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This here is Ondeh ondeh (also spelled as “Onde onde”), a Malaysian snack.

So, what is Ondeh ondeh?

Basically, it’s a glutinous rice ball, with melted gula melaka in the center, and grated coconut on the outside. When you bite into its chewy outer layer, the sweet gula melaka oozes out, and brings a delightful sensation to your mouth.

A word of warning when eating- make sure you pop the whole thing into your mouth, otherwise the gula melaka might squirt out at someone/something. ^^;

Interested in making this snack? Well, there are lots of sources for recipes over the net, but here are a few.

• Onde Onde recipe on MalaysianFood.net
• Have Your Cake and Eat It Too: My Green Ondeh Ondeh Balls

Some people make ondeh ondeh using sweet potato instead. Here are some sweet potato ondeh ondeh recipes:

• AromaCookery: IMBB #14: Orange Onde Onde
• Baking Mum: Ondeh Ondeh

A bit of trivia: Do you know what causes the green color in ondeh ondeh? Ondeh ondeh is green because of the juice from the pandan leaves used in making it.

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Logenhaus is a restaurant in Taipan, Subang Jaya.

As its name implies, it’s a restaurant that serves German food.

The restaurant is nicely decorated, and gives off a very western feel. But when I went there (with a couple of friends), they kept playing the same song (Colors of the wind) in the background. ^^; It got pretty annoying.

This was written on the front cover of the menu. Anyone care to translate? ^^;

Truthfully, I have no idea what a typical meal in Germany is like. But they gave us some delicious garlic bread to start out with.

They served a basketful, but we quickly chomped it down

They had several soups to choose from, but I was boring and went for some chicken and mushroom cream soup. It was pretty average.

A friend had onion soup, which was served with mozzarella cheese on top. I didn’t get a taste of that, but it looked and smelled good.

The main attraction (according to my friend), is their roast chicken.

The wedges are there by special request

They only begin roasting when you order the chicken, so you can expect a fresh meal. The downside is, you’ll have to wait a while for it to be done. To counter this downside, you can call them and order your chicken before you arrive at the place, so they can start roasting it early. (Phone number below)

I had a filet mignon wrapped with beef bacon.

It was succulent, delicious for the first half, but the magic of it quickly died out. It lost its juiciness, and when I tried to compensate for that by putting more of the black-pepper sauce, the sauce overpowered the taste of the steak.

Western meals normally come with some serving of potato, and this was no exception. But instead of baking the potatoes (which is a common practice in western restaurants here), they serve it differently.

I am unsure of what their potato dish (top right in the mignon picture) is called, so I shall just roughly describe it. It has small chunks of potato, and what I believe to be smaller, deep-friend bits. It was extremely salty (probably because of the oil), and I could not bring myself to like it. :\ It would’ve been a better choice to request for wedges to replace this dish.

Last on the meal was some tiramisu-flavored Mövenpick ice cream. While I did expect it to be a small scoop, I didn’t think it would be the size of only 3 teaspoonfuls.

My set meal (soup, filet mignon, and ice cream) cost about RM 46 IIRC. That’s the usual price for western restaurants. The chicken set was RM 24, I believe.

Overall, I’d say this meal was a pretty fair deal. But I do know some other western restaurants that serves equally good food, at a cheaper price.

Location: Taipan Triangle, Subang Jaya, Selangor

Address / Direction: 50, Jalan USJ 10/1B

USJ Taipan Triangle
47620 UEP Subang Jaya

Contact: 03 5635 0733

Source: Malaysia Most Wanted

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A very famous (and old) restaurant in KL. It’s a “speciality restaurant”- that is, they specialize in beef ball mee (as the signboard would indicate). You can choose to have your noodles dry or with soup. I personally prefer it with soup.

IMO, the noodles are pretty normal. But their beef balls.. heavenly. The texture is like that of a fishball- soft, and slightly springy. When you bite into them, the savory flavour is released in your mouth, making the very experience of eating it delightful. But the soup can get to be a little salty because of a special black sauce added.

BTW- I mentioned that you can order it dry. It’s not literally dry, but something like this.

As a side, you can also order more beef balls, minced beef, or even tripe.

Currently, a small bowl of noodles costs RM4.50, while a large bowl costs RM5.

