Eat, Play, Drive with Nissan Almera - Aunty Koh Best Cendol

Last month, I was invited to join a test drive food trip by Nissan Malaysia. The plan is to drive from KL to Malacca and explore some of the good food there. I was assigned with Kelly and Joshua to drive a stock entry level Nissan Almera which doesn't have the push-start key-less feature. Some of the other teams were driving Impul premium version which comes with the key-less feature and body kit with 16 inch rims. The stock comes with 15 inch rims.

The trusty Nissan Almera that I drove.

The Impul Almera.

One thing about the Nissan Almera is the spacious boot space. It can easily fit two of me inside. I am 178cm tall and weight about 95KG. Yes, so gonna lose weight soon.

The journey to Malacca was quite smooth. Although the pick up response is a bit laggy for the Nissan Almera but once you are in a constant speed, it is a smooth ride all the way. Well, Nissan Almera is built for economy and fun driving in mind. If one wanted a speed demon, one would have gone for a Nissan GTR.

The fuel economy is surprisingly good even after driving some long sub-urban road to reach Aunty Koh Best Cendol in Bukit Rambai we only have to fuel up about RM 16.78 worth of RON95 petrol to reach full tank again. That works out about 6.8 liter/100KM.

The first stop is Aunty Koh Best Cendol as I've mentioned. It took a lot of turnings in the sub-urban area after Alor Gajah exit to reach Bukit Rambai. I was told that Aunty Koh only opens for business during the weekends from 12pm to 2pm but usually sold out by 1pm.

It is actually a stall located in a house with huge land, so parking will be easily available but advised to reach early so that you don't have to wait for too long.

We have a huge orders and Aunty Koh only works alone so we need to wait for quite a while.

And it's worth the wait. The cendol here is thick, springy and rich with the taste of pandan and santan. The gula melaka used is also not too sweet and rich with the aroma of gula melaka. I would have to say that this is one of the best cendol I've eaten so far.

Here are the videos of Aunty Koh preparing the cendols for us.

Besides the normal cendol, I also tried the santan-less Taibak. Pandan infused sugar syrup is used for Taibak instead of gula melaka. For those that can't take santan, this is a good alternative to have a go at cendol like dessert. Personally, I still prefer cendol. Taibak is a bit too plain for me.

Everyone seems to like Aunty Koh Best Cendol.

Kelly, Eunice and Hui Ping

Joshua Law enjoying his cendol.

With Huai Bin aka Sixthseal.

More food posts will be posted on this Eat, Play, Drive trip. Stay tuned.

Address:

Aunty Koh Best Cendol
No. 5113, Jalan Batang Tiga,
Kampung Bukit Rambai.
75250, Melaka.
GPS Coordinates: N2 14.804 E102 11.516

UFO 飞碟 Desserts and Drinks, SS2, Petaling Jaya

Taiwanese desserts, bubble teas and snacks seems to be making a come back recently to Malaysia especially with so many franchise mushrooming out of no where. Two weeks back I tagged along Henry for a food review at UFO 飞碟 Desserts and Drinks, SS2, Petaling Jaya after we had tasted some Gelato on stick. This review is organized by Jane and coordinated by Benjamin. Thank you guys!

Here at UFO, one can try out all three Taiwanese specialties. Soya Ice, fried snacks and bubble tea! One place to have them all. I started with soya ice series and Benjamin ordered some snacks for us all.

As the norm of Taiwanese concept store nowadays you can customize your dessert. Mix and match the sides, choose your level of sweetness and ice. I didn't notice that so my bowl of soya ice series is a bit too sweet for me.

While the ice series here is just okay only, the fried snacks are the hidden gem here. Fried till the right timing with the outside still crispy and tender soft inside. The batter is nicely seasoned too. Once you start, it's hard to stop.

Lots of choice to choose from.

Ended my feast with a cup of Sour Plum Tea. I still prefer Roasted Milk Tea.

If you want to try all three different Taiwanese sensation in one go, then UFO is your choice.

By the way, their ordering notifier is imported from Korea.

Address:

UFO 飞碟 Desserts and Drinks
86, Jln SS2/60,
473000 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor.


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Rebecca
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Stickhouse, Sunway Pyramid

Yo, yo, yo. Ice-cream in the house. Stickhouse that is. More precisely, Italian Hand crafted Gelato on a stick. Now that's a first. Usually the gelato I ate is scooped then put in a cup or a cone. Stickhouse Gelatos are made with 100% natural and genuine ingredients without the added falvouring, preservatives and colouring. Fresh fruit, milk and cream together with the "Stickhouse Bases" and the decorations, guarantee a healthy, full-bodied product with a persistent taste.

