. And guess what...they have pork lard mixed into the pan mee as well! ooooooooo juicy juicy pork lard.....hmmmmm...


















pork lard pork lard me luv u














carmen, enghao, & doggyjames busy eating


What can i say?absolutely delicious! the smooth dark sauced mixed with dried chilies...fragrant pork lard mixed into chewy strings of wonderful pan mee...and the chili sauce just makes everything together perfectly...love it!


















my way of eating the dried chillies & chili sauce



Interesting information: Carmen suggest mixing the dried & wet chilies together...well...not really my cuppa tea but you can try it for yourself!


















carmen's hybrid dried chillies & chili sauce mix


















el classico cock bowl



Ahhh...very good lunch indeed...sometimes i am glad i am in marketing :D

Total of the meal is RM31. Quite economical considering the amount of food we had and the environment.


















emptied everything


Heres a map of the place for you readers. If you are coming from Sunway via LDP, turn left into the junction after you see St Ignatius Church on your left. drive straight till you reach metro prima & a condo on your right. The restaurant is just after them on your right.




















Doggyjames says...serves very very good pan mee in a very comfortable environment...quite a bit of flies in there though.


Cha Cha Pan Mee Original
No. K-G-1
Jalan PJU 1/43
Aman Suria, Petaling Jaya

Opening Hours:
Everyday 8am - 9pm
Closed every 2 weeks on Wednesdays