Happy Meal, Jalan Tun H S Lee

I'm always a savoury person...

:-)

What I meant was, when it comes to a person's palate preference, I simply divide the group to 2 kinds- a sweet or a savoury person.

Though I enjoy sweet delicacies, but if I had to choose say, something to snack on, my first  choice would always be a savoury one.

Yet recently, I've been treated to sweets that I do admit, it's hard to resist :)

One such gem can be found at Happy Meal.

No, not Ronald's sundae, but a small bakery located at Jalan Tun H S Lee...

Though they serve many kinds of cakes, tarts etc, only One caught my eye..

The durian cream puffs (RM3)..

The cream puff that was filled to almost bursting point with velvety, creamy durian delight..

Each bite was such sinful pleasure, the cream was not too sweet, the aromatic durian flavour burst in my mouth the moment I popped one. You can still taste bit of durian fibre in the cream. Come to mama my baby! :D aherm..

Ah, I see durian cream puffs and me will be fast friends, for many years to come...
If you are around Petaling Street area, do remind to look for this Happy Meal!


Happy Meal is located at 143 (right at cross junction), Jalan Tun H S Lee, KL.

Restaurant Betel Leaf, Lebuh Ampang

A change in work location allows me to try many new places recently, thanks to my friendly new colleagues and friends who works near this area.

One of the first place that most of them mentioned was Betel Leaf, a place that serves Chettinad cuisine. Lo and behold, I got to visit the place twice in a week...haha

Located right in the heart of busy, boisterous Lebuh Ampang, Betel Leaf is a popular restaurant, fully packed with patrons by 12:30pm..

So if you want to ensure a table, do go early.

The menu is extensive here, I've yet to try most of the food there, but here's what I had on a recent visit..

Mango Lassi to quench our thirst (RM7)

Smooth, rich, thick, slightly sour. Yums.

Chettinad Mutton Chukka (RM13)

Wonderfully aromatic dish, the mutton was tender.The dish was cooked dry, the taste was slightly sweetish and had a faint tomato flavour.  

Gobi Manchurian (RM9) is a must order, on all my visits here (request from different group of friends)

Betel Leaf does a slightly different version, the Gobi Manchurian is not heavily tinge with red, it's spiced up with bird's eye chilli and sweet from all the diced onions. Addictive stuff, do order this when you are at Betel Leaf.

The Brinjal Masala (RM6) on the other hand, was a very savoury dish..

Not the usual purple aubergines we see in the market, these were small green ones. Just the right amount of heat to complement the rest of the dishes.
The Fish Curry (RM10) came as a surprise.

It just tasted slightly different from the usual ones that we are accustomed to. More sour? An extra something? We, just ordinary souls, could not guess the secret ingredient. MC didnt really fancy it. I actually thought it was interesting and tasty.

There's a range of carbs to have the dishes with, we opted for Pudhina Paratha and Garlic Naan..(RM5 each)

The mint was rather mild in the Paratha though (my first gripe)

 Restaurant Betel Leaf is located at 77/79A, Lebuh Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 03-20325932.

Coconut Grove, Bandar Utama

How's your Raya break so far?

Hope it's been good :)

Weather's been sweltering recently, makes one yearn for a cool drink or dessert, don't you think?

I stumbled upon a dessert place whilst out and about- it was just so hot that we needed a "chilled" break.

No surprise on what they serve here- coconut jelly.

You can have it plain or with toppings suggested in their menu.

There's coconut jelly with green tea jelly (RM5.50)..

The ultra smooth coconut jelly went well with well chilled green tea jelly. The green tea gave a nice aroma and a light bitter after taste which we enjoyed..

For double cooling action (and perhaps smoother skin?), we tried the Coconut jelly with Aloe Vera (RM5.50)..

The jelly was drizzled with gula melaka and a generous amount of Aloe Vera. The match was surprising tasty. Very nice indeed.

For a bit more texture, Coconut Jelly with Q-Jelly might be a better choice (RM5.50)

The Q jelly had a nice springy texture, a good contrast with the melt-in-mouth jelly..

Coconut Grove also serves other basic thong sui and kuihs.

Coconut Grove is located at Oasis Business Centre, Bandar Utama, PJU 6.