The tasting started already when I reached. I was 15 minutes late. Started with fruit sorbets, Grape, Pineapple and Blueberry? Can really taste the fruit and there's still pulps in the ice-cream.

My favourite is definitely the Hazelnut. You can opt to dip it in dark, milk or white chocolate and nuts of your choice. The chocolate gelato is very rich, I might advise not to dip it in chocolate or the chocolaty taste might be too overwhelming.

Watermelon is very refreshing, lemon is for those that like sourish thingy (once I took a bite, it reminds me of the sour candy back in those high school days).

There are many more flavours to choose from. The last whole stick that I ate is Green Tea. While it's not as rich in tea as I wish it to be, still a nice stick of ice-cream for a hot sunny day.

The ice-creams were freshly made daily.

Choose your dippings and toppings.

Pricing starting from RM 4.90 for a mini, RM 6.90 for classic and RM 8.90 for premium.

Add on dark, milk or white dippings and hazelnut, almond, pistachio toppings. RM 1 for half and RM 2 for full.

This is what a half milk chocolate dipping with pistachio grain green tea Stickhouse Gelato looks like. Cost about RM 9.90.

New batch of Stickhouse ice-cream in the making.

Feel like having something cool to eat in this hot weather while shopping? Then Stickhouse is there for you. Find out more about Stickhouse here. Since today is a public holiday in Selangor, why not drop by to one of the Stickhouse outlet and try it for yourself. ;)





Address:

Sunway Pyramid
Lot LG2.RINK,
Jalan PJS11/15, Bandar Sunway,
46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Citta Mall
GK-07
1 Jalan PJU1A/48,
PJU 1A, Ara Damansara,
47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Revisiting Tai Ping Koon Restaurant (太平館餐廳), Hong Kong

Two years ago I went to Hong Kong and my cousin Elaine brought me to try out Tai Ping Koon Restaurant. This year, March, I went again to Tai Ping Koon, the outlet in Mau Lam Street, Yau Ma Tei that is just a street away at the back of our hotel. This time there were four of us, my mom, me, my aunt and my cousin sister. Which mean, we can order more food.

We ordered the Signature Set for 2 (HKD$348 each set), which is just nice for the four of us.

For the appetizer, one can choose Seafood Soup or Smoked Salmon and Shrimp Salad. We choose seafood soup and order another salad.

I apologize for the quality of the pictures because it is a dim environment and I am using my Nokia E7 to shoot the pictures. I've lost me digital camera at that time.

Salmon Salad

Seafood Soup

Both look simple yet very delicious. The seafood soup is so rich with the taste from sea.

Each set can choose one signature dish, 6 pieces TPK Swiss Sauce Chicken Wings or one whole TPK Style Roasted Pigeon. We chose chicken wings. I tried this before during my last visit. They still maintained the quality.

Stir-fry Mix Vegetable with Bacon comes with the set. Nice. I should try to make this too at home lol.

Stir-fry Mix Vegetable with Bacon

The main, we can choose TPK Style Fried Rice Noodle with Beef or TPK Style Fried Rice Noodle with Beef in Swiss Sauce or Sliced Roasted Leg of Pig with Rice. Since my aunt don't eat beef, so we had 3rd option of course. It's a good choice after all because the roasted leg of pig is so tender. Eaten with the special TPK sauce, it's marvelous.

Sliced Roasted Leg of Pig with Rice

Since the set doesn't include dessert, we of course put in additional order for their famous dessert there that will take 30 minutes to prepare. So remember to order it when you are ordering your food and not after you finished your food.


This dessert need a fork this big to serve.

Ta daam!! The famouse Tai Ping Koon Souffle! Its big, hot and fluffy. Even with our stomach nearly full, we were able to finish it. The aroma and taste from the egg in the souffle is just so captivating. You must try this when you come here.

This is a video of me cutting into the souffle.

Ah, it's such a wonderful meal in Tai Ping Koon Restaurant. I don't mind eating here again the next time I visit Hong Kong.