The restaurant is two stories high, and is air-conditioned. Unlike a lot of Chinese restaurants, it is pretty clean. During lunch hours on weekdays, the place can be quite crowded (and noisy), so if you don’t wanna wait, I suggest going there some other time. They’re open from 11AM to midnight everyday, except on Sundays and public holidays, during which they’re closed.

As for it’s location..

Restoran Soong Kee is located as a corner lot at No. 3, Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin (previously known as Jln Silang) in Kuala Lumpur. There is a RHB Bank across the road. Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin is around the vicinity of Wisma Hamzah-Kwong Hing and Bank of Tokyo as well as Lebuh Ampang. (Source)

BTW- This restaurant has been around for decades. More than 60 years already. ^^;

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This here is tandoori chicken- a Indian dish.

Over here in Malaysia, it is usually eaten with naan, as compared to Bangaladesh where it is more commonly eaten with rice.

Good tandoori chicken is slightly crispy on the outside, and soft on the inside. It’s a little spicy, and usually served with slices of onion and lime on the side. You can squeeze the lime to add a sourish taste to the chicken, or you can eat it as it is. Because it’s not fried in oil, it can get to be a little dry.

You can find tandoori chicken in most mamaks, normally during lunch / dinner / supper hours.

BTW- I know a lot of my food posts have been about Indian food. ^^; This is because I prefer Indian food over Chinese and Malay food. I will get more posts of Chinese food up though- I promise! Look forward to it!

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Any of you remember Yokomon? (which I mentioned here)

Well, look what I found!

Not sure when it came around, but my guess is not too long ago.

As you can see, it’s Japanese Ice-cream imported into Malaysia. They have some pretty… rare flavors, such as red bean and black sesame. (You can check out the rest of the flavors at their official site, which is currently under construction) I decided to give the Maccha (Green Tea) flavor a go.

I either do not like the taste of green tea ice cream, or it tasted bad. ^^;

It’s pretty pricey too. This cup of ice cream cost me RM 5.50! To have it on a cone would’ve been RM 6.50.

I have not tried the other flavors before though. If you have, perhaps you could tell us how it was?

BTW- this store is in the cineplex at Cineleisure Damansara.

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Curry laksa, or just “laksa”, is a classic Malaysian food.

The noodles in curry laksa, as with most other noodle dishes, can be chosen from a few different types of noodles- such as yellow mee or bee hoon. The soup tastes very curry-like, and can usually get to be quite oily. As for the ingredients, there are many variations, but one rather consistent ingredient I’ve noticed is tau fu pok. If you don’t like certain ingredients, you can always tell them to leave it out.

In the curry laksa you see above, there are fish balls, fish cake, and chicken.

You have any good curry laksa places to recommend? I think the best I’ve eaten is at Laksa poh (which is somewhere in OUG).

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This is roti planta- a variant of roti canai. Roti planta has margarine and sugar in it. I love it, as certain portions of the roti is crispy, while certain portions are slightly chewy. The taste of margerine isn’t too strong, but the hints of it were enough to satisfy me.

It’s extremely oily though.. ^^; Not good to eat too much of this.

BTW- the “Planta” in roti planta comes from the name of a certain brand that sells margarine. The brand is called “Planta” and thus, roti planta.

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How many of you like donuts? I love donuts, and in Malaysia, these are three popular places to get your donuts from - Dunkin Donuts, Big Apple Donuts, and J.CO.

Of these three places, I’ll talk about Big Apple Donuts today.

Big Apple Donuts & Coffee came to Malaysia only recently, but has been gaining in popularity very quickly. They have some rather unique flavors, such as Duren duren (which is durian flavored), and a flavor that relates to AVP (by name)(it’s the one that looks rather messy in the above picture).

I like their donuts a lot, especially their “Iceberg” donut (topmost right in above picture). The icing sugar just melts in your mouth! Absolutely fantastic.

Big Apple Donuts & Coffee can be found in Mid Valley, the Curve, and 1 Utama.

Have you tried Big Apple Donuts before? What do you think of it?

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Here’s a common food you can find in mamaks (what is a mamak?) - Nasi goreng pattaya.

Nasi goreng pattaya is simply nasi goreng (fried rice) with an egg on top, served with chilli sauce and cucumber.

This dish is similar to the Japanese omuraisu (omelette rice).

A bit of trivia - Did you know that the “Pattaya” in nasi goreng pattaya comes from
a place in Thailand called “Pattaya”?

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