Address:

19-21, Mau Lam Street, Yaumati, Kowloon 九 龍 油 麻 地 茂 林 街 十 九 至 廿 一 號
Tel: +852 2384 1703
Opens from 11:00am - midnight 12:00 (Close at Chinese New Year)

Other branches:


40, Granville Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon 九 龍 尖 沙 咀 加 連 威 老 道 四 十 號
Tel: +852 2721 3559
Opens from 11:00am - midnight 12:00 (Close at Chinese New Year)

6, Pak Sha Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 香 港 銅 鑼 灣 白 沙 道 六 號
Tel: +852 2576 9161
Opens from 11:00am - midnight 12:00 (Close at Chinese New Year)

Mille Crepe from Nadeje Patisserie Cafe

I've been reading about this piece of pastry called Mille Crepe a lot from blogs. In Klang Valley, one can get it from Food Foundry in Happy Mansion, Section 17 which is the same row as 6 to 10 Grill & Nasi Lemak. Oh, I read that 6 to 10 has shifted to Aman Suria, which is farther for me T_T

Most blog I read states that one of the best Mille Crepe is found in Malacca and not Klang Valley. Sigh, for me that rarely drive to outer state (due to my car is not serviced enough), going to Malacca will have to wait a year or two more lol.

Ah, a few weeks ago when I came back from work in the morning (graveyard shift mah), I saw this on the table.

Surprise, surprise. Apparently my cousin sister, Meng Kuan went to Malacca with her bf and she is so nice to tapaoed some Mille Crepe from Nadeje back for us. According to Jason Mumbles, at first the Mille Crepe in Nadeje is really superb and a year later, he went back and the quality deteriorated. I don't really know because I haven't even try Mille Crepe before this lol.

I chose to eat the original flavour. Of course, it won't be as good as eating it in the cafe itself but this will have to do for now. I like the texture of each thin layer that just melt away in my mouth once in contact my saliva.

I think it will be better if eaten not more than 2 hours after buying from the shop. The one I eaten was kept overnight in the freezer but still edible and not too bad. Well, I found out that the pioneer Mille Crepe baker from Nadeje is now making Mille Crepe for delivery in Johor Bahru, KL and Singapore. You can place your order through their website, Humble Beginnings. I read Joanne Peh's blog that even the Media Corp artist purposely ordered from JB during Ah Jie (Zoe Tay)'s Birthday (it's not available yet in Singapore at that time).

Now if I am craving for Mille Crepe, I don't have to go Malacca already, all I have to do is call one of the number here.

Snacking At Harbour City Mall, Hong Kong

On the 5th day in Hong Kong, after attending my cousin's wedding lunch and eating authentic Yuen Long Poon Choi. A few hours later, my Hong Kong cousin, Elaine asked me out to join her in Harbour City 海港城 just before dinner later at Star House 星光行. I then found out that the reason she asked me there is to eat some snacks before dinner and she won't be able to finish it so I'll be the one to help finish off. Yeah, she only eat a bit of what we had and I finish the rest.

First stop, is Japanese ice-cream from Hokkaido at 3rd Floor City'Super's food court. The kiosk names is Kasho-chaya. The ice-cream is made from milk imported from Hokkaido. There's only two flavours, milk and green tea (macha).

Elaine like the green tea ice-cream here is because the richness of the green tea flavour that still attain the bitter-sweet taste of a tea, unlike some other green tea ice-cream that's only left with sweet taste.

I chose a twister with green tea and vanilla with mochi, red beans and greent tea jelly as condiments. The green tea is really as good as Elaine describe it. The texture is very smooth and soft and the green tea taste is quite rich. As for the milk ice-cream, I can really taste the richness of the Hokkaido milk.

There's green tea jelly at the bottom.

Elaine only ate 1 scoops. I have to sapu the rest.

There are a lot of other food kiosk here but we have limited space in our stomach and dinner time is just two hours away.

Address:
Kasho-chaya
3/F, city'super, Gateway Arcade, Harbour City, 17 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
尖沙咀廣東道17號海港城港威商場3樓city'super

Going to another place, Elaine has a sudden crave for french fries. Not any fries but New York Fries.

Elaine asked me whether we have NYF in Malaysia. I told her have Ireland's Potato in Malaysia but not NYF. She then told me that she don't like Ireland's Potato lol. She recommended her favourite New York Fries item, the Italian Job.

Who won't like that melted cheese curd and minced beef in tomato sauce poured on big crispy fries made with USA potatoes, finished with black olives on top. OMG, it's making me drool while writing this. The fries are only prepared once order is placed and not fried and placed that on standby. That's why the fries are crispy and hot.

We chose to devour the Italian Job sitting at an outdoor patio facing the port. Quite a nice way to enjoy piping hot fries at about 15 degree Celsius.

Address:

New York Fries
Shop 2602, 2/F, Gateway Arcade, Harbour City, 17 Canton Road Tsim Sha Tsui
尖沙咀廣東道17號海港城港威商場2樓2602號舖

If you are bored with the HK style cafeteria (茶餐厅) while you are in Hong Kong, you can opt to come to Harbour City, there are a lot of nice snacks and food kiosks/shops around. You'll be amaze that in Citi'Super alone there's so many prepared food to choose